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Item #494 [SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS] Bud'te ostorozhny! [i.e. Be Careful!]. I. G. Grishashvili

[SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS] Bud'te ostorozhny! [i.e. Be Careful!]

Grishashvili, I.G.

Tbilisi: Gor. U.P.O. NKVD Gruzinskoi SSR, 1944. 18 pp.: ill. 10x15 cm. Very rare. One of 2000 copies. Lithographed edition. Poems by I. Grishashvili, plot by Z. Pachkoria, illustrations by L. Gilchevskaya. Visual poetic safety regulations for children in Russian (title in Russian and Georgian). Not in the Worldcat. More

Price: $500.00

Item #499 [SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ya, vy i on: Roman iz zhizni shankhaiskikh emigrantov [i.e....

[SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ya, vy i on: Roman iz zhizni shankhaiskikh emigrantov [i.e. Me, You and Him: A Novel from the Life of Shanghai Emigrants]

Grosse, L.Y.

Shanghai: 1930. [6], 317 pp. 13x9 cm. In original illustrated wrappers by A.A. Yaron. Very good/near ne condition. The spine is very carefully fixed. Extremely rare. First and only edition. Lev Grosse (1906-1950), writer and son of Viktor Grosse (1869-1931), Russian diplomat, one of the active members of the..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #1440 [THE MAIN BIOGRAPHER OF GORKY] Maksim Gor’kii : Biograficheskii ocherk : (Po novym...

[THE MAIN BIOGRAPHER OF GORKY] Maksim Gor’kii : Biograficheskii ocherk : (Po novym materialam) [i.e. Maxim Gorky : Biographical Essay (According New Materials)]

Gruzdev, I.

Leningrad: Kubuch, 1925. 79 pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. No spine, covers almost detached, water stain on the upper inner corner. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Rare. Cover design features a small industrial composition dedicated to a proletarian writer Maxim Gorky. This is the..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #187 [THE FIFTH COLUMN IN RUSSIAN] Pyataya kolonna i pervye tridtsat’ vosem’ rasskazov /...

[THE FIFTH COLUMN IN RUSSIAN] Pyataya kolonna i pervye tridtsat’ vosem’ rasskazov / Per. s angl. pod red. I.A. Kashkina [i.e. The Fifth Column and the First Thirty-Eight Stories]

Hemingway, E.

Moscow: Goslitizdat, 1939. 656 pp. 17,4x12 cm. In original cloth. Near fine. This is the first edition of the play The Fifth Column and anthology of the writings by Ernest Hemingway (first published in 1938). The original edition was of forty-nine stories which was also the title. A few..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #162 [HISTORY OF SOCIALISM] Istoriya sotsializma v Soedinyonnykh Shtatakh / Per. s 4 amer....

[HISTORY OF SOCIALISM] Istoriya sotsializma v Soedinyonnykh Shtatakh / Per. s 4 amer. izd. M.I. Bragina [i.e. History of Socialism in the United States / Translated from the 4th American edition by M.I. Bragin]

HILLQUIT, M.

St. Petersburg: Tip. t-va ''Obshchestvennaya pol'za'', 1907. X, [2], 275 pp. 23x16 cm. Original wrappers. Uncut copy. Very good. Few tears of the spine, lacking small piece from the top of the spine. First Russian edition. Morris Hillquit (1869–1933) was a founder and leader of the Socialist Party..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #1677 [CHAGALL’S LAST SOVIET PERFORMANCE] Troyer [i.e. Mourning]. D. Hofstein

[CHAGALL’S LAST SOVIET PERFORMANCE] Troyer [i.e. Mourning]

Hofstein, D.

Kyiv: Kooperativn farlag “Kultur-lige”, 1922. XXIII pp.: ill., 5 ills. 34,5x25,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Wrapper is restored from the edges without loss of the image or the text. p. I-XIV have a trace of rust going through them, at the outer margins - also restored. Few stains are..... More

Price: $19,500.00

Item #740 [ABC OF TECHNICAL DRAWING] Chertezhnik-illiustrator. Kak illiustrirovat’...

