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Item #415 [COLLECTION OF CLIPPINGS ON MEYERHOLD

[COLLECTION OF CLIPPINGS ON MEYERHOLD]

The clippings originate from newspapers ‘Pravda’, ‘Krasny Putilovets’, ‘Leningradskaya Pravda’, ‘Pravda Severa’, ‘Bolshevistskaya Borozda’, ‘Sovetskoe Iskusstvo’, ‘Teatr i dramaturgiya’, ‘Separator’, etc. Some of the papers are provincial like the newspaper ‘Podporozhskaya Pravda’ (printed in Podporozhie, a small town close to Finland) or ‘Bolshevistksaya borozda’ (printed in Okulovka near Novgorod)... More

Price: $1,200.00

Item #1666 [MALY OPERA THEATRE CELEBRATING 20TH ANNIVERESARY OF THE OCTOBER...

[MALY OPERA THEATRE CELEBRATING 20TH ANNIVERESARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION] Podnyataya tselina: Muzykal'naya drama v 4 aktakh: Sbornik statey k postanovke v Gosudarstvennom akademicheskom Malom opernom teatre [i.e. Virgin Soil Upturned: Musical Drama in 4 Acts: Collection of Articles for Staging at the State Academic Maly Opera Theatre]

Leningrad: Izd. Leningr. akad. Malogo oper. teatra, 1937. 47 pp.: ill. 30x22.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and extremities, otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 4,200 copies. A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES DEDICATED TO THE PRODUCTION OF MIKHAIL SHOLOKHOV’S VIRGIN SOIL UPTURNED AT..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #573 [UKRAINIAN OPERA IN MOSCOW] Zaporozhets za Dunaem: Postanovka Gos. akad. teatra opery...

[UKRAINIAN OPERA IN MOSCOW] Zaporozhets za Dunaem: Postanovka Gos. akad. teatra opery i baleta USSR: Gastroli v Moskve 11-21 marta 1936 g. v Bol’shom teatre SSSR [i.e. A Zaporozhian Beyond the Danube: Production of the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of USSR: Tour in Moscow from 11 to 21 March of 1936 at the Bolshoi Theatre].

[Kiev]; Kharkiv: Mistetstvo, 1936. 70, [2] pp.: ill., 2 pl. 25х17,5 cm. In original blank wrappers and illustrated dust wrappers with Ukrainian folk floral decoration. Vertical crease of the whole book, small tears of the spine, Soviet bookshops’ stamps both on the wrapper and dust wrapper, tears and losses of..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #898 [STAGE IMAGINATION BEATS REALITY] Tvorcheskii metod teatra. Dialektika tvorcheskogo...

[STAGE IMAGINATION BEATS REALITY] Tvorcheskii metod teatra. Dialektika tvorcheskogo protsessa [i.e. Creative Method of Theater. Dialectics of the Creative Process]

Afinogenov, A.

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

Price: $450.00

Item #416 [DRAMATIZING THE LIFE] Problema teatralnosti. Estestvennost’ pered sudom marksizma...

[DRAMATIZING THE LIFE] Problema teatralnosti. Estestvennost’ pered sudom marksizma [i.e. The Problem of Theatrical. The Disengagement in Marxist Court]

Brukson, I.B.

Petrograd: Tretiya strazha, 1923. 59 pp. 23х16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Spine with tears. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Constructivist wrapper designed by wunderkind of Petrograd theatre world Nikolay Akimov (1901-1968). Akimov was working as a book designer full time, but at the..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #87 [GEORGIAN AVANT-GARDE THEATRE] Teatr Rustaveli [i.e. The Rustaveli Theatre]. A. Duduchava

[GEORGIAN AVANT-GARDE THEATRE] Teatr Rustaveli [i.e. The Rustaveli Theatre]

Duduchava, A.

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

Item #1384 [A SOVIET AGITATIONAL PLAY] ROST [i.e. GROWTH]. A. Glebov

[A SOVIET AGITATIONAL PLAY] ROST [i.e. GROWTH]

Glebov, A.

Moscow: Tea-kino-pechat’, 1927. 112 pp.: ill. 18x13,5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated avant-garde cardboards by Roman Usov. Spine repaired, light soiling of the back cover, Soviet public club’s stamps and marks on the title page, p. 17, and p. 112. Otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #802 [CRAFT OF THE THEATRE ARTIST] Tekhnika teatral’noi zhivopisi [i.e. Technique of...

[CRAFT OF THE THEATRE ARTIST] Tekhnika teatral’noi zhivopisi [i.e. Technique of Theatre Decorating]

Gremislavskii, I.

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In original cardboards. Faded, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Richly illustrated with woodcuts by N. Proskuriakov. This manual concentrated advice compiled by an artist of Moscow Art Theatre, Ivan Gremislavsky (1886-1954). Through this theatre, he provided..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1793 [TATAR BOLSHEVIKS PUBLISHING PROLETARIAN THEATER] Tvorcheskii teatr. Puti...

[TATAR BOLSHEVIKS PUBLISHING PROLETARIAN THEATER] Tvorcheskii teatr. Puti sotsialisticheskogo teatra [i.e. Artistic Theater. Paths of Socialist Theater]

Kerzhentsev, P.

Kazan: Elektro-tipografiia ‘Milliat’, 1921. 86 pp. 23x17 cm. No covers. Spine repaired with paper strip, fragments of t.p. lost (no text affected), small stains, soiling occasionally, otherwise good internally. In Tatar language using Arabic script. The title page is in Tatar and Russian. One of 5000 copies. The..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #1667 [A GUIDE FOR NOVICE WRITERS] Chto nado znat’ nachinayushchemu pisatelyu o...

