![[UKRAINIAN RED ARMY] Vstupaite do chervonnoy kinnoti [i.e. Join The Red Calvary]](/pictures/thumb/527.jpg?v=1541084694)
Kiev: 2ya Radyanska foto-lito-grukarnia, 1920. 75x55 cm. The poster is backed recently, condition is very good. The poster was made around the time the Red Army was approaching to take the full control over the Ukraine. The text says: ’The red calvary has defeated Mamontov, Shkuro, Denikin, lords... More
![[SOVIET IKEA] Mebel’ i oborudovanie novykh kvartir: (Al’bom sostavlen po materialam Vsesoiuznogo konkursa na mebel’ provedennogo Gosstroem SSSR v 1958 g.) [i.e. Furniture and Furnishing New Apartments: Album Based on Materials of All-Union Competition in Furniture Designs Held by Gosstroi of USSR in 1958]](/pictures/thumb/522.jpg?v=1541080275)
Moscow: [Gosstroi], 1960. [8] pp., 68 leaves with designs in illustrated folder with laces. Folder with Soviet bookshop’s stamp, rubbed and soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Very rare. One of 5000 copies. Folder designed by V.A. Briun, art directors - Briun and E.I. Matveenko. This... More
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2018. 312 pp.: ill. 29,5x21,5 cm. This amply illustrated reference book on Georgian book design in the 1920s and ’30s is based on a broadly representative private collection of a hundred works. It traces the main trends and developments in Georgian book design at... More
![[MUTEFERRIKA - PERSIA] Târîh-i seyyâh der beyân-i zuhûr-i Afgânîyan ve sebeb-i inhidâm-i binâ-i devlet-i Sâhân-i Safevîyân [i.e. The History of the Afghan Wars in Persia and the Reasons of the Fall of the Safavid Empire]. Jan Tadeusz Krusinski.](/pictures/thumb/518.jpg?v=1539119611)
Istanbul: Typ. Of Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1729. [7], 97 leaves (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). 20,5x14,5 cm. Black stamps on the first and the last leaves, short manuscript notes in Ottoman Turkish on leaves 1, 7 and 8. 19th century dark brown quarter sheep with black pebbled paper boards. Binding slightly... More
![[SHEET MUSIC] La Satisfaction (Udovletvorenie). Val’s. Muzyka A. Petrova [i.e. Satisfactionl Valse. Music by A. Petrov]](/images/noimage.png)
St. Petersburg: N. Kh. Davingof, 1910s. 8 pp. 33x26 cm. In original wrappers in art deco style. Taken from binding, a few stains. Otherwise very good. Nikolay Davingof, musician and publisher. More
![[SHEET MUSIC] Rozita. Muzyka M. Blantera. Slova Pavla German [i.e. Music by M. Blanter. Words by Pavel German]](/pictures/thumb/516.jpg?v=1533148644)
Moscow: Self-published, 1926. 6 pp. 33x25 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, signature on the front cover, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover. One of 3000 copies. More
![[SHEET MUSIC] Kometa Galleya. Val’s. Soch. N. Kamenskogo [i.e. Halley Comet. Valse by N. Kamensky]](/pictures/thumb/515.jpg?v=1533148531)
Moscow: Torgovyi Dom F.I. Detlaf, 1910s. [4] pp. 35x26 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears and losses, spots on the back cover, otherwise very good. More
![[SHEET MUSIC] N. Sizov i A. Kozlovsky. Printsessa Turandot. Muzyka k skazke Karlo Gotsi v postanovke Tretiei Studii MHAT [i.e. N. Sizov and A. Kozlovsky. Princess Turandot. Music for the Fairy Tale by Karlo Gozzi Production of MHAT’s Third Studio]](/pictures/thumb/513.jpg?v=1533148322)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1924. [4], 21 pp. 35,5x26,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers by K. Mironov. Small closed tears of the spine, ink bookshops’ stamps on the front cover and t.p. Otherwise very good. One of 2000 copies. More
Moscow: publ. by author, 1926. 6 pp. 33x26 cm. In original illustrated wrappers by Nikolai Rogachyov. Very good. Pages separated from each other, tears of the extremities. One of 1050 copies. Nikolai Rogachev (1890-1954), one of the most productive and interesting artists of sheet music covers. He was among... More
