![ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR FOREIGNERS LIVING IN THE USSR] The Iron Heel. J. London](/pictures/thumb/1331.jpg?v=1642545370)
Moscow; Leningrad: Co-operative publishing society of foreign workers in the U. S. S. R., 1934. [4], 308 pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. Wrappers with illustrated dust-jacket. Tears and soiling to the dustjacket. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce especially with dust-jacket. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Editor L. Talmy..... More
![ORIGIN OF ONE MISSION SOCIETY IN RUSSIA] Potoki v stepi [i.e. Streams in the Desert]. L. Cowman](/pictures/thumb/1330.jpg?v=1642545156)
Paris: Imp. de Navarre, 1939. 343 pp. 18,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine and front cover slightly restored, ink signature on t.p. covered up with sticker, otherwise very good. First Russian edition of a devotional book Streams in the Desert sharing ideas of One Mission Society. Its..... More
![SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture Constructions]. S....](/pictures/thumb/1329.jpg?v=1642544862)
Leningrad: Fizkul’tura i turizm, 1932. 292 pp.: ill. 21x13,5 cm. In original full-cloth binding with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Slightly rubbed and weakened, no back flyleaf, contemporary signature on t.p., some pencil notes, otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 7,000 copies. Rare..... More
![CUBIST LENIN] Na sovetskom postu [i.e. On Soviet Duty] #21 for 1930](/pictures/thumb/1328.jpg?v=1642544539)
Novosibirsk: Zapkraisibispolkom, 1930. 24 pp.: ill. 30x21 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine and outer edge of pages, stamps of Soviet government library on p.1, 17 and canceled stamp of Russian state library on last page, otherwise very good and clean. Extremely rare Siberian periodical. An issue..... More
![SOVIET YOUTH WITHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN] Zdravstvui, drug! [i.e. Hello, Friend!]. I. Dolgopolov](/pictures/thumb/1326.jpg?v=1642542950)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardia, 1957. 96 leaves. 29,5х23 cm. In original cloth with colored debossed logo. Covers slightly soiled, tears of two leaves restored, otherwise very good. Introduction and captions are printed in Russian, English, French and German. This photobook was produced specially for the VI World Festival of..... More
![CONSTRUCTIVISM IN LITERATURE] Biznes. Sbornik Literaturnogo tsentra konstruktivistov / Pod red....](/pictures/thumb/1325.jpg?v=1642542465)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1929. 260 pp.: ill., graphs, schemes, notes. 22x15 cm. 1 of 2,000 copies. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and edges of covers restored, light water stains on outer margin of some pages, few pencil marks, otherwise very good. First edition. Wrapper design by Alexander Rodchenko. Literary..... More
![ONE OF THE GREATEST SOVIET PHYSICIANS] Glaz i solntse: O svete, solntse i zrenii [i.e. The Human...](/pictures/thumb/1324.jpg?v=1642542254)
Moscow: Izd-vo Akad. nauk SSSR, 1938. 96 pp.: ill. 16,3x12,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Couple of pale small stains on the wrappers, otherwise in very good condition. Previous owner’s stamp and inventory number on the title page. Scarce. Third edition. First and second editions published in 1927..... More
![RODCHENKO DESIGN] Narodnyye massy v russkoy revolyutsii [i.e. Through the Russian Revolution]....](/pictures/thumb/1323.jpg?v=1642507017)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1924. XII, 188, [1] pp., [11] ill. 20,5x14,3 cm. In original publisher’s constructivist wrappers. Modern spine and rear wrapper. Front wrapper is restored. Previous owner’s ink inscription on the half-title: “G. Rozhdestvensky 31/X/24“. Otherwise in good condition. Second edition. First edition published earlier the same year..... More
Collection of five fragile sheet music brochures of Ukrainian folk songs. Four of them were published in one series with similar anonymous designs resembling national embroidery schemes. One was printed in another publishing house with a different design. All of them were most likely issued in the 1930s. The 1920s..... More
