![SHEET MUSIC] Rozita. Muzyka M. Blantera. Slova Pavla German [i.e. Music by M. Blanter. Words by...](/pictures/thumb/516.jpg?v=1533148644)
Moscow: Self-published, 1926. 6 pp. 33x25 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, signature on the front cover, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover. One of 3000 copies. More about SHEET MUSIC] Rozita. Muzyka M. Blantera. Slova Pavla German [i.e. Music by M. Blanter. Words by...
![SHEET MUSIC] Kometa Galleya. Val’s. Soch. N. Kamenskogo [i.e. Halley Comet. Valse by N. Kamensky](/pictures/thumb/515.jpg?v=1533148531)
Moscow: Torgovyi Dom F.I. Detlaf, 1910s. [4] pp. 35x26 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears and losses, spots on the back cover, otherwise very good. More about SHEET MUSIC] Kometa Galleya. Val’s. Soch. N. Kamenskogo [i.e. Halley Comet. Valse by N. Kamensky
![SHEET MUSIC] N. Sizov i A. Kozlovsky. Printsessa Turandot. Muzyka k skazke Karlo Gotsi v...](/pictures/thumb/513.jpg?v=1533148322)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1924. [4], 21 pp. 35,5x26,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers by K. Mironov. Small closed tears of the spine, ink bookshops’ stamps on the front cover and t.p. Otherwise very good. One of 2000 copies. More about SHEET MUSIC] N. Sizov i A. Kozlovsky. Printsessa Turandot. Muzyka k skazke Karlo Gotsi v...
![SHEET MUSIC] Aleksandr Levin. Valse Boston](/images/noimage.png)
Moscow: publ. by author, 1926. 6 pp. 33x26 cm. In original illustrated wrappers by Nikolai Rogachyov. Very good. Pages separated from each other, tears of the extremities. One of 1050 copies. Nikolai Rogachev (1890-1954), one of the most productive and interesting artists of sheet music covers. He was among... More about SHEET MUSIC] Aleksandr Levin. Valse Boston
![MAYKOVSKY ON LENIN] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. V. V. Mayakovsky](/pictures/thumb/511.jpg?v=1533147596)
Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1925. 94, [1] pp. 17,2x13 cm. In original printed wrappers with constructivist design on the front wrapper (and in a later full cloth case with lettering in Swedish). Very good, loss of the small fragment of the margin of the back wrapper, spine is rebacked with paper, owner’s... More about MAYKOVSKY ON LENIN] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Kiev: Lavra Typography, 1628. 9-142, 165-229 leaves. 20x16 cm. Original full leather binding. Good interior condition with the signs of the aged paper, soiling and occasional dirt on the pages. The book is lacking 8 leaves in the beginning and 23 in the middle as well as one at the... More about Poucheniya [i.e. The Teachings
![MAYAKOVSKY’S WORK FOR ADVERTISING] Izvestiya. #175 (August 2nd, 1924](/pictures/thumb/508.jpg?v=1533145411)
Moscow: Krasnyi mayak, 1924. 8 pp.: ill. 65x54 cm. Very good. A very fragile newspaper with tears of the extremities and spine, ink stamp of the non-existing library (Lenin’s institute). An extremely rare survival of the time. Page 8 with advertisements including an illustrated ad for ABC with poem... More about MAYAKOVSKY’S WORK FOR ADVERTISING] Izvestiya. #175 (August 2nd, 1924
![UNKNOWN MAYAKOVSKY CARRICATURE] Za 7 dnei [i.e. During 7 Days](/pictures/thumb/507.jpg?v=1533145066)
Moscow: Rabochaia Moskva, 1926. #6, 10, 12 for 1926. 33x23,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and back cover repaired with the adhesive tape (#6), tears of the edges, otherwise very good and clean internally. Extremely rare survival. Three issues of short-lived satire supplement to the newspaper ‘Working Moscow’... More about UNKNOWN MAYAKOVSKY CARRICATURE] Za 7 dnei [i.e. During 7 Days
![RARE FOOTAGE FROM THE LIFE OF THE TILE MAKING FACTORY] Keramiko-plitochny zavod imeni N.A....](/pictures/thumb/506.jpg?v=1533144768)
Moscow: 1937. 25 leaves with 47 mounted photographs, 5 charts. 29x41 cm. In original full-cloth with lettering on mounted metal plate. One photograph lost, otherwise very good. A unique photo album depicting the mechanization and experimental projects of the largest ceramic tile factory in the USSR with extraordinary constructivist styled... More about RARE FOOTAGE FROM THE LIFE OF THE TILE MAKING FACTORY] Keramiko-plitochny zavod imeni N.A....
