Moscow: Gos. izd-vo khud. lit., 1931. 72 pp.: ill. 21.4x14.6 cm. In original publisher’s constructivist wrappers. Fine. Scarce. First and only edition. With numerous black-and-white illustrations and schemes throughout. An interesting Soviet book about the design of club stages by a Russian film director Nikolay Baklin (1887-1967) and Konstantin..... More

Moscow: Sovremennye problemy, 1926. 148, [12] pp. 17x12,5 cm. 1 of 4000 copies. In original publisher's illustrated cover. The back cover is not attached to the book, lacking two small pieces of the spine, tears of the spine, some soiling of the covers. Otherwise a good copy. First Russian edition..... More

St. Petersburg: Polyarnaya zvezda, 1922. 84 pp. 18,6×12,5 cm. In owner’s contemporary cardboards (without original wrappers). Very good. Tears of the title-page. Ex-library copy: library bookplate to the front pastedown and a blind library stamp on the title page. Scarce. First book edition. Text in Russian. A fascinating document..... More

Moscow: Detizdat: Fabrika detskoi knigi, 1938. [16] pp., ills. 14,5x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers soiled, tears of spine, otherwise very good. No title page, as issued. Lithographed in color throughout. Lifetime edition of the legendary poem illustrated by one of the leading Soviet designers of children’s books..... More

Moscow; Petrograd: Gos. izd-vo, 1923. 6-ye izd. M.; Petrograd.: Gos. izd-vo, 1923. 165, [3] pp., 1 portrait. 23.6x15.6 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. First few pages detached, loss of the pieces of the spine, tears of the wrappers, neat restoration of the front wrapper (tape). Good. Scarce..... 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: Gos. izd-vo, 1929. 234, [4] pp. 22x14 cm. In original constructivist cardboards. Restored, slightly rubbed, otherwise very good and clean. First and only Russian edition of ‘Basken, Stiere, Araber - Ein Buch über Spanien und Marokko’ by one of the leaders of German expressionism, Kasimir Edschmid (1890-1966)..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Gosstroizdat, 1933. 211 pp.: schemes. 22.9x15.5 cm. In original publisher’s quarter cloth. Loss of the piece of the spine, soiling of the boards, wear to the edges, previous owner’s ink inscriptions on the title-page, contents, and p. 5, and boards. Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of..... More

Moscow: Mir, 1973. 870 pp.: ills. 21,8x14,5 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding. Fine condition. Previous owner’s ink inscription on the fore title. Scarce. Second edition. First edition published in 1971. Text in Russian. Original English edition issued in 1967. Translated from English under the editorship of B. Shtarkman..... More

Tiflis: Trud, 1927. 14, [2] pp. 17х13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Author’s signature on the first page. Near fine. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Rare. Cover design by Irakli Gamrekeli (1894-1943), Georgian Soviet set designer and one of the founders of Georgian avant-garde stage design influenced by..... More

Tiflis: Zakavkazskaia torgovaia palata, 1934. 84 pp., 1 folding map. 22,5x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine chipped and tanned, few small spots, minor tears of last leaf with fragments of outer edge lost, otherwise very good and uncut copy. First and only edition. One of 1600 copies..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Gizlegprom, 1936 (Leningrad: printshop. "Pechatny dvor" and printshop named after.. Voldarsky). 321 p., 1 p. Adverts: ill.; 23x16 cm. Original cloth binding with the gilt lettering on the sine and front cover. Binding is slightly rubbed. Otherwise in good condition. Owner’s stamp on the title page ‘V.Bliumfeld’, likely..... More

Moscow: Izd-vo MOPR SSSR, 1929. 30, [2] pp. 17x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers designed by V. Dobrovol’sky. Fine, uncut. Soviet bookshop’s stamp and small pen mark on the rear wrapper. Titled ‘‘A Woman Walks’’ this book with a fierce woman on the cover includes two short stories about..... More