Mosсow: Gosstroiizdat, 1956. 266 pp.: ill. 26,5x17,5 cm. In original full-cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed, previous owner’s signature on the front flyleaf, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Rare. This is the book written after two trips of the Soviet... More about SOVIET IMPRESSIONS OF THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE] Opyt stroitel’stva za rubezhom: V...

Moscow: Reklamfilm, 1987. 86,5x55 cm. Fine. In this year the film by Fellini was widely distributed in Soviet cinemas for the first time. More about SOVIET POSTER FOR 8½] Film poster for 8½ by I. Maistrovskii

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 about SOVIET WOMEN STORIES] Zhenshchiny strany sotsializma [i.e. Women of the Country of Socialism

Moscow: Trudovoy Pechatnik, 1929. 19 pp.: ill. 25x17,5 cm. Original constructivist wrapper by Ilia Shlepianov (1900-1951). Occasional foxing, few places repaired with tape, otherwise good. The booklet is dedicated to the summer tour of the theatre, with performances in Baku, Tiflis, Erevan, Batumi, Odessa and Kiev. The... More about THEATRE CONSTRUCTIVISM] Moskovskiy teatr Revolutsii [i.e. Moscow Theater of the Revolution....

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 about TORTURED UKRAINE] [Poster] Palachi terzaiut Ukrainu [i.e. Butchers are Tearing Ukraine Apart....

[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 about UKRAINIAN OPERA IN MOSCOW] Zaporozhets za Dunaem: Postanovka Gos. akad. teatra opery i baleta...

Volume 1 [and only]. Kiev: KHI, 1928. 75, [3] pp. 30x23 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Spine is restored, mild foxing of the rear wrapper. Wrappers designed by the leader of Kazan avant-garde Illarion Pleshchinskiy (1892-1961). Extremely rare. One of 750 copies printed. Not found in the Worldcat... More about UKRAINIAN VKHUTEIN] Mistetsko-tehknichniy VYSH. Zbirnyk kievskogo hudozhnogo institutu [i.e. Art...

Moscow: Rabochaia Moskva, 1926. #6, 10, 12 for 1926. 33x23,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and back cover repaired with the adhesive tape (#6), tears of the edges, otherwise very good and clean internally. Extremely rare survival. Three issues of short-lived satire supplement to the newspaper ‘Working Moscow’... More about UNKNOWN MAYAKOVSKY CARRICATURE] Za 7 dnei [i.e. During 7 Days

Tver': Oktiabr, 1923. 48, [2] pp.: ill. In original wrappers with portrait. Very good, extremities chipped, generally slightly rubbed. First and only edition. One of 1500 copies. Very rare. The book design by G.I. Noskov, the local Tver’ artist, who attempted to follow some of leftist typescript designs... More about VSEVOLOD MEYERHOLD] Meyerhold. Sbornik. K 20-letiyu rezhisserskoy i 25-letiyu akterskoy...

Moscow: Vsekokhudozhnik, 1934. 80 pp., 47 pl. 18x15 cm. In original printed overlapped wrappers. Very good. A few pale stains on the spine, tears of the wrapper’s extremities. One of 1000 copies. Rare. This is a catalogue of graphic art from the exhibition «Artists of the RSFSR for 15... More about YEAR OF 1932: THE END OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE] Khudozhniki RSFSR za XV let (1917-1933):...

Moscow: Detgiz, 1934. 11 pp.: ill. 21,7х18,5 cm. In original lithographed wrappers. Near fine. Rare lithographed edition. Konstantin Kuznetsov (1886-1943), graphic artist, one of the founders of the Russian school of children's book illustration in the 1920s-30s. This book is dedicated to techniques of printing illustrations at home... More about INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHILDREN ON HOW TO MAKE ILLUSTRATIONS AT HOME] Vyrezai, pechatai [i.e. Cut out,...

Calcutta: the Hindustani Press, printed by Th. Hubbard, 1808. 310, [1], 21 pp. (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). 31x21,5 cm. With two title pages – in Urdu and English. Text in Urdu printed in Nastalīq script. Contemporary Indian brown treed full leather with gilt lettered title in English ‘Araish I.... More about HINDUSTAN & MUGHAL EMPIRE] Ara’ish-I muhfil, being a history in the Hindoostanee language...

Moscow: Krokodil, 1934. 40 pp.: ill. 13x17,5 cm. In original illustrated stapled wrappers. Very good. Wrappers detached, small tears of wrappers, some rust on staple. First and only edition. One of 15000 copies. From the series “Library of Editor of Political Department”. Detailed and illustrated manual for editors and... More about CARICATURE AND CARTOONS AS PROPAGANDA TOOL] Karikatura na sluzhbu urozhaiu [i.e. Satirical...