![GUDIASHVILI AS CONSTRUCTIVIST] Gruzii poety i pisateli SSSR [i.e. To Georgia! The poets and...](/pictures/thumb/767.jpg?v=1563926208)
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1931. XV, 160 pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good condition. Minor soiling. Partly uncut. 21,5x14,5 cm. 1 of 3000 copies printed. The collection of poetry and prose, gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Georgian Soviet Republic. All of the text is in..... More
![HISTORY IN IMAGES – I VANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY] T’pilisis sakhelmts’ipo...](/pictures/thumb/885.jpg?v=1576158135)
Tbilisi: sakhelmts’ipo universit’et’is t’ipo-lit’ograpia, 1936. 88, [2] pp.: ill. 36.5x27.4cm. In original publisher’s full cloth. A couple of stains on the boards. Otherwise in a very good condition. Without the dust-jacket. Extremely rare. One of 2100 copies. Edited by the university rector, Karlo Oragvelidze (1902-1937). Photographs by I. Panfilov..... More
![MAGAZINE PUBLISHED IN GEORGIAN PRISON] Met’ekhis k’rialosani = Chetki Metekha [i.e. Metekhi...](/pictures/thumb/674.png?v=1558654763)
Tbilisi: Sp’etsdanishnulebis izoliat’oris (met’ekhis) k’ult’-k’omisiis ga-ma, 1928. 24 pp.: ill. 26x17 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Tears of the spine with small losses, soiling of the covers, water stain on the lower margin throughout the copy, otherwise very good internally. This is a unique survival of..... More
![PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 1938 MILITARY PARADE IN TBILISI] Diadi okt’omberi....](/pictures/thumb/828.png?v=1569961218)
Tbilisi, 1938. In original full-cloth with gilt lettering and two small photographs (ca. 3.3x3.4cm) mounted on the front cover. Date “7 November 1938” printed on the label and mounted on the front pastedown. Twenty-five vintage prints ca. 9x14.3cm. Minor wear to the edges of the covers, a couple of photos..... More
![PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION OF TOYS PRODUCED FOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN] Sat’amashoebis laboratoriis...](/pictures/thumb/858.png?v=1573180697)
Tbilisi: Zaria Vostoka, 1941. 80 pp: ill. 18x27.6 cm. In original cloth with lettering and decoration on the front board. Near fine. Loss of the endpapers. Scarce. One of 800 copies. A special anniversary edition of the Georgian SSR Ministry of Education. The album showcases 32 full..... More
![THE SHORT-LIVED ARTISTIC CLUB IN TIFLIS] Pavliniy khvost [i.e. The Tail of Peacock] / words...](/pictures/thumb/765.jpg?v=1563925222)
Tiflis, [1918]. 1 leaf. 36x15 cm. Folded in four. The contemporary pencil notes suggest that the leaflet was in use during the meetings of the club. The emblem of the peacock by Boris Ryabov, the art critic and the historian of architecture. The leaflet includes the ‘March of..... More
![ZDANEVICH BROTHERS] Kirill Zdanevich. Ilya Zdanevich. Katalog vystavki [i.e. Exhibition Catalogue](/pictures/thumb/132.jpg?v=1472323732)
Tbilisi: Gos. muzei iskusstv Gruzii, 1989. 80 pp.: ill. 22x31 cm. In original wrappers. Near fine. Extremely rare. In October of 1989 in the State Museum of Arts of Georgia (Tbilisi) was opened exhibition dedicated to Zdanevich brothers. Elen Zdanevich- Ilyazd, widow of Ilya Zdanevich (1894-1975), brought part of..... More
![THE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION TO MKINVARTSVERI] Sakartvelos geograpiuli sazogadoebis...](/pictures/thumb/905.jpg?v=1576165978)
Tbilisi: Sakartvelos geograpiuli sazogadoeba, 1928. 65pp.: ill. 16.7x24.6cm. Loss of the front wrapper and the spine, tears of the rear wrapper, previous owner’s inscription on the foretitle: “To our little Vaniko from the aunt Nutsa. 2/III/1929”. Good. Extremely scarce first edition. One of 1000 copies. The narrative is in Georgian..... More
![COVER DESIGN BY GAMREKELI] Qurdi [i.e. Thief. Poems]. K. Kaladze](/pictures/thumb/118.jpg?v=1472316802)
Tiflis: Trud, 1927. 14, [2] pp. 17х13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Author’s signature on the first page. Near fine. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Rare. Cover design by Irakli Gamrekeli (1894-1943), Georgian Soviet set designer and one of the founders of Georgian avant-garde stage design influenced by..... More
![GEORGIAN JOHN REED] Jon Ridi: P’oema [i.e. John Reed: A Poem]. G. Tabidze](/pictures/thumb/931.png?v=1582642688)
Tbilisi: S.s.m.u.s. p’oligrap. ganq’. lit’ograpia, 1924. 32 pp. 26.8x18 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Soiling and foxing occasionally, tears of the spine with small fragments lost, small tears of edges, blurred signature on the front cover. First edition. One of 5000 copies. The book is a collaboration between Galaktion Tabidze..... More
![GEORGIAN DADA] P’oet’is q’epa. Ts’. 1 [i.e. A Poet’s Bark. First Book]. G. Tsetskhladze](/pictures/thumb/932.png?v=1582642810)
Tbilisi: Stamba samkhedro komisariatisa, 1924. 32 pp. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small fragments of spine lost, some soiling, ink note and marks, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A Cubist portrait of the author by Irakli Gamrekeli on the front cover. This is one of..... More
![GAMREKELI AT HIS BEST] Sharavandedi: Leksebi da p’oemebi. Ts’, 1 [i.e. Aureole: Verses and...](/pictures/thumb/930.png?v=1582642606)
Tbilisi: Samkhedro stamba, 1923. 139, [4] pp. 22.5x15.5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored and slightly soiled, blank lower corners of p. 41-44 lost, some pale water stains and small tears, otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A very rare collaboration between two esteemed..... More