![SAMIZDAT OF THE BEST-KNOWN WORK BY STRUGATSKY BROTHERS] Gadkiie lebedi [i.e. The Ugly Swans]....](/pictures/thumb/774.jpg?v=1563927429)
N.p., [1970s-1980s]. 132 typewritten pp. 30x21 cm. Unbound. As new. This is a samizdat copy of the novel ‘The Ugly Swans’ by brothers and co-authors Arkady (1925-1991) and Boris (1933-2012) Strugatsky, the leaders of the Soviet science fiction. The ideas of Strugatsky duo were innovative but relevant to..... More
![DREISER IN THE SOVIET UNION] Niu-Iork [i.e. New York]. T. Dreiser](/pictures/thumb/773.jpg?v=1563927313)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 127 pp.: ill. 18,5x12,5 cm. In original constructivist style wrappers and original illustrated dust jacket with portrait of the author by Hugo Gellert. Near fine, previous owner’s stamp on t.p. and few ink marks, two stains on dust jacket. First thus edition. One of 7000..... More
![PUSHKIN IN YIDDISH] Skazka o tsare Saltane [i.e. The Tale of Tsar Saltan]. A. S. Pushkin](/pictures/thumb/772.jpg?v=1563927147)
Moscow: Emes, 1937. 52 pp.: ill. 21x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers, Yiddish and Russian titled on the front and back covers. Very good. Small tears of the wrappers, pale stains on some margins, previous owner’s bookplate on the recto of the front cover. First edition. One of 5000..... More
![GUDIASHVILI AS CONSTRUCTIVIST] Gruzii poety i pisateli SSSR [i.e. To Georgia! The poets and...](/pictures/thumb/767.jpg?v=1563926208)
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1931. XV, 160 pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good condition. Minor soiling. Partly uncut. 21,5x14,5 cm. 1 of 3000 copies printed. The collection of poetry and prose, gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Georgian Soviet Republic. All of the text is in..... More
![THE SHORT-LIVED ARTISTIC CLUB IN TIFLIS] Pavliniy khvost [i.e. The Tail of Peacock] / words...](/pictures/thumb/765.jpg?v=1563925222)
Tiflis, [1918]. 1 leaf. 36x15 cm. Folded in four. The contemporary pencil notes suggest that the leaflet was in use during the meetings of the club. The emblem of the peacock by Boris Ryabov, the art critic and the historian of architecture. The leaflet includes the ‘March of..... More
![SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst...](/pictures/thumb/764.jpg?v=1563925079)
Moscow; Leningrad: IZOGIZ, 1932. 140 pp.: ills. 27x15 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Very good condition, spine is restored with fragments lacking. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Kuznetsova and Magidoon are responsible for the design of the book, as well as the design of many decorations for street celebrations..... More
![UKRAINE IN THE 1930S] SSSR. 1936 [The USSR. 1936]. Photo-album](/pictures/thumb/762.jpg?v=1563924270)
[68] pp.: photos. 25,5x34 cm. Leather covers tied with a string. Fine. The travel album of Czech professor Ilek Bohuslav who traveled to USSR in July of 1936 with Intourist. The album includes the photographs and postcards bought on the way and dedicated mostly to the southern part of USSR..... More
Devushka s korobkoi [i.e. The Girl with a Hatbox]. Leningrad: Izd. kinoteatra ‘Gigant’, [1936]. Lithographed two-colored leaflet. 20,5x28 cm. Mint. One of 1200 copies. Extremely rare. This is an advertisement of Boris Barnet's film ‘The Girl with a Hatbox’ (1927) for showing it in the largest Soviet movie..... More
![MEZHRABPOMFILM] Kto ty takoi? [i.e. Who Are You?](/pictures/thumb/759.jpg?v=1563922374)
Leningrad: Tea-kino pechat’, 1927. Leaflet folded into thirds. 23x15,5 cm. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Constructivist design of leaflet was produced by Maxim Litvak (1898-1943), the Soviet graphic artist who created the posters of the silent films..... More
![THEATRE IN CLUBS] Rezhissior v klube: Rezhissiorskie ukazaniya po postanovke revoliutsionnykh...](/pictures/thumb/757.jpg?v=1563922077)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1924. 156 pp.: ill. 24x15 cm. In original illustrated constructivist wrappers (by P.R.). Good. Tears and losses of the spine, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, pale stains on the wrappers and a few pages. First and only edition. One of 10000 copies. Rare. The phenomenon..... More
![THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Rabota laboratorii MKhAT po sostavleniyu al’bomov formennoi odezhdy...](/pictures/thumb/756.jpg?v=1563921891)
