Bubb Kuyper

RUSSIAN BOOKS. (AVANT-GARDE) ART, LITERATURE and FINE PRINTING

Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024

92 kavels

Kavel 2140

Antigona.

(Moscow), Teakinopechat', 1928, 16p., portraits, orig. wr. by NAUMOV, sm. 8vo. AND 1 other, publ. by Kinopechat': V. SHKLOVSKY, Ikh nastoyaschee (Moscow/ Leningrad, 1927, plates, orig. wr., sm. 8vo).

Schatting € 70 – € 90Opbrengst € 90

Kavel 2144

[Ballets Russes]. Au Temps des Ballets Russes.

(Paris), n.publ., 1952, 30p., tipped-in col. plate by P. COLIN, ills., 1 loosely inserted lithograph (Diagilev, Bakst and Nijinsky) after P. PICASSO, printed in a limited numbered edition of copies, orig. wr., folio. - ADDED: 10 other publications by i.a. American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet and New York City Ballet, a few SIGNED by i.a. Rosella Hightower, Anthony Dowell, Martine van Hamel, Charles Maple, Élisabeth Platel, Sylvie Guillem and Jean-Yves Lormeau.

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 180

Kavel 2145

[Ballets Russes]. Boris Godounov.

Paris, Les Établissements Dax, n.d. (1932), (20)p., tipped-in portrait, ills., 7 tipped-in col. plates and orig. gilt dec. and embossed wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, adverts, 4to. Opéra privé de Paris. Première Saison. Paris, Publicité Commerciale & Téatrale, 1929, (36)p., tipped-in portrait, 8 tipped-in col. plates by A.K. KOROVINE, adverts, orig. col. (foxed) wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, 4to. - AND 1 other similar: Opéra Russe à Paris. Printemps 1930 (tipped-in col. plates by B. BILINSKY, orig. wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN).

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 150

Kavel 2146

[Ballets Russes]. Boris Godounov.

Paris, Les Établissements Dax, n.d. (1932), (20)p., tipped-in portrait, ills., 7 tipped-in col. plates and orig. gilt dec. and embossed wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, adverts, 4to. Opéra privé de Paris. Première Saison. Ibid., Publicité Commerciale & Téatrale, 1929, (36)p., tipped-in portrait, 8 tipped-in col. plates by A.K. KOROVINE, adverts., orig. col. (foxed) wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, 4to. - AND 1 other similar: Opéra Russe à Paris. Printemps 1930 (tipped-in col. plates by B. BILINSKY, orig. wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN).

Schatting € 150 – € 250

Kavel 2147

[Ballets Russes]. "Quinzième Saison Russe Mai-Juin 1922. Programme Officiel des Ballets et Opéras Russes de Serge de Diaghilew".

Paris, M. de Brunoff, (1922), (26)p., (col.) ills., w. inserted orig. program for 25 May 1922, orig. wr. by N. GONTCHAROVA w. gilt flimsies, folio. "Les Ballets Russes. Programme édité par Comoedia Illustré". Paris, Théatre du Chatelet, 1911, no pagination, profusely illustrated w. i.a. col. ills. and orig. wr. after L. BAKST, folio (frontwr. loose and frayed).

Schatting € 80 – € 100Opbrengst € 220

Kavel 2148

[Ballets Russes]. S. Hurok Presents Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo.

Direction W. de Basil. New York, Richard Davis, 1934, program booklet, no pagination, (col.) ills. and adverts., orig. gilt cordbound wr. after A. DERAIN, 4to (wr. some folds/ creases). - AND 3 other program booklets of the Ballets Russes by Col. de Basil, profusely illustrated (i.a. w. col. tipped-in plates), w. wr. design by I. BILIBINE (1936) (spine-ends dam.), S. LISSIM (1934) and N. GONTCHAROVA (1936).

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 150

Kavel 2149

[Ballets Russes]. "Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe. Souvenir. With Originals by Léon Bakst and Others".

New York, Metropolitan Ballet Company, n.d. (1916), (40)p., full-p. col. ills. by L. BAKST, monochr. ills., orig. cordbound gilt embossed wr., folio. AND 3 other early programs of the Ballets Russes, all w. small defects: "Théatre de l'Opéra. Douzième Saison Russe (...) Mai et Juin 1920", "Serge de Diaghileff. Season of Russian Ballet 1927 at the Princess Theatre" and "Théatre de l'Opéra. Ballets Russes Diaghilew. Décembre 1928- Janvier 1929".

