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FIRST BOOK BY LANDAU] Elektroprovodimost’ metallov [i.e. The Metal Conductivity]. L....

[FIRST BOOK BY LANDAU] Elektroprovodimost’ metallov [i.e. The Metal Conductivity]

Landau, L. Kompaneets, A.

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

Price: $1,300.00

FIRST RUSSIAN PLAN OF BEIJING] Dnevnye Zapiski Karavannomu Puti cherez Naunskuyu Dorogu ot...

[FIRST RUSSIAN PLAN OF BEIJING] Dnevnye Zapiski Karavannomu Puti cherez Naunskuyu Dorogu ot Tsurukhaitu do Pekina, 1736 godu / [i.e. Daily Notes on the Caravan Travel along the Nenjiang River Route from Tsurukhaitu to Beijing in 1736]. In: Akademicheskiye Izvestiya na 1781 god, Soderzhashchiye v Sebe Istoriyu Nauk i Noveyshiye Otkrytiya Onykh… [i.e. Academic Newsletter for 1781, Containing the History of Sciences and the Latest Discoveries in Them…]

[Lange, Lorenz]

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

Price: $5,250.00

FIRST BOOK IN RUSSIAN ABOUT LINCOLN] Avraam Linkol'n i velikaya bor'ba mezhdu Severnymi i...

[FIRST BOOK IN RUSSIAN ABOUT LINCOLN] Avraam Linkol'n i velikaya bor'ba mezhdu Severnymi i Yuzhnymi amerikanskimi shtatami v prodolzheniye 1861-1865 godov. Per. s nem. [i.e. Abraham Lincoln and The Great Struggle between the North and South during 1861-1865. Translated from German].

Lange, M.

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

Price: $1,500.00

SOVIET VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC REGION] Tikhookeanskii dnevnik [i.e. The Pacific Ocean Diary]. B. Lapin

[SOVIET VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC REGION] Tikhookeanskii dnevnik [i.e. The Pacific Ocean Diary]

Lapin, B.

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

Price: $750.00

SOVIET CRITICS OF USA IN 1930] Sovremennaya Amerika [i.e. Modern America]. A. G. Lebedenko, A.,...

[SOVIET CRITICS OF USA IN 1930] Sovremennaya Amerika [i.e. Modern America]

Lebedenko, A.G., Rashkovskaya, A.

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

Price: $750.00

ANTI-RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA] Bezbozhniki [i.e. Godless People]. I. Lebedev

[ANTI-RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA] Bezbozhniki [i.e. Godless People]

Lebedev, I.

Moscow: Komissiia po uluchsheniiu zhizni detei pri VTsIK i koop. izdatel’stva “Zhizn' i znanie”, 1924. 48 pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original wrappers with decorated frame. Tear of the spine along the staple, some stains. First edition. One of 10 000 copies. Extremely rare. Signed by the author on..... More

Price: $350.00
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FIRST RUSSIAN MONOGRAPH ON KURDS] Izsledovaniya ob Iranskykh Kurdakh i ikh Predkakh,...

[FIRST RUSSIAN MONOGRAPH ON KURDS] Izsledovaniya ob Iranskykh Kurdakh i ikh Predkakh, SevernykhKhaldeyakh [i.e. A Research of the Kurds and their Ancestors, Northern Chaldeans]

Lerch, P.I.

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

Price: $3,250.00

AVANT-GARDE CINEMA] Chelovek i kino: Estetiko-sotsiologicheskii etiud [i.e. Mankind and...

[AVANT-GARDE CINEMA] Chelovek i kino: Estetiko-sotsiologicheskii etiud [i.e. Mankind and Cinematography: An Aesthetic and Sociological Study]

Levidov, M.

Moscow: Kino-izdatelstvo RSFSR Kinopechat, 1927. 112 pp. 13,5 x 17,5 cm. Original illustrated photomontage wrappers. Tiny tears of the spine, Georgian stamp on the title page ‘From books of Nico Mitsishvili’. Otherwise very good. Very rare. First and only edition. One of 3500 copies. The constructivist edition by Mikhail..... More

Price: $900.00

Mark Tven. Bibliograficheskii ukazatel russkikh perevodov i kriticheskoi literatury na russkom...

