![CRAFT OF THE THEATRE ARTIST] ekhnika teatral’noi zhivopisi [i.e. Technique of Theatre...](/pictures/thumb/802.jpg?v=1567053845)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In original cardboards. Faded, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Richly illustrated with woodcuts by N. Proskuriakov. This manual concentrated advice compiled by an artist of Moscow Art Theatre, Ivan Gremislavsky (1886-1954). Through this theatre, he provided..... More
![FOR THE PEASANT THEATRE] Skomorokh: sbornik p’es dlia raboche-krest’ianskogo teatra [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/801.jpg?v=1567046058)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 192 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, tear of upper edge of three last leaves, minor defects of spine. Signed by author to Vladimir Nemeshaev who was a head of the Copyright Office and member of the Moscow Society of Dramatists and..... More
![ON THE WAY TO AERODYNAMICS] O prochnosti dvizheniia [i.e. On the Strength of Motion]. N. Zhukovsky](/pictures/thumb/800.jpg?v=1567045880)
Moscow: V Universitetskoi tipografii, 1882. [2], 104 pp. 25x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers with decorative frame. Tears of the spine with small fragments lost, some foxing, otherwise very good. First and only separate edition. Extremely rare. This is a thesis in applied mathematics that was written by Nikolay..... More
![STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION] Mediko-sanitarnoie stroitel’stvo: Rukovodstvo dlia...](/pictures/thumb/795.jpg?v=1567044403)
Kiev: UISOZ, 1936. 344 pp.: ill. 26x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. In good condition, bumped, some foxing on the t.p., water stains, p.15 party detached. One of 1500 copies. An excellent guide dedicated to the health facilities, what they consisted of and how to build them. The book..... More
![SCULPTOR OF MONUMENTAL PROPAGANDA] K otkrytiiu monumental’nogo pamiatnika Nikolaiu Baumanu...](/pictures/thumb/794.jpg?v=1567043376)
Moscow: Sovet R. i K. deputatov Baumanskogo raiona, [1931]. 32 p.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Pale water stain on the upper inner corner throughout the copy, slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Striking constructivist cover design with the..... More
![LABOUR AS A PART OF EDUCATION] Iunosheskii trud: Polozhenie i perspektivy [i.e. Youth Labor: The...](/pictures/thumb/793.jpg?v=1567043119)
Kharkiv: VUSPS, 1925. 56 pp. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with constructivist design. In very good condition, some foxing on the covers, a couple of pale old stamps on the title page. First and only edition. One of 8000 copies. Very rare. This is an interesting book on the..... More
![ARMENIAN ART] Iskusstvo Armenii: Kratkii bibliograficheskii ukazatel’ [i.e. Art of Armenia:...](/pictures/thumb/792.jpg?v=1567042641)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1939. 62, [2] pp. 21,5x15 cm. In original wrappers with decorative ornament. Tears of the spine with small fragments lost, rusty staples, otherwise very good. One of 2000 copies. Cover design by Anatoly MacReady-Stenroos, the Russian artist who emigrated with fascist forces in 1941 and kept the anti-Soviet..... More
![PIROGOV AS THE RED CROSS ACTIVIST] Otchet o poseshchenii voenno-sanitarnykh uchrezhdenii v...](/pictures/thumb/790.jpg?v=1567042248)
St. Petersburg: Izd. Obshchestva popecheniia o bol’nykh i ranennykh voinakh, 1871. [2], 152 pp. 27,5x19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Faded, tears of the spine with small fragments lost, white paint on the upper edge of front cover and the second leaf, foxing occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only..... More
![PHOTOMONTAGE ADVERTISEMENT] Zhurnaly izdatel’stva “Fizkul’tura i turizm” na 1933 g....](/pictures/thumb/789.jpg?v=1567042030)
Moscow: Fizkul’tura i turizm, 1932. 17,5x25,5 cm. In a very good condition. One of 25 000 copies. Extremely rare. Leaflet printed in red and black ink with photomontage composition of an athlete before a jump, picture of mountaineering and the emblem of GTO (the Soviet program ‘Ready for Labour and..... More
![PUSHKIN’S RELATIVES ABOUT HIM] Konchina Aleksandra Sergeevicha Pushkina [i.e. Demise of...](/pictures/thumb/787.jpg?v=1567041560)
St. Petersburg: Izdanie P.P. Soikina, 1899. 103 pp. 18x10,5 cm. In original wallpaper wrappers. Good, spine is repaired with paper stripe, foxing, a couple of ink marks. First and only edition. Extremely rare. The memories of people around Pushkin and their relations that were gathered by the poet’s nephew Lev..... More
![BEYOND BIBLIOGRAPHY] Russkie litografirovannye portrety neizvestnykh lits [i.e. The Russian...](/pictures/thumb/786.jpg?v=1567039980)
Petrograd: t-vo R. Golike i A. Vil’borg, 1915. [4] pp., 24 ills. 15х11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Bumped, pale water stains, tears of the spine with minor losses, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Extremely rare. A small and curious album published on the eve of premier..... More
![UTOPIA AS FORERUNNER OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS] Russkii utopicheskii roman [i.e. The Russian...](/pictures/thumb/784.jpg?v=1567036361)
Petrograd: Gosudarstvennoie izdatel’stvo, 1922. 52, [1] pp. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. One of 2000 copies. Cover design produced by Evgenii Belukha (1889-1943), the artist and designer who contributed to 1920-1930s Soviet book illustration. This is an overview of the Russian utopian novels..... More
