Petrograd: I.I. Bilibin, 1904. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 16 pages. Folio, 38.4 x 31 cm. Printed by R. Golike and A. Vilborg. Front cover and five full-page color lithograph illustrations. Bilibin was one of the best-known members of the Mir Iskusstva [World of Art] group. He was the greatest illustrator of..... More
St. Petersburg: State Printing Company for Securities [Expeditsii Zagotovleny Gosudarstvennukh Bumag], 1903. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 12 pages. 32.5: 25.5 cm. Original cover chromolithograph, 8 chromolithographed illustrations (including 3 full-page), decorative borders printed in brown, all after Bilibin. Commissioned by the Tsarist government in 1899, this series of skazki [fairy..... More
St. Petersburg: State Printing Company for Securities [Expeditsii Zagotovleny Gosudarstvennukh Bumag], 1901. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 12 pages. 32.5: 25.5 cm. Original cover chromolithograph, three full-page chromolithographs, four smaller chromos in the text, plus decorative borders. Bilibin was inspired after visiting the visiting the exhibition in the winter of 1898..... More
St. Petersburg: State Printing Company for Securities [Expeditsii Zagotovleny Gosudarstvennukh Bumag], 1901. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 12 pages. 32.5: 25.5 cm. Original cover chromolithograph, 8 chromolithographed illustrations (including 3 full-page), decorative borders printed in brown, all after Bilibin. Brilliant, very fresh and bright copy with no faults. Backstrip renewed. More
St. Petersburg: State Printing Company for Securities [Expeditsii Zagotovleny Gosudarstvennukh Bumag], 1903. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 12 pages. 32.5: 25.5 cm. Original cover chromolithograph, 8 chromolithographed illustrations (including 3 full-page), decorative borders printed in brown, all after Bilibin. Commissioned by the Tsarist government in 1899, this series of skazki [fairy..... More
Paris: H. Piazza, 1919. Hardcover. 125 pages. 29.8 x 22.4 cm. Limited edition, copy 1303 of 1500. Bound by Vermorel. Paris. The English and American editions of East of the Sun and West of the Moon were issued five years earlier. Illustrated with 24 mounted color plates by Nielsen with..... More