![Item #1547 [RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF JACK LONDON’S “MEXICAN”] Meksikanets [i.e. The Mexican]....](/pictures/thumb/1547.jpg?v=1669209072)
Moscow; Leningrad: B. i. Detizdat, 1937. 47 pp: ill. 13.5x19.2 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the small pieces of the spine, previous owner’s inscription on the title page (O. Japaridze. 1937-XII-15), insignificant damp stains throughout the copy. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First..... More
![Item #1546 [OSCAR WILDE IN RUSSIAN] Predannyy drug [i.e. The Devoted Friend]. O. Wilde](/pictures/thumb/1546.jpg?v=1669208839)
Moscow; Leningrad: Detizdat, 1937. 32 pp: ill. 19,5x13,7 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Light damp stains on the wrappers and occasionally throughout the copy, loss of small fragments of the wrappers, loss of the pieces of the spine, previous owner’s inscription on the title page (O. Japaridze. 1937. XI)..... More
![Item #1545 [THE BEGINNING OF THE END] Pushtorg: Roman [V stikhakh] [i.e. Fur Trade: A Novel [In...](/pictures/thumb/1545.jpg?v=1669208576)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1929. 192 pp. 20,1x14,2 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with constructivist dust-wrapper. Near fine. Stamp on the title page ‘From books of Niccolo Mitsishvili’. Rare. One of 3,000 copies. Constructivist design by the Soviet artist Alexey Surikov. The first edition of llya..... More
![Item #1544 [SOVIET MODERNISM] Borisov, L. Leonardi 2: [Rasskazy] [i.e. Leonardi 2: [Short...](/pictures/thumb/1544.jpg?v=1669208216)
Leningrad: Izdatel’stvopisatelei v Leningrade, 1928. 135, [2] pp., [5] pp. of ads. 19.6x14.4 cm. In original illustrated dust-jacket. Loss of the wrappers, neat restoration of the dust-jacket, slight wear to the extremities. In a good condition. Scarce. First edition. Remarkable constructivist dust-jacket by the experimental theatre..... More
![Item #1543 [AN EXTREMELY RARE SURVIVAL OF THE TIME] Komsomoliya. (Stranitsy epopei) [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1543.jpg?v=1669207964)
Moscow: Krasnaya Nov’, 1924. 40 pp.: ill., music sheets. 31.5x24.5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers by Boris Efimov. Soiling of the wrappers, pp. 17-24 detached, loss of a fragment of the lower left corner throughout the most part of the copy. Otherwise good. Extremely scarce. First edition..... More
![Item #1542 [WALT WHITMAN'S LEAVES OF GRASS AS AN APPLE OF DISCORD] Uot Uitmen: Poeziya...](/pictures/thumb/1542.jpg?v=1669207291)
Moscow; Petrograd: Gos. izd-vo, 1923. 6-ye izd. M.; Petrograd.: Gos. izd-vo, 1923. 165, [3] pp., 1 portrait. 23.6x15.6 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. First few pages detached, loss of the pieces of the spine, tears of the wrappers, neat restoration of the front wrapper (tape). Good. Scarce..... More
![Item #1540 [IDEOLOGICALLY CORRECT SOVIET DRESSMAKING] Kroyka zhenskogo plat’ya [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1540.jpg?v=1669205556)
Moscow: Gos. nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel’stvo legkoy promyshlennosti, 1953. 192 pp.: ill. 23x15.5cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards. Edges worn. Otherwise in good condition. Scarce. Second edition.The first edition was published in 1950. An interesting Soviet edition about ‘ideologically correct’ dressmaking. Written by the Soviet fashion artists and designers..... More
![Item #1539 [HOW TO RAISE A BABY IN THE SOVIET UNION?] Sovety materi po vospitaniyu grudnogo...](/pictures/thumb/1539.jpg?v=1669205053)
Tbilisi: P/otd. medpomoshchi zastrakhovannykh Narkomzdravom Gruzii, 1927. 34 pp.: ill. 17.2x12.4 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Light damp stains and soiling on the wrappers, occasional damp stains throught. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. Second edition. 1 of 3,000 copies. An extremely rare book of..... More
