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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONSTRUCTIVIST HOUSE] Zhilishche. Opyt piatiletnei raboty nad problemoy...

[ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONSTRUCTIVIST HOUSE] Zhilishche. Opyt piatiletnei raboty nad problemoy zhilischia [i.e. The Habitation. The results of five-year work on the problem of habitation]

Ginzburg, Moisei

Moscow: Gosstroyizdat, 1934. 192 p.: ill. 29,5x21,5 cm. 1 of 4000 copies. Original cloth binding. No dust-jacket. Some soiling, but otherwise very good. Contemporary owner’s inscription on the title page (A. Molokin, 1931). Provenance: the book belonged to the well-known Kharkiv-based architect professor Alexander Molokin (1880-1951), the contributor..... More

Price: $5,500.00

ASIA - AZERBAIJAN - BAKU] [Collection of Seventeen Large Original Gelatin Silver Photographs...

[ASIA - AZERBAIJAN - BAKU] [Collection of Seventeen Large Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Construction on Cape Bailov/Bayil in Baku]

Ca. 1910s. Seventeen loose gelatin silver photographs, each ca. 17x23 cm (6 ¾ x 8 ¾ in). Three photos with pencil captions in Russian on verso. One photo with a tear on the corner neatly repaired; overall a very good collection of interesting strong images. Rare original photographs of..... More

Price: $1,750.00

BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HISTORY OF SOVIET ARCHITECTURE] Ob osnovnykh problemakh i metodakh izucheniia...

[BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HISTORY OF SOVIET ARCHITECTURE] Ob osnovnykh problemakh i metodakh izucheniia istorii arkhitektury [i.e. On the Main Problems and Methods of Studying the History of Architecture]

Zubar’, M.

Kharkiv: KhIIKS, 1940. 144 pp. 18,5x13,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Faded, a few stains and underlines, some creases and tears of p. 11-14 corners (text is attached but readable), contemporary signature on the front cover and p. 25, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 160..... More

CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHITECTURE] Arkhitekturnyi ornament Srednei Azii [i.e. Architectural Ornament of...

[CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHITECTURE] Arkhitekturnyi ornament Srednei Azii [i.e. Architectural Ornament of Central Asia]

Denike, B.

Moscow: Izd. Vsesoiuznoi Akademii arkhitektury, 1939. 228 pp.: ill. 26,5x18 cm. In original full cloth with colored lettering on the spine and the front cover. Covers soiled and slightly rubbed, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 2500 copies. Scarce. A valuable..... More

Price: $950.00

SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture Constructions]. S....

[SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture Constructions]

Zverintsev, S.

Leningrad: Fizkul’tura i turizm, 1932. 292 pp.: ill. 21x13,5 cm. In original full-cloth binding with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Slightly rubbed and weakened, no back flyleaf, contemporary signature on t.p., some pencil notes, otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 7000 copies. Rare..... More

SOVIET STUDY OF LABOR IN THE EARLY 1930S] Rabochaia mebel’: Voprosy ratsionalizatsii [i.e....

[SOVIET STUDY OF LABOR IN THE EARLY 1930S] Rabochaia mebel’: Voprosy ratsionalizatsii [i.e. Workers’ Furniture: Rationalization Issues]

Zal’tsgeber, O.

Moscow: Gos. sotsial’no-ekonomicheskoe izdatel’stvo, 1931. 68 pp.: ill. 20x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. The manual on how to rationalize labor by well-organized working places. This was one of the key issues studied and promoted by the..... More

THE FIRST SOVIET MANUAL ON THE PRODUCTION OF BRECCIA MARBLE] Iskusstvennyy brekchiyevidnyy mramor...

[THE FIRST SOVIET MANUAL ON THE PRODUCTION OF BRECCIA MARBLE] Iskusstvennyy brekchiyevidnyy mramor zavodskogo proizvodstva [i.e. Factory Made Artificial Breccia Marble]

Elinzon, M.

Moscow: Izd-vo Vses. akad. arkhitektury, 1938. 44 pp., 6 ill.: ill. In original publisher’s wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine, front cover is slightly detached from the spine, The first Soviet manual on the production of artificial breccia marble. Printed in 1938, this book serves as the..... More

Price: $1,200.00

SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG, KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e....

[SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG, KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e. Architecture Issues: A Collection of Articles]

[Moscow]: Izogiz, 1935. 208 pp.: ill. 30x21,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, minor fragments of spine lost, slightly soiled. A valuable piece of a historical evidence on Moscow reconstruction of 1935, Ginzburg’s constructivist project of Moscow- Donbass Highway and Khiger’s civil housing critics (communal houses). Illustrated throughout..... More

Price: $400.00

THE LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION ON DNIEPER RIVER] Dneprostroy i novoye Zaporozh’ye....