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 160

Kavel 2151

[Ballets Russes]. Collection,

consisting of various articles and (offset) prints of the Ballets Russes by Diaghilew, i.a. J.-É. BLANCHE, Léon Bakst dans le Ballet Russe (8p., w. 10 tipped in col. plates after L. BAKST, modern cl., folio) and LES BALLETS RUSSES DE SERGE DE DIAGHILEW. Numéro Spécial de la Revue Musicale (Paris, 1930, plates/ ills., orig. (dam.) wr. Lower margin waterst.). - AND a small stack of ±60 program booklets of i.a. the Ballets Russes, ±1935-1950, i.a. "Ballet Russe Irina Grjebina" (w. an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION by I. GRJEBINA on p.(1)) and articles (partly illustrated w. tipped-in col. plates by L. BAKST) in L'Art Décoratif. No.153 (1911, wr. dam.) and L'Art Vivant. No.83 and 114 (1928/ 1929).

Schatting € 200 – € 300

Kavel 2152

[Ballets Russes]. Lot

of 12 souvenir program booklets, Paris/ New York, ±1935-1950, all w. (tipped-in col.) ills., i.a. w. wr. designs after N. GONTCHAROVA, A. DERAIN and P. PICASSO, incl. i.a. the 5th American Season 1937-1948 (w. autographs by i.a. A. DANILOVA, T. RIABOUCHINSKA, P. PETROFF and Y. SHABELEVSKY).

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 180

Kavel 2155

[Bilibin, I.]. (Afanasev, A.). Skazki. Tsarevna-Lyagushka (Fairy tales. The Princess-Frog).

St. Petersburg, (State Dispatch Office), 1901, 12p., chromolithogr. ills., bookdecoration and orig. chromolithogr. wr. by I. BILIBIN, folio. Bilibin, I. Skazka o zolotom petushke (The tale of the golden cockerel). Ibid., n.publ., 1910 [title-p. dated 1907], 11,(1)p., (4x full-p.) chromolithogr. ills. and bookdecoration by I. BILIBIN, obl. sm. folio.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 350

Kavel 2156

[Bilibin, I.]. Boris Godounov.

N.pl. (Paris), n.publ., n.d. (±1935), no pagination, tipped-in portrait of FEODOR CHALIAPINE as WLADIMIR GALITZKY, ills., 7 tipped-in col. plates and orig. gilt wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, 4to.

Schatting € 70 – € 90

Kavel 2157

[La Chauve-Souris]. Lot

of 6 souvenir program booklets for revues of the Moscow Chauve-Souris by Nikita Balieff, N.pl., (1923-1924), colour ills. after designs by i.a. SCHOUKHAEFF, GOUDIACHVILI, N. BENOIS, I. REPIN and SOUDEIKINE, orig. wr. by i.a. by A. BENOIS and SOUDEIKINE (2x), folio.

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 150

Kavel 2159

[Children's books]. Barto, A. Pervoe Maya (The first of May).

Moscow, Gos. Izd., 1928, 2nd ed., 16p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked boards by A. DEYNEKA, 4to. AND a sl. mediocre copy of IDEM, Bratushki (ibid., 1929, col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by G. YECHEISTOV, sm. 4to).

Schatting € 250 – € 350Opbrengst € 400

Kavel 2162

[Children's books]. Ivanovsky, E. Deux Contes Russes.

Paris, Desclée, de Brouwer et Cie, n.d. (1931), 1st ed., 28p., ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by E. IVANOVSKY, obl. 4to. AND 1 other: S. MARSHAK. Kinderchen im Käfig. German transl. E. Weinert (Berlin, (1947), col. ills. and orig. wr. by J. TSCHARUSCHIN, 4to).

Schatting € 50 – € 70

Kavel 2165

[Children's books]. Marshak, S. IJsco. Dutch transl. L. Dworson and E. Hess-Binger.

The Hague, De Baanbreker-Servire, n.d. (1931), (12)p. (incl. wr.), col. ills. and orig. wr. by V. LEBEDEV, 4to. Goerjan, O. Het vroolijke onweer. Dutch adapt. L. Dworson and E. Hess-Binger. TIbid., idem, n.d. (±1929), 1st-4th thous., 18,(1)p. (incl. wr.), col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by B. POKROWSKI. AND 3 others publ. by the same: C. MARSHAK, De reis door Rusland (1930, col. ills. and orig. wr. by W. LEBEDEV), VOLKSRIJMPJES (1929, ills. by V. KONASCHEWITCH) and ENGEL, De gouden blaren (1930, ills. by WYSCHNEWETSKI and FRADKIN).

