[End of 19th cent.] 220 leaves. 36x24 cm. Manuscript. The title page and frontispiece is decorated in colors. Every chapter starts with illuminated headpiece and initial. Contemporary red morocco with raised bands and gilt and blind stamping. One of two claps preserved. The covers are slightly rubbed. Otherwise very good..... More
Petrograd, 1917. 20 leaves. 20x13 cm. Original printed wrapper. Losses of the parts of the wrapper, otherwise good and clean internally. Owner’s stamp on the front wrapper. Contemporary notes in pencil on the last page, drafting the plan to create ‘the storage of maps’ in the Bureau, mentioning that somewhere..... More
![SPRS rupnecibas izbuve [i.e. New Dots on the Map of USSR]. G. Ostroglazovs](/pictures/thumb/692.png?v=1559611397)
Riga: Jauna kultura, 1934. 202, [6] pp. 22x15 cm. Original cardboard binding, near fine condition. Book design by Solomon Teligator (1903-1969) and I.Tsarevich. The first and only Latvian edition. The interesting photobook that was produced in Riga after the Russian original title that came out in Moscow in Molodaya..... More
![Posle Rossii [i.e. After Russia. 1922-1925]. Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva](/pictures/thumb/691.png?v=1559609657)
Paris: I.E. Povolotzky, 1928. 160 pp. 18,8x12 cm. In original printed wrappers. The spine is restored. Wrapper is slightly soiled. Rare. One of 500 copies produced. The first edition of Tsvetaeva’s last book of poems, including the poems written after she emmigrated to France from Soviet Russia. Tsvetaeva wanted..... More
![Traktor STZ-NATI [i.e. The tractor STZ-NATI]. Z. Zaretskiy](/pictures/thumb/690.png?v=1559608412)
Moscow: Nauchno-issledovatelelskiy institut poligraficheskoy i izdatelskoy tekhniki OGIZ’a pri SNK RSFSR, [1945]. [65] pp. 24x37 cm. Original card boards. Tear on the inside of the front endpaper, binding is slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. The album is dedicated to the tractor STZ-NATI that was in..... More
![Sovetskoe foto [i.e. The Soviet Photo]. #10, 1927](/pictures/thumb/689.png?v=1559607646)
Moscow: Ogoniok, 1927. 291-318 pp. 26x18,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Rust on the staples otherwise very good. One of 14000 copies printed. Very rare. The famous issue of the periodical showing Rodchenko’s photo ‘Mat’ [i.e. The Mother] on the front cover. Makarov’s article ‘Elements of the photographic picture’..... More
![CONSTRUCTIVIST CLASSICS] Kino-Fot [i.e. Film Photo]. Issue #2 of only 6](/pictures/thumb/686.png?v=1559604214)
8-15 of September, 1922. St. Petersburg: Kino-Fot, 1922. 16 pp.: phot.,. 28x22 cm. Original photomontage wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko who used his wife Varvara Stepanova’s photomontage which juxtaposed a photo of Charlie Chaplin with photos of industrial objects. Very good. A few tears on the spine, rust on the staples..... More
![Sto dnei v Kitae [i.e. Hundred days in China]. Dmitrii Baltermants](/pictures/thumb/685.png?v=1559602821)
Moscow: Pravda, 1955. 160 pp. 33x24 cm. Original cloth binding. Illustrated dustjacket. Dustjacket is slightly teared and worn, otherwise very good. Illustrated throughout. Book deisgn by I.Dolgopolov. The photo book is dedicated to the five year anniversary of People’s Respublic of China and the trip that Pravda photo correspondent..... More
![INDEPENDENCE IN THE RUSSIAN FURNITURE CRAFT] Obmery mebeli. Vypusk 1. Obraztsy mebeli russkoi...](/pictures/thumb/677.png?v=1558656303)
Moscow: Izd. Akademii arkhitektury SSSR, 1940. 159 pp.: ill. 27,5x20,5 cm. In the original illustrated green cloth with decorative composition and lettering. Very good, curious contemporary pencil notes on the front flyleaf (in verse and prose). The unknown inscriber calls the book ‘the album that measures human feelings’ but then..... More
![MAGAZINE PUBLISHED IN GEORGIAN PRISON] Met’ekhis k’rialosani = Chetki Metekha [i.e. Metekhi...](/pictures/thumb/674.png?v=1558654763)
Tbilisi: Sp’etsdanishnulebis izoliat’oris (met’ekhis) k’ult’-k’omisiis ga-ma, 1928. 24 pp.: ill. 26x17 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Tears of the spine with small losses, soiling of the covers, water stain on the lower margin throughout the copy, otherwise very good internally. This is a unique survival of..... More
Petrograd: Komitet skul’pturiv Sorabis, 1922. 10 pp. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrates wrappers. Lithographed edition. Written and drawn by G.P. Liubarsky. Fine. Very rare. One of 500 copies. This is a catalogue of the exhibition which was held in autumn of 1922 and it had a numbered list..... More
Moscow: Shk. FZU 1-i tip. Gosizdata, 1925. 31 pp. 17x13 cm. In original wrappers. Near fine, some creases of the wrappers and wear of the spine. Very rare, one of 1000 copies. This is the catalogue for the exhibition held in 1925 by a short-term association of young..... More
Moscow: Izd-vo Assotsiatsii khudozhnikov rev. Rossii, 1926. 121, [7] pp.: ill. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Good, small tears of the spine and extremities, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, damp stains. One of 3100 copies. Rare. Wrappers, head and end pieces by S. Pavlov. The..... More