![[MAYKOVSKY ON LENIN] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. V. V. Mayakovsky.](/pictures/thumb/511.jpg?v=1533147596)
Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1925. 94, [1] pp. 17,2x13 cm. In original printed wrappers with constructivist design on the front wrapper (and in a later full cloth case with lettering in Swedish). Very good, loss of the small fragment of the margin of the back wrapper, spine is rebacked with paper, owner’s... More
Kiev: Lavra Typography, 1628. 9-142, 165-229 leaves. 20x16 cm. Original full leather binding. Good interior condition with the signs of the aged paper, soiling and occasional dirt on the pages. The book is lacking 8 leaves in the beginning and 23 in the middle as well as one at the... More
![[MAYAKOVSKY’S WORK FOR ADVERTISING] Izvestiya. #175 (August 2nd, 1924)](/pictures/thumb/508.jpg?v=1533145411)
Moscow: Krasnyi mayak, 1924. 8 pp.: ill. 65x54 cm. Very good. A very fragile newspaper with tears of the extremities and spine, ink stamp of the non-existing library (Lenin’s institute). An extremely rare survival of the time. Page 8 with advertisements including an illustrated ad for ABC with poem... More
![[UNKNOWN MAYAKOVSKY CARRICATURE] Za 7 dnei [i.e. During 7 Days]](/pictures/thumb/507.jpg?v=1533145066)
Moscow: Rabochaia Moskva, 1926. #6, 10, 12 for 1926. 33x23,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and back cover repaired with the adhesive tape (#6), tears of the edges, otherwise very good and clean internally. Extremely rare survival. Three issues of short-lived satire supplement to the newspaper ‘Working Moscow’... More
![[RARE FOOTAGE FROM THE LIFE OF THE TILE MAKING FACTORY] Keramiko-plitochny zavod imeni N.A. Bulganina [i.e. N.A. Bulganin Ceramic Tile Factory]](/pictures/thumb/506.jpg?v=1533144768)
Moscow: 1937. 25 leaves with 47 mounted photographs, 5 charts. 29x41 cm. In original full-cloth with lettering on mounted metal plate. One photograph lost, otherwise very good. A unique photo album depicting the mechanization and experimental projects of the largest ceramic tile factory in the USSR with extraordinary constructivist styled... More
![[ARCHITECTURE OF WORKERS’ CLUBS] Arkhitektura rabochikh klubov i dvortsov kultury [i.e. Architecture of Workers’ Clubs and Palaces of Culture]](/pictures/thumb/504.jpg?v=1533143923)
Moscow: Gosizdat po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1953. 311 pp.: ill. 27x21 cm. In original card boards with cloth spine. Very good, slightly rubbed and torn on the extremeties of the boards. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. Very rare. Binding, title pages and ornamention of the book... More
![[PETRUSHKA BY STRAVINSKY] Suita z ballet Petrushka [i.e. The Suite to Petrushka Ballet. Piano Version by the Author]. I. Stravinsky.](/pictures/thumb/503.jpg?v=1533143319)
Kiev: Muzgiz, 1927. 35 pp. 34x25.5 cm. Some tears and stains on the wrappers and lower margin, otherwise very good. First Ukrainian edition. Rare. This is a piano transcription of Igor Stravinsky’s early composition ‘Petrushka’. He began to create the ballet in Ukrainian town Ustyluh in 1907. Performed... More
![[SEAL BREEDING] Kotkovoe khoziaystvo [i.e. The Northern Fur Seal Breeding]. L. Boytsov.](/pictures/thumb/502.jpg?v=1533143053)
Moscow: Vneshtorgizdat, 1934. 195 pp. 20x14,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Fine condition. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. A very interesting and unique in its kind publication on the northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). The title of the book suggests that the content is... More
![[POST CONSTRUCTIVIST SCHOOLS] Shkoly gotovy! Kak my borolis’ za vypolnenie postanovleniia SNK SSSR i CK VKP(b) o novom shkol’nom stroitel’stve [i.e. Schools Are Ready! How We Fought for the Implementation of the Resolution of the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR and the Central Committee of the CPSU (b.) on the New School Construction]](/pictures/thumb/501.jpg?v=1533142747)
