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Eastern European Books

Explore Eastern European rare books at Shapero Rare Books. Discover rare literature, illustrated masterpieces, children's books, and art volumes from Russia and Ukraine.

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  • 111432_2 111432

    The Seat of the War in the East.

    SIMPSON, William.
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    The deluxe edition with the plates hand-coloured.During the Crimean War William Simpson (1823-1899), became a pioneer war artist: dispatched by th...

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  • 112344_2 112344

    Thamar Karsavina.

    SVETLOV [IVCHENKO], Valerien.
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    Limited edition signed by Karsavina. This book is a wonderfully sincere ode to one of the greatest dancers and indeed artists of the 20th century, ...

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  • 112302_2 112302

    Stikhotvoreniia [Poems].

    AKHMATOVA, Anna.
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    A heavily censored collection of poems written between 1909 and 1945 - the first of Akhmatova's works to be published after the death of Stalin.Ak...

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  • 111873_2 111873

    Krashchomu druhovi pioneriv ta ditey Pavlovi Petrovychu Postyshevu raport pro nashi dila u zbyranni ta okhoroni bil'shovytskoho vrozhaya

    PERESHKOL'NIK, Lev; REOZENTSVEIG, E; VOLKOVSKIY, E.
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    Exceptionally scarce ukrainian photomontage. An incredible albeit tragic work designed by Lev Pereshkol'nik dedicated to Pavel Postyshev, a top Sov...

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  • 111813_2 111813

    Ternovyi vinok [Crown of Thorns].

    KOVALENKO, Oleksa (editor).
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    One of the iconic Ukrainian literary almanacs of the early twentieth century, this volume is a striking example of nationalist-inflected modernism...

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  • 111527_2 111527

    Zheleznaia Doroga [The Railway].

    VVEDENSKY, Alexander Ivanovich; PORET, Alisa (illustrator).
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    Vvedensky was one of the great modern Russian absurdist writers, who was arrested along with Daniil Kharms during Stalin's political purges and di...

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  • 111522_2 111522

    Korol' i Pastukh: Angliskaia narodnaia ballada [The King and the Shepherd: An English Folk Ballad].

    MARSHAK, Samuil; TRONOV, Vladimir.
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    A striking edition of Marshak's translation of the 16th-century English folk tale King John and the Bishop, illustrated by Vladimir Tronov. Marsha...

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  • 111498_2 111498

    V Taige [In the Taiga].

    BOROVSKAIA, Anna.
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    Communism comes to the taiga. A vividly illustrated story set in the Siberian taiga tells the story of Churaul', a brave and sharp-eyed Evenk hunte...

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  • 109915_2 109915

    Vues de Moscou.

    CADOLLE, Auguste Jean Baptiste.
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    The first large size prints of Moscow. A fine, complete example of Cadolle's first Russian work, showing dramatic views of the Russian capital duri...

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  • 111330_2 111330

    Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie exécuté en 1837... [with]

    DEMIDOFF, M. Anatole de; RAFFET, Auguste, DURAND, André (illustrators).
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    From the Rothschild Ferrières library. A fine set of Demidoff's most sought-after illustrated books bound for Baron James de Rothschild. The rich i...

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  • 111435_2 111435

    Voina Gribov [War of the Mushrooms].

    NARBUT, Heorhiy.
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    One of Narbut's best books and a very scarce Knebel title. The king of the mushrooms, Borovik tries to get various groups of mushrooms to join the...

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  • 111491_2 111491

    Leto [Summer].

    AKHMETEV, Vladimir.
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    A truly Soviet depiction of the summer holidays for Young Pioneers. The children help harvest crops on a collective farm, chop wood and build hous...

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  • 111532_2 111532

    Skazka o Tsare Saltane [The Tale of Tsar Saltan].

    BILIBIN, Ivan; PUSHKIN, Alexander.
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    A beautiful children's book, finely illustrated in colour.Tales illustrated by Bilibin are among the most famous children's books both within and ...

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  • 111248_2 111248

    Sobor Sviatogo Ravnoapostol'nogo Kniazia Vladimira v Kieve [The Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Kiev].

    [UKRAINE]. KULZHENKO, Stefan Vasilyevich; ARTEL, A. D; VASNETSOV, Viktor; NESTEROV, Mikhail.
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    First edition in the original binding. An exceptionally fresh example of the first edition in the original binding. In 1884 Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikha...

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  • 109910_2 109910

    Russiche Volke-Vergnugungen [Russian Folk Amusements].

    GEISSLER, [Christian Gottfried Heinrich]; GRUBER, J.G.; RICHTER, J.
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    Extremely rare set of aquatints. An extremely rare set of aquatints. Russian types were a favourite subject of foreign artists who visited or resid...

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  • 109898_2 109898

    Risunki sobstvennym voiskam pokoinago Imperatora Pavle I.

    [PETROVICH, Paul I (Tsar of Russia)].
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    Remarkably fine series of hand-coloured prints of military costumes after Paul I in an exceptional contemporary Russian binding. The book was prin...

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  • 110362_2 110362

    Sitten, Gebräuche und Kleidung der Russen...

    RICHTER, Johann; GEISSLER, C.G.H.
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    Hand-coloured aquatints. Fine, fresh copy of this important illustrated work on Russian habits and costumes.Christian Heinrich Geissler (1770-1844)...

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  • 110421_2 110421

    Ukrain'ske Mystetstvo I. Derevli'ane budivnytstvo i rizba na derevi [Ukrainian Art I. Wooden architecture and scuplture].

    SHCHERBAKIV'SKII, Vadim.
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    The second and final instalment of the title was not published until 1926.First edition, 4to (28.5 x 19.5cm); xx, 61pp., profusely illustrated, so...

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