![MAKEUP FOR AMATEUR THEATRE] Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo po grimu dlia kruzhkov teatral’noi...](/pictures/thumb/1084.jpg?v=1604425671)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 48 pp., 32 ills. 18x15 cm. In original cloth folder with silver lettering and blind debossed silhouette: text brochure and separate illustration leaves inside. Folder is slightly soiled, small tear of the spine of the text brochure with minor tear of the t.p. outer edge, some foxing..... More
![AELITA, ONE OF THE EARLIEST FULL-LENGTH FILMS ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL] Aelita. Kino-lenta na temu...](/pictures/thumb/1082.jpg?v=1604424548)
Moscow: Proizvodstvennyy organ Mezhrabpoma Khudozhestvennyy Kollektiv «Rus’», [1924]. 48 pp.: ill. 22.2x19.8 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Spine and edges are slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. This brochure is dedicated to the Soviet silent film classic ‘Aelita’, which came out in 1924 and became a...... More
![CUBA] Natsional’nyy atlas Kuby [i.e. National Atlas of Cuba](/pictures/thumb/1079.jpg?v=1604424119)
Havana: 1970. [8], 132, [11] pp.: ill., maps. 49x39 cm. In original publisher’s cardboards with dust-wrapper. Minor tear of the dust jacker otherwise good. Scarce. Text in Russian. Scales of the maps vary from 1: 75,000 to 1:170,000,000. THE FIRST NATIONAL ATLAS OF CUBA PRODUCED WITH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF..... More
![LIBERALIZATION OF WOMEN IN EASTERN REPUBLICS] Oktiabr’ i zhenshchina Vostoka [i.e. The October...](/pictures/thumb/1075.jpg?v=1604423242)
Moscow: Partizdat, 1932. 56 pp.: ill. 20x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, some foxing, red pencil marks. Second edition. Constructivist cover design features three pictures of socialist women: without veils, working and smiling. The book outlines socialist methods to improve the everyday life of Oriental women and summarizes..... More
![FIRST BOOK IN GERMAN, PRINTED IN RUSSIA TOGETHER WITH AN EARLY GRAMMAR] Teutsh- Lateinisch- und...](/pictures/thumb/1074.jpg?v=1604420045)
St. Petersburg: printed at the Academy of Science typography, 1731. [4], 788, 48 pp. 23x18 cm. One of 1200 copies printed. Full-leather period binding. Spine is restored. New endpapers. Occasional stains, more substantial stains on the pp. 140-141 (traces of wax). Occasional restoration of the margins. Overall a very good..... More
![SOVIETIZATION OF CHINA] Sovety v Kitae: Sbornik materialov i dokumentov [i.e. Soviets in China....](/pictures/thumb/1071.jpg?v=1601556572)
Moscow: Partiinoe izdatel’stvo, 1933. V, [2], 520, [4] pp., 6 folding maps. 23x16 cm. In original red cloth with silver plate around embossed blind lettering in Chinese on the front cover; the same design of lettering in Russian printed on the spine. No dust wrappers. Some soiling on binding, otherwise..... More
![TREATING HYSTERIA] Gipnoanaliz infantil'nykh travm u isterikov [i.e. Hypnoanalysis of Infantile...](/pictures/thumb/1069.jpg?v=1601556123)
Tver: Izdanie avtora, 1927. 79 pp.: charts, tables. 22x16,5 cm. In modern wrappers. Very good, pale water stains on the lower margins, erased signature on t.p., some soiling. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare regional imprint with no copies located in Worldcat. The publication..... More
![Orthopaedics IN RUSSIA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENT.] Ortopedicheskaia klinika...](/pictures/thumb/1068.jpg?v=1601556020)
St. Petersburg, 1913. 58 pp.: ill., 9 ills. 21x15,5 cm. In original illustrated covers. Some stains on covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. Extremely rare with no copies in Worldcat. Interesting evidence of the early period of orthopedic surgery in Russia. In contrast to..... More
![TELINGATER FOR STALIN] Otchetnyi doklad XVII S’ezdu Partii o rabote TsK VKP(b), 26 ianvaria...](/pictures/thumb/1064.jpg?v=1601555538)
Moscow: Partizdat, 1934. In two volumes. 11,5x8 cm. In two original red full-cloth bindings; metal plates with embossed name lettering on both front covers; silver lettering on both spines. Shelf worn, small tear of the spine of the 2nd volume, otherwise very good. Very rare with no copies..... More
![BANNED EDITION. TELINGATER’S DESIGN] Programmy i ustavy vazhneishikh partiy II Internatsionala...](/pictures/thumb/1063.jpg?v=1601555438)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1929. 240 pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine chipped, some foxing on recto and verso of t.p. One of 10 000 copies. The edition was banned, according to ‘List of books to be excluded from libraries and book trade chain’ (1961). Interesting example of..... More
![HOW TO PRINT NEWSPAPER WITH GLASS LITHOGRAPHY] Rukovodstvo po tekhnike pechataniia gazety...](/pictures/thumb/1062.jpg?v=1601555318)
Moscow: Kolkhoznaia mnogotirazhka, 1932. 40 pp.: ill. 20,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, an uncut copy. First edition. One of 12 000 copies. Rare. The illustrated handbook on planographic vitreography was compiled for printers and editors of kolkhoz newspapers. High-run newspapers were published by scientific and educational..... More
![A STUDY OF THE BOOK COVER] Oblozhka knigi: Opyt istoricheskogo issledovaniia. I. Proiskhozhdenie...](/pictures/thumb/1059.jpg?v=1601554848)
Leningrad: Izdanie Akademii Khudozhestv, 1929. 120 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original cardboards. Very good. First edition. One of 600 copies. Very rare. Cover design produced by the author, graphic artist Georgy Brylov who contributed to the Soviet design of books and posters and wrote 5 works about his..... More