[THE LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION ON DNIEPER RIVER] Dneprostroy i novoye Zaporozh’ye. Vyp. 2 [i.e. Dnieprostroy and The New Zaporozhye. Issue 2]

Kharkiv: gospodarstvo Ukraini, 1932. [1], 45 pp.: ill. 26.4x35.4 cm. In owner’s cloth binding with original wrappers preserved. In a good condition. Front endpaper, front wrapper, title-page and few pages detached. Scarce. Second edition. First edition published in 1930 with design by Mark Kirnarsky. In contrast to the previous edition..... More

Price: $1,500.00

BALCONIES] Arhitektura i konstruktsiia balkonov [i.e. Architecture and Construction of...

[BALCONIES] Arhitektura i konstruktsiia balkonov [i.e. Architecture and Construction of Balconies] / Z. Chernysheva, M. Tupolev, Iu. Rubinstein

Moscow: Izd. Vsesoiuznoi akademii arhitektury, 1938. 204 pp.: ill. 25,5x18,5 cm. In original full-cloth with colored lettering. Rubbed and slightly soiled, spots on some margins. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. This is the earliest Soviet book on balconies as a regular and important element of..... More

YEAR RUN OF THE IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICAL] Stroitel’naia promyshlennost’ [i.e....

[YEAR RUN OF THE IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICAL] Stroitel’naia promyshlennost’ [i.e. Construction Industry]

#1, 2/3, 4-10, 11/12. Overall 10 issues. Moscow: Gosnauchtechizdat, 1931. 31x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine with fragments lost, occasionally spots on covers and pale water stains throughout margins, ink signatures on t.p. and pencil direction on subscriber on the back cover, otherwise very good..... More

Price: $1,500.00

MOSCOW-VOLGA CANAL] Kanal Moskva-Volga. Spravochnye dannye [i.e. Moscow-Volga Canal. Reference Data

[MOSCOW-VOLGA CANAL] Kanal Moskva-Volga. Spravochnye dannye [i.e. Moscow-Volga Canal. Reference Data]

Dmitrov: N.p., 1934. [10], 75, [3] pp., 15 charts. 8x11,5 cm. In original full cloth with embossed blind lettering on silver strip. Very good. Slightly rubbed, few pencil signatures and pale spots, ink inscription on back endpaper. Ink corrections on p.74. One of 1000 copies. Complete with 15 lithographed..... More

RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY THE NAZIS] Pamiatniki zodchestva, razrushennie nemetskimi...

[RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY THE NAZIS] Pamiatniki zodchestva, razrushennie nemetskimi zakhvatchikami [i.e. The Monuments of Architecture Destroyed by the German Invaders]

Volumes 1-2 [all published]. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Arkhitekturnoe Izdatelstvo Akademii Arkhitektury SSSR, 1942-1944. Vol 1. 1942. 79 pp.: ill. 22,5x17 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. Vol 2. 1944. 72 pp.: ill. 21,7x17,4 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. The edition was prepared by the Academy of the Architecture of..... More

Price: $550.00

PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST TRAM STATION] Zhelezo-betonnyi pavil’on-stantsiia v...

[PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST TRAM STATION] Zhelezo-betonnyi pavil’on-stantsiia v Mar’inoi roshche postroiki 1924-25 g. [i.e. Reinforced Concrete Pavilion-Station in Mar’ina Roshcha, Built in 1924-1925] / Photographs by N. Lebedev

[Moscow: M.G.Zh.D., 1925]. Ca. 26,5x22 cm. Sixteen mounted gelatin silver prints, each ca. 11x15 cm. No captions. In original cloth folder with gilt lettering. Soiling of folder and foxing on the inner side, but the leaves are near fine. An attractive album of rare photos proving triumph of constructivism..... More

Price: $2,750.00

SOVIET FLORICULTURE IN THE 1940S] Tsvety v gorode [i.e. Flowers in the City]. Bazilevskaya N. A

[SOVIET FLORICULTURE IN THE 1940S] Tsvety v gorode [i.e. Flowers in the City]

Bazilevskaya N.A.

[Moscow]: Gos. arkhitekturnoye izd-vo, 1947. 104pp.: ill. 20.7x16.7cm. In original publisher’s cardboards. Slightly bumped, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear board and its recto. Otherwise a very good clean copy. Scarce. First edition. An interesting guide dedicated to the Soviet floriculture of the 1940s written by the famous Russian..... More

Price: $350.00

ARCHITECTURE OF MOSCOW ARTERIES] Naberezhnye Moskvy. Arkhitektura i konstruktsiya [i.e. Moscow...

[ARCHITECTURE OF MOSCOW ARTERIES] Naberezhnye Moskvy. Arkhitektura i konstruktsiya [i.e. Moscow River Fronts. Architecture and Constructions] / P. Gol’denberg, L. Aksel’rod.

Moscow: Izd-vo Akad. arkhitektury SSSR, 1940. 256 pp.: ill, 4 ills. 25,5x18 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Rubbed, ink signature on t.p., otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. An interesting and comprehensive study on the architecture of a...... More

BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION DURING A WAR] Vosstanovleniye mostov [i.e. Bridge Reconstruction]. V. Gastev

[BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION DURING A WAR] Vosstanovleniye mostov [i.e. Bridge Reconstruction]

Gastev, V.

