![BOOK ILLUSTRATION DESIGN] Verstka illyustratsiy v knige [i.e. Book Illustration Design]. L. Gessen](/pictures/thumb/867.jpg?v=1573088940)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo legkoy prom-sti, 1932. 3-94, [2]pp.: ill. 27x20.4cm. In original publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Loss of the front endpaper. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Scarce. This is a comprehensive guide to the layout of illustrations in..... More
![EXPERIMENTS IN THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Transformiruiushchiesia muzhskoi i zhenskii teatral’nye...](/pictures/thumb/866.jpg?v=1573088500)
Moscow: MKhAT SSSR im. M. Gor’kogo, 1948. 55 pp.: ill. Tear of p.53-54 (text is not not affected), some scratches of back cover and minor soiling of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare. This late 1940s manual for theatrical costume designers..... More
![A MANIFESTO OF THE PROLETARIAN THEATRE] Osnovnyye zadachi teatral’nogo rukovodstva: Ispr....](/pictures/thumb/865.jpg?v=1573088087)
[Moscow]: Ogiz - Gos. izdvo khud. lit-ry, 1931. 44 pp. 16,6x11,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. First edition. Scarce. This report provides a valuable insight into the process of reformation that the Soviet avant-garde theatre was compelled to go through in the early 1930s. The 4th..... More
![THEATRE AS A TOOL OF THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA] Leningradskiy teatr yunykh zriteley. Zadachi i...](/pictures/thumb/863.jpg?v=1573087134)
Leningrad: TYUZ, 1929. 46, [3]pp.: ill., scheme. 17x11.8cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. The spine is slightly rubbed. Otherwise near a very good copy. First edition. Scarce. Wrapper design by the Russian painter and theatre artist, Mikhail Grigoriev (1899-1960). Compiled by the Russian actor, director and pedagogue, Leonid..... More
![PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION OF TOYS PRODUCED FOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN] Sat’amashoebis laboratoriis...](/pictures/thumb/858.png?v=1573180697)
Tbilisi: Zaria Vostoka, 1941. 80 pp: ill. 18x27.6 cm. In original cloth with lettering and decoration on the front board. Near fine. Loss of the endpapers. Scarce. One of 800 copies. A special anniversary edition of the Georgian SSR Ministry of Education. The album showcases 32 full..... More
![PHOTO GRAPHICS BY TELINGATER] Tragediinaia noch’. Poema [i.e. Tragic Night. A Poem]. A. Bezymensky](/pictures/thumb/856.jpg?v=1573081658)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 64 pp.: ill. 18,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, some creases, otherwise very good. First edition. Very rare. This is one of the well-known Soviet photobooks and one of the earliest literary works on triumphal projects of the First Five-Year Plan. The poem by..... More
![THEORY OF PHOTOMONTAGE] Iskusstvo dnia [i.e. The Art of the Day. What to Know In Order to Make a...](/pictures/thumb/855.jpg?v=1573081413)
Moscow: Vserossiyskiy proletkult, 1925. 135, [2] pp. 22x15 cm. Original publisher’s cover. Covers restored, bookstore stamp on back cover, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. The program work by art critic Nikolay Tarabukin (1889-1956), one of the ideologists of Proletkult, who at the..... More
![SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG , KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/852.jpg?v=1573080099)
[Moscow]: Izogiz, 1935. 208 pp.: ill. 30x21,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Covers slightly soiled and spine chipped, otherwise a very good and internally clean copy. A valuable piece of a historical evidence on Moscow reconstruction of 1935, Ginzburg’s constructivist project of Moscow-Donbass Highway and Khiger’s civil housing critics..... More
![O Lenine [i.e. On Lenin]. Stalin J](/pictures/thumb/847.png?v=1569971749)
Moscow: Partizdat, 1935. 74, [2] pp.: ill. 26,5x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards with gilt lettering. Covers rubbed and slightly soiled, otherwise very good and internally clean. Second edition. One of 10000 copies printed. Design by Alexander Rodchenko who co-worked with his best collaborator and the art editor..... More
![CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...](/pictures/thumb/845.png?v=1569970811)
Leningrad: Leningradskaia Pravda, 1932. 80 pp.: ill. 15,5x23 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Near fine, neatly restored. One of 15000 copies. Extremely rare. One of the main books on constructivist architecture of Leningrad. The book is the lesser known masterpiece of constructivist design, with multiple photomontage..... More
![THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA OF SPORTS] Vsesoiuznyi parad fizkul’turnikov na Krasnoi ploshchadi v...](/pictures/thumb/843.png?v=1569969571)
Moscow: N.p., [1945]. [60] pp.: ill. 29x24 cm. In original cloth with gilt lettering and logo. Slightly rubbed and weakened, ink inscription on the front flyleaf, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This impressive album featured the photographs of the first post-WWII and the last..... More
![LISSITZKY] Vladimir Mayakovsky: (“Misteriia” ili “Buff”) [i.e. Vladimir Mayakovsky:...](/pictures/thumb/842.png?v=1569969212)
Berlin: Skify, 1922. 56 pp. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with letterpress design. Restored spine, copy faded, otherwise very good. First separate edition. A stunning letterpress design on the front cover was created by El Lissitzky in Berlin period. The crossword motif appeared on several book..... More
![LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic...](/pictures/thumb/839.png?v=1569968476)