![WORKERS’ CLUB MANAGEMENT COURSES] Podgotovka zateinikov-organizatorov [i.e. Preparing of...](/pictures/thumb/782.jpg?v=1567035040)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1929. 68 pp. 16,5x11,5 cm. In original wrappers with constructivist design. Tears of the spine, some stains, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Attractive constructivist cover design was produced by artist Alexander Skvortsov. This book contains a program of courses of the workers’..... More
![HOW TO DESIGN A COMFORTABLE WORKPLACE] Estetika proizvodstvennoi sredy na avtotransportnykh...](/pictures/thumb/781.jpg?v=1563928623)
Kiev: Reklama, 1973. 31 pp., 54 plates. 22x29,5 cm. In illustrated folder, brochure in stapled wrappers and plates are separate. Very good, some wear of the folder. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Published by Ministry of Motor Transport of the Ukrainian SSR and the..... More
![AFTERMATH OF STALINISM] O preodolenii kul'ta lichnosti i ego posledstvii [i.e. On Overcoming...](/pictures/thumb/780.jpg?v=1563928425)
Moscow: Gospolitizdat, 1956. 32 pp. 20,5x13 cm. In original wrappers. In very good condition. First edition. This is the most significant resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union related to Khrushchev’s Secret Speech. This book was published in four months after the..... More
![EARLY SOVIET CATALOGUE OF COLOURS] Kolernaia knizhka [i.e. The Book of Colours](/images/noimage.png)
Moscow: Izd. khudozhestvenno-aerograficheskoi proektnoi masterskoi tresta ‘Mosspetsstroi’, 1939. 40 pp., 124 colored leaves cut in half. 10x13 cm. In blue cloth with silver lettering on the front cover. Pale stamp of private library on the t.p., otherwise very good. Second edition. One of 5500 copies. Extremely rare... More
![LIBRARY CATALOGUING] Bibliotechnyi pocherk [i.e. The Library Handwriting]. N. Lomkovskii](/pictures/thumb/776.jpg?v=1563927798)
Moscow: Doloi negramotnost’, 1927. 28, [4] pp. In original constructivist style wrappers. Front cover detached, minor defect of p.9 (not affected the text), previous owner’s stamp on t.p., otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 8070 copies. Very rare. A nice and early Soviet brochure..... More
![SAMIZDAT OF THE BEST-KNOWN WORK BY STRUGATSKY BROTHERS] Gadkiie lebedi [i.e. The Ugly Swans]....](/pictures/thumb/774.jpg?v=1563927429)
N.p., [1970s-1980s]. 132 typewritten pp. 30x21 cm. Unbound. As new. This is a samizdat copy of the novel ‘The Ugly Swans’ by brothers and co-authors Arkady (1925-1991) and Boris (1933-2012) Strugatsky, the leaders of the Soviet science fiction. The ideas of Strugatsky duo were innovative but relevant to..... More
![DREISER IN THE SOVIET UNION] Niu-Iork [i.e. New York]. T. Dreiser](/pictures/thumb/773.jpg?v=1563927313)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 127 pp.: ill. 18,5x12,5 cm. In original constructivist style wrappers and original illustrated dust jacket with portrait of the author by Hugo Gellert. Near fine, previous owner’s stamp on t.p. and few ink marks, two stains on dust jacket. First thus edition. One of 7000..... More
![PUSHKIN IN YIDDISH] Skazka o tsare Saltane [i.e. The Tale of Tsar Saltan]. A. S. Pushkin](/pictures/thumb/772.jpg?v=1563927147)
Moscow: Emes, 1937. 52 pp.: ill. 21x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers, Yiddish and Russian titled on the front and back covers. Very good. Small tears of the wrappers, pale stains on some margins, previous owner’s bookplate on the recto of the front cover. First edition. One of 5000..... More
![GUDIASHVILI AS CONSTRUCTIVIST] Gruzii poety i pisateli SSSR [i.e. To Georgia! The poets and...](/pictures/thumb/767.jpg?v=1563926208)
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1931. XV, 160 pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good condition. Minor soiling. Partly uncut. 21,5x14,5 cm. 1 of 3000 copies printed. The collection of poetry and prose, gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Georgian Soviet Republic. All of the text is in..... More
![KRUCHYONYKH ON MAYAKOVSKY AND ILIAZD IN 1918] Kuranty. #1, 1918 [The Chants] / edited by Boris...](/pictures/thumb/766.jpg?v=1563925966)
Tiflis: Phoenix, 1918. 24 pp.: ill. 22x18 cm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. The Chants was the periodical of the group known as ‘The Fantastic Tavern’. It was edited by Korneev, included the articles and poems by Tatiana Vechyorka, Yuri Degen, Alexei Kruchyonykh. It’s known that both Terentiev..... More
![THE SHORT-LIVED ARTISTIC CLUB IN TIFLIS] Pavliniy khvost [i.e. The Tail of Peacock] / words...](/pictures/thumb/765.jpg?v=1563925222)
Tiflis, [1918]. 1 leaf. 36x15 cm. Folded in four. The contemporary pencil notes suggest that the leaflet was in use during the meetings of the club. The emblem of the peacock by Boris Ryabov, the art critic and the historian of architecture. The leaflet includes the ‘March of..... More
![SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst...](/pictures/thumb/764.jpg?v=1563925079)
Moscow; Leningrad: IZOGIZ, 1932. 140 pp.: ills. 27x15 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Very good condition, spine is restored with fragments lacking. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Kuznetsova and Magidoon are responsible for the design of the book, as well as the design of many decorations for street celebrations..... More
![BOOK PROPAGANDA PERFORMANCE FOR THE RED ARMY] Karnaval knig. Agitatsionnoe predstavlenie [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/763.jpg?v=1563924935)
Moscow: Voenizdat, 1925. 29, [3] pp.: ill. 23x15,5 cm. In original wrappers with decorative frame. In very good condition, mainly uncut pages, minor tears of spine, small blank fragments of covers and pages lost, ink number on the front cover. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies..... More