![ARCHITECTURE OF WORKERS’ CLUBS] Arkhitektura rabochikh klubov i dvortsov kultury [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/504.jpg?v=1533143923)
Moscow: Gosizdat po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1953. 311 pp.: ill. 27x21 cm. In original card boards with cloth spine. Very good, slightly rubbed and torn on the extremeties of the boards. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. Very rare. Binding, title pages and ornamention of the book... More about ARCHITECTURE OF WORKERS’ CLUBS] Arkhitektura rabochikh klubov i dvortsov kultury [i.e....
![SEAL BREEDING] Kotkovoe khoziaystvo [i.e. The Northern Fur Seal Breeding]. L. Boytsov](/pictures/thumb/502.jpg?v=1533143053)
Moscow: Vneshtorgizdat, 1934. 195 pp. 20x14,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Fine condition. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. A very interesting and unique in its kind publication on the northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). The title of the book suggests that the content is... More about SEAL BREEDING] Kotkovoe khoziaystvo [i.e. The Northern Fur Seal Breeding
![POST CONSTRUCTIVIST SCHOOLS] Shkoly gotovy! Kak my borolis’ za vypolnenie postanovleniia SNK...](/pictures/thumb/501.jpg?v=1533142747)
Moscow: Sovet RK i KD Kirovskogo raiona, 1935. In original cardboards with gilt lettering on the front cover. Very good. First and only edition. One of 300 copies. Extremely rare. This is a triumphal report of the ful lled plan of school construction in the transitional stage between... More about POST CONSTRUCTIVIST SCHOOLS] Shkoly gotovy! Kak my borolis’ za vypolnenie postanovleniia SNK...
![BOOK DESIGN BY SOLOMON TELINGATER] Napostovsky svistok: Stikhi i epigrammy [i.e. Post Whistle:...](/pictures/thumb/500.jpg?v=1533142567)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1932. [42] pp.: ill. 20x12 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Very good, loss of the spine, covers rubbed, illustrated bookplate on the front pastedown (from the collection of O.S. Kuzmy). First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. A rare poetry book by satire poet Sergei Shvetsov... More about BOOK DESIGN BY SOLOMON TELINGATER] Napostovsky svistok: Stikhi i epigrammy [i.e. Post Whistle:...
![SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ya, vy i on: Roman iz zhizni shankhaiskikh emigrantov [i.e. Me, You and...](/pictures/thumb/499.jpg?v=1533142331)
Shanghai: 1930. [6], 317 pp. 13x9 cm. In original illustrated wrappers by A.A. Yaron. Very good/near ne condition. The spine is very carefully fixed. Extremely rare. First and only edition. Lev Grosse (1906-1950), writer and son of Viktor Grosse (1869-1931), Russian diplomat, one of the active members of the... More about SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ya, vy i on: Roman iz zhizni shankhaiskikh emigrantov [i.e. Me, You and...
![SOVIET ‘ELITE’ SCHOOL] Radishchevka nashikh dnei [i.e. Radishchevka of Our Days]. B. Slivkin,...](/pictures/thumb/498.jpg?v=1533141777)
Moscow: Uchgiz-Narkompros RSFSR, 1931. 124 pp.: ill. 22x16 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, foxing of the wrappers and endpapers. First and only edition. Very rare. One of 5000 copies. This book is written by two former students of the Radishchevka - the A.N. Radishchev model school... More about SOVIET ‘ELITE’ SCHOOL] Radishchevka nashikh dnei [i.e. Radishchevka of Our Days
![CELEBRATIONS IN WORKERS’ CLUBS] Pervoe Maia v klube: sbornik instsenirovok, stikhotvorenii,...](/pictures/thumb/497.jpg?v=1533141555)
Moscow: Trud i kniga, 1924. 72 pp., 12 sheet music. 22,5x15 cm. In contemporary cardboards, the original constructivist covers preserved. Very good, rubbed, library stamps on the t.p. with cancellations stamps over them. First and only edition. One of 8000 copies produced. Rare. This is a collection of... More about CELEBRATIONS IN WORKERS’ CLUBS] Pervoe Maia v klube: sbornik instsenirovok, stikhotvorenii,...
