[Moscow]: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 16 pp.: ill., including covers. 15,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear of spine, rusty staple, some soiling of covers, ink numbers on back cover, otherwise very good. Constructivist lithographic book by a well-known children’s writer Olga Gurian (1899–1973) who wrote over 50 books about..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1927. 24 pp.: ill. 28,5х23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers restored, otherwise very good. Lithographed throughout. A large-format children’s song book written by poet, prose writer and literary critic Natan Vengrov (1894-1962). His earliest books were released at the artel “Today” run by V. Ermolaeva..... More

Harbin: Izd. M.V. Zaitseva, 1937. 176 pp.+4 pp. of ads. 19x13,5 cm. In contemporary binding; original illustrated front wrapper preserved. Front wrapper slightly detached from block, some small stains, previous owner’s notes on rear side of front cover, p. 19-20 slightly chipped, otherwise very good. Extremely rare and repressed..... More

[1920s]. 13 photos. Folding series of photos: 10x96 cm. Binding: 11,16,5 cm. In original cloth binding with gilt lettering. Good, fabric connections between cards worn, with tears. Paper sticker on spine, ink numbers and stamp of the State Museum of Social Hygiene (prewar institution) on rear side of front cover..... More

Chita: Chitinskoe knizhnoe izdatel’stvo, 1953. 42, [2] pp.: ill. 20x14,6 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Few small stains, otherwise very good. Rare Transbaikalian imprint of a 1951 Moscow edition. Designed by V. Dobrovol’skii. This popular story tells about a little Black survivor rescued and welcomed by Russian sailors..... More

Moscow: Izd. avtora: Notopechatnia GIZa, 1927. 4 pp.: music score. 32,2x24,7 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and one corner repaired, some soiling, otherwise very good. An interesting design that artist V. Lunin created for a 1920s sheet music brochure. One of 1050 copies. Foxtrot came to the territory..... More

Moscow: Detizdat: Fabrika detskoi knigi, 1941. One leaf folded four times. Unfolded: 10x59,2 cm. Folded: 10x12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Minor tear of one fold, otherwise mint. The copy features traces of book price changing on front wrapper and last page. The copy features traces of book price..... More

Petrograd: Izd. Soiuza i Sektsii Poligraficheskikh Proizvodstv, 1920. 106 pp.: ill. 20,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear of spine, covers detached from block, some soiling of wrappers, otherwise very good. Signed by authors to Vasily Desnitsky (1878-1958), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet literary historian. Since 1920, he was non-partisan..... More

Berlin: Skify, 1922. 62, [2] pp. 21x14 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Creases of wrappers, few minor stains, private stamp on t.p. and p. 33. Otherwise near fine. One of the Berlin projects produced by El Lissitzky (1890-1941), one of the leading figures in Russian avant-garde art. He is..... More

Moscow: Soyuzfoto: Fotokhudozhnik, 1938. 42 photo prints on 21 leaves + photo mounted to rear side of front cover. 21x31 cm. In original cloth with gilt lettering. Some soiling of covers, tears of spine, binding slightly restored, corners of leaves chipped and soiled, otherwise very good. First edition. One..... More

Berlin: Petropolis, 1924. [2], 104, [12] pp.: ill. 33,5x26,5 cm. In modern cloth binding with original illustrated wrappers mounted. Foxing, edges of half-title chapped, leaf of contents repaired, some soiling, tissue leaves preserved, some with fragments lost. Valuable piece of Jewish avant-garde printed in emigration. Copy #253 of 300..... More

Saint Petersburg: Izd. Obshchestva Intimnogo teatra, 1912. 69 pp.: ill. 18x12 cm. In original printed wrappers. Some soiling of covers, otherwise mint. First and only edition. One of 800 copies. Scarce. The first book dedicated to futurist artist and patron Nikolai Kul’bin (1868-1917). He is known as an initiator..... More

Saint Petersburg: V Morskoi Tipografii, 1811. [6], 56 pp. 20,5x12,5 cm. In late wrappers with title glued to spine; modern slipcase. Stamp of a theatrical library on t.p., some minor stains, few small tears of covers, otherwise mint. One of the earliest Russian adaptations of the whole story. Very..... More