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Item #1850 [PROPAGANDA OF THE THIRD FIVE-YEAR PLAN] Delegatu 2-go s’ezda Soiuza rabochikh...

[PROPAGANDA OF THE THIRD FIVE-YEAR PLAN] Delegatu 2-go s’ezda Soiuza rabochikh rezino-kauchukovoi promyshlennosti, noiabr’ 1939 g. [i.e. To a Delegate of the 2nd Congress of the Union of Rubber Industry Workers, November 1939]

[Moscow, 1939. 24 leaves of photo paper. 9,7x13,3 cm. In original post-bound cloth. Some stains, covering detail of one screw lost, otherwise very good. An excellent propaganda photobook. Created for a limited number of delegates, it had never been on sale. The edition opens with a portrait and 1931..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #1849 [AVANT-GARDE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Sovremennaia kino-tekhnika. Kino-s’emka. Negativnyi...

[AVANT-GARDE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Sovremennaia kino-tekhnika. Kino-s’emka. Negativnyi i pozitivnyi process. Kino-proektsiia [i.e. Contemporary Movie Equipment. Filming. Negative and Positive Processes. Film Projection]

Lagorio, A.

Moscow: Kino-izdatel’stvo R.S.F.S.R., 1925. 48 pp.: ill. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers and spine restored (design isn’t affected), ink marks on t.p. and back cover, some soiling, otherwise very good. This noteworthy book is related to early Soviet cinematography and its international relations. Constructivist cover design was..... More

Item #1848 [VALENTINA KHODASEVICH] Konovalov. M. Gorky

[VALENTINA KHODASEVICH] Konovalov

Gorky, M.

Petrograd: Izdanie Petrogradskogo Soveta Rabochikh i Krasnykh Deputatov, 1919. 71 pp. 22x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears and fragments of spine and covers lost, small stains occasionally, underlines, otherwise good. First thus edition. Rare. A good example of Gorky’s realistic stories on ordinary life of Russian workers in..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1847 [VALENTINA KHODASEVICH] Mal’va. M. Gorky

[VALENTINA KHODASEVICH] Mal’va

Gorky, M.

Petrograd: Izdanie Petrogradskogo Soveta Pabochikh i Krasnykh Deputatov, 1919. 68 pp. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of wrappers and spine, some stains occasionally, otherwise very good and mostly clean copy. First thus edition. Rare. An early Gorky’s work that raises the issue of women’s..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1846 [NEP EPOCH] Chernaia pena. Komediia v 4-kh deistviiakh [i.e. Black Foam. Comedy in 4...

[NEP EPOCH] Chernaia pena. Komediia v 4-kh deistviiakh [i.e. Black Foam. Comedy in 4 Acts]

Arskii, P.

Moscow; Leningrad: Izd. MODPiK, 1929. 48 pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Front cover restored, title page with traces of ink number and pale water stains, otherwise very good copy. Second edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. A four-act propaganda play exposes non-socialist elements elongating their NEP..... More

Item #1845 [PHOTOBOOK ON PROLETARIAN MARTYRS] Rasstrel Ivanovskikh tkachei 23-go avgusta 1915 g....

[PHOTOBOOK ON PROLETARIAN MARTYRS] Rasstrel Ivanovskikh tkachei 23-go avgusta 1915 g. Literaturno-khodozhestvennyi albom [i.e. Shooting Ivanovo Weavers on August 23, 1915. Literary and Artistic Album]

Ivanovo-Voznesensk: Reklamprovintsiia, [1924]. 14 ll.: ill. 15x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with unknown monogram. Pale water stain on back cover, ink student organizer on last two leaves, otherwise very good. Rare early Soviet provincial photobook published on the memory of pre-revolutionary workers. Ivanovo-Voznesensk located most textile enterprises..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1844 [THE MILESTONE OF GEORGIAN AVANT-GARDE] H2SO4

[THE MILESTONE OF GEORGIAN AVANT-GARDE] H2SO4

Tbilisi, 1924. 48 leaves with printed typographic designs and photographic illustrations. 28,6x20,5 cm. The wrappers are restored at extremities, as well as the spine. The minor tears at the edges of the title page, also restored. The block has small holes close to the inner margin, possibly the..... More

Price: $27,500.00

Item #1843 [BLACK CULTURE IN THE SOVIET LITERATURE] Maksimka. K. Staniukovich

[BLACK CULTURE IN THE SOVIET LITERATURE] Maksimka

Staniukovich, K.

Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia, 1976. 40 pp.: ill. 26x20 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly rubbed, otherwise near fine. Illustrated throughout by book designer Sergei Kupriyanov (1928-2017). This popular story tells about a little Black survivor rescued and welcomed by Russian sailors. It was first published in..... More

Item #1842 [AFRICAN-AMERICANS COMING TO USSR] Negritenok Dzhon [i.e. Negro Boy John]. A. Matutis

[AFRICAN-AMERICANS COMING TO USSR] Negritenok Dzhon [i.e. Negro Boy John]

Matutis, A.

