New York: Vydavnytstvo “Howerlia” (Howerla), 1956. Oblong octavo (12.5 × 18 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers printed in red; 38, [1] pp. Owner inscription to front wrapper; a few pencil marks to text; else about very good. A musical score with lyrics for children, including dozens of Ukrainian folk songs..... More

Kyiv: Izdatel'stvo "Kul'tura"; Gosizdatel’stvo “Kiev-pechat’”, 1929. Quarto (17.5 × 17.5cm). Original staple-stitched chromolithographed self-wrappers; 12 pp. Chromolithograph illustrations throughout. Professional restoration to spine and wrapper edges; wrappers somewhat rubbed; still about very good. A richly illustrated first edition (the second printing followed in 1930) of this Russian translation of a...... More

Belgrade: Vreme, 1923. Octavo (18.6 × 15.8 cm). Original reddish brown paper-covered boards, printed in black and with mounted color illustration; [4], 172 pp. With twenty-one mostly full-page black-and-white illustrations and [3] leaves of color plates on thicker stock. A few small, unobtrusive repairs to spine at front hinge; else..... More

Moscow: OGIZ-Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. Octavo (16 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched chromolithographed wrappers; 15 pp. of chromolithograph illustrations and text. Light soil to wrappers; small tear to bottom of wrapper not affecting text; rust to staple; else very good. A colorful first book by the children’s author and radio broadcaster..... More

Vorona i lisitsa. Basnia Krylova [The Crow and the Fox: A Fable by Krylov]. Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. Octavo (17.5 × 12.5 cm). Original staple-stitched chromolithographed wrappers; 6, [2] pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, with three full-page. Light foxing throughout; some discoloration due to stock; markings in orange pencil..... More

Warsaw: Kooperativer Farlag "Kultur-Lige", 1936. Octavo (22.2 × 14.8 cm). Original green cloth with pictorial cover illustration affixed to 123, [9] pp. With nine full-page illustrations and numerous decorative initials, all by Natan Kozlowsky. About very good; unrelated inscription to front free end paper; minor rubbing to boards; light toning..... More

Leningrad: GIZ, 1930. Octavo (19.8 × 14.8 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 12 pp. Illustrations throughout. Light moisture stain to wrapper edges; rust to staples; ink inventory mark to upper corner of front wrapper; still about very good. A collection of the most charismatic and exotic birds for children, by..... More

New York; Toronto: Soiuz ukrains'kykh plastuniv, 1951–1953. Oblong octavos (17.5 × 21.5 cm). Original side-stapled mimeographed wrappers; 60 to 90 mimeographed pp. per volume. Illustrations. No. 4 in contemporary card boards, with original wrappers preserved. Light soil and creasing to wrappers of no. 6; no. 8 lacking rear wrapper. Overall..... More

Kyiv: "Radians'ka shkola", 1985. Quarto (31.5 × 24.5). Original printed quarter cloth over boards; [110] leaves of braille text. Light soil to boards; corners slightly bumped; private exlibris stamp to title; else about very good. A Ukrainian braille primer for blind children, printed from the standard textbook of those years..... More

Leningrad: Uchpedgiz, 1951. Octavo (22.4 × 16.9 cm). Original quarter-cloth over illustrated boards; 62, [2] pp. In Khanty and Russian. Illustrated with nine small black and white drawings in the text. Small inventory number stamp to title, not from a library. Light soil to wrappers; corners lightly bumped; still very..... More

Moscow: OGIZ Molodaia Gvardiia, 1932. Quarto (29 × 22 cm). Original staple-stitched chromolithograph wrappers; [16] pp. Chromolithograph illustrations throughout. Name of owner inscribed in blue ink to front wrapper. Professional restoration to wrappers and first pages; soiling and moisture stains to wrappers; slight discoloration throughout due to stock; overall good..... More

First edition. Berlin: Izdatel'stvo A. S. Zaks; Izd-vo Ol'ga D'iakova, 1921. Octavo (19 × 14.5 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 82, [2] pp. With four full-page illustrations by Ia. Shtiren and the publisher's catalog on two pages. Wrappers lightly spotted; text evenly toned, but printed on thick, durable paper stock and..... More