Mark Tven. Bibliograficheskii ukazatel russkikh perevodov i kriticheskoi literatury na russkom yazyke. 1867-1972 [i.e. Mark Twain. Bibliography of Russian Translations and Critical Literature in Russian, 1867-1972]

Levidova, I.M.

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

Price: $190.00

TREATING HYSTERIA] Gipnoanaliz infantil'nykh travm u isterikov [i.e. Hypnoanalysis of Infantile...

[TREATING HYSTERIA] Gipnoanaliz infantil'nykh travm u isterikov [i.e. Hypnoanalysis of Infantile Trauma of Hysteria Patients]

Lifshits, S.

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

Price: $550.00
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LOBACHEVSKY IN FRENCH] Nouveaux principes de la géométrie avec une théorie complète des...

[LOBACHEVSKY IN FRENCH] Nouveaux principes de la géométrie avec une théorie complète des parallèles [i.e. New Principles of Geometry with a Complete Theory of Parallels]

Lobachevsky, N.

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

Price: $5,500.00

HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE GROUPS] Khudozhestvennye gruppirovki za poslednie 25 let [i.e. Art...

[HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE GROUPS] Khudozhestvennye gruppirovki za poslednie 25 let [i.e. Art Groups for the Last Twenty-Five Years]

Lobanov, V. M.

Moscow: Khud. izd. akts. o-vo AKhR, 1930. 148 pp. 19x13 cm. Publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. Viktor Lobanov (1885-1970), art critic and writer. He often wrote articles in the periodicals about artists, exhibitions, articles for catalogs of art..... More

Price: $750.00

LIBRARY CATALOGUING] Bibliotechnyi pocherk [i.e. The Library Handwriting]. N. Lomkovskii

[LIBRARY CATALOGUING] Bibliotechnyi pocherk [i.e. The Library Handwriting]

Lomkovskii, N.

Moscow: Doloi negramotnost’, 1927. 28, [4] pp. In original constructivist style wrappers. Front cover detached, minor defect of p.9 (not affected the text), previous owner’s stamp on t.p., otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 8070 copies. Very rare. A nice and early Soviet brochure..... More

Price: $500.00

LOMONOSOV’S EPIC POEM ABOUT PETER THE GREAT] Piotr Velikiy [i.e. Peter the Great]. M. V. Lomonosov

[LOMONOSOV’S EPIC POEM ABOUT PETER THE GREAT] Piotr Velikiy [i.e. Peter the Great]

Lomonosov, M.V.

St. Petersburg: Academy of Science, 1760. [4], 44 pp. 24x19 cm. Period styled full leather, some pages are restored (not affecting the text itself), the last page has some stains. 1 of 600 copies printed. Extremely rare first edition of Lomonosov’s epic poem about Peter the Great. Complete with..... More

Price: $8,000.00

ARCTIC: NORTHEAST PASSAGE] Proekt Lomonosova i ekspeditsiya Chichagova; [and:] Kratkoe opisanie...

[ARCTIC: NORTHEAST PASSAGE] Proekt Lomonosova i ekspeditsiya Chichagova; [and:] Kratkoe opisanie raznikh puteshestvii po severnim moryam… [i.e. Lomonosov’s Project and Chichagov’s Expedition; with: A Brief Description of Various Voyages in the Northern Seas and Indication of a Possible Passage via the Siberian Ocean to the East Indies/ Published by the Hydrographical Department of the Naval Ministry]

[Lomonosov, M.V.]

St. Petersburg: Morskaya Typ. 1854. Second enlarged edition. [4], c, 150 pp. 17,5x11 cm. Contemporary brown half leather with marbled papered boards, new endpapers. Papers lightly age toned, barely visible water stain on several leaves at end of text, but overall a very good copy of this rare book... More

Price: $4,500.00

UKRAINIAN JACK LONDON] Bahryana chuma [i.e. The Scarlet Plague]. J. London

[UKRAINIAN JACK LONDON] Bahryana chuma [i.e. The Scarlet Plague]

London, J.

