![MONTAGE CERTIFICATE TO SHOCK-WORKER] Po novomu rabotat’ - po novomu rukovodit’ [i.e. New Way...](/pictures/thumb/1009.jpg?v=1591893290)
Leningrad: Izogiz, [1935]. 36,5x24,5 cm. Very good. Tears and creases, rubbed and repaired. This striking certificate was awarded to A. Milovskii in recognition of his devotion to building socialism and work enthusiasm, bestowing him an honorary title of shock-worker. Signed by a director of Trubchevsk Pedagogical college and..... More
![SOVIET LEADING STUDY ON CHAPLIN’S FILMS] Charl’z Spenser Chaplin: Ocherk rannego perioda...](/pictures/thumb/1007.jpg?v=1591892978)
Moscow: Izdatel’stvo Akademii nauk SSSR, [1959]. 266, [1] pp.: ill., 1 portrait. 27x21 cm. In original cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. No dust jacket. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. A foreword by notable film critic Rostislav Yurenev. Book design was..... More
![LEGENDARY LENINGRAD THEATRE] Putevoditel’ po Gosudarstvennomu Bol’shomu Dramteatru : God...](/pictures/thumb/1006.jpg?v=1591804259)
Leningrad: Tip. im. Volodarskogo, 1931. 32 pp.: ill., 1 double-page plan. 14,5x10,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Minor tears of the spine, slightly soiled, otherwise very good. Extremely rare and interesting prospectus dedicated to the repertoire of Bolshoi Drama Theater (BDT) and its mass cultural activity in 1931..... More
![THEATRE IN SUPPORT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE] Tak bylo: P’yesa v trekh deystviyakh [i.e. So It Was:...](/pictures/thumb/1005.jpg?v=1591804150)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1930. 72 pp.: ill. 13,6x19,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of the spine, light soiling. Otherwise in very good condition. Scarce. One of 3000 copies. First edition with 2 black-and-white photographs of the scenes from the play. Wrapper design by Mikhail Grigor’yev (1899-1960), a...... More
![STENBERG BROTHERS DESIGN] Programmy gos. akademicheskikh teatrov [i.e. Programs of State...](/pictures/thumb/1004.jpg?v=1591803949)
Moscow: Kinopechat', 1927. 34 pp.: ill. 26,5x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Small tears of spine and covers with minor fragment of front cover lost, a couple of blurred bookstore stamps. This is a theater program that included week stagings and illustrated with photographs of composer Sergey..... More
![CHINESE COMIC BOOK] Gospodin Dun-Go [i.e. Mister Dun-Go] / text by Dun Tsiui-sian’ and Iui...](/pictures/thumb/1003.jpg?v=1591803775)
Beijing: Izdatel’stvo literaturyr na inostrannykh iazykakh, 1959. [2], 82 pp.: ill. 15x19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine and edges with few minor fragments lost, otherwise very good and clean internally. Second edition. One of 8050 copies. Very rare comic book with Chinese philosophical story..... More
![CAPTURING THE 1954 ALL-UNION AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION] Vsesoyuznaya sel’skokhozyaystvennaya...](/pictures/thumb/1002.png?v=1591803617)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoye izdatel’stvo izobrazitel’nogo iskusstva, 1954. 152 pp., 2 ill.: ill. 29x22,5 cm. With extremely rare dust-wrapper in Chinese. In original publisher’s cloth binding with gilt lettering and ornaments on the front board and the spine. Dust-wrapper with a couple of tears and small holes. Otherwise fine. Scarce. Especially..... More
![A RARE EVIDENCE OF MASONIC ACTIVITY IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA] Sobraniye masonskikh predmetov...](/pictures/thumb/1001.png?v=1591803426)
Moscow: Sinod. tip. 1918. 34, [1] pp.: ill. 22,2x28,9 cm. In owner’s contemporary binding with original front wrapper preserved. Fine. Extremely scarce. First and only edition. With 14 black-and-white photographs in text. An interesting insight into the collection of masonic objects stored in the Russian Historical Museum. The..... More
