Lot 326: NARBUT, Georgii Ivanovich (1886-1920; illustrator) -- DIKS, B.A. (author). Igrushki. Knizhka pervaia [-- i vtoraia]. [Toys. Books one and two.] Moscow: I. Knebel [1911]. [With:] -- Pliashi Matvei, ne zhalei laptei! . Moscow: I. Knebel [1910].

NARBUT, Georgii Ivanovich (1886-1920; illustrator) -- DIKS, B.A. (author). Igrushki. Knizhka pervaia [-- i vtoraia]. [Toys. Books one and two.] Moscow: I. Knebel [1911]. [With:] -- Pliashi Matvei, ne zhalei laptei!. Moscow: I. Knebel [1910]. [And:] -- ZHUKOVSKII, V. Kak myshi kota khoronili. [How the Mice Buried the Cat.] Moscow: I. Knebel [1910]. 4 vols, 2° (300 x 228mm). Colour illustrations throughout. (Occasional light soiling, the last title with small marginal repairs.) Original illustrated wrappers (extremities rubbed, some front wrappers discoloured, the last title with repaired hinges and spine). [And:] -- REPNIN, S. Skazka o liubvi prekrasnoi korolevy i vernago printsa. St. Petersburg: Vashnia, 1916. 2° (295 x 220mm). Colour plates, illustrations. Original printed wrappers (repaired at the spine, edges chipped and worn, some tears). Provenance: Russian booksellers (some stamps).

FIRST EDITIONS of 5 works illustrated by Narbut, all but one printed by Golike & Vil'borg. Rats Collection 26, 27, 24, 23. (5)