[ABC OF TECHNICAL DRAWING] Chertezhnik-illiustrator. Kak illiustrirovat’ tekhnicheskiie knigi [i.e. Designer and Illustrator. How to Illustrate the Technical Books]

Ierusalimskii, A.

Kharkiv: Ukr. nauchnoie izdatel’stvo, 1928. 42 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, tears of the spine, small fragments of covers lost.  One of 5000 copies. Rare.   This is an early Soviet manual on the technical drawing that was issued in the..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1823 [CHILDREN’S LITERATURE WITHOUT IDEOLOGY] Kroshki sorokonozhki [i.e. Tiny...

[CHILDREN’S LITERATURE WITHOUT IDEOLOGY] Kroshki sorokonozhki [i.e. Tiny Centipedes]

Inber, V., Tipot, V.

Leningrad; Moscow: Raduga, 1925. 16 pp.: ill. 28,5x22 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed and bumped, spine and back cover restored, soiling occasionally, stamp of book collector Lev Turchinskii on t.p., otherwise very good. First edition. One of 10000 copies. Rare as other original Raduga editions. An early Soviet..... More

Item #896 [HOW TO DESIGN A BOOK] Osnovy oformleniya sovetskoy knigi [i.e. Basics of the Soviet...

[HOW TO DESIGN A BOOK] Osnovy oformleniya sovetskoy knigi [i.e. Basics of the Soviet Book Design]

Istrin, V., Pakhomov, V., Nazarov, A.

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1956. 502 pp., 3 tables: ill. 26.6x18.1cm. In original publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. Dust-wrapper. Fine. First edition. Scarce. One of the most comprehensive Soviet editions to meticulously analyze and interpret peculiarities of book design and technical editing. Written by a...... More

Price: $350.00

Item #908 [VRUBEL IN RUSSIAN MUSEUM] M.A. Vrubel’ [i.e. M. Vrubel: [Catalogue]]. A. Ivanov

[VRUBEL IN RUSSIAN MUSEUM] M.A. Vrubel’ [i.e. M. Vrubel: [Catalogue]]

Ivanov, A.

Leningrad: Izdanie Gosudarstvennogo Russkogo muzeia, 1928. 76, [4] pp.: ill. Size. In original illustrated oversized wrappers. Tears of edges of oversized covers, pencil signature on t.p. was erased. One of 1500 copies. Rare. Catalogue of artworks by Mikhail Vrubel (1856-1910) located in the Russian State Museum. The book lists..... More

Price: $300.00

Item #1669 [HOW TO MOVE HOUSES] Kak peredvigayut doma [i.e. How to Move Houses]. I. Ivanov

[HOW TO MOVE HOUSES] Kak peredvigayut doma [i.e. How to Move Houses]

Ivanov, I.

Moscow; Leningrad: Giz, 1949. 65, [3] pp.: ill. 13x19.8 cm. In original printed wrappers with a pictorial vignette. Minor wear, otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 4,000 copies. AN INTERESTING MANUAL ON HOW TO MOVE BUILDINGS WRITTEN BY IVAN IVANOV A FEW YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #842 [LISSITZKY] Vladimir Mayakovsky: (“Misteriia” ili “Buff”) [i.e. Vladimir...

[LISSITZKY] Vladimir Mayakovsky: (“Misteriia” ili “Buff”) [i.e. Vladimir Mayakovsky: (“Mystery” or “Bouffe”)]

Ivanov-Razumnik, R.

Berlin: Skify, 1922. 56 pp. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with letterpress design. Restored spine, copy faded, otherwise very good. First separate edition. A stunning letterpress design on the front cover was created by El Lissitzky in Berlin period. The crossword motif appeared on several book..... More

Price: $1,200.00

Item #21 [FIRST ILLUSTRATED RUSSIAN EDITION OF THREE MEN IN THE BOAT] Troye v lodke. (Ne schitaya...

[FIRST ILLUSTRATED RUSSIAN EDITION OF THREE MEN IN THE BOAT] Troye v lodke. (Ne schitaya sobaki) / Per. s angl. E. Tikhomandritskoi [i.e. Three Men in the Boat. (To Say Nothing of the Dog) / Translated by E. Tikhomandritskaya]

Jerome, J.K.

