![COVERS AS A SIGNBOARD FOR BOOK PROPAGANDA] Sovremennaia oblozhka: 75 vosproizvedenii [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/796.jpg?v=1567044770)
Leningrad: Izd. Akademii khudozhestv, 1927. 28, [4] pp., 38 ills. 28,5x22 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Rubbed and bumped, same pale stains on the lower margins and ink marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 1500 copies. Design of covers, initial, head and tail pieces... 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
![EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY] Psikhicheskoe utomlenie: Eksperimental’no-psikhicheskie...](/pictures/thumb/791.jpg?v=1567042441)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1929. 178, [2] pp. 24,5x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small fragments of the spine lost, some tears of edges, pale water stains, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Cover design by the Soviet master of book graphics and letterpress... 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
![ELECTRIFICATION] Beregis’ elektricheskogo toka [i.e. Beware of the Electric Shock]. M. Aleksandrov](/pictures/thumb/788.jpg?v=1567041784)
Moscow: Gostrudizdat, 1930. 31 pp.: ill. 13,5x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed spine with minor tear, pale previous owner’s stamp on t.p., otherwise very good. First and only edition. Illustrated by contemporary posters on this topic. This is a small attractive brochure on the safety precautions that... 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
![PRE-WAR HISTORY OF THE PALACE OF SOVIETS] Dvorets Sovetov / sost. Otdel tekhpropagandy...](/pictures/thumb/785.jpg?v=1567036546)
Moscow: Izd. Vsesoiuznoi akademii arkhitektury, 1939. 48 pp.: ill. 21x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine repaired, some stains, otherwise very good and clean internally. Very rare. “Palace of Soviets will be built definitely at the time set by the party and government” - this book stressed in 1939... 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
![KEY PROJECT OF THE FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN] Moskva Magnitostroiu [i.e. Moscow to Magnitostroi](/pictures/thumb/783.jpg?v=1567036217)
Moscow: VTsSPS, 1931. 31 pp.: ill. 14,5x10 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Contemporary colored pencil marks, some ink stains, otherwise very good condition. First and only edition. Very rare. Constructivist design for the front cover contains the photograph of construction and attractive letterpress design. A very curious edition is an... 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
![THE SOVIET GUIDE FOR WINDOW DRESSERS] Vitrina magazina [i.e. Shop Window]. Iu Livshits](/pictures/thumb/779.jpg?v=1563928303)
Moscow: Gostorgizdat, 1946. 40 pp.: ill. 20,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears around the staple, small pale stains occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. This is a nice illustrated handbook to the impressive window dressing. The author marked some... 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
![BANKING PROPAGANDA DURING NEP] Rasskaz delovoy pro Yuvselbank i muzhik s golovoi [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/775.jpg?v=1563927601)
Rostov-On-Don: Burevestnik, 1925. 15 pp. 13,5x9 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Good. Wrappers with foxing. One of 25000 copies. First and only edition. A curious piece of NEP propaganda. The brochure, produced in support of the Yuvselbank (The South Peasant Bank) was aimed to the population of the South of... 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
![SOVIET CINEMA THERAPY] Patokinografiia v psikhiatrii i nevropatologii [i.e. Cinema Pathography...](/pictures/thumb/771.jpg?v=1563926933)
Moscow: Biomedgiz, 1936. [2], 244, [6] pp., 20 ills. 21х15,5 cm. In original cloth with silver lettering. Rubbed, water stains on the lower inner corner of p. 222-243 and the last leaf with illustrations. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. This is the first... More