![ASIA - ALTAI MOUNTAINS] [Album with Ninety Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from Two Soviet...](/pictures/thumb/1195.jpg?v=1613991228)
Ca. 1931. Oblong Folio album ca. 26,5x35 cm (10 ¼ x 13 ¾ in). 15 card stock leaves. With 54 mounted original gelatin silver prints including five large photos from ca. 17,5x23 cm (7x9 in) to ca. 13x17 cm (5 x 6 ¾ in), the rest of the photos are..... More
![ARCTIC - KOLA PENINSULA – MINING] [Album with Seventy-Eight Original Gelatin Silver...](/pictures/thumb/1194.jpg?v=1613991031)
1931. Oblong Folio album (ca. 29x41,5 cm). 13 card stock leaves. With 78 mounted gelatin silver photographs, including three panoramas from ca. 9,5x58,5 cm (3 ¾ x 23 in) to ca. 10x43 cm (4x17 in); the rest are ca. 11x16,5 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ½ in). One panorama signed..... More
![CHINA – BOXER REBELLION] Rezultaty poezdki po Hulan-Chenskomu Futudunstvu [i.e. Results of a...](/pictures/thumb/1193.jpg?v=1613990424)
Vladivostok: Typ. of Sushchinsky & Co., 1902. [2], 46 pp. Octavo. With a folding lithographed plate and a folding lithographed map at rear. Original publisher’s gray printed wrappers. Wrappers with very minor chipping on extremities, otherwise a very good copy. First and only edition. Very Rare Russian Vladivostok imprint..... More
![NORTH PACIFIC] Puteshestvie Kapitana Billingsa chrez Chukotskuyu Zemliu ot Beringova Proliva do...](/pictures/thumb/1192.jpg?v=1613989931)
St. Petersburg: Naval Typ. 1811. S Prilozheniyem Slovaria Dvenadtsati Narechii Dikikh Narodov, Nabliudeniya za Stuzheyu v Verkhnekolymskom Ostroge, i Nastavleniya Dannago Kapitanu Billingsu iz Gosudarstvennoi Admiralteistv-Kollegii. Izvlecheno iz Raznykh Zurnalov… Gavrilom Sarychevym [i.e. with the addition of a vocabulary of Twelve Dialects of Savages, Observations of Frost in Verkhekolymsky Ostrog..... More
![RUSSIAN-AMERICAN COMPANY – TRANSIT PASS] [Original Podorozhnaya Gramota or Transit Pass, Given...](/pictures/thumb/1191.jpg?v=1613989490)
Saint Petersburg, 3 March 1845. Printed form with the Imperial coat of arms and official stamps, completed in ink. Ca. 23,5x35,5 cm (9 ¼ x 14 in). Signed by the Military Governor of Saint Petersburg Kavelin. Paper slightly age-toned, fold marks, minor tears on folds neatly repaired, but overall a...... More
![SIBERIA & NORTH PACIFIC] Petr Simon Pallas, Yego Zhizn, Uchyonye Trudy i Puteshestviya [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1188.jpg?v=1613988699)
Moscow: Typ. of A.A. Torletsky, 1877. ix, 214 pp. Large Octavo. With a woodcut portrait frontispiece. Period dark green quarter sheep with marbled papered boards; gilt-lettered title on the spine. Several markings of a Russian bookshop on the rear pastedown endpaper, otherwise a very good copy. First and only..... More
![PACIFIC – HAWAII, SINGAPORE, PHILIPPINES] Puteshestviia i Noveishiia Nabliudeniia v Kitae,...](/pictures/thumb/1185.jpg?v=1613986897)
St. Petersburg: N. Grech, 1833. Octavo, 2 vols. Xxxvi [i-ii - t.p., iii-vii – table of contents, ix-x - dedication to K. Bulgakov, xi-xii - second dedication, xiii-xxxvi – translator’s preface & Dobell’s biography], 237, [1 - errata]; [2 – t.p.], vii – table of contents, 272 pp. With two..... More
![NORTHERN CAUCASUS] Albom Planov, Chertezhey i Vidov k Sochineniyu Pyatigorsky Krai i Kavkazskiye...](/pictures/thumb/1184.jpg?v=1613986226)
St. Petersburg: Typ. of the Department of Udely [Crown Lands], 1861. Oblong Folio album (ca. 32x43 cm). T.p., fourteen leaves of lithographed maps and views (four folding). Attractive period style green half sheep with marbled papered boards; spine with a gilt-lettered title. Front page of the original publisher’s wrapper bound..... More
![GOLOVNIN'S AUTOGRAPH] Les Jardins, poème [i.e. The Gardens. Poems]. Jacques Delille](/pictures/thumb/1181.jpg?v=1613985254)