[Moscow]: Ob-vo russkikh skul’pturov, 1929. 14 pp.: ill. 22,15 cm. In original wrappers. Near fine. Very rare. One of 1000 copies. The catalogue for the 3rd exhibition (of only 4 held by the Society) that was held in 1929 includes introduction “ORS in 1929” by A. Bakushinsky (short..... More
![CHRONICLE OF THE EARLY SOVIET ART] Sovetskoe iskusstvo za 15 let: materialy i dokumentatsiia...](/pictures/thumb/668.png?v=1558568328)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1933. 664 pp.: ill., 16 ills. 26x18 cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed, few ink marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. This is the first fundamental work..... More
![RUSSIAN FEMINISTS] Original photograph of Alexandra Kollontai and female delegates at the...](/pictures/thumb/658.png?v=1558560579)
[Moscow, 1921]. 22,5x28 cm. Creases and minor tears of the edges, pencil notes on the back. Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was one of the leaders of Soviet emancipation. In 1905 during the revolution she organized The Society of Help for the Female workers. Accusations from the state have forced her..... More
![AVANT-GARDE CIRCUS] Tsirk i estrada [i.e. The Circus and Stage](/pictures/thumb/657.png?v=1558558577)
#1, 3, 5 for 1926; #20 for 1927; #5, 7, 16 for 1928. Overall 7 issues. Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1926-1928. 26x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Tears of the spine (#3, 16, 20), Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover (#3, both #5), a few spots. Very..... More
![ABOUT FAMOUS SOVIET PULP FICTION] Kak ya pisala Mess-Mend [i.e. How I was Writing Mess-Mend]. M....](/pictures/thumb/650.jpg?v=1554873656)
Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. 16 pp. 17,5x13 cm. Very good condition. Minor soiling of the wrappers. Portrait of the author on the rear wrapper. More
![FAMOUS SERIES DESIGNED BY RODCHENKO] Mess Mend, ili Yanki v Petrograde. Za i protiv / Dzhim...](/pictures/thumb/649.jpg?v=1554873418)
Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1924. 19x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. All wrappers and the title page designed by Alexander Rodchenko. 'Mess Mend' series were written by Soviet poet and writer Marietta Shaginyan (1880-1982). The series about an American in Russia were created for the public in attempt to show ‘Red..... More
![FIRST NABOKOV’S NOVEL] Mashen'ka. V. Nabokov, V. Sirin](/pictures/thumb/648.jpg?v=1554871526)
Berlin: Slovo, 1926. 169, VI pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. Original printed wrappers. Edges and the label on the front wrapper are foxed. Partly uncut. Small crack of the spine. Generally in very good condition. Stamp ‘Vera V. Borodin’ on the title page and p.9. First edition of the first..... More
![DESIGNING SOVIET TOYS] Albom eksponatov nauchno-issledovatelskoy laboratorii igrushek I...](/pictures/thumb/646.jpg?v=1554870618)
Tbilisi, 1941. 79 pp. 18x26 cm. 1 of 800 copies. Original publisher’s binding. Slightly bent. Ex-library copy. Stains. Extremely rare. First and only edition. The designs by Kekhoashvili, Avamishvili, Gudiashvili, Khachapuridze, Natadze. In late 1930s Narkopross Gruzii (the Ministry of People’s Enlightenment) created the working group for developing..... More
![CASTRO IN SOVIET UNION] Viva Kuba! Visit Fidelia Kastro v Sovetskiy Soyuz [i.e. Viva Cuba! The...](/pictures/thumb/645.jpg?v=1554870242)
Moscow: Pravda, 1963. 128 pp.: ill. 26,5x20,5 cm. Original cloth binding. Illustrated dust-jacket. Fine condition. The photo book is dedicated to the first visit of Castro to Moscow. In 35 days he managed to see the country from Murmansk to Tashkent. As a result of this trip two..... More
![DARWINISM IN RUSSIA] Kratkii ocherk teorii Darvina [i.e. A Brief Outline of Darwin’s Theory]....](/pictures/thumb/642.jpg?v=1550677509)
St. Petersburg: Glybov lithography, 1865. [4], 2, [2], 90 pp., frontis. 23x15,5 cm. Contemporary quarter leather with marbled card boards. Good, with occasional foxing and damp stains, a small closed tear of the t.p. First separate edition. Very rare. A very important piece by Kliment Timiryazev (1843-1920), who..... More
![MENDELEEV AS ECONOMIST] K poznaniiu Rossii: S prilozheniem karty Rossii [i.e. To the Cognition of...](/pictures/thumb/641.jpg?v=1550675181)
St. Petersburg: Tipo-lit. M.P. Frolovoi, 1906. [2], 122 pp., 1 folding map. 25x17 cm. In contemporary card boards with mounted core pieces of original wrappers. In good condition, small fragments of spine lost, the map is in parts, tear of map repaired, minor defects of few pages’ outer edge... More
![HOW TO INSPIRE PEOPLE FOR INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL] Vne Zemli [i.e. Beyond the Planet Earth]. K. E....](/pictures/thumb/640.jpg?v=1550676065)
Kaluga: 4-ia Sovetskaia tipografiia, 1920. [4], X, 188 pp. 24,5x17 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small fragments of covers and spine lost, lack of blank corner of p. 89, but clean internally. First complete edition. Extremely rare. This is a science fiction novel written by the Russian father..... More