![COSTUME DESIGN GUIDE FOR CLUBS] Kostium na stsene: Rukovodstvo dlia dramkruzhkov [i.e. Costume...](/pictures/thumb/813.jpg?v=1567062177)
Moscow; Leningrad: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 112 pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Wrappers detached from the text block. First and only edition. One of 10070 copies. Rare. Illustrations by E.A. Zernova. The edition was sponsored and published by N.K. Krupskaya Central House of Amateur Art in City..... More
![ONE OF THE NEW ERA TEXTBOOKS FOR YOUNG ARCHITECTS] Elementy arkhitekturno-prostranstvennoi...](/pictures/thumb/291.jpg?v=1500466658)
Moscow: Gosstroiizdat, 1934. 172 pp.: ill., 5 ill. 29,5x21,5 cm. In publisher’s cloth with red lettering. General soiling, title page is toned, owner’s signature on the front board and title page. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white drawings and photographs. The..... More
![ALEKSEI KRUCHYONYKH – LIFETIME EDITION] Golodnyak: [Stikhi] [i.e. Hunger: [Verses]]. A....](/pictures/thumb/997.png?v=1591802665)
Moscow: Tip. TSIT, 1922. [24] pp. 12,8x17,7 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Fine. Rare especially in such pristine condition. First edition. One of 1000 copies. AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTION OF ZAUM VERSES BY THE WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN FUTURIST ALEKSEI KRUCHYONYKH (1886-1968). The author went down in the..... More
![FUTURIST COVER BY KLIUN] Ironiada. Lirika. Mai-iyun’ 1930 g. [i.e. Ironiada. Lyric. May-June of...](/pictures/thumb/122.jpg?v=1472299990)
Moscow: 1930. 19 pp., ill. 21,5х18 сm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, two small closed tears of the spine. Otherwise a near fine copy. One of 250 copies. Very rare. Published by the author. Cover design by I. Kliun. Illustrations by I. Terentyev. This is one of the last..... More
![MUTEFERRIKA - PERSIA] Târîh-i seyyâh der beyân-i zuhûr-i Afgânîyan ve sebeb-i inhidâm-i...](/pictures/thumb/518.jpg?v=1539119611)
Istanbul: Typ. Of Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1729. [7], 97 leaves (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). 20,5x14,5 cm. Black stamps on the first and the last leaves, short manuscript notes in Ottoman Turkish on leaves 1, 7 and 8. 19th century dark brown quarter sheep with black pebbled paper boards. Binding slightly..... More
![SOVIET THEATRE] Profili teatra [i.e. Profiles of the Theatre]. A. Kugel](/pictures/thumb/1124.jpg?v=1608114301)
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1929. 274 pp. 18x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, covers chipped, front cover with spine detached from the text block, back cover glued to text block by paper band. Otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies..... More
![ILLUSTRATING TEXTBOOKS] Illiustrirovanie uchebnoi knigi: Illiustratsiia v uchebnoi knige 1932 g....](/pictures/thumb/1055.jpg?v=1601549803)
Moscow: NII Ogiza, 1933. 86, [26] pp.: ill.; 17x12 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine glued by tape, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Very rare. This is the first manual on how the model Soviet textbooks had to be designed, constructed and produced. After..... More
![SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst...](/pictures/thumb/764.jpg?v=1563925079)
Moscow; Leningrad: IZOGIZ, 1932. 140 pp.: ills. 27x15 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Very good condition, spine is restored with fragments lacking. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Kuznetsova and Magidoon are responsible for the design of the book, as well as the design of many decorations for street celebrations..... More
![FIRST RUSSIAN PLAN OF BEIJING] Dnevnye Zapiski Karavannomu Puti cherez Naunskuyu Dorogu ot...](/pictures/thumb/538.jpg?v=1542896544)
St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1781. Parts 7 & 8 bound together. 942 pp. 20,5x12 cm. With one folding copper engraved plan and three folding copper engraved plates, bound without one copper engraved plate (a blueprint of a handmill). Contemporary Russian full leather with green title label on the..... More
![SOVIET VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC REGION] Tikhookeanskii dnevnik [i.e. The Pacific Ocean Diary]. B. Lapin](/pictures/thumb/877.jpg?v=1573091696)
Moscow: Federatsiia, 1929. 222, [2] pp. 19,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the spine with small fragments lost, vertical crease of the front cover and some leaves, otherwise very good and clean copy. Signed by author on the half title (1929). First edition. One of..... More
![SOVIET CRITICS OF USA IN 1930] Sovremennaya Amerika [i.e. Modern America]. A. G. Lebedenko, A.,...](/pictures/thumb/146.jpg?v=1475057390)
Leningrad: Krasnaya gazeta, 1929. 100 pp.: ill. 17х13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restoration of the spine, previous owner's ink stamp on the title page, margin of p.65 is cut off (the text is not affected). Cover design by Georgy Fitingof (1905-1975), Soviet artist and illustrator well known..... More
![COVER DESIGN BY VASYL YERMYLOV] Za tamtoi bereg...: Zbirka [i.e. Beyond the Far Shore:...](/pictures/thumb/1306.jpg?v=1634128569)
Kiev: Rukh, 1933. 141 pp. 18,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of oversized covers, fragments of spine lost, stamps and marks of library of the Union of Soviet Writers of Ukraine (was a part of the Union of Writers of USSR and was reorganized in 1991) on t.p., p...... More
![FIRST RUSSIAN MONOGRAPH ON KURDS] Izsledovaniya ob Iranskykh Kurdakh i ikh Predkakh,...](/pictures/thumb/596.jpg?v=1549626630)
