Moscow: Vsekokhudozhnik, 1933. 87, [1] pp.: ill. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, chipped, some general soiling, pale water stains on covers, clean internally. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. This is not just another book on fighting ‘escapist’ formalism by accusing artists of the total ignoring..... More

[Moscow]: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 16 pp.: ill., including covers. 15,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear of spine, rusty staple, some soiling of covers, ink numbers on back cover, otherwise very good. Constructivist lithographic book by a well-known children’s writer Olga Gurian (1899–1973) who wrote over 50 books about..... 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

Moscow; Petrograd: Giz, 1923. 202 pp. 18,1x13,3 cm. Owner’s cloth binding with original wrappers preserved. A label, indicating “Kunstverlag Olga Diakow & Co, Berlin” (a Russian publishing house in Germany, active from 1898 to 1930s) and a Berlin library with inventory number, mounted on both boards. Binding rubbed, pencil inscriptions..... More

Ufa: Bashgosizdat, 1942. 112 pp. 14x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Occasional stains on covers and the outer edge of pages, fragments of covers and spine lost, tears of t.p. and front cover, pencil signature T. Sattarov (?) dated May 8, 1943 and placed to p.3 , otherwise very good..... More

Uzhgorod: Izdanie Komiteta R. O. Krasnago Kresta, December, 1940. 92 pp., ads. 20 x 14 cm. Original printed publisher’s covers with letterpress design. One of 1100 copies. Small defects to the upper spine, tear and stains to the first two pages, otherwise good. Uzhhorod, a millennial-old city, now situated..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1928. In original publisher’s cardboard binging. Cardboards are slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. Extremely rare. First and only lifetime edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Text in Russian. The fourth and final lifetime collection of Osip Mandelstam’s poems, as well as the last appearance of anything..... More

Moscow: Gos. tekhnicheskoe izdatel’stvo, 1928. 60 pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, colored pencil underlines, private stamps and signatures on front cover, t. p. and p.3. First and only edition. One of 4100 copies. Very rare. The Russian adaptation of Otto Moog’s book..... More

[Kyiv], Valdhaim– Eberlie for Dniprosoiuz, [191?]. 32 p. 19,5 x 14,5. cm. Original typed publisher’s cover. In Ukrainian. Very good condition. Fragile paper cover, reinforced with tissue paper. Foxing, minor spots, minor paper loss along the spine and the back cover. Untrimmed. Dated 14.XI.20 with a postscript “In Lodz”..... More

Moscow: ZiF, [1927]. 13 pp. 30x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine restored, back cover repaired with paper fragment, some pale stains, otherwise very good. The book design was created by sisters Galina Chichagova and Olga Chichagova. Students of Alexander Rodchenko at VKhUTEMAS and members of the First..... More

Yerevan: GIZ SSR Armenii, 1935. 16 pp.: ill. 26x19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine repaired with tape, some soiling, otherwise very good. Early Soviet Armenian edition of Tumanyan’s classic story “Շունն ու կատուն”. Illustrated throughout by G. Yeritsyan. Ovanes Tumanyan (1869-1923) was the first Armenian..... More

Leningrad: GIZMESTPROM, 1938. 18 pp. 22x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers and illustrations by A.N. Viktorova. Restoration of the spine. The first and only edition. A coloring book. On every turn of the page there’s an image in color and the same image and outline of the same image opposite for..... More