![CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...](/pictures/thumb/845.png?v=1569970811)
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
![THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA OF SPORTS] Vsesoiuznyi parad fizkul’turnikov na Krasnoi ploshchadi v...](/pictures/thumb/843.png?v=1569969571)
Moscow: N.p., [1945]. [60] pp.: ill. 29x24 cm. In original cloth with gilt lettering and logo. Slightly rubbed and weakened, ink inscription on the front flyleaf, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This impressive album featured the photographs of the first post-WWII and the last..... More
![LISSITZKY] Vladimir Mayakovsky: (“Misteriia” ili “Buff”) [i.e. Vladimir Mayakovsky:...](/pictures/thumb/842.png?v=1569969212)
Berlin: Skify, 1922. 56 pp. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with letterpress design. Restored spine, copy faded, otherwise very good. First separate edition. A stunning letterpress design on the front cover was created by El Lissitzky in Berlin period. The crossword motif appeared on several book..... More
![LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic...](/pictures/thumb/839.png?v=1569968476)
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
![RODCHENKO DESIGN] Chudesa stroitel’nogo iskusstva / per. c fr. s dop. Pod red. E.V. Blizniaka...](/pictures/thumb/838.png?v=1569967956)
Moscow: Transpechat’, 1926. 230 pp.: ill. 17x11 cm. In publisher’s photomontage wrappers. Very good. Spine is restored, front cover is rubbed, contemporary owner’s marking on the title page. First and only edition. One of 7080 copies. Very rare. Constructivist cover design by Alexander Rodchenko. The book describes various..... More
![ATLAS OF BORIS DORN’S SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION] Atlas k puteshestviyu B.A. Dorna po Kavkazu i...](/pictures/thumb/835.png?v=1569962831)
St. Petersburg: tip. Imp. Akad. nauk, 1895. [2], 9 pp., 44 ill. 42x29.8 cm. Period half-leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Slightly worn, but generally in very good condition. Scarce. First edition. This album of monochrome lithographs displays views and linguistic material collected during one of the most..... More
![HOMOPHOBIA VS PHILANTHROPY] Puteshestviye miss Marsden v Yakutskuyu oblast' i poseshcheniye yeyu...](/pictures/thumb/833.png?v=1569962348)
Moscow: O-vo rasprostraneniya polez. knig, 1892. XII, 77 pp., 10 ill., map. 22.3x16cm. Period half-leather binding. Worn, lower part of the spine lacks a fragment, pre-revolutionary private library stamp (The Library of Prokhorov) on the title-page and p.12. Otherwise in a very good condition. Extremely scarce first edition..... More
1835. 16.5x22.6; 15.6x22.3cm. Two pencil drawings mounted on plain paper with date and title captioned in English. A very good condition. Unidentified artist (signature E.C. in the left bottom corner). Rare historical evidence of one of the most famous fires in the 19th century England. The..... More
![RUSSIAN FEMALE DOCTOR IN JAPAN] Ocherki sovremennoy Yaponii [i.e. Accounts of Contemporary...](/pictures/thumb/829.png?v=1569961399)
St. Petersburg: tipo-lit. M.F. Paykina, 1898. [4], 219 pp., 12 ill. 22.8x16.6cm. Period half-leather. Pale stamp of the private library “Pkhakadze” on the front endpaper, previous owner’s ink inscription on the front endpaper and title page, stamp of “Stavropol Spiritual School” on the title page. Otherwise good. Scarce first..... More
![PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 1938 MILITARY PARADE IN TBILISI] Diadi okt’omberi....](/pictures/thumb/828.png?v=1569961218)
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
![MAYAKOVSKY’S CRY OF THE SOUL] Razgovor s fininspektorom o poezii [i.e. Conversation With A Tax...](/pictures/thumb/827.png?v=1569960326)
Tbilisi: Zakkniga, 1926. 14 pp., 1 ill. 17.6x13cm. In original photomontage wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko. Tear of the spine, four pages are detached, soviet bookselling stamps on the rear wrapper. Otherwise in a good condition. First edition. 1 of 5000 copies. An epitome of Mayakovsky’s inner struggle that had..... More
![GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi krasnoarmeiskoi gazety...](/pictures/thumb/825.jpg?v=1567064636)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1932. 40 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear near the staple, previous owner’s marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. This is an interesting work on the effectivity of the atheist publications in the local Red..... More
![TO DIRECTOR OF AMATEUR THEATRE] Rezhisser-zateinik [i.e. Entertaining Director]. G. Matveev](/pictures/thumb/822.jpg?v=1567064083)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1930. 80 pp.: ill. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Some tears of the spine, covers repaired, several ink and color pencil marks, old stamps on t.p. and the last page, small tear of p. 63-64. This is striking instructions for leaders of the village artistic sections to..... More
![HERITAGE OF DIRECTOR VAKHTANGOV] Muzei-komnata E.B. Vakhtangova. Katalog [i.e. Museum Room of E....](/pictures/thumb/820.jpg?v=1567063780)
