Petrograd: Komitet skul’pturiv Sorabis, 1922. 10 pp. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrates wrappers. Lithographed edition. Written and drawn by G.P. Liubarsky. Fine. Very rare. One of 500 copies. This is a catalogue of the exhibition which was held in autumn of 1922 and it had a numbered list... More about 1-ya vystavka skul’ptury: Sentyabr’-oktyabr’ 1922 [i.e. The First Sculpture Exhibition:...

Moscow: Izd-vo Assotsiatsii khudozhnikov rev. Rossii, 1926. 121, [7] pp.: ill. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Good, small tears of the spine and extremities, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, damp stains. One of 3100 copies. Rare. Wrappers, head and end pieces by S. Pavlov. The... More about Vos’maya vystavka kartin i skul’ptury AKhRR “Zhizn’ i byt narodov SSSR”:...

Moscow: Izogiz, 1933. 664 pp.: ill., 16 ills. 26x18 cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed, few ink marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. This is the first fundamental work... More about CHRONICLE OF THE EARLY SOVIET ART] Sovetskoe iskusstvo za 15 let: materialy i dokumentatsiia...

#2 1924, #16, 17 1925, #№30, 32, 33, 36, 37/38 1926, #49, 52, 53/54, 55/56, 61/62, 1927, unnumbered issue for 1927, #73, #75 1928. Overall 16 issues. Moscow: Trud i kniga, 1926-1928. In original photomontage wrappers. Spine repaired (#17, 37/38, 52, 53/54, 56/57, 61/62), small fragments of the spine lost... More about AGITPROP THEATRE] Siniaia bluza [i.e. Blue Blouse

[Moscow, 1921]. 22,5x28 cm. Creases and minor tears of the edges, pencil notes on the back. Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was one of the leaders of Soviet emancipation. In 1905 during the revolution she organized The Society of Help for the Female workers. Accusations from the state have forced her... More about RUSSIAN FEMINISTS] Original photograph of Alexandra Kollontai and female delegates at the...

Tbilisi: N.p., 1934-1935. 87 pp., XII ills. 17,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, some pages uncut. A couple of spots on the covers, tear of the first page (not affecting the text). First and only edition. One of 1050 copies. In Georgian and Russian. Very rare... More about PERSIAN CULTURE IN GEORGIA] Vystavka: Ferdovsi i gruzino-iranskie sviazi v literature i...

Tiflis: 41°, 1919. 32 pp. In original wrappers. Very good. More about DESIGN BY ILYA ZDANEVICH] Milliork

Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1924. 19x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. All wrappers and the title page designed by Alexander Rodchenko. 'Mess Mend' series were written by Soviet poet and writer Marietta Shaginyan (1880-1982). The series about an American in Russia were created for the public in attempt to show ‘Red... More about FAMOUS SERIES DESIGNED BY RODCHENKO] Mess Mend, ili Yanki v Petrograde. Za i protiv / Dzhim...

Tbilisi, 1941. 79 pp. 18x26 cm. 1 of 800 copies. Original publisher’s binding. Slightly bent. Ex-library copy. Stains. Extremely rare. First and only edition. The designs by Kekhoashvili, Avamishvili, Gudiashvili, Khachapuridze, Natadze. In late 1930s Narkopross Gruzii (the Ministry of People’s Enlightenment) created the working group for developing... More about DESIGNING SOVIET TOYS] Albom eksponatov nauchno-issledovatelskoy laboratorii igrushek I...

St. Petersburg: Glybov lithography, 1865. [4], 2, [2], 90 pp., frontis. 23x15,5 cm. Contemporary quarter leather with marbled card boards. Good, with occasional foxing and damp stains, a small closed tear of the t.p. First separate edition. Very rare. A very important piece by Kliment Timiryazev (1843-1920), who... More about DARWINISM IN RUSSIA] Kratkii ocherk teorii Darvina [i.e. A Brief Outline of Darwin’s Theory

Kaluga: 4-ia Sovetskaia tipografiia, 1920. [4], X, 188 pp. 24,5x17 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small fragments of covers and spine lost, lack of blank corner of p. 89, but clean internally. First complete edition. Extremely rare. This is a science fiction novel written by the Russian father... More about HOW TO INSPIRE PEOPLE FOR INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL] Vne Zemli [i.e. Beyond the Planet Earth

St. Petersburg: V. Demakov, 1896. Contemporary half leather with gilt lettering on the spine and marbled boards. Tears of the spine’s and corners’ leather. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First publication. Very rare. In Russian tradition, Alexander Popov (1859-1909) is considered the inventor of the radio and... More about RUSSIAN INVENTOR OF THE RADIO] Pribor dlya obnaruzheniya i registrirovaniya elektricheskikh...

Moscow: Izd. K. i K., 1913. 21 pp., 6 ill. 15x12 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, spine carefully restored, covers slightly soiled. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies. Very rare. This is a manifesto of one of the earliest abstract styles emerged in Russia. It was... More about LARIONOV AND GONCHAROVA] Luchizm [i.e. Rayonism