Paris: P. Didot, 1801. XXXV, 214 pp., 4 ill., 13,5x8 cm. Original full leather. Restoration of the spine, otherwise in a very good condition. The first endpaper bears inscriptions and signatures of several interesting individuals which connect the book to Vasily Golovnin’s exploration of the Pacific. On the top..... More
![WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY RUSSIA] Russkaya zhenshchina na gosudarstvennoy i...](/pictures/thumb/1180.jpg?v=1612382997)
Moscow: S. Skirmunt, 1901. Unofficial edition. VI, 264, 499 pp. 13x19.1 cm. In owner’s contemporary half-leather binding. General wear and rubbing, pre-revolutionary library stamp (“A Library of the Z. K. ZH. D. Employee Control”) on the front endpaper, title-page, p. III, rear endpaper, and the recto of the rear board..... More
![TO THE ROOTS OF WOMEN’S MOVEMENT] Chto takoye zhenskaya emansipatsiya? Rech’ g-zhi I....](/pictures/thumb/1179.jpg?v=1612382901)
Odessa: G. Beylenson i I. Yurovskiy, 1893. 32 pp. 17.7x11.7 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Wrappers loose, loss of the pieces of the spine, mild damp stains on the wrappers. Otherwise in a good condition. Scarce. First edition. Translated into Russian by I. Naumenko. This interesting piece features a...... More
![BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HISTORY OF SOVIET ARCHITECTURE] Ob osnovnykh problemakh i metodakh izucheniia...](/pictures/thumb/1178.jpg?v=1612382668)
Kharkiv: KhIIKS, 1940. 144 pp. 18,5x13,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Faded, a few stains and underlines, some creases and tears of p. 11-14 corners (text is attached but readable), contemporary signature on the front cover and p. 25, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 160..... More
![CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHITECTURE] Arkhitekturnyi ornament Srednei Azii [i.e. Architectural Ornament of...](/pictures/thumb/1176.jpg?v=1612380188)
Moscow: Izd. Vsesoiuznoi Akademii arkhitektury, 1939. 228 pp.: ill. 26,5x18 cm. In original full cloth with colored lettering on the spine and the front cover. Covers soiled and slightly rubbed, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 2500 copies. Scarce. A valuable..... More
![SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture Constructions]. S....](/pictures/thumb/1174.jpg?v=1612379117)
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 7000 copies. Rare..... More
![AN EARLY SOVIET STUDY OF SLEEP] Son: Biologicheskiy ocherk [i.e. Sleep: Biological Essay]. N....](/pictures/thumb/1173.jpg?v=1612378785)
Vologda: Severnyy pechatnik, 1927. 65 pp. 19x12 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, wrappers detached. Otherwise internally clean copy. Scarce. First edition. AN INTERESTING WORK DEDICATED TO THE STUDY OF SLEEP PHENOMENON. Published in 1927, this brochure attempts to illuminate biological peculiarities of sleep..... More
![AGAINST ILLEGAL ABORTION IN THE EARLY SOVIET UNION] Abort: (Vykidysh) [i.e. Abortion:...](/pictures/thumb/1172.jpg?v=1612378509)
Moscow: izd-vo «Okhrana materinstva i mladenchestva» NKZ, 1928. 30 pp., [2] pp. of ads: ill., diagrams. In original wrappers. Near fine. Second edition. First edition published in 1925. Scarce. Our copy includes two identical front and back wrappers unlike the rest of the print-run. In October 1920, the Bolsheviks..... More
![HYPNOSIS IN MIDWIFERY AND GYNECOLOGY] Opyty primeneniya gipnoza v akusherstve i ginekologii...](/pictures/thumb/1171.jpg?v=1612378424)
Leningrad; Moskva: Gos. med. izd-vo, 1930. 12.5x17.5 cm. Printed wrappers. Fine. Scarce. First edition. This is the first comprehensive Soviet study of the use of hypnotic suggestion in midwifery and gynecological practice. Printed in 1930, the publication is based on Professor Zdravomislov’s 5-year experience of conducting over 1,000..... More