![RARE PROVINCIAL CATALOGUE] Vystavka proizvedenii leningradskikh khudozhnikov: Katalog [i.e. Art...](/pictures/thumb/495.jpg?v=1533131814)
Stalinabad: Lenizo, 1938. 12 pp. 14,5x11 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, tiny tears near staples. First and only edition. One of 1200 copies. Very rare. The catalogue features 117 items of paintings and graphics (sculpture was featured on photographs) by Leningrad artists which were brought to... More about RARE PROVINCIAL CATALOGUE] Vystavka proizvedenii leningradskikh khudozhnikov: Katalog [i.e. Art...
![SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS] Bud'te ostorozhny! [i.e. Be Careful!]. I. G. Grishashvili](/pictures/thumb/494.jpg?v=1533049295)
Tbilisi: Gor. U.P.O. NKVD Gruzinskoi SSR, 1944. 18 pp.: ill. 10x15 cm. Very rare. One of 2000 copies. Lithographed edition. Poems by I. Grishashvili, plot by Z. Pachkoria, illustrations by L. Gilchevskaya. Visual poetic safety regulations for children in Russian (title in Russian and Georgian). Not in the Worldcat. More about SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS] Bud'te ostorozhny! [i.e. Be Careful!
![INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHILDREN ON HOW TO MAKE ILLUSTRATIONS AT HOME] Vyrezai, pechatai [i.e. Cut out,...](/pictures/thumb/493.jpg?v=1533048830)
Moscow: Detgiz, 1934. 11 pp.: ill. 21,7х18,5 cm. In original lithographed wrappers. Near fine. Rare lithographed edition. Konstantin Kuznetsov (1886-1943), graphic artist, one of the founders of the Russian school of children's book illustration in the 1920s-30s. This book is dedicated to techniques of printing illustrations at home... More about INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHILDREN ON HOW TO MAKE ILLUSTRATIONS AT HOME] Vyrezai, pechatai [i.e. Cut out,...
Moscow: Scorpion, 1911. [4], 216, [10] pp. 8vo. A fine copy. The contemporary owner's cloth binding with lettering piece glued to the spine. Original printed front wrapper preserved. A bookseller's mark on the free endpaper. The most complete pre-revolutionary edition of Walt Whitman's work in Russian. The earliest... More about WHITMAN'S LEAVES OF GRASS IN RUSSIAN] Pobegi travy / Perevod s angliiskogo K.D. Balmonta [i.e....
![RUSSIAN SUFFRAGETTES] Golosuite za spisok #7 [i.e. Vote for List No.7](/pictures/thumb/482.jpg?v=1531141166)
[Petrograd: Tsentr. Tipograf, 1917]. One sided leaflet. 36,5x22 cm. Near fine. A unique survival of the time and a historical evidence of the most important time in Russia’s history. This is a flyer printed by the All-Russian League of Equal Rights for Women in 1917 for their political... More about RUSSIAN SUFFRAGETTES] Golosuite za spisok #7 [i.e. Vote for List No.7
Convolute of two works on mathematical analysis: Tikhomandritskiy, M. Kurs teorii konechnykh raznostey [i.e. The Course of Calculations of Finite Differences]. Kharkiv: D.N. Poluekhtov, 1890. [2], III, V, 274 pp. Markov, A. Ischislenie konechnykh raznostey [i.e. Calculations of Finite Differences]. Complete in two parts. Part 1. Interpolirovanie [i.e.... More about MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
Moscow: University Press, 1855. XII, 582, [2] pp. 26x17 cm. Contemporary half-leather with gilt lettering on the spine. All edges gilt. Paper loss of the rst 100 pages at the bottom margin (no text affected). Pre-revolutionary stamp on the title page. Otherwise a good clean copy. This book is... More about FIRST BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY] Istoriya imperatorskogo moskovskogo...
Moscow: University press, 1895. XIV, 325, [1] pp. 24,5x17 cm. Contemporary quoter-leather. Small crack of the spine. Otherwise good. The stamp of the private library on the title page as well as the signature of the author. The owner was Alexander Nikolaevich Linkov, the St. Petersburg collector in the beginning... More about FIRST SYSTEMATIZED BOOK ON ACOUSTICS IN RUSSIAN] Vvedenie v akustiku I optiku [i.e. The...
Tiflis: K.P. Kozlovsky, 1917. 378 pp. 24x16 cm. Original printed wrappers. Spine is restored. Some stains of the wrapper. Otherwise good. The bulletin features the geological article by Ilia Zdanevich ‘Two Attempts to Climb Tbilisis-tsveri (4419 meters) in Uilpaty Mountains’. In the article Ilia described the efforts of the... More about LE DANTU MOUNTAIN] Izvestiya kavkazskogo otdela russkogo geogra cheskogo obschestva [i.e. The...