![MAYAKOVSKY’S WORK FOR ADVERTISING] Izvestiya. #175 (August 2nd, 1924](/pictures/thumb/508.jpg?v=1533145411)
Moscow: Krasnyi mayak, 1924. 8 pp.: ill. 65x54 cm. Very good. A very fragile newspaper with tears of the extremities and spine, ink stamp of the non-existing library (Lenin’s institute). An extremely rare survival of the time. Page 8 with advertisements including an illustrated ad for ABC with poem..... More
![MEMORABILIA OF THE EARLY AVANT-GARDE EXHIBITIONS] [Student Ticket #395 for Futuristic Exhibition...](/pictures/thumb/630.jpg?v=1550666803)
[Moscow, 1916]. 10x6,5 cm. Fine, previous owner’s ink stamp on the back side. From the collection of art critic Alexander Zavolokin (1951-2008). Extremely rare, survival of the time. The exhibition “Magazin” was organized by Vladimir Tatlin in 1916 in Moscow. It was held from March 19 to April 20 at..... More
Three fine programs of Meyerhold Theater displaying the last period of its activity. Strongly opposed to socialist realism, Meyerhold’s experimental performances were alien to the Soviet state’s demands but lasted even after the party clamped down on all avant-garde art. Despite the time being already retaliatory towards the avant-garde, the..... More
![MEZHRABPOMFILM] Kto ty takoi? [i.e. Who Are You?](/pictures/thumb/759.jpg?v=1563922374)
Leningrad: Tea-kino pechat’, 1927. Leaflet folded into thirds. 23x15,5 cm. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Constructivist design of leaflet was produced by Maxim Litvak (1898-1943), the Soviet graphic artist who created the posters of the silent films..... More
![MIR ISKUSSTVA] Katalog vystavki rabot “Mir iskusstva” [i.e. A Catalogue of Mir Iskusstva...](/pictures/thumb/466.jpg?v=1526398117)
Moscow: Tip. T/d. I.S. Kolomiets, 1915. [24] pp. 18x12 cm. In original illustrated lithographed wrappers. Near fine, vertical crease throughout the book. A very rare copy of a small run in almost mint condition. This is a catalogue for the exhibition which took place in Moscow in 1915 and..... More
![MOSCOW ARCHITECTURE SOCIETY] Arkhitektura: Ezhemesiachnik. 1-2 [i.e. Architecture: Monthly...](/pictures/thumb/698.jpg?v=1561148013)
[Moscow]: Moskovskoie Arkhitekturnoie Obshchestvo, 1923. 50, [14] pp.: ills. 32,2х25 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Small tears of the front wrapper, light restoration of the tears and spine, spots on the title page. Very rare. One of 1000 copies. Early constructivist wrapper designed by A. Vesnin (one..... More
Moscow; Leningrad: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1931. 20 pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some soiling. Otherwise near fine. Cover design and illustrations by Soviet artist and master of satire Boris Prorokov (1911-1972). This edition presents satire on Europe and USA, religion, science, social-democrats. WorldCat locates two copies. More
![NEW TYPE OF THEATRE FOR A NEW SOVIET MAN] Moskovsky dramatichesky teatr imeni MGSPS:...](/pictures/thumb/296.jpg?v=1500468355)
Moscow: MGSPS, [1926]. [32] pp.: ill., port. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated constructivist wrappers. Tear of the spine, wrappers are slightly detached from the text block, loss of the small fragment of the front wrapper (restored with paper) and of the back wrapper, Soviet bookshop’s stamp and price written in..... More
Full set for 11 years (1962-1972). Overall 132 issues in 22 cloth bindings (original blue wrappers preserved). Occasional foxing, damp stains (vol.2 1968), front cover damaged (#12 1968). Otherwise very good. Novy mir is one of the oldest monthly literary magazines in modern Russian. It has been published in..... More
Petrograd, 1917. 20 leaves. 20x13 cm. Original printed wrapper. Losses of the parts of the wrapper, otherwise good and clean internally. Owner’s stamp on the front wrapper. Contemporary notes in pencil on the last page, drafting the plan to create ‘the storage of maps’ in the Bureau, mentioning that somewhere..... More
![ODESSA AVANT-GARDE STAGE] Odes’kii Derzhavnii teatr opery ta baletu: Sezon 1929-30 roku [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/904.jpg?v=1576165683)
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
![ONE OF THE FIRST ANTI-NAZI CARICATURES OF THE WWII] Ogonyok [i.e. The Twinkle](/pictures/thumb/88.jpg?v=1450190185)
Moscow. No.18. 25 of June 1941. 24 pp. 32x25 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Good condition. This issue of 'Ogonyok' was the first one printed after Germany began the war against Soviet Union on the 22 of June 1941. Boris Efimov's iconic caricatures on the front wrapper..... More
![ORIENTAL RODCHENKO] Soume Scheng. Kitayanka Sume-Cheng [i.e. Soume Cheng, the Chinese](/pictures/thumb/747.jpg?v=1563919747)
Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1929. 149 pp.: ill. Original illustrated wrappers. Uncut. Very good condition. Stamps of the ‘GIZ archive’ with ‘withdrawn’ stamp over it. First and only edition. Construction of the book by Alexander Rodchenko. He was also responsible for the choice of the photographs. The book..... More
Collection gathering various pieces of a print chronology of Russian and Soviet cinema in the 1900s-1940s. Starting from one pre-revolutionary book (1909), this collection tied the very beginning of cinematography when it considered just an evolution of a static photograph and the middle of the 20th century when Eisenstein shot..... More
![ORIGINS OF THE SOVIET CHILDREN'S THEATRE] Pinokkio / Moskovskii teatr dlia detei Moskovskogo...](/pictures/thumb/891.jpg?v=1576160689)
Moscow: Tipo-litografiia GUVUZ, 1923. Folded in half leaf of pink paper with loosely inserted half-sized leaf. 19x14,5 cm. Slightly deformed of water with few pale water stains. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare pamphlet with an avant-garde theater logo by unknown artist. This is..... More
1. Panorama Du Fleuve [i.e. Down the River]. Paris: Flammarion, 1937. 2. Panorama De La Montagne [i.e. Up the Mountain]. Paris: Flammarion, 1938. 3. Panorama De La Côte [i.e. Along the Coast]. Paris: Flammarion, 1938. Each book is a continuous, accordion-folded strip with text and monochrome illustrations..... More
Three letters and signed book by Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), the letters and inscription are unpublished. 1. Pasternak, Boris. Okhrannaia gramota [i.e. The Protection]. Leningrad, 1931. 128 pp. 18x12,5 cm. In original cardboards. First edition of Pasternak’s autobiographical book, dedicated to his pre-revolutionary life. Inscribed by Pasternak on the half-title..... More
![PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST TRAM STATION] Zhelezo-betonnyi pavil’on-stantsiia v...](/pictures/thumb/933.jpg?v=1582642988)
[Moscow: M.G.Zh.D., 1925]. Ca. 26,5x22 cm. Sixteen mounted gelatin silver prints, each ca. 11x15 cm. No captions. In original cloth folder with gilt lettering. Soiling of folder and foxing on the inner side, but the leaves are near fine. An attractive album of rare photos proving triumph of constructivism..... More
![PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 1938 MILITARY PARADE IN TBILISI] Diadi okt’omberi....](/pictures/thumb/828.png?v=1569961218)
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
![PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION OF TOYS PRODUCED FOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN] Sat’amashoebis laboratoriis...](/pictures/thumb/858.png?v=1573180697)
Tbilisi: Zaria Vostoka, 1941. 80 pp: ill. 18x27.6 cm. In original cloth with lettering and decoration on the front board. Near fine. Loss of the endpapers. Scarce. One of 800 copies. A special anniversary edition of the Georgian SSR Ministry of Education. The album showcases 32 full..... 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
![PHOTOMONTAGES ON SOCIALIST YOUTH OF POLAND] Narodnaia Pol’sha i ee molod’ezh’ [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/916.jpg?v=1580221039)
Warszawa: Książka i wiedza, 1951. [180] pp.: ill. 28x23 cm. In original red cloth with silver lettering and strips; illustrated endpapers. Rubbed corners, ink inscription on half-title, otherwise very good. Design by Jan Gollander; drawings by well-known illustrator and book designer Jan Marcin Szancer. Photographs were provided by S. Dzubinski..... More
![PIONEERS OF SPACE-TRAVEL: GAGARIN AND TSIOLKOVSKY] K.E. Tsiolkovsky: Stranitsy velikoy zhizni /...](/pictures/thumb/5.jpg?v=1446491559)
Kaluga: Kn. izd-vo, 1964. 55 pp.: ill. 4vo. A fine copy. Original cloth binding with the decoration in ink. The title page is signed by Yuri Gagarin. Together with: a postcard, ‘The Day of Cosmonautics’ (1965) depicting the monument in Tsiolkovsky’s honor in Kaluga. The postcard is signed by..... More
![POST CONSTRUCTIVIST SCHOOLS] Shkoly gotovy! Kak my borolis’ za vypolnenie postanovleniia SNK...](/pictures/thumb/501.jpg?v=1533142747)
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
![POULTRY PHOTOMONTAGES] Ptitsevodstvo. Krolikovodstvo [i.e. Poultry Breeding. Rabbit Breeding] /...](/pictures/thumb/962.jpg?v=1582651241)
Moscow: Sel’khozgiz, 1940. [126] pp.: ill. 29x23 cm. In original cloth with gilt embossed design and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). Slightly rubbed, few defects of the back cover, some soiling of lower outer corner, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies..... More