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![Moya Poezdka v SSSR. [My visit to Russia].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/668/622/1384622668.0.m.jpg)
Moya Poezdka v SSSR. [My visit to Russia].
by Churchill S. Clementine
- Condition
- Used - In good condition, slightly warped book binding, wears to the spine and edges.
- Edition
- 19 pp., portrait.
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- In editor’s full-leather binding.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
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£9,579.50
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London, Williams, Lea & Co., 1945.
Signed and inscribed by the author: 'To Madame Buchueva / with greetings from / Clementine S. Churchill / November 1945'.
Baroness Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (1885-1977), a chairwoman of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund (1941-1946), arrived in Moscow on April, 2 1945. Her visit, the whole month and a half, took place during the Red… Read more about this item Item Price
£9,579.50
![[The Siege of Leningrad] Koster. [Bonfire]. # 5, 6.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/912/510/1360510912.0.m.jpg)
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[The Siege of Leningrad] Koster. [Bonfire]. # 5, 6.
- Condition
- Used - In good condition, cracks and worn to the edges, stains on the covers, minor losses on the spines, wear on the spines, owner's
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- In original illustrated wrappers. An errata leaf follows the front cover (# 6).
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
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£724.50
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Rare wartime issues.
One of 7 000 copies (each one) printed.
These issues were published during the siege of Leningrad. It includes verses by Vera Inber and Vladimir Lifshitc, Leningrad fairytale by Evgeny Schwartz with illustrations by Vladimir Konashevich (about the appearance of Leningrad and the war between water spirit Vodyanoy against forest spirit Lesovik and Human; first appearance), military and… Read more about this item Item Price
£724.50
![Katya u Medvezhat. [Katya at Teddies]. Verses](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/588/506/1360506588.0.m.jpg)
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Katya u Medvezhat. [Katya at Teddies]. Verses
by Sakonskaya, N.
- Condition
- Used - In good condition, worn to the edges, small losses to the last page/back cover, owner's mark on p. 2.
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- In original illustrated wrappers.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
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£684.25
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Rare wartime edition. The book was signed for print on April 25, 1943.
One of 20 000 copies published.
Katya, a small girl, shows two untidy teddy bears how to keep house and care for their health with baths, tooth-brushing, callisthenics, good food, sleep and wholesome outdoor activities. This unique edition was issued by People's Commissariat for Health. It's illustrated with photographs… Read more about this item Item Price
£684.25
![Poeziya Otechestvennoy Voiny. [The Poetry of the Patriotic War]. 3 vol.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/746/543/1355543746.0.m.jpg)
Poeziya Otechestvennoy Voiny. [The Poetry of the Patriotic War]. 3 vol.
- Condition
- Used - In good condition, loss of bone clasps on the case, small stains to the case, case’s spine and edges slightly bumped, small lo
- Edition
- [1], III, [6], 99, [3] pp.; [1], 79, [3] pp.; [1], 99, [3] pp.
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- In original wrappers and blue folding case.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
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£1,449.00
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Shankhai, Epokha, 1943.
One of 400 numbered copies printed. Our copy is #112.
Rare and unusual Akhmatova's and Pasternak's publications.
This poetry anthology was prepared by a sinologist Vladimir Rogov (1906-1988), who worked at the Chinese Eastern Railway and was a press correspondent for TASS in China since 1937. He also participated in creation of Shidai/Epokha pro-Soviet publishing house in Shanghai.… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,449.00
In the Line of Defensive. Photo.
by [Brodsky, Aleksandr]
- Condition
- Used - Small loss of the edge, slightly worn to edges, small stains.
- Published
- [ca 1942-1950s?]
- Binding
- Signed on the back side.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
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£966.00
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N.p., [ca 1942-1950s?].
Photo of besieged Leningrad are very rare.
During the WWII Aleksandr Brodsky (1903-1984), an officer, photojournalist and poet Joseph Brodsky's father, was a press photographer for the army newspapers at the Leningrad front and served tours of duty in several hot battles. Most likely, this photo… Read more about this item Item Price
£966.00
Seven wartime playbills.
- Condition
- Used - In good condition, stains, folding, wear to the edges, small loses, slightly water-stained to some page margins.
- Published
- 1941-1943
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
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£603.75
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One of 700 to 800 copies printed.
Extremely rare.
The collection includes playbills for operas (Eugene Onegin – 27 December 1941; Aida – 21 April 1942; La Traviata – 8 October 1942, 25 June 1943) and Swan Lake ballet (12 April 1942, 31 July 1942, 26 February 1943). They were performed by the Bolshoi Theatre during the evacuation… Read more about this item Item Price
£603.75
