Sytin Ivan (14 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Condition: New. Available at long last, this volume is the posthumous memoir of a peasant from the depths of old Russia who rose to great wealth and influence as his country's most successful publisher. Though never fully literate, Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was a shrewd businessman who made millions by publishing books for all manner of readers. My Life for the Book makes available the full text of Sytin's unpublished memoir, along with various writings by those who knew him. Through sharp and unremittingly ironic observations, Sytin describes with insight and amusement or dismay Tsarist Russia's bureaucracy, the Orthodox Church, the Imperial court, and a number of the country's most renowned writers, including Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, and journalist Vlas Doroshevich. Sytin's memoir, a tale of Great Russian society voiced by a parvenu, depicts a pre-Revolutionary Russia of small shops, churches, convents, deep religious faith, and flawed rulers. While the Revolution eventually deprived Sytin of all means to continuing publishing, his resilience and enterprise remain a lasting legacy.

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8vo. cloth, front board decorated, dust jacket. 278, (2) pages. Text in Russian. A Life for Books, the life of the publisher Sytin (1851-1934) who published about 25% of the books published in Russia in 1914. Edited by A.Z. Okorokov. A volume in the "History of Books and Publishing in Russia" series. Portrait of the author tipped in. Color illustrations, some tipped in. Black and white illustrations. Bibliography, table of contents. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed. cloth, front board decorated, dust jacket.

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Condition: New. The life and times of Russia s leading pre-Revolutionary book publisher.&Uumlber den AutorCharles A. Ruud is professor emeritus of Russian history at the University of Western Ontario. Marina E. Soroka, a former translator and teach.

Hardback. Condition: New. Available at long last, this volume is the posthumous memoir of a peasant from the depths of old Russia who rose to great wealth and influence as his country's most successful publisher. Though never fully literate, Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was a shrewd businessman who made millions by publishing books for all manner of readers. My Life for the Book makes available the full text of Sytin's unpublished memoir, along with various writings by those who knew him. Through sharp and unremittingly ironic observations, Sytin describes with insight and amusement or dismay Tsarist Russia's bureaucracy, the Orthodox Church, the Imperial court, and a number of the country's most renowned writers, including Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, and journalist Vlas Doroshevich. Sytin's memoir, a tale of Great Russian society voiced by a parvenu, depicts a pre-Revolutionary Russia of small shops, churches, convents, deep religious faith, and flawed rulers. While the Revolution eventually deprived Sytin of all means to continuing publishing, his resilience and enterprise remain a lasting legacy.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Charles A. Ruud is professor emeritus of Russian history at the University of Western Ontario. Marina E. Soroka, a former translator and teacher, has a PhD in history from the University of Western Ontario.

Book measures: 22.5 x 17 cm. 279 pages: illustrations. Text in Russian. The book is in good condition, with the dust jacket being worn and damaged. Recollections of the prominent Russian book publisher and educator of the time, as well as the firsthand accounts of his peers. These memoirs provide insight into Sytin's life and legacy, offering a glimpse into the man behind the influential publishing empire. Publisher's decorated hardcover, dust jacket.

Striking 'lubki' in great condition --- Exhaustive collection of striking, informative, curious and amusing popular Russian prints following the Russo-Turkish and Caucasian wars, but also covering a large variety of subjects in a very graphic way. Rare: we could find only two copies of this album sold in 1975 and 2008 (the latter missing a plate); Worldcat locates only two physical copies (Indiana University, BnF). The so-called lubok, or popular folk prints, appeared in Russia in the early 17th century and quickly became popular with peasants and urban lower classes for their accessible anecdotic images and narratives on a broad variety of themes. Sometimes reprinted many times over the years, they would often decorate peasants', merchants' and bourgeois' houses and even replace icons, books and newspapers. The successful publisher and educator Ivan Sytin (1851-1932) was one of the largest producers and distributors of printed lubok in the second half of the 19th century; he presented his prints at various exhibitions, including the All-Russian Art and Industry Exhibition in Moscow (1882) where he received a silver medal. Usually sold individually, the prints were rarely gathered in bound volumes by the publisher, and the present album of 85 large-format plates was most likely published for a similar exhibition abroad. Some of the lithographs are by V. Vasiliev, another publisher of lubki in Moscow in the late 1880s. Most of these pictures were created before 1860 but were widely reprinted over the later decades. They cover a very wide range of themes, even if the military events are represented in majority. Some expansive and complex perspectives illustrate folk tales about mighty bogatyrs Ilia Muromets, Eruslan Lazarevich, Ivan Tsarevich, Bova Korolevich (whose legend was referenced in Pushkin's Tale of Tsar Saltan) and the brave Anika the Warrior the plate showing Anika's confrontation with death was also in the lubok collection of the prominent Russian avant-garde artists Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov. Some great images depict anecdotic moments, such as a drunken fight in a tavern, a dentist pulling out a tooth, city festivities on Maslenitsa, debtors escaping from money lenders through chimneys, and a song about a wife who drank too much beer and forgot to cook for her husband - as well as lyrical and tragic scenes: a young bride arriving in the husband's evil family or a woman abandoning her child by the strangers' house. The album also includes the humorous scene of mice at a funeral procession of a cat one of the most popular lubok pictures since the early 18th century. The great collector and art historian Dmitrii Rovinskii suggested that the scene satirically represents the funeral of Peter the Great as the mice in the procession play brass instruments: such an orchestra played for the first time in Russia at Peter's funeral. Other lubki present popular folk songs and traditional dances, illustrate famous poems and fables by Krylov ("the Russian La Fontaine"), and portray historic characters (Conqueror of Siberia Ermak Timofeevich, Ivan Susanin, Prince Pozharskii). Among the most curious lubki in the collection is "The Latest Card Oracle" ["Noveishii kartochnyi orakul"] designed for fortune-telling (ironically, printed without any changes after the plate from the 1850-60s). It offers predictions about money, happiness, loss, fate, travel, gossip, marriage and encourages to actions, suggests solutions to prepare and overcome negative emotions and to reduce the fear of the unknown. A substantial part of the album is taken by images of major and relatively recent Russian military battles: they were part of an effort to inform about the main military events in the country and to keep up the patriotic spirit of the people, emphasising the courage of the Russian soldiers, such as Aleksandr Suvorov sieging Izmail fortress (1790) during the Russo-Turkish War of 17871792 and Ivan Skobelev at the amputation of.

Editore: Edizione di I.D. Sytin Luogo di pubblicazione: Mosca Legatura: Legatura editoriale originale, con velina protettiva sopra le copertine, taglio torcionato, con velina protettiva alle tavole Anno: 1911 Formato: Grande formato enciclopedico (29 × 21,5 cm), 6 tomi Condizioni: Esemplare in condizioni soddisfacenti; segni di usura alla legatura, umidità' , per ulteriori foto ed info, gentilmente contattatemi . Descrizione: Opera pubblicata in occasione del 50° anniversario dell'abolizione della servitù della gleba, a cura di I.D. Sytin. Si tratta di una prestigiosa raccolta di studi firmati da importanti storici ed economisti russi, dedicati alla questione contadina. L'edizione riveste un ruolo di primo piano nella storia del pensiero scientifico e sociale russo, nonché nello sviluppo dell'editoria russa di inizio Novecento.