[A GUIDE FOR NOVICE WRITERS] Chto nado znat’ nachinayushchemu pisatelyu o postroyenii dramy [i.e. What a Novice Writer Should Know about the Construction of Drama]

Kraisky, A.

Leningrad: Krasnaya gazeta, 1929. 84, [2] pp. 15x21.5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Tears of the spine, otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. A MANUAL FOR NOVICE WRITERS ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF DRAMATURGICAL WORKS WRITTEN BY ALEXEY KRAISKY (1891-1941), A RUSSIAN SOVIET POET, PLAYWRIGHT, AND LITERARY CRITIC... More

Price: $350.00

Item #813 [COSTUME DESIGN GUIDE FOR CLUBS] Kostium na stsene: Rukovodstvo dlia dramkruzhkov...

[COSTUME DESIGN GUIDE FOR CLUBS] Kostium na stsene: Rukovodstvo dlia dramkruzhkov [i.e. Costume on the Stage: Guide for Drama Clubs]

Krestovskaya, M.A.

Moscow; Leningrad: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 112 pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Wrappers detached from the text block. First and only edition. One of 10070 copies. Rare. Illustrations by E.A. Zernova. The edition was sponsored and published by N.K. Krupskaya Central House of Amateur Art in City..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1205 [ANALYSIS OF SOLOMON MIKHOELS’ CREATIVE PATH] Mikhoels: Tvorcheskiy put’ nar....

[ANALYSIS OF SOLOMON MIKHOELS’ CREATIVE PATH] Mikhoels: Tvorcheskiy put’ nar. artista RSFSR [i.e. Mikhoels: Creative Path of People’s Artist of RSFSR

Lyubomirskiy, O.

Moscow; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1938. 116 pp., 1 frontispiece: ill. 19,9x13,8 cm. In original cloth binding with lettering on the front board. The spine is slightly rubbed. Soviet bookshop’s stamp and pen markings on the rear endpaper. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. One of 4,000 copies. This monograph on one..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #866 [EXPERIMENTS IN THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Transformiruiushchiesia muzhskoi i zhenskii...

[EXPERIMENTS IN THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Transformiruiushchiesia muzhskoi i zhenskii teatral’nye kostiumy [i.e. Transforming Men and Women’s Theatrical Costumes]

Miuller, V.

Moscow: MKhAT SSSR im. M. Gor’kogo, 1948. 55 pp.: ill. Tear of p.53-54 (text is not not affected), some scratches of back cover and minor soiling of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare. This late 1940s manual for theatrical costume designers..... More

Item #1084 [MAKEUP FOR AMATEUR THEATRE] Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo po grimu dlia kruzhkov...

[MAKEUP FOR AMATEUR THEATRE] Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo po grimu dlia kruzhkov teatral’noi samodeiatel’nosti [i.e. A Practical Makeup Manual for Amateur Theatrical Groups]

Novlianskii, N.

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 48 pp., 32 ills. 18x15 cm. In original cloth folder with silver lettering and blind debossed silhouette: text brochure and separate illustration leaves inside. Folder is slightly soiled, small tear of the spine of the text brochure with minor tear of the t.p. outer edge, some foxing..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #1851 [PROPAGANDA THEATER] Prodavtsy slavy. Komediia nravov v chetyrekh deistviiakh s...

[PROPAGANDA THEATER] Prodavtsy slavy. Komediia nravov v chetyrekh deistviiakh s prologom [i.e. Merchants of Glory. The Comedy of Manners in Four Acts with Prolog]

Pagnol, M., Nivoix, P.

Leningrad: MODPIK, 1926. 112 pp. 16x12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine with small fragment lost, some tears and soiling of covers, few minor fragments of covers restored, pale water stain on lower edge of back cover and pages, otherwise very good. First and only Russian..... More

Item #1166 [ANTI-CAPITALIST COMEDY] Bog i birzha: Sb. revolyuts. p’yes [i.e. God and The...

[ANTI-CAPITALIST COMEDY] Bog i birzha: Sb. revolyuts. p’yes [i.e. God and The Market: A Collection of Revolutionary Plays]

Reisner, M.

Moscow: Gos. izd. 1921. 140 pp. In original wrappers. Very good, signature on the front cover and t.p., some tears of the spine, small part of the front cover is detached from the spine. First edition. Scarce. A collection of plays against religion and capitalism. Printed in 1921, this..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #892 [SOVIET ORATORY] Masterstvo chtetsa: Teoriia i metodika khudozhestvennogo chteniia...

[SOVIET ORATORY] Masterstvo chtetsa: Teoriia i metodika khudozhestvennogo chteniia [i.e. Craft of Reciter: Theory and Methods of Reciting]

Serezhnikov, V.

Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 222, [2] pp. 1 ill. was probably printed separately and loosely inserted. 17,5x13 cm. In original oversized wrappers with letterpress design. Rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 6000 copies. An interesting work by the theorist of reciting and founder of the first..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #1206 [A PRAISE TO ‘A WELL-KNOWN JEWISH BOURGEOIS NATIONALIST’] Mikhoels. M. Zagorskiy

[A PRAISE TO ‘A WELL-KNOWN JEWISH BOURGEOIS NATIONALIST’] Mikhoels

Zagorskiy, M

Moscow; Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo Kinopechat’, 1927. 32 pp.: ill. 17.9x13.3 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. The spine is slightly rubbed. Soviet bookshop stamp on the recto of the rear wrapper. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. One of 5,000 copies. Art-nouveau style wrapper design with Mikhoel’s portrait by the..... More

Price: $350.00

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