1.
Animal Tales from the Russian Countryside
with illustrations by Natalia Elkonina
1st Thus edition, published by Raduga Publishers Moscow in 1990
with illustrations by Natalia Elkonina
1st Thus edition, published by Raduga Publishers Moscow in 1990
ISBN: 5050028396.
Edited by Irina Strelkova.
Translated from the Russian.
Octavo.
Green laminated boards.
17cm x 22cm.
125 pages.
Seventeen stories by six different authors, each translated separately.
Illustrated in black and white on colour wash.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Edited by Irina Strelkova.
Translated from the Russian.
Octavo.
Green laminated boards.
17cm x 22cm.
125 pages.
Seventeen stories by six different authors, each translated separately.
Illustrated in black and white on colour wash.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#107406 £15.00
2.
Fly away Home
by Christine Nostlinger
with illustrations by Unspecified
1st English edition, published by Abelard in 1976
by Christine Nostlinger
with illustrations by Unspecified
1st English edition, published by Abelard in 1976
An account of the Russian occupation of Vienna from a child's perspective, based on the author's own childhood memories. Very few library markings.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#62715 £7.50
3.
How Varinka grew up in a single night
by Leo Tolstoy
with illustrations by Hilary Abrahams
1st British edition, published by Dennis Dobson in 1966
by Leo Tolstoy
with illustrations by Hilary Abrahams
1st British edition, published by Dennis Dobson in 1966
Light wear to covers, and one or two small indentations, otherwise VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#58398 £7.50
4.
Hunters of Siberia
by Barbara Bartos-Hoppner
with illustrations by Peter Wywiorski
1st British edition, published by Brockhampton Press in 1969
by Barbara Bartos-Hoppner
with illustrations by Peter Wywiorski
1st British edition, published by Brockhampton Press in 1969
ISBN: 0340042192.
Dark grey covers, gilt lettering and decoration.
Translated from the original German by Anthea Bell.
Signed by Marjorie Fisher on the front endpaper, the well known collector and writer on children's literature.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Dark grey covers, gilt lettering and decoration.
Translated from the original German by Anthea Bell.
Signed by Marjorie Fisher on the front endpaper, the well known collector and writer on children's literature.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#78519 £7.50
5.
Ivan and the Daring Escape
by Myrna Grant
1st British edition, published by Tyndale House in 1978
by Myrna Grant
1st British edition, published by Tyndale House in 1978
ISBN: 0860650278.
Paperback.
127 pages.
Pages tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
127 pages.
Pages tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#86171 £2.00
6.
Ivan and the Daring Escape
by Myrna Grant
Reprint, published by Tyndale House in 1981
by Myrna Grant
Reprint, published by Tyndale House in 1981
ISBN: 084231847X.
Paperback.
Covers worn.
Name on inside front cover.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Covers worn.
Name on inside front cover.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#84456 £2.00
7.
Little Chick
by Kornei Chukovsky
with illustrations by T. Shevaryova
Published by Malysh Publishers in 1982
by Kornei Chukovsky
with illustrations by T. Shevaryova
Published by Malysh Publishers in 1982
Translated from the Russian by Sheena Wakefield.
27cm x 21cm.
Thin card covers.
Light wear to covers and some scuffing..
Pages tanned.
Pop-ups in working order.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
27cm x 21cm.
Thin card covers.
Light wear to covers and some scuffing..
Pages tanned.
Pop-ups in working order.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#115457 £7.50
8.
Old Peter's Russian Tales
by Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by Dmitri Mitrokhin
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1938
by Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by Dmitri Mitrokhin
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1938
Dark green paper-covered boards.
Cream cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Top edge olivine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine worn at edges and a little soiled.
A little faint foxing to fore edge.
Binding sound.
Contents generally clean, but some intermittent, very faint foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Cream cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Top edge olivine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine worn at edges and a little soiled.
A little faint foxing to fore edge.
Binding sound.
Contents generally clean, but some intermittent, very faint foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#111634 £30.00
9.
Russia
by Kathleen Berton Murrell
Published by Dorling Kindersley in 1998
by Kathleen Berton Murrell
Published by Dorling Kindersley in 1998
ISBN: 0751361240.
74th book in Eyewitness Guides series.
Quarto.
Laminated boards.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
74th book in Eyewitness Guides series.
Quarto.
Laminated boards.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#111566 £4.00
10.
Russian Tales for Children
by Alexei Tolstoy
with illustrations by K. Kouznetsov
Published by Routledge and Keegan Paul in 1948
by Alexei Tolstoy
with illustrations by K. Kouznetsov
Published by Routledge and Keegan Paul in 1948
Octavo.
Light purple cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Spine sunned.
Endpapers tanned.
Binsing a little strained.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Light purple cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Spine sunned.
Endpapers tanned.
Binsing a little strained.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#112849 £20.00
11.
