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REMIZOV, ALEKSEI MIKHAILOVICH. 1877-1957. Manuscript, "U Lisy bal [At the Fox's Ball]", 12 pp, folio, n.p., July 19, 1939,

REMIZOV, ALEKSEI MIKHAILOVICH. 1877-1957. Manuscript, "U Lisy bal [At the Fox's Ball]", 12 pp, folio, n.p., July 19, 1939,. Sold for US$62,500 inc. premium

REMIZOV, ALEKSEI MIKHAILOVICH. 1877-1957. Manuscript, "Listotryas. No. 5.", 15 pp, folio, Paris, December 10, 1952,

REMIZOV, ALEKSEI MIKHAILOVICH. 1877-1957. Manuscript, "Listotryas. No. 5.", 15 pp, folio, Paris, December 10, 1952,. Sold for US$31,250 inc. premium

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MASKI. ORLOV, M.V., & A.N.VOZNESENSKII, editors. Maski, Ezhemiesiachnik iskusstva teatra [Masks, the Art of the Theater Monthly]. Moscow: 1912-14.

4001 —
MASKI.
ORLOV, M.V., & A.N.VOZNESENSKII, editors.
Maski, Ezhemiesiachnik iskusstva teatra [Masks, the Art of the Theater Monthly]. Moscow: 1912-14.

Sold for US$875 inc. premium

TEATRAL'NAIA GAZETA. BESKIN, E.M., editor. Teatral'naia gazeta. Ezhenedel'noe izdanie, posvyashchennoe iskustvu i bytu teatra [Theater Newspaper. A Weekly publication devoted to art and life of the theater]. Moscow: 1915-17.

4002 —
TEATRAL'NAIA GAZETA.
BESKIN, E.M., editor.
Teatral'naia gazeta. Ezhenedel'noe izdanie, posvyashchennoe iskustvu i bytu teatra [Theater Newspaper. A Weekly publication devoted to art and life of the theater]. Moscow: 1915-17.

US$4,000 - US$6,000

ISKUSSTVO ZHURNAL. Iskusstvo: Zhurnal Teatra, Literatury i Zhivopisi [Art: Magazine of Theater, Literature and Pictorial Art]. Petrograd: M.Gorodetskii, [1916-17].

4003 —
ISKUSSTVO ZHURNAL.
Iskusstvo: Zhurnal Teatra, Literatury i Zhivopisi [Art: Magazine of Theater, Literature and Pictorial Art]. Petrograd: M.Gorodetskii, [1916-17].

US$1,000 - US$1,500

ZAPISKI TEATRA. Zapiski Peredvizhnogo Obshchedostupnogo Teatra [Notes of the Itinerant Popular Theater]. Petrograd: 1917-23.

4004 —
ZAPISKI TEATRA.
Zapiski Peredvizhnogo Obshchedostupnogo Teatra [Notes of the Itinerant Popular Theater]. Petrograd: 1917-23.

US$2,000 - US$3,000

4005 — BIRYUCH PETROGRADSKIKH TEATROV. Biryuch Petrogradskikh Gosudarstvennykh Teatrov [Herald of Petrograd State Theaters]. Petrograd: 1918-19.

US$1,000 - US$1,500

VESTNIK TEATRA. Vestnik teatra: izdanie teatral'nogo otdela Narkomprosa [Theater Bulletin: a Publication of the Theatrical Division of the Narkompros]. Moscow: TEO Narkomprosa, 1919-21.

4006 —
VESTNIK TEATRA.
Vestnik teatra: izdanie teatral'nogo otdela Narkomprosa [Theater Bulletin: a Publication of the Theatrical Division of the Narkompros]. Moscow: TEO Narkomprosa, 1919-21.

US$3,000 - US$5,000

4007 — TEATRAL'NAIA MOSKVA. BESKIN, E.M., editor. Teatral'naia Moskva, Organ tekushchego teatral'nogo dnia [Theatrical Moscow, weekly bulletin of theater happenings]. Moscow: Zhurnal Teatral'naia Moska, 1921-22.

