Moscow: Detgiz, 1937. [12] pp.: ill. 24,5x29 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the extremities. Otherwise very good. Lithographed edition. Covers and illustrations by Nina Simonovich-Efimova (1877-1948), Russian Soviet artists, who worked in etching and autolithography techniques; one of the creators of the professional puppet theater in Russia..... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Erevan: MOPR press, 1929. 12 pp. 18x13 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Good, minor tear of the spine, private library’s stamp on the cover. First and only edition. Very rare. One of 3000 copies. In Armenian. The book was printed in Armenia by the International Society of Aif for Revolutionaries..... More

Moscow: Nauchno-issledovatelelskiy institut poligraficheskoy i izdatelskoy tekhniki OGIZ’a pri SNK RSFSR, [1945]. [65] pp. 24x37 cm. Original card boards. Tear on the inside of the front endpaper, binding is slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. The album is dedicated to the tractor STZ-NATI that was in..... More