![HOW TO SHOOT NEWSREEL] Kinokhronika i kak ee snimat’ [i.e. Newsreel and How to Shoot It]. G. M....](/pictures/thumb/340.jpg?v=1507834338)
Moscow: Kinopechat’, 1926. 75 pp.: ill. 17x13 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Some wear of the wrappers, loss of the small piece of the rear cover, Soviet bookshop’s ink stamp on the rear cover, very rare foxing in text, otherwise very good. Rare. First edition of the second book..... More
![THE SOCIALIST ZIONISM] Di ḳlasen-inṭeresen un di natsionale frage [i.e. Class Interests and...](/pictures/thumb/1226.jpg?v=1617191890)
Kiev: Der hamer, 1917. 38, [2] pp. 21x14 cm. No covers. In a good condition, the lower inner corner chipped. Second edition of the major work by a leading member of the Labor Zionist movement, Dov Ber Borochov (1881-1917). The first edition was published in Vilna in 1906. In..... More
![SEAL BREEDING] Kotkovoe khoziaystvo [i.e. The Northern Fur Seal Breeding]. L. Boytsov](/pictures/thumb/502.jpg?v=1533143053)
Moscow: Vneshtorgizdat, 1934. 195 pp. 20x14,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Fine condition. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. A very interesting and unique in its kind publication on the northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). The title of the book suggests that the content is..... More
![FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY] Sudebnaia psikhiatriia [i.e. Forensic Psychiatry]. N. P. Brukhanskii](/pictures/thumb/1310.jpg?v=1634131171)
Moscow: Izd. M. i S. Sabashnikovy, 1928. [8], 439 pp. 24x16 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering and blind debossed publisher’s logo. Tears of endpapers, stamps of pre-war Georgian library on endpapers, t.p. and three following leaves, colored pencil underlinings occasionally, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and..... More
![THEATRE IN SUPPORT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE] Tak bylo: P’yesa v trekh deystviyakh [i.e. So It Was:...](/pictures/thumb/1005.jpg?v=1591804150)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1930. 72 pp.: ill. 13,6x19,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of the spine, light soiling. Otherwise in very good condition. Scarce. One of 3000 copies. First edition with 2 black-and-white photographs of the scenes from the play. Wrapper design by Mikhail Grigor’yev (1899-1960), a...... More
![A STUDY OF THE BOOK COVER] Oblozhka knigi: Opyt istoricheskogo issledovaniia. I. Proiskhozhdenie...](/pictures/thumb/1059.jpg?v=1601554848)
Leningrad: Izdanie Akademii Khudozhestv, 1929. 120 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original cardboards. Very good. First edition. One of 600 copies. Very rare. Cover design produced by the author, graphic artist Georgy Brylov who contributed to the Soviet design of books and posters and wrote 5 works about his..... More
![CONCEPTUALIST BULGAKOV] Zapiski na manzhetakh [i.e. Notes on the Cuffs]. M. Bulgakov](/pictures/thumb/910.jpg?v=1580219297)
New York: Serebriannyi vek, 1981. 117, [3] p.: ill. 19x12 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Pale stains occasionally, otherwise very good. First separate edition. Design was produced by Vagrich Bakhchianian (1938-2009), Armenian-American conceptualist artist, known for his provocative art, mocking the classical soviet images. He placed the title on the..... More
![UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Naivazhlyvishe z mystetstv: Naris pro kino [i.e. The Most Important...](/pictures/thumb/1296.jpg?v=1634126627)
Kiev: Proletars’ka pravda, 1929. 48 pp.: ill. 15x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, with minor tear of spine, pale water stain on inner lower corner of first leaves, some spots. Otherwise very good and partly uncut copy. Very rare with no copies in Worldcat. A small book..... More
