[Moscow, 1946]. 25 leaves. 31x21 cm. Typewritten. Leaves are gathered in paper folder with pencil title written on the front flap. Signed and with correction by the author. Unpublished manuscript. This is a unique material on history of theatre costume design. Vladislav Lukomsky (1882-1946) was a Russian historian and... More about THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Rabota laboratorii MKhAT po sostavleniyu al’bomov formennoi odezhdy...

Moscow: Muzizdat, 1931. 24 pp. 25,5x18 cm. In original constructivist style wrappers. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. This is an unprecedented screenplay for the children’s celebration of the 14th Anniversary of the October Revolution. It should be... More about PRE-SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ON INDUSTRIALISATION] Smotr gigantov SSSR. Muzlitmontazh dlia...

Moscow: Izd. Gos. masterskoi pedagogicheskogo teatra, 1925-1926. 38, [2] pp.: ill.; 54, [2] pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. In very good condition. Tears of the spine with small losses (#1); spine restored, soiling of the covers (#2). Both copies are clean internally. Print run of... More about EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE AGAINST THE PASSIVE VIEWING] Pedagogicheskii teatr [i.e. Pedagogical...

Izhevsk: Proletkul’t, 1921. 88 pp. 24x18 cm. In original illustrated wrappers in art nouveau style. Good, cracks and tears of the spine, soiling of the wrappers, faded Soviet bookshops’ stamps on the back cover. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare provincial edition. Due to a lack of... More about FIGHT AGAINST THEATRE AMATEURS] Teoriya obrabotki stsenicheskogo zrelishcha [i.e. Theory of...

Vladivostok: Dal'kraiotdelenie, 1931. 62 pp.: ill. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers repaired, small tears of the spine, some soiling, a part of upper outer blank corners cut, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Contrasting orange and black cover design is made in the... More about FAR EAST CONSTRUCTIVISM] Gorbusha i ee promysel [i.e. Pink Salmon Fishing

Moscow: TsK Soiuza Textil’shchikov, 1928. 110, [2] pp. 22x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Repaired spine, otherwise very good.  Very rare imprint of the Russian edition.  Striking photomontage on the front cover produced by A. Romanov combining the face of a British gentleman and some buildings that... More about PHOTOMONTAGE ON JIMMIE HIGGINS] Dzhimmi Khiggins [i.e. Jimmie Higgins

Moscow: tipo-laboratoriya VKIZH, 1935. 42 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 15x11 cm. In illustrated wrappers. Very good. Damp stains on the wrappers. First and only edition. One of 6000 copies. All illustrations are linocuts. From the series “Small Library of Editor”. Another manual on “how to do something” from... More about LINOCUTS] Gazetnaya graviura na linoleume [i.e. Newspaper Linocut

Moscow: zdatel’stvo Assotsiatsii Khudozhnikov Revoliutsii, 1930. 48 pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with constructivist design. Tears and small losses of the spine, otherwise very good.  Second edition. Very rare.  This is a manual for artists of the worker’s clubs and reading rooms, the main... More about INK DRAWING FOR WORKERS’ CLUB] Risunok perom i kist’iu : posobie dlia izo-kruzhkov i...

Kharkiv: Ukr. nauchnoie izdatel’stvo, 1928. 42 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, tears of the spine, small fragments of covers lost.  One of 5000 copies. Rare.   This is an early Soviet manual on the technical drawing that was issued in the... More about ABC OF TECHNICAL DRAWING] Chertezhnik-illiustrator. Kak illiustrirovat’ tekhnicheskiie knigi...

Moscow: Trest Poligraf, 1925. 64 pp. 23x13 cm. In original stapled wrappers with red stamping. Very good. Previous owner’s bookplate on the verso of the front cover. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Very rare. This trade catalogue is a short extraction from a full book of types published... More about CATALOGUE OF FONTS] Izvlechenie iz knigi shriftov: (Katalog) [i.e. Extraction from the Book of...

Petrograd: Gos. izd-vo inostrannykh i nats. slovarei, 1922. 69 pp.: ill. 22,5x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers with ornament and dust wrappers with white lettering. Very good, some light fading, barely visible Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover of dust wrapper, overlapped wrapper with a few small chips... More about HOW TO DRAW A FONT] Osnovy i risovanie pechatnogo shrifta [i.e. Basics and Drawing of Printed Types

Kharkiv: Nasha mysl’, 1919. 79, [3] pp. Abstract wrapper designed by Nikolay Kalmykov (1896-1951). Wrapper is restored, but generally in very good condition. First and only edition. One of the key works by the founder of Proletkult, avant-garde poet, revolutionary and labor theoretician Alexei Gastev (1882-1939)... More about GASTEV ON THE NEW WORLD] Industrialnyi mir [i.e. The Industrial World

Moscow: Tretiakov Gallery, 1929. 68, [3] pp.: ill. 16х14 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine, former owner’s bookplate on the verso of the front wrapper, occasional pencil markings in the text, pale damp stain on the top and bottom margin near the spine on a.... More about IZORAM] Izo  rabochei  molodezhi  Leningrada: (Katalog) [i.e. The Art of Leningrad's...