Moscow: Proletkul’t, 1927. 63, [1] pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated constructivist styled wrappers. Very good, some pages uncut. Small tears of the spine, some slight erosion of the staples, stamp on non-existent library on t.p., stamp “For review” on t.p. First and only edition. One of 1500 copies..... More about ART & LEISURE] I. Iskusstvo i otdykh; II. O rezhime ekonomii v khudozhestvennom trude [i.e....

Moscow: Vserossiiskii proletkult, 1925. 147 pp.: ill. In Constructivist publisher's wrappers. Very good, restoration of the spine, loss of the fragment of p.82 (small damage to the text). First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. Not only a great example of constructivist book design but also a.... More about THE LEFT FRONT: RODCHENKO AND GAN] Reviziya Levogo Fronta v sovremennom russkom iskusstve [i.e....

Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo literatury po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1952. 393, [3] pp.: ill. 22,5x18 cm. In original full-cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, with blind design on the cover and laconic colored design on the spine. Rubbed, pencil underlinings occasionally, otherwise in very good condition... More about THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE STALINIST ARCHITECTURE] O realisticheskikh osnovakh sovetskoi...

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. 110, [2] pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. In very good condition, a couple of defects of edges, stamps of Kharkiv architect’s private library, p. 79-82 are loosely inserted. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. This is... More about CITY FOR THE SOVIET MAN]  O sotsialisticheskikh gorodakh [i.e. On the Socialist Cities

Moscow; Leningrad: Mosk. aktsionernoe izdatel’skoe ob-vo, 1926. 139, [5] pp.: ill. 22x14 cm. In original card boards. Very good, small losses and soiling of the covers, Soviet bookshops’ stamps on the back endpapers. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Volume 6 from the series ‘Encyclopedia... More about ARCHITECTURE FOR ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS] Arkhitekturnye formy i kompozitsiya zdaniya [i.e....

Tehran (?)., n.d. Commentaries added in 1283 H. [1866]. Octavo (ca. 22x16,5 cm). Lithographed edition. 48 unnumbered leaves. Text and commentaries on the margins in Arabic: main text in ruq’ah script, commentaries - in nastaaliq script. Weak typography stamp on verso of the first leaf. Pastedown endpapers are leaves from... More about MIDDLE EAST - ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY] Ta’likat Mir Sayyid Sharif fi sharh-e shamsiya [i.e....

Moscow: Nauka, 1989. 400 pp. Original cloth. Very good. This is the most detailed account of the Russian expeditions to the North Pacific at the time. Supplied with the indexes of ships, names and geographical places. The documents themselves include letters, orders, short accounts of the trips undertaken, etc. More about RUSSIAN EXPEDITIONS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC] Russkie ekspeditsii po izucheniya Severnoy chasti...

Rostov-On-Don: D. Paramonov, 1904. 52 pp. , 4 ills. Original wrappers. Very good. First edition. Rare provincial edition of the anonymous Russian (from Odessa) who decided to change his life and move to New Zealand. For that he found a boat that delivered lard to Odessa and as a.... More about NEW ZEALAND] Na schastlivikh ostrovah Ao-Tea-Roa (Novaia Zelandiya) [i.e. On the happy islands of...

St. Petersburg: A.F. Devrien, 1883. [2], 64 pp., 6 chromolithographic plates. 26x19 cm. Original cardboard binding. First edition. The spine is scuffed, the pages are soiled towards the end, few tears. Generally in good condition for the Russian children’s book of the 1880s. More about DON QUIXOTE IN RUSSIAN] Don-Kihot Lamanchskiy [i.e. Don Quixote, the Night of Sad Countenance and...

Handwritten note by Leo Tolstoy dated 2 March 1893. No envelope or address: “It’s difficult to answer your question in writing. In words I might be able to advise you. Evening after 7 o’clock I’ll be home”. More about LEO TOLSTOY

Tokyo; Osaka: Marusen-Kabushiki-Kaisha, 1910. [2], XII, 596, 6 pp. Original cloth binding, with tape over it. Two private stamps in Russian and Japanese on the title verso. Otherwise good. The third edition of the first Japanese-Russian dictionary written in Japan. The first edition came out in 1906, second in... More about JAPAN] Edinstvenniy iaposnko-russkii slovar [i.e. The Only Japanese-Russian Dictionary

Leningrad: Glavsevmorput, 1935. [7], 429 pp., 1 port., 1 map., ills ; 23х15 cm. Original publisher’s cloth. No dust-jacket. First edition of the first Russian translation of Antarctic classics. The design of the book is by Boris Smirnov (1903-1986) the artist, whose main contribution has been his work... More about FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION] V serdtse Antarktiki [i.e. The heart of the Antarctic

Handwritten note by Leo Tolstoy dated 2 March 1893. No envelope or address: “It’s difficult to answer your question in writing. In words I might be able to advise you. Evening after 7 o’clock I'll be home”. More about LEO TOLSTOY