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Item #761 [THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTO] 1 gosudarstvenniy podshipnikoviy zavod imeni L.M....

[THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTO] 1 gosudarstvenniy podshipnikoviy zavod imeni L.M. Kaganovicha [i.e. The first state ball-bearing factory, named after Lazar Kaganovich]

Moscow, 1932. 42 photos. 24x31 cm. Very good. The album was prepared for the Mikhail Kaganovich (1888-1941), brother of Lazar Kaganovich, party secretary. Mikhail Kaganovich at that time was the deputy to the minister of industry. His brother will become the head of that ministry in 1937. Mikhail has..... More

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Item #1146 [CARICATURES BY SOVIET CHILDREN] Detskaya karikatura [i.e. Children’s Caricature

[CARICATURES BY SOVIET CHILDREN] Detskaya karikatura [i.e. Children’s Caricature]

Moscow: Tsentral’nyy dom khudozhestvennogo vospitaniya detey RSFSR im. A.S. Bubnova, 1934. 16 pp.: ill. In original wrappers. Very good, spots on wrappers, pages are loose (lacking staple), marks of rust on the spine, pencil marks and Soviet bookshops’ stamps on the back cover and recto of the back cover, vertical..... More

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Item #958 [CONSTRUCTIVIST FURNITURE] Za novuiu mebel’ [i.e. For the New Furniture

[CONSTRUCTIVIST FURNITURE] Za novuiu mebel’ [i.e. For the New Furniture]

Moscow: GOSTEKHIZD, 1933. 87 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Near fine. Extremely rare. No copies according to the Worldcat. The book includes the two theoretical works by Benenson and Murashov on the development and goals of the Soviet furniture industry and the chapter by N. Guchev..... More

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Item #1012 [THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MOSCOW EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1930s THROUGH...

[THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MOSCOW EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1930s THROUGH ADVERTISMENTS] Spisok abonentov Moskovskoi gorodskoi telefonnoi seti [i.e. List of the Moscow City Telephone Line Subscribers]

Moscow: Izd. Upravleniia Moskovskoi gorodskoi telefonnoi seti, 1939. L, 496, 112, [16] pp. 26,5x20 cm. One of 30000 copies printed. In original wrappers. Small losses and tears of the spine and covers, rubbed, ink note on p. 110 (additional info about subscriber), otherwise very good. Extremely rare. As..... More

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Item #846 [THE GREATEST SPORTS FESTIVAL IN THE USSR] Spartakiada narodov SSSR 1956 [i.e. 1956...

[THE GREATEST SPORTS FESTIVAL IN THE USSR] Spartakiada narodov SSSR 1956 [i.e. 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR]

Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1957. [154] pp.: ill. 29,5x23 cm. In publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. Endpapers illustrated with photographs. Some soiling on covers, block occasionally broken, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Extremely rare. Design produced by Alexander Zhitomirsky (1907-1994) who..... More

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Item #998 [LITERATURE BY FOSTER STUDENTS] Zhizn’ nachinaetsia. Sbornik stikhov, rasskazov i...

[LITERATURE BY FOSTER STUDENTS] Zhizn’ nachinaetsia. Sbornik stikhov, rasskazov i ocherkov, napisannykh podrostkami-vospitannikammi trudovykh koloniy UNKVD LO [i.e. The Life Begins. The Collection of Verse, Short Stories and Essays Written by the Foster Students of the Labour Colonies of NKVD in Leningrad Region]

Leningrad: Otdel trudkoloniy UNKVD LO, 1936. 104 pp., 1 front. (Portrait of Dzerzhinsky) 17,5x13,5 cm. One of 3000 copies. Original cloth binding with the low-relief image on the front cover. Slightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed on the verso of the first endpaper by one of the authors..... More

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Item #754 [PRE-SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ON INDUSTRIALISATION] Smotr gigantov SSSR. Muzlitmontazh dlia...

