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JAPANESE CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN RUSSIA] Vystavka detskoi knigi i detskogo tvorchestva Yaponii /...

[JAPANESE CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN RUSSIA] Vystavka detskoi knigi i detskogo tvorchestva Yaponii / VOKS and GAHN [i.e. Exhibition of Children's Books and Children's Art of Japan / All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries; The State Academy of Artistic Sciences]

Moscow: 1928. 18, [2] pp: ill. 22х15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, small tears of the spine and extremities. Cover designed by A. Mogilevsky. 1 of 700 copies. Rare. Exhibition included 1450 divided into these sections: picture book and book for play; fairy tales, legends..... More

Na zapadnom fronte — peremeny. Risunki 1-i satiricheskoi brigady khudozhnikov / Felyeton D....

Na zapadnom fronte — peremeny. Risunki 1-i satiricheskoi brigady khudozhnikov / Felyeton D. Zaslavskogo [i.e. Changes on the Western Front. Drawings of the First Artists' Brigade / Feuilleton by D. Zaslavsky]

Moscow; Leningrad: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1931. 20 pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some soiling. Otherwise near fine. Cover design and illustrations by Soviet artist and master of satire Boris Prorokov (1911-1972). This edition presents satire on Europe and USA, religion, science, social-democrats. WorldCat locates two copies. More

Price: $1,300.00

ONE OF THE FIRST ANTI-NAZI CARICATURES OF THE WWII] Ogonyok [i.e. The Twinkle

[ONE OF THE FIRST ANTI-NAZI CARICATURES OF THE WWII] Ogonyok [i.e. The Twinkle]

Moscow. No.18. 25 of June 1941. 24 pp. 32x25 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Good condition. This issue of 'Ogonyok' was the first one printed after Germany began the war against Soviet Union on the 22 of June 1941. Boris Efimov's iconic caricatures on the front wrapper..... More

Price: $2,500.00

TELINGATER, KUKRYNIKSY, ARKHANGELSKY] O Babele, Gladkove, Zharove, Zoriche, Zoshchenko, Inber,...

[TELINGATER, KUKRYNIKSY, ARKHANGELSKY] O Babele, Gladkove, Zharove, Zoriche, Zoshchenko, Inber, Klychkove, krest. poete, Lugovskom, Nikiforove, Oleshe, Oreshine, Romanove, Radimove, Svetlove, Sel’vinskom, Tret’yakove, Utkine, Shklovskom / Parodii A. Arkhangel’skogo; Ris. m. KUpriyanova, p. KRYlova, NIK. Sokolova [i.e. About Babel, Gladkov, Zharov, Zorich, Zoshchenko, Inber, Klychkov, Lugovsky, Nikiforov, Olesha, Oreshin, Romanov, Radimov, Svetlov, Selvinsky, Tretyakov, Utkin, Shklovsky / Parodies by A. Arkhangelsky; Illustrations by m. KUpriyanov, p. KRYlov, NIK. Sokolov]

Arkhangelsky, A.

Moscow; Leningrad: Zemlya i fabrika, 1930. [46] pp., 1 ill: ill. 29×22 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards by Kukryniksy. Minor tears at the hinges of the spine. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Introduction by the head of the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers Leonid Averbakh (1903-1937). The..... More

Price: $950.00

BALMONT'S BEST BOOK OF POETRY] Budem kak solntse: Kniga simvolov [i.e. Let Us Be Like the Sun....

[BALMONT'S BEST BOOK OF POETRY] Budem kak solntse: Kniga simvolov [i.e. Let Us Be Like the Sun. The Book of Symbols].

Balmont, K.D.

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

Price: $1,500.00

Fedorino gore [i.e. Fedora’s Grief]. K. Chukovsky

Fedorino gore [i.e. Fedora’s Grief]

Chukovsky, K.

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

Price: $2,000.00

FROM ARKHANGELSK TO VLADIVOSTOK] Chetyre tysiachi mil’ na Sibiriakove [i.e. Four Thousand Miles...

[FROM ARKHANGELSK TO VLADIVOSTOK] Chetyre tysiachi mil’ na Sibiriakove [i.e. Four Thousand Miles on Sibiriakov]

D’iakonov, M.

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

Price: $1,500.00

Mayakovskii — plakatist. Kriticheskii ocherk [i.e. Mayakovsky as Poster Artist. Critical...

Mayakovskii — plakatist. Kriticheskii ocherk [i.e. Mayakovsky as Poster Artist. Critical Review].

Eventov, I.

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 74 pp.: ill., 1 port.; 22,5x17,5 см. In original illustrated card boards. Covers rubbed, tears and losses to the spine, markings and bookshop labels on the rear pastedown, previous owner's pencil markings and a few drawings in the text (p. 50 and 54). Otherwise very good... More

Price: $500.00

BOOK ILLUSTRATION DESIGN] Verstka illyustratsiy v knige [i.e. Book Illustration Design]. L. Gessen

[BOOK ILLUSTRATION DESIGN] Verstka illyustratsiy v knige [i.e. Book Illustration Design]

Gessen, L.

Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo legkoy prom-sti, 1932. 3-94, [2]pp.: ill. 27x20.4cm. In original publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Loss of the front endpaper. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Scarce. This is a comprehensive guide to the layout of illustrations in..... More

Price: $1,200.00

SOVIET SATIRE ARTISTS] Desyat' ocherkov o khudozhnikakh-satirikakh [i.e. Ten Essays on Satirical...

[SOVIET SATIRE ARTISTS] Desyat' ocherkov o khudozhnikakh-satirikakh [i.e. Ten Essays on Satirical Artists]

Ioffe, M.L.

Moscow: Sovetsky khudozhnik, 1971. 296 pp.: ill., 10 ill. 22x17,5 cm. Original cloth binding with colored stamping on the front board and on the spine. Boards rubbed. Otherwise a very good to near fine condition. Illustrated throughout with a lot of black and white and colored illustrations. The..... More

Price: $250.00

ILLUSTRATING TEXTBOOKS] Illiustrirovanie uchebnoi knigi: Illiustratsiia v uchebnoi knige 1932 g....

[ILLUSTRATING TEXTBOOKS] Illiustrirovanie uchebnoi knigi: Illiustratsiia v uchebnoi knige 1932 g. Instruktsiia po illiustrirovaniiu uchebnikov [i.e. Illustrating Educational Books. Illustration in the 1932 Educational Books. A Manual on Textbook Illustration]

Kuzminskii, K

Moscow: NII Ogiza, 1933. 86, [26] pp.: ill.; 17x12 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine glued by tape, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Very rare. This is the first manual on how the model Soviet textbooks had to be designed, constructed and produced. After..... More

Price: $450.00

Mamatsi mgzavrebi [i.e. Brave Passengers]. Stepan Lisiciani

Mamatsi mgzavrebi [i.e. Brave Passengers]

Lisiciani, Stepan

Tbilisi: Progress, 1907. [12] pp. 26x18 cm. Lithographed illustrated wrappers by unknown Armenian artist as well as plates and illustrations in text. Near fine. Minor stains on the wrapper. Very rare. The first edition of this Armenian folktale. Stepan Lisiciani (1865-1947) who adapted it for this book was..... More

Price: $950.00

MARTIROS SARYAN DESIGN] Lirichesky front [i.e. The Lyrical Front]. V. Norents

[MARTIROS SARYAN DESIGN] Lirichesky front [i.e. The Lyrical Front]

Norents, V.

Yerevan: GIZ, 1932. 102 pp. 1 of 4000 copies. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated wrapper. Wrapper is rubbed at the edges, soilings, bits of the spine are missing. Cover design by Martiros Saryan. Rare example of the book design by the founder of Armenian national school of..... More

Price: $500.00

RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA ILLUSTRATED BY KUSTODIEV] Ruslan and Lyudmila. A. Pushkin

[RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA ILLUSTRATED BY KUSTODIEV] Ruslan and Lyudmila

Pushkin, A.

Petersburg: Gosizdat, 1921. 120 pp.: ill. 19,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears with small losses of spine, tears and small losses of blank margin of p. 115-117, stains occasionally. Cover design and 25 illustrations, head-, tail-pieces and a small portrait of Pushkin were produced by well-known artist..... More

Price: $850.00

REED'S THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE] Vdol' fronta / Per. s angl. I.V. Sablina i V.F. Korsha [i.e....

[REED'S THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE] Vdol' fronta / Per. s angl. I.V. Sablina i V.F. Korsha [i.e. The War in Eastern Europe / Transl. from English I.V. Sablin i V.F. Korsh]

Reed, J.

Moscow: Zemlya i Fabrika, 1928. 324, [2] pp. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated oversized wrappers. Small tears of the wrappers, Soviet bookshop stamp on the back cover. 1 of 6000 copies. First translation. Cover design by P. Miturich. Pyotr Vasilievich Miturich (1887-1956), Russian artist. In 1910-1920..... More

Price: $1,300.00

AGRONOMIC PROPAGANDA FOR CHILDREN] Na vystavku! [i.e. To the Exhibition!]. O. I. Vysotskaya

[AGRONOMIC PROPAGANDA FOR CHILDREN] Na vystavku! [i.e. To the Exhibition!]

Vysotskaya, O.I.

Leningrad: GIZMESTPROM, 1938. 18 pp. 22x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers and illustrations by A.N. Viktorova. Restoration of the spine. The first and only edition. A coloring book. On every turn of the page there’s an image in color and the same image and outline of the same image opposite for..... More

Price: $700.00

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