![UKRAINIAN THEATER] K 1-i Vsesoiuznoi olimpiade teatrov i iskusstv narodov SSSR [i.e. For the...](/pictures/thumb/1320.jpg?v=1634133013)
Kharkiv, 1930. 41 pp. 20,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Near fine, few tears of the spine. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. The edition describes early experimental years of one of the largest Ukrainian drama theatres which developed as a propaganda tool. The earliest Ukrainian..... More
![WEST UKRAINE] Vystavka suchasnoi ukrains’koi hrafiky: Katal’oh [i.e. Exhibition of...](/pictures/thumb/1319.jpg?v=1634132895)
Lviv: Vidannia A.N.U.M., 1932. 32, [2] pp., 16 ill., 20 pp. ads. In original constructivist wrappers. Covers and first two leaves restored, ink note on p.5, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Design was made by Ukrainian avant-garde artist Pavlo Kovzhun (1896-1939). He stood at the forefront of Polish..... More
![WEST UKRAINE: MYHAILO RUDNYTSKY AND PAVLO KOVZHUN] Ochi ta usta [i.e. Eyes and Lips]. M. Rudnytskyi](/pictures/thumb/1318.jpg?v=1634132672)
[Lviv: Izmarahd, 1932]. 91, [5] pp. 9x13 cm. Three unbound stacks of unsewn and folded in half leaves. Near fine. One of 100 copies. The edition by the famous Ukrainian literary critic, writer, and poet Mykhailo Rudnystky (1889–1975). His works began to appear in print from 1908 while the author..... More
![PHOTOMONTAGES OF MILITARY ACTIONS] Frontovaia illiustratsiia [i.e. Frontline Illustration] #12,...](/pictures/thumb/1317.jpg?v=1634132533)
Moscow: Voenizdat NKO SSSR, 1944-1945. Generally, very good. No back cover of #1, 4 for 1945, tears, creases and stains, small fragments of spines occasionally lost. The organ of the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army published in 1942-1960. Titled initially as ‘Frontline illustration’, it was issued after..... More
![AVIATION] Aeroplany [i.e. Airplanes]. V. Abramovsky](/pictures/thumb/1316.jpg?v=1634132308)
Warsaw: Tipografiya okruzhnogo shtaba, 1910. 154, [2] pp.: ill. 21.5x14 cm. In the owner’s contemporary binding with original wrappers preserved. Rubbed spine, Soviet library stamp on the front wrapper, title-page, p.17 “fundamental library of the Military Engineering Academy”. Otherwise internally clean. Scarce. First edition. Written by the military engineer V...... More
![SUKHAREV TOWER AND MOSCOW STREET LIFE] Abdulka. A. Shul’gin](/pictures/thumb/1315.jpg?v=1634132168)
Moscow: Novaia Moskva, 1924. 48 pp. 18,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Pale water stains, minor tears of oversized covers, otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. First and only edition. One of 8000 copies. Very rare. Cover design was created by Galina Chichagova (1891-1967)..... More
![STALIN BEFORE HE BECAME A LEADER: NATIONAL POLICY OF THE USSR] Politika sovetskoi vlasti po...](/pictures/thumb/1313.jpg?v=1634131442)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo, 1920. 185 pp., 1 ill. 27x18,5 cm. No front cover, original back cover preserved. Back cover and inner edge of title page restored, spine repaired, small corners of portrait and some pages restored, pale Soviet Georgian stamp on p.17, underlinings occasionally. Otherwise very good copy. An early..... More
![SYNTHESIS OF MUSIC AND POETRY] Muzyka rechi: Esteticheskoe Issledovanie [i.e. Music of Speech:...](/pictures/thumb/1312.jpg?v=1634131375)
Moscow: Rabotnik prosveshcheniya, 1923. 190, [1] pp., 4 leaves. of tables: sheet music and charts. In original wrappers with decorative frames. Spine and covers restored, some foxing, pencil underlinings occasionally, otherwise very good and clean copy. Extremely scarce first edition. One of 2 000 copies. One of the first..... More
![YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii i...](/pictures/thumb/1311.jpg?v=1634131278)
Moscow; Leningrad: Giz, 1927. 288, [30] p.: ill.; 15x22.5 cm. In owner’s contemporary cloth binding. Slightly rubbed boards. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. An interesting Soviet book on the organization of revolutionary celebrations in the USSR with the method of mass actions. In the early 1920s, A. Kharlampiev organized..... 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
![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