Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya, 1975. 303 p.: ill.; 26 × 20 cm. Original illustrated cloth covers, color illustrations throughout. Pp.190–197 are slightly soiled, otherwise in very good condition. Lunarium is a carefully curated anthology of lunar-themed literature compiled by Lyubov Samsonenko and Yeremey Iudovich Parnov (1935–2009), with illustrations by Elena..... More

Leningrad: Detgiz. [Leningrad branch], 1959. 43 p.: ill.; 28×20 cm. Original cardboard binding. Block is slightly shaky, ex-library. First edition. Second edition came out in 1965. Together with: SHEIKIN, A. Vest prikhodiat tak [i.e. News Comes Like This] Illustration by Yu. Smolnikov. Leningrad: Children’s Literature, 1965. 48..... More

Illustrated by I.Lavrova. Moscow: Malysh, 1969. [24] pp.: color ill. 24.9×24.6 cm [9 3/4×9 5/8 in.]. Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Slight wear to extremities; otherwise in very good condition. A collection of Eskimo folktales, with scenes drawn from the traditional life and folklore of the peoples of the Far..... More

Illustrated by M. Rakhmanina and Sergei Rakhmanin. Leningrad; Moscow: Raduga, 1925. [16] pp., including wrappers: color ill. 22×18.1 cm [8 5/8×7 1/8 in.]. Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Light wear and foxing to the wrappers, occasional spotting internally; otherwise in good condition. An early Raduga picture book by Vitalii Bianki..... More

Augsburg: Drukarnia Antona Bilousa for Roman Smuk, 1949 (1950 on the cover). 20.5 x 15 cm. 236, I-XLIX pp. (addendum & errata). Publisher’s typed paper wrappers. In Ukrainian. Good. The book block is visibly slanted, with minor dusting and wavy wrappers. Staples rusted; offset rust marks to surrounding paper. Stamp..... More

Kharkiv: Derzhavne Vydavnytstvo Ukrainy for Komitet Spryiannia Dniprelstanovi pry VUTsVK, 1930. 50, [2] pp.: ill., with folding map measuring 21.5×59.5 cm [8 1/2×23 3/8 in.]. 21.5×15 cm [8 1/2×5 7/8 in.]. Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Wrappers rubbed; traces of library stamps and pen markings to the wrappers, title page, and..... More

Zhovkva: O.O.Vasylian, 1923. 160 pp. 22.2×14.7 cm [8 3/4×5 3/4 in.]. Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Wrappers rubbed; spine professionally restored, with toning remaining from an earlier tape repair; otherwise in good condition. In Ukrainian. A Ukrainian Catholic calendar published by the Basilian Fathers in Zhovkva, then the administrative center..... More

Moscow: Sinodal`naya Tipografiya, 1908. 25 x 17.5 cm. [4], 119 pp., ills. in text, 1 fold–out table. Contemporary library binding. In Russian, pre-1917 Cyrillic orthography. Overall good — but ex–library. Washed and restored, with minor traces of water damage. Cancelled library sticker to the front board; number in pencil to..... More

Moscow, 1957. 48 p., 14 l. ill. 22.8×16.5 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Couple of tears to the spine, otherwise in good condition. The photographers from Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Hungary, Vietnam, Germany (both GDR and FRG), Holland, Grece, Egypt, Denmark, India, Italy, China, North Korea, Cuba, Norway, Poland, Romania..... More

Vienna, 1937. 40 pp.: ill. 29.5 × 20.5 cm [11 5/8×8 1/8 in.]. Original publisher’s wrappers. Czech trade stamp to the front cover, dated 1940. One corner of the front wrapper browned; otherwise in very good condition. Catalogue of the celebrated Austrian furniture manufacturer Thonet, devoted primarily to the..... More

Moscow, 1923. No. 1: 64 pp.: ill.; No. 3: 60, 62–65 pp.: ill. 26×17.5 cm [10 1/4×6 7/8 in.]. Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers designed by B.Titov. No. 1 with ownership annotations to the front wrapper, minor tears to the upper edge, and loss to the upper corner of the final..... More

[Saratov, 1920– 1930s]. [200] p. 28×15,5 cm. Manuscript on paper. Watercolours, pen and pencil. 91 hand-painted pages with accompanying text. Each watercolor depict Elizaveta in a new dress, the text states the year and what she was doing at the time. The manuscript-diary of Elizaveta Kozlova, a young..... More

Moscow: Vsesoiuznoe izdatelstvo arkhitektury, 1938. 302, [2] pp.: ill., plans, drawings. 26×18 cm [10 1/4×7 1/8 in.]. Original publisher’s blue cloth. Binding slightly soiled, corners bumped, Soviet library stamps otherwise a good copy. First edition. Igor Georgievich Yavein (1903–1980) was a Soviet architect, architectural theorist, and one of the..... More