![SOVIET POLICE PHOTOMONTAGE] Slovesnyi portret: (kratkii spravochnik) [i.e. Verbal Portrait: (A...](/pictures/thumb/903.jpg?v=1576165438)
Moscow: Nauchno-tekhnicheskii otdel UVD Ispolkoma Mosgorsoveta, 1959. 27 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Fine. For office use only. Copy #1158 (stamped on front cover and t.p.). This is an interesting photomontage edition produced for police officers in the late 1950s. The richly illustrated brochure briefly..... More
![SOVIET FLORICULTURE IN THE 1940S] Tsvety v gorode [i.e. Flowers in the City]. Bazilevskaya N. A](/pictures/thumb/902.jpg?v=1576165210)
[Moscow]: Gos. arkhitekturnoye izd-vo, 1947. 104pp.: ill. 20.7x16.7cm. In original publisher’s cardboards. Slightly bumped, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear board and its recto. Otherwise a very good clean copy. Scarce. First edition. An interesting guide dedicated to the Soviet floriculture of the 1940s written by the famous Russian..... More
![ARCHITECTURE OF MOSCOW ARTERIES] Naberezhnye Moskvy. Arkhitektura i konstruktsiya [i.e. Moscow...](/pictures/thumb/901.jpg?v=1576164952)
Moscow: Izd-vo Akad. arkhitektury SSSR, 1940. 256 pp.: ill, 4 ills. 25,5x18 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Rubbed, ink signature on t.p., otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. An interesting and comprehensive study on the architecture of a...... More
![BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION DURING A WAR] Vosstanovleniye mostov [i.e. Bridge Reconstruction]. V. Gastev](/pictures/thumb/900.jpg?v=1576164592)
Moscow, Leningrad: Gostransizdat, 1932. 272pp., 3 schemes: ill. 25.2x17.8cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards. Loose, horizontal crease on the front cardboard, edges are slightly worn. In good condition. Scarce. First edition. Written by the Soviet scientist in the field of building structures, Vladimir Gastev (1891-1974), this is one of..... More
![FROM ONE ARCHITECT TO OTHERS] Grazhdanskaia arkhitektura. Tekst: Chasti zdanii [i.e. Civil...](/pictures/thumb/899.jpg?v=1576164322)
St. Petersburg: Izd. Studencheskoi biblioteki, 1903. [2], 204, 4, 3 pp.: ill. 27,5x18,5 cm. In period half-leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Good. Rubbed, stains and pencil marks occasionally, first leaves slightly deformed of water. First edition. Extremely rare lithographed edition of lectures on building materials. A...... More
![STAGE IMAGINATION BEATS REALITY] Tvorcheskii metod teatra. Dialektika tvorcheskogo protsessa...](/pictures/thumb/898.jpg?v=1576164097)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 140, [4] pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 5000 copies. Extremely rare. An interesting work on the overwhelming power of theatrical performances. The book was written by playwright Alexander Afinogenov (1904-1941). His early..... More
![LEFTIST EPIC POEM ABOUT RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS] Ulialaevshchina: Epopeia [i.e. Ulialaev Adventure:...](/pictures/thumb/897.jpg?v=1576163229)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 160 pp. 18,5x12,5 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering on front cover and spine, with original dust jacket with letterpress design by unknown artist. Dust jacket occasionally repaired, with tears and small losses of edges, but book is in fine condition. Second, revised and..... More
![HOW TO DESIGN A BOOK] Osnovy oformleniya sovetskoy knigi [i.e. Basics of the Soviet Book Design]....](/pictures/thumb/896.jpg?v=1576162819)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1956. 502 pp., 3 tables: ill. 26.6x18.1cm. In original publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. Dust-wrapper. Fine. First edition. Scarce. One of the most comprehensive Soviet editions to meticulously analyze and interpret peculiarities of book design and technical editing. Written by a...... More
