Collection of eight brochures from the Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair [numeration is alternative]: 1) Prokofiev, A. The Palace of Soviets. 2) Papanin, I. The Soviet Wintering Station on the Drifting Ice. 3) Fyodorov, E. Scientific Work of Our Polar Expedition. 4) Komarovsky, A. The Moscow-Volga..... More
![VKHUTEMAS AESTHETICS IN ARMENIA] Khorhrdayin Hayastani kerparvestě: 1922-1934 [i.e. The Art of...](/pictures/thumb/1015.jpg?v=1595852232)
Yerevan: Petakan Hratarakchutyun, 1934. [123] leaves. 26x18 cm. In original full cloth with colored lettering on the spine and emblem on the front cover. Front cover cracked from the inner side (restored), some foxing on the first pages, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of..... 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
![VSEVOLOD MEYERHOLD] Meyerhold. Sbornik. K 20-letiyu rezhisserskoy i 25-letiyu akterskoy...](/pictures/thumb/371.jpg?v=1516184025)
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
Leningrad, 1943. 16 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 13x9 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Very rare. One of 500 copies. The personal exhibition of Vladimir Konashevich (1888-1963) was opened on 12th of September in 1943 in Leningrad which was still in the siege at that time with 295 graphic..... More
![YEAR OF 1932: THE END OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE] Khudozhniki RSFSR za XV let (1917-1933):...](/pictures/thumb/301.jpg?v=1502282692)
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
![YEAR RUN OF THE IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICAL] Stroitel’naia promyshlennost’ [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1026.jpg?v=1595854110)
#1, 2/3, 4-10, 11/12. Overall 10 issues. Moscow: Gosnauchtechizdat, 1931. 31x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine with fragments lost, occasionally spots on covers and pale water stains throughout margins, ink signatures on t.p. and pencil direction on subscriber on the back cover, otherwise very good..... More
![ZDANEVICH BROTHERS] Kirill Zdanevich. Ilya Zdanevich. Katalog vystavki [i.e. Exhibition Catalogue](/pictures/thumb/132.jpg?v=1472323732)
Tbilisi: Gos. muzei iskusstv Gruzii, 1989. 80 pp.: ill. 22x31 cm. In original wrappers. Near fine. Extremely rare. In October of 1989 in the State Museum of Arts of Georgia (Tbilisi) was opened exhibition dedicated to Zdanevich brothers. Elen Zdanevich- Ilyazd, widow of Ilya Zdanevich (1894-1975), brought part of..... More
![INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHILDREN ON HOW TO MAKE ILLUSTRATIONS AT HOME] Vyrezai, pechatai [i.e. Cut out,...](/pictures/thumb/493.jpg?v=1533048830)
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
![RUSSIAN FOLK LEGENDS] Narodnye russkiye legendy, sobrannye Afanasievym [i.e. Russian Folk Legends...](/pictures/thumb/178.jpg?v=1528814777)
Moscow: N. Shchepkin i K.Soldatenkov, 1859. XXXII, 204, II pp. 20x13 cm. Contemporary half leather binding. Very good, rubbed binding, loss of a few small pieces of the spine, no free leaf of the back endpapers, Soviet bookshop stamp on the back pastedown. First edition. Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasiev (1826-1871)..... More
![STAGE IMAGINATION BEATS REALITY] Tvorcheskii metod teatra. Dialektika tvorcheskogo protsessa...](/pictures/thumb/898.jpg?v=1576164097)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 140, [4] pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 5000 copies. Extremely rare. An interesting work on the overwhelming power of theatrical performances. The book was written by playwright Alexander Afinogenov (1904-1941). His early..... More
![SOVIET CLASSIC OF COLOR SCIENCE] Еlementarnyi kurs tsvetovedeniia [i.e. Basics of Color...](/pictures/thumb/1000.jpg?v=1591803204)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1939. 132 pp.: ill., 10 ills. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original full cloth with lettering on front cover and spine. Very good, slightly rubbed and soiled, pencil marks occasionally. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Second, significantly revised edition of work by a classic of Soviet color..... More
![HOW TO DRAW A FONT] Osnovy i risovanie pechatnogo shrifta [i.e. Basics and Drawing of Printed...](/pictures/thumb/736.jpg?v=1563915946)
Petrograd: Gos. izd-vo inostrannykh i nats. slovarei, 1922. 69 pp.: ill. 22,5x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers with ornament and dust wrappers with white lettering. Very good, some light fading, barely visible Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover of dust wrapper, overlapped wrapper with a few small chips... More
![ART IN REGIONS] Ekskursionnaya grafika [i.e. The Excursion Graphics]. A. Arkhangelskiy](/pictures/thumb/730.jpg?v=1563913916)
Ulianovsk: Got-tipolit. #1, 1926. 28 pp. 22x15 cm. One of 1200 copies printed. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Very rare. No copies found in the Worldcat. First and only edition. An interesting example of the provincial printing, that gives us the inside into the art education process. Ulianovsk..... More