US$1,200 - US$1,800

4008 — HERMITAGE PROGRAMMA-ZHURNAL. Hermitage: Programma-zhurnal teatry, kontserty, khronika, kino, sport, vystavki, auktsiony, programmy, libretto [Hermitage-Program-Journal. Theaters, concerts, premieres, auctions, news, film, sports, musical programs]. Moscow: Teatralnogo Obedinenie, 1922.

Sold for US$2,375 inc. premium

4009 —
KAMERNY THEATER.
Masterstvo Teatra, vremennik kamernogo teatra [Mastery of Theater, Annals of Chamber Theater].

US$500 - US$800

TEATR I MUZYKA. Teatr i Muzyka, ezhenedel'nyi zhurnal zrelischchnykh iskusstv [Theater and Music Entertainment Weekly Magazine of Art]. Moscow: 1922-23.

4010 —
TEATR I MUZYKA.
Teatr i Muzyka, ezhenedel'nyi zhurnal zrelischchnykh iskusstv [Theater and Music Entertainment Weekly Magazine of Art]. Moscow: 1922-23.

US$2,000 - US$3,000

4011 — ZRELISCHA. Zrelischa, Ezhenedel'nik Teatra, muzik-holla, zirka, massovogo deistva, fizkul'ta, balagana, kino [Theater Entertainment Weekly, music hall, circus, mass performance, physical activity, traveling show, film]. Moscow: 1922-24.

Sold for US$4,000 inc. premium

4012 — LUNARCHARSKII, ANATOLII VASILIEVICH, editor. Khudozhestvennyi trud [Art work]. Moscow: "Der Emes," 1923.

Sold for US$500 inc. premium

NOVAIA RAMPA. NAZARENKO, N.L., and I.V. PISARENKO, editors. Novaia Rampa [New Ramp]. WITH: Kino Novoi Rampy. Moscow: 1924.

4013 —
NOVAIA RAMPA.
NAZARENKO, N.L., and I.V. PISARENKO, editors.
Novaia Rampa [New Ramp]. WITH: Kino Novoi Rampy. Moscow: 1924.

US$1,500 - US$2,000

4014 — NOVYI ZRITEL. Novyi Zritel [New Viewer]. Moscow: 1924-29.

Sold for US$4,375 inc. premium

PROGRAMMY TEATROV. Programmy gos. Akademicheskikh teatrov [Program of State Academic Theaters]. Moscow: 1925-27.

4015 —
PROGRAMMY TEATROV.
Programmy gos. Akademicheskikh teatrov [Program of State Academic Theaters]. Moscow: 1925-27.

US$2,000 - US$3,000

ISKUSSTVO TRUDIASHCHIMSIA. Iskusstvo trudiaschimsia: teatr, kino, muzyka, zhivopis [Art for the Workers: Theater, Movies, Music, Pictorial Arts]. Moscow: 1925-26.

4016 —
ISKUSSTVO TRUDIASHCHIMSIA.
Iskusstvo trudiaschimsia: teatr, kino, muzyka, zhivopis [Art for the Workers: Theater, Movies, Music, Pictorial Arts]. Moscow: 1925-26.

US$1,500 - US$2,500

VESTNIK RABOTNIKOV ISKUSSTV [ART WORKERS' HERALD]. Vestnik Rabotnikov Iskusstv ... Le Messager des Travailleurs des Arts organe officiel du comité central de la fédération des travailleurs des Arts de l'URSS. Moscow: VSERBIS, 1925-26.

4017 —
VESTNIK RABOTNIKOV ISKUSSTV [ART WORKERS' HERALD].
Vestnik Rabotnikov Iskusstv ... Le Messager des Travailleurs des Arts organe officiel du comité central de la fédération des travailleurs des Arts de l'URSS. Moscow: VSERBIS, 1925-26.

Sold for US$875 inc. premium

4018 — SOVIETSKOE ISKUSSTVO. Sovietskoe Iskusstvo [Soviet Art]. Moscow: 1925-28.

Sold for US$875 inc. premium

4019 — RABOCHI I TEATR. Rabochi i Teatr [Workman and Theater]. Leningrad: 1925-37.

