![NEW SOVIET STYLE] Novyi stil’ [i.e. New Style]. I. Ioffe](/pictures/thumb/1107.jpg?v=1604438378)
Moscow; Leningrad: Izogiz, 1932. 156, [4] pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, rubbed, tiny fragments of covers lost, partly restoration of spine and front cover. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. Jeremiah Ioffe (1891-1947), Soviet art historian and critic, belonged to a...... More
![MAKE YOUR OWN SHOES AT HOME] Rukovodstvo k domashnemu izgotovleniyu prostoy i izyashchnoy...](/pictures/thumb/1106.jpg?v=1604438110)
St. Petersburg: Izdaniye T-va A.F. Marks, [1911]. 72, [2] pp., 1 folding plate, 4 tables: ill. 23.8x16.4 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Soiling and light foxing of the wrappers, spine slightly rubbed, rear wrapper and 2 tables lack small pieces (no text affected). Otherwise in a good condition. Scarce..... More
![FIRST AERODYNAMIC INSTITUTE IN EUROPE] Aerodinamicheskiy institut v Kuchine: 1904-1914 [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1104.jpg?v=1604437075)
Moscow: tipo-lit. t-va I.N. Kushnerev i K°, 1914. 7 pp., 4 ill. 28x19.5 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Soiling of the wrappers, loss of the upper left piece of the front wrapper, loss of the pieces of the spine, pencil markings on the wrappers, several pages detached. Otherwise a good..... More
![TELINGATER, KUKRYNIKSY, ARKHANGELSKY] O Babele, Gladkove, Zharove, Zoriche, Zoshchenko, Inber,...](/pictures/thumb/1100.jpg?v=1604436299)
Moscow; Leningrad: Zemlya i fabrika, 1930. [46] pp., 1 ill: ill. 29×22 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards by Kukryniksy. Minor tears at the hinges of the spine. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Introduction by the head of the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers Leonid Averbakh (1903-1937). The..... More
![SANS-SERIF SPREAD ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Normal’nyi shrift dlia nadpisei na chertezhakh...](/pictures/thumb/1098.jpg?v=1604435916)
Moscow: Izdanie avtora, 1927. 36 pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. In very good condition, minor fragment of the spine lost, pale water stain on the back cover. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. The earliest manual on neutral technical fonts in the Soviet Union..... More
![LUBOK IN UKRAINIAN] Evrei [i.e. The Jew](/pictures/thumb/1096.jpg?v=1604432765)
[Ukraine, late 19th century]. 44х34,5 cm. Steel engraving. Very good, a few tears. Text in simplified Ukrainian. An example of antisemitic anecdote printed for the folk in the form of lubok. The text tells the story of the Jewish seller who came to the nobleman to sell some..... More
![BEFORE CHERNOBYL] Lotsmanskaia karta Kievskogo vodokhranilishcha, r. Dnepr ot Liubecha do...](/pictures/thumb/1094.jpg?v=1604431847)
Kiev: Kartofabrika VMF, 1968. [2] pp., 13 double-page charts. 50x33 cm. In original cardboards. Very good and clean internally. Covers rubbed and bumped, with water stains on them and endpapers, with small fragments of cover paper lost. The previous owner’s corrections on some leaves. For inner circulation only. Copy..... More
![IRANIAN ART AND ARCHEOLOGY] III Mezhdunarodnyy kongress po iranskomu iskusstvu i arkheologii:...](/pictures/thumb/1092.jpg?v=1604431141)
Moscow; Leningrad: Izd-vo Akad. nauk SSSR, 1939. XII, 302 pp., СХХIV ill.: ill. 34.6x27.2 cm. In original publisher’s full cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and the spine. Edges slightly bumped with the tear to the lower right edge of the front board, two last pages are slightly..... More
![THE LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION ON DNIEPER RIVER] Dneprostroy i novoye Zaporozh’ye....](/pictures/thumb/1088.jpg?v=1604429859)