St. Petersburg; Moscow: M.O. Volf, [1907]. [4], IV, VI, 296 pp., 1 front., 19 ill. 8vo. Original red cloth gold and black stamped binding, decorated endpapers in black and gold. Restorations to the spine, covers rubbed, some spots and light wear of the pages. This edition with 20 plates..... More

Price: $390.00

Item #118 [COVER DESIGN BY GAMREKELI] Qurdi [i.e. Thief. Poems]. K. Kaladze

[COVER DESIGN BY GAMREKELI] Qurdi [i.e. Thief. Poems]

Kaladze, K.

Tiflis: Trud, 1927. 14, [2] pp. 17х13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Author’s signature on the first page. Near fine. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Rare. Cover design by Irakli Gamrekeli (1894-1943), Georgian Soviet set designer and one of the founders of Georgian avant-garde stage design influenced by..... More

Item #1414 [SYSTEM PROGRAMMING IN THE USSR] Tekhnologiia programmirovaniia: Kurs lektsii [i.e....

[SYSTEM PROGRAMMING IN THE USSR] Tekhnologiia programmirovaniia: Kurs lektsii [i.e. Technology of Computer Programming: A Lecture Course]

Kalinin, A.

Moscow: n.p., 1989. 481 pp.: ill. 20,5x16 cm. In original cardboards. Rubbed and bumped, some ink and pencil marks, otherwise very good and clean. First and only edition. One of 150 copies produced. Very rare. A Soviet typewritten textbook on the basics of system programming, compiled for..... More

Item #745 [BORIS GRIGORIEV AND VASILY KAMENSKY] Zemlianka [i.e. The Mud Hut]. V. Kamensky

[BORIS GRIGORIEV AND VASILY KAMENSKY] Zemlianka [i.e. The Mud Hut]

Kamensky, V.

St. Petersburg: Obshhestvennaia pol'za, 1911. 172 pp.: ill. 21,5×17,5 cm. In illustrated wrappers, the original front cover preserved. Restored,  some soiling, otherwise good. First edition. Very rare. Cover design and illustrations produced by Boris Grigoriev (1886-1939), the Russian painter and graphic artist whose style was a compromise..... More

Price: $1,900.00

Item #1425 [MARXIST LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING POPULATION OF THE USSR BY THE VICTIMS OF...

[MARXIST LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING POPULATION OF THE USSR BY THE VICTIMS OF THE GREAT PURGE] The Revolt on the Armoured ‘Cruiser Potemkin’

Kanatchikov, S.

Moscow: Co-operative publ. soc. of foreign workers in the USSR, 1932. 32 pp. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Minor stain on outer edge of pages throughout copy, spine slightly rubbed, otherwise very good and clean. First English edition. Scarce. Translated by the schoolteacher and socialist William Wheeldon (1893-1937) from..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1784 [THE ONLY RUSSIAN NOBEL LAUREATE IN ECONOMICS] Ekonomicheskii raschet nailuchshego...

[THE ONLY RUSSIAN NOBEL LAUREATE IN ECONOMICS] Ekonomicheskii raschet nailuchshego ispol’zovaniia resursov [i.e. Economical Calculation of the Most Expedient Use of Resources]

Kantorovich, L. V.

Moscow: Izd. Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1959. 344 pp. 22,5x15 cm. In original cardboards. Extremities rubbed and bumped, signature on t.p., previous owner’s marks and underlines, otherwise very good. First original edition. Early economic planning by Leonid Kantorovich (1912-1986) who entered the ranks of the greatest scientists of the 20th..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #50 Elektronika bol'shikh moshchnostei [i.e. High-power Electronics]. P. L. Kapitsa

Elektronika bol'shikh moshchnostei [i.e. High-power Electronics]

Kapitsa, P.L.

Moscow: Academy of Science, 1962. 194, [2] pp. 22 cm. Illustrated throughout. Original publisher's binding. Good condition. First edition. Rare. This book sums up the work of Peter Kapitsa (1894-1984) in the field of high-power electronics. Kapitsa and his laboratory dedicated themselves to this topic in 1950s. Kapitsa..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #133 Doklad ob organizatsii nauchnoi raboty v institute fizicheskikh problem Akademii nauk...

