![LIFETIME EDITION BY MANDELSTAM] Vtoraia kniga [i.e. The Second Book]. O. Mandelstam](/pictures/thumb/875.jpg?v=1573091174)
Moscow: Krug, 1923. 85, [9] pp. 13,5x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Restored, otherwise very good and clean copy. Ownership (embossed) blindstamp of Ernest Heitetz. One of 3000 copies. Constructivist publisher’s mark (on half title and back cover) created by Iu. Annenkov. There are four lifetime editions of Osip..... More
![HOW TO DESIGN A NEWSPAPER] Tekhnicheskoye oformleniye gazety [i.e. Technical Design of a...](/pictures/thumb/874.jpg?v=1573090940)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gizlegprom, 1933. 216 pp., 1 table: ill. 25.4x17.5cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Wrappers slightly age-toned, a couple of tears of the spine. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First edition. Rare. Written by the Soviet art critics Boris Viazemsky (1899-?) and M. Urlaub, this manual..... More
![A FAREWELL TO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOVIET FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY] Professoru N.P. Brukhanskomu...](/pictures/thumb/871.jpg?v=1573089758)
Moscow: Biomedgiz, 1935. XVI, 728pp., a portrait and a table: ill., tables. 23.1x16cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and the spine. Private library stamp: “Doctor V. E. Iashvili” on the title-page and the pp. 89, 513, occasional pen/pencil markings. Otherwise very good. First..... More
![FOR THE RUSSIAN DARWINISTS] Photograph of Charles Darwin](/pictures/thumb/869.jpg?v=1573089404)
Saint Petersburg: Vezenberg i Ko, [1900s]. 16,5x11 cm. Albumen photo mounted on cardboard paper with a printed workshop’s signature. Very good. Stamp of pre-revolutionary Daziaro shop on the back side along with the pencil note in Russian: ‘Darvin’. This is a reproduction of the well-known portrait of Charles Darwin..... More
![ABC OF JOB PRINTING BY SOLOMON TELINGATER] Iskusstvo aktsidentnogo nabora [i.e. The Art of Job...](/pictures/thumb/868.jpg?v=1573089238)
Moscow: Kniga, 1965. 228 pp.: ill. 22x17.7 cm. In original cloth with the letterpress design and constructivist dust-wrapper by Solomon Telingater. Dust-wrapper with a couple of tears. Otherwise fine. First edition. Rare. Both a brief account of the book history and an extensive study of the origins and..... More
![BOOK ILLUSTRATION DESIGN] Verstka illyustratsiy v knige [i.e. Book Illustration Design]. L. Gessen](/pictures/thumb/867.jpg?v=1573088940)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo legkoy prom-sti, 1932. 3-94, [2]pp.: ill. 27x20.4cm. In original publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Loss of the front endpaper. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Scarce. This is a comprehensive guide to the layout of illustrations in..... More
![EXPERIMENTS IN THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Transformiruiushchiesia muzhskoi i zhenskii teatral’nye...](/pictures/thumb/866.jpg?v=1573088500)
Moscow: MKhAT SSSR im. M. Gor’kogo, 1948. 55 pp.: ill. Tear of p.53-54 (text is not not affected), some scratches of back cover and minor soiling of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare. This late 1940s manual for theatrical costume designers..... More
![A MANIFESTO OF THE PROLETARIAN THEATRE] Osnovnyye zadachi teatral’nogo rukovodstva: Ispr....](/pictures/thumb/865.jpg?v=1573088087)
[Moscow]: Ogiz - Gos. izdvo khud. lit-ry, 1931. 44 pp. 16,6x11,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. First edition. Scarce. This report provides a valuable insight into the process of reformation that the Soviet avant-garde theatre was compelled to go through in the early 1930s. The 4th..... More
![THEATRE AS A TOOL OF THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA] Leningradskiy teatr yunykh zriteley. Zadachi i...](/pictures/thumb/863.jpg?v=1573087134)
Leningrad: TYUZ, 1929. 46, [3]pp.: ill., scheme. 17x11.8cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. The spine is slightly rubbed. Otherwise near a very good copy. First edition. Scarce. Wrapper design by the Russian painter and theatre artist, Mikhail Grigoriev (1899-1960). Compiled by the Russian actor, director and pedagogue, Leonid..... More
![PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION OF TOYS PRODUCED FOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN] Sat’amashoebis laboratoriis...](/pictures/thumb/858.png?v=1573180697)
Tbilisi: Zaria Vostoka, 1941. 80 pp: ill. 18x27.6 cm. In original cloth with lettering and decoration on the front board. Near fine. Loss of the endpapers. Scarce. One of 800 copies. A special anniversary edition of the Georgian SSR Ministry of Education. The album showcases 32 full..... More
![PHOTO GRAPHICS BY TELINGATER] Tragediinaia noch’. Poema [i.e. Tragic Night. A Poem]. A. Bezymensky](/pictures/thumb/856.jpg?v=1573081658)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 64 pp.: ill. 18,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, some creases, otherwise very good. First edition. Very rare. This is one of the well-known Soviet photobooks and one of the earliest literary works on triumphal projects of the First Five-Year Plan. The poem by..... More
![THEORY OF PHOTOMONTAGE] Iskusstvo dnia [i.e. The Art of the Day. What to Know In Order to Make a...](/pictures/thumb/855.jpg?v=1573081413)
Moscow: Vserossiyskiy proletkult, 1925. 135, [2] pp. 22x15 cm. Original publisher’s cover. Covers restored, bookstore stamp on back cover, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. The program work by art critic Nikolay Tarabukin (1889-1956), one of the ideologists of Proletkult, who at the..... More
![SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG , KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/852.jpg?v=1573080099)