Knigoizdate’stvo Akademii khudozhetsv: [Leningrad], [1927]. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine copy. Tiny tear of the spine. First edition of the first book. Yakov Chernikhov (1889-1951) was one of the most unusual and innovative talents of the time, known for his..... More
![HOMOPHOBIA VS PHILANTHROPY] Puteshestviye miss Marsden v Yakutskuyu oblast' i poseshcheniye yeyu...](/pictures/thumb/833.png?v=1569962348)
Moscow: O-vo rasprostraneniya polez. knig, 1892. XII, 77 pp., 10 ill., map. 22.3x16cm. Period half-leather binding. Worn, lower part of the spine lacks a fragment, pre-revolutionary private library stamp (The Library of Prokhorov) on the title-page and p.12. Otherwise in a very good condition. Extremely scarce first edition..... More
1835. 16.5x22.6; 15.6x22.3cm. Two pencil drawings mounted on plain paper with date and title captioned in English. A very good condition. Unidentified artist (signature E.C. in the left bottom corner). Rare historical evidence of one of the most famous fires in the 19th century England. The..... More
![PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 1938 MILITARY PARADE IN TBILISI] Diadi okt’omberi....](/pictures/thumb/828.png?v=1569961218)
Tbilisi, 1938. In original full-cloth with gilt lettering and two small photographs (ca. 3.3x3.4cm) mounted on the front cover. Date “7 November 1938” printed on the label and mounted on the front pastedown. Twenty-five vintage prints ca. 9x14.3cm. Minor wear to the edges of the covers, a couple of photos..... More
![MAYAKOVSKY’S CRY OF THE SOUL] Razgovor s fininspektorom o poezii [i.e. Conversation With A Tax...](/pictures/thumb/827.png?v=1569960326)
Tbilisi: Zakkniga, 1926. 14 pp., 1 ill. 17.6x13cm. In original photomontage wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko. Tear of the spine, four pages are detached, soviet bookselling stamps on the rear wrapper. Otherwise in a good condition. First edition. 1 of 5000 copies. An epitome of Mayakovsky’s inner struggle that had..... More
![GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi krasnoarmeiskoi gazety...](/pictures/thumb/825.jpg?v=1567064636)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1932. 40 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear near the staple, previous owner’s marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. This is an interesting work on the effectivity of the atheist publications in the local Red..... More
![TO DIRECTOR OF AMATEUR THEATRE] Rezhisser-zateinik [i.e. Entertaining Director]. G. Matveev](/pictures/thumb/822.jpg?v=1567064083)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1930. 80 pp.: ill. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Some tears of the spine, covers repaired, several ink and color pencil marks, old stamps on t.p. and the last page, small tear of p. 63-64. This is striking instructions for leaders of the village artistic sections to..... More
![HERITAGE OF DIRECTOR VAKHTANGOV] Muzei-komnata E.B. Vakhtangova. Katalog [i.e. Museum Room of E....](/pictures/thumb/820.jpg?v=1567063780)
Moscow: Izdanie museia teatra im. Evg. Vakhtangova, 1937. [18] pp., 7 ills. 16,5x12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed and soiled, some stains on the margins and ink signature on half-title. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies printed. Very rare. This catalogue is dedicated to museum of..... More
![INCEPTION OF THE SOVIET READING ROOMS] Kak organizovat’ izbu-chital’niu i vesti rabotu v nei...](/pictures/thumb/817.jpg?v=1567063055)
Melekess: Izd. Soveta Kr. kursov po podgotovke zaved. izbami-chital’niami, [1921]. 32 pp. 17x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine repaired with marbled paper, tears of the spine, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 250 copies. Signed by author on the front cover, some author’s corrections in the text..... More
![RUSSIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ART] Bibliografiya izobrazitel’nogo iskusstva. Ukazatel’ literatury...](/pictures/thumb/815.jpg?v=1567062672)
Peterburg: Knizhny ugol, 1923. 87, [1] pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. General wear of the wrappers with slightly chipped spine and extremities. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Rare. This is a first part of only two dedicated to bibliography of books in Russian on subject..... More
![COSTUME DESIGN GUIDE FOR CLUBS] Kostium na stsene: Rukovodstvo dlia dramkruzhkov [i.e. Costume...](/pictures/thumb/813.jpg?v=1567062177)
Moscow; Leningrad: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 112 pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Wrappers detached from the text block. First and only edition. One of 10070 copies. Rare. Illustrations by E.A. Zernova. The edition was sponsored and published by N.K. Krupskaya Central House of Amateur Art in City..... More
![ART BOOKS TRADE CATALOGUE] Iskusstvo: Katalog knig [i.e. Art: Book Catalogue](/pictures/thumb/812.jpg?v=1567062037)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1928. 160 pp.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original wrappers. Very good. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. This is a trade catalogue of Gosizdat, the State Publishing House. It was formed in 1919 by merging the largest departmental and cooperative publishing houses as..... More
![GUIDE FOR BEGINNER SCULPTORS] Nachinaiushchii skul’ptor: Rukovodstvo po ekspressivnoi lepke...](/pictures/thumb/811.jpg?v=1567061773)
Moscow: Molodaya gvardiya, 1931. 44, [4] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In publisher’s photomontage wrappers. Very good. First and only edition. One of 10100 copies. Rare. With 15 black and white photographs and recommendations for young artists by Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle. Wrapper design probably by Nesterov. Innokenty Nikolaevich Zhukov..... More