Tikhanov LibraryPublishing, Book Binding, Old Master Prints
Tikhanov Library is a book-binding and publishing company founded in Lund, British Columbia. We are named after the great Russian artist Mikhail Tikhanov, who traveled to Russian North America in 1817 and captured many vivid portraits of life along the Pacific Rim. We employ traditional methods of book-binding and master print making, with hand-bound editions of literary classics featured on our website. We also publish a variety of paperback titles from writers and translators around the world. A gallery of Mikhail Tikhanov’s paintings can be found here.
Best known in the English speaking world for his book Le Feu Follet, which has been adopted into several films, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle considered the semi-autobiographical Gilles to be his greatest work. The literary critic Gaëtan Picon wrote that Gilles “is, without any doubt, one of the greatest novels of the century—and one of those books in which the disarming sincerity of a man rises to the grandeur usually reserved to literary transpositions.”
Both Boki and Kuini Liliha were leading members of a delegation to England led by King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu in 1824. After the monarchs died from measles during the stay, Boki and his wife returned to Hawaii with Admiral Lord Byron aboard the British frigate, HMS Blonde, which bore the bodies of the late king and queen. They served as interm representatives of the Kingdom, until the throne could be inherited by Kamehameha III.
Through his tireless effort, Aldus would revolutionize the publishing industry and lay the necessary groundwork for the Renaissance, modern democracy, and the bourgeoisie revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries.
F.T. Marinetti’s first novel, Mafarka the futurist, was initially published in Paris to broad critical acclaim. When it was later translated into Italian and published in Milan however, Marinetti was quickly brought before court and charged with obscenity and distributing pornography.
Once a mercenary Seeking to cultivate himself Sought council from a pimp Infamous for his wickedness;
The interests of economic development and use of the enormous natural riches of the North Pacific, as well as developments of trade with China required a comprehensive and detailed study of the Pacific to aid in navigation of Russian ships to North America.
Stitched and bound by hand, hardcover editions of classic literature in leather and fabric. Sold in limited quantities.
Print catalogue of great literature from across the world. Our collection offers a mixture of original translations and reprints of forgotten classics.
During his two years at sea Tikhanov produced more than 43 watercolour portraits portraying life, and particularly political life, across the Pacific.
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