![CHEBYSHEV'S POLYNOMIAL] Two imprints on functions: 1. O funktsiyakh, naimenee uklonyaushchikhsya...](/pictures/thumb/70.jpg?v=1449724180)
St. Petersburg: Academy of Science, 1866. 1. O funktsiyakh, naimenee uklonyaushchikhsya ot nulya [i.e. On the Functions with the Smallest Deviation from Zero]. St. Petersburg: Academy of Science, 1873. 32 pp. 25x16 cm. 2. O razlozhenii funktsiy v ryady pri pomoshchi nepreryvnykh drobey [i.e. On Functions Decomposition Using Continuous..... More
![CHEKHOV FOR TAJIK CHILDREN] Kaştanka [i.e. Kashtanka]. A. Chekhov](/pictures/thumb/1283.jpg?v=1634124018)
Stalinobod [Dushanbe]: Sektori adabijjoti bacagona Nasrijjoti davlatiji Tocikiston, 1937. 64 pp.: ill. 27x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Some soiling, few tears of front flyleaf, binding corners slightly rubbed and bumped, otherwise very good copy. Second edition. One of 7000 copies. Extremely rare edition printed in Tajik language using Latin..... More
Warsaw: PWN, 2018. This amply illustrated reference book on Georgian book design in the 1920s and '30s is based on a broadly representative private collection of a hundred works. It traces the main trends and developments in Georgian book design at that time, and identifies the main artists involved. The book..... More
![FAR EASTERN HUNTING] Zapiski okhotnika Vostochnoi Sibiri (1856-1863), Zaklyuchayushchie v sebe:...](/pictures/thumb/326.jpg?v=1542898704)
St. Petersburg: S.V. Zvonaryov, 1867. [4], iv, [4], 707 pp. 23,5x16,5 cm. With several woodcuts in text. Contemporary quarter leather with original pebbled papered boards; rebacked in style. Title page with a minor loss on the blank outer margin neatly repaired, some mild foxing throughout, otherwise a very good copy..... More
![LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic...](/pictures/thumb/839.png?v=1569968476)
Knigoizdate’stvo Akademii khudozhetsv: [Leningrad], [1927]. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine copy. Tiny tear of the spine. First edition of the first book. Yakov Chernikhov (1889-1951) was one of the most unusual and innovative talents of the time, known for his..... More
![CHERNIKHOV MANUSCRIPT] Chertezh i risunok [i.e. The Draft and the Sketch]. Yakov Chernikhov](/pictures/thumb/1268.jpg?v=1631716437)
St. Petersburg, 1919. [64] pp., [12] pp. (separately). 25,7x20,5 cm. Original cloth binding. Block is a bit shaky, otherwise very good. Manuscript book created by one of the legends of Soviet constructivism Yakov Chernikhov (1889-1951). The book under the same title has never been published. An incredible insight..... More
![CHUKOVSKY AGAINST FUTURISTS] Futuristy [i.e. Futurists]. K. Chukovsky](/pictures/thumb/1140.jpg?v=1608120255)
St. Petersburg: Polyarnaya zvezda, 1922. 84 pp. 19.5×13 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small tears, losses and light foxing of the wrappers, otherwise very good. The highest point of the polemics between Korney Chukovsky and Russian Futurists. Ever since futurism in Russia took on a large scale in..... More
![Fedorino gore [i.e. Fedora’s Grief]. K. Chukovsky](/pictures/thumb/198.jpg?v=1483910467)
Leningrad: Raduga, 1926. [16] pp.: ill. 27,8x21,8 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some restoration of the spine and last page, some general wearing. Otherwise a very good copy. Rare first edition. One of 8000 copies. Illustrated by Vladislav Tvardovsky (1888-1942), Russian Soviet children’s book graphic artist, was working as..... More
![KABARDINO-CIRCASSIAN LANGUAGE] Doktor Aibolit [i.e. Dr. Aibolit]. Korney Chukovsky](/pictures/thumb/547.jpg?v=1544005233)
Nalchik: Kabardinobalkarskoe GIZ, 1940. 110, [2] pp.: ill. 26x19 cm. Original illustrated cardboards. Bleak stains on the title page, remains of a label on the spine, tears and small losses of boards extremities. One of 3000 copies. First translation to Kabardino-Circassian language. The book originally published in 1936..... More
