[RUSSIAN ÉMIGRÉ PUBLISHING IN POLAND] Izdatel’stvo i knigotorgovlia “Dobro”. Spisok no. 1–50. [Publishing house and bookseller "Kindness." List nos. 1–50].

Warsaw: Dobro, [ca. 1924?]. 25 leaves of mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos, measuring 35 × 22 cm. Loose leaves numbered 1 to 50. Toned throughout due to stock; still about good or better. Item #55760

A catalog of books (apparently a compilation of fifty lists, with one list per page) published by the Russian-language bookdealer "Dobro" in Warsaw, specializing in pre-WWI books in Russian and Ukrainian. The White émigré writer and publisher Sergei Kel’nich founded “Dobro” in 1923, after retreating west with the White Army first to Kyiv, then Odesa and finally Warsaw. The list is divided into sections on 1. Literature; 2. Mathematics, physics, chemistry and Geography, travelogues and travel guides; 3. Technology, engineering, military technology, construction, and various technical handbooks; 4. Farming, gardening, beekeeping, keeping of livestock and birds; 5. Philosophy, ethics, psychology, logic; 6. Religion, theology; 7. History of literature, criticism, memoires; 8. History; 9. Art, architecture, archeology, music, aesthetics; 10. Politics, sociology, law; 11. Art books; 12. Poetry; 13. Varia; 14. Children’s books. The bookstore and publishing offices were located in central Warsaw at Krakowskie Przedmieście 53 / Kozia 28 and served as a central cultural hub of the Russian diaspora in interwar Poland.

Price: €250.00

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