![THEATRE ARTISTS CREATING MASS THEATRE] Khudozhnik v teatre [i.e. Artist in a Theatre]. A. Gvozdev](/pictures/thumb/1165.jpg?v=1612376816)
Moscow; Leningrad: Ogiz - Ozogiz - Gos. izd-vo izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv, 1931. 72 pp.: ill. 17.7x13 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine, front wrapper slightly loose, previous owner’s ink inscription on the front wrapper. Otherwise a very good internally clean copy. Rare. First..... More
![A SOVIET GUIDE TO THEATRE FOR NOVICE DIRECTORS] Rabota rezhissera [i.e. Director’s Work]. K....](/pictures/thumb/1164.jpg?v=1612376707)
Moskva; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1940. 124 pp., 2 ill.: ill. In original cloth binding with stamping. Very good. Handwritten title on the spine, binding a bit chipped, Soviet bookshops’ stamps and small torn off label on the recto of the back cover. Scarce. One of 3,000 copies. Written by..... More
![MAYAKOVSKY’S REQUIEM FOR LENIN] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. V. Mayakovsky](/pictures/thumb/1163.jpg?v=1612376623)
Leningrad: Gosizdat Krym. ASSR, 1925. 94, [1] pp. 17,2x13 cm. In original printed wrappers with constructivist design on the front wrapper. Very good, restoration of the spine, pale stain near spine throught the book, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, front cover sligtly chipped on the lower margin, covers..... More
![AVIATION ‘FEVER’ IN THE EARLY SOVIET UNION] Shturm neba: Sb. izbr. avio-stikhov [i.e. Storm...](/pictures/thumb/1162.jpg?v=1612376427)
Kharkiv: Ukrvozdukhput’, 1924. [78] pp. 11x15.4cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Title-page lacks a small fragment at the top (no text affected). Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. This is an extremely rare collection of an early Soviet verses dedicated to aviation. The edition, which was printed..... More
![THE FIRST ALL-UKRAINIAN LITERARY-SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIO-POLITICAL JOURNAL] Literatúrno-naukóvyy...](/pictures/thumb/1161.jpg?v=1612376315)
Lviv; Kyiv: 1898-1932. #10 of 1913. 192 pp. 26.8x18 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine, crack in the binding, tears to the edges. Otherwise in a good condition. Very rare. Printed from 1898 until 1932, the Literary-Scientific Bulletin was founded on the initiative..... More
![MANDELSTAM MASTERPIECE] Egipetskaia marka [i.e. Egyptian Stamp]. O. Mandelstam](/pictures/thumb/1159.jpg?v=1612375538)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1928. 187, [5] pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Covers and spine rubbed, with tears and minor fragments lost, some stains, ink note on the last page, otherwise very good. First full publication. Cover design was produced by artist and engraver Evgenii Belukha (1889-1943). In..... More
![TIRED, FROZEN, BEATEN - TRAGIC DIARIES OF CAPTAIN SCOTT] Dnevnik kapitana R. Skotta [i.e. Diary...](/pictures/thumb/1158.jpg?v=1612375426)
Leningrad: Vses. arktich. in-t, 1934. 392 pp., 1 map: ill. 13.8x20.4 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with lettering on the front board and the spine. Near fine. Scarce. Second extended edition. First edition published in 1917. Translated from original English by the Russian and American writer Zinaida Ragozina..... More
![HOW TO MAKE WOODEN TOYS: A MASTERCLASS FROM THE SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST] Reznaya igrushka iz dereva:...](/pictures/thumb/1156.jpg?v=1612375170)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1927. 64 pp.: ill., schemes. 19.8x13.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the small pieces of the spine, Soviet bookshop stamp on the rear wrapper. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Wrappers by an unknown artist. With black-and-white photographs and schemes throughout..... More
![REMINISCING LENA MASSACRE] Lena: [4 apr. 1912]: Ocherk istorii lenskikh sobytiy: (S pril.) [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1155.jpg?v=1612374981)