Doklad ob organizatsii nauchnoi raboty v institute fizicheskikh problem Akademii nauk SSSR // Vestnik Akademii Nauk SSSR [i.e. Report on the Organization of Scientific Work in Institute for Physical Problems of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR // Herald of the Academy of the Sciences of the USSR].

[KAPITSA, Pyotr]

Moscow: izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1943. Issue #6. 24 pp. 25,2х16,8 сm. In original wrappers. Soiling and rubbings of covers, tear of the spine and p.19. Otherwise good copy. Inscribed on the front cover by Kapitsa: «Tov[arishch] Zverev look on p.13 about Narkomfin. P. Kapitsa»;. Markings in text by..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #1630 [ANTI-NAZI PROPAGANDA AT THE DAWN OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR] U fashistov gorit pod...

[ANTI-NAZI PROPAGANDA AT THE DAWN OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR] U fashistov gorit pod nogami [i.e. Land is Burning beneath the Feet of the Fascists]

Kern, A.

[Moscow]: Ogiz. Gospolitizdat, 1941. 36 pp. 19,6x13 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Rusty staples, tears at the bottom of the front wrapper, the soiling of the rear wrapper. Otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. Edited by I. Smirnov. An interesting propaganda book written at the dawn of the Great..... More

Price: $350.00
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Item #100 [FIRST RUSSIAN KEROUAC] Na doroge [i.e. On the Road]. J. Kerouac

[FIRST RUSSIAN KEROUAC] Na doroge [i.e. On the Road]

Kerouac, J.

Moscow: Inostrannaya literatura, 1960. Na doroge // Inostrannaya literatura. 1960. №10. Pp.195 [i.e. On the Road // Foreign Literature]. 318, [2] pp.: ill., 6 ill. 25,5x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed and shaken, tears of the spine, Soviet bookshops' stamps on the back cover and p. 318, soiling on the last..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1793 [TATAR BOLSHEVIKS PUBLISHING PROLETARIAN THEATER] Tvorcheskii teatr. Puti...

[TATAR BOLSHEVIKS PUBLISHING PROLETARIAN THEATER] Tvorcheskii teatr. Puti sotsialisticheskogo teatra [i.e. Artistic Theater. Paths of Socialist Theater]

Kerzhentsev, P.

Kazan: Elektro-tipografiia ‘Milliat’, 1921. 86 pp. 23x17 cm. No covers. Spine repaired with paper strip, fragments of t.p. lost (no text affected), small stains, soiling occasionally, otherwise good internally. In Tatar language using Arabic script. The title page is in Tatar and Russian. One of 5000 copies. The..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #30 [KEYNES'S BEST-SELLER IN RUSSIAN] Ekonomicheskiye posledstviya mira / per. s angl. G.P....

[KEYNES'S BEST-SELLER IN RUSSIAN] Ekonomicheskiye posledstviya mira / per. s angl. G.P. Struve i T.S. Lurie [i.e. The Economic Consequences of the Peace / translated from English by G.P. Struve and T.S. Lurie].

Keynes, J.M.

Stockholm: Severnye ogni, 1921. 199 pp. 8vo. A fine clean copy. Contemporary cloth binding, original wrappers preserved. Light tanning to the wrappers, slightly rubbed on the extremities of the covers. Rare. The first Russian translation of the world-famous work was printed in Stockholm by Russian emigrant publishers. John Maynard..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #1311 [YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii...

[YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii i provedeniyu prazdnovaniya Desyatiletiya Oktyabrya i drugikh revolyutsionnykh prazdnikov [i.e. Mass Actions. Instruction Hot to Organize and Manage Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of October and Other Revolutionary Celebrations]

Kharlampiev, A.

Moscow; Leningrad: Giz, 1927. 288, [30] p.: ill.; 15x22.5 cm. In owner’s contemporary cloth binding. Slightly rubbed boards. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. An interesting Soviet book on the organization of revolutionary celebrations in the USSR with the method of mass actions. In the early 1920s, A. Kharlampiev organized..... More

Price: $950.00

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