![DESIGN BY RUVIM MAZE] Organizuy samogo sebya [i.e. Organize Yourself]. P. Kerzhentsev](/pictures/thumb/883.jpg?v=1576156982)
Moscow: [Molodaya gvardiya], 1925. 96pp.: tables. 20.3x14.3 sm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers by Ruvim Mazel (1890-1967). In good condition. Loss of the small fragment at the lower right corner of the front wrapper, tears of the spine, foxing. Second enlarged edition. First edition published in 1923. Scarce. Wrapper..... More
![HOW WE MAY COMPREHEND A MOTIO] Motornaia odarennost’ [i.e. Motor Сapability]. N. Ozeretskii](/pictures/thumb/882.jpg?v=1576156117)
Moscow: Tsentral’nyi institut truda, 1924. 28 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Issue from series ‘Orga-Biblioteka TsIT’. Early work of Central Labor Institute (1920-1939) that was established for demonstrating and propaganda of principles of..... More
![FOR FEMALE PHARMACISTS] Zaslugi zhenshchin na vrachebno-farmatsevticheskom poprishche:...](/pictures/thumb/881.jpg?v=1576155710)
Moscow: tipo-lit. V.G. Dempel’, 1892. 58 pp., 1 ill., 8 leaves of advertisement. 22,5x14,5 cm. In original printed covers. Small fragments of spine lost, some soiling and foxing, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This is a public lecture by pharmacist Arkadii Semenov promoting the emancipation of women..... More
![THEATRICAL ART BY STENBERG BROTHERS] «Fedra» v Moskovskom Kamernom teatre [i.e. ‘Phaedra’...](/pictures/thumb/880.jpg?v=1576155126)
Moscow: Izdanie avtora, 1925. 23 pp.: ill. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and title page restored, signature on cover erased. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies. Extremely rare. Edition contains three reproductions of avant-garde headgear designs by Stenberg brothers, including portraits of Phaedra and Hippolyte..... More
![DESIGN BY KONSTANTIN ZOTOV] Odna shestaia: Stikhi [i.e. One-Sixth: Poems]. S. Shchipachiov](/pictures/thumb/879.jpg?v=1576154634)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 78, [2] pp. 15x11 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Contrasting cover design was produced by Konstantin Zotov (1906-1990) who achieved a certain fame by designing posters of children and their health as well as creating..... More
![BOLSHEVIZING SIBERIA] Pereimenovanie ulits, ploshchadei i predmestii g. Irkutska [i.e. Renaming...](/pictures/thumb/878.jpg?v=1576154232)
[Irkutsk: Ispolnitel’nyi Komitet Irkutskogo Gorsoveta, 1920]. One typeset leaf. 35x20,5 cm. Tears of edges with tiny losses, some creases, otherwise very good. Extremely rare survival of time and a glimpse into the very beginning of the Communist changes. During the Civil War Irkutsk was an epicenter of political..... More
![SOVIET VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC REGION] Tikhookeanskii dnevnik [i.e. The Pacific Ocean Diary]. B. Lapin](/pictures/thumb/877.jpg?v=1573091696)
Moscow: Federatsiia, 1929. 222, [2] pp. 19,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the spine with small fragments lost, vertical crease of the front cover and some leaves, otherwise very good and clean copy. Signed by author on the half title (1929). First edition. One of..... More
![WHO WANTS RATIONAL ADVERTISING IN CAUCASUS RESORTS] “Dvigatel’” na Kavkazskikh...](/pictures/thumb/876.jpg?v=1573091398)
Rostov-on-Don: Obraztsovaia Gostip DPB, 1924. Two full-colored leaves with a double parallel fold, with illustrated front cover. 13x10 cm. Tears of the outer crease, staple lost, otherwise very good. One of 500 copies. Сover design is probably produced by local artist Nikolai Shuvalov. Extremely rare survival of prints..... More
![LIFETIME EDITION BY MANDELSTAM] Vtoraia kniga [i.e. The Second Book]. O. Mandelstam](/pictures/thumb/875.jpg?v=1573091174)
