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

Moscow: Izdanie museia teatra im. Evg. Vakhtangova, 1937. [18] pp., 7 ills. 16,5x12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed and soiled, some stains on the margins and ink signature on half-title. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies printed. Very rare. This catalogue is dedicated to museum of..... More

Moscow: MGSPS, [1926]. [32] pp.: ill., port. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated constructivist wrappers. Tear of the spine, wrappers are slightly detached from the text block, loss of the small fragment of the front wrapper (restored with paper) and of the back wrapper, Soviet bookshop’s stamp and price written in..... More

Tver': Oktiabr, 1923. 48, [2] pp.: ill. In original wrappers with portrait. Very good, extremities chipped, generally slightly rubbed. First and only edition. One of 1500 copies. Very rare. The book design by G.I. Noskov, the local Tver’ artist, who attempted to follow some of leftist typescript designs..... More

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

Moscow; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1940. 314 pp., 6 ill., drafts.: ill., schemes, drafts. In original blue cloth. Very good, occasional foxing. Scarce. First edition. A detailed guide to achieving a high-standard Soviet theatre. This textbook for students of art institutes was written by Nikolay Izvekov with the..... More

[Germany]: Ukraina, 1948. 107, [2] pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, small tears of the edges (some repaired with tape), small fragments of the spine lost (one repaired with a tape), some soiling, ink signature on the title page, otherwise very good. In Ukrainian. Very..... More

[Moscow, 1946]. 25 leaves. 31x21 cm. Typewritten. Leaves are gathered in paper folder with pencil title written on the front flap. Signed and with correction by the author. Unpublished manuscript. This is a unique material on history of theatre costume design. Vladislav Lukomsky (1882-1946) was a Russian historian and..... More

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

Leningrad: Priboi, 1930. 80 pp.: ill. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Some tears of the spine, covers repaired, several ink and color pencil marks, old stamps on t.p. and the last page, small tear of p. 63-64. This is striking instructions for leaders of the village artistic sections to..... More

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

Moscow: Goslitizdat, 1935. 153, [5] pp.: ill. 21.3x15.2 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with gilt lettering and ornaments on the front board and the spine. Very light soiling of the binding. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Design by the Soviet graphic artist and book illustrator of..... More

[Moscow]: Ogiz - Gos. izdvo khud. lit-ry, 1931. 44 pp. 16,6x11,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. First edition. Scarce. This report provides a valuable insight into the process of reformation that the Soviet avant-garde theatre was compelled to go through in the early 1930s. The 4th..... More