Tbilisi: Sakartvelos geograpiuli sazogadoeba, 1928. 65pp.: ill. 16.7x24.6cm. Loss of the front wrapper and the spine, tears of the rear wrapper, previous owner’s inscription on the foretitle: “To our little Vaniko from the aunt Nutsa. 2/III/1929”. Good. Extremely scarce first edition. One of 1000 copies. The narrative is in Georgian..... More

Moscow: GIKHL, 1931. 140, [3] pp. 19x12,5 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Slightly rubbed and bumped, otherwise mint. First full edition of the well-known literary cycle. Jewish writer Isaak Babel (1894-1940) was born in Odesa. He graduated from the Odesa Commercial School and the Kyiv Commercial Institute. While..... More

[London: Flegon Press, 1968]. 80 pp.: ills. 10,5x6,6 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. Scarce. 1 of 5,000 copies. Second edition. Text in Russian. Edited by V. Nesterov, with illustrations by N. Ioganson. No surviving copy or bibliographic trace of a first edition has been located, leading..... More

Petrograd: Tretiya strazha, 1923. 59 pp. 23х16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Spine with tears. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Constructivist wrapper designed by wunderkind of Petrograd theatre world Nikolay Akimov (1901-1968). Akimov was working as a book designer full time, but at the..... More

[Leningrad]: Children’s Literature Publishing House, 1935. [12] p., illustrated throughout. Illustrated publisher’s cover. 22 × 19 cm. Overall good condition. Minor soiling on the cover; tears at the edges. Second edition. Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich (1888—1963) – Russian and Soviet artist, graphic designer, Doctor of Art History, Honored Artist..... More

Moscow: Izogiz, 1933. 235, [3] pp. 17,5x20 cm. In original cardboards with renewed spine and modern slipcase duplicating binding. No dust jacket. Covers restored and slightly worn, lower edge of front cover faded, light soiling of some pages, Soviet bookstore stamps on back flyleaf. Otherwise very good. First edition..... More

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In original cardboards. Faded, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Richly illustrated with woodcuts by N. Proskuriakov. This manual concentrated advice compiled by an artist of Moscow Art Theatre, Ivan Gremislavsky (1886-1954). Through this theatre, he provided..... More

Leningrad: Kubuch, 1925. 79 pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. No spine, covers almost detached, water stain on the upper inner corner. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Rare. Cover design features a small industrial composition dedicated to a proletarian writer Maxim Gorky. This is the..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Giz, 1949. 65, [3] pp.: ill. 13x19.8 cm. In original printed wrappers with a pictorial vignette. Minor wear, otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 4,000 copies. AN INTERESTING MANUAL ON HOW TO MOVE BUILDINGS WRITTEN BY IVAN IVANOV A FEW YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF..... More

St. Petersburg: tip. N. Tiblena (N. Nekludova), 1867. [4], IV, XXXVIII, XXXIV, 627 pp. 21x14,5 cm. In contemporary quarter leather. Scuffed boards and few pieces are missing, Soviet bookshops’ stamps, previous owner’s ink signature on several pages, pen signature and bookplate on the front endpapers («From books of professor D.S...... More

Moscow: Gizlegprom, 1934. 45, [3] pp.: ill. 15x11 cm. In publisher’s wrappers. Very good, light foxing of the covers near the spine. First and only edition. One of 5175 copies. From the series “Masters of Soviet Porcelain and Faience”. Ivan Efimov (1878-1959) was a Russian sculptor. Efimov painted and sculpted..... More

Moscow: Vremia, 2009. 704 p. 20,5 × 13 cm. Illustrated hardcover binding . In very good condition. First edition. Rare. The book by Igor Kon (1928—2011) is an important milestone of Russian gender studies. Kon was one of the first Soviet scholars to write textbooks on sociology. He is..... More

2nd edition, enlarged and revised. - Kharkiv: Editorial office of the journal "Archive of Psychiatry, Neurology and Forensic Psychopathology", 1885. - VIII, 418 p.; 21,4x13,5 cm. Period brown quarter sheep with cloth boards and gilt lettered title on the spine. Raised bands. Pre-revolutionary ex-libris of the Veterinary institute on the..... More