Moscow: Izdanie museia teatra im. Evg. Vakhtangova, 1937. [18] pp., 7 ills. 16,5x12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed and soiled, some stains on the margins and ink signature on half-title. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies printed. Very rare. This catalogue is dedicated to museum of..... More
![WITNESS OF THE BLOSSOMING OF THE SOVIET THEATER] Akter v strane sotsializma [i.e. Actor in the...](/pictures/thumb/819.jpg?v=1567063658)
Moscow: Profizdat, 1937. 32 pp. 16,5x12 cm. In original wrappers with decorative frame. Slightly rubbed spine, tear around staple, bookplate of Moscow bibliophile on the inner side of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. Rare. Autobiographical book by Vera Pashennaia (1887-1962), the Soviet actress..... More
![THEATRE DIALOGUE BETWEEN LENINGRAD AND MOSCOW] Leningradskii Gosudarstvennyi Bol’shoi...](/pictures/thumb/818.jpg?v=1567063262)
Leningrad: Biuro obsluzhivaniia rabochikh organizatsii, 1928. 24 pp. 17x12 cm. In original printed wrappers with logo. Minor tears of the spine, bookplate of Moscow bibliophile on the inner side of front cover and traces after it on cover and t.p., two stains on the outer edge, otherwise very good... More
![INCEPTION OF THE SOVIET READING ROOMS] Kak organizovat’ izbu-chital’niu i vesti rabotu v nei...](/pictures/thumb/817.jpg?v=1567063055)
Melekess: Izd. Soveta Kr. kursov po podgotovke zaved. izbami-chital’niami, [1921]. 32 pp. 17x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine repaired with marbled paper, tears of the spine, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 250 copies. Signed by author on the front cover, some author’s corrections in the text..... More
![RUSSIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ART] Bibliografiya izobrazitel’nogo iskusstva. Ukazatel’ literatury...](/pictures/thumb/815.jpg?v=1567062672)
Peterburg: Knizhny ugol, 1923. 87, [1] pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. General wear of the wrappers with slightly chipped spine and extremities. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Rare. This is a first part of only two dedicated to bibliography of books in Russian on subject..... More
![COSTUME DESIGN GUIDE FOR CLUBS] Kostium na stsene: Rukovodstvo dlia dramkruzhkov [i.e. Costume...](/pictures/thumb/813.jpg?v=1567062177)
Moscow; Leningrad: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 112 pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Wrappers detached from the text block. First and only edition. One of 10070 copies. Rare. Illustrations by E.A. Zernova. The edition was sponsored and published by N.K. Krupskaya Central House of Amateur Art in City..... More
![ART BOOKS TRADE CATALOGUE] Iskusstvo: Katalog knig [i.e. Art: Book Catalogue](/pictures/thumb/812.jpg?v=1567062037)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1928. 160 pp.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original wrappers. Very good. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. This is a trade catalogue of Gosizdat, the State Publishing House. It was formed in 1919 by merging the largest departmental and cooperative publishing houses as..... More
![GUIDE FOR BEGINNER SCULPTORS] Nachinaiushchii skul’ptor: Rukovodstvo po ekspressivnoi lepke...](/pictures/thumb/811.jpg?v=1567061773)
Moscow: Molodaya gvardiya, 1931. 44, [4] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In publisher’s photomontage wrappers. Very good. First and only edition. One of 10100 copies. Rare. With 15 black and white photographs and recommendations for young artists by Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle. Wrapper design probably by Nesterov. Innokenty Nikolaevich Zhukov..... More
![LINOCUTS: NEW ART FOR SCHOOLS] Graviura na linoleume v shkole i klube [i.e. Linocuts in School...](/pictures/thumb/808.jpg?v=1567061209)
Moscow: Gos. uchebno-pedagogicheskoe izd-vo, 1931. 32 pp.: ill. 15x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, close tear of p.3. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. All linocuts in the brochure were done by children of 7th school for overgrowth under the guidance of D.G...... More
Leningrad, 1943. 16 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 13x9 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Very rare. One of 500 copies. The personal exhibition of Vladimir Konashevich (1888-1963) was opened on 12th of September in 1943 in Leningrad which was still in the siege at that time with 295 graphic..... More
Moscow; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1940. 42 pp.: ill. 17x13 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, wrappers soiled, rusty staples, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear wrapper. Very rare. One of 700 copies. The personal exhibition was opened in March of 1940 in Moscow with 235 works on the display. The..... More
![SCULPTOR EFIMOV] Sculptor I.S. Efimov. I. E. Khvoinik](/pictures/thumb/805.jpg?v=1567060563)
Moscow: Gizlegprom, 1934. 45, [3] pp.: ill. 15x11 cm. In publisher’s wrappers. Very good, light foxing of the covers near the spine. First and only edition. One of 5175 copies. From the series “Masters of Soviet Porcelain and Faience”. Ivan Efimov (1878-1959) was a Russian sculptor. Efimov painted and sculpted..... More