![IMPRESSIVE NONFICTION PERIODICAL OF THE EARLY USSR] Tekhnika i zhizn’ [i.e. Technology and...](/pictures/thumb/1297.jpg?v=1634126781)
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
![UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Naivazhlyvishe z mystetstv: Naris pro kino [i.e. The Most Important...](/pictures/thumb/1296.jpg?v=1634126627)
Kiev: Proletars’ka pravda, 1929. 48 pp.: ill. 15x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, with minor tear of spine, pale water stain on inner lower corner of first leaves, some spots. Otherwise very good and partly uncut copy. Very rare with no copies in Worldcat. A small book..... More
![WARTIME EPHEMERA] Tabel’-kalendar’ na 1942 [i.e. 1942 Wall Calendar](/pictures/thumb/1295.jpg?v=1634126491)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1941. Brochure in original illustrated wrappers mounted on illustrated cardboard of 28,5x15,5 cm. Creases and soiling of cardboard, with two pin holes in it, some stains and marks in calendar brochure. Ink inscription on rear side of front cover: “To mother and child from a dad’s New Year’s..... 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
![EDUCATION FOR PILOTS] Fizicheskaia kul’tura i aviatsiia: Sbornik statei i zametok o...](/pictures/thumb/1293.jpg?v=1634126210)
Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1939. 128 pp.: ill., 1 ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small fragments of spine edges lost, two pale stains on front cover and two first leaves, covers slightly rubbed, some colored pencil underlinings, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 8000 copies..... More
![ONE OF THE LEADING BOOK DESIGNERS IN THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1920S] 920-1928. Stikhotvoreniya...](/pictures/thumb/1292.jpg?v=1634126021)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1929 (Moskva: tip. «Krasnyy proletariy»). 154, [6] pp. 18x13.6 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with illustrated dust-wrappers by Boris Titov. Tears to the dust-wrappers. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Dust-wrappers by Boris Titov (1897-1951), a Soviet graphic..... More
![EL LISSITZKY AND HIS PHOTOMONTAGES] SSSR na stroike [i.e. USSR in Construction] # 10 for 1932](/pictures/thumb/1291.jpg?v=1634125904)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo SSSR, 1932. 48 pp.: ill (including 2 folding leaves). 41,5x30 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed, minor tears of spine and edges of covers, pale water stains on inner lower corner throughout copy, minor soiling of lower margin, otherwise very good. An issue of the striking..... More
![UKRAINIAN AVANT-GARDE MANIFESTO] Nazadnytstvo Gartu ta zaklyk grupy myttsiv Avangard [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1290.jpg?v=1634125075)
Kharkiv: [Persha drukarnia Derzh. vydavnytstva], 1926. 23 pp. 17x13 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Tears of spine and back cover, fragments of spine and outer corner of copy lost, small holes in front cover, pale water stains along spine, pencil marks on margins, otherwise very good and clean..... More
![ANONYMOUS KHARKIV AVANT-GARDE] Gromy o mramor: Stikhi 1924-25 goda [i.e. Thunders against Marble:...](/pictures/thumb/1289.jpg?v=1634124963)
Kharkiv: Proletarii, 1926. 102, [2] pp. 17x15 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers with an unknown monogram. Spine, covers and title page repaired, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Scarce. Anonymous cover design shows a typical contemporary approach of illustration of a two-word expression. The..... More
![FOLLOWING UKRAINIAN PROLETKULT] VUAPP: Literaturno-khudozhestvennyi sbornik Vseukraiskoi...](/pictures/thumb/1287.jpg?v=1634124520)
[Zhytomyr]: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo Ukrainy, 1925. 201 pp.: scheme. 22x15 cm. In contemporary cloth with original covers mounted above. Various pre-war stamps and marks of Transcaucasian University on t.p., p. 9, 185 and a paper sticker on the front cover. Covers rubbed, a small spot on the upper edge throughout the..... More
![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
![DADA VS FUTURISM] Dada // Khudozhestvennaia mysl’: ezhenedel’nik teatra, literatury i...](/pictures/thumb/1285.jpg?v=1634124284)
Kharkiv: Pomoshch', 1922. P. 10-12. 22x26 cm. In very good condition, some tears of the spine and edges, few stains, the outer corners of the front cover were lost. Extremely rare. In Russian. The issue presents a less-known article criticizing dadaism in a short period of its existence in..... More
![KUBAN AND UKRAINE] Kuban’ i Ukraina [i.e. Kuban and Ukraine]. V. Pachovsky](/pictures/thumb/1284.jpg?v=1634124123)
Vinnytsia: Vyd. M-va presy y propahandy, 1919. 42 pp. 17x13 cm. Fine. Extremely rare first edition. This historical essay ‘‘Kuban and Ukraine’’ was written by Vasyl Pachovsky (1878-1942), a Ukrainian poet and historian associated with the idea of revival of the Ukrainian state. The edition was printed during..... More
![CHEKHOV FOR TAJIK CHILDREN] Kaştanka [i.e. Kashtanka]. A. Chekhov](/pictures/thumb/1283.jpg?v=1634124018)