Moscow: Vseros. proletkul’t, 1923. 104 pp.: tables. 17.6x24.9 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Losses of the pieces of the spine, wear to the extremities. Otherwise in a very good condition. Very rare. First edition. Wrapper design by an unknown artist. A unique evidence of one of the bloodiest..... More
![UKRAINIAN BOOK AVANT-GARDE OF THE 1920S] Borot’ba z trupom [i.e. Blind Circle]. M. Renard,...](/pictures/thumb/1154.jpg?v=1612374483)
Lviv: Novyi Chas, 1926. 198 pp. 16.2x22.9 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the tiny pieces of the spine. Otherwise in fine condition. Very rare. First edition. Avant-garde wrapper design by Robert Lisovskyi (1893-1982). This is the first Ukrainian translation of Maurice Renard’s and Albert Jean’s controversial..... More
![MARCH AND SING] Muzykal’noe oformlenie demonstratsii: (Opyt raboty v Moskve 1 maia 1931 g.)...](/pictures/thumb/1153.jpg?v=1612374351)
Moscow: Gos. muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo, 1931. 32 pp. 17x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Uncut pages. Back cover slightly soiled, otherwise near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Interesting manual on the establishment of ‘truly proletarian’ music for marches. Musical culture in the..... More
![WHALING IN THE SOVIET UNION] «Slava»: Zapiski sovetskikh kitoboyev [i.e. “Fame”: Notes of...](/pictures/thumb/1152.jpg?v=1612374179)
Odessa: Odes. obl. izd-vo, 1952. 320 pp.: ill. 20.5x13.3cm. In original publisher’s illustrated cardboards. Stamp of the library of the whaling ship Slava (the library was located at the vessel and was intended for Soviet whalers exclusively) and inventory number on the title-page, p.17, and p. 320. Spine and edges..... More
![MARI ETHNIC GROUP] Maro-russkii slovar’ gornogo narechiia (cheremis) [i.e. Mari-Russian...](/pictures/thumb/1151.jpg?v=1612374014)
Kazan: Izd. Tsentral’nogo izdatel’stva Mari, 1920. 176 pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine and covers with minor fragments lost, soiling of covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. First ever dictionary of the Hill Mari language. Extremely rare. The book was composed by Vsevolod..... More
![HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY: EARLY SOVIET APPROACH TO MNEMONICS] Pamyat’, yeye nedostatki i...](/pictures/thumb/1150.jpg?v=1612373413)
Odessa: 1931. 174 pp., [2] pp.: ill. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Rubbed spine, slightly toned, Soviet library stamp and inventory number on the title-page. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. Second edition. First edition published in 1929. The establishment of the Communist regime posed new challenges..... More
![DESIGN BY LEV BRODATY] Gamburg na barrikadakh [i.e. Hamburg at the Barricades]. L. Reissner](/pictures/thumb/1148.jpg?v=1612373085)
Moscow: Ogiz - Molodaya gvardiya, 1932. 79, [2] pp., [1] portrait: ill. 20x14 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards. Minor tears at the hinges, spine rubbed. Otherwise a very good internally clean copy. Scarce. Third edition. First and second editions published in 1924 and 1925 respectively. Foreword by G...... More
![RUSTAVELI NATIONAL THEATRE ON TOUR] Gruzinskiy dramaticheskiy teatr im. SH.Rustaveli....](/pictures/thumb/1147.jpg?v=1612372827)
Tbilisi: Gos. izd-vo SSRG, 1930. 61, [3] pp.: ill. 17.9x13 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Wrappers laminated. Near fine. Loss of the tiny piece of the title-page. Scarce. First edition. With black-and-white photographs. An interesting booklet dedicated to the first-ever Soviet tour of the Shota Rustaveli State Drama..... More
![CARICATURES BY SOVIET CHILDREN] Detskaya karikatura [i.e. Children’s Caricature](/pictures/thumb/1146.jpg?v=1612372605)
