![Item #1584 [UKRAINE AND DNIEPER DAM] Spravochnik-putevoditel’ otpusknika : Dnepr, DneproGES,...](/pictures/thumb/1584.jpg?v=1673276642)
Moscow: CS Osvoda, 1933. 56 pp.: ill. 14,5x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly chipped, with tears, covers rubbed, some soiling on t.p., some pages cut roughly [only one table title affected], few pencil underlines, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 10 000 copies. An early Soviet..... More
![Item #155 [RUSSIAN THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA] Starik i more [i.e. The Old Man and the Sea]. E....](/pictures/thumb/155.jpg?v=1660926089)
Kiev: Goslitizdat Ukrainy, 1956. 74 pp. 20x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Soilings and rubbings of the wrappers, owner's markings. First edition printed in Ukraine (it is in Russian). Printed the same year as the first Russian separate edition (Moscow, 1956). “In 1955, after a period of..... More
![Item #1566 [IN BETWEEN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS] Homin zpoza nas: narysy z zhyttya zviryat [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1566.jpg?v=1669216248)
Lviv: Vohni, 1933. 75 pp. 12.2x17.3 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, slightly worn. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Printed in 1933, this is a collection of short stories written by Vasil Karkhut and designed by Stepan Lutsyk. Vasil..... More
![Item #1403 [UKRAINIAN THEATER] V maskakh epokhy: Iosyp Hirniak [i.e. In Masks of an Epoch: Iosyp...](/pictures/thumb/1403.jpg?v=1658796509)
[Germany]: Ukraina, 1948. 107, [2] pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, small tears of the edges (some repaired with tape), small fragments of the spine lost (one repaired with a tape), some soiling, ink signature on the title page, otherwise very good. In Ukrainian. Very..... More
![Item #135 [UKRAINIAN BOOK OF JUNGLE] Dzhungli: Oppovidannya pro zhittya ditini mizh zvirima / Z...](/pictures/thumb/135.jpg?v=1472299315)
Kiev: Derzhavne Vid-vo Ukraini, 1929. 204 pp.: ill. 28x18 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers with tears and restoration, loss of the small piece and restoration of the spine, general soiling, stain on the upper side of few pages, small restoration of the edge of p.1. Illustrated throughout. Illustrations..... More
![Item #554 [PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINIAN SCHOOLS] 400 piramid i elementiv: Metodichnyi...](/pictures/thumb/554.jpg?v=1547032968)
Kharkiv: Na varti, 1931. 174, [2] pp.: ill. 17x14 cm. Publisher’s illustrated Constructivist wrappers. Wrappers slightly rubbed, a few bleak stains on the rear cover, small tear of t.p. Otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10000 copies. Very rare. In Ukrainian. This beautiful edition dedicated to..... More
![Item #74 [FIRST BOOK BY LANDAU] Elektroprovodimost’ metallov [i.e. The Metal Conductivity]....](/pictures/thumb/74.jpg?v=1450242570)
Kharkiv: ONTI, 1935. 60 pp. 18x13 cm. 1 of 3000 copies. Original publisher's wrappers. Front wrapper is slightly rubbed. Otherwise a near fine copy, partly uncut. Extremely rare. The first printed book by Nobel laureate Lev Davydovich Landau (1908-1968) best known for his contributions in the field of..... More
![Item #1285 [DADA VS FUTURISM] Dada // Khudozhestvennaia mysl’: ezhenedel’nik teatra,...](/pictures/thumb/1285.jpg?v=1634124284)
Kharkiv: Pomoshch', 1922. P. 10-12. 22x26 cm. In very good condition, some tears of the spine and edges, few stains, the outer corners of the front cover were lost. Extremely rare. In Russian. The issue presents a less-known article criticizing dadaism in a short period of its existence in..... More
![Item #1564 [UKRAINIAN JACK LONDON] Bahryana chuma [i.e. The Scarlet Plague]. J. London](/pictures/thumb/1564.jpg?v=1669215442)
