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ILLUSTRATING TEXTBOOKS] Illiustrirovanie uchebnoi knigi: Illiustratsiia v uchebnoi knige 1932 g....

[ILLUSTRATING TEXTBOOKS] Illiustrirovanie uchebnoi knigi: Illiustratsiia v uchebnoi knige 1932 g. Instruktsiia po illiustrirovaniiu uchebnikov [i.e. Illustrating Educational Books. Illustration in the 1932 Educational Books. A Manual on Textbook Illustration]

Kuzminskii, K

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

Price: $450.00

SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst...

[SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst [i.e. The Decoration of the City During Revolutionary Celebrations]

Kuznetsova, A., Magidoon, A., Schukin, U.

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

FROM THE LIBRARY OF IVAN PAVLOV] Sokrashchenie astronomii ili zvezdozakoniya [i.e. The Account of...

[FROM THE LIBRARY OF IVAN PAVLOV] Sokrashchenie astronomii ili zvezdozakoniya [i.e. The Account of Astronomy or The Law of the Stars] / translated by professor Mikhail Golovin.

Lalande, J. de.

St. Petersburg: The Academy of Science, 1789. [54], 633, [7] pp., 17 leaves of folding plans, schemes and maps. Contemporary full leather. Spine is restored, otherwise very good. Modern sticker on the spine. The stamp of the private library of Ivan Pavlov on the last page. Previous provenance: Yakov Schetinin..... More

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

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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FOR THE PEASANT THEATRE] Skomorokh: sbornik p’es dlia raboche-krest’ianskogo teatra [i.e....

[FOR THE PEASANT THEATRE] Skomorokh: sbornik p’es dlia raboche-krest’ianskogo teatra [i.e. Buffoon: The Collection of Plays for the Theatre of Workers and Peasants]

Lebedev, I.

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 192 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, tear of upper edge of three last leaves, minor defects of spine. Signed by author to Vladimir Nemeshaev who was a head of the Copyright Office and member of the Moscow Society of Dramatists and..... More

Price: $350.00

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

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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Mamatsi mgzavrebi [i.e. Brave Passengers]. Stepan Lisiciani

Mamatsi mgzavrebi [i.e. Brave Passengers]

Lisiciani, Stepan

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

Price: $950.00

UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE] Volchie solntse. Kniga stikhov vtoraia [i.e. The Wolf’s Sun....

[UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE] Volchie solntse. Kniga stikhov vtoraia [i.e. The Wolf’s Sun. The Second Book of Verse] / futurists ‘Gileya’

Livshits, Benedikt

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...

[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

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

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

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

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

LIFETIME EDITION BY MANDELSTAM] Vtoraia kniga [i.e. The Second Book]. O. Mandelstam

[LIFETIME EDITION BY MANDELSTAM] Vtoraia kniga [i.e. The Second Book]

Mandelstam, O.

Moscow: Krug, 1923. 85, [9] pp. 13,5x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Restored, otherwise very good and clean copy. Ownership (embossed) blindstamp of Ernest Heitetz. One of 3000 copies. Constructivist publisher’s mark (on half title and back cover) created by Iu. Annenkov. There are four lifetime editions of Osip..... More

Price: $1,800.00

MANDELSTAM MASTERPIECE] Egipetskaia marka [i.e. Egyptian Stamp]. O. Mandelstam

[MANDELSTAM MASTERPIECE] Egipetskaia marka [i.e. Egyptian Stamp]

Mandelstam, O.

Leningrad: Priboi, 1928. 187, [5] pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Covers and spine rubbed, with tears and minor fragments lost, some stains, ink note on the last page, otherwise very good. First full publication. Cover design was produced by artist and engraver Evgenii Belukha (1889-1943). In..... More

ONE OF THE RAREST MANDELSTAM EDITIONS] Primus. Detskie stikhotvoreniya [i.e. Primus. The...

[ONE OF THE RAREST MANDELSTAM EDITIONS] Primus. Detskie stikhotvoreniya [i.e. Primus. The Children’s Poetry] / drawings by M. Dobuzhinskiy

Mandelstam, O.

Leningrad: Vremia, 1925. [16] pp. 26x21 cm. One of 8000 copies printed. Original illustrated wrappers. Few small tears to the spine, few millimeters cut from the top of the block. Coupe of small stains on p. [3]. Otherwise very good. Legendary rarity. No paper copies located in Worldcat..... More

Price: $14,500.00

ERZYA LANGUAGE] Moksherziatnen eriamo pingest [i.e. The History of Mordva]. M. T. Markelov

[ERZYA LANGUAGE] Moksherziatnen eriamo pingest [i.e. The History of Mordva]

Markelov, M.T.

Moscow: Tsentrizdat, 1929. 184 pp., 1 map. 22x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers with the strict constructivist design. Illustrated throughout including the map of Finno-ugric speaking nations in USSR. Very good, few tears of the spine. The book is printed in Erzya language, spoken in Republic of Mordovia..... More

Price: $1,500.00

MARSHAK & LEBEDEV COLLABORATION] Bagazh [i.e. The Luggage]. S. Marshak

[MARSHAK & LEBEDEV COLLABORATION] Bagazh [i.e. The Luggage]

Marshak, S.

Moscow: Detizdat, 1936. 8 pp. 19,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed and chipped, tanned traces on rear sides of covers and near pages, otherwise very good. Tenth edition. Since the story has debuted in a collection ‘Sovetskie rebiata’ (1926) and simultaneously in a separate edition of..... More

Price: $750.00

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