An Important Group of Books, Letters, and Journals relating to Boris Grigoriev

Vasily Kamensky, Zemlyanka. St Petersburg: Obshestvennaya Iolva, 1911, (8 ½  by 7 in.; 21.5 by 18 cm) 172 pages with black and white illustrations by Boris Grigoriev; Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Art Russe (catalogue for the exhibition), Éditions des Chaiers de Belgique, Brussels, 1930. (9 ¾  by 8 in.; 25 by 20 cm) 95 pages plus 64 black and white plates. Two plates of works by Boris Grigoriev: XLVIII and XLIX; The New Gallery, Russian Painting and Sculpture, New York, 1923. (9 by 7 ¼  in.; 23 by 18.5 cm) Catalogue for the exhibition at the New Gallery, with foreword by William Henry Fox and introduction and catalogue by Christian Brinton. Cover design by Vadim Anatolievich Chernov, printed for the Brooklyn Museum by Redfield-Kendrick-Odell Company. First Impression, three thousand copies; M. E. Vainbaum, Na Razni Temi. New York: Novoye Russkoye Slovo 1956. (8 ¼  by 5 ½  in. 21 by 14 cm) 396 pages with chapter on Boris Grigoriev, pages 218- 224; Serge-Aljosja Stommels, Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev: A Biography, Nijmegen: 1993, (9 ½  by 6 ¾  in.; 24 by 17 cm) 113 pages; Boris Grigoriev, Rasseia, Berlin: 1922. (10 ¼  by 8 ¼  in.; 26 by 21 cm) In Russian. With one color illustration and black and white illustrations by Boris Grigoriev and articles by Aleksei Tolstoy, Anatoly Zhaikevich, Aleksandr Benois and Boris Grigoriev; Boris Grigoriev, Intimité, Peterburg: V.M. Yasny, 1918. (13 ¾  by 10 in.; 35 by 25.5 cm); Boris Grigoriev, Rasseia, St. Petersburg: V.M. Yasny, 1918 (13 ½  by 9 ½  in.; 34.5 by 24 cm). With articles by P. Shchegolev, N. Radlov, B. Grigoriev. Copy 448 out of 750 copies. 33 plates mounted on 16 originally designed wallpaper. First edition; Boris Grigoriev, Boui Bouis, Berlin: Razum-Verlag, 1924 (14 ¼  by 10 ¾  in.; 36.5 by 27.5 cm) With articles by Claude Farrère, S. Makowsky and B. Schloezer; Boris Grigoriev, Visages de Russie, Paris: Librairie P. Ollendorff, 1923 (14 ½  by 11 in.; 37 by 28 cm) Example 18 of 450. With black and white and color plates of paintings by Boris Grigoriev; Der Moskowitische Eros: A Collection of Russian Erotic Short Stories, Münich: Allgemeine Verlagsanstalt, 1924. (8 ¾  by 6 in.; 22.5 by 15 cm) 131 pages. Illustrations by Boris Grigoriev; Boris Grigoriev, Rasseia, Berlin: Müller & Co. Verlag, 1921. (10 ¼  by 8 in.; 26 by 20.5 cm). In German. With black and white and color plates by Boris Grigoriev; Letters and documents of and relating to Boris Grigoriev: Signed handwritten receipt from Konstantin Korovin to Boris Grigoriev, 1934; Signed and typed letter from Mark Weinbaum, editor of Novoye Russkoye Slovo to V.Bashkirov, August 2, 1939; Signed and typed letter from Christian Brinton regarding American citizenship of Boris Grigoriev, September 10, 1936; Typed Letter to Robert F. Kelley, Chief of Department of Eastern European Affairs regarding Boris Grogirev, August 29, 1936; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, 1934, on Hotel Laurelton, New York letterhead; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Modest Lazarevich, 1934, on Hotel Laurelton, New York letterhead; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Saveli Abramovich Sorin, not dated, on Regis Lunch Inc. letterhead; Handwritten autobiographical notes by Boris Grigoriev, 3 pages; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to V. Bashkirov, not dated, on Hotel Ritz, Paris letterhead; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to V. Bashkirov, not dated, circa 1934; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to editor of the New York Times, not dated, circa 1933; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, not dated, circa 1933; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, February 2, 1933, New York; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, June 3, 1933, Borisella; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, June 15, 1933, Paris; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, June 21, 1933, Paris, on Café Moderne Bar letterhead; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, June 23, 1933, Borisella; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, July 10, 1933, Borisella; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, July 13, 1933, Borisella; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, 1933, Borisella; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, September 25, 1934, Borisella; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, October 6, 1934, Borisella; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoreiv to Vladimir Bashkirov, April 22, 1938; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, July 29, 1938, Borisella; Handwritten letter from Boris Grigoriev to Vladimir Bashkirov, August 1, 1933, large (43.5 by 35.5 cm); Moi