St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1856-1858. 3 vols. bound together. Vii, 121, [1]; vii, 139, [1- errata]; [6], xxxvii, 113, [1] pp. 24x16 cm. Period style green half morocco. Paper slightly age toned, a couple of mild water stains in text, but overall a very good copy. First..... More
Moscow: Kniga, 1974. 175 pp.: ill., 1 port. 22x13 cm. In original publisher's cloth. The first bibliography of Mark Twain's works in Russian. The book consists of two sections: translations into Russian and literature about Twain in Russian. Every section is divided by subjects, translations – by kind..... More
![TREATING HYSTERIA] Gipnoanaliz infantil'nykh travm u isterikov [i.e. Hypnoanalysis of Infantile...](/pictures/thumb/1069.jpg?v=1601556123)
Tver: Izdanie avtora, 1927. 79 pp.: charts, tables. 22x16,5 cm. In modern wrappers. Very good, pale water stains on the lower margins, erased signature on t.p., some soiling. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare regional imprint with no copies located in Worldcat. The publication..... More
![Mamatsi mgzavrebi [i.e. Brave Passengers]. Stepan Lisiciani](/pictures/thumb/81.jpg?v=1450242570)
Tbilisi: Progress, 1907. [12] pp. 26x18 cm. Lithographed illustrated wrappers by unknown Armenian artist as well as plates and illustrations in text. Near fine. Minor stains on the wrapper. Very rare. The first edition of this Armenian folktale. Stepan Lisiciani (1865-1947) who adapted it for this book was..... More
![UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE] Volchie solntse. Kniga stikhov vtoraia [i.e. The Wolf’s Sun....](/pictures/thumb/1257.jpg?v=1631715091)
Moscow: printed by the literary publishers Gileya and Ko. (printed in Kherson in ‘Economia’ typography), 1914. 57, [5], [4], 59-64 pp., 5 ill. 17,7x11,3 cm. One of 480 copies printed. Original printed wrappers. Spine is restored. Very good and clean. First edition. Very rare. The pivotal edition in understanding..... More
![LOBACHEVSKY IN FRENCH] Nouveaux principes de la géométrie avec une théorie complète des...](/pictures/thumb/1085.jpg?v=1604425836)
Bruxelles: Hayez, 1901. 132 pp., 9 plates. 23.5x16.1 cm. Contemporary owner’s half-leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Near fine. Minor tear at the hinge of the spine. Ex Libris on the verso of the front board Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846-1927), a Swedish mathematician and a member of the Nobel..... More
![RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Na 'Malygine' v polyarnykh l'dakh: S 5 fotosnimkami i...](/pictures/thumb/147.jpg?v=1475061301)
Leningrad: Krasnaya gazeta, 1928. Second edition. 62, [2] pp.: ill., port., map. 23х15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some rubbings, few owner's markings on the back cover, in the text, and title page, small tears of the spine. This book was written by meteorologist of the expedition on Malygin..... More
![AUSTRALIAN METHOD] Samouchitel sportivnogo plavaniya. Avstraliyskiy sposob [i.e. The tutorial on...](/pictures/thumb/702.jpg?v=1562724200)
Pskov: printed by the author, 1913. 18 p., 7 full-page ills. Original illustrated wrapper. Block is slightly bent and the wrappers are soiled, otherwise good. This curious self-published regional brochure is dedicated largely to the Australian crawl stroke. First recorded in Australia in 1870s, this is probably the..... More
![THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Rabota laboratorii MKhAT po sostavleniyu al’bomov formennoi odezhdy...](/pictures/thumb/756.jpg?v=1563921891)
[Moscow, 1946]. 25 leaves. 31x21 cm. Typewritten. Leaves are gathered in paper folder with pencil title written on the front flap. Signed and with correction by the author. Unpublished manuscript. This is a unique material on history of theatre costume design. Vladislav Lukomsky (1882-1946) was a Russian historian and..... More
![SOCIOLOGICAL NATURE OF MUSIC] Voprosy sotsiologii muzyki [i.e. Questions of the Sociology of...](/pictures/thumb/1168.jpg?v=1612377541)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennaya akademiya khudozhestvennykh nauk, 1927. 135 pp. In original wrappers. Very good, some restorations of the spine, a couple of pale small stains on p.1 (not t.p.). First edition. Extremely rare. One of 1000 copies. One of the first comprehensive Soviet books dedicated to the topic of the..... More
![ANALYSIS OF SOLOMON MIKHOELS’ CREATIVE PATH] Mikhoels: Tvorcheskiy put’ nar. artista RSFSR...](/pictures/thumb/1205.jpg?v=1617184613)
Moscow; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1938. 116 pp., 1 frontispiece: ill. 19,9x13,8 cm. In original cloth binding with lettering on the front board. The spine is slightly rubbed. Soviet bookshop’s stamp and pen markings on the rear endpaper. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. One of 4,000 copies. This monograph on one..... More
![MALEVICH ON SUPREMATISM] Ot Sezanna do suprematizma [i.e. From Cezanne to Suprematism]. K. S....](/pictures/thumb/179.jpg?v=1483894002)
Moscow: Otd. izobraz. iskusstv Narkomprosa, 1920. 16 pp. 17,5x11 cm. Wrappers rubbed, bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, previous owner’s label on the recto of the front cover and initials on the title page, markings in text. Very rare. Kazimir Malevich’s (1879-1935) work on the essence of suprematism and..... More
![CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...](/pictures/thumb/845.png?v=1569970811)
Leningrad: Leningradskaia Pravda, 1932. 80 pp.: ill. 15,5x23 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Near fine, neatly restored. One of 15000 copies. Extremely rare. One of the main books on constructivist architecture of Leningrad. The book is the lesser known masterpiece of constructivist design, with multiple photomontage..... More