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Item #1532 [ARCTIC FISHING INDUSTRY IN THE USSR] Rybnyi Murman : Sbornik rasskazov i ocherkov...

[ARCTIC FISHING INDUSTRY IN THE USSR] Rybnyi Murman : Sbornik rasskazov i ocherkov Murmanskikh moriakov [i.e. Fishy Murmansk : Collection of Stories and Essays by Murmansk Fishermen]

[Moscow]: Snabtekhizdat, 1933. XXIV, 398, [1] pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original cloth with bronze lettering on front cover and spine, in original constructivist dust jacket. Dust wrappers rubbed and chipped, with tear of front cover flap, rusty staples, some stains occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1479 [BOOK & REVOLUTION] Kniga i revoliutsiia: Zhurnal politiki, kul’tury, kritiki and...

[BOOK & REVOLUTION] Kniga i revoliutsiia: Zhurnal politiki, kul’tury, kritiki and bibliografii [i.e. Book and Revolution: Magazine of Politics, Culture, Criticism and Bibliography] #1, 3, 7, 13/14, 15/16, 19 for 1929, #2-9 for 1930. Overall 14 issues.

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1929-1930. 26x18 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Good. Cancelled stamps of Research Institute of Book Science on p. 1, last leaf and front cover of #2-8 (1930). Covers of #1, 7 (1929) detached from text blocks, with foxing. Tears of spine of #3, 7 for 1929, #7 for..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1223 Der Apikoyres: Organ fun Ts. R. funem Farband krigerishe apikorsim [i.e. The Godless:...

Der Apikoyres: Organ fun Ts. R. funem Farband krigerishe apikorsim [i.e. The Godless: Organ of the Central Committee of the League of Militant Atheists] #5 1932

Moscow: Der Farband, 1932. 20 pp.: ill. 31x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers detached from the text block, tears to spine, small pieces of paper glued to the first and last pages, otherwise very good. One of 4000 copies. In Yiddish. An issue of the first..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Item #1293 [EDUCATION FOR PILOTS] Fizicheskaia kul’tura i aviatsiia: Sbornik statei i zametok...

[EDUCATION FOR PILOTS] Fizicheskaia kul’tura i aviatsiia: Sbornik statei i zametok o fizicheskoi podgotovke letchikov i parashutistov [i.e. Physical Culture and Aviation: Collection Of Articles And Notes About Training Pilots And Parachutists]

Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1939. 128 pp.: ill., 1 ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small fragments of spine edges lost, two pale stains on front cover and two first leaves, covers slightly rubbed, some colored pencil underlinings, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 8000..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1114 [HOW THE SOVIET CREMATION BEGAN] Krematsiia [i.e. Cremation] / compiled by G. Bartel

[HOW THE SOVIET CREMATION BEGAN] Krematsiia [i.e. Cremation] / compiled by G. Bartel

Moscow: Izd. M.K.Kh. 1925. 95, [3] pp.: ill., 2 ills. 17x13. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, some spots, pale water stains on the first leaves. One of 10 000 copies. Rare. Cover design was produced by Ol’ga Amosova (1888-1965), known as production designer in Khandzhonkov film studio in..... More

Price: $1,950.00

Item #781 [HOW TO DESIGN A COMFORTABLE WORKPLACE] Estetika proizvodstvennoi sredy na...

[HOW TO DESIGN A COMFORTABLE WORKPLACE] Estetika proizvodstvennoi sredy na avtotransportnykh predpriyatiyakh [i.e. Aesthetics of the Production Environment in Motor Vehicles]

Kiev: Reklama, 1973. 31 pp., 54 plates. 22x29,5 cm. In illustrated folder, brochure in stapled wrappers and plates are separate. Very good, some wear of the folder. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Published by Ministry of Motor Transport of the Ukrainian SSR and the..... More

Price: $1,300.00

Item #837 [IZORAM] Izo  rabochei  molodezhi  Leningrada: (Katalog) [i.e. The Art of...

[IZORAM] Izo  rabochei  molodezhi  Leningrada: (Katalog) [i.e. The Art of Leningrad's Working Youth. Catalogue]

Moscow: Tretiakov Gallery, 1929. 68, [3] pp.: ill. 16х14 cm. In original wrappers. Few tears of the spine, otherwise a very good copy. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. Illustrated with 11 photogravures. Two-color avant-garde wrappers attributed to Ilya Chasnik. This catalogue was published on..... More

Price: $1,050.00

Item #962 [POULTRY PHOTOMONTAGES] Ptitsevodstvo. Krolikovodstvo [i.e. Poultry Breeding. Rabbit...

[POULTRY PHOTOMONTAGES] Ptitsevodstvo. Krolikovodstvo [i.e. Poultry Breeding. Rabbit Breeding] / compiled by A. Kuz’michev, edited by V. Karelin, designed by A. Belov

Moscow: Sel’khozgiz, 1940. [126] pp.: ill. 29x23 cm. In original cloth with gilt embossed design and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). Slightly rubbed, few defects of the back cover, some soiling of lower outer corner, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies..... More

Price: $2,750.00

Item #843 [THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA OF SPORTS] Vsesoiuznyi parad fizkul’turnikov na Krasnoi...

[THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA OF SPORTS] Vsesoiuznyi parad fizkul’turnikov na Krasnoi ploshchadi v Moskve 12 avgusta 1945 [i.e. All-Union Sportsmen’s Parade on Red Square in Moscow on 12 August 1945]

Moscow: N.p., [1945]. [60] pp.: ill. 29x24 cm. In original cloth with gilt lettering and logo. Slightly rubbed and weakened, ink inscription on the front flyleaf, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This impressive album featured the photographs of the first post-WWII and the last..... More

Price: $1,950.00

Item #1559 [SPORT IN THE SOVIET UNION] Izvestiya fizicheskoy kul’tury: Dvukhnedel’nyy ill....

[SPORT IN THE SOVIET UNION] Izvestiya fizicheskoy kul’tury: Dvukhnedel’nyy ill. zhurn. Organ Vysshego soveta fiz. kul’tury [i.e. News of Physical Culture: A Bimonthly Illustrated Magazine. An Organ of the Supreme Council for Physical Culture]

[Moscow]: 1924-1927. #20 of 1927 (1 issue of 81 published). 16 pp.: ill. 22.2x 29.6 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Scarce. Front wrapper by S.M. One of the leading 1920s Soviet sports magazines. From the very outset of the Communist regime, Soviet society witnessed the..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #1458 [TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT IN THE USSR

[TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT IN THE USSR]

1) Ustav Obshchestva bor’by s alkogolizmom [i.e. Charter of the Society for the Fight against Alcoholism]. Moscow: Gos. Meditsinskoe izdatel’stvo, 1928. 16 pp. 14x9 cm. One of 2000 copies. 2) Ustav Obshchestva bor’by s alkogolizmom Petrogradskogo raiona [i.e. Charter of the Society for the Fight against Alcoholism in Petrogradsk..... More

Price: $1,200.00

Item #1039 [USSR AT THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR

[USSR AT THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR]

Collection of eight brochures from the Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair [numeration is alternative]: 1) Prokofiev, A. The Palace of Soviets. 2) Papanin, I. The Soviet Wintering Station on the Drifting Ice. 3) Fyodorov, E. Scientific Work of Our Polar Expedition. 4) Komarovsky, A. The Moscow-Volga..... More

Price: $2,200.00

Item #1872 [THE USSR IN STATISTICS] 20 let sovetskoi vlasti. Statisticheskii sbornik (Tsifrovoi...

[THE USSR IN STATISTICS] 20 let sovetskoi vlasti. Statisticheskii sbornik (Tsifrovoi material dlia propagandistov) [i.e. 20 Years of Soviet Rule. Statistical Book (Numbers for Propagandists)]

Moscow: Partizdat TsK VKP(b), 1937. 110 pp. 17,5x13,5 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering. Very good, some sections slightly detached from others. First edition. Scarce. This handbook contains 87 tables summarizing development of the USSR in the 1930s. Of nine sections, one is dedicated to socialist women..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1122 [WHERE TO GET VITAMINS DURING WORLD WAR II] Kak obespechit’ sebia vitaminom A [i.e....

[WHERE TO GET VITAMINS DURING WORLD WAR II] Kak obespechit’ sebia vitaminom A [i.e. How to Provide Yourself with Vitamin A]

Leningrad: [Izd. Nauchno-Issledovatel’skogo instituta kormov], 1942. 8 pp. 13x9,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. An extremely rare survival of time and curious brochure on the role of Vitamin A and ways to get it in..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1444 [BACKPACKING THROUGH SUNNY AND PEACEFUL CHECHNYA] Na Assu cherez Armkhi (Turistskie...

[BACKPACKING THROUGH SUNNY AND PEACEFUL CHECHNYA] Na Assu cherez Armkhi (Turistskie marshruty Solnechnoi doliny) [i.e. To Assa through Armkhi (Tourist Routes of the Solnechnaia Dolina)]

Agibalova, V.

Grozny: Checheno-Ingushskoe knizhnoe izd-vo, 1988. 77, [3] pp., 8 ills., 2 loosely inserted maps (one folding). 19,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, slightly rubbed spine. Late Soviet guide to popular routes through the Chechen-Ingush Republic. In particular, they were organized in the Nazranovsky District that was..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #1527 [PHYSICAL CULTURE OF PIONEERS] Zariadka dlia detei 10-12 let [i.e. Morning Exercises...

[PHYSICAL CULTURE OF PIONEERS] Zariadka dlia detei 10-12 let [i.e. Morning Exercises for Children of 10-12 Years Old]

Artsishevskii, V.

Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1941. [21] pp. : ill. 9,3x8,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Mint. First and only edition. Very rare. Remarkable miniature photobook giving instructions on daily physical exercises. Physical culture of proletarian masses established in the youth. Schools held sports competitions, Osoaviakhim branches organized military clubs for..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #1827 [RESORTS VS ILLITERACY] Mikhei Kuz’mich na kurorte. Shuteinyi rasskaz [i.e. Mikhei...

