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Item #1337 [THE RUTHENIAN LANGUAGE] Vertograd dushevniy [i.e. The Vertograd for the Soul] /...

[THE RUTHENIAN LANGUAGE] Vertograd dushevniy [i.e. The Vertograd for the Soul] / edited and with a preface by Leontiy Karpovich

Sviatogorets, F.

Vilnius [Vilna]: the typography of Vilna Orthodox Holy Spirit Brotherhood, 1620. 131 leaves. 20x15 cm. Original full leather with elaborate blind gilt on the front and back covers. Later end-papers. Owner’s inscriptions on the half-titles from the 18th century onwards. One later clasp preserved. Ink stamps of the previous owner..... More

Price: $22,500.00

Item #1336 [THEODORE DREISER IN RUSSIAN] Kraski N’yu-Yorka [i.e. Colors of a Great City]. T....

[THEODORE DREISER IN RUSSIAN] Kraski N’yu-Yorka [i.e. Colors of a Great City]

Dreiser, T.

Leningrad: Mysl’, [1927]. 280 pp. 17,7x13 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Worn, occasional staining of the front cover. Contemporary owner’s inscription on the title page Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Translated from original English by Vladimir Stelletskiy (1905-1985), a noted Soviet philologist, researcher, and..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1335 [AN EARLY COLLECTION OF POEMS BY ONE OF THE LAST SOVIET FUTURISTS] Opyty: Kniga...

[AN EARLY COLLECTION OF POEMS BY ONE OF THE LAST SOVIET FUTURISTS] Opyty: Kniga stikhov predvaritel’naya. 1925-1926 [i.e. Experiments: A Preliminary Book of Poems. 1925-1926].

Kirsanov, S.

Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1927. 128, [4] pp. 19,8x13,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Previous owner’s pencil inscription on the title-page. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Geometrical wrapper design echoes avant-garde tendencies prevalent among supremacist and modernist artists of the late 1910s... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1333 [RACHMANINOFF’S FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE COMPOSER] Pamyati Rakhmaninova:...

[RACHMANINOFF’S FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE COMPOSER] Pamyati Rakhmaninova: [sbornik vospominaniy i statey] [i.e. In Memory of Rachmaninoff: [Collection of Memoirs and Articles]]

New York: izdaniye S.A. Satinoy, 1946. XXI, [2], 184 pp., 5 photos 22,7x15,5 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Trace of the label on the front cover. Marginal soiling of the covers, otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. Edited and designed by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957), a noted Russian and Lithuanian artist..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1332 [THE FANTASTIC BOTANICAL GARDEN PROJECT IN THE CITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD] Eskiznyy...

[THE FANTASTIC BOTANICAL GARDEN PROJECT IN THE CITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD] Eskiznyy proyekt Botanicheskogo sada Gor’kovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta [i.e. Draft Design of the Botanical Garden of the Gorky State University]

[Gor’kiy]: Gor’k. krayev. izd-vo, 1936. 74, [2], 1 plan: ill., plans. 16,8x26 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. Extremely rare. 1 of 650 copies. First edition. Wrapper design by the Soviet artist YU. Porfir’ev. With 1 folded map and 24 black and white illustrations, including 14 photographs..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1331 [ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR FOREIGNERS LIVING IN THE USSR] The Iron Heel. J. London

[ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR FOREIGNERS LIVING IN THE USSR] The Iron Heel

London, J.

Moscow; Leningrad: Co-operative publishing society of foreign workers in the U. S. S. R., 1934. [4], 308 pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. Wrappers with illustrated dust-jacket. Tears and soiling to the dustjacket. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce especially with dust-jacket. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Editor L. Talmy..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #1330 [ORIGIN OF ONE MISSION SOCIETY IN RUSSIA] Potoki v stepi [i.e. Streams in the Desert]....

[ORIGIN OF ONE MISSION SOCIETY IN RUSSIA] Potoki v stepi [i.e. Streams in the Desert]

Cowman, L.

Paris: Imp. de Navarre, 1939. 343 pp. 18,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine and front cover slightly restored, ink signature on t.p. covered up with sticker, otherwise very good. First Russian edition of a devotional book Streams in the Desert sharing ideas of One Mission Society. Its..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #1329 [SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture...

