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Item #1681 [EARLY SOVIET CHILDREN’S BOOK] Kem byt’? [i.e. Whom Shall I Be?]. V. Mayakovsky

[EARLY SOVIET CHILDREN’S BOOK] Kem byt’? [i.e. Whom Shall I Be?]

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. 22 pp.: ill. 23,5x19,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Slightly rubbed and soiled, covers and corners of pages restored, otherwise very good. An early posthumous edition of the famous poem and a good example of the early Soviet design of children’s books. Design was created..... More

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Item #2712 [KSENIIA BOGUSLAVSKAIA & IVAN PUNI] Geroi i zhertvy Revoliutsii. Octiabr’...

[KSENIIA BOGUSLAVSKAIA & IVAN PUNI] Geroi i zhertvy Revoliutsii. Octiabr’ 1917–1918 [i.e. Heroes and Victims of the Revolution. October 1917–1918]

Mayakovsky, V.

Petrograd: Otdel izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv Komiteta Narodnogo Prosveshcheniia, 1918. [1] p., [18] plates. 35x25,3 cm. Original paper folder. Spine is strengthened with tissue paper. Otherwise in very good condition. First and only edition. Rare. One of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s early propaganda projects glorifying the Bolshevik Revolution. The edition was commissioned..... More

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Item #1379 [MAYAKOVSKY AGAINST WORLD WAR I] Voyna i mir: [Poema] [i.e. The War and the World: [A...

[MAYAKOVSKY AGAINST WORLD WAR I] Voyna i mir: [Poema] [i.e. The War and the World: [A Poem]]

Mayakovsky, V.

Petrograd: Parus, 1917. 48 pp. In original publisher’s wrappers. Front cover detached from block, otherwise very good and clean copy. The first separate edition of Mayakovsky’s poem The War and The World, which became the culmination of the author’s anti-war pathos. The outburst of World War I received..... More

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Item #1893 [MAYAKOVSKY INFURIATING LENIN] 150.000.000. V. Mayakovsky

[MAYAKOVSKY INFURIATING LENIN] 150.000.000

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: Gos. izd. 1921. 70 pp. 13.6x18 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Light soiling of the wrappers, private library stamp on the front wrapper, title-page, p. 3, and p. 25. Otherwise near fine. Rare. First edition. One of 5,000 copies. Scarce lifetime edition of the futurist poetry by Vladimir..... More

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Item #1472 [MAYAKOVSKY’S LAST PLAY] Bania: Drama v 6 deistviiakh s tsirkom i feierverkami [i.e....

[MAYAKOVSKY’S LAST PLAY] Bania: Drama v 6 deistviiakh s tsirkom i feierverkami [i.e. The Bathhouse: Drama in 6 Acts with Circus and Fireworks]

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 78, [2] pp.: ill. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine restored, small pale stains on front cover, otherwise very good and clean. First and lifetime edition. One of 5000 copies. Cover design by artist Alexander Surikov (1907-1946), one of newly discovered designers of the 20-30s. He..... More

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Item #2374 [PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PROSE BY MAYAKOVSKY] Prostoe kak mychanie [i.e. Simple as Mooing]....

[PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PROSE BY MAYAKOVSKY] Prostoe kak mychanie [i.e. Simple as Mooing]

Mayakovsky, V.

Petrograd: Parus, 1916. 116, [2] pp. 22x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine and corners of covers restored, ink signature on front cover, some small stains on t.p. and pages, pre-revolutionary bookstore label on rear side of front cover. Mayakovsky’s first major collection of verse. The poet issued the..... More

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Item #2361 [RARE CHILDREN’S BOOK BY MAYAKOVSKY] Prochti i katai v Parizh i Kitay [i.e. Read and...

[RARE CHILDREN’S BOOK BY MAYAKOVSKY] Prochti i katai v Parizh i Kitay [i.e. Read and Roll to Paris or China] / design of the book by Pyotr Aliakrinskiy

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: GiZ, 1929. [16] pp. 22,5x19,5 cm. Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine is resorted as well as all four corners of the front wrapper. Clean internally. 1 of 10,000 copies printed. Lithographed throughout. The famous masterpiece of the children’s book design of 1920s, the book is flourishing with the..... More

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Item #2449 [RODCHENKO] No. S Novye Stikhi [i.e. No. S. New Poems]. V. Mayakovsky

[RODCHENKO] No. S Novye Stikhi [i.e. No. S. New Poems]

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: Federatsiya, 1928. 108 pp., 1 portrait. 18x13,5 cm. In original publisher’s constructivist wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko. Minor tears and spots. Minor restoration. Previous owner’s signature on the title-page (1924). Otherwise very good. First edition. 1 of 3,000 copies. With Mayakovsky’s photographic portrait. Constructivist wrapper design by one of..... More

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Item #2450 [SHENGELAIA] Izbrannyy Mayakovskiy [i.e.Selected Mayakovsky]. V. Mayakovsky

[SHENGELAIA] Izbrannyy Mayakovskiy [i.e.Selected Mayakovsky]

Mayakovsky, V.

