Warsaw: Tipografiya okruzhnogo shtaba, 1910. 154, [2] pp.: ill. 21.5x14 cm. In the owner’s contemporary binding with original wrappers preserved. Rubbed spine, Soviet library stamp on the front wrapper, title-page, p.17 “fundamental library of the Military Engineering Academy”. Otherwise internally clean. Scarce. First edition. Written by the military engineer V...... More

Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1941. [21] pp. : ill. 9,3x8,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Mint. First and only edition. Very rare. Remarkable miniature photobook giving instructions on daily physical exercises. Physical culture of proletarian masses established in the youth. Schools held sports competitions, Osoaviakhim branches organized military clubs for..... More

St. Petersburg: tip. Trenke i Fyusno, 1912. Item #94 V.1: 1607-1826. [8], 493 pp. V.2: 1829-1910. [4], 471 pp., 1 map. 20,5x13,3 cm. In two modern half-leather bindings. Original front wrappers preserved. Cut, light foxing of the covers. Otherwise a fine crispy copy. Rare. First edition. First..... More

Moscow: OGIZ RSFSR, 1937. 152 pp. 13,3x17,9 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding. Covers slightly worn, the rear cover with mild ink stains, but otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Text in Chinese and Russian. Compiled by V. Bark. Edited by Khu-Dzia. An extremely rare Russian–Chinese..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Moskovskoe aktsionernoe izdatelskoe obschestvo, 1927. 189, [3] pp. 23x15,5 cm. Original printed cardboards. Spine being fragile, has lost a few of its pieces at the edges. The binding is rubbed. The inscription on the p.3 is rubbed off. Otherwise good. First edition. Accompanied with 470 illustrations... More

St. Petersburg: N.P. Polyakova, 1869. [6], II, 494 pp. 1 map (carefully restored). 8vo. Contemporary quarter-leather. Good condition. First edition. Vassily Vasilievich Bervi-Flerovsky’s (1829-1918) main work was nicknamed the Russian Das Kapital; its description of Russian economic reality was thoroughly Marxist. In turn, it influenced Marx himself. He..... More

Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo detskoi literatury, 1935. 16 pp.: ill. 22 × 17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed, with small tears, fragments of back cover edges lost, light soiling of covers, otherwise very good and clean pages. Second edition. A good example of the Lebedev-school children’s books. The..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Vsesoyuz. koop. ob'yedin. izd-vo, 1932. (Moskva: Tip. «Gudok»). 77, [3] pp.: schemes. 14.8x22.4 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Second edition printed later the same year. Written by..... More

Moscow: Detizdat: Fabrika detskoi knigi, 1941. One leaf folded four times. Unfolded: 10 × 59,2 cm. Folded: 10 × 12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Minor tear of one fold, otherwise mint. The copy features traces of book price changing on front wrapper and last page. The copy features..... More

Petersburg: Gos. izd., 1920. 16 pp. 16.1x22.7 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Light wear, previous owner’s pencil markings throughout the copy. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Written by the Bolshevik activist Vadim Bystryansky (1886–1940) in 1920, this is an intriguing work that details the atrocities..... More

Leningrad: Izdanie Gosudarstvennogo Russkogo Geograficheskogo Obshchestva, 1930. 176 p.: ill., 1 folding map, 1 folding table. 26,5x18 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine worn, with small tears and minor fragments lost, few water stains on front cover, wrappers slightly soiled, some underlines, otherwise very good and clean internally. Printer’s defect..... More

Moscow: Krest’ianskaia gazeta, 1927. 56 pp.: ill. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine chipped, with small tears, otherwise very good copy. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Good edition on Soviet exploitation of the huge Putilov Ironworks and its role in industrialization of the..... More

Odesa: Detizdat Ukrainian SSR, 1935. 64, 33-48, 81-124 pp.: ill., 6 ills. 30x23 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. No original dust jacket. Covers restored, rubbed, few pale water stains, foxing on guard tissues. Due to a publisher’s mistake, the copy doubles the second section of p. 33–48 and lacks the..... More