![Item #352 [SOVIET WOMEN STORIES] Zhenshchiny strany sotsializma [i.e. Women of the Country of...](/pictures/thumb/352.jpg?v=1513337866)
Moscow: Gospolitizdat, 1939. 164 pp.: port. 20x14 cm. In original blue cloth with gilt title, blind stamping of the imprint and embossed image on the front board. Near fine, slightly bumped on the corners and spine, couple of erased pencil markings on endpapers, bookshop’s stamp on p.51. Twenty five..... More
![Item #456 [SOVIET WORKER MUST REST] Doma otdykha: Sbornik statei i materialov [i.e. Pensions:...](/pictures/thumb/456.jpg?v=1524136358)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1923. 225, [5] pp.: ill., 4 pl. 27x18 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good. Partially uncut. Tears and small losses of the spine and extremities of the wrappers, signature on the t.p. (ink), damp stains on margins of pages. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Very..... More
![Item #1071 [SOVIETIZATION OF CHINA] Sovety v Kitae: Sbornik materialov i dokumentov [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1071.jpg?v=1601556572)
Moscow: Partiinoe izdatel’stvo, 1933. V, [2], 520, [4] pp., 6 folding maps. 23x16 cm. In original red cloth with silver plate around embossed blind lettering in Chinese on the front cover; the same design of lettering in Russian printed on the spine. No dust wrappers. Some soiling on binding, otherwise..... More
![Item #959 [STALIN AND CHILDREN] Stalin i dity [i.e. Stalin and the Children](/pictures/thumb/959.jpg?v=1582650931)
[Kharkiv]: Ditvidav TsK LKSMU, 1939. 12 leaves of autolithographs in the folder. 31x41 cm. In original cloth portfolio with the photograph inset to front board. Extremely rare. One of 1500 copies. No copies found in the Wordlcat. A very important edition for capturing the peak moment of the cult..... More
![Item #1313 [STALIN BEFORE HE BECAME A LEADER: NATIONAL POLICY OF THE USSR] Politika sovetskoi...](/pictures/thumb/1313.jpg?v=1634131442)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo, 1920. 185 pp., 1 ill. 27x18,5 cm. No front cover, original back cover preserved. Back cover and inner edge of title page restored, spine repaired, small corners of portrait and some pages restored, pale Soviet Georgian stamp on p.17, underlinings occasionally. Otherwise very good copy. An early..... More
A COLLECTION OF 20 BROCHURES (INCLUDING 1 DUPLICATE) DEDICATED TO SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS SOVIET AND FOREIGN MOVIE STARS AND DIRECTORS OF THE 1920S. The 1920s was a pivotal point in the history of Soviet film industry: the decision to import foreign movies into the Soviet Union..... More
![Item #1378 [STRAKHOV: PERIODICAL FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS] Student revoliutsii [i.e. Student of the...](/pictures/thumb/1378.jpg?v=1650381527)
Kharkiv: Derzhavne vydavnytstvo, 1925. 65 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of spine and back cover with fragments lost, blank corner of p. 21/22 lost, Soviet stamp ‘Press’ on front cover, otherwise uncut and very good copy. One of 5000 copies. In Ukrainian and..... More
![Item #964 [STRATOSPHERIC FLIGHT] Potolok mira [i.e. The Ceiling of the World] / A. Harry, L....](/pictures/thumb/964.jpg?v=1582651413)
[Moscow]: Sovetskaia literatura, 1934. 130, [2] pp.: ill. 26,5x20,5 cm. In original dust jacket, original cardboard with lettering on the spine and Order of Lenin on the front cover. Restored dust jacket and slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. One of 15 000 copies. Design was produced by VKUTEMAS graduate..... More
![Item #906 [SUBURB FOR THE SOVIET WRITERS] Peredelkinskie foto [i.e. Peredelkino Photos](/pictures/thumb/906.jpg?v=1576166196)
Moscow, 1958. Handmade photo album. 27 photographs and 1 newspaper clipping are mounted on 8 leaves, 3 photographs are loosely inserted. Handwritten lettering on the front cover and captions. 20,5х29 cm. Some tears of the spine and edges, otherwise very good. Some photographs signed by Korney Chukovsky, Agniia..... More
![Item #1431 [TEAM BUILDING AND LEISURE TIME IN SOVIET ARMY] Podvizhnye igry Krasnoi Armii [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1431.jpg?v=1660738966)
Moscow: Vysshyi Voennyi Redaktsionnyi Sovet, 1923. 56 pp. 22x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Traces of paper band on spine, title and last pages, fragments of spine lost, pale pre-war stamps and marks on t.p., p. 17, 56., otherwise very good copy with clean pages. First and only edition..... More
1) Ustav Obshchestva bor’by s alkogolizmom [i.e. Charter of the Society for the Fight against Alcoholism]. Moscow: Gos. Meditsinskoe izdatel’stvo, 1928. 16 pp. 14x9 cm. One of 2000 copies. 2) Ustav Obshchestva bor’by s alkogolizmom Petrogradskogo raiona [i.e. Charter of the Society for the Fight against Alcoholism in Petrogradsk..... More
![Item #638 [TORTURED UKRAINE] [Poster] Palachi terzaiut Ukrainu [i.e. Butchers are Tearing Ukraine...](/pictures/thumb/638.jpg?v=1550673465)
Moscow, 1919. 62x53 cm. Famous poster by Viktor Deni (1893-1946) showing Ukraine as a martyr being put on the cross by Pan Petlyura, the leader of the People’s Republic of Ukraine from 1919 to 1920. Being considered a war criminal throughout Soviet times, Symon Petlyura (1879-1926) now is regarded..... More
