![Item #1379 [MAYAKOVSKY AGAINST WORLD WAR I] Voyna i mir: [Poema] [i.e. The War and the World: [A...](/pictures/thumb/1379.jpg?v=1650381821)
Petrograd: Parus, 1917. 48 pp. In original publisher’s wrappers. Front cover detached from block, otherwise very good and clean copy. The first separate edition of Mayakovsky’s poem The War and The World, which became the culmination of the author’s anti-war pathos. The outburst of World War I received..... More
![Item #1378 [STRAKHOV: PERIODICAL FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS] Student revoliutsii [i.e. Student of the...](/pictures/thumb/1378.jpg?v=1650381527)
Kharkiv: Derzhavne vydavnytstvo, 1925. 65 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of spine and back cover with fragments lost, blank corner of p. 21/22 lost, Soviet stamp ‘Press’ on front cover, otherwise uncut and very good copy. One of 5000 copies. In Ukrainian and..... More
![Item #1377 [MARSHAK & LEBEDEV COLLABORATION] Bagazh [i.e. The Luggage]. S. Marshak](/pictures/thumb/1377.jpg?v=1650381115)
Moscow: Detizdat, 1936. 8 pp. 19,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed and chipped, tanned traces on rear sides of covers and near pages, otherwise very good. Tenth edition. Since the story has debuted in a collection ‘Sovetskie rebiata’ (1926) and simultaneously in a separate edition of..... More
![Item #1372 [ERZYA LANGUAGE] Moksherziatnen eriamo pingest [i.e. The History of Mordva]. M. T....](/pictures/thumb/1372.jpg?v=1650379637)
Moscow: Tsentrizdat, 1929. 184 pp., 1 map. 22x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers with the strict constructivist design. Illustrated throughout including the map of Finno-ugric speaking nations in USSR. Very good, few tears of the spine. The book is printed in Erzya language, spoken in Republic of Mordovia..... More
![Item #1370 [PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST TRAM STATION] Zhelezo-betonnyi...](/pictures/thumb/1370.jpg?v=1650378933)
[Moscow: M.G.Zh.D., 1925]. Ca. 26,5x22 cm. Sixteen mounted gelatin silver prints, each ca. 11x15 cm. No captions. In original cloth folder with gilt lettering. Soiling of folder and foxing on the inner side, but the leaves are near fine. An attractive album of rare photos proving triumph of..... More
![Item #1368 [PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA & TURKESTAN] Ocherki novogo Turkestana [i.e. Sketches of New...](/pictures/thumb/1368.jpg?v=1650378736)
St. Petersburg: Nash svet, 1914. 86 pp.: ill. 24x17 cm. Original illustrated wrappers showing the eagle over the mountains: the metaphor of Russian Empire spreading its influence across the region. Minimal restoration of the spine, otherwise very good and clean. First edition. The work by the young historian..... More
![Item #1349 [LISSITZKY] Ravvi: P’essa v triokh deistviiakh [i.e. Rabbi: A Play in Three Acts]....](/pictures/thumb/1349.jpg?v=1650338947)
Berlin: Skythen, 1922. 62, [2] pp. 20x14 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers with letterpress design. Slightly soiled and small scuff of the front cover (design isn’t affected), otherwise very good. Very rare. Title pages in German and Russian, text in Russian only. The cover design was created by one..... More
![Item #1348 [FAR EASTERN FUTURISM] K dialektike iskusstva. Ot realizma do iskusstva, kak odnoi iz...](/pictures/thumb/1348.jpg?v=1650338784)
Chita: Dal’pechat’: Tip. Ob’edin. Soiuza Zabaik. Kooperativa, 1921. 120 pp. 26,5x19 cm. Original front cover. The back cover and spine renewed, edges of pages and front cover restored, few stains on the front cover, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. Scarce. A collection of..... More
![Item #1347 [AVANT-GARDE IN GEORGIA] Fakt: Stikhi [i.e. Fact: Poems]. I. Terentyev](/pictures/thumb/1347.jpg?v=1650338413)