![Item #1538 [SOVIET PRESCHOOLERS] 50 igr s peniem dlia detei ot 3–8 let (s metodicheskimi...](/pictures/thumb/1538.jpg?v=1667301957)
Moscow: Rabotnik prosveshcheniia, 1930. 64, [3] pp.: sheet music. 21,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of the spine lost, with some pieces of covers paper along the spine, foxing on covers, pale stamps and numbers of a Soviet institution on p. 3,17 and last one (blank). Otherwise very good..... More
![Item #1537 [BOOK FOR THE NEW SOCIALIST GENERATION] Katin likbez [i.e. Katia’s Literacy...](/pictures/thumb/1537.jpg?v=1667301748)
Moscow: Rabotnik prosveshcheniia, 1929. 64 pp.: ill. 18x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tear of spine, red pencil note on back cover and ink number on front cover, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies produced. Rare. Cover design was..... More
![Item #1536 [YOUNG PIONEERS PERFORM] Sto igr iunykh pionerov [i.e. One Hundred Games of...](/pictures/thumb/1536.jpg?v=1667301560)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1925. 76, [2] pp.: ill.+ [2] pp. of ads. 25x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with letterpress design. Almost no spine, with some fragments of paper along spine lost, soiling of covers, front wrapper and t.p. partly detached from block, pale stamps of a Soviet institution on..... More
![Item #1535 [SOCIALIST ROUTINE FOR CHILDREN] Utro v sele i utro v gorode [i.e. Morning in...](/pictures/thumb/1535.jpg?v=1667301303)
Kyiv: Kul’tura, [1927]. 12 pp.: 17,5x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Good. Spine strengthened with paper, water stains, some creases and marks. First and only edition. Very rare in condition. An excellent example of Ukrainian lithographic children’s books published in the late 1920s. Through pictures and verses, the author..... More
![Item #1534 [HARBIN] Orfograficheskii slovar’ [i.e. An Orthographic Dictionary](/pictures/thumb/1534.jpg?v=1666183299)
Harbin: Iakor’, 1927. 217 pp.+7 pp. of ads. 13x9,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Good. Rubbed and soiled, corners of front cover lost, pencil marks occasionally. Extremely rare emigre edition. This handbook contains an orthographic dictionary based on 1917 changes. Prepared in the early 20th century, the reform of orthography..... More
![Item #1533 [FOREST INVENTORY AND SOVIET AVIATION] Aeros’emka v lesnom khoziaistve [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1533.jpg?v=1666183151)
Moscow: Goslestekhizdat, 1934. 18, [34] pp.: ill. 35,5x25,5 cm. In original cloth with blind embossed lettering within silver rectangles. Covers slightly soiled, few pages faded, ink numbers on front endpaper and p.17, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Remarkable early edition on the..... More
![Item #1532 [ARCTIC FISHING INDUSTRY IN THE USSR] Rybnyi Murman : Sbornik rasskazov i ocherkov...](/pictures/thumb/1532.jpg?v=1666182369)
[Moscow]: Snabtekhizdat, 1933. XXIV, 398, [1] pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original cloth with bronze lettering on front cover and spine, in original constructivist dust jacket. Dust wrappers rubbed and chipped, with tear of front cover flap, rusty staples, some stains occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One..... More
![Item #1531 [SOVIET HEAVY INDUSTRY : KIROV PLANT] Zheleznyi gorod (Zavod “Krasnyi putilovets”)...](/pictures/thumb/1531.jpg?v=1666181772)
Moscow: Krest’ianskaia gazeta, 1927. 56 pp.: ill. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine chipped, with small tears, otherwise very good copy. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Good edition on Soviet exploitation of the huge Putilov Ironworks and its role in industrialization of the..... More
![Item #1530 [RODCHENKO] Radioslushatel’ [i.e. Radio Listener] #10 for 1930](/pictures/thumb/1530.jpg?v=1666181643)
Moscow: NKTP, 1930. 16 pp.: ill. 31,5x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, some pale stains, otherwise very good. Very rare. Issue of a magazine for radio enthusiasts published in 1928-1930. The next year it was succeeded by the journal “Moscow is Speaking” (1930-1931). Its outstanding design was created by..... More