Berlin; Moscow: Nakanune, 1923. 260 p., 1 portrait. 17,6×12.6 cm. In later cloth binding. No wrapper preserved. Additional protective paper tissue pasted in next to portrait. Stamp of the Trade sector of the state publishing house on the title page. The copy is presented to Demna Shengelaia (1896-1980), Soviet..... More

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Item #1581 [VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e....

[VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e. Menacing Laughter: The ROSTA Windows]

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: GIKhL, 1932. [1], 79 pp.: ill. 25х22 сm. In original constructivist cardboards and dust jacket, both with red and black lettering. Dust jacket restored, some stains on covers, some foxing occasionally, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. The last Mayakovsky’s project he compiled himself. The book..... More

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Item #2477 [LISSITZKY] Dlya golosa / Konstruktor knigi El Lissitzky [i.e. For the Voice /...

[LISSITZKY] Dlya golosa / Konstruktor knigi El Lissitzky [i.e. For the Voice / Designer of the book El Lissitzky]

Mayakovsky, V.V.

Moscow-Berlin: RSFSR. Gos. izd., 1923. [2], 61 pp. 19x13,3 cm. Original wrappers with letterpress typographic design on front. A very good copy. Wrappers with mild soiling and rubbing, small tears of the top of the spine, creases of corners, left top corner of the front wrapper carefully restored. A small..... More

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Item #264 [MAYAKOVSKY AS LITERARY CRITIC] Kak delat’ stikhi? [i. e. How are Verses Made?]. V. V...

[MAYAKOVSKY AS LITERARY CRITIC] Kak delat’ stikhi? [i. e. How are Verses Made?]

Mayakovsky, V.V.

Moscow: Ogoniok, 1927. 54, [2] pp. 15x11,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, wrappers slightly rubbed several stains and owner’s pencil marks in text. Scarce. One of 14500 copies. First edition of the most elaborate piece of Mayakovsky’s literary criticism (he’s done only few other critical works and..... More

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Item #511 [MAYKOVSKY ON LENIN] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. V. V Mayakovsky

[MAYKOVSKY ON LENIN] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Mayakovsky, V.V.

Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1925. 94, [1] pp. 17,2x13 cm. In original printed wrappers with constructivist design on the front wrapper (and in a later full cloth case with lettering in Swedish). Very good, loss of the small fragment of the margin of the back wrapper, spine is rebacked with paper, owner’s..... More

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Item #565 [CZECH CONSTRUCTIVIST MAYAKOVSKY, SIGNED] 150,000.000. V. Mayakovsky

[CZECH CONSTRUCTIVIST MAYAKOVSKY, SIGNED] 150,000.000.

Mayakovsky, V.

Praha: Melantrich, 1945. 104 pp.: ill. 31x22 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Few pages detached, slightly rubbed. Second edition of the first Czech translation. Copy signed by translator. Constructivist cover design and 9 original lithographies were made by avant-garde artist Václav Mašek (1893-1973). The Czech version of this epic..... More

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Item #1144 [MAYAKOVSKY - LIFETIME EDITION] O Kurske, o komsomole, o maye, o polete, o Chapline, o...

[MAYAKOVSKY - LIFETIME EDITION] O Kurske, o komsomole, o maye, o polete, o Chapline, o Germanii, o nefti, o 5 internatsionale i o proch: [Stikhi] [i.e. About Kursk, About the Komsomol, About May, About Flight, About Chaplin, About Oil, About the Fifth International, and Other: [Verses]

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: Kras. nov’, 1924. 90, [1] pp. 13.4x18 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s avant-garde wrappers by R. Mazel. Soviet bookshop stamp on the rear wrapper, slight wear. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. A rare lifetime edition of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s collection of verses with remarkable avant-garde design by..... More

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Item #2242 [MAYAKOVSKY] Detiam [i.e. To Children]. V. Mayakovsky

[MAYAKOVSKY] Detiam [i.e. To Children]

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: Detizdat, 1937. 58, [2] pp., 4 ills. 26х20 cm. In original illustrated cardboard. Posthumous edition of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s children’s poetry designed by Ukrainian Jewish avant-garde artist Natan Altman (1889-1970). He tended to Cubism in the pre-revolutionary and early Soviet period. In the USSR, Altman worked fruitfully in..... More

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Item #1392 [SEN’KIN] Bez doklada ne vkhodit’ [i.e. No Admittance without Being Announced]. V....