[PRE-SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ON INDUSTRIALISATION] Smotr gigantov SSSR. Muzlitmontazh dlia shkol'nikov [i.e. Show of Giants of the USSR. The Musical and Literary Montage] / A. Shenberg, K. Nazarevich

Moscow: Muzizdat, 1931. 24 pp. 25,5x18 cm. In original constructivist style wrappers. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. This is an unprecedented screenplay for the children’s celebration of the 14th Anniversary of the October Revolution. It should be..... More

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Item #823 [PUBLISHING FOR THE NATIONAL MINORITIES] O Tsentrizdate SSSR [i.e. On the Central...

[PUBLISHING FOR THE NATIONAL MINORITIES] O Tsentrizdate SSSR [i.e. On the Central Publishing House of the USSR]

Moscow: Tsentrizdat, 1931. 30 pp.: ill. 22x15,5 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies produced. Extremely rare. Illustrated throughout with the images of typography workers and the process of printing. Tsentrizdat was the publishing house which full..... More

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Item #993 [SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE] Shkola zhestokosti. Sbornik rasskazov [i.e. The School of...

[SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE] Shkola zhestokosti. Sbornik rasskazov [i.e. The School of Violence. The Collection of Stories]

Sverdlovsk: OGIZ, 1942. 85, [3] pp. 16x10,5 cm. One of 25000 copies. Original illustrated wrappers. Small tear of the spine and loss of the front cover. Otherwise very good. First edition. Extremely rare edition from the series printed in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) during the German occupation of the European..... More

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Item #996 [SCIENCE AND THE SOVIET UNION] Iskry nauki [i.e. Sparks of Science

[SCIENCE AND THE SOVIET UNION] Iskry nauki [i.e. Sparks of Science]

Moscow: Izdatelstvo “Gudok”, 1925-1931. #1-12 of 1927. A full run of the year bound in a single volume. Ca. 29,6x23,2 cm. In contemporary binding. Creases at the hinges, slightly rubbed, #3 lacks the front wrapper, #4,5 lack the rear wrapper, #6 lacks the pp. 239-240, #7 lacks the pp. 279-280..... More

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Item #1351 [SOVIET DEPARTMENT STORES AND THEIR DESIGN] Al’bom obraztsov torgovykh vitrin [i.e....

[SOVIET DEPARTMENT STORES AND THEIR DESIGN] Al’bom obraztsov torgovykh vitrin [i.e. An Album of Sample Display Windows]

Moscow: tip. Narkomoborony, 1935. 103 pp. : ill. 22x30 cm. In original illustrated cardboards; illustrated endpapers. Rubbed and bumped, spine slightly soiled, otherwise very good and clean internally. First edition. One of 4,400 copies. Very rare. Layout by Sakulin. This early Soviet work is devoted to display window..... More

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Item #1093 [SOVIET PROTECTION OF MOTHERHOOD] Mat’ i ditia: Sbornik dlia materei [i.e. Mother...

[SOVIET PROTECTION OF MOTHERHOOD] Mat’ i ditia: Sbornik dlia materei [i.e. Mother and Child : Collection for Mothers]

Moscow: Izd. Moszdravotdela, 1929. 40, [1] pp. 25,5x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. small tear of the spine, pale water stains on the outer edge, ink signature on t.p. One of 5000 copies. Cover design features a photomontage dedicated to a healthy baby with a red socialist flag and female..... More

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Item #859 [SOVIET STUDY OF LABOR] Issledovaniia / Tsentral’nyi institut truda V.TS.S.P.S. [i.e....

[SOVIET STUDY OF LABOR] Issledovaniia / Tsentral’nyi institut truda V.TS.S.P.S. [i.e. Research / The Central Labor Institute of All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions]. [Part] I, [Issue] 1: Motion Study

Moscow, 1923. 108, [4] pp.: ill., 4 ills. 26x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored and soiled covers, water stains occasionally, some colored pencil marks on margins, otherwise very good and clean copy. First collection of works by the Soviet research laboratories dedicated to the culture of labor. One..... More

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Item #860 [SPEAK LIKE THE SOVIET CRIMINALS] Slovar’ zhargona prestupnikov : (blatnaia muzyka)...

