![COMMUNIST EDUCATION: EL LISSITZKY] V pomoshch partuchebe [i.e. Aiding Party Education] #12 for...](/pictures/thumb/1286.jpg?v=1634131716)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1930. 30 pp. 25,5х17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tear of spine, small upper outer corners of covers lost, otherwise very good and clean. Constructivist design was produced by one of the key avant-garde artists and founders of Jewish modernism, El Lissitzky (1890-1941). The cover features..... More
![STRAKHOV: PERIODICAL FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS] Student revoliutsii [i.e. Student of the...](/pictures/thumb/1294.jpg?v=1634126364)
Kharkiv: Derzhavne vydavnytstvo, 1925. 65 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of spine and back cover with fragments lost, blank corner of p. 21/22 lost, Soviet stamp ‘Press’ on front cover, otherwise uncut and very good copy. One of 5000 copies. In Ukrainian and Russian. An..... More
![THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii grazhdanskoj...](/pictures/thumb/1304.jpg?v=1634128237)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1928. 51 pp., 6 ills. 21x14 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine repaired, some stains, minor tears of edges of oversized covers, p. 3-14 detached from text block, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. The book is written by futurist poet..... More
![BANNED EDITION. TELINGATER’S DESIGN] Programmy i ustavy vazhneishikh partiy II Internatsionala...](/pictures/thumb/1063.jpg?v=1601555438)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1929. 240 pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine chipped, some foxing on recto and verso of t.p. One of 10 000 copies. The edition was banned, according to ‘List of books to be excluded from libraries and book trade chain’ (1961). Interesting example of..... More
![HOW TO DESIGN A BOOK] Osnovy oformleniya sovetskoy knigi [i.e. Basics of the Soviet Book Design]....](/pictures/thumb/896.jpg?v=1576162819)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1956. 502 pp., 3 tables: ill. 26.6x18.1cm. In original publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. Dust-wrapper. Fine. First edition. Scarce. One of the most comprehensive Soviet editions to meticulously analyze and interpret peculiarities of book design and technical editing. Written by a...... More
![COVER DESIGN BY VASYL YERMYLOV] Za tamtoi bereg...: Zbirka [i.e. Beyond the Far Shore:...](/pictures/thumb/1306.jpg?v=1634128569)
Kiev: Rukh, 1933. 141 pp. 18,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of oversized covers, fragments of spine lost, stamps and marks of library of the Union of Soviet Writers of Ukraine (was a part of the Union of Writers of USSR and was reorganized in 1991) on t.p., p...... More
![SUKHAREV TOWER AND MOSCOW STREET LIFE] Abdulka. A. Shul’gin](/pictures/thumb/1315.jpg?v=1634132168)
Moscow: Novaia Moskva, 1924. 48 pp. 18,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Pale water stains, minor tears of oversized covers, otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. First and only edition. One of 8000 copies. Very rare. Cover design was created by Galina Chichagova (1891-1967)..... More
![LETTERPRESS ABC] Uchenik-naborshchik [i.e. Typesetter Apprentice]. I. Vie](/pictures/thumb/1022.jpg?v=1595853325)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1927. IV, 80 pp.: ill. 23x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Bumped edges of oversized covers, small tear of the spine and a few spots on front cover, otherwise a very good and clean copy. First and only Russian edition. One of 3000 copies. Cover design..... More
![CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]. Iu Zhukov](/pictures/thumb/1025.jpg?v=1595853874)
Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia, 1966. 575 pp.: ill., 32 ill. 20,5x15,5 cm. In original illustrated full-cloth with lettering on the spine; in original illustrated dust-wrapper; illustrated endpapers. Very good, small fragment of the spine lost, covers slightly rubbed. First edition. Solomon Telingater’s later yet brilliant book design. Resembling the..... More