Our Russian and Eastern European section gathers Western books on these regions (‘Rossica’ among others) as well as works in vernacular, including Russian and Polish. Other rare items related to Russia and Eastern Europe can be found in our map department, our photography section, as well as in the prints section. Many other valuable books and prints can be made available by request only, so please feel free to browse our website and to contact us in Russian, English or German with any questions you may have.
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Russian & Eastern European
Contact Bernard Shapero for more information about books relating to Russia & Eastern Europe at Shapero Rare Books.
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Folio (51 x 36.5 cm). Contemporary brown and green calf by Petersen, St. Petersburg, upper board gilt ruled, decorative silver elements on boards, the ones on lower board stamped '84; A.F.', some elements with enamel and gilt, green silk interior, 2 ll. folio inserted, manuscript text framed by decorative ornament, signed by members of the Russian company's board of directors, watercolour view of St. Petersburg riverside in upper margin; corners very slightly rubbed.
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Folio (38 x 27.7 cm); complete with title including a list of actors and 12 collotype plates by K.A. Fisher, repaired tears to title, margins of 4 plates cut not affecting image, loose in portfolio; original patterned card boards with white cloth spine and printed label to upper cover.
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Lithograph with text in gilt (924 x 330 mm), signed in Cyrillic and dated lower left in plate; upper left corner slightly chipped.
£4,000 -
First edition; 4to (336 x 280 mm); with 53 plates, illustrations within text, prospectus loosely inserted; tear to a corner of one plate; original red morocco gilt; [4], engraved title, [2], frontispiece, letterpress title, [4], index [8], 263, xlv, 59 pp.
£15,000 -
Folio (325 x 255 mm); 8 chromolithographs in the text (3 full-page), manuscript synopsis of Stravinsky's The Firebird and English translation inserted at the rear; publisher's pictorial wrappers, small inscription to cover, overall a fine example.
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Folio (32.5 x 25.5 cm); 12pp., 8 chromolithographs in text (4 full-page). Original pictorial wrappers. A fine example.
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Folio (325 x 255 mm); 9 chromolithographs in the text, (3 full-page); publisher's chromolithographed wrappers, with additional English translation inserted at the rear, small ink initials (L.G.) inscribed on cover, a fine copy.
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Folio (325 x 255 mm); 7 chromolithographs in the text (2 full-page); publisher's pictorial wrappers with original envelope casing, a fine copy.
£1,350 -
![Svetlov, Современный Балет [The Modern Ballet], St Petersburg, 1911 - 1](http://beta.shapero.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1bbe0f863922f091e1b357048c86d01e/9/7/97545.jpg)
First edition, 4to, an additional 66 pages of illustrations tipped in. Pages untrimmed, illustrations and decorations, many by Bakst, some in colour. Original pale-green cloth boards, with gilt illustrative decorations to front and spine, spine faded.
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4to (26 x 26.5 cm). 19 pp., including title, with multiple chromolithographed illustrations; some light spotting to title. Publisher's pictorial boards; rubbed, corners bumped.
£475