[SPEAK LIKE THE SOVIET CRIMINALS] Slovar’ zhargona prestupnikov : (blatnaia muzyka) [i.e. Criminal Slang Dictionary: (Thieves’ Music)] / compiled of the newest data by S. Potapov

Moscow: Narodnyi komissariat vnutrennikh del, 1927. 196 pp. 13,5x9 cm. In contemporary binding with original constructivist front wrapper preserved. Some stains and pencil marks occasionally, two ink signatures on the t.p. (1928 and 1945), otherwise very good. For office use only. Copy #2859. Extremely rare. Second, significantly enlarged..... More

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Item #1117 [UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIALIZATION] Lytsem do vyrobnytstva [i.e. Facing the Production] #...

[UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIALIZATION] Lytsem do vyrobnytstva [i.e. Facing the Production] # 6, 7, 19 for 1930

Kharkiv: Ukrains’kyi Robitnyk, 1930. 30,5x22 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Very good, small tears of spines with minor fragments lost, some foxing. Pale Soviet labor union stamps on p. 1 (#6, 7). One of 5000-8100 copies. Rare magazine published by All-Ukrainian Council of Trade Unions (VURPS) in..... More

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Item #788 [ELECTRIFICATION] Beregis’ elektricheskogo toka [i.e. Beware of the Electric Shock]....

[ELECTRIFICATION] Beregis’ elektricheskogo toka [i.e. Beware of the Electric Shock]

Aleksandrov, M.

Moscow: Gostrudizdat, 1930. 31 pp.: ill. 13,5x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed spine with minor tear, pale previous owner’s stamp on t.p., otherwise very good. First and only edition. Illustrated by contemporary posters on this topic. This is a small attractive brochure on the safety precautions that..... More

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Item #546 [YAKUT LATIN SCRIPT] Sehenner [i.e. Andersen’s Fairy Tales]. H. C. Andersen

[YAKUT LATIN SCRIPT] Sehenner [i.e. Andersen’s Fairy Tales]

Andersen, H.C.

Yakutsk: GIZ, 1937. 56 pp.: ill. 26x20 cm. Original cardboards. Loose, some pages are detached, stains on the spine, boards are slightly rubbed. Overall a good internally clean copy. Stamp ‘signalny ekzempliar’ on the title page suggests that this copy was a proof copy. We couldn’t find a copy of..... More

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Item #994 [HOME CARE FOR PATIENTS] Kak ukhazhivat’ za bol’nym doma [i.e. How to Look After...

[HOME CARE FOR PATIENTS] Kak ukhazhivat’ za bol’nym doma [i.e. How to Look After the Patient at Home] / edited by professor Nikolay Burdenko

Berlin, A.S. Lapin, K.V.

Moscow: Meditsinskoe izdatelstvo, 1929. 80 pp.: ill. 22x30 cm. One of 40000 copies printed. Original illustrated cardboard binding. Covers are slightly rubbed, some minor restoration of the front cover. Part of the spine is missing, the 1920s stamps of the hospital on the title page, pp.13 and 37. Overall a...... More

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Item #999 [SOVIET PROPAGANDA FOR CHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN] Odno Slovo [i.e. One Word]. V. Bichko

[SOVIET PROPAGANDA FOR CHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN] Odno Slovo [i.e. One Word]

Bichko, V.

Kiev: Molod’, 1953. 8 pp.: ill. 20,2x26,1 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, mild soiling of the wrappers, pencil markings on the rear wrapper. Otherwise very good internally clean copy. Scarce. Most likely first edition. Text in Ukrainian. Wrapper design and color illustrations..... More

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Item #1540 [IDEOLOGICALLY CORRECT SOVIET DRESSMAKING] Kroyka zhenskogo plat’ya [i.e....