Kharkiv: gospodarstvo Ukraini, 1932. [1], 45 pp.: ill. 26.4x35.4 cm. In owner’s cloth binding with original wrappers preserved. In a good condition. Front endpaper, front wrapper, title-page and few pages detached. Scarce. Second edition. First edition published in 1930 with design by Mark Kirnarsky. In contrast to the previous edition..... More
![LOBACHEVSKY IN FRENCH] Nouveaux principes de la géométrie avec une théorie complète des...](/pictures/thumb/1085.jpg?v=1604425836)
Bruxelles: Hayez, 1901. 132 pp., 9 plates. 23.5x16.1 cm. Contemporary owner’s half-leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Near fine. Minor tear at the hinge of the spine. Ex Libris on the verso of the front board Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846-1927), a Swedish mathematician and a member of the Nobel..... More
![MAKEUP FOR AMATEUR THEATRE] Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo po grimu dlia kruzhkov teatral’noi...](/pictures/thumb/1084.jpg?v=1604425671)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 48 pp., 32 ills. 18x15 cm. In original cloth folder with silver lettering and blind debossed silhouette: text brochure and separate illustration leaves inside. Folder is slightly soiled, small tear of the spine of the text brochure with minor tear of the t.p. outer edge, some foxing..... More
![AELITA, ONE OF THE EARLIEST FULL-LENGTH FILMS ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL] Aelita. Kino-lenta na temu...](/pictures/thumb/1082.jpg?v=1604424548)
Moscow: Proizvodstvennyy organ Mezhrabpoma Khudozhestvennyy Kollektiv «Rus’», [1924]. 48 pp.: ill. 22.2x19.8 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Spine and edges are slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. This brochure is dedicated to the Soviet silent film classic ‘Aelita’, which came out in 1924 and became a...... More
![CUBA] Natsional’nyy atlas Kuby [i.e. National Atlas of Cuba](/pictures/thumb/1079.jpg?v=1604424119)
Havana: 1970. [8], 132, [11] pp.: ill., maps. 49x39 cm. In original publisher’s cardboards with dust-wrapper. Minor tear of the dust jacker otherwise good. Scarce. Text in Russian. Scales of the maps vary from 1: 75,000 to 1:170,000,000. THE FIRST NATIONAL ATLAS OF CUBA PRODUCED WITH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF..... More
![LIBERALIZATION OF WOMEN IN EASTERN REPUBLICS] Oktiabr’ i zhenshchina Vostoka [i.e. The October...](/pictures/thumb/1075.jpg?v=1604423242)
Moscow: Partizdat, 1932. 56 pp.: ill. 20x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, some foxing, red pencil marks. Second edition. Constructivist cover design features three pictures of socialist women: without veils, working and smiling. The book outlines socialist methods to improve the everyday life of Oriental women and summarizes..... More
![FIRST BOOK IN GERMAN, PRINTED IN RUSSIA TOGETHER WITH AN EARLY GRAMMAR] Teutsh- Lateinisch- und...](/pictures/thumb/1074.jpg?v=1604420045)
St. Petersburg: printed at the Academy of Science typography, 1731. [4], 788, 48 pp. 23x18 cm. One of 1200 copies printed. Full-leather period binding. Spine is restored. New endpapers. Occasional stains, more substantial stains on the pp. 140-141 (traces of wax). Occasional restoration of the margins. Overall a very good..... More
![SOVIETIZATION OF CHINA] Sovety v Kitae: Sbornik materialov i dokumentov [i.e. Soviets in China....](/pictures/thumb/1071.jpg?v=1601556572)
Moscow: Partiinoe izdatel’stvo, 1933. V, [2], 520, [4] pp., 6 folding maps. 23x16 cm. In original red cloth with silver plate around embossed blind lettering in Chinese on the front cover; the same design of lettering in Russian printed on the spine. No dust wrappers. Some soiling on binding, otherwise..... More
![ONE OF THE FIRST MAPS OF THE SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA] Sakartvelos sabch’ota...](/pictures/thumb/1070.jpg?v=1601556325)
[Tbilisi]: sakartvelos sakhelmts’ipo gamomtsemloba, [ts’.a.] (sak. smus p’ol. t’r. litogr.), [1927]. Large color lithographed map ca. 114x160 cm. In 4 parts. Scale: 1:400 000. The stamps of 1930s institute that ceased to exist after WWII on the verso. Minor tears, otherwise very good. Very rare. One of 5000 copies..... More
