Moscow: N. Shchepkin i K.Soldatenkov, 1859. XXXII, 204, II pp. 20x13 cm. Contemporary half leather binding. Very good, rubbed binding, loss of a few small pieces of the spine, no free leaf of the back endpapers, Soviet bookshop stamp on the back pastedown. First edition. Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasiev (1826-1871)..... More

Leningrad: Izd. Ekskursionno-lektorskoi bazy OBLONO, 1929. 55 pp.: ill., 4 ills. 17,5x12,5 cm. In original wrappers with the organization’s mark and lettering reproducing handwritten title. In very good condition, pale water stains on covers, rubbed, 1920s stamps of the Central bureau of local lore. First edition. One of 2000..... More

Moscow: Liren’, 1914. [2], 16 pp.+1 p. of ad. 18x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers slightly faded and restored, otherwise very good. Lithographed throughout. One of 200 copies. Extremely rare. An early book of poetry by one of the founders of the Left Front of the Arts, researcher of..... More

Harbin: Izd. M.V. Zaitseva, 1937. 176 pp.+4 pp. of ads. 19x13,5 cm. In contemporary binding; original illustrated front wrapper preserved. Front wrapper slightly detached from block, some small stains, previous owner’s notes on rear side of front cover, p. 19-20 slightly chipped, otherwise very good. Extremely rare and repressed..... More

[Kharkiv]: Khar'k. teatr rus. dramy, 1935. 206, [2] pp., 3 ill.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding. Fine condition. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 3,200 copies. Binding and bass-relief of Anton Chekhov by the noted Russian graphic artist and book illustrator Vladimir Konashevich (1888-1963). In the period..... More

Moscow: Snabtekhizdat, 1932. 53, [2] pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine with minor fragments lost, creases of the back cover, p. 54 soiled, pale private stamps on the title page and p.54, pencil marks on margins and colored pencil number on the back..... More

Moscow: Detgiz, 1961. 238 p.: ill., music; 22 × 15 cm. Original cardboard binding. Illustrated throughout. Stamp of the SF-based museum and a paper label on the front cover. In very good condition otherwise. First edition. The edition came out in series ‘School library. [For eight-year school]’, that..... More

Moscow: Izd-vo Akad. arkhitektury SSSR, 1945 (tip. im. Stalina). 327 pp., 6 pp. of ills., plans: ill. 26.5x21.1 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding. Binding slightly bumped with tear of the spine. Otherwise in a very good condition. With illustrated endpapers. Scarce. First edition. Edited by V. Shkvarikov... More

Moscow: Khudozhestv.-izdat. akts. o-vo AKhR, 1930. 114, [2] pp.: ill. 19x13 cm. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. A very good internally clean copy, period inscription on the half-title, small tears and losses of the spine. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Rare. Woodcut on the cover by N.A...... More

Moscow: Progress, 1973. 160 pp. 22x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small tears of t.p. and last leaf around staples. For official use only. Copy #221. The edition comprises the Russian translation of Nicolas Daniloff’s work ‘The Kremlin and the Cosmos’ (1972). Back in 1949, a special..... More

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. 24 pp.: ill., including covers. 23x19,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers slightly rubbed and soiled, otherwise mint. Second edition. Very rare. Illustrated throughout. This constructivist children’s book was co-created by artists and spouses Olga Deineko and Nikolai Troshin. Together they produced several children's lithographed..... More

St. Petersburg: Petropolis, 1921. 58, [1] p.; 18 × 14 cm. 1 of 1000 copies. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrapper is detached, otherwise good. One of the most interesting works of Nikolai Nikolaevich Evreinov (1879—1953), director, playwright, and creator of an original theory of theater. He analyzes ancient theatre, the..... More

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. 144 pp.: ill., map. 19,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, covers chipped, some soiling, otherwise very good. The second enlarged edition with a map of the Chukchi peninsula. One of 10 000 copies. Design was produced by artist Lev Sychev (1911-1990)..... More