Schatting € 300 – € 500

Kavel 2167

[Children's books]. Russische prentenboeken. Eerste serie.

Dutch adapt. L. Dworson a.o. The Hague, De Baanbreker/ Servire, n.d. (±1930), 3 parts in 1 vol., orig. clothbacked pict. boards by WYSCHNEWETSKI and FRADKIN, orig. wr. pres., sm. 4to. Russische prentenboeken. Tweede serie. Dutch adapt. L. Dworson and E. Hess-Binger. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1930), 3 parts in 1 vol., orig. clothbacked pict. boards by KONASCHEWITCH, orig. wr. pres., sm. 4to.

Schatting € 120 – € 150

Kavel 2170

Dollar, Jim (= M. Shaginyan). Lori Len. Metallist.

Moscow/ Leningrad, Gos. Izd., 1925, 9 vols., orig. unif wr. printed in green, red and blue. AND 1 other: IDEM, Kak ya pisala Mess Mend (How I wrote Mess Mend) (Moscow, 1926, orig. wr., sm. 8vo).

Schatting € 250 – € 350

Kavel 2171

Ehrenburg, I. Trubka (Pipe).

Moscow/ Leningrad, Krasnaya Nov', 1924, 1st ed., 35,(1)p., ills. and orig. wr. by I. MAZEL.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 100

Kavel 2174

Karazin, N. Moi skazki (My fairytales).

St. Petersburg, A.F. Devrien, 1895, (6),158,(1)p., engr. frontisp. portrait, 10 lithogr. plates, 100 text ills. and orig. gilt dec. cl. by N. KARAZIN, marbled edges, sm. 4to.

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 150

Kavel 2177

Kruchonykh, A. Gibel' Yesenina (Yesenin's death).

Moscow, the author, 1926, 1st(?) ed., 14,(2)p., orig. wr. Idem. Liki Yesenina. Ot kheruvima do khuligana (The faces of Yesenin. From cherub to hooligan). Ibid., idem, 1925, 24p., portraits and orig. wr. by V. KULAGINA.

Schatting € 100 – € 150

Kavel 2183

[Lebedeff, J.]. Anet, C. Ariane. Jeune fille Russe.

Paris, G. Crès & Cie., 1924, 1st illustrated ed., XIII,(1),174,(2)p., 2 col. woodcut plates, 31 woodcut headpieces and 24 tailpieces by J. LEBEDEFF, printed in 1150 numb. copies (25), contemp. hmor., t.e.g., orig. wr. pres., 4to.

Schatting € 150 – € 250

Kavel 2184

[Lebedeff, J.]. Pouchkine, A. Le conte du coq d'or.

Paris, Aux folies de l'ymaigier, 1954, 21,(2)p., handcol. woodcuts, bookdecoration and calligraphed text by J. LEBEDEFF, printed in 325 numb. and signed copies, loose in orig. board chemise and slipcase, sm. 8vo.

Schatting € 100 – € 150

Kavel 2189

[Lissitzky, El]. Wendingen.

Year 4, no.11 (H.P. Berlage on Frank Lloyd Wright). Amst., De Hooge Brug, (1922), 38p., ills., orig. lithogr. boards by EL LISSITZKY, bound as a blockbook, large 4to.

Schatting € 1.500 – € 2.500Opbrengst € 1.600

Kavel 2190

[Lissitzky, El]. Wendingen.

Year 4, no.11 (H.P. Berlage on Frank Lloyd Wright). Amst., De Hooge Brug, (1922), 38p., ills., orig. lithogr. wrappers by EL LISSITZKY, bound as a blockbook, large 4to, framed.

Schatting € 500 – € 700Opbrengst € 500

Kavel 2191

Lot

of 10 odd issues of periodicals, 1923-1934, ills., orig. wr., 4to/ folio.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 170

Kavel 2196

Nabokov, V. Lolita.

New York, Phaedra, 1967, 1st Russian ed., (8),304p., orig. wr.

Schatting € 200 – € 300Opbrengst € 200