[Moscow]: Izogiz, 1935. 208 pp.: ill. 30x21,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Covers slightly soiled and spine chipped, otherwise a very good and internally clean copy. A valuable piece of a historical evidence on Moscow reconstruction of 1935, Ginzburg’s constructivist project of Moscow-Donbass Highway and Khiger’s civil housing critics..... More
![A CATALOGUE OF THE KIROV MEAT-PACKING PLANT] Leningradskiy myasokombinat im. S.M. Kirova /...](/pictures/thumb/850.jpg?v=1573079155)
Leningrad: leningradskaya fabrika ofsetnoy pechati, 1956. [32] pp., ill. 26.8x18.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Closed tear on the upper right corner of the front wrapper. Otherwise near fine. First edition. Extremely rare. The front cover depicts one of the most vibrant examples of the Soviet constructivist architecture..... More
![O Lenine [i.e. On Lenin]. Stalin J](/pictures/thumb/847.png?v=1569971749)
Moscow: Partizdat, 1935. 74, [2] pp.: ill. 26,5x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards with gilt lettering. Covers rubbed and slightly soiled, otherwise very good and internally clean. Second edition. One of 10000 copies printed. Design by Alexander Rodchenko who co-worked with his best collaborator and the art editor..... More
![CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...](/pictures/thumb/845.png?v=1569970811)
Leningrad: Leningradskaia Pravda, 1932. 80 pp.: ill. 15,5x23 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Near fine, neatly restored. One of 15000 copies. Extremely rare. One of the main books on constructivist architecture of Leningrad. The book is the lesser known masterpiece of constructivist design, with multiple photomontage..... More
![THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA OF SPORTS] Vsesoiuznyi parad fizkul’turnikov na Krasnoi ploshchadi v...](/pictures/thumb/843.png?v=1569969571)
Moscow: N.p., [1945]. [60] pp.: ill. 29x24 cm. In original cloth with gilt lettering and logo. Slightly rubbed and weakened, ink inscription on the front flyleaf, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This impressive album featured the photographs of the first post-WWII and the last..... More
![LISSITZKY] Vladimir Mayakovsky: (“Misteriia” ili “Buff”) [i.e. Vladimir Mayakovsky:...](/pictures/thumb/842.png?v=1569969212)
Berlin: Skify, 1922. 56 pp. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with letterpress design. Restored spine, copy faded, otherwise very good. First separate edition. A stunning letterpress design on the front cover was created by El Lissitzky in Berlin period. The crossword motif appeared on several book..... More
![LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic...](/pictures/thumb/839.png?v=1569968476)
Knigoizdate’stvo Akademii khudozhetsv: [Leningrad], [1927]. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine copy. Tiny tear of the spine. First edition of the first book. Yakov Chernikhov (1889-1951) was one of the most unusual and innovative talents of the time, known for his..... More
![HOMOPHOBIA VS PHILANTHROPY] Puteshestviye miss Marsden v Yakutskuyu oblast' i poseshcheniye yeyu...](/pictures/thumb/833.png?v=1569962348)
Moscow: O-vo rasprostraneniya polez. knig, 1892. XII, 77 pp., 10 ill., map. 22.3x16cm. Period half-leather binding. Worn, lower part of the spine lacks a fragment, pre-revolutionary private library stamp (The Library of Prokhorov) on the title-page and p.12. Otherwise in a very good condition. Extremely scarce first edition..... More
1835. 16.5x22.6; 15.6x22.3cm. Two pencil drawings mounted on plain paper with date and title captioned in English. A very good condition. Unidentified artist (signature E.C. in the left bottom corner). Rare historical evidence of one of the most famous fires in the 19th century England. The..... More
![PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 1938 MILITARY PARADE IN TBILISI] Diadi okt’omberi....](/pictures/thumb/828.png?v=1569961218)
Tbilisi, 1938. In original full-cloth with gilt lettering and two small photographs (ca. 3.3x3.4cm) mounted on the front cover. Date “7 November 1938” printed on the label and mounted on the front pastedown. Twenty-five vintage prints ca. 9x14.3cm. Minor wear to the edges of the covers, a couple of photos..... More
![MAYAKOVSKY’S CRY OF THE SOUL] Razgovor s fininspektorom o poezii [i.e. Conversation With A Tax...](/pictures/thumb/827.png?v=1569960326)
Tbilisi: Zakkniga, 1926. 14 pp., 1 ill. 17.6x13cm. In original photomontage wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko. Tear of the spine, four pages are detached, soviet bookselling stamps on the rear wrapper. Otherwise in a good condition. First edition. 1 of 5000 copies. An epitome of Mayakovsky’s inner struggle that had..... More
![GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi krasnoarmeiskoi gazety...](/pictures/thumb/825.jpg?v=1567064636)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1932. 40 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear near the staple, previous owner’s marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. This is an interesting work on the effectivity of the atheist publications in the local Red..... More
![TO DIRECTOR OF AMATEUR THEATRE] Rezhisser-zateinik [i.e. Entertaining Director]. G. Matveev](/pictures/thumb/822.jpg?v=1567064083)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1930. 80 pp.: ill. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Some tears of the spine, covers repaired, several ink and color pencil marks, old stamps on t.p. and the last page, small tear of p. 63-64. This is striking instructions for leaders of the village artistic sections to..... More