![HOW TO MAKE WOODEN TOYS: A MASTERCLASS FROM THE SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST] Reznaya igrushka iz dereva:...](/pictures/thumb/1156.jpg?v=1612375170)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1927. 64 pp.: ill., schemes. 19.8x13.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the small pieces of the spine, Soviet bookshop stamp on the rear wrapper. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Wrappers by an unknown artist. With black-and-white photographs and schemes throughout..... More
![GOLOVNIN'S AUTOGRAPH] Les Jardins, poème [i.e. The Gardens. Poems]. Jacques Delille](/pictures/thumb/1181.jpg?v=1613985254)
Paris: P. Didot, 1801. XXXV, 214 pp., 4 ill., 13,5x8 cm. Original full leather. Restoration of the spine, otherwise in a very good condition. The first endpaper bears inscriptions and signatures of several interesting individuals which connect the book to Vasily Golovnin’s exploration of the Pacific. On the top..... More
![CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHITECTURE] Arkhitekturnyi ornament Srednei Azii [i.e. Architectural Ornament of...](/pictures/thumb/1176.jpg?v=1612380188)
Moscow: Izd. Vsesoiuznoi Akademii arkhitektury, 1939. 228 pp.: ill. 26,5x18 cm. In original full cloth with colored lettering on the spine and the front cover. Covers soiled and slightly rubbed, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 2500 copies. Scarce. A valuable..... More
![DICKENS IN ARMENIAN] Dawit Kopperfild : kensagrakan vep, patkerazard [i.e. David Copperfield. The...](/pictures/thumb/105.jpg?v=1472301030)
Tiflis: Armenian publishing house number 9; Azanyants typography, 1912. [4], IX, 458, [1] pp., 1 port., 15 ill. 8vo. Contemporary binding with modern spine. Good and clean copy. Rare. Illustrated edition – the pictures apparently have been taken from an English edition of the time. 20 chapters from David..... More
![DOSTOEVSKY’S FIRST EDITION] Podrostok [i.e. The Adolescent]. F. M. Dostoevsky](/pictures/thumb/428.jpg?v=1519818910)
St. Petersburg: A. Transhel, 1876. Parts 1-3. [2], 247, [2], 184, [2], 277 pp. 21x14 cm. Contemporary half leather. The ticket of Borodin’s bindery in Saint Petersburg on the rear endpaper. Gilt lettering on the spine. Very good, some foxing. First edition. The fourth of the ‘Dostoevsky’s big..... More
![GEORGIAN AVANT-GARDE THEATRE] Teatr Rustaveli [i.e. The Rustaveli Theatre]. A. Duduchava](/pictures/thumb/87.jpg?v=1450189712)
Tiflis: Gosizdat, 1930. 79 pp. 19x13 cm. 1 of 3000 copies. Original wrapper illustrated by Irakly Gamrikeli. Illustrations of the decorations from different performances throughout the text. Very good. Some tears at the edges of the wrapper. Very rare. The book is dedicated to the main Georgian..... More
![FROM ARKHANGELSK TO VLADIVOSTOK] Chetyre tysiachi mil’ na Sibiriakove [i.e. Four Thousand Miles...](/pictures/thumb/1037.jpg?v=1595855663)
Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo pisatelei, 1934. 64 pp., 36 ills. 32x28 cm. In original cloth with silver lettering on the spine and stamped image of the ship on the front cover; in original cloth case with mounted illustrations on both sides; illustrated endpapers. Foxing on the covers, tears of the front endpapers..... More
![BORIS EFIMOV: SOVIET CARTOON ICON] Two handmade albums of newspaper clippings. B. E. Efimov](/pictures/thumb/443.jpg?v=1519831488)
Vol.1: [52 leaves: 1924-1936]. Vol.2: [52 leaves: 1937-1938]. 384 images. 29,5x21,5 cm. Cardboards with leather labels on spines with gilt lettering. Bindings with rubbings, occasional foxing, one clipping is lacking fragment. Otherwise very good. Handmade albums of Efimov’s caricatures that were printed in Izvestia and other newspapers during these..... More