Odessa: DOTOB, 1929. 64 pp.: ill., 2 folding charts, one of them loosely inserted. In original wrappers with constructivist design. In very good condition. Covers slightly restored, a couple of colored pencil marks on photographs, otherwise very good condition. Both covers were designed in the constructivist style. The front..... More

[Tbilisi]: sakartvelos sakhelmts’ipo gamomtsemloba, [ts’.a.] (sak. smus p’ol. t’r. litogr.), [1927]. Large color lithographed map ca. 114x160 cm. In 4 parts. Scale: 1:400 000. The stamps of 1930s institute that ceased to exist after WWII on the verso. Minor tears, otherwise very good. Very rare. One of 5000 copies..... More

St. Petersburg, 1913. 58 pp.: ill., 9 ills. 21x15,5 cm. In original illustrated covers. Some stains on covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. Extremely rare with no copies in Worldcat. Interesting evidence of the early period of orthopedic surgery in Russia. In contrast to..... More

#1-11, 12/13, 14, 15/16, 17-21, 22/23, 24-30, 31/32, 33/34, 35, 36/37, 38, 39/40 for 1925. Overall 35 issues. Moscow: Gosizdat, 1925. 34x26 cm. In contemporary binding; original wrappers preserved. In general, most issues are in a very good condition. Binding with first 18 pages and last issue detached from the..... More

Tbilisi, 1938. In original full-cloth with gilt lettering and two small photographs (ca. 3.3x3.4cm) mounted on the front cover. Date “7 November 1938” printed on the label and mounted on the front pastedown. Twenty-five vintage prints ca. 9x14.3cm. Minor wear to the edges of the covers, a couple of photos..... More

Moscow: Sherer, Nabgolts i Ko. 1894. 16,4x10,8 cm. Fine condition. Most Leo Tolstoy’s photograph portraits in 1880s and 90s were made on Sofia Andreevna’s initiative. For almost quarter of the century photos of Tolstoy’s family were made by the most famous and biggest pre-Revolutionary photo studio «Sherer, Nabgolts i...... More

Moscow: Sovet RK i KD Kirovskogo raiona, 1935. In original cardboards with gilt lettering on the front cover. Very good. First and only edition. One of 300 copies. Extremely rare. This is a triumphal report of the ful lled plan of school construction in the transitional stage between..... More

1. [Croquet. Notebook]. [1870s]. 186 pp. 21x17 cm. Blue cloth with gilt lettering (‘Croquet’) on the front cover. Handwritten in black and colored pencils on the graph paper. Author’s occasional crossings. The notebook consists of paragraphs describing different aspects of croquet: general rules, manual how to set up hoops and..... More

Stalinabad: Lenizo, 1938. 12 pp. 14,5x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, tiny tears near staples. First and only edition. One of 1200 copies. Very rare. The catalogue features 117 items of paintings and graphics (sculpture was featured on photographs) by Leningrad artists which were brought to..... More

Leningrad: Krasnaya gazeta, 1927. 85, [2] pp.: ill. 25x19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. A very good and clean copy. A fragment of the outer edge of yapped front wrapper is missing, closed tear of the front wrapper, small spots and tears of the margins, text block is detached from..... More

Moscow, [1930s]. 19,5x14,5 cm. Near fine. Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova lived and created together since the 1910s. In 1920, VKHUTEMAS was established and they were invited to teach there. The following year the spouses got an apartment in the VKHUTEMAS building (Myasnitskaya Street, 21). Rodchenko took famous foreshortened pictures..... More

Volumes 1-2 [all published]. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Arkhitekturnoe Izdatelstvo Akademii Arkhitektury SSSR, 1942-1944. Vol 1. 1942. 79 pp.: ill. 22,5x17 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. Vol 2. 1944. 72 pp.: ill. 21,7x17,4 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. The edition was prepared by the Academy of the Architecture of..... More

[Moscow, 1921]. 22,5x28 cm. Creases and minor tears of the edges, pencil notes on the back. Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was one of the leaders of Soviet emancipation. In 1905 during the revolution she organized The Society of Help for the Female workers. Accusations from the state have forced her..... More