Stalinobod [Dushanbe]: Sektori adabijjoti bacagona Nasrijjoti davlatiji Tocikiston, 1937. 64 pp.: ill. 27x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Some soiling, few tears of front flyleaf, binding corners slightly rubbed and bumped, otherwise very good copy. Second edition. One of 7000 copies. Extremely rare edition printed in Tajik language using Latin..... More
![ABOUT THE DNIEPER DAM FOR POLISH CHILDREN] Nie może być! [i.e. Impossible!]. E. Mindlin](/pictures/thumb/1282.jpg?v=1634123853)
[Odessa]: Wydawnictwo Dziecięce przy K.C. L.K.Z.M.U., [1936]. 44 pp., 6 ills. 22x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine. One of 2000 copies. Translated from Russian to Polish by M. Herszlikowicz. A Polish-language edition of a children’s story about the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, the pride of the Soviet electrification plan..... More
![MARSHAK & LEBEDEV COLLABORATION] Bagazh [i.e. Luggage]. S. Marshak](/pictures/thumb/1281.jpg?v=1634123729)
Moscow: Detizdat, 1936. 8 pp. 19,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed and chipped, tanned traces on rear sides of covers and near pages, otherwise very good. Tenth edition. Since the story has debuted in a collection ‘Sovetskie rebiata’ (1926) and simultaneously in a separate edition of the Raduga..... More
![MOSCOW PLANETARIUM] Zvezdy [i.e. Stars]. P. Zhigankov](/pictures/thumb/1280.jpg?v=1634123550)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. 16 pp.: ill. 18,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine, otherwise near fine. First and only edition. Scarce. The children’s book was dedicated to a newly organized institution, Moscow planetarium. Opened in 1929, it became a part of the atheistic..... More
![INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF RUSSIA] Tenemi: Povest’ iz zhizni chukchei [i.e. Tenemi: A Novel of...](/pictures/thumb/1279.jpg?v=1634123343)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. 144 pp.: ill., map. 19,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, covers chipped, some soiling, otherwise very good. The second enlarged edition with a map of the Chukchi peninsula. One of 10 000 copies. Design was produced by artist Lev Sychev (1911-1990)..... More
![LIBERATION OF EAST WOMEN] Chadra Giul’zarchi [i.e. Giul’zarchi’s Veil]. N. Sher](/pictures/thumb/1278.jpg?v=1634123206)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. 16 pp.: ill. 16,5x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly rubbed and restored, some soiling, otherwise very good. First edition. Very rare. Constructivist children’s book promoting changes in Soviet Central Asia, in particular liberation of local women. Before the Soviet period, Uzbeks and Tajiks..... More
![SOVIET GEORGIA] Gruziia [i.e. Georgia]. A. Kutateladze](/pictures/thumb/1277.jpg?v=1634121221)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. 16 pp.: ill. 22x19,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine restored, some soiling, pale children’s marks occasionally, otherwise very good copy. Remarkable children’s book produced in a comparing principle “earlier/now” or “before the 1917 Revolution and after”. In 1921, Georgia (Stalin’s homeland) was occupied by..... More
![AMERICA IN SOVIET AGRICULTURE] Amerika [i.e. America]. V. Valov](/pictures/thumb/1276.jpg?v=1634121031)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 28, [4] pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Stamps of Gosizdat archive on t.p., p. 17 and rear side of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. Scarce. This juvenile book is about young peasant correspondents who wanted..... More
![AIRCRAFT] Tseppelin [i.e. Zeppelin]. L. Kassil&rsquo](/pictures/thumb/1275.jpg?v=1634120914)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. 16 pp.: ill. 16,5x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed, tears of the spine, minor fragments of covers lost, otherwise very good. First edition. Very rare. Design was produced by Feodor Kondratov (1897-1944), graphic and theatrical artist, book illustrator, and member of OST society..... More
![SOVIET MASTERPIECE BY TWO FEMALE POETS AND ONE ARTIST] Pro tramvai [i.e. About a Tram]. A. Barto](/pictures/thumb/1274.jpg?v=1634120788)
Kiev: Kul’tura, 1930. 10 pp.: ill. 23,5x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and small fragments of covers restored, foxing and some soiling, otherwise very good. Rare. One of 8000 copies. Excellent children’s verses about street trafic by Soviet Jewish poetess Agniia Barto (1901-1981). She was a prominent children’s..... More
![PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 1938 MILITARY PARADE IN TBILISI] Diadi okt’omberi....](/pictures/thumb/1273.png?v=1632151703)
Tbilisi, 1938. In original full-cloth with gilt lettering and two small photographs (ca. 3.3x3.4cm) mounted on the front cover. Date “7 November 1938” printed on the label and mounted on the front pastedown. Twenty-five vintage prints ca. 9x14.3cm. Minor wear to the edges of the covers, a couple of photos..... More
![LIBERATED BELARUS] Osvobozhdennaya Belarus’ [i.e. Belarus Liberated] / edited by E. Gvozdeva....](/pictures/thumb/1272.jpg?v=1631717651)
Moscow: lithography of the factory of board games, [1939-1940]. [14 pp.] 16,5x21,5 cm. Cardboards. Very good. Rare first unrecorded edition. Not in the Worldcat, Russian National or State Libraries. The propaganda book produced for Belarusian children soon after WWII began and the Western part of nowadays Belarus was annexed..... More