[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 7,000 copies. Rare..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #1328 [CUBIST LENIN] Na sovetskom postu [i.e. On Soviet Duty] #21 for 1930

[CUBIST LENIN] Na sovetskom postu [i.e. On Soviet Duty] #21 for 1930

Novosibirsk: Zapkraisibispolkom, 1930. 24 pp.: ill. 30x21 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine and outer edge of pages, stamps of Soviet government library on p.1, 17 and canceled stamp of Russian state library on last page, otherwise very good and clean. Extremely rare Siberian periodical. An issue..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #1325 [CONSTRUCTIVISM IN LITERATURE] Biznes. Sbornik Literaturnogo tsentra konstruktivistov...

[CONSTRUCTIVISM IN LITERATURE] Biznes. Sbornik Literaturnogo tsentra konstruktivistov / Pod red. Korneliya Zelinskogo i Ilyi Sel’vinskogo [i.e. Business. Collection by Literary Center of Constructivists / Edited by Kornely Zelinsky and Ilya Selvinsky]

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1929. 260 pp.: ill., graphs, schemes, notes. 22x15 cm. 1 of 2,000 copies. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and edges of covers restored, light water stains on outer margin of some pages, few pencil marks, otherwise very good. First edition. Wrapper design by Alexander Rodchenko. Literary..... More

Price: $2,800.00

Item #1324 [ONE OF THE GREATEST SOVIET PHYSICIANS] Glaz i solntse: O svete, solntse i zrenii...

[ONE OF THE GREATEST SOVIET PHYSICIANS] Glaz i solntse: O svete, solntse i zrenii [i.e. The Human Eye and the Sun: About Light, the Sun and Vision]

Vavilov, S.

Moscow: Izd-vo Akad. nauk SSSR, 1938. 96 pp.: ill. 16,3x12,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Couple of pale small stains on the wrappers, otherwise in very good condition. Previous owner’s stamp and inventory number on the title page. Scarce. Third edition. First and second editions published in 1927..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1321 [UKRAINIAN FOLKLORE

[UKRAINIAN FOLKLORE]

Collection of five fragile sheet music brochures of Ukrainian folk songs. Four of them were published in one series with similar anonymous designs resembling national embroidery schemes. One was printed in another publishing house with a different design. All of them were most likely issued in the 1930s. The 1920s..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1320 [UKRAINIAN THEATER] K 1-i Vsesoiuznoi olimpiade teatrov i iskusstv narodov SSSR [i.e....

[UKRAINIAN THEATER] K 1-i Vsesoiuznoi olimpiade teatrov i iskusstv narodov SSSR [i.e. For the First All-Union Competition of Theatres and Arts of Nationalities of USSR]

Kharkiv: 1930. 41 pp. 20,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Near fine, few tears of the spine. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. The edition describes early experimental years of one of the largest Ukrainian drama theatres which developed as a propaganda tool. The earliest..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1317 [PHOTOMONTAGES OF MILITARY ACTIONS] Frontovaia illiustratsiia [i.e. Frontline...

[PHOTOMONTAGES OF MILITARY ACTIONS] Frontovaia illiustratsiia [i.e. Frontline Illustration] #12, 21 for 1944; #1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9/10, 11 1945. Overall 10 issues.

Moscow: Voenizdat NKO SSSR, 1944-1945. Generally, very good. No back cover of #1, 4 for 1945, tears, creases and stains, small fragments of spines occasionally lost. The organ of the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army published in 1942-1960. Titled initially as ‘Frontline illustration’, it was issued after..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1316 [AVIATION] Aeroplany [i.e. Airplanes]. V. Abramovsky

[AVIATION] Aeroplany [i.e. Airplanes]

Abramovsky, V.

Warsaw: Tipografiya okruzhnogo shtaba, 1910. 154, [2] pp.: ill. 21.5x14 cm. In the owner’s contemporary binding with original wrappers preserved. Rubbed spine, Soviet library stamp on the front wrapper, title-page, p.17 “fundamental library of the Military Engineering Academy”. Otherwise internally clean. Scarce. First edition. Written by the military engineer V...... More

Price: $650.00

Item #1313 [STALIN BEFORE HE BECAME A LEADER: NATIONAL POLICY OF THE USSR] Politika sovetskoi...

[STALIN BEFORE HE BECAME A LEADER: NATIONAL POLICY OF THE USSR] Politika sovetskoi vlasti po natsional’nym delam za tri goda: 1917-XI-1920 [i.e. The Policy of the Soviet Government on National Questions for Three Years: 1917-XI-1920].

Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo, 1920. 185 pp., 1 ill. 27x18,5 cm. No front cover, original back cover preserved. Back cover and inner edge of title page restored, spine repaired, small corners of portrait and some pages restored, pale Soviet Georgian stamp on p.17, underlinings occasionally. Otherwise very good copy. An early..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1312 [SYNTHESIS OF MUSIC AND POETRY] Muzyka rechi: Esteticheskoe Issledovanie [i.e. Music...

