![TURKMEN CONSTRUCTIVISM] Boisia zarazit’sia sifilisom [i.e. Be Afraid to Get Syphilis]. N. Uimanov](/pictures/thumb/821.jpg?v=1567063979)
Poltoratsk: Tipografiia Turkmengosizdata, 1925. 16 pp.: ill. 25,5x17 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of the spine, some stains, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare and interesting brochure carrying syphilis prevention in Soviet Central Asia. The book indicated the infection pathways, supplemented... 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
![FROM MATH TO MYSTICISM] Chetviortoe izmerenie: Opyt issledovaniya oblasti neizmerimogo [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/816.jpg?v=1567062876)
St. Petersburg: tip. Spb. t-va Pech. i izd. dela “Trud”, 1910. [4], 96 pp. 23x16 cm. In original printed wrappers. Good. Tears and cracks of the spine, wrappers with soiling, many markings in the text (pen and pencil). First edition of the first book. Very rare. Pyotr Uspenskii (Uspensky;... 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
![CITY PLANNING] Elementy blagoustroistva gorodov [i.e. Elements of City Improvement]. A. E....](/pictures/thumb/814.jpg?v=1567062456)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosstroiizdat, 1933. 180 pp.: ill. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Rare. This is a first and only part of the lectures program developed for students of Moscow Higher Architecture and Construction Institute... 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
![SIGNED BY TSIOLKOVSKY] Rastenie budushchego. Zhivotnoe kosmosa. Samozarozhdenie [i.e. Plant of...](/pictures/thumb/810.jpg?v=1567061607)
Kaluga: Self-published, 1929. 32 pp. 17x13 cm. Publisher’s printed wrappers. In custom made cardboard case. Very good. Faded signature of the former owner on the front cover (pencil), markings in text (pencil). Author’s inscription on the verso of the front cover in Russian in red ink: “To greatly respected..... More
![EARLY SOVIET SET DESIGNERS] Khudozhnik v teatre [i.e. Artist in Theatre]. N. N. Maslenikov](/pictures/thumb/809.jpg?v=1567061406)
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 90, [6] pp.: ill. 17x12 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Very good. Small tears of the spine, signature on the front cover. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. This brochure was published for “working audience, members of art and drama sections of workers’ clubs and..... 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
![BOOK BY TYPEFACE DESIGNERS] Iskusstvo shrifta: Raboty moskovskikh khudozhnikov knigi [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/804.jpg?v=1567060297)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1960. 148 pp.: ill. 34x26 cm. In original cloth with gilt, colored and blind lettering. Rubbed, some stains, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 15 000 copies. Design by G. Dmitriev This attractive album became a kind of illustrated dictionary on Moscow book designers who worked... More
![RECONSTRUCTION OF SOVIET CITIES] Planirovka gorodov: Inzhinerno-ekonomicheskie osnovy [i.e. Urban...](/pictures/thumb/803.jpg?v=1567059683)
Moscow: Izdatel’stvovo Ministerstva kommunal’nogo khoziaistva RSFSR, 1947. 316 pp.: ill, 6 folding plans. 26x18 cm. in original cloth with coloured lettering on the front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed, few pages faded, previous owner’s signatures on t.p. and flyleaf, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3300 copies... ... More
![CRAFT OF THE THEATRE ARTIST] ekhnika teatral’noi zhivopisi [i.e. Technique of Theatre...](/pictures/thumb/802.jpg?v=1567053845)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In original cardboards. Faded, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Richly illustrated with woodcuts by N. Proskuriakov. This manual concentrated advice compiled by an artist of Moscow Art Theatre, Ivan Gremislavsky (1886-1954). Through this theatre, he provided... More
![FOR THE PEASANT THEATRE] Skomorokh: sbornik p’es dlia raboche-krest’ianskogo teatra [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/801.jpg?v=1567046058)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 192 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, tear of upper edge of three last leaves, minor defects of spine. Signed by author to Vladimir Nemeshaev who was a head of the Copyright Office and member of the Moscow Society of Dramatists and... More
![ON THE WAY TO AERODYNAMICS] O prochnosti dvizheniia [i.e. On the Strength of Motion]. N. Zhukovsky](/pictures/thumb/800.jpg?v=1567045880)
Moscow: V Universitetskoi tipografii, 1882. [2], 104 pp. 25x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers with decorative frame. Tears of the spine with small fragments lost, some foxing, otherwise very good. First and only separate edition. Extremely rare. This is a thesis in applied mathematics that was written by Nikolay... More
1. Otdel proektirovaniia Proizvodstvennogo biuro Akademii hudozhestv [i.e. Department of Projects in Production Bureau of Academy of Arts]. Issue 3. Leningrad: Tipografiia Akademii khudozhestv, [1926]. 28, [4] pp.: ill. 15,5x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers in constructivist style. In very good condition. 2. Arhitekturno-stroitel’nyj otdel Proizvodstvennogo bjuro pri Akademii Hudozhestv... More
![GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT IN THE USSR] Goroda-sady i poselki dlia rabochikh. Planirovka....](/pictures/thumb/798.jpg?v=1567045382)
Leningrad: Akademicheskoie izdatel’stvo, 1925. 72 pp.: ill. 23,5x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Partly uncut. Few tears of covers, small fragments of the spine lost, Soviet bookshop stamp, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Cover design by Leonid Khizhinskii (1896-1972), the Soviet artist... More
![YOUNG PALACE OF SOVIETS TO YOUNG ARCHITECTS] Molodomu stroiteliu ob arkhitekture [i.e. About...](/pictures/thumb/797.jpg?v=1567045093)
Moscow: Gosstroiizdat, 1933. 110, [2] pp.: ill., 1 folding ill. 19,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some fragments of the spine lost, rubbed covers with few tears and ink mark, but very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. In... More