Kyiv: Syayvo, 1928. 68 pp.11.3x17.8 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine, occasional light stains on the front wrapper. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Translated from English. Original version published in 1912. First Ukrainian translation of..... More
![Item #142 [SOCIAL UTOPIA] Vesti niotkuda: Utopiya [i.e. News from Nowhere: Utopia]. W. Morris](/pictures/thumb/142.jpg?v=1474967465)
Kharkiv: Proletarii, 1923. 148 pp. 23x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Rubbed covers, tears of the spine, bookshop's stamp on the back cover, owner's signature on the title page and verso of the front cover, foxing. Otherwise very good. Second edition of a classic work News from Nowhere by..... More
![Item #1429 [UKRAINIAN PRAGUE] Ivasyk-telesyk: Kazka v piaty kartynakh [i.e. Ivasyk-telesyk: Tale...](/pictures/thumb/1429.jpg?v=1660738657)
Prague: Dzvin, 1925. 68 pp.: ill. 23x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Foxing, spine lost and partly repaired, front cover with title page detached from block with minor fragments of outer edge lost, stamp of private library on t.p., vertical crease of front cover, otherwise good and clean internally... More
![Item #1501 Povstannia na “Potemkine” [i.e. The Mutiny on the “Potemkin”]. A. Platonov](/pictures/thumb/1501.jpg?v=1663075024)
Kharkiv: Na varti, 1930. 32 pp. 18x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed, numbers and publisher’s stamps on front cover and title page, otherwise very good. One of 7000 copies. In Ukrainian. The anonymous constructivist cover design features a photomontage of three film stills from “Battleship Potemkin” (1925)..... More
![Item #1583 [HYPNOTHERAPY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH] Vnushenie i gipnoz [v akusherstve i ginekologii]...](/pictures/thumb/1583.jpg?v=1673276413)
Kharkiv: Gos. izdatel’stvo Ukrainy, 1925. 77 pp.:ill.+2 pp. of ads. 22x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, pale water stains and marks on front cover, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 7000 copies. Rare. The work was written, basing on experience of using..... More
![Item #1301 [EARLY UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Etiudy do teorii kina [i.e. Etudes on Film Theory]....](/pictures/thumb/1301.jpg?v=1634127765)
Kiev: Ukrteakіnovydav, 1930. 28, [2] pp.: schemes. 18x13 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers. Spine and tear of p. 31-32 repaired, small spots throughout several pages, stains around rusty lower stamp, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. A collection of articles by Ukrainian critic and..... More
![Item #1154 [UKRAINIAN BOOK AVANT-GARDE OF THE 1920S] Borot’ba z trupom [i.e. Blind Circle]....](/pictures/thumb/1154.jpg?v=1612374483)
Lviv: Novyi Chas, 1926. 198 pp. 16.2x22.9 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the tiny pieces of the spine. Otherwise in fine condition. Very rare. First edition. Avant-garde wrapper design by Robert Lisovskyi (1893-1982). This is the first Ukrainian translation of Maurice Renard’s and Albert Jean’s controversial..... More
![Item #1318 [WEST UKRAINE: MYHAILO RUDNYTSKY AND PAVLO KOVZHUN] Ochi ta usta [i.e. Eyes and Lips]....](/pictures/thumb/1318.jpg?v=1634132672)
[Lviv: Izmarahd, 1932]. 91, [5] pp. 9x13 cm. Three unbound stacks of unsewn and folded in half leaves. Near fine. One of 100 copies. The edition by the famous Ukrainian literary critic, writer, and poet Mykhailo Rudnystky (1889–1975). His works began to appear in print from 1908 while the author..... More
![Item #1135 [FORMING UKRAINIAN THEATER] Suchasnyi Ukrayins’kyi teatr : Zbirka stattiv [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1135.jpg?v=1608119286)
Kharkiv: Derzhavne vydavnitstvo Ukraini, 1929. 104 pp. 22x15 cm. In contemporary full-cloth binding. Very good. Colored pencil underlines, traces of paper glued on front endpaper and Soviet bookshop marks from 1970s on the back endpaper. Last leaf of the table of contents lost. One of 5000 copies. Very rare... More