Moscow: Sovet RK i KD Kirovskogo raiona, 1935. In original cardboards with gilt lettering on the front cover. Very good. First and only edition. One of 300 copies. Extremely rare. This is a triumphal report of the ful lled plan of school construction in the transitional stage between... More
![[BOOK DESIGN BY SOLOMON TELINGATER] Napostovsky svistok: Stikhi i epigrammy [i.e. Post Whistle: Poems and Epigrams]. S. A. Shvetsov.](/pictures/thumb/500.jpg?v=1533142567)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1932. [42] pp.: ill. 20x12 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Very good, loss of the spine, covers rubbed, illustrated bookplate on the front pastedown (from the collection of O.S. Kuzmy). First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. A rare poetry book by satire poet Sergei Shvetsov... More
![[SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ya, vy i on: Roman iz zhizni shankhaiskikh emigrantov [i.e. Me, You and Him: A Novel from the Life of Shanghai Emigrants]. L. Y. Grosse.](/pictures/thumb/499.jpg?v=1533142331)
Shanghai: 1930. [6], 317 pp. 13x9 cm. In original illustrated wrappers by A.A. Yaron. Very good/near ne condition. The spine is very carefully fixed. Extremely rare. First and only edition. Lev Grosse (1906-1950), writer and son of Viktor Grosse (1869-1931), Russian diplomat, one of the active members of the... More
![[SOVIET ‘ELITE’ SCHOOL] Radishchevka nashikh dnei [i.e. Radishchevka of Our Days]. B. Slivkin, G., Goldberg.](/pictures/thumb/498.jpg?v=1533141777)
Moscow: Uchgiz-Narkompros RSFSR, 1931. 124 pp.: ill. 22x16 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, foxing of the wrappers and endpapers. First and only edition. Very rare. One of 5000 copies. This book is written by two former students of the Radishchevka - the A.N. Radishchev model school... More
![[CELEBRATIONS IN WORKERS’ CLUBS] Pervoe Maia v klube: sbornik instsenirovok, stikhotvorenii, khorovykh i muzykal’nykh proizvedenii [i.e. The May Day in the Club: Collection of Staging, Poems, Choral and Musical Works]](/pictures/thumb/497.jpg?v=1533141555)
Moscow: Trud i kniga, 1924. 72 pp., 12 sheet music. 22,5x15 cm. In contemporary cardboards, the original constructivist covers preserved. Very good, rubbed, library stamps on the t.p. with cancellations stamps over them. First and only edition. One of 8000 copies produced. Rare. This is a collection of... More
![[RARE PROVINCIAL CATALOGUE] Vystavka proizvedenii leningradskikh khudozhnikov: Katalog [i.e. Art Exhibition of Leningrad Artists: Catalogue]](/pictures/thumb/495.jpg?v=1533131814)
Stalinabad: Lenizo, 1938. 12 pp. 14,5x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, tiny tears near staples. First and only edition. One of 1200 copies. Very rare. The catalogue features 117 items of paintings and graphics (sculpture was featured on photographs) by Leningrad artists which were brought to... More
![[SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS] Bud'te ostorozhny! [i.e. Be Careful!]. I. G. Grishashvili.](/pictures/thumb/494.jpg?v=1533049295)
Tbilisi: Gor. U.P.O. NKVD Gruzinskoi SSR, 1944. 18 pp.: ill. 10x15 cm. Very rare. One of 2000 copies. Lithographed edition. Poems by I. Grishashvili, plot by Z. Pachkoria, illustrations by L. Gilchevskaya. Visual poetic safety regulations for children in Russian (title in Russian and Georgian). Not in the Worldcat. More
![[INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHILDREN ON HOW TO MAKE ILLUSTRATIONS AT HOME] Vyrezai, pechatai [i.e. Cut out, Print]. A. Abramov, K., Kuznetsov.](/pictures/thumb/493.jpg?v=1533048830)
Moscow: Detgiz, 1934. 11 pp.: ill. 21,7х18,5 cm. In original lithographed wrappers. Near fine. Rare lithographed edition. Konstantin Kuznetsov (1886-1943), graphic artist, one of the founders of the Russian school of children's book illustration in the 1920s-30s. This book is dedicated to techniques of printing illustrations at home... More