![FIRST TOUR OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN IN THE USSR] N’iu-Iorkskii simfonicheskii orkestr (SShA) [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/895.jpg?v=1576162057)
Moscow: Tip. Krasnaia Zvezda, 1959. 45x30,5cm. Near fine. One of 3000 copies. Extremely rare. This is an advertising poster of the first tour of New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the Soviet Union. Conducting by Leonard Bernstein and Thomas Schippers, the Orchestra had given concerts at Moscow Conservatory in..... More
![ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES TO THE SOVIET SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnyye sooruzheniya...](/pictures/thumb/894.jpg?v=1576161883)
[Moscow]: Onti. Glav. red. stroit. lit-ry, 1935. 359 pp.: ill. 26.2x18.4cm. With dust-jacket. In original cloth binding with the letterpress design on the front board and the spine. Neat restoration of the dust-jacket, previous owner’s inscription on the front board (in pen) and its verso (in pencil), a couple of..... More
![FIGHTING STARVATION IN ARMENIA] The Moscow Committee of Assistance to the Armenian SSR. Vestnik...](/pictures/thumb/893.jpg?v=1576161438)
[M.]: Kom. pomoshchi Armenii, 1923. 28x20cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Fine. Scarce. One of 1500 copies. This is the first and only issue of the non-periodical organ of the Moscow Committee of Assistance to the Armenian SSR. After the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917, the Armenian..... More
![SOVIET ORATORY] Masterstvo chtetsa: Teoriia i metodika khudozhestvennogo chteniia [i.e. Craft of...](/pictures/thumb/892.jpg?v=1576161014)
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 222, [2] pp. 1 ill. was probably printed separately and loosely inserted. 17,5x13 cm. In original oversized wrappers with letterpress design. Rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 6000 copies. An interesting work by the theorist of reciting and founder of the first..... More
![ORIGINS OF THE SOVIET CHILDREN'S THEATRE] Pinokkio / Moskovskii teatr dlia detei Moskovskogo...](/pictures/thumb/891.jpg?v=1576160689)
Moscow: Tipo-litografiia GUVUZ, 1923. Folded in half leaf of pink paper with loosely inserted half-sized leaf. 19x14,5 cm. Slightly deformed of water with few pale water stains. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare pamphlet with an avant-garde theater logo by unknown artist. This is..... More
![LITTLE-KNOWN DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Vestnik silikatnoi promyshlennosti [i.e. Herald of Silicate...](/pictures/thumb/890.jpg?v=1576160377)
Moscow, 1923. 86, 93-106, 111-112 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Uncut. Restored, pale, blurred stamps and pale water stains, otherwise very good and clean copy. An apology letter from the editorial board informs readers that, due to the mistake of printer, p. 87-92, 107-110 had been..... More
![TEN YEARS OF COAL AND METAL CITY] Desiat’ let goroda uglia i metalla: Sbornik [i.e. Ten Years...](/pictures/thumb/889.jpg?v=1576159894)
Stalinsk: Iubil. komissiia po organizatsii prazdnovaniia 10-letiia Kuznets. metallurg. zavoda im. Stalina i goroda Stalinska, 1939. 288 pp.: ill., 2 portraits. 25x18,5 cm. In original red cloth with mounted photograph and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). Slightly bumped, small ink stain on t.p., otherwise mint... More
![FREEDOM THROUGH THE KROKODIL MAGAZINE] Krokodil [i.e. Crocodile] #4-35 for 1989. Overall 32...](/pictures/thumb/888.jpg?v=1576159369)
Moscow: Pravda, 1989. 35,5x27 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, some tears of edges and ink marks (#31). Crosswords in most issues are filled out. Almost complete year set of issues printed in a period of glasnost (i.e. publicity) marking the last years of the Soviet rule. They..... More
