![FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY] Sudebnaia psikhiatriia [i.e. Forensic Psychiatry]. N. P. Brukhanskii](/pictures/thumb/1310.jpg?v=1634131171)
Moscow: Izd. M. i S. Sabashnikovy, 1928. [8], 439 pp. 24x16 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering and blind debossed publisher’s logo. Tears of endpapers, stamps of pre-war Georgian library on endpapers, t.p. and three following leaves, colored pencil underlinings occasionally, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and..... More
![MEALS FOR HAPPY PROLETARIAN FAMILIES] Zdorovaia kukhnia dlia detei i vzroslykh [i.e. Healthy...](/pictures/thumb/1309.jpg?v=1634131035)
Tiflis: Shroma, 1928. 149 pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of spine with minor fragments lost, partly detached from the text block with two small tears of title page, foxing on covers and few stains on t.p. Otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 1500..... More
![HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental Work]. I....](/pictures/thumb/1308.jpg?v=1634130441)
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
![UKRAINIAN AVANT-GARDE] Nove mystetstvo: Tyzhnevyk [i.e. New Art: Weekly] #23 for 1927](/pictures/thumb/1307.jpg?v=1634128737)
Kharkiv: Vydannia viddilu mystetstv UPO USRR, 1927. 20 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed and slightly chipped, small spots occasionally, otherwise very good. One of 2500 copies. Very rare. Early Soviet Ukrainian weekly that included chronicles of local theater productions, film screenings schedule, articles about..... More
![COVER DESIGN BY VASYL YERMYLOV] Za tamtoi bereg...: Zbirka [i.e. Beyond the Far Shore:...](/pictures/thumb/1306.jpg?v=1634128569)
Kiev: Rukh, 1933. 141 pp. 18,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of oversized covers, fragments of spine lost, stamps and marks of library of the Union of Soviet Writers of Ukraine (was a part of the Union of Writers of USSR and was reorganized in 1991) on t.p., p...... More
![THE EARLIEST MOSCOW METRO HANDBOOK] Chto dolzhen znat’ passazhir Metropolitena [i.e. What...](/pictures/thumb/1305.jpg?v=1634128396)
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
![THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii grazhdanskoj...](/pictures/thumb/1304.jpg?v=1634128237)
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
![CONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW CANAL] Soyedineniye Volgi s Moskvoy-rekoy: Sb. materialov po soyedineniyu...](/pictures/thumb/1303.jpg?v=1634128041)
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
![A FAREWELL TO VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY] Klubnyy repertuar [i.e. Club Repertoire](/pictures/thumb/1302.jpg?v=1634127906)
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
![EARLY UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Etiudy do teorіi kіna [i.e. Etudes on Film Theory]. O....](/pictures/thumb/1301.jpg?v=1634127765)
Kiev: Ukrteakіnovydav, 1930. 128, [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 writer..... More
![JEWISH FILM SCRIPT] Bluzhdaiushchie zvezdy: Kinostsenarii [i.e. Wandering Stars: Film Script]. I....](/pictures/thumb/1300.jpg?v=1634127509)
Moscow: Kinopechat’, 1926. 80 pp.: ill. 22x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Significantly restored, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Scarce. A screenplay adaptation of a novel ‘Wandering Stars’ by Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem that was produced at the VUFKU..... More
![EXECUTED UKRAINIAN RENAISSANCE] Literaturnyi avangard: Perspektyvy rozvytku Ukrainskoi kultury,...](/pictures/thumb/1299.jpg?v=1634127208)
Kharkiv: Vydannia avtora [Derzh. vydavnytstvo Ukrainy], 1926. 132 pp. 17x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of spine and front cover lost, creases, some soiling of covers, water stain on upper margin of first 18 pages, ink signatures on front cover and t.p., marks on back cover, otherwise very good..... More
![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
![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