Zhurnal, edited by A.E. Burtsev,St. Petersburg, 5 issues: 1913, nos. 10, 6 and 17 (6 illustrated with works by Grigoriev) and 1914, nos. 5 and 12 (each approximately 9 ¾  by 9 ¼  in.; 25 by 23.5 cm); Museo de Bellas Artes, Boris Grigorieff, Santiago de Chile, 1928, with handwritten inscription by Boris Grigoriev, 43 pages (10 by 7 ½  in.; 25.5 by 19 cm) (exhibition catalogue); Adademy of Allied Arts, Boris Grigorieff, New York, November-December 1935, with handwritten inscription by Boris Grigoriev (10 ½  by 9 in.; 27 by 23 cm) (exhibition catalogue); Cover of Journal "Plamya", no. 33, 1918 (10 by 7 ¼  in.; 25.5 by 18.5 cm); Journal "Plamya", no. 58, 1919, with cover illustration by Boris Grigoriev and illustrations by Boris Grigoriev (11 by 8 in.; 28 by 20 cm); Journal "Perezvonii", no. 42, 1929 with articles about Boris Grigoriev and black and white and color plates of paintings by Grigoriev. (11 ¾ by 9 in.; 30 by 23 cm); Georgette Passedoit, Boris Grigoriev, New York (7 ½ by 3 ½  in.; 19 by 9 cm) (exhibition listing); "Art Digest", December 15, 1935, with advertisement for Boris Grigorieff painting classes at the Academy of Allied Arts, p. 29 (11 ¾ by 8 ½  in.; 30 by 21.5 cm); "Art Digest", December 1, 1935, with article titled "Years of Grigoriev's Art is on View" re: Academy of Allied Arts exhibition, December, 1935, p. 12

Rasseia, 1918: The pages are slightly discolored in line with age and with minor pencil marks, inscriptions on inside front cover. The edges of the pages appear to have some minor water stains. Some of the plates in book are a bit loose on page. Rasseia, 1921: the binding is torn, cover is stained a bit, pages are slightly discolored in line with age. Rasseia, 1922, binding is a bit loose, cover and pages are discolored in line with age, some minor foxing to pages and some minor tears to the cover corners. Intimite, 1918, bound with marbeled boards, binding is loose, pages are discolored in line with age and have some minor tears and stains. Minor foxing to pages. Boui Bouis, upper portion of cover is stained, binding is a bit torn and loose, pages are slightly discolored in line with age, some pages have minor tears to corners. Visages de Russie, cover and pages are discolored in line with age, some pages have minor foxing, some plates are loose. M.E. Vainbaum, Na Razi Temi, the binding is a bit loose but in overall fine condition. Der Moskowitische Eros: A Collection of Russian Erotic Short Stories, some minor staining to cover but in overall fine condition. Stommels, Grigoriev Biography, in overall fine condition. Some minor staining to cover. Vasili Kamensky, Zemlyanka, binding is torn and loose. There is discoloration to cover and pages in line with age and minor staining. Minor tears around edges and there are marks on back cover. New Gallery exhibition catalogue, the binding is torn and loose and the pages are slightly discolored in line with age and have som eminor stains and some pencil marks. A few pages with slightly creased edges. George Passedoit Catalogue, a bit discolored because of age with very minor tear in lower right corner. In otherwise fine condition. Museo de Bellas Artes catalogue, the binding is torn and the plate on the cover is loose with some minor tears. There are minor tears around edges of the cover. The back cover has minor tears around edges and a crease in the lower right corner. Moi Zhurnal, 5 issues, on each the binding is torn and in some issues the pages are separated from binding and loose. Pages and covers have some tears around the edges and pages are discolored in line with age. Issues could benefit from evaluation by a book restorer, or at least re-binding. Perezvoni, binding is torn, pages are discolored in line with age and edges have minor tears and are creased in corners. Some of the plates of illustrations are loose. Some minor tears to pages. Platya, Issue no. 58 (full issue), pages are discolored in line with age. There are minor tears around the edges. Issue no. 33 (only the cover mounted onto paper), minor discoloration to paper and some very minor stains. The Art Digest, issue 1 December 1935, missing back cover. Binding is torn, pages are minorly discolored in line with age. issue 15 December 1935, missing back cover and binding is torn. Pages have minor tears around edges and some creases. Academy of Allied Arts catalogue, cover and pages are discolored in line with age. There is a crease in the lower right corner. Art Russe, Brussels, 1930, binding is torn and cover is torn, pages and cover are discoloerd in line with age. There are some spots of minor foxing on pages and creases to cover and pages. With marks on inside front cover. Letters: In overall fine condition. Letters are discolored in line with age and some have minor staining and creases. Some have minor tears around edges.
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