![Item #1430 [HOW TO PLAY GORODKI AND LAPTA CORRECTLY] Podvizhnye igry dlia vzroslykh: Sbornik...](/pictures/thumb/1430.jpg?v=1660738859)
Kharkiv: Iunosheskii sektor izdatel’stva ‘Proletarii’, 1925. 78, [2] pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine early repaired, then damaged, its fragments lost, covers partly detached, pale pre-war stamps on t.p. and last page. Otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. A...... More
![Item #1585 [WOMEN’S HEALTH] Problema besplodiia zhenshchiny [i.e. A Problem of Female...](/pictures/thumb/1585.jpg?v=1673276782)
Kharkiv: Medizdat, 1934. 162 pp. : ill. 22x15,5 cm. In original printed wrappers and original printed dust-wrappers. Dust-wrappers chipped, with minor tears of edges, creases and small tears of covers, otherwise very good and clean. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Monograph on female infertility..... More
![Item #1535 [SOCIALIST ROUTINE FOR CHILDREN] Utro v sele i utro v gorode [i.e. Morning in...](/pictures/thumb/1535.jpg?v=1667301303)
Kyiv: Kul’tura, [1927]. 12 pp.: 17,5x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Good. Spine strengthened with paper, water stains, some creases and marks. First and only edition. Very rare in condition. An excellent example of Ukrainian lithographic children’s books published in the late 1920s. Through pictures and verses, the author..... More
![Item #1271 [JEWISH RENAISSANCE] Graviury na dereve [i.e. The Woodcuts] / text by I. Ioffe and E....](/pictures/thumb/1271.jpg?v=1632152027)
Leningrad: printed by the author, typography of the Academy of Arts, 1928. 47, [1] pp. 24,5x18 cm. One of 1200 copies. Original illustrated wrappers. Few tears of the spine, otherwise in a very good condition. First and only edition. The book summarizes the works of Solomon Yudovin (1892-1954), Jewish..... More
![Item #1038 [AMERICAN UKRAINIANS - JUBILEE BOOK] Propamiatna knyha: Vydana z nahody...](/pictures/thumb/1038.jpg?v=1595855772)
Jersey City, N.J.: Svoboda press, 1936. XVI, 752 pp.: ill. 26,5x19 cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering and design. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. Text mostly in Ukrainian, with some English. This edition first collected comprehensive data on Ukrainian immigration to the USA. It was based..... More
![Item #103 [COLLECTION OF FOLK UKRAINIAN SONGS COMPILED BY LESYA UKRAINKA] Narodnye melodii, z...](/pictures/thumb/103.jpg?v=1528812779)
Kiev: 1917. [1], 128 pp.: music. 8vo. Original publisher's wrappers. Lithographed edition. Spine rubbed with small tears, wrappers is unattached to the text, some creases to the covers. First edition of the first collection. Scarce. Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913) was a Ukrainian writer, translator, civil activist. Besides poetry and journalism..... More
![Item #1081 [CONSTRUCTIVIST KIEV ARCHITECTURE] Budova sotsiialistychnogo Kieva [i.e. Architecture...](/pictures/thumb/1081.jpg?v=1604424440)
Kiev: Vidannia Kievs’koi mis’kradi, 1932. [2], 168 pp. 21,5x30,5 cm. In original illustrated cardboards; photomontage endpapers. Covers restored, some soiling occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 1200 copies. Constructivist mock-up was produced by V. Adrievich, M. Babat, Ia. Daneliak, E. Timoshkin. Photographs were provided by F...... More
![Item #1219 [THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KHARKIV EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE EARLY 1930S] Kharkiv. Stolychnyi...](/pictures/thumb/1219.jpg?v=1617189303)
Kharkiv: Vydannia robitnichoi gazety ‘Proletar’, 1931. [4], XII, 172 pp.: ill., 1 folding plan + 22 leaves of ads. 19x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers with monogram V.Sh. Bumped and slightly rubbed, foxing and small tear of the plan, contemporary private stamps on t.p., otherwise very good and clean... More