1) Russko-angliiskii razgovornik. Pervyi vypusk: Puteshestvie [i.e. Russian-English Phrasebook. The First Issue: Traveling] / Compiled by S. Zaimovskii, T. Levitskaia and M. Morozov. Moscow: Izd. Tsentrizdata, 1930. 126, [2] pp. 17,2x12,5 cm. In original series wrappers with letterpress design. Fragments of spine lost, front cover rubbed, with publisher’s name affected..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1928. 10 pp.: musical score. 36x26,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine, minor tears of edges, light soiling, signature on front cover, otherwise very good. One of 500 copies. Cover design by Grigorii Bershadskii (1895-1963) features a nice ornament frame made of the hammer&sickle symbol..... More

Kazan: Tatarskoe gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo (Tatgiz), 1927. 64 pp.+ 8 pp. of ads. 23x15,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine and small fragment of back cover restored, Soviet pre-war stamp “All-People Library of Ukraine in Kyiv” on p. 33. Otherwise mint and uncut copy. One of 1500 copies. Very rare..... More

Saint Petersburg: Typ. of V.S. Balashev, 1875. First edition. 2 vols. Quarto (ca. 26 x 18cm). ix, 381, [1 – errata]; [4], 2, 29, [2], iv, 176, 55, 36, 114, iv, ii pp. With 31 chromolithographed plates and two large folding chromolithographed maps at rear. Period Russian maroon half morocco..... More

Tiflis: ZakKNIIZH, 1935. [2], X, 8, 32, 32, 38, 75, 56, 26, 9, III pp. (in total 291 pp), 12 ills., 1 folding table. 22,5х15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Front cover detached, fragments of spine and back cover lost. All executed names were erased or painted over. Extremely rare..... More

Leningrad: Leningradskoe gazetnozhurnal’noe i knizhnoe izdatel’stvo, 1943. 120 pp. 14x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, soiling occasionally, creases, t.p. partly detached, otherwise good. Very rare wartime edition. The book was released for representatives of trade unions and managers of factories to where disabled veterans came..... More

[Moscow], 1962. 39 leaves of direct positive paper. 24x20,5 cm. In original screwpost binding with blank logo of organization on front cover. Traces of paper glued to back cover, slightly rubbed, fading stains on three leaves, minor lower corner of title page lost. The edition was released by the..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1927. 16 pp.: ill. 15x11,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear of spine, stains throughout the copy, some pencil marks, otherwise good. First edition. An interesting early Soviet edition published for children and grown-ups educating under the likbez campaign. The lithographic book contains two tales..... More

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. 24 pp.: ill., including covers. 23x19,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers slightly rubbed and soiled, otherwise mint. Second edition. Very rare. Illustrated throughout. This constructivist children’s book was co-created by artists and spouses Olga Deineko and Nikolai Troshin. Together they produced several children's lithographed..... More

[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

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