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[Point Counter Point]. Skvoz' Raznye Stekla.
de Huxley, Aldous
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- Usado - In good condition, light overall wear, small losses to spine extremities.
- Published
- [1930]
- Encuadernación
- In original wrappers and pictorial dust jacket.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
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EUR 2,056.78
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One of 4 000 copies published.
Rare first book by Huxley in Russian, especially in good condition. The only edition of this first Russian translation.
The translation of Huxley's acclaimed novel "Point Counter Point" (1928) into Russian was undertaken by the translator Maria Abkina (1892-?), who was associated with the "Soviet school" of literary translation under the guidance of Ivan Kashkin.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]. Prikliucheniia Alisy v Strane Chudes.
de Carroll, Lewis
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- Usado - lower corners lightly bumped and rubbed.
- Published
- 1974
- Encuadernación
- In original hardcover. Illustrated endpapers.
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- 1
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Retold by Boris Zakhoder.
First edition with these illustrations. First book edition of this translation.
This adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was done by Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000), a prominent poet, translator, and children's writer. Zakhoder's version was first published in the magazine Pioneer in 1971–1972 (# 12, 1-3) and was accompanied by an introduction where he expressed his desire… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Aphorisms]. Aforizmy.
de Wilde, Oscar
- Estado
- Usado - light wear, small loss to spine.
- Published
- 1913
- Encuadernación
- In contemporary dark grey cloth. Original wrappers preserved inside.
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- 1
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Translation by the Prince D. Viazemskii.
First edition of this translation. First separate Russian edition of Wilde's Aphorisms.
The first Russian translation of Wilde's aphorisms was published in 1905, the same year as the original edition. It was prepared by Ekaterina Andreeva, the second wife of the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont. In 1908, Wilde's aphorisms were published in the magazine Novyi zhurnal… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Smith of Wootton Major: A fairy tale]. Kuznetc iz Bolshogo Vuttona.
de Tolkien, J.R.R.
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- Usado - mall stains to back cover
- Published
- 1988
- Encuadernación
- In publisher’s pictorial hardcover.
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- 1
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Translation by Yu. Nagibin and E. Gippius.
Preface by Yu. Nagibin.
Signed and inscribed by the translator: "Dorogomu / Tole / ot Dzhoni i Yury / Nagibin / Tolkien / 1988" [To my dear Tolya from Johnny and Yura. Nagibin. Tolkien. 1988].
First book edition of Smith of Wootton Major into Russian.
The first Russian translation of Tolkien's work was an excerpt from The… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Funny Stories: Blackie and the Milkman’s Horse. Binky and His Stripes. The Seagull and the Tortoise]. Zabavnye Istorii: Redzhi i Bleki. Binki i Ego Polosy. Albatros i Cherepakha.
de Bisset, Donald
- Estado
- Usado - lightly rubbing to cover and spine, staples rusted
- Published
- 1961
- Encuadernación
- In original pictorial wrappers.
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- 1
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EUR 467.45
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Translation by E. Selezneva.
First Bisset's Russian book. The only edition of these illustrations.
This is Donald Bisset's first book in Russian, which introduced the storyteller to Soviet children. It is believed that Bisset is more famous in Russia than in his home country. Many of his stories were translated and adapted into animated films, including puppet animation. Bisset visited the USSR… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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De Profundis.
de Wilde, Oscar
- Estado
- Usado - lightly rubbed
- Published
- 1908
- Encuadernación
- In owner’s mid–20th century cloth.
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- 1
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Translation by the Princess A. Obolenskaia.
First and only edition of this translation. First Russian edition of De Profundis as a separate book.
The first Russian translation of Wilde's De Profundis appeared in 1905, which was the same year as the original text. It was translated by Ekaterina Andreeva, who happened to be the second spouse of the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Poezdka v Indiyu. [A Passage to India]. Novel.
de Forster E.M.
- Estado
- Usado - In good condition, foxing to the cover, stains on pages.
- Edición
- frontispiece, 310, [2] pp., ill.
- Published
- 1937
- Encuadernación
- In publisher’s binding.
