Odesa: Knigoizd-vo «Odespoligraf», [1925]. 141, [2] pp.: ill., 6 ills. 21,5x17,5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated cardboards; illustrated endpapers. Binding worn, with creases and small fragments of illustrated paper lost, upper outer corner of the front cover lost (letterpress design not affected), stains on the back cover, soiling of pages..... More

Leningrad: Lenizdat, [early 1930s]. 20 pp.: ill. 18,5x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of edges, stains occasionally, original black and white illustrations colored by hand. Very rare. Brilliant children’s book about the practice of waste paper gathering and involvement of little octobrists in it. Soviet..... More

St. Petersburg: Izd. Studencheskoi biblioteki, 1903. [2], 204, 4, 3 pp.: ill. 27,5x18,5 cm. In period half-leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Good. Rubbed, stains and pencil marks occasionally, first leaves slightly deformed of water. First edition. Extremely rare lithographed edition of lectures on building materials. A...... More

Moscow: Krasnaya Nov’, 1924. 40 pp.: ill., music sheets. 31.5x24.5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers by Boris Efimov. Soiling of the wrappers, pp. 17-24 detached, loss of a fragment of the lower left corner throughout the most part of the copy. Otherwise good. Extremely scarce. First edition..... More

Moscow: Izd-vo Glavsevmorputi, 1947. 141, [3] pp.: ill. 20x14,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, spine chipped, light soiling of t.p. and back cover. A witness-account about the construction of Magadan and people involved. A rare example of photo books about the Far East city. It was illustrated..... More

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

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

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..... More

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

Chita: Dal’pechat’: Tip. Ob’edin. Soiuza Zabaik. Kooperativa, 1921. 120 pp. 26,5x19 cm. Original front cover. The back cover and spine renewed, edges of pages and front cover restored, few stains on the front cover, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. Scarce. A collection of..... More

Moscow: Obschestvo evreiskoy muziki, 1919. 5 pp. 35x26 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Minor tears, otherwise in good condition. Jewish sheet music piece, the wrapper is designed by Lazar (EL) Lissitzky. Text in Yiddish and Russian. The design by Lissitzky has been done in his Moscow period, which..... More

Winnipeg (Canada): Kanadyys’kyy Farmer, 1919. 230 pp.: ill. 15.3x22 cm. In original publisher’s cloth. Fine condition. Private library stamps (J. P. Swityk - Manager 48-Union Bldg. Calgary, Alberta.) on the title page and p. 5. Scarce. First edition. With 26 black and white lithographs by JED. Translated from..... More

Moscow: Detgiz, 1959. 56 pp.: ill. 29х23 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Covers rubbed, pages slightly soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Design by S. Zus’kov. Photographs are provided by Vladimir Kuz’min. Children’s photomontage book on production of trucks at the Moscow factory called after Likhachev (ZIL). The..... More