![THE VERY FIRST MASTER AND MARGARITA] Master i Margarita. Roman [i.e. Master and Margarita: A...](/pictures/thumb/887.jpg?v=1576158847)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdanie khudozhstvennoi literatury, 1966-1967. Pp. 6-127 (#11, 1966), pp.56-144 pp. (#1, 1967). 24,9x16 cm. In two issues, both in original printed wrappers, with marbled edges. Restored, water stains and pale stamps in issue of 1966, otherwise good and clean. Scarce on the market. The first printed..... More
Full set for 11 years (1962-1972). Overall 132 issues in 22 cloth bindings (original blue wrappers preserved). Occasional foxing, damp stains (vol.2 1968), front cover damaged (#12 1968). Otherwise very good. Novy mir is one of the oldest monthly literary magazines in modern Russian. It has been published in..... More
![HISTORY IN IMAGES – I VANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY] T’pilisis sakhelmts’ipo...](/pictures/thumb/885.jpg?v=1576158135)
Tbilisi: sakhelmts’ipo universit’et’is t’ipo-lit’ograpia, 1936. 88, [2] pp.: ill. 36.5x27.4cm. In original publisher’s full cloth. A couple of stains on the boards. Otherwise in a very good condition. Without the dust-jacket. Extremely rare. One of 2100 copies. Edited by the university rector, Karlo Oragvelidze (1902-1937). Photographs by I. Panfilov..... More
![DESIGN BY RUVIM MAZE] Organizuy samogo sebya [i.e. Organize Yourself]. P. Kerzhentsev](/pictures/thumb/883.jpg?v=1576156982)
Moscow: [Molodaya gvardiya], 1925. 96pp.: tables. 20.3x14.3 sm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers by Ruvim Mazel (1890-1967). In good condition. Loss of the small fragment at the lower right corner of the front wrapper, tears of the spine, foxing. Second enlarged edition. First edition published in 1923. Scarce. Wrapper..... More
![HOW WE MAY COMPREHEND A MOTIO] Motornaia odarennost’ [i.e. Motor Сapability]. N. Ozeretskii](/pictures/thumb/882.jpg?v=1576156117)
Moscow: Tsentral’nyi institut truda, 1924. 28 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Issue from series ‘Orga-Biblioteka TsIT’. Early work of Central Labor Institute (1920-1939) that was established for demonstrating and propaganda of principles of..... More
![FOR FEMALE PHARMACISTS] Zaslugi zhenshchin na vrachebno-farmatsevticheskom poprishche:...](/pictures/thumb/881.jpg?v=1576155710)
Moscow: tipo-lit. V.G. Dempel’, 1892. 58 pp., 1 ill., 8 leaves of advertisement. 22,5x14,5 cm. In original printed covers. Small fragments of spine lost, some soiling and foxing, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This is a public lecture by pharmacist Arkadii Semenov promoting the emancipation of women..... More
![THEATRICAL ART BY STENBERG BROTHERS] «Fedra» v Moskovskom Kamernom teatre [i.e. ‘Phaedra’...](/pictures/thumb/880.jpg?v=1576155126)
Moscow: Izdanie avtora, 1925. 23 pp.: ill. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and title page restored, signature on cover erased. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies. Extremely rare. Edition contains three reproductions of avant-garde headgear designs by Stenberg brothers, including portraits of Phaedra and Hippolyte..... More
![DESIGN BY KONSTANTIN ZOTOV] Odna shestaia: Stikhi [i.e. One-Sixth: Poems]. S. Shchipachiov](/pictures/thumb/879.jpg?v=1576154634)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 78, [2] pp. 15x11 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Contrasting cover design was produced by Konstantin Zotov (1906-1990) who achieved a certain fame by designing posters of children and their health as well as creating..... More
![BOLSHEVIZING SIBERIA] Pereimenovanie ulits, ploshchadei i predmestii g. Irkutska [i.e. Renaming...](/pictures/thumb/878.jpg?v=1576154232)
[Irkutsk: Ispolnitel’nyi Komitet Irkutskogo Gorsoveta, 1920]. One typeset leaf. 35x20,5 cm. Tears of edges with tiny losses, some creases, otherwise very good. Extremely rare survival of time and a glimpse into the very beginning of the Communist changes. During the Civil War Irkutsk was an epicenter of political..... More