Tiflis: 41°, 1919. 32 p. 17×14 cm. In publisher’s illustrated cover designed by Ilia Zdanevich. Printed on pink paper. The block is clean. The illustration on p. 16 was also used in the collection Sofia Georgievna Melnikova. Fantasticheskiy kabachiok [i.e. To Sofia Georgievna Melnikova. Fantastic Tavern]. Some rust on the..... More
![Item #1346 [SHOSTAKOVICH’S AUTOGRAPH] 24 preliudii: dlia fortep’ano, Op. 34 [i.e. 24...](/pictures/thumb/1346.jpg?v=1650338227)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1934. 43 pp.: sheet music. 30x23 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Small tears of the spine, soiling of the back cover, with a small fragment lost, central double-leaf detached from the block, otherwise very good and clean internally. Signed by the composer on the title page: To..... More
![Item #1345 [JEAN COCTEAU’S AUTOGRAPH] Orphée: film [i.e. Orpheus: Film]. J. Cocteau](/pictures/thumb/1345.jpg?v=1650338117)
Paris: La Parade, cop. 1950. [16], 116 pp., 8 ills. 18x11,5 cm. In contemporary cloth binding with title in Russian mounted on the spine. Spine faded, otherwise near fine. A screenplay of the French experimental film Orpheus (1950). The edition is supplemented with photographs by Roger Corbeau (1908-1995) printed..... More
![Item #1342 [THE FIRST EDITION OF TURGENEV’S FATHERS AND SONS] Otsy i deti [i.e. Fathers and...](/pictures/thumb/1342.jpg?v=1650336721)
Moscow: tip. V. Grachiova, 1862. 304 pp. In contemporary Italian half-leather. Gilt ornament on the spine. 24x17 cm. Pre-revolutionary stamps of the Russian library in Rome on the title page alongside the inventory numbers, otherwise a good tall fresh copy of an important and rare book. The first..... More
![Item #1339 [AN OLD-BELIEVER MANUSCRIPT] Sviatsy s miasetseslovom [i.e. A Calendar and Memorials...](/pictures/thumb/1339.jpg?v=1650335619)
Vyg., 1835. 175 ff. 13,5x10,6 cm. A manuscript. 14 lines. Black and copious red ink. Each chapter starts with vyaz - a calligraphic script with ornamentation. Eleven decorated headpieces. Eight chapters have decorated endings that include birds and flowers in compositions. Gold is used in all of the headpieces and..... More
![Item #1337 [THE RUTHENIAN LANGUAGE] Vertograd dushevniy [i.e. The Vertograd for the Soul] /...](/pictures/thumb/1337.jpg?v=1650334847)
Vilnius [Vilna]: the typography of Vilna Orthodox Holy Spirit Brotherhood, 1620. 131 leaves. 20x15 cm. Original full leather with elaborate blind gilt on the front and back covers. Later end-papers. Owner’s inscriptions on the half-titles from the 18th century onwards. One later clasp preserved. Ink stamps of the previous owner..... More
![Item #1336 [THEODORE DREISER IN RUSSIAN] Kraski N’yu-Yorka [i.e. Colors of a Great City]. T....](/pictures/thumb/1336.jpg?v=1642547440)
Leningrad: Mysl’, [1927]. 280 pp. 17,7x13 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Worn, occasional staining of the front cover. Contemporary owner’s inscription on the title page Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Translated from original English by Vladimir Stelletskiy (1905-1985), a noted Soviet philologist, researcher, and..... More
![Item #1335 [AN EARLY COLLECTION OF POEMS BY ONE OF THE LAST SOVIET FUTURISTS] Opyty: Kniga...](/pictures/thumb/1335.jpg?v=1642546906)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1927. 128, [4] pp. 19,8x13,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Previous owner’s pencil inscription on the title-page. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Geometrical wrapper design echoes avant-garde tendencies prevalent among supremacist and modernist artists of the late 1910s... More
![Item #1333 [RACHMANINOFF’S FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE COMPOSER] Pamyati Rakhmaninova:...](/pictures/thumb/1333.jpg?v=1642546044)