Moscow: Krug, 1923. 85, [9] pp. 13,5x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Restored, otherwise very good and clean copy. Ownership (embossed) blindstamp of Ernest Heitetz. One of 3000 copies. Constructivist publisher’s mark (on half title and back cover) created by Iu. Annenkov. There are four lifetime editions of Osip..... More
![HOW TO DESIGN A NEWSPAPER] Tekhnicheskoye oformleniye gazety [i.e. Technical Design of a...](/pictures/thumb/874.jpg?v=1573090940)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gizlegprom, 1933. 216 pp., 1 table: ill. 25.4x17.5cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Wrappers slightly age-toned, a couple of tears of the spine. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First edition. Rare. Written by the Soviet art critics Boris Viazemsky (1899-?) and M. Urlaub, this manual..... More
![CREATE YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER] Osnovy gazetnogo dela: kratkoe rukovodstvo [i.e. Newspaper Business...](/pictures/thumb/873.jpg?v=1573090703)
Petrograd: 1-ia Gos. tipografiia, 1918. 75 pp.: ill., 1 folding ill. loosely inserted. Book: 18x14 cm. Leaf: 24x22,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with printed newspaper front page in red. First and only edition. Extremely rare. This is the earliest Soviet manual on editing and printing mass periodical..... More
![SOVIET PSYCHIATRY] Shizofreniia: Voprosy patogeneza osnovnykh iavlenii [i.e. Schizophrenia:...](/pictures/thumb/872.jpg?v=1573090385)
Moscow: Narkomzdrav SSSR: Medgiz, 1939. 209, [2] pp.: ill, 3 ills. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original cloth binding with colored lettering on front cover and spine. Good. Rubbedсand soiled covers, water stain on the lower margin throughout the copy, blank corner of last page lost, ink signatures on front flyleaf and..... More
![A FAREWELL TO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOVIET FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY] Professoru N.P. Brukhanskomu...](/pictures/thumb/871.jpg?v=1573089758)
Moscow: Biomedgiz, 1935. XVI, 728pp., a portrait and a table: ill., tables. 23.1x16cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and the spine. Private library stamp: “Doctor V. E. Iashvili” on the title-page and the pp. 89, 513, occasional pen/pencil markings. Otherwise very good. First..... More
![FOR THE RUSSIAN DARWINISTS] Photograph of Charles Darwin](/pictures/thumb/869.jpg?v=1573089404)
Saint Petersburg: Vezenberg i Ko, [1900s]. 16,5x11 cm. Albumen photo mounted on cardboard paper with a printed workshop’s signature. Very good. Stamp of pre-revolutionary Daziaro shop on the back side along with the pencil note in Russian: ‘Darvin’. This is a reproduction of the well-known portrait of Charles Darwin..... More
![ABC OF JOB PRINTING BY SOLOMON TELINGATER] Iskusstvo aktsidentnogo nabora [i.e. The Art of Job...](/pictures/thumb/868.jpg?v=1573089238)
Moscow: Kniga, 1965. 228 pp.: ill. 22x17.7 cm. In original cloth with the letterpress design and constructivist dust-wrapper by Solomon Telingater. Dust-wrapper with a couple of tears. Otherwise fine. First edition. Rare. Both a brief account of the book history and an extensive study of the origins and..... More
![BOOK ILLUSTRATION DESIGN] Verstka illyustratsiy v knige [i.e. Book Illustration Design]. L. Gessen](/pictures/thumb/867.jpg?v=1573088940)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo legkoy prom-sti, 1932. 3-94, [2]pp.: ill. 27x20.4cm. In original publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Loss of the front endpaper. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Scarce. This is a comprehensive guide to the layout of illustrations in..... More
![EXPERIMENTS IN THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Transformiruiushchiesia muzhskoi i zhenskii teatral’nye...](/pictures/thumb/866.jpg?v=1573088500)
Moscow: MKhAT SSSR im. M. Gor’kogo, 1948. 55 pp.: ill. Tear of p.53-54 (text is not not affected), some scratches of back cover and minor soiling of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare. This late 1940s manual for theatrical costume designers..... More
