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 about RARE PROVINCIAL CATALOGUE] Vystavka proizvedenii leningradskikh khudozhnikov: Katalog [i.e. Art...

[Ulyanovsk]: Izd. Ul’ianovskoi gubernskoi planovoi komissii, 1928. 8 pp., 5 ills. 34,5x46,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine, vertical creases in the middle of covers with small fragments of the front cover lost, pale stamps of the closed Soviet oil organization, otherwise very good and clean... More about READING ROOMS AS THE CULTURAL CENTERS IN PROVINCE] Tipovoi proekt raionnoi izby-chital’ni /...

Moscow: Izdatel'stvo L.D. Frenkel', 1923. 237, [3] pp.: ill. 19,5x14 cm. In original printed wrappers. Book is separated in two parts, lacks small pieces of the spine, faded Soviet bookshop's stamps on the back cover. 1 of 3000 copies. First edition. The Rumyantsev Museum was Moscow's first public museum... More about THE RUMYANTSEV MUSEUM] Gosudarstvennyi Rumyantsevsky muzei: Putevoditel': 1. Biblioteka [i.e. The...

[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 about RUSSIAN FEMINISTS] Original photograph of Alexandra Kollontai and female delegates at the...

Yokohama: 1859. Ukiyo-e woodblock print ca. 19,5x26,5 cm. With a printed title in the right upper corner and dense printed text on the upper margin. Paper slightly age toned, four small worm holes on the right margin, but overall a very good copy of this very rare print. Rare... More about SAKHALIN] [Original Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print Showing the Delegation of Count...

14 of July, 1935. [3] pp. Fine condition. Light tears of the edges. Sergey Korolev (1906-1966) was the Soviet engineer and spacecraft designer who now considered the father of practical astronautics and the founder of the Soviet space program. He led Soviet efforts to build and test the nation's... More about Sergey Korolev's signature and corrections on a technical paper ''Specifications of the electric...

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1924. [4], 21 pp. 35,5x26,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers by K. Mironov. Small closed tears of the spine, ink bookshops’ stamps on the front cover and t.p. Otherwise very good. One of 2000 copies. More about SHEET MUSIC] N. Sizov i A. Kozlovsky. Printsessa Turandot. Muzyka k skazke Karlo Gotsi v...

Moscow: Glavnauka, 1927. 16 pp. 17,2x13,3 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, two close tears of the spine and some spots near the spine. One of 1000 copies. Very rare. The catalogue for the 2nd exhibition (of only 4 held by the Society) which took place in 1927... More about SHORT LIFE OF THE SOCIETY OF RUSSIAN SCULPTORS] Katalog 2-i vystavki skul’ptury Obshchestva...

#5 for 1926, # 8, 11, 12 for 1927, #2 for 1929, #3, 5, 10, 11 for 1930. Overall 9 issues. Moscow: Ogonek, 1926-1930. 35x26,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Good. Spines restored, foxing and soiling occasionally, some tears of the pages without losses of text. Covers of... More about SOCIALIST WOMEN MAGAZINE] Zhenskii zhurnal [i.e. Women Magazine

Moscow: OGIZ, 1939. 104 pp. Frontispiece by A. Suvorov. Book design by Solomon Telingator. First edition. Rare. The first Russian biography of Mao is designed by Solomon Telingater (1903-1969), the student of El Lissitsky and the artist who set the golden standard for the Soviet typography design... More about SOLOMON TELINGATER] Mao Tze Dun. Biograficheskiy ocherk. [i.e. Mao Zedong. The biography

Moscow: Iskra revolyutsii, 1928. [64] pp. 26x17 cm. 5000 copies printed. Wrapper designed by B. Sakhnovsky, photo-montage by A. Akhtyrko, L. Zotov, B. Sakhnovsky. Spine is repaired with paper, otherwise good condition. “Blue Blouse” was a popular theater-collective of the early Soviet era. First a small troupe, it... More about SOVIET AGITPOP THEATER] Sinyaya bluza. 5 let. [i.e. Blue Blouse. 5 Years] / posvyaschaetsya...

A collection of rare survivals of the time - small fragile brochures with ‘film librettos’, actors’ biographies, and articles. The 1920s was the decade of the New Economic Policy in the USSR, when a relaxation of state control of some industries gave people a taste of mini-capitalism within the..... More about SOVIET CINEMA IN 1920s

Moscow: [Gosstroi], 1960. [8] pp., 68 leaves with designs in illustrated folder with laces. Folder with Soviet bookshop’s stamp, rubbed and soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Very rare. One of 5000 copies. Folder designed by V.A. Briun, art directors - Briun and E.I. Matveenko. This... More about SOVIET IKEA] Mebel’ i oborudovanie novykh kvartir: (Al’bom sostavlen po materialam...