![MENTAL ILLNESSES DURING HOSTILITIES] Psikhozy i psikhonevrozy voyny: Sbornik [i.e. Psychoses and...](/pictures/thumb/1170.jpg?v=1612378251)
Leningrad; Moskva: Lenbiomedgiz, 1934. 150, 2 pp.: tables. 22x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine and rubbed edges. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. The first Soviet attempt at studying mental and psycho-neurotic diseases during military operations. The pre-war Soviet reality was..... More
![SOCIOLOGICAL NATURE OF MUSIC] Voprosy sotsiologii muzyki [i.e. Questions of the Sociology of...](/pictures/thumb/1168.jpg?v=1612377541)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennaya akademiya khudozhestvennykh nauk, 1927. 135 pp. In original wrappers. Very good, some restorations of the spine, a couple of pale small stains on p.1 (not t.p.). First edition. Extremely rare. One of 1000 copies. One of the first comprehensive Soviet books dedicated to the topic of the..... More
![EARLY RUSSIAN THEATRE IN GEORGIA] Svad’ba. Komediya-vodevil’ v 2-kh deystviyakh [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1167.jpg?v=1612377242)
Tbilisi: tipografiya vostochnykh yazykov G. Guliyants, 1851. [2], 50, [2] pp. 21.5x14.5 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small bits of the wrapper are missing. Foxing but generally in good condition. Extremely scarce. First edition. One of the earliest productions staged on the scene of Russian theatre in Georgia..... More
![ANTI-CAPITALIST COMEDY] Bog i birzha: Sb. revolyuts. p’yes [i.e. God and The Market: A...](/pictures/thumb/1166.jpg?v=1612377110)
Moscow: Gos. izd. 1921. 140 pp. In original wrappers. Very good, signature on the front cover and t.p., some tears of the spine, small part of the front cover is detached from the spine. First edition. Scarce. A collection of plays against religion and capitalism. Printed in 1921, this..... More
![THEATRE ARTISTS CREATING MASS THEATRE] Khudozhnik v teatre [i.e. Artist in a Theatre]. A. Gvozdev](/pictures/thumb/1165.jpg?v=1612376816)
Moscow; Leningrad: Ogiz - Ozogiz - Gos. izd-vo izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv, 1931. 72 pp.: ill. 17.7x13 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine, front wrapper slightly loose, previous owner’s ink inscription on the front wrapper. Otherwise a very good internally clean copy. Rare. First..... More
![A SOVIET GUIDE TO THEATRE FOR NOVICE DIRECTORS] Rabota rezhissera [i.e. Director’s Work]. K....](/pictures/thumb/1164.jpg?v=1612376707)
Moskva; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1940. 124 pp., 2 ill.: ill. In original cloth binding with stamping. Very good. Handwritten title on the spine, binding a bit chipped, Soviet bookshops’ stamps and small torn off label on the recto of the back cover. Scarce. One of 3,000 copies. Written by..... More
![MAYAKOVSKY’S REQUIEM FOR LENIN] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. V. Mayakovsky](/pictures/thumb/1163.jpg?v=1612376623)
Leningrad: Gosizdat Krym. ASSR, 1925. 94, [1] pp. 17,2x13 cm. In original printed wrappers with constructivist design on the front wrapper. Very good, restoration of the spine, pale stain near spine throught the book, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, front cover sligtly chipped on the lower margin, covers..... More
![AVIATION ‘FEVER’ IN THE EARLY SOVIET UNION] Shturm neba: Sb. izbr. avio-stikhov [i.e. Storm...](/pictures/thumb/1162.jpg?v=1612376427)
Kharkiv: Ukrvozdukhput’, 1924. [78] pp. 11x15.4cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Title-page lacks a small fragment at the top (no text affected). Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. This is an extremely rare collection of an early Soviet verses dedicated to aviation. The edition, which was printed..... More