Collection Tante Larua EPI No. 71; pristine disc; clean glossy color pictorial cover by Imagerie Pellerin-Epinal; read in French by Max de Rieux; illustrated booklet includes stories as well as introductory text: stories include "La Grenouille qui veut se faire aussi grosse que le boeuf;" "Le Loup et le Chien;" "Le Loup et l'Agneau;" "Le corbeau et le Renard;" Les Animaux malades de la peste;" and "Le Carretier embourbe. View More...
Includes four vinyl LPs in pristine condition in like-new plastic sleeves; text comprises two booklets: "Conversation Manual" (101 p., clean and unmarked) and "Common Usage Dictionary" (101 p., clean and unmarked. The colorful pictorial box protecting the records and books has split on corners but is serviceable. View More...
Newspaper; 8 p., clean and unmarked; paper mildly age-toned but in not brittle; p. 7-8, have creases at upper corners; and there are two small open tears at foot of p. 8; wonderful period photos & ads; articles are plainly intended to entertain and educate toursts. View More...
Three boxes: part 1 has 2 LPs in pristine condition in immaculate paper sleeves; part 2 has 3 LPS in pristine condition in immaculate paper sleeves; no accompanying text; part 3 has 3 LPs in pristine condition in immaculate paper sleeves; red, white and blue boxes has minimal shelf wear, but some age-toning. View More...
Russian Language; 191 p. , clean and unmarked except for book sellers pencilled notation on back of t.p.; former owner's embossed stamp; many b& w ill.; binding firm; color pictorial boards clean but age-toned at edges; slightly bumped on corners in absence of d.j. View More...
130 p., 32mo; clean and unmarked; many b&w photos; binding firm; glossy color photographic wrapper; folded map in back, which has suffered small tear when removed from back inside cover, where glue ghost remains; binding firm; little shelf wear except for small abraded area mid spine; View More...
Tiny (5x8 cm.) Russian-English English-Russian dictionary with lots of information; 2 volumes, one red and one blue, both immaculate and completely unmarked; bindings firm; clean boards with clear if no longer bright gilt lettering; useful charts and tables at back. Fore-edges of red vol. (English-Russian) has some very light stains. View More...
Fold-out board book with six sections colorfully illustrated with rhymes for children; little shelf wear, but there are small stains at lower front edge and mild age-toning. View More...
Russian language guide to jewelry and other metal craft (vases, combs, knives, etc.) displayed in the Hermitage Museum; 16 cm. x 9 1/2 cm.; 48 p. text plus 64 b&w photos, immaculate and unmarked on fine paper that shows no tanning; binding firm; photographic wrapper in white and gold is clean but quite creased on upper front section, and creasing extends to first 10 p., preventing classification of "very good. View More...
127 p., clean, clean and unmarked; former owner's name and embossed stamp on front end paper; paper age-toned but not brittled; binding firm; boards clean with a few dings on edges in absence of d.j. but clean and unabraded; nice edition of a Russian classic. View More...
First ed. thus from the International Pocket Library edited by Edmund R. Brown; 90 p., clean and completely unmarked; frontis. ill. & others by G. Jeanniot; paper mildly age-toned but strong; tiny open tear on front end paper corner; tattered black leather covers are detached--this volume deserves rebinding! This collection also includes "The Piece of String," "The Umbrella," "The Duel," and other classic stories. View More...
Russian language; 351 p., clean and unmarked; former owner's embossed stamp on front end paper; binding firm; clean gray boards with bright gilt lettering are faded on spine because of absence of d.j., corners slightly bumped. View More...
French language biography for children; 185 p., clean and completely unmarked--not ex-lib., no former owner's signature; lovely b&w ill by J.-P. Pinchon; paper mildly age-toned but strong and of good quality--only the front end paper shows chipping and there are closed tears to t.p.; gauffered edges; binding firm, but unstained pictorial color cover, with tears, has been clumsily reattached with scotch tape. This lovely volume would greatly reward rebinding, and front end paper could be replaced. Although there is every indication this is the first edition, the back cover reads "2e Editio... View More...
First ed.; 119 p., immaculate and completely unmarked anywhere; many photos, maps, geological drawings; binding firm; vinyl-coated photographic wrapper showing Mount Snowden is unfaded with minimal shelf wear--just the lightest bit of rubbing on lower edges. View More...
Russian language; 159 p., clean and unmarked except for name of former owner on front end paper; binding firm; orange wrapper with black and white lettering in good condition, though there is a crease on lower front corner and some fading at spine. View More...
French language from "Classiques Larousse" series; 143 p., immaculate and unmarked--except for former owner's name and book-seller's price on t.p.; paper strong; binding firm; cleaqn unchipped purple and white wrapper shows minimal shelf wear. This is the play that gave the french language the term "tarfufferie" as a synonym for hypocrisy. View More...
Russian language; date on t.p. is 1972 & publishing house is Izadatelstvo Prosveschenie; 333 p., clean and unmarked except for discreet gift inscription on front end paper; mildly age-toned; t.o.c. in back; attractive b&w drawings illustrate stories; binding firm; attractive beige boards with red and black lettering and ornamentaation has stain on top corner edge and a ding on top edge but in general is good with unfaded spine. View More...
Children Russian-language illustrated story book from series Film-Skazka--stories related to cartoon movies; 20 p., clean and unmarked--obviously unread by any children; binding firm; minimal shelf wear. View More...
Russian language; "People's Library" series; 254 p., clean and unmarked, paper age-toned but not brittle; binding firm; pictorial wrapper (engraving illustrating The Bronze Horseman) on blue background is in good condition, with slight rubbing at spine and corners; illustrated with old woodcuts and engravings; includes Ruslan and Ludmilla, The Bronze Horseman, Count Nulin, Poltava, The Prisoner of the Caucasus and other favorites. View More...
Russian-language ground-breaking children's magazine founded by prestigious I.M. Semenov of Krokodil Magazine, in response to post-Stalinist detente in the 1950s; charmingly illustrated poems, stories, riddles, games, craft instructions and cut-outs. The fine quality of this publication, which attracted top-notch artists and writers, caused it to appeal to adults as well as children and it became the "family magazine" of the USSR. Unpaginated but there are nine clean, unmarked pages firmly bound; somewhat age-toned at edges but not brittle. HOWEVER, a number of lower corners are dog-eared. View More...