New York: izdaniye S.A. Satinoy, 1946. XXI, [2], 184 pp., 5 photos 22,7x15,5 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Trace of the label on the front cover. Marginal soiling of the covers, otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. Edited and designed by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957), a noted Russian and Lithuanian artist..... More
![Item #1332 [THE FANTASTIC BOTANICAL GARDEN PROJECT IN THE CITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD] Eskiznyy...](/pictures/thumb/1332.jpg?v=1642545663)
[Gor’kiy]: Gor’k. krayev. izd-vo, 1936. 74, [2], 1 plan: ill., plans. 16,8x26 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. Extremely rare. 1 of 650 copies. First edition. Wrapper design by the Soviet artist YU. Porfir’ev. With 1 folded map and 24 black and white illustrations, including 14 photographs..... More
![Item #1331 [ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR FOREIGNERS LIVING IN THE USSR] The Iron Heel. J. London](/pictures/thumb/1331.jpg?v=1642545370)
Moscow; Leningrad: Co-operative publishing society of foreign workers in the U. S. S. R., 1934. [4], 308 pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. Wrappers with illustrated dust-jacket. Tears and soiling to the dustjacket. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce especially with dust-jacket. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Editor L. Talmy..... More
![Item #1330 [ORIGIN OF ONE MISSION SOCIETY IN RUSSIA] Potoki v stepi [i.e. Streams in the Desert]....](/pictures/thumb/1330.jpg?v=1642545156)
Paris: Imp. de Navarre, 1939. 343 pp. 18,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine and front cover slightly restored, ink signature on t.p. covered up with sticker, otherwise very good. First Russian edition of a devotional book Streams in the Desert sharing ideas of One Mission Society. Its..... More
![Item #1329 [SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture...](/pictures/thumb/1329.jpg?v=1642544862)
Leningrad: Fizkul’tura i turizm, 1932. 292 pp.: ill. 21x13,5 cm. In original full-cloth binding with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Slightly rubbed and weakened, no back flyleaf, contemporary signature on t.p., some pencil notes, otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 7,000 copies. Rare..... More
![Item #1328 [CUBIST LENIN] Na sovetskom postu [i.e. On Soviet Duty] #21 for 1930](/pictures/thumb/1328.jpg?v=1642544539)
Novosibirsk: Zapkraisibispolkom, 1930. 24 pp.: ill. 30x21 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine and outer edge of pages, stamps of Soviet government library on p.1, 17 and canceled stamp of Russian state library on last page, otherwise very good and clean. Extremely rare Siberian periodical. An issue..... More
![Item #1325 [CONSTRUCTIVISM IN LITERATURE] Biznes. Sbornik Literaturnogo tsentra konstruktivistov...](/pictures/thumb/1325.jpg?v=1642542465)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1929. 260 pp.: ill., graphs, schemes, notes. 22x15 cm. 1 of 2,000 copies. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and edges of covers restored, light water stains on outer margin of some pages, few pencil marks, otherwise very good. First edition. Wrapper design by Alexander Rodchenko. Literary..... More
![Item #1324 [ONE OF THE GREATEST SOVIET PHYSICIANS] Glaz i solntse: O svete, solntse i zrenii...](/pictures/thumb/1324.jpg?v=1642542254)
Moscow: Izd-vo Akad. nauk SSSR, 1938. 96 pp.: ill. 16,3x12,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Couple of pale small stains on the wrappers, otherwise in very good condition. Previous owner’s stamp and inventory number on the title page. Scarce. Third edition. First and second editions published in 1927..... More
Collection of five fragile sheet music brochures of Ukrainian folk songs. Four of them were published in one series with similar anonymous designs resembling national embroidery schemes. One was printed in another publishing house with a different design. All of them were most likely issued in the 1930s. The 1920s..... More