Sold for US$11,250 inc. premium

RABIS. Rabis. Organe hebdomadaire du comité de la fédération des travailleurs des arts de l'URSS. Moscow: 1927-34.

4020 —
RABIS.
Rabis. Organe hebdomadaire du comité de la fédération des travailleurs des arts de l'URSS. Moscow: 1927-34.

Sold for US$4,375 inc. premium

4021 — SOVREMENNYI TEATR. Sovremennyi Teatr [Contemporary Theater]. Moscow: Teatr-kino-pechat, 1929.

Sold for US$1,250 inc. premium

4022 — SOVETSKII TEATR. Sovetskii Teatr, Obshchestvenno-politcheskii zhurnal po voprosam teatra [Soviet Theater, Socio-Political Magazine dedicated to questions of the theatre]. Moscow: Teatr-kino-pechat and others, 1930-33.

Sold for US$1,125 inc. premium

TEATR I DRAMATURGIA. Teatr i Dramaturgia [Theater and Drama]. Moscow: Zhurgazob'edenie, 1933-36.

4023 —
TEATR I DRAMATURGIA.
Teatr i Dramaturgia [Theater and Drama]. Moscow: Zhurgazob'edenie, 1933-36.

US$1,000 - US$1,500

SOVIETSKII TEATR. Sovietskii Teatr. Organ Upravleniia teatrami Narkomprosa RSFSR i TSK Rabis [Soviet Theater. Administration of Theater by the Narkompros Agency of the RSFSR & TSK Rabis]. Moscow: 0giz-izogiz, 1935-36.

4024 —
SOVIETSKII TEATR.
Sovietskii Teatr. Organ Upravleniia teatrami Narkomprosa RSFSR i TSK Rabis [Soviet Theater. Administration of Theater by the Narkompros Agency of the RSFSR & TSK Rabis]. Moscow: 0giz-izogiz, 1935-36.

US$1,000 - US$1,500

4025 — BENOIS, ALEXANDRE, illustrator. PUSHKIN, A.S. Pikovaia dama [Queen of Spades]. St Petersburg: R.Golike & A.Vilborg, 1911.

US$700 - US$1,000

4026 — EFROS, N.E. Teatr Letuchaia Mysh [Theater of the Bat]. Moscow: N.F.Balieva, 1918.

US$1,000 - US$1,500

4027 — MEYERHOLD, VSEVOLOD, editor. Liubov k trem apel'sinam. Zhurnal Doktora Dapertutto [Love for Three Oranges. Doctor Dapertutto's Journal]. St Petersburg: V.Meyerhold, 1914-16.

Sold for US$12,500 inc. premium

ALEXANDRINSKII THEATER PROGRAMS. A collection of 27 programs for Meyerhold's theater in St. Petersburg, 1914-18, comprising:

4028 —
ALEXANDRINSKII THEATER PROGRAMS.
A collection of 27 programs for Meyerhold's theater in St. Petersburg, 1914-18, comprising:

Sold for US$500 inc. premium

MEYERHOLD SET DESIGN AND PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS. A collection of 34 period photographs of Meyerhold productions, most at the Meyerhold Theater in Moscow, 1920s-1930s, comprising:

4029 —
MEYERHOLD SET DESIGN AND PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS.
A collection of 34 period photographs of Meyerhold productions, most at the Meyerhold Theater in Moscow, 1920s-1930s, comprising:

Sold for US$3,500 inc. premium

4030 —
MEYERHOLD THEATRICAL EPHEMERA.
A collection of 18 programs, flyers and playbills for Meyerhold productions in Moscow theaters, [Moscow and Leningrad], 1924-36, including

Sold for US$1,750 inc. premium

MEYERHOLD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM.

4031 —
MEYERHOLD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM.