![A MANIFESTO OF THE PROLETARIAN THEATRE] Osnovnyye zadachi teatral’nogo rukovodstva: Ispr....](/pictures/thumb/865.jpg?v=1573088087)
[Moscow]: Ogiz - Gos. izdvo khud. lit-ry, 1931. 44 pp. 16,6x11,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. First edition. Scarce. This report provides a valuable insight into the process of reformation that the Soviet avant-garde theatre was compelled to go through in the early 1930s. The 4th..... More
![THEATRE AS A TOOL OF THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA] Leningradskiy teatr yunykh zriteley. Zadachi i...](/pictures/thumb/863.jpg?v=1573087134)
Leningrad: TYUZ, 1929. 46, [3]pp.: ill., scheme. 17x11.8cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. The spine is slightly rubbed. Otherwise near a very good copy. First edition. Scarce. Wrapper design by the Russian painter and theatre artist, Mikhail Grigoriev (1899-1960). Compiled by the Russian actor, director and pedagogue, Leonid..... More
![SOVIET STUDY OF LABOR] Issledovaniia / Tsentral’nyi institut truda V.TS.S.P.S. [i.e. Research /...](/pictures/thumb/859.jpg?v=1573085677)
Moscow, 1923. 108, [4] pp.: ill., 4 ills. 26x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored and soiled covers, water stains occasionally, some colored pencil marks on margins, otherwise very good and clean copy. First collection of works by the Soviet research laboratories dedicated to the culture of labor. One..... More
![PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION OF TOYS PRODUCED FOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN] Sat’amashoebis laboratoriis...](/pictures/thumb/858.png?v=1573180697)
Tbilisi: Zaria Vostoka, 1941. 80 pp: ill. 18x27.6 cm. In original cloth with lettering and decoration on the front board. Near fine. Loss of the endpapers. Scarce. One of 800 copies. A special anniversary edition of the Georgian SSR Ministry of Education. The album showcases 32 full..... More
![KOMSOMOL YOUTH LED INDUSTRIALIZATION] Nashi universitety [i.e. Our Universities]. V. Vinogradova](/pictures/thumb/857.jpg?v=1573081952)
Sverdlovsk [Yekaterinburg]: Uralpartizdat, 1932. 52 pp. 23x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Minor tears of the spine, otherwise near fine. Photomontage cover design shows curious example of Ural constructivism. It’s located on the both covers and features picture of factory. The work was produced by Gennadii Liakhin who..... More
![PHOTO GRAPHICS BY TELINGATER] Tragediinaia noch’. Poema [i.e. Tragic Night. A Poem]. A. Bezymensky](/pictures/thumb/856.jpg?v=1573081658)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 64 pp.: ill. 18,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, some creases, otherwise very good. First edition. Very rare. This is one of the well-known Soviet photobooks and one of the earliest literary works on triumphal projects of the First Five-Year Plan. The poem by..... More
![THEORY OF PHOTOMONTAGE] Iskusstvo dnia [i.e. The Art of the Day. What to Know In Order to Make a...](/pictures/thumb/855.jpg?v=1573081413)
Moscow: Vserossiyskiy proletkult, 1925. 135, [2] pp. 22x15 cm. Original publisher’s cover. Covers restored, bookstore stamp on back cover, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. The program work by art critic Nikolay Tarabukin (1889-1956), one of the ideologists of Proletkult, who at the..... More
![CONTINUING THE RUSSIAN FUTURIST BOOKS] Vereshki [i.e. Waves]. E. Zamiatin](/pictures/thumb/854.jpg?v=1573080930)
Petrograd: Segodnia, 1918. [8] pp.: ill. 20,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Couple bookstore stamps and marks on the last page, otherwise mint. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies. A unique survival of linocut editions created in short-lived artists’ collective ‘Segodnia’ (Today). The book considered one of..... More