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1963WRCLIT80608Stamford: The Overbrook Press 1963. Folio broadside 41 x 28 cm. Text printed within heavy black mourning border on recto only with single line caption. Fine. The Overbrook Press first printed this broadside in 1952 in an edition of 750 copies on Arak paper for the National Committee for Free Europe Inc. The text is a translation is of a French broadside issued by PAIX ET LIBERTE. This undated printing is on Rives and has a caption noting this is "considerably reduced." It may have been among those printed for insertion in the scarce Overbook Press bibliography. CAHOON p.71. The Overbrook Press unknown books
191711868Petrograd: A. Sokolova 1917. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original sheet music for two songs of the Russian revolution: the Worker's Marseillaise the National Anthem of the Russian Provisional Government and the Funeral March "You Fell a Victim to the Fatal Struggle."  Nos. 455 and 466 of the music series "The Economy." Each 4 pp. Overall toning foxing and light wear with pencil marks on the cover of one piece of music but intact and overall in fine condition. 6.75 x 9.75 inches 16.8 x 24.5 cm.<br style=""><br style="">The Worker's Marseillaise Russian: Ð Ð°Ð±Ð¾Ñ‡Ð°Ñ ÐœÐ°Ñ€Ñельеза Rabochaya Marselyeza was a Russian revolutionary song set to the tune of the Marseillaise with a text by Pyotr Lavrov first published on July 1 1875. The lyrics not a direct translation of the French are very radical-socialist in spirit. This anthem was popular during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and was used as a national anthem by Russia's Provisional Government established immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II March 15 1917 until its overthrow in the October Revolution. It remained in use by the Soviets for a short time alongside The Internationale. A. Sokolova unknown books
1929D6770Russia 1929. Paperback. Near Fine. Manuscript periodical in four parts numbered 3 4 11 and 13. Staple-bound heavy cardstock wraps brightly illustrated in pen-and-ink and watercolor; four volumes; 8vo 230 x 180 mm; pp. 136 illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink and watercolour drawings signed "S. Sh." or "S. Sheff" Russia 1929. Covers a little scuffed along spine and edges otherwise fine -- bold and bright. <br/><br/>A compilation of various accounts relating to the Russian Navy and Air Force in the decade following the Revolution recorded in tidy penmanship and with quick watercolors painted direct in text plus nicely accomplished pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations tipped-on showing landscapes sea-scapes portraits and air and sea vessels. The accounts report the travails of various ships including the "Prome" "Paris Commune" "Frunze" the ice-breakers "Ermak" and "Lenin" and others. One part is devoted mostly to the Turkish Fleet and action in the Black Sea during 1914-1917. The aeronautic sections discuss Zeppelin's dirigible and the British R-101. The journal lists various contributors including F. Raskol'nikov L. Berman A. Marti P. Stasevich and others. S. Sheff who drew the illustrations probably produced this journal issuing it over the course of a number of years; the present issues are numbered 3 4 11 and 13 and belong to the fourth year of composition. A nice folk art example of "Grafica Russa" Russian Graphics of the early 20th century combining graphic design illustration and calligraphic interest. paperback books
