Collection of eight brochures from the Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair [numeration is alternative]: 1) Prokofiev, A. The Palace of Soviets. 2) Papanin, I. The Soviet Wintering Station on the Drifting Ice. 3) Fyodorov, E. Scientific Work of Our Polar Expedition. 4) Komarovsky, A. The Moscow-Volga..... More
![Item #139 [FIRST BOOK IN RUSSIAN ABOUT LINCOLN] Avraam Linkol'n i velikaya bor'ba mezhdu...](/pictures/thumb/139.jpg?v=1472301241)
St. Petersburg: tip. Kukol'-Yasnopol'skogo, 1867. [2], 474, IV pp., 1 port. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-leather binding with gilt-lettering and decoration on the spine, decorations on boards in blind. Very good. Rubbed, few spots and owner's ink stamp on the title-page. First edition. The book is translated from German the year..... More
![Item #152 [REED'S THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE] Vdol' fronta / Per. s angl. I.V. Sablina i V.F....](/pictures/thumb/152.jpg?v=1475072042)
Moscow: Zemlya i Fabrika, 1928. 324, [2] pp. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated oversized wrappers. Small tears of the wrappers, Soviet bookshop stamp on the back cover. 1 of 6000 copies. First translation. Cover design by P. Miturich. Pyotr Vasilievich Miturich (1887-1956), Russian artist. In 1910-1920..... More
![Item #149 [COLD WAR ARTIFACT] Pamyatka soldatu i matrosu: Deistviya v usloviyakh primeneniya...](/pictures/thumb/149.jpg?v=1475065424)
Moscow: Voyennoye izd-vo Minesterstva Oborony Soyuza SSR, 1955. 128 pp.: ill. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Small tears of the spine. With a printed stamp on the back cover "Not for sale". The small memo is divided into three sections: 'What you need to know about..... More
![Item #127 [NEW YORK CITY BALLET IN MOSCOW] Niu Iork Siti Balet. Gastroli v SSSR New York City...](/pictures/thumb/127.jpg?v=1472325501)
Moscow: Ministerstvo kultury SSSR; Goskoncert, 1962. 12 pp.: ill. 27,5х20,5 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Near fine. The program of concert tour of American troupe of New York City Ballet. It contains the article on the history of the troupe under the direction of George Balanchine. The program is illustrated..... More
![Item #11 [ON THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP IN THE 19TH CENTURY] Opisaniye priema sdelannogo...](/pictures/thumb/11.jpg?v=1446492525)
St. Petersburg: A.A. Kraevskiy, 1866. 8 pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Fine copy with owner's stamp on the front cover and shop's stamp on the back cover, some soiling to the covers and very small tear to the front cover. Very rare. After the Russian tsar, Alexander II, narrowly..... More
![Item #308 [EAST COST OF NORTH AMERICA & CUBA] Puteshestvie po Severo-Amerikanskim Shtatam, Kanade...](/pictures/thumb/308.jpg?v=1505817859)
St. Petersburg: Typ. of K. Wolf, 1859. 2 vols. bound together. [4], iv, 374; [4], [iv], 399, vii. 21x14,5 cm. With a large folding lithographed map. Contemporary quarter leather, spine with gilt lettered title. Binding mildly rubbed on extremities, otherwise a very good copy. First and only edition. Very..... More
![Item #299 [RODCHENKO’S DESIGN FOR MAYAKOVSKY’S TRAVEL NOTES ABOUT AMERICA] Moe otkrytie...](/pictures/thumb/299.jpg?v=1502281694)
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
![Item #219 [Lithograph Titled:] Novo Arkhangelsk. Na Severozapadnom Beregu Ameriki [i.e. New...](/pictures/thumb/219.jpg?v=1485342480)
St. Petersburg: Lith. of Prokhorov, 1851. Lithograph 23x33,5 cm mounted on the original mount leaf 24,5x35 cm, with lithographed title and date on the lower margin of the album leaf. Three flattened creases on the upper margin of the lithograph, the album leaf with cut margins, strengthened with paper on..... More
![Item #243 [HAWAII & FRENCH POLYNESIA IN 1850s] Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo...](/pictures/thumb/243.jpg?v=1505819672)
St. Petersburg: M.O. Wolf, 1867. 2nd corrected ed. [6], 592 pp. 24,5x18 cm. With a lithographed title page and twenty-three tinted lithographed plates (complete). Modern (period style) gilt tooled half leather. Half title with a minor repair of blank lower corner, a few minor stains of blank fore edge, otherwise..... More