![SOVIET CLASSIC OF COLOR SCIENCE] Еlementarnyi kurs tsvetovedeniia [i.e. Basics of Color...](/pictures/thumb/1000.jpg?v=1591803204)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1939. 132 pp.: ill., 10 ills. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original full cloth with lettering on front cover and spine. Very good, slightly rubbed and soiled, pencil marks occasionally. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Second, significantly revised edition of work by a classic of Soviet color..... More
![SOVIET PROPAGANDA FOR CHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN] Odno Slovo [i.e. One Word]. V. Bichko](/pictures/thumb/999.png?v=1591802986)
Kiev: Molod’, 1953. 8 pp.: ill. 20,2x26,1 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, mild soiling of the wrappers, pencil markings on the rear wrapper. Otherwise very good internally clean copy. Scarce. Most likely first edition. Text in Ukrainian. Wrapper design and color illustrations..... More
![LITERATURE BY FOSTER STUDENTS] Zhizn’ nachinaetsia. Sbornik stikhov, rasskazov i ocherkov,...](/pictures/thumb/998.jpg?v=1591802807)
Leningrad: Otdel trudkoloniy UNKVD LO, 1936. 104 pp., 1 front. (Portrait of Dzerzhinsky) 17,5x13,5 cm. One of 3000 copies. Original cloth binding with the low-relief image on the front cover. Slightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed on the verso of the first endpaper by one of the authors..... More
![ALEKSEI KRUCHYONYKH – LIFETIME EDITION] Golodnyak: [Stikhi] [i.e. Hunger: [Verses]]. A....](/pictures/thumb/997.png?v=1591802665)
Moscow: Tip. TSIT, 1922. [24] pp. 12,8x17,7 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Fine. Rare especially in such pristine condition. First edition. One of 1000 copies. AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTION OF ZAUM VERSES BY THE WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN FUTURIST ALEKSEI KRUCHYONYKH (1886-1968). The author went down in the..... More
![SCIENCE AND THE SOVIET UNION] Iskry nauki [i.e. Sparks of Science](/pictures/thumb/996.png?v=1591802515)
Moscow: Izdatelstvo “Gudok”, 1925-1931. #1-12 of 1927. A full run of the year bound in a single volume. Ca. 29,6x23,2 cm. In contemporary binding. Creases at the hinges, slightly rubbed, #3 lacks the front wrapper, #4,5 lack the rear wrapper, #6 lacks the pp. 239-240, #7 lacks the pp. 279-280..... More
![THE SOVIET APPROACH TO THE MENTAL SUGGESTION] Zhizn’ organizma i vnusheniye [i.e. The Life of...](/pictures/thumb/995.jpg?v=1591802098)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1927. 175 pp. 16,1x23,8 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, minor wear to the extremities, first 16 pages detached, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear wrapper. Otherwise in a good condition. First edition. Scarce. A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE MENTAL SUGGESTION..... More
![HOME CARE FOR PATIENTS] Kak ukhazhivat’ za bol’nym doma [i.e. How to Look After the Patient...](/pictures/thumb/994.jpg?v=1591801162)
Moscow: Meditsinskoe izdatelstvo, 1929. 80 pp.: ill. 22x30 cm. One of 40000 copies printed. Original illustrated cardboard binding. Covers are slightly rubbed, some minor restoration of the front cover. Part of the spine is missing, the 1920s stamps of the hospital on the title page, pp.13 and 37. Overall a...... More
![SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE] Shkola zhestokosti. Sbornik rasskazov [i.e. The School of Violence. The...](/pictures/thumb/993.jpg?v=1591800375)
Sverdlovsk: OGIZ, 1942. 85, [3] pp. 16x10,5 cm. One of 25000 copies. Original illustrated wrappers. Small tear of the spine and loss of the front cover. Otherwise very good. First edition. Extremely rare edition from the series printed in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) during the German occupation of the European..... More
![JANUARY OF 1942] Prezrenie k smerti [i.e. The Despite Towards The Death](/pictures/thumb/992.jpg?v=1591800201)