Sold for US$3,500 inc. premium

MEYERHOLD POSTER. Poster for a Meyerhold production inspired by Moliere's The Imaginary Cuckold at the Theater Aktera, Moscow, April 25-26, 1922,

4032 —
MEYERHOLD POSTER.
Poster for a Meyerhold production inspired by Moliere's The Imaginary Cuckold at the Theater Aktera, Moscow, April 25-26, 1922,

Sold for US$3,500 inc. premium

MEYERHOLD POSTER. Meyerhold Theater production poster for a performance of Mandate, Moscow, August 22-25, 1925,

4033 —
MEYERHOLD POSTER.
Meyerhold Theater production poster for a performance of Mandate, Moscow, August 22-25, 1925,

Sold for US$1,875 inc. premium

MEYERHOLD POSTERS. 1. Poster for the premier of The Imaginary Cuckold at the Meyerhold Theater in Moscow,

4034 —
MEYERHOLD POSTERS.
1. Poster for the premier of The Imaginary Cuckold at the Meyerhold Theater in Moscow,

Sold for US$1,875 inc. premium

MEYERHOLD POSTER. Poster for the production of Bubus at the Meyerhold Theater, Moscow, January 29-February 1, 1927,

4035 —
MEYERHOLD POSTER.
Poster for the production of Bubus at the Meyerhold Theater, Moscow, January 29-February 1, 1927,

Sold for US$5,000 inc. premium

MEYERHOLD POSTER.

4036 —
MEYERHOLD POSTER.

Sold for US$3,750 inc. premium

MEYERHOLD POSTERS.

4037 —
MEYERHOLD POSTERS.

Sold for US$6,000 inc. premium

MOSCOW OPERETTA PRODUCTIONS.

4038 —
MOSCOW OPERETTA PRODUCTIONS.

Sold for US$1,500 inc. premium

RUSSIAN THEATER—1922. YAROVOFF, NIKOLAI. 5 Autograph Manuscripts Signed, 18 pp total, all Moscow, comprising:

4039 —
RUSSIAN THEATER—1922.
YAROVOFF, NIKOLAI.
5 Autograph Manuscripts Signed, 18 pp total, all Moscow, comprising:

US$2,000 - US$3,000

YAROVOFF, NIKOLAI. 14 Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed, approx. 25 pp, various sizes, Moscow, April 24, 1921 to September 27, 1923, Moscow, ranging from 1 p notes to a 12 pp letter,

4040 —
YAROVOFF, NIKOLAI.
14 Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed, approx. 25 pp, various sizes, Moscow, April 24, 1921 to September 27, 1923, Moscow, ranging from 1 p notes to a 12 pp letter,

US$3,000 - US$5,000

4041 —
YAROVOFF, NIKOLAI.
2 Autograph Manuscripts Signed and 2 Typescripts, 10 pp, c.1920-22, all for publication in the United States, comprising:

US$700 - US$1,000

RUSSIAN FILM POSTERS.

4042 —
RUSSIAN FILM POSTERS.

US$2,000 - US$3,000

4043 — AGNIVTSEV, NIKOLAI YAKOVLEVICH. 1888-1932. V. TVARDOVSKII, illustrator. Chashka chaya [A Cup of Tea]. Moscow and Leningrad: Raduga, 1925.

Sold for US$1,000 inc. premium

4044 — AKHMATOVA, ANNA. 1889-1966. Belaya Staya [White Flock. Poems of Anna Akhmatova]. Petrograd: Hyperborean Publishing, 1917.

US$600 - US$800

4045 — AKHMATOVA, ANNA. 1889-1966. U samogo moria [At the Very Edge of the Sea]. Petersburg: Alkonost, 1921.

US$400 - US$600

4046 — AKHMATOVA, ANNA. 1889-1966. Manuscript Signed, "Ty ne khotel menya takoi..." [You Did Not Want Me This Way]; and "Zatvorilas dver' navek ego" [His Door Closed to Me Forever,] 1 p, 4to, Tashkent, 1943, in pencil.

Sold for US$17,500 inc. premium

AKHMATOVA, ANNA. 1889-1966. Photograph Inscribed, albumen print mounted on card,

4047 —
AKHMATOVA, ANNA. 1889-1966.
Photograph Inscribed, albumen print mounted on card,

Sold for US$12,500 inc. premium

ANNENSKII, INNOKENTII FEDOROVICH. 1856-1909.

4048 —
ANNENSKII, INNOKENTII FEDOROVICH. 1856-1909.

Sold for US$12,500 inc. premium

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