[SEN’KIN] Bez doklada ne vkhodit’ [i.e. No Admittance without Being Announced]

Mayakovsky, V.

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 110, [2] pp. 20x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine copy with uncut pages, slightly chipped, pale water stain on the upper edge of the back cover. First and only edition. One of 3,000 copies produced. Rare. Cover design was produced by one..... More

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Item #1387 [MAYAKOVSKY AND TRETYAKOV ON THE SECOND LABOR CODE] Rasskaz pro to, kak uznal Fadey...

[MAYAKOVSKY AND TRETYAKOV ON THE SECOND LABOR CODE] Rasskaz pro to, kak uznal Fadey zakon, zashchishchayushchiy rabochikh lyudey [i.e. A Story of How Fadei Found out About the Law That Protects Workers]

Mayakovsky, V., Tretyakov, S.

Moscow: Trud i Kniga, 1924. 47, [1] pp: ill. 17x13 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers by Samuil Adlivankin. Spine and pages along the spine restored, otherwise mint. Scarce. First edition. Wrapper design and black and white illustrations by the Soviet artist Samuil Adlivankin (1897-1966). An agitational poem written..... More

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Item #275 [MAYAKOVSKY IN FRENCH] Mayakovsky po frantsuzski: 4 poemy / Perevod Andreia Gippiusa...

[MAYAKOVSKY IN FRENCH] Mayakovsky po frantsuzski: 4 poemy / Perevod Andreia Gippiusa [i.e. Mayakovsky in French / Translated by Andrey Gippius]

Mayakovsky, V.V.

Moscow: Published by the translator, 1930. [2], 46 leaves. 23x19 cm. Original front cover is preserved, spine and rear cover of modern paper. Some light restoration to the front cover, lacking staples so leaves are not bound, some soiling, previous owner’s pencil drawing on the last page and corrections in..... More

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Item #1262 [RARE MAYAKOVSKY’S CHILDREN’S BOOK] Prochti i katai v Parizh i Kitay [i.e. Read...

[RARE MAYAKOVSKY’S CHILDREN’S BOOK] Prochti i katai v Parizh i Kitay [i.e. Read and Roll to Paris or China] / design of the book by Pyotr Aliakrinskiy

Mayakovsky, V.V.

Moscow: GiZ, 1929. [16] pp. 22,5x19,5 cm. One of 10000 copies printed. Lithographed throughout. Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. In a near fine condition, remarkable for the children’s book of the period. Extremely rare with no copies found in US institutional holdings according to the Worldcat. The first mention of the..... More

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Item #299 [RODCHENKO’S DESIGN FOR MAYAKOVSKY’S TRAVEL NOTES ABOUT AMERICA] Moe otkrytie...

[RODCHENKO’S DESIGN FOR MAYAKOVSKY’S TRAVEL NOTES ABOUT AMERICA] Moe otkrytie Ameriki [i.e. My Discovery of America]

Mayakovsky, V.V.

Moscow: GIZ, 1926. 142, [2] pp.: ill. 18x10 cm. Original wrappers designed by Alexander Rodchenko. Very good. Minor loss of the spine from the edges. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Scarce! One of the rarer Mayakovsky/Rodchenko books. The book contains the notes from poet’s trip to America and..... More

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Item #483 [VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e....

[VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e. Menacing Laughter: The ROSTA Windows]

Mayakovsky, V.V.

Moscow: GIKhL, 1932. [1], 79 pp.: ill. 25х22 сm. In original constructivist cardboards and dust jacket, both with red and black lettering. Slightly rubbed and chipped dust jacket and spine, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Extremely rare in this condition. Brilliant edition that became the..... More

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Item #749 [VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e....

[VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e. Menacing Laughter: The ROSTA Windows]

Mayakovsky, V.V.

Moscow: GIKhL, 1932. [1], 79 pp.: ill. 25х22 сm. In original constructivist cardboards and dust jacket, both with red and black lettering. Dust jacket is slightly restored, but generally in very good / near fine condition. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Extremely rare in this condition. Brilliant..... More

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