Moscow, Leningrad: Gostransizdat, 1932. 272pp., 3 schemes: ill. 25.2x17.8cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards. Loose, horizontal crease on the front cardboard, edges are slightly worn. In good condition. Scarce. First edition. Written by the Soviet scientist in the field of building structures, Vladimir Gastev (1891-1974), this is one of..... More

Price: $750.00

FROM ONE ARCHITECT TO OTHERS] Grazhdanskaia arkhitektura. Tekst: Chasti zdanii [i.e. Civil...

[FROM ONE ARCHITECT TO OTHERS] Grazhdanskaia arkhitektura. Tekst: Chasti zdanii [i.e. Civil Architecture. Text: Parts of Buildings] / compiled by V. Starostin, I. Tolchin

Bernhard, W.

St. Petersburg: Izd. Studencheskoi biblioteki, 1903. [2], 204, 4, 3 pp.: ill. 27,5x18,5 cm. In period half-leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Good. Rubbed, stains and pencil marks occasionally, first leaves slightly deformed of water. First edition. Extremely rare lithographed edition of lectures on building materials. A...... More

Price: $350.00

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES TO THE SOVIET SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnyye sooruzheniya...

[ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES TO THE SOVIET SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnyye sooruzheniya [i.e. Physical Culture Facilities]

Zverintsev, S., Nesterov, S.

[Moscow]: Onti. Glav. red. stroit. lit-ry, 1935. 359 pp.: ill. 26.2x18.4cm. With dust-jacket. In original cloth binding with the letterpress design on the front board and the spine. Neat restoration of the dust-jacket, previous owner’s inscription on the front board (in pen) and its verso (in pencil), a couple of..... More

Price: $1,200.00

TEN YEARS OF COAL AND METAL CITY] Desiat’ let goroda uglia i metalla: Sbornik [i.e. Ten Years...

[TEN YEARS OF COAL AND METAL CITY] Desiat’ let goroda uglia i metalla: Sbornik [i.e. Ten Years of Coal and Metal City]

Stalinsk: Iubil. komissiia po organizatsii prazdnovaniia 10-letiia Kuznets. metallurg. zavoda im. Stalina i goroda Stalinska, 1939. 288 pp.: ill., 2 portraits. 25x18,5 cm. In original red cloth with mounted photograph and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). Slightly bumped, small ink stain on t.p., otherwise mint... More

Price: $950.00

BOLSHEVIZING SIBERIA] Pereimenovanie ulits, ploshchadei i predmestii g. Irkutska [i.e. Renaming...

[BOLSHEVIZING SIBERIA] Pereimenovanie ulits, ploshchadei i predmestii g. Irkutska [i.e. Renaming Streets, Squares and Suburbs of Irkutsk city]

[Irkutsk: Ispolnitel’nyi Komitet Irkutskogo Gorsoveta, 1920]. One typeset leaf. 35x20,5 cm. Tears of edges with tiny losses, some creases, otherwise very good. Extremely rare survival of time and a glimpse into the very beginning of the Communist changes. During the Civil War Irkutsk was an epicenter of political..... More

Price: $450.00

SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG , KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e....

[SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG , KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e. Architecture Issues: A Collection of Articles]

[Moscow]: Izogiz, 1935. 208 pp.: ill. 30x21,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Covers slightly soiled and spine chipped, otherwise a very good and internally clean copy. A valuable piece of a historical evidence on Moscow reconstruction of 1935, Ginzburg’s constructivist project of Moscow-Donbass Highway and Khiger’s civil housing critics..... More

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CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...

[CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad [i.e. For the Exemplary Socialistic Leningrad]

Maliuga, E.

Leningrad: Leningradskaia Pravda, 1932. 80 pp.: ill. 15,5x23 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Near fine, neatly restored. One of 15000 copies. Extremely rare. One of the main books on constructivist architecture of Leningrad. The book is the lesser known masterpiece of constructivist design, with multiple photomontage..... More

Price: $3,500.00

LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic...

[LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic Representation]

Chernikhov, Y.G.

Knigoizdate’stvo Akademii khudozhetsv: [Leningrad], [1927]. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine copy. Tiny tear of the spine. First edition of the first book. Yakov Chernikhov (1889-1951) was one of the most unusual and innovative talents of the time, known for his..... More

Price: $2,900.00

STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION] Mediko-sanitarnoie stroitel’stvo: Rukovodstvo dlia...

[STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION] Mediko-sanitarnoie stroitel’stvo: Rukovodstvo dlia vrachei i arkhitektorov [i.e. Health Facility Construction: A Manual for Physiсians and Architects]

Kiev: UISOZ, 1936. 344 pp.: ill. 26x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. In good condition, bumped, some foxing on the t.p., water stains, p.15 party detached. One of 1500 copies. An excellent guide dedicated to the health facilities, what they consisted of and how to build them. The book..... More

Price: $1,100.00

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