Moscow: Tsentral’nyy dom khudozhestvennogo vospitaniya detey RSFSR im. A.S. Bubnova, 1934. 16 pp.: ill. In original wrappers. Very good, spots on wrappers, pages are loose (lacking staple), marks of rust on the spine, pencil marks and Soviet bookshops’ stamps on the back cover and recto of the back cover, vertical..... More
![EARLY FEMINISM IN GEORGIA] Godovoy otchet o deyatel’nosti Obshchestva kavkazskikh zhenshchin...](/pictures/thumb/1145.jpg?v=1612372292)
Tbilisi: tipografia Esperanto, 1914. 32 pp. 15x22.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Mild stains on the front wrapper, pencil markings throughout the copy. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Scarce. A RARE EVIDENCE OF THE EARLY GEORGIAN FEMINISM. The history of women’s organizations in Georgia..... More
![SOVIET STUDY OF LABOR IN THE EARLY 1930S] Rabochaia mebel’: Voprosy ratsionalizatsii [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1142.jpg?v=1612364105)
Moscow: Gos. sotsial’no-ekonomicheskoe izdatel’stvo, 1931. 68 pp.: ill. 20x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. The manual on how to rationalize labor by well-organized working places. This was one of the key issues studied and promoted by the..... More
![CHUKOVSKY AGAINST FUTURISTS] Futuristy [i.e. Futurists]. K. Chukovsky](/pictures/thumb/1140.jpg?v=1608120255)
St. Petersburg: Polyarnaya zvezda, 1922. 84 pp. 19.5×13 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small tears, losses and light foxing of the wrappers, otherwise very good. The highest point of the polemics between Korney Chukovsky and Russian Futurists. Ever since futurism in Russia took on a large scale in..... More
![RODCHENKO] [Imprint. the 1980s]. Varvara Stepanova sitting on the balcony of their apartments](/pictures/thumb/1137.jpg?v=1608119543)
Moscow, [1930s]. 19,5x14,5 cm. Near fine. Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova lived and created together since the 1910s. In 1920, VKHUTEMAS was established and they were invited to teach there. The following year the spouses got an apartment in the VKHUTEMAS building (Myasnitskaya Street, 21). Rodchenko took famous foreshortened pictures..... More
![RODCHENKO] [Imprint. the 1980s]. A shock-worker of a Fire Engine Plant](/pictures/thumb/1136.jpg?v=1608119481)
1932. 16,5x11,5 cm. Near fine. Sighed on the rear side by Rodchenko’s grandson Alexander Lavrent’ev. An idyllic picture: a worker is reading the Pravda newspaper. Rodchenko was looking for new perspectives and angles since the late 1920s, following the slogan “Our duty is to experiment!”. He used..... More
![FORMING UKRAINIAN THEATER] Suchasnyi Ukrayins’kyi teatr : Zbirka stattiv [i.e. Contemporary...](/pictures/thumb/1135.jpg?v=1608119286)
Kharkiv: Derzhavne vydavnitstvo Ukraini, 1929. 104 pp. 22x15 cm. In contemporary full-cloth binding. Very good. Colored pencil underlines, traces of paper glued on front endpaper and Soviet bookshop marks from 1970s on the back endpaper. Last leaf of the table of contents lost. One of 5000 copies. Very rare... More
![GOD EXISTS, BUT I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN HIM - COMMUNISM DISPLACES GOD IN THE CLASSROOMS]...](/pictures/thumb/1134.jpg?v=1608118984)
Moscow: Rabotnik prosveshcheniya, 1930. 120 pp. In original printed wrappers. Partly uncut. Very good. First edition. Scarce. A research on religious dissemination in Soviet schools. The charter of the Unified Labor School in the Soviet Union completely excluded the possibility of teaching the doctrine of Christianity..... More
![GEOGRAPHY IN YIDDISH] Geografiya chastey sveta i vazhneyshikh stran (krome SSSR) [i.e. Geography...](/pictures/thumb/1133.jpg?v=1608118565)
Moscow: Der Emes, 1941. 256 pp.: iIl., maps. 22.6x14.9 cm. In original publisher’s cardboards. Spine and edges slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. Third edition. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GEOGRAPHY MANUALS IN YIDDISH PUBLISHED FEW YEARS BEFORE THE SUPPRESSION OF JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION... More