[IDEOLOGICALLY CORRECT SOVIET DRESSMAKING] Kroyka zhenskogo plat’ya [i.e. Dressmaking]

Blank, A., Gorelenkova, F.

Moscow: Gos. nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel’stvo legkoy promyshlennosti, 1953. 192 pp.: ill. 23x15.5cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards. Edges worn. Otherwise in good condition. Scarce. Second edition.The first edition was published in 1950. An interesting Soviet edition about ‘ideologically correct’ dressmaking. Written by the Soviet fashion artists and designers..... More

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Item #1326 [SOVIET YOUTH WITHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN] Zdravstvui, drug! [i.e. Hello, Friend!]. I....

[SOVIET YOUTH WITHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN] Zdravstvui, drug! [i.e. Hello, Friend!]

Dolgopolov, I.

Moscow: Molodaia gvardia, 1957. 96 leaves. 29,5х23 cm. In original cloth with colored debossed logo. Covers slightly soiled, tears of two leaves restored, otherwise very good. Introduction and captions are printed in Russian, English, French and German. This photobook was produced specially for the VI World Festival of..... More

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Item #1139 [A COMPLEX REVIEW OF THE SOVIET ART MUSEUMS] Sovetskiy khudozhestvennyy muzey [i.e....

[A COMPLEX REVIEW OF THE SOVIET ART MUSEUMS] Sovetskiy khudozhestvennyy muzey [i.e. Soviet Art Museum]

Fedorov-Davydov, A.

Moscow: Izogiz, 1933. 90, [3] pp., 33 ill.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original binding, Very good, Soviet bookshop stamps, previous owner’s label and bookplate on the front endpapers. First edition. Scarce. This interesting publication offers a unique insight into the Soviet struggle to reorganize art museums... More

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Item #735 [LUNACHARSKY AND GASTEV ON NEW MEN AND NEW CULTURE] Snariazhenie sovremennoi kultury...

[LUNACHARSKY AND GASTEV ON NEW MEN AND NEW CULTURE] Snariazhenie sovremennoi kultury [i.e. The Organisation of the Modern Culture] / with additional article by Alexander Lunacharsky ‘A New Russian Man’.

Gastev, A.

Kharkiv: GIZ Ukrainy, 1923. 37, [2] зp. 17,5x13 cm. Original printed wrapper. Near fine condition. Contemporary pencil notes in the article by Lunacharsky. The important example of the collaboration of the two of the great minds of the early Soviet social and cultural reformation: Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875-1933) and..... More

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Item #1309 [MEALS FOR HAPPY PROLETARIAN FAMILIES] Zdorovaia kukhnia dlia detei i vzroslykh [i.e....

[MEALS FOR HAPPY PROLETARIAN FAMILIES] Zdorovaia kukhnia dlia detei i vzroslykh [i.e. Healthy Cuisine for Children and Adults]

Israel’iants, E., Israel’iants, L.

Tiflis: Shroma, 1928. 149 pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of spine with minor fragments lost, partly detached from the text block with two small tears of title page, foxing on covers and few stains on t.p. Otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 1500..... More

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Item #1539 [HOW TO RAISE A BABY IN THE SOVIET UNION?] Sovety materi po vospitaniyu grudnogo...

[HOW TO RAISE A BABY IN THE SOVIET UNION?] Sovety materi po vospitaniyu grudnogo rebenka [i.e. Advice for Mothers on Raising a Baby]

Israel’yan, L.

Tbilisi: P/otd. medpomoshchi zastrakhovannykh Narkomzdravom Gruzii, 1927. 34 pp.: ill. 17.2x12.4 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Light damp stains and soiling on the wrappers, occasional damp stains throught. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. Second edition. 1 of 3,000 copies. An extremely rare book of..... More

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