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. The first Ukrainian translation of Jack..... More

Price: $550.00

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES] Blondinki v bol'shom sprose: Nazidatel'nyi dnevnik odnoi molodoi damy /...

[GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES] Blondinki v bol'shom sprose: Nazidatel'nyi dnevnik odnoi molodoi damy / Per. L.E. Efimovoi [i.e. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady / Transl. by L.E. Efimova]

Loos, A.

Riga: Literatura, 1927. 3-190, [2] pp.: ill. 20,5x14 cm. In original printed wrappers. Restored spine and wrappers, Soviet bookshops' stamps on the verso of back cover, few pages restored (near the spine or the edges). Very rare. Moscow edition was published the same year, and it's hard to say..... More

Price: $500.00

RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Na 'Malygine' v polyarnykh l'dakh: S 5 fotosnimkami i...

[RESCUE OF UMBERTO NOBILE'S EXPEDITION] Na 'Malygine' v polyarnykh l'dakh: S 5 fotosnimkami i kartoi [i.e. On the 'Malygin' in Polar Ice: With 5 Photos and Map]

Loris-Melikov, M.A.

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

Price: $550.00

AUSTRALIAN METHOD] Samouchitel sportivnogo plavaniya. Avstraliyskiy sposob [i.e. The tutorial on...

[AUSTRALIAN METHOD] Samouchitel sportivnogo plavaniya. Avstraliyskiy sposob [i.e. The tutorial on the sport swimming. The Australian method]

Lt. Pokrovsky

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

Price: $850.00

MATCH AND CANDLE] Spichka I svechka. Iz nauchnykh skazok Byurgelya [i.e. A Match and a Candle....

[MATCH AND CANDLE] Spichka I svechka. Iz nauchnykh skazok Byurgelya [i.e. A Match and a Candle. From Scientific Tales of Burgel]

Lugansky, M.

Moscow: G.F. Mirimanov, 1924. 15 pp.: ill. 30x21 cm. In original illustrated lithographed wrappers. Some wearing, Georgian stamp on the title page, tear of the back cover. Overall very good. Rare. One of 10000 copies. Illustrated by Anatoly Andronov (1869-1947), graphic artist. Studied in Repin class at Higher Art..... More

Price: $600.00

THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Rabota laboratorii MKhAT po sostavleniyu al’bomov formennoi odezhdy...

[THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Rabota laboratorii MKhAT po sostavleniyu al’bomov formennoi odezhdy Rossii i SSSR [i.e. MHAT Laboratory Work on Albums of Russian and Soviet Uniforms]

Lukomsky, V.K.

[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

Price: $1,750.00

SOCIOLOGICAL NATURE OF MUSIC] Voprosy sotsiologii muzyki [i.e. Questions of the Sociology of...

[SOCIOLOGICAL NATURE OF MUSIC] Voprosy sotsiologii muzyki [i.e. Questions of the Sociology of Music]

Lunacharsky, A.

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

Price: $350.00

ANALYSIS OF SOLOMON MIKHOELS’ CREATIVE PATH] Mikhoels: Tvorcheskiy put’ nar. artista RSFSR...

[ANALYSIS OF SOLOMON MIKHOELS’ CREATIVE PATH] Mikhoels: Tvorcheskiy put’ nar. artista RSFSR [i.e. Mikhoels: Creative Path of People’s Artist of RSFSR

Lyubomirskiy, O.

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

Price: $350.00

MALEVICH ON SUPREMATISM] Ot Sezanna do suprematizma [i.e. From Cezanne to Suprematism]. K. S....

[MALEVICH ON SUPREMATISM] Ot Sezanna do suprematizma [i.e. From Cezanne to Suprematism]

Malevich, K.S.

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

Price: $1,300.00

CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...

[CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad [i.e. For the Exemplary Socialistic Leningrad]

Maliuga, E.

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

Price: $3,500.00

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