[SYNTHESIS OF MUSIC AND POETRY] Muzyka rechi: Esteticheskoe Issledovanie [i.e. Music of Speech: Aesthetic Research]

Sabaneev, L.

Moscow: Rabotnik prosveshcheniya, 1923. 190, [1] pp., 4 leaves. of tables: sheet music and charts. In original wrappers with decorative frames. Spine and covers restored, some foxing, pencil underlinings occasionally, otherwise very good and clean copy. Extremely scarce first edition. One of 2 000 copies. One of the first..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1311 [YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii...

[YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii i provedeniyu prazdnovaniya Desyatiletiya Oktyabrya i drugikh revolyutsionnykh prazdnikov [i.e. Mass Actions. Instruction Hot to Organize and Manage Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of October and Other Revolutionary Celebrations]

Kharlampiev, A.

Moscow; Leningrad: Giz, 1927. 288, [30] p.: ill.; 15x22.5 cm. In owner’s contemporary cloth binding. Slightly rubbed boards. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. An interesting Soviet book on the organization of revolutionary celebrations in the USSR with the method of mass actions. In the early 1920s, A. Kharlampiev organized..... More

Price: $950.00

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. In original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and extremities. Otherwise in a 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 in 1929..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1305 [THE EARLIEST MOSCOW METRO HANDBOOK] Chto dolzhen znat’ passazhir Metropolitena...

[THE EARLIEST MOSCOW METRO HANDBOOK] Chto dolzhen znat’ passazhir Metropolitena [i.e. What Metro Passenger Should Know] / compiled and edited by I. Kattsen

Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1935. 25, [39] pp.: ill. 6,5х14 cm. In original oversized wrappers with an illustrated flap of the front cover. In very good condition. Minor tears, pale water stain on the outer edge, some double-leaves detached from the middle of the book. Very rare edition related to..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #1304 [THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii...

[THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii grazhdanskoj vojny [i.e. Semen Proskakov: Poetic Commentaries to Materials on the Civil War]

Aseev, N.

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

Price: $950.00

Item #1303 [CONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW CANAL] Soyedineniye Volgi s Moskvoy-rekoy: Sb. materialov po...

[CONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW CANAL] Soyedineniye Volgi s Moskvoy-rekoy: Sb. materialov po soyedineniyu verkhov’yev Volgi s Moskvoy-rekoy [i.e. Junction of Volga with Moscow-River: A Collection of Materials on the Junction of the Upper Reaches of Volga with Moscow River].

Moscow: izd-vo Mosoblispolkoma, 1932. 64 pp., 1 map: ill., maps. 20x12.9 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. Scarce. First edition. Edited by S. Chernyavsky. A book dedicated to the junction of Volga with Moscow River. Printed in 1932, the same year the construction of the Moscow canal began..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1302 [A FAREWELL TO VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY] Klubnyy repertuar [i.e. Club Repertoire

[A FAREWELL TO VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY] Klubnyy repertuar [i.e. Club Repertoire]

Moscow: VTSSPS, 1930. #5 of 12 published. 48 pp.: ill. 25x18 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Extremely rare. This fifth issue of the Club Repertoire magazine is dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). Printed in Moscow in 1930, the Club Repertoire was a supplement to a bimonthly illustrated..... More

Item #1301 [EARLY UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Etiudy do teorii kina [i.e. Etudes on Film Theory]....

[EARLY UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Etiudy do teorii kina [i.e. Etudes on Film Theory]

Poltoratskyi, O.

Kiev: Ukrteakіnovydav, 1930. 28, [2] pp.: schemes. 18x13 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers. Spine and tear of p. 31-32 repaired, small spots throughout several pages, stains around rusty lower stamp, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. A collection of articles by Ukrainian critic and..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1297 [IMPRESSIVE NONFICTION PERIODICAL OF THE EARLY USSR] Tekhnika i zhizn’ [i.e....

[IMPRESSIVE NONFICTION PERIODICAL OF THE EARLY USSR] Tekhnika i zhizn’ [i.e. Technology and Life] #8, 9, 20, 22 for 1925

Moscow: N.K.P.S. Transpechat’, 1925. 31x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good and mostly clean. #8 stamp ‘People’s Commissariat of Foreign Trade’ on front cover, few stains; #9 uncut, pencil marks on front cover; #20 minor rusty stains, ink mark on p.1; #22 water stain on lower margin, small fragment..... More

Price: $1,500.00

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