St. Petersburg: Izd. Obshchestva popecheniia o bol’nykh i ranennykh voinakh, 1871. [2], 152 pp. 27,5x19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Faded, tears of the spine with small fragments lost, white paint on the upper edge of front cover and the second leaf, foxing occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only..... More

St. Petersburg: Izdanie P.P. Soikina, 1899. 103 pp. 18x10,5 cm. In original wallpaper wrappers. Good, spine is repaired with paper stripe, foxing, a couple of ink marks. First and only edition. Extremely rare. The memories of people around Pushkin and their relations that were gathered by the poet’s nephew Lev..... More

Petrograd: Gosudarstvennoie izdatel’stvo, 1922. 52, [1] pp. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. One of 2000 copies. Cover design produced by Evgenii Belukha (1889-1943), the artist and designer who contributed to 1920-1930s Soviet book illustration. This is an overview of the Russian utopian novels..... More

Kiev: Reklama, 1973. 31 pp., 54 plates. 22x29,5 cm. In illustrated folder, brochure in stapled wrappers and plates are separate. Very good, some wear of the folder. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Published by Ministry of Motor Transport of the Ukrainian SSR and the..... More

Moscow: Izd. khudozhestvenno-aerograficheskoi proektnoi masterskoi tresta ‘Mosspetsstroi’, 1939. 40 pp., 124 colored leaves cut in half. 10x13 cm. In blue cloth with silver lettering on the front cover. Pale stamp of private library on the t.p., otherwise very good. Second edition. One of 5500 copies. Extremely rare... More

N.p., [1970s-1980s]. 132 typewritten pp. 30x21 cm. Unbound. As new. This is a samizdat copy of the novel ‘The Ugly Swans’ by brothers and co-authors Arkady (1925-1991) and Boris (1933-2012) Strugatsky, the leaders of the Soviet science fiction. The ideas of Strugatsky duo were innovative but relevant to..... More

Moscow: Emes, 1937. 52 pp.: ill. 21x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers, Yiddish and Russian titled on the front and back covers. Very good. Small tears of the wrappers, pale stains on some margins, previous owner’s bookplate on the recto of the front cover. First edition. One of 5000..... More

Tiflis, [1918]. 1 leaf. 36x15 cm. Folded in four. The contemporary pencil notes suggest that the leaflet was in use during the meetings of the club. The emblem of the peacock by Boris Ryabov, the art critic and the historian of architecture. The leaflet includes the ‘March of..... More

[68] pp.: photos. 25,5x34 cm. Leather covers tied with a string. Fine. The travel album of Czech professor Ilek Bohuslav who traveled to USSR in July of 1936 with Intourist. The album includes the photographs and postcards bought on the way and dedicated mostly to the southern part of USSR..... More

Leningrad: Tea-kino pechat’, 1927. Leaflet folded into thirds. 23x15,5 cm. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Constructivist design of leaflet was produced by Maxim Litvak (1898-1943), the Soviet graphic artist who created the posters of the silent films..... More

[Moscow, 1946]. 25 leaves. 31x21 cm. Typewritten. Leaves are gathered in paper folder with pencil title written on the front flap. Signed and with correction by the author. Unpublished manuscript. This is a unique material on history of theatre costume design. Vladislav Lukomsky (1882-1946) was a Russian historian and..... More

Berlin: Academia, 1923. 48 pp. 25x18 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Front flyleaf and half-title detached from the text block, minor tears of oversized covers and ink note on the inner side, otherwise very good condition.  First and only edition. Rare. Cover design (vignette is duplicated to..... More

St. Petersburg: Obshhestvennaia pol'za, 1911. 172 pp.: ill. 21,5×17,5 cm. In illustrated wrappers, the original front cover preserved. Restored,  some soiling, otherwise good. First edition. Very rare. Cover design and illustrations produced by Boris Grigoriev (1886-1939), the Russian painter and graphic artist whose style was a compromise..... More