[Vilnius]: Gos. izd-vo khud. lit. [1951]. 28 pp.: ill. 26x21 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, spine and covers rubbed, some stains occasionally. First edition. Rare. Loose translation from Lithuanian by N. Milovanov, illustrations by N. Sergeeva. A great example of Soviet propaganda in children’s books..... More

Item #1841 [AFRICANA] Vozvrashchenie moriaka. Roman [i.e. The Sailor’s Return. Novel]. D. Garnett

[AFRICANA] Vozvrashchenie moriaka. Roman [i.e. The Sailor’s Return. Novel]

Garnett, D.

Leningrad: Petrograd, [1926]. 120 pp. 20,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine, covers slightly soiled, small tear of outer edge of back cover and pages, otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies produced. Very rare. First Russian edition of “The Sailor’s Return” (1925) by David Garnet. The..... More

Item #1840 [ERITHREA] Eritreiskaia koloniia Italii [i.e. Italian Colony of Eritrea] / Compiled...

[ERITHREA] Eritreiskaia koloniia Italii [i.e. Italian Colony of Eritrea] / Compiled by A. Troiansky

Saint Petersburg: Tipografiia Kirshbsuma, 1893. [6], 68 pp. 25x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine chipped, some foxing occasionally, otherwise very good and mostly uncut copy. Rare and limited edition. This early Russian Africana was written by the Russian consul general in Palermo, Alexander Stepanovich Troyansky (1835–1905). He..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1839 [INDONESIAN STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE] [Illustration]. V. Litko

[INDONESIAN STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE] [Illustration]

Litko, V.

N.p., [late 1920s]. 18x22 cm. Cardboard, ink. Some foxing and soiling. Signed by the artist. An original illustration for the novel “Amok” written by Belarusian children’s writer Yanka Maur (pseudonym of Ivan Michajłavič Fiodaraŭ; 1883-1971). He is known as one of the founders of Belarusian children’s literature and a...... More

Item #1838 [AFRICANA IN SOVIET MUSIC] Maraba. Nergitianskii tanets (Charl’ston) [i.e. Maraba....

[AFRICANA IN SOVIET MUSIC] Maraba. Nergitianskii tanets (Charl’ston) [i.e. Maraba. Negro Dance (Charleston)]

Unanov, M.

[Tbilisi]: Lit. Gruzpoligr. Tr. V.S.N.Kh. [1930s]. [4] pp.: musical score. 33,5x25 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Tears of edges and spine with small blank fragments lost. One of 1000 copies produced. This cover features an interesting letterpress design of several drawn typefaces. The brochure credits artists Kandelaki..... More

Item #1837 [TELINGATER] Politiki vraga : Vozhdi kapitalisticheskoi i soglashatel’skoi Evropy :...

[TELINGATER] Politiki vraga : Vozhdi kapitalisticheskoi i soglashatel’skoi Evropy : (ocherki i portrety) [i.e. Politicians of Enemies : Leaders of Capitalist and Opportunistic Europe : (Sketches and Portraits]

Geronskii, G.

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 200 pp.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine chipped, creases and tears of cover edges, with minor fragments of edges lost, some foxing occasionally, stamp of private library on t.p., otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies. Foreword written by Hungarian Communist revolutionary..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1836 [ZHITOMIRSKY’S PHOTOMONTAGES

[ZHITOMIRSKY’S PHOTOMONTAGES]

1) Iaroshevskii, B. Zelenoe chudovishche [i.e. The Green Beast]. Moscow: Izdatel’stvo politicheskoi literatury, 1967. 72 pp. 16,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Back cover rubbed and soiled, minor tears of spine, otherwise very good. 2) Konstantinov, O. Sprut s beregov Temzy [i.e. Octopus from the Banks of the Thames]..... More

Item #1835 [NATIVE AMERICANS] Sinopa – malen’kii indeets [i.e. Sinopah, Indian Boy]. J....

[NATIVE AMERICANS] Sinopa – malen’kii indeets [i.e. Sinopah, Indian Boy]

Shul’ts, J.