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- 1
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EUR 1,832.40
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Leningrad, Khudozhestvennaya literatura, 1937.
Limited to 10 300 copies.First and only edition of the translation.
Second and last Forster's life-time book in Russian.
Very rare.First it was issued by privately-owned publishing house in 1926 by translator Lidiya Nekrasova (was arrested during Grate Purge and died in prison). Our copy is from the edition of second translation appeared in the State publishing company… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 1,832.40
Korol’ Lir [King Lear].
de Shakespeare William
- Estado
- Usado - In good condition, edges slightly rubbed, small losses on the spine, foxing.
- Edición
- frontispiece, 161, [3] pp., ill.
- Published
- 1949
- Encuadernación
- In publisher’s illustrated wrappers.
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- 1
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EUR 1,047.09
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Moskva, Khudozhestvennaya literatura, 1949.
Limited to 10 000 copies.
First edition of King Lear in Pasternak's translations. Signed for print on November 24, 1948.
Pasternak finished King Lear's translation in the fall of 1947. He described King Lear as 'quiet tragedy' in which love is the main victim.
In first edition the Duke of Albany expresses very dangerous idea for Stalin's era: 'Let's follow… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Zhiznennyi Put' [The Way of All Flesh].
de Butler, Samuel
- Estado
- Usado - Near very good condition.
- Published
- 1938
- Encuadernación
- In publisher’s binding.
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- 1
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EUR 448.75
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One of 10 300 copies published.
First and only edition of the translation.
First Butler's book in Russian.
Firstly The Way of All Flesh, a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler (1835-1902), was published posthumously in 1903.
Russian edition was signed for printing on 23 April 1938. Four month later Petr Guber (1886-1940), writer and 'one of the best Leningrad translators', who prepared… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 448.75
Antologiya Novoy Angliyskoi Poezii [Anthology of New English Poetry].
- Estado
- Usado - In very good condition. Without dust jacket as issued. Slightly dusty.
- Published
- 1937
- Encuadernación
- In publisher’s binding.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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EUR 607.68
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One of 5 300 copies printed.
Most likely, these is first appearance of Lawrence's verses in Russian.
Signed for printing on November, 21 1937.
The book still considered as the best anthology in Russian of English poetry from the mid-Victorian period of the 1930s.
The real compiler of the anthology was political and literary historian Prince Dmitry Svyatopolk-Mirsky (1890-1939), who was arrested on… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Doch’ Polkovnika [The Colonel’s Daughter].
de Aldington, Richard
- Estado
- Usado - Near good condition. Small losses of paper on the cover, stains to the cover, worn to the cover and edges, stains on pages, wate
- Published
- 1935
- Encuadernación
- In publisher’s binding.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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One of 10 000 copies printed.
First Russian edition.
Second Aldington's book in Russian.
The Russian translation of The Colonel's Daughter appeared three years after Russian publication of "Death of a Hero". Prince Dmitry Svyatopolk-Mirsky (1890-1939), political and literary historian, supplied a preface for the novel. He returned to the Soviet Union from emigration in London in 1932. Later during Great Purge, he… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Synov'ya i Lubovniki [Sons and Lovers]. Novel.
de Lawrence, D. H.
- Estado
- Usado - In good condition. Small crack on the spine, slightly wears to the spine, owner’s mark on the title page, slightly water-stain
- Published
- 1929
- Encuadernación
- In owner’s hardback.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Second edition of rare Russian translation.
Lifetime edition.
First Russian edition of Sons and Lovers (1913) was issued in Leningrad in 1927. Translation was prepared by poet and writer Nikolay Chukovsky (1904-1965), the son of Korney Chukovsky, one of the most popular Russian children's poets. This talented translation is practically unknown nowadays.
In 1929 Chukovsky's version was reprinted in Riga without… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Russkoye Slovo [Russian Word]. № II. February.
de [Shakespeare, W.]
- Estado
- Usado - In good condition, worn to edges, water-stained to some page margins, bookplate on the endpaper, owner’s stamps on the half-ti
- Published
- 1859
- Encuadernación
- In owner’s hardback.