![BYT MANIFESTO] Iskusstvo bytovoi veshchi [i.e. The Art of The Everyday Object]. David Arkin](/pictures/thumb/1011.jpg?v=1595850345)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1932. 170, [3] pp. 21x15 cm. Original photomontage wrappers. Very good, spine is restored. Ex-library copy (the stamp ‘allowed for resale’ of Russian Public Historic Library). Original wrappers’ design by Solomon Telingater (1903-1969), in the composition included the pieces of furniture, drawings of children, abstract architectural elements, pieces..... More
![THE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION TO MKINVARTSVERI] Sakartvelos geograpiuli sazogadoebis...](/pictures/thumb/905.jpg?v=1576165978)
Tbilisi: Sakartvelos geograpiuli sazogadoeba, 1928. 65pp.: ill. 16.7x24.6cm. Loss of the front wrapper and the spine, tears of the rear wrapper, previous owner’s inscription on the foretitle: “To our little Vaniko from the aunt Nutsa. 2/III/1929”. Good. Extremely scarce first edition. One of 1000 copies. The narrative is in Georgian..... More
![SOVIET LEADING STUDY ON CHAPLIN’S FILMS] Charl’z Spenser Chaplin: Ocherk rannego perioda...](/pictures/thumb/1007.jpg?v=1591892978)
Moscow: Izdatel’stvo Akademii nauk SSSR, [1959]. 266, [1] pp.: ill., 1 portrait. 27x21 cm. In original cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. No dust jacket. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. A foreword by notable film critic Rostislav Yurenev. Book design was..... More
![USA HISTORY BY FIRST RUSSIAN LIBRARIAN IN AMERICA] Istoriya Severo-Amerikanskikh soedinyonnykh...](/pictures/thumb/94.jpg?v=1450207535)
St. Petersburg: tip. Trenke i Fyusno, 1912. V.1: 1607-1826. [8], 493 pp. V.2: 1829-1910. [4], 471 pp., 1 map. 20,5x13,3 cm. In two modern half-leather bindings. Original front wrappers preserved. Cut, light foxing of the covers. Otherwise a fine crispy copy. Rare. First edition. First thorough history written by..... More
![BALMONT'S BEST BOOK OF POETRY] Budem kak solntse: Kniga simvolov [i.e. Let Us Be Like the Sun....](/pictures/thumb/102.jpg?v=1528812957)
Moscow: Knigoizdatelstvo Skorpion, 1903. [2], 290 pp. 8vo. The copy is in exceptionally fine contemporary half-leather with marbled boards and endpapers and gilt lettering on the spine. Original front wrapper illustrated by Fidus (the famous German symbolist artist Hugo Hoppener) preserved. A fine copy. First edition. This is..... More
![Sto dnei v Kitae [i.e. Hundred days in China]. Dmitrii Baltermants](/pictures/thumb/685.png?v=1559602821)
Moscow: Pravda, 1955. 160 pp. 33x24 cm. Original cloth binding. Illustrated dustjacket. Dustjacket is slightly teared and worn, otherwise very good. Illustrated throughout. Book deisgn by I.Dolgopolov. The photo book is dedicated to the five year anniversary of People’s Respublic of China and the trip that Pravda photo correspondent..... More
![CARIBBEAN: FROM NIZHNY NOVGOROD TO PUERTO RICO] Neshchastnye priklyucheniya Vasilya...](/pictures/thumb/317.jpg?v=1507293416)
St. Petersburg: S.K.R., Typ. of Vilkovsky and Galchyonkov, 1787. 72 pp. 18x11,5 cm. Contemporary light brown half leather with marbled boards and a colour stamped title label on the spine. Bookplate of Sergey Sobolewsky on the front paste down endpaper, paper label with a pencil note by a Soviet bibliophile..... More
![ALASKAN MISSIONARY] Innokentii, Mitropolit Moskovsky i Kolomensky po Yego Sochineniyam, Pismam i...](/pictures/thumb/220.jpg?v=1485342837)
Moscow: Typ. of the Holy Synod, 1883. viii, 769, 14, xvi, [1] pp. 26,5x18,5 cm. With a lithographed portrait frontispiece and four lithographed plates. Period style quarter morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt lettered title. Period pencil markings and mild foxing of the text, otherwise a very good copy..... More
![SOVIET FLORICULTURE IN THE 1940S] Tsvety v gorode [i.e. Flowers in the City]. Bazilevskaya N. A](/pictures/thumb/902.jpg?v=1576165210)
[Moscow]: Gos. arkhitekturnoye izd-vo, 1947. 104pp.: ill. 20.7x16.7cm. In original publisher’s cardboards. Slightly bumped, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear board and its recto. Otherwise a very good clean copy. Scarce. First edition. An interesting guide dedicated to the Soviet floriculture of the 1940s written by the famous Russian..... More
![LUBOK-PROP] A vse-taki! [i.e. But All the Same!]. D. Bedny](/pictures/thumb/180.jpg?v=1483894502)
Moscow: Commission for Improving Life of Children, 1923. 150 pp.: ill. 17x13 cm. 150 illustrations in text by Fyodor Kriger. Mint condition. 1 of 6000 copies. The first edition of the propaganda fables by Demian Bedny – the genre he invented and excelled at in 1920s. Fyodor Kriger was..... More
![UNCLE TOM'S CABIN FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS] Uncle Tom's Cabin: Adapted for 8th class of the secondary...](/pictures/thumb/157.jpg?v=1475076609)
Leningrad: State text-book Publishing House, 1954. Second edition. 142, [2] pp.: ill. 20x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the spine, loss of the small fragment of the top left corner of the front cover, Soviet bookshop's stamp on the back cover, owner's signature on the p.1. Cover..... More