![COVER DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Kniga o knigakh: Dvukhnedel’nyi bibliograficheskii zhurnal [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1058.jpg?v=1601554740)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1924. 80 pp.: ill. 25x17 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Covers and spine restored, new back cover, slightly soiled, otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies. Rare. Alexander Rodchenko’s design exemplifies the tenets of pure constructivist design. The front cover also includes a wrapper for the..... More
Four 1920s book and magazine covers. All of them differ from each other in style, number of colors, artists, publishers and even readers. Yet, they were printed for the propaganda of contemporary (and mostly proletarian) culture. All of them are very rare. Proletarskie prazdniki v rabochikh klubakh [i.e. Proletarian..... More
![ILLUSTRATING TEXTBOOKS] Illiustrirovanie uchebnoi knigi: Illiustratsiia v uchebnoi knige 1932 g....](/pictures/thumb/1055.jpg?v=1601549803)
Moscow: NII Ogiza, 1933. 86, [26] pp.: ill.; 17x12 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine glued by tape, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Very rare. This is the first manual on how the model Soviet textbooks had to be designed, constructed and produced. After..... More
![HARVEST MARCH: COLLECTIVIZATION PROPAGANDA] Urozhainyi marsh: Dlia smeshannogo khora s...](/pictures/thumb/1054.jpg?v=1601549621)
Leningrad: Triton, [1930s]. 15 pp. 21,5x15 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Covers detached, small fragments of covers and blank corners of two first leaves lost, otherwise very good. One of 1000 copies. Very rare with no copies located in Worldcat. Sheet music for ‘Harvest March’ (1929)..... More
![EARLY SOVIET GLIDING] Aerodinamicheskii raschet planera [i.e. Glider Aerodynamic Calculations]....](/pictures/thumb/1053.jpg?v=1601549460)
Moscow: Aviakhim, 1926. 173 pp.: ill., 4 pp. of ads. 26,5x18 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine repaired with a paper band, the covers with minor tears and losses, otherwise very good and clean internally. One of 5000 copies. Interesting edition from the early period of Soviet aviation..... More
![THE WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE] Vashingtonskaia konferentsiia po ogranicheniiu vooruzhenii i...](/pictures/thumb/1052.jpg?v=1601549327)
Moscow: Litizdat NKID, 1924. 139, [3] pp. 25х17 cm. In contemporary binding with the original front cover mounted. In a very good condition, colored pencil underlines and marks occasionally. First and only Russian edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. The book was printed by People's Commissariat for Foreign..... More
![HANDBOOK OF A CHOIRMASTER] Khorovye pesni [i.e. Choir Songs]. I. Nemtsev](/pictures/thumb/1051.jpg?v=1601549016)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1928. 92, [4] pp. 15х12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed with minor fragments of the spine lost, water stains on verso of the covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. Third edition printed the same year as the second. Very rare. Lithographic cover design doesn’t..... More
![BOOK PRINTED ON CLOTH] 300 let tomu nazad [i.e. Three Hundred Years Ago](/pictures/thumb/1049.jpg?v=1601548530)
Moscow: Trekhgornaya manufactura, 1913. [10] pp. 16x20 cm. Illustrated wrappers. Very good. One of 100 copies. An extremely rare example of cloth printing in pre-revolutionary Russia. To our knowledge one of only 4 such books produced by Trekhgornaya Manufactory at the time (two other being children’s books and..... More
![PARADE EDITION BY RODCHENKO AND STEPANOVA] Soviet Aviation](/pictures/thumb/1048.jpg?v=1601548185)
Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939. 96 pp.: ill. 40x26 cm. In original full cloth with lettering and design on the front cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Illustrated throughout with photomontages and photographs by Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova... More
![ANTI-RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA] Bezbozhniki [i.e. Godless People]. I. Lebedev](/pictures/thumb/1047.jpg?v=1601543971)
Moscow: Komissiia po uluchsheniiu zhizni detei pri VTsIK i koop. izdatel’stva “Zhizn' i znanie”, 1924. 48 pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original wrappers with decorated frame. Tear of the spine along the staple, some stains. First edition. One of 10 000 copies. Extremely rare. Signed by the author on..... More
![FIRST RUSSIAN COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SPEAKING POETS] Angliiskie poety v biografiiakh i obraztsakh...](/pictures/thumb/1046.jpeg?v=1601474980)
St. Petersburg: Tip. A. Kotomina, 1875. XXXII, 448 pp. 26,5x19 cm. In contemporary red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and colored decorative elements on the front cover. Some rubbing and foxing, lack of the front flyleaf, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This is the..... More
![ROMEO AND JULIET IN RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN] Romeo e Guulietta. Romeo i Iuliia: Opera v piati...](/pictures/thumb/1045.jpg?v=1601474810)
St. Petersburg: Izdanie knigoprodavtsa M.O. Vol’fa, 1871. 23 pp. 26x18,5 cm. In original printed covers. Good, tears of the spine, lacking upper outer corner of last page (text slightly affected) and the back cover, foxing and water stains occasionally. First and lifetime edition of the libretto. Very rare. Italian..... More
![EARLY TRANSLATION OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE] Sheilok, Venetsianskii zhid: Drama v 5 deistviiakh...](/pictures/thumb/1044.jpg?v=1601474507)
St. Petersburg: V tip. F. Stellovskogo, 1860. 52 pp. 24x15,5 cm. In modern half-leather binding with marbled covers; gilt lettering on the spine. Title page repared, some soiling, otherwise very good. Facsimile of the translator's signature mounted on the front endpaper. First edition. Very rare. One of the..... More