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- 1
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EUR 1,570.63
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First appearance of Anthony and Cleopatra in Afanasy Fet's translation (54-208 pp.).
Afanasy Fet (1820-1892) a poet, memoirist and the leading representative of the 'Parnassian' movement which propagated the ideals of 'pure' art. Fet's poetry was devoted to the topics of nature and love and was far away from any political and social issues. Apart from his lyrics, he was an… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Mech Mira [The War That Will End War]
de Wells H.G
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- Usado - Signed and inscribed by the translator. In good condition, cracks and small losses on the spine, owner’s mark on the spine, sl
- Published
- 1915
- Encuadernación
- In publisher’s wrappers.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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EUR 1,935.24
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One of two first editions of Wells's The War That Will End War (1914) published in 1915 in Russia. The only edition of this translation.
Signed and inscribed by the translator, an employee of the Petrograd Military Censorship Commission and staff captain Grigoriy Nazarov to colleague, lieutenant Medar: 'For lieutenant Medar, military censorship officer in the memory from the translator… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Sverchok na pechi [The Cricket on the Hearth]
de Dickens Charles
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- Usado - Near very good condition
- Edición
- 143,[1] pp., ill.
- Published
- 1925
- Encuadernación
- In publisher’s illustrated wrappers
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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EUR 387.98
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Fine illustrated edition of The Cricket on the Hearth (1845) in Russian.
One of 4 000 copies published.
For the first time this translation appeared in Dickens's Collected works (St. Petersburg, vol. 7, 1894). Our edition doesn't contain the translator's name. Cover, headpieces, endpieces and five full-page woodcuts by graphic artist Aleksey Kravchenko (1889–1940). He is considered a master of woodcut.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Otello, Venetsianskii Mavr [The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice]
de Shakespeare William
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- Usado - In good condition, lightly rubbed, small loss to front cover corner, tears to spine, owner mark to title page.
- Edición
- 140 pp.
- Published
- 1945
- Encuadernación
- In original wrappers
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- 1
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EUR 308.52
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Translation by Boris Pasternak. Cover by N. Il'in.
Moskva, GIKhL, 1945.
Limited to 25 000 copies.
Second edition of Otello in Pasternak's translation.
First edition was glassprinting and unofficial, limited to 300 copies. It's practically unobtainable.
This translation was intended for production in the Small Theatre [Malyi Theatre] in Moscow, 'which put spurs to me and hurried up'. Pasternak finished the translation in July 1944.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Gamlet. Prints Datskii [Hamlet. Prince of Denmark].
de Shakespeare William
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- In good condition, crack on front cover, rebacked, spine restored, new endpapers.
- Edición
- [1], portrait, 184 p., ill.
- Published
- 1942
- Encuadernación
- In original wrappers.
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- 1
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EUR 986.32
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Translation by Boris Pasternak. Preface and comments - M. Morozov.
Signed to print 7/VIII 1942. The book was issued during the Second World War.
Second book edition of Hamlet in Pasternak's translation.
Vsevolod Meyerkhold, Soviet theater director, asked to Pasternak translate this play in 1938. Meyerhold decided that Hamlet should be played by two actors: man and woman. One should read tragic monologue… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Prikliucheniia Alisy v strane chudes. Zazerkal'e (pro to, chto uvidela tam Alisa). [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There]
de Carroll Lewis
- Estado
- Usado - in publisher's hardback, top edge colored in yellow, in very good condition.
- Edición
- 303 pp., ill.
- Published
- 1977
- Encuadernación
- 12mo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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EUR 327.22
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Descripción:
Translation - A. Scherbakov.
Foreword - Ju. Kagarlicky.
M. Miturich - illustrations.
Moskva, Khudozhestvennaya literatura, 1977.
Limited to 30.000 copies.
First book edition of this translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The translation of Through the Looking-Glass appeared in juvenile journal Koster (Bonfire) in 1969 (# 3-7).
The one and only publication of beautiful illustrations of Mai Miturich.
Aleksander Scherbakov (1932-1994) was the engineer by profession,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 327.22