![TREATING HYSTERIA] Gipnoanaliz infantil'nykh travm u isterikov [i.e. Hypnoanalysis of Infantile...](/pictures/thumb/1069.jpg?v=1601556123)
Tver: Izdanie avtora, 1927. 79 pp.: charts, tables. 22x16,5 cm. In modern wrappers. Very good, pale water stains on the lower margins, erased signature on t.p., some soiling. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare regional imprint with no copies located in Worldcat. The publication..... More
![Orthopaedics IN RUSSIA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENT.] Ortopedicheskaia klinika...](/pictures/thumb/1068.jpg?v=1601556020)
St. Petersburg, 1913. 58 pp.: ill., 9 ills. 21x15,5 cm. In original illustrated covers. Some stains on covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. Extremely rare with no copies in Worldcat. Interesting evidence of the early period of orthopedic surgery in Russia. In contrast to..... More
![TELINGATER FOR STALIN] Otchetnyi doklad XVII S’ezdu Partii o rabote TsK VKP(b), 26 ianvaria...](/pictures/thumb/1064.jpg?v=1601555538)
Moscow: Partizdat, 1934. In two volumes. 11,5x8 cm. In two original red full-cloth bindings; metal plates with embossed name lettering on both front covers; silver lettering on both spines. Shelf worn, small tear of the spine of the 2nd volume, otherwise very good. Very rare with no copies..... More
![BANNED EDITION. TELINGATER’S DESIGN] Programmy i ustavy vazhneishikh partiy II Internatsionala...](/pictures/thumb/1063.jpg?v=1601555438)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1929. 240 pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine chipped, some foxing on recto and verso of t.p. One of 10 000 copies. The edition was banned, according to ‘List of books to be excluded from libraries and book trade chain’ (1961). Interesting example of..... More
![HOW TO PRINT NEWSPAPER WITH GLASS LITHOGRAPHY] Rukovodstvo po tekhnike pechataniia gazety...](/pictures/thumb/1062.jpg?v=1601555318)
Moscow: Kolkhoznaia mnogotirazhka, 1932. 40 pp.: ill. 20,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, an uncut copy. First edition. One of 12 000 copies. Rare. The illustrated handbook on planographic vitreography was compiled for printers and editors of kolkhoz newspapers. High-run newspapers were published by scientific and educational..... More
![THE STATISTICS OF UKRAINIAN BOOK PUBLISHING] Mynule knyhy na Ukraini: Istorychnyi narys [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/1060.jpg?v=1601555065)
Kharkiv: Derzhvydav Ukraïni, 1930. 100 pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine, foxing and soiling occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 6000 copies. In Ukrainian. An interesting survey of book publishing in Ukraine written by bibliographer and book..... More
![A STUDY OF THE BOOK COVER] Oblozhka knigi: Opyt istoricheskogo issledovaniia. I. Proiskhozhdenie...](/pictures/thumb/1059.jpg?v=1601554848)
Leningrad: Izdanie Akademii Khudozhestv, 1929. 120 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original cardboards. Very good. First edition. One of 600 copies. Very rare. Cover design produced by the author, graphic artist Georgy Brylov who contributed to the Soviet design of books and posters and wrote 5 works about his..... More
![COVER DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Kniga o knigakh: Dvukhnedel’nyi bibliograficheskii zhurnal [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1058.jpg?v=1601554740)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1924. 80 pp.: ill. 25x17 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Covers and spine restored, new back cover, slightly soiled, otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies. Rare. Alexander Rodchenko’s design exemplifies the tenets of pure constructivist design. The front cover also includes a wrapper for the..... More