Kharkiv: Tsentral’naia tipografiia Dreishpulia, [1909-1910]. 8 pp.: ill. 35x27,5 cm. Tear of spine and some minor tears of edges, otherwise mint. In Russian. Extremely rare pre-revolutionary ad. It is a well-illustrated brochure promoting an enterprise owned by Anatoly Feliksovich Verner (?-1910), a professional photographer, a member of the Imperial..... More

[Late 19th century]. 65x88,5cm. Some tears of edges, vertical crease in center with small hole, small fragment of right edge lost. Handwritten note “303. Mamaevo poboishche” citing to Rovinsky’s reference book listing an early lubok on the same event. Otherwise very good. A lithographic lubok on a popular historical..... More

Odessa: Bessarabskoe knigoizdatel’stvo, 1920. 16 pp.: ill. 17,5x12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Good, paper strips along spine, covers detached, foxing and soiling, pale private stamp on t.p., pale Soviet bookstore stamp on p. 3. First and only edition. Extremely rare. In Russian. The book was prepared for printing..... More

Kyiv: Kul’tura, 1930. 12 pp.: ill. 17,5x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine, soiling, otherwise good. Russian by A. Pavlova. A children’s book by remarkable Ukrainian writer Yuri Budiak (pseudonym of Yuri Pokos; 1879-1942). Born in the Poltava province, he debuted with his own poems in 1895..... More

Kharkiv: Kommunist, 1932. 30x22 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. In very good condition. Small tear to front cover of #40, covers of #48 almost detached with fragments of edges lost, minor tears of edges. Two issues of an early Soviet periodical for Ukrainian women demonstrating excellent experiments in design..... More

Pt 1. Shche ne vmerla Ukraina. Natsional’nyi hymn [i.e. Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished. National Anthem] / Music by M. Verbytsky, adaptation by A. Hnatyshyn, lyrics by P. Chubynsky. Paris: Kobzar, n.d. Leaf folded in half. In original illustrated wrappers. Soiling, foxing, small tears, some pencil marks. Pt 4..... More

Kharkiv: Tipografiia “Pechatnoe delo”, 1919. IV, 104 pp., 1 map. 26,5x17,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. No spine, some soiling and foxing, pencil marks, private stamp and ink note on t.p., otherwise very good. First edition. In Russian. One of a few Kharkiv publications by Russian philologist Stepan..... More

Saint Petersburg: tip. Departamenta vneshnei torgovli, 1836. V. 1: [2], XIV, [4], 203, [3] pp. V.2: X, [4], 294 pp. In two contemporary half-leather bindings, different from each other. blind-stamped title and author’s name on the spines. Slightly bumped, foxing, pencil marks on p. 114-116, 164-168 in V.1, water stain..... More

Lviv, 1933. 122-144 pp: ill. 24x17 cm. Original modernist front wrapper preserved. Good, no back cover, front cover detached, tears of few leaves along spine, some foxing. Very rare. One of rare and good examples of cover designs produced by Ukrainian artist Pavlo Kovzhun (1896-1939). He arranged the title..... More

Moscow: Izdatel’stvo AKHR, 1929. 111 pp., 14 ills. 18,5x14 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Mint and complete copy. Few minor tears of oversized covers, some soiling of back cover. Bookplate on rear side of front cover. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare in..... More

Kharkiv: Derzhavne vydavnytstvo, 1925. 65 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine and corner of p. 21/22 restored, Soviet stamp ‘Press’ on front cover, otherwise uncut and mint copy. One of 5000 copies. In Ukrainian and Russian. An issue of the organ of the Central and Kharkiv..... More

Kaluga: Korabl, 1922-1923. 58 pp. 34x26 cm. In publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, loses of the lower margin of the front wrapper and a few pages, few marks in text (pencil), three lines are painted over on p.12 (pen). First and only, very rare provincial edition. One of..... More

[Voronezh], 1926. 1 leaf. 5,8x15,8 cm. Minor tear of edge, slightly rubbed, otherwise mint. Fragile survival of time. Leaflet with a program of Mayakovsky’s performance in the province. From 1922, Vladimir Mayakovsky toured at least 54 cities of the Soviet Union and traveled abroad nine times, including a voyage to..... More