Moscow: Izdatel’stvo detskoi literatury, 1938. 80 pp.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Small stamps of school library on t.p and last page., trace from card pocket, otherwise very good copy. Second Russian lifetime edition. Scarce. The Russian translation of James Schultz’s story about a Blackfoot boy..... More

Item #1834 [SACCO AND VANZETTI] Pis’ma Sakko i Vantsetti [i.e. The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti

[SACCO AND VANZETTI] Pis’ma Sakko i Vantsetti [i.e. The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti]

Moscow; Leningrad: Zemlia i fabrika, 1930. 253, [2] pp. 21,5x15 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Small fragment of spine lost, tears of cover edges, some soiling of covers, otherwise uncut pages of very good condition. First Russian edition. One of 5000 copies. The translation of an American edition (1928)..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #1833 Tselinnyi krai [i.e. Virgin Lands

Tselinnyi krai [i.e. Virgin Lands]

Moscow: Glavnoe upravlenie geodezii i kartografii Ministerstva geologii i okhrany nedr SSSR, 1962. Two leaves, together 95,5x148 cm. Small tears of edges, few stains on them, creases of uncut fragment on left edge, otherwise mint. The Soviet term “tselina” was widely promoted for underdeveloped, scarcely populated, high-fertility lands of..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1832 Evgenii Onegin [i.e. Eugene Onegin]. A. Pushkin

Evgenii Onegin [i.e. Eugene Onegin]

Pushkin, A.

Saint Petersburg: V tipografii Alexandra Smirdina, 1833. VI, 287 pp. 19x12 cm. In contemporary half leather with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Restored, stain on lower inner corner throughout copy, light soiling, otherwise very good. First full edition of Pushkin’s masterpiece. Printrun was approximately 2000 copies. Very rare..... More

Price: $45,000.00

Item #1831 [SOVIET SAMIZDAT OF THE NEW THOUGHT BOOK] Hatha Yoga. W. Atkinson, Ramacharaka

[SOVIET SAMIZDAT OF THE NEW THOUGHT BOOK] Hatha Yoga

[Atkinson, W.] Ramacharaka

N.p., [1960s]. 32, 32-46 pp. 19,5x20 cm. In contemporary wrappers fastened with staples, with title glued. Wrappers and first leaf faded, tears of covers and spine, with small fragments of edges lost, otherwise very good internally. Due to a typist’s misprint, two pages were numbered as 32nd. Extremely rare..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #1830 [CRIMINOLOGY IN DESTALINIZATION ERA] Raskrytie prestuplenii. Sovremennye metody...

[CRIMINOLOGY IN DESTALINIZATION ERA] Raskrytie prestuplenii. Sovremennye metody rassledovaniia ugolovnyh del [i.e. Crime Detection. Modern Methods of Criminal Investigation]

Svensson A., Wendel O.

Moscow: Izdatel’stvo inostrannoi literatury, 1957. 475, [1] pp.: ill. 20,5x14 cm. In original illustrated cloth with two-color letterpress design. Binding slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. Russian edition of the book “Crime Detection. Modern Methods of Criminal Investigation” (1955) by Swedish criminologists Arne Svensson and Otto Wendel. Translation was undertaken..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #1829 [SOVIET NUCLEAR PHYSICS] Lektsii po teorii atomnogo iadra [i.e. Lectures on Nuclear...

[SOVIET NUCLEAR PHYSICS] Lektsii po teorii atomnogo iadra [i.e. Lectures on Nuclear Theory]

Landau Lev, Smorodinsky Yakov

Moscow: Gostekhizdat, 1955. 140 pp. 20,5x13,5 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering. Shelf-wearing, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10,000 copies. Scarce. The book contains lectures on the main concepts of nuclear theory by Nobel laureate, Lev Landau and his former student Yakov Smorodinsky. In..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #1828 [PROPAGANDA: FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN] A collection of Soviet typewritten works for...

[PROPAGANDA: FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN] A collection of Soviet typewritten works for amateur staging which promote achievements of the first five-year plan. [1931]

1) Pavlov, G. Piatiletki zaem druzhnei provernem! [i.e. Let’s Teamwise Implement a Loan of the Five-Year Plan!]. N.d. 12 leaves. 2) Shebuev, G. Marsh tret’ego goda [i.e. March of the Third Year]. N.d. 2 leaves. 3) Shebuev, G. Za vypolnenie – drat’sia [i.e. Struggle for the Implementation]. N.d. 3..... More

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 #1826 [MANIFESTO FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE] Novyi byt, novaia sem’ia (sem’ia, liubov’, brak,...

[MANIFESTO FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE] Novyi byt, novaia sem’ia (sem’ia, liubov’, brak, prostitutsiia) [i.e. New Lifestyle, New Family (Family, Love, Marriage, Prostitution)]

Shchekin, M.

Kostroma: Krasnyi pechatnik, 1924. 56 pp. 18,5x14 cm. In original printed wrappers. Pale water stains on front cover and upper margin of first leaves, otherwise very good and clean internally. First edition. One of 3000 copies. This is a curious provincial edition promoting collective dwelling and behavior. It..... More

Price: $750.00

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