[RESORTS VS ILLITERACY] Mikhei Kuz’mich na kurorte. Shuteinyi rasskaz [i.e. Mikhei Kuzmich at Resort. A Funny Story]

Bakhmetiev, V.

Moscow: Gostrudizdat, 1930. 31 pp.: ill. 17,5x12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers slightly soiled and faded, otherwise very good. Seventh edition. Released at the Nizhpoligraf printing shop in Nizhny Novgorod. Illustrated with seven black-and-white linocuts. This small likbez book was written during the establishment of mass hygiene in..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #1863 [WARTIME] Iolochnaia igrushka [i.e. Christmas Tree Decoration]. V. Oveshkova...

[WARTIME] Iolochnaia igrushka [i.e. Christmas Tree Decoration]

Lapkovskii, V. Oveshkova, F., Danilevskii, V.

Moscow: Vsesoiuznoe kooperativnoe ob’edinennoe izdatel’stvo, 1944. 64 pp.: ill., 3 ills. 21,5x14,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine repaired, tiny tears along it, corners of covers and some pages repaired, foxing, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. This manual on various-material Christmas tree decorations..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1457 [500 PIGSKINS PER ONE TRACTOR] Svinye shkury [i.e. Pigskins]. I. Porotskii, V., Perov

[500 PIGSKINS PER ONE TRACTOR] Svinye shkury [i.e. Pigskins]

Porotskii, I., Perov, V.

Moscow: Izdatel’stvo Narkomtorgov SSSR i RSFSR, 1930. 16 pp.: ill. 18,5x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small hole around rusty staple, covers detached from block, otherwise very good. Extremely rare with no copies in Worldcat. This mass-audience lithographic brochure was produced for advertising purposes and for raising the literacy..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1308 [HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental...

[HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental Work]

Rebelsky, I.

Moscow: Trud i kniga, 1929. 127, [1] pp. 22x15 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and extremities, otherwise in good condition. Scarce. 1 of 5,000 copies. AN INTERESTING SOVIET MANUAL ON THE WAYS OF INCREASING MENTAL ACTIVITY WRITTEN BY THE VICTIM OF SOVIET REPRESSIONS JOSEPH REBELSKY..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1865 [SHORTLY BEFORE THE COLD WAR] Total’nyi shpionazh [i.e. Total Espionage]. K. Riess

[SHORTLY BEFORE THE COLD WAR] Total’nyi shpionazh [i.e. Total Espionage]

Riess, K.

Moscow: Voennoe izdatel’stvo Narodnogo Komissariata Oborony, 1945. 226, [2] pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original cardboards with letterpress design by V. Selenginskii. Binding rubbed, bumped and soiled, ink stain on upper edge, tears of t.p. along the spine repaired, some sections partly detached from each other, otherwise good. Wartime..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #817 [INCEPTION OF THE SOVIET READING ROOMS] Kak organizovat’ izbu-chital’niu i vesti...

[INCEPTION OF THE SOVIET READING ROOMS] Kak organizovat’ izbu-chital’niu i vesti rabotu v nei [i.e. How to Organize Reading Rooms and Coordinate Work in Them]

Skomorokhov, A. [pseud. Vozhgal’sky]

Melekess: Izd. Soveta Kr. kursov po podgotovke zaved. izbami-chital’niami, [1921]. 32 pp. 17x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine repaired with marbled paper, tears of the spine, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 250 copies. Signed by author on the front cover, some author’s corrections in the text..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #1536 [YOUNG PIONEERS PERFORM] Sto igr iunykh pionerov [i.e. One Hundred Games of...

[YOUNG PIONEERS PERFORM] Sto igr iunykh pionerov [i.e. One Hundred Games of Young Pioneers]

Smoliarov, Ia.

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1925. 76, [2] pp.: ill.+ [2] pp. of ads. 25x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with letterpress design. Almost no spine, with some fragments of paper along spine lost, soiling of covers, front wrapper and t.p. partly detached from block, pale stamps of a Soviet institution on..... More

Item #825 [GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi...

[GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi krasnoarmeiskoi gazety [i.e. Anti-religious Work of Red Army Ordinary Newspaper]

Struchkov, G.

Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1932. 40 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear near the staple, previous owner’s marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. This is an interesting work on the effectivity of the atheist publications in the local Red..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #1031 [EXEMPLARY PIONEER CAMP] Artek. Ia Taits

[EXEMPLARY PIONEER CAMP] Artek

Taits, Ia.

Moscow: Detizdat, 1938. 104 pp.: ill. 27x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards; illustrated endpapers. Covers rubbed and bumped, small tear of the spine, but very good internally. On verso of front flyleaf an official inscription to schoolboy, dated 1938 and stamped. Very rare. Cover design was produced by book..... More

Price: $1,400.00

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