The Doughnut from the Wood with a Prickly Hood
by Vitalii Valentinovich Bianki
with illustrations by G. Nikolski
Reprint, published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow circa 1950
by Vitalii Valentinovich Bianki
with illustrations by G. Nikolski
Reprint, published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow circa 1950
Translated from the Russian by Dorian Rottenberg.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Soviet Children's Library for Tiny Tots.
Printed in the USSR.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Quarto.
Soviet Children's Library for Tiny Tots.
Printed in the USSR.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#102183 £10.00
12.
The Firebird
by Selina Hastings
with illustrations by Reg Cartwright
Published by Walker Books in 1993
by Selina Hastings
with illustrations by Reg Cartwright
Published by Walker Books in 1993
ISBN: 9780744519471.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Pictorial laminated boards.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#118918 £3.50
13.
The Firebird
by Selina Hastings
with illustrations by Reg Cartwright
1st edition, published by Walker in 1993
by Selina Hastings
with illustrations by Reg Cartwright
1st edition, published by Walker in 1993
Quarto.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Laminated pictorial covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#64061 £8.50
14.
The Firebird
by Selina Hastings
with illustrations by Reg Cartwright
1st edition, published by Walker Books in 1993
by Selina Hastings
with illustrations by Reg Cartwright
1st edition, published by Walker Books in 1993
ISBN: 9780744519471.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#120049 £5.00
15.
The Fortunes of Wassily
by Rodney Bennett
with illustrations by May Smith
Published by University Of London in 1944
by Rodney Bennett
with illustrations by May Smith
Published by University Of London in 1944
Paperback.
London Supplementary Readers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
London Supplementary Readers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#64396 £6.00
16.
The Gift
by V. Suteyev
with illustrations by V. Suteyev
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow circa 1955
by V. Suteyev
with illustrations by V. Suteyev
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow circa 1955
Translated from the Russian by Ivy Litinova.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial covers.
"Literature for Children and Youth. For Tiny Tots."
One of a series of books produced in the Soviet Union during the 1950s for export.
An activity book containing flaps, pictures to colour, puzzles etc.
Light wear to covers and edges.
The detached, moveable strip for the "TV" page is present and in good working order.
The moveable strip for the "train" page is missing.
The various flaps and "cut here" lines have been used but, apart from the missing strip noted above, all the parts appear present and in working order.
Two of the puzzles have been completed.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial covers.
"Literature for Children and Youth. For Tiny Tots."
One of a series of books produced in the Soviet Union during the 1950s for export.
An activity book containing flaps, pictures to colour, puzzles etc.
Light wear to covers and edges.
The detached, moveable strip for the "TV" page is present and in good working order.
The moveable strip for the "train" page is missing.
The various flaps and "cut here" lines have been used but, apart from the missing strip noted above, all the parts appear present and in working order.
Two of the puzzles have been completed.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#99518 £7.50
17.
The Green Island
by Victor Datskevich
Published by Progress Moscow in 1980
by Victor Datskevich
Published by Progress Moscow in 1980
Laminated pictorial covers.
Translated from the Russian by Jan Butler.
Slight wear at edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Translated from the Russian by Jan Butler.
Slight wear at edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#46614 £6.00
18.
The Magic Horse
by Marijke Reesink
with illustrations by Adrie Hospes
1st British edition, published by Bodley Head in 1974
by Marijke Reesink
with illustrations by Adrie Hospes
1st British edition, published by Bodley Head in 1974
ISBN: 0370020456.
Quarto.
White pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Scuff at top edge of pages 7 and 8.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Quarto.
White pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Scuff at top edge of pages 7 and 8.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#101347 £10.50
19.
The River and the Forest
by Juri Korinetz
1st British edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
by Juri Korinetz
1st British edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
ISBN: 0340206136.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Translated from German by Anthea Bell.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Translated from German by Anthea Bell.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#79669 £3.50
20.
The River and the Forest
by Juri Korinetz
1st Thus edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
by Juri Korinetz
1st Thus edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
ISBN: 0340206136.
Translated from German by Anthea Bell.
Blue covers.
Gold lettering on spine.
Label on front pastedown.
Label removed from front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Translated from German by Anthea Bell.
Blue covers.
Gold lettering on spine.
Label on front pastedown.
Label removed from front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#79672 £3.50
21.
The Russian Doll
by Joan Smith
with illustrations by George Buchanan
1st Thus edition, published by Walker in 1990
by Joan Smith
with illustrations by George Buchanan
1st Thus edition, published by Walker in 1990
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#67005 £3.50
22.
There Far Beyond the River
by Juri Korinetz
1st Thus edition, published by Brockhampton Press in 1973
by Juri Korinetz
1st Thus edition, published by Brockhampton Press in 1973
ISBN: 0340172088.
Based on the authorized German translation by Hans Baumann.
Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
Black covers.
Gold lettering on spine.
Label removed from prelims.
Tear on title page repaired with tape.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Based on the authorized German translation by Hans Baumann.
Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
Black covers.
Gold lettering on spine.
Label removed from prelims.
Tear on title page repaired with tape.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#79683 £3.00