Kazan': Sovetskiy pisatel’, 1942. 41, [2] pp. 16x11 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Good condition. First edition. Rare. An important collection of short stories by nine Soviet authors. ‘Sovetskiy pisatel’ was one of the main literary publishing houses with several regional branches. This book was prepared by..... More
![JAZZ DURING THE WARTIME] Radost’. Iz repertuara okruzhnogo dzhaza DKA SKVO [i.e. Joy. From the...](/pictures/thumb/991.jpg?v=1591799309)
Sochi: Sochinskiy Gosudarstvenniy teatr, 1943. [2] pp. 14x7,5 cm. One stain otherwise very good with the poor quality of paper expected. The program of the jazz concert given in December of 1943, in Sochi (Krasnodar Krai) in the local State Theatre. The program includes the list of the..... More
![FIRST ALARM OF FASCISM] Nastupleniye fashizma i zadachi proletariata / (Dokl. t. Klary Tsetkin na...](/pictures/thumb/990.jpg?v=1591798721)
Moscow: Krasnaia nov’, 1923. 48 pp. 12,9x17,1 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Number on the title page. Otherwise near fine. ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT WOMAN COMMUNIST LEADERS GIVES AN EARLY WARNING OF FASCISM. First edition. This interesting edition features a report presented by Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)..... More
A COLLECTION OF 20 BROCHURES (INCLUDING 1 DUPLICATE) DEDICATED TO SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS SOVIET AND FOREIGN MOVIE STARS AND DIRECTORS OF THE 1920S. The 1920s was a pivotal point in the history of Soviet film industry: the decision to import foreign movies into the Soviet Union..... More
![STUDENTS IN TSARIST RUSSIA] Studenty v Moskve. Byt. Nravy. Tipy: Ocherki [i.e. Students in...](/pictures/thumb/988.png?v=1591796976)
Moscow: tip. Shtaba Mosk. voyen. okr. 1903. 296 pp. 16x22.7 cm, Owner’s binding. Tiny holes on the p. 3 (no text affected), p. 29 is detached, private library stamp (Arkadiy Ioasafovich’ Izmaylov) on the title-page and p.3. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. Second edition. First edition published..... More
![FIRST NORTHERN AIR EXPEDITIONS] Puti Severa. (Severnyye vozdushnyye ekspeditsii 1927 i 1928 gg....](/pictures/thumb/986.jpg?v=1591796326)
Moscow: Izd-vo Osoaviakhim, 1929. 160 pp.: ill. 21,8x15,4 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Open tears to the spine, slight wear, several pages loose. Otherwise in a very good condition. First edition. Scarce. Black-and-white illustrations in text. THIS RARE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OFFERS A VIVID INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST AIR..... More
![MOSCOW-VOLGA CANAL] Kanal Moskva-Volga. Spravochnye dannye [i.e. Moscow-Volga Canal. Reference Data](/pictures/thumb/984.jpg?v=1591795313)
Dmitrov: N.p., 1934. [10], 75, [3] pp., 15 charts. 8x11,5 cm. In original full cloth with embossed blind lettering on silver strip. Very good. Slightly rubbed, few pencil signatures and pale spots, ink inscription on back endpaper. Ink corrections on p.74. One of 1000 copies. Complete with 15 lithographed..... More
![HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE GROUPS] Khudozhestvennye gruppirovki za poslednie 25 let [i.e. Art...](/pictures/thumb/983.png?v=1591795092)
Moscow: Khud. izd. akts. o-vo AKhR, 1930. 148 pp. 19x13 cm. Publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. Viktor Lobanov (1885-1970), art critic and writer. He often wrote articles in the periodicals about artists, exhibitions, articles for catalogs of art..... More
![FIRST SOVIET EDITION OF TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD] 10 dnei, kotorye potriasli mir [i.e. Ten...](/pictures/thumb/981.jpg?v=1591794516)
Moscow: Krasnaia Nov’, 1923. 315, [1], 4 pp. 23,5x15,5 cm. Original illustrated wrappers by Sergei Chekhonin. A few small bits of the spine missing, the front wrapper is restored (the right bottom corner is missing, not affecting the image). Overall a very good copy. First edition. Extremely rare..... More