1835. 16.5x22.6; 15.6x22.3cm. Two pencil drawings mounted on plain paper with date and title captioned in English. A very good condition. Unidentified artist (signature E.C. in the left bottom corner). Rare historical evidence of one of the most famous fires in the 19th century England. The..... More
![Item #1290 [UKRAINIAN AVANT-GARDE MANIFESTO] Nazadnytstvo Gartu ta zaklyk grupy myttsiv...](/pictures/thumb/1290.jpg?v=1634125075)
Kharkiv: [Persha drukarnia Derzh. vydavnytstva], 1926. 23 pp. 17x13 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Tears of spine and back cover, fragments of spine and outer corner of copy lost, small holes in front cover, pale water stains along spine, pencil marks on margins, otherwise very good and clean..... More
Collection of five fragile sheet music brochures of Ukrainian folk songs. Four of them were published in one series with similar anonymous designs resembling national embroidery schemes. One was printed in another publishing house with a different design. All of them were most likely issued in the 1930s. The 1920s..... More
![Item #573 [UKRAINIAN OPERA IN MOSCOW] Zaporozhets za Dunaem: Postanovka Gos. akad. teatra opery...](/pictures/thumb/573.jpg?v=1547729794)
[Kiev]; Kharkiv: Mistetstvo, 1936. 70, [2] pp.: ill., 2 pl. 25х17,5 cm. In original blank wrappers and illustrated dust wrappers with Ukrainian folk floral decoration. Vertical crease of the whole book, small tears of the spine, Soviet bookshops’ stamps both on the wrapper and dust wrapper, tears and losses of..... More
![Item #527 [UKRAINIAN RED ARMY] Vstupaite do chervonnoy kinnoti [i.e. Join The Red Calvary](/pictures/thumb/527.jpg?v=1550673373)
Kiev: 2ya Radyanska foto-lito-grukarnia, 1920. 75x55 cm. Rebacked and restored. The poster was made around the time the Red Army was approaching to take the full control over the Ukraine. The text says: ’The red calvary has defeated Mamontov, Shkuro, Denikin, lords and Petlyura. Now it’s time to..... More
![Item #1320 [UKRAINIAN THEATER] K 1-i Vsesoiuznoi olimpiade teatrov i iskusstv narodov SSSR [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1320.jpg?v=1634133013)
Kharkiv: 1930. 41 pp. 20,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Near fine, few tears of the spine. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. The edition describes early experimental years of one of the largest Ukrainian drama theatres which developed as a propaganda tool. The earliest..... More
![Item #549 [UNIQUE FUND OF ORIENTAL FONTS] Akademia nauk SSSR. Obraztsy vostochnykh shriftov...](/pictures/thumb/549.jpg?v=1544709749)
Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1928. XI, 73 pp. 20x14 cm. In original printed wrappers. Some rubbings of the wrappers, spine of the wrapper is slightly detached from the text block. Otherwise a very good copy. Very rare. One of 2000 copies. Title in Russian and German on..... More
Moscow: Sovetskaia literatura, 1933. 259 pp.: ill. In original constructivist wrappers and photomontage dust-jacket. Dust-jacket restored, covers rubbed and bumped, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 5000 copies. Edited by a constructivist poet, Eduard Bagritskii. An almanac relating to the phenomenon of Soviet working communes. It..... More
Moscow: Izd-vo Assotsiatsii khudozhnikov rev. Rossii, 1926. 121, [7] pp.: ill. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Good, small tears of the spine and extremities, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, damp stains. One of 3100 copies. Rare. Wrappers, head and end pieces by S. Pavlov. The..... More
![Item #1295 [WARTIME EPHEMERA] Tabel’-kalendar’ na 1942 [i.e. 1942 Wall Calendar](/pictures/thumb/1295.jpg?v=1634126491)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1941. Brochure in original illustrated wrappers mounted on illustrated cardboard of 28,5x15,5 cm. Creases and soiling of cardboard, with two pin holes in it, some stains and marks in calendar brochure. Ink inscription on rear side of front cover: “To mother and child from a dad’s New Year’s..... More
![Item #1052 [THE WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE] Vashingtonskaia konferentsiia po ogranicheniiu...](/pictures/thumb/1052.jpg?v=1601549327)
Moscow: Litizdat NKID, 1924. 139, [3] pp. 25х17 cm. In contemporary binding with the original front cover mounted. In a very good condition, colored pencil underlines and marks occasionally. First and only Russian edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. The book was printed by People's Commissariat for Foreign..... More
![Item #1152 [WHALING IN THE SOVIET UNION] «Slava»: Zapiski sovetskikh kitoboyev [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1152.jpg?v=1612374179)
Odessa: Odes. obl. izd-vo, 1952. 320 pp.: ill. 20.5x13.3cm. In original publisher’s illustrated cardboards. Stamp of the library of the whaling ship Slava (the library was located at the vessel and was intended for Soviet whalers exclusively) and inventory number on the title-page, p.17, and p. 320. Spine and edges..... More
![Item #555 [WHAT WAS PUBLISHED FOR JEWISH PEOPLE DURING NEP] Katalag #5 [i.e. Catalogue #5](/pictures/thumb/555.jpg?v=1547033195)
Moscow: Aktsyen gezelshaft ‘Shul un bukh’, 1927. 40 pp.: ill., [8] ads. 19x13,5 cm. In original covers. Restored, glue traces on the inner margin of first and last pages, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Scarce. One of 15000 copies. Constructivist cover is printed in Yiddish and..... More