![Item #1529 [LITHUANIAN ART] Moters gimimas [i.e. Birth of a Woman]. S. Krasauskas](/pictures/thumb/1529.jpg?v=1666181513)
Vilnius: Vaga, 1979. [3] pp.+ 16 ills. 40,5x31 cm. In original illustrated folder. Minor horizontal tears of folder on folds, with their edges chipped, some soiling of folder, ink note in brochure, otherwise very good and clean. Third revised edition. Scarce. A series of autozincography works created by notable Lithuanian..... More
![Item #1528 [PEOPLES OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC] Evenkiia. Graviury V.I. Meshkova [i.e. Evenkia. Engravings...](/pictures/thumb/1528.jpg?v=1666181357)
Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. 7 pp.: ill.+10 ills. 38,5x29,5 cm. In original illustrated folder. Folder rubbed, with tears of folds and creases, pale water stain on lower edge, small stain and minor tear of brochure, some creases on lower edge of leaf #10. Signed by the author on an inner..... More
![Item #1527 [PHYSICAL CULTURE OF PIONEERS] Zariadka dlia detei 10-12 let [i.e. Morning Exercises...](/pictures/thumb/1527.jpg?v=1666181201)
Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1941. [21] pp. : ill. 9,3x8,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Mint. First and only edition. Very rare. Remarkable miniature photobook giving instructions on daily physical exercises. Physical culture of proletarian masses established in the youth. Schools held sports competitions, Osoaviakhim branches organized military clubs for..... More
![Item #1526 [SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Kryl’ia kholopa [i.e. The Wings of a Serf](/pictures/thumb/1526.jpg?v=1666180992)
Moscow: Kinopechat’, [1926]. 8 pp.: ill. 17,5x26,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Mint. Very rare. The film’s sets and most likely this remarkable pamphlet were designed by artist Vladimir Yegorov (1878-1960). He gained fame for the Soviet film ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (1915) directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold, later he..... More
![Item #1525 [PAPER MEMORIAL TO LENIN] Peredovye otriady – Leninu [i.e. From Vanguard Groups to...](/pictures/thumb/1525.jpg?v=1666180881)
Moscow: Rabochaia Moskva, 1924. 40 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Foxing occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Rare. Notable constructivist cover design reproduces Lenin’s portrait. It was created by Leonid Mezhericher (1898-1938), an artist and photographer who was known as an initiator of the Soviet..... More
![Item #1524 [SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Veter Ukrainy. Al’manakh Assotsiatsii Revoliutsionnykh...](/pictures/thumb/1524.jpg?v=1666180536)
Kyiv: ARP, 1929. 160 pp.: ill., 4 ills. 22x16 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. No spine, segments of block and covers detached from each other, fragments of oversized wrappers lost, small hole in p.19/20 (some text detached), otherwise good and clean internally. One of 3000 copies. Very rare..... More
![Item #1523 [SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL] “Obez’iannii” protsess v Amerike [i.e. Monkey Trial in...](/pictures/thumb/1523.jpg?v=1666179972)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1926. 104 pp.: ill. 20,5x14,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of spine, some soiling and creases of covers, some foxing, small blank fragment of t.p. lost, otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. First and only edition. One of 5000..... More
Moscow: Sovetskaia literatura, 1933. 259 pp.: ill. In original constructivist wrappers and photomontage dust-jacket. Dust-jacket restored, covers rubbed and bumped, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 5000 copies. Edited by a constructivist poet, Eduard Bagritskii. An almanac relating to the phenomenon of Soviet working communes. It..... More