[Moscow, 1946]. 25 leaves. 31x21 cm. Typewritten. Leaves are gathered in paper folder with pencil title written on the front flap. Signed and with correction by the author. Unpublished manuscript. This is a unique material on history of theatre costume design. Vladislav Lukomsky (1882-1946) was a Russian historian and..... More
![THEATRE CONSTRUCTIVISM] Moskovskiy teatr Revolutsii [i.e. Moscow Theater of the Revolution....](/pictures/thumb/753.jpg?v=1563921502)
Moscow: Trudovoy Pechatnik, 1929. 19 pp.: ill. 25x17,5 cm. Original constructivist wrapper by Ilia Shlepianov (1900-1951). Occasional foxing, few places repaired with tape, otherwise good. The booklet is dedicated to the summer tour of the theatre, with performances in Baku, Tiflis, Erevan, Batumi, Odessa and Kiev. The..... More
![MEYERKHOLD STUDENT] Alkhimiia teatra [i.e. Alchemy of Theatre]. S. Vermel'](/pictures/thumb/751.jpg?v=1563921088)
Berlin: Academia, 1923. 48 pp. 25x18 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Front flyleaf and half-title detached from the text block, minor tears of oversized covers and ink note on the inner side, otherwise very good condition. First and only edition. Rare. Cover design (vignette is duplicated to..... More
![ORIENTAL RODCHENKO] Soume Scheng. Kitayanka Sume-Cheng [i.e. Soume Cheng, the Chinese](/pictures/thumb/747.jpg?v=1563919747)
Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1929. 149 pp.: ill. Original illustrated wrappers. Uncut. Very good condition. Stamps of the ‘GIZ archive’ with ‘withdrawn’ stamp over it. First and only edition. Construction of the book by Alexander Rodchenko. He was also responsible for the choice of the photographs. The book..... More
![BORIS GRIGORIEV AND VASILY KAMENSKY] Zemlianka [i.e. The Mud Hut]. V. Kamensky](/pictures/thumb/745.jpg?v=1563919459)
St. Petersburg: Obshhestvennaia pol'za, 1911. 172 pp.: ill. 21,5×17,5 cm. In illustrated wrappers, the original front cover preserved. Restored, some soiling, otherwise good. First edition. Very rare. Cover design and illustrations produced by Boris Grigoriev (1886-1939), the Russian painter and graphic artist whose style was a compromise..... More
![LINOCUTS] Gazetnaya graviura na linoleume [i.e. Newspaper Linocut]. P. N. Staronosov](/pictures/thumb/744.jpg?v=1563918744)
Moscow: tipo-laboratoriya VKIZH, 1935. 42 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 15x11 cm. In illustrated wrappers. Very good. Damp stains on the wrappers. First and only edition. One of 6000 copies. All illustrations are linocuts. From the series “Small Library of Editor”. Another manual on “how to do something” from..... More
![INK DRAWING FOR WORKERS’ CLUB] Risunok perom i kist’iu : posobie dlia izo-kruzhkov i...](/pictures/thumb/742.jpg?v=1563917675)
Moscow: zdatel’stvo Assotsiatsii Khudozhnikov Revoliutsii, 1930. 48 pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with constructivist design. Tears and small losses of the spine, otherwise very good. Second edition. Very rare. This is a manual for artists of the worker’s clubs and reading rooms, the main..... More
![MEZZOTINT] Glubokaya pechat’: Metso-tinto [i.e. Intaglio Printing: Mezzotint]. S. V. Efremov](/pictures/thumb/741.jpg?v=1563917522)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1928. 116 pp.: ill., 5 pl. 20x14 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, small tears of the wrappers and spine. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Mezzotint plates printed on flat machine of Kempe factory with tints from Poligraf trest. A beautifully executed..... More
![ABC OF TECHNICAL DRAWING] Chertezhnik-illiustrator. Kak illiustrirovat’ tekhnicheskiie knigi...](/pictures/thumb/740.jpg?v=1563917337)
Kharkiv: Ukr. nauchnoie izdatel’stvo, 1928. 42 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, tears of the spine, small fragments of covers lost. One of 5000 copies. Rare. This is an early Soviet manual on the technical drawing that was issued in the..... More
![CATALOGUE OF FONTS] Izvlechenie iz knigi shriftov: (Katalog) [i.e. Extraction from the Book of...](/pictures/thumb/738.jpg?v=1563917119)
Moscow: Trest Poligraf, 1925. 64 pp. 23x13 cm. In original stapled wrappers with red stamping. Very good. Previous owner’s bookplate on the verso of the front cover. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Very rare. This trade catalogue is a short extraction from a full book of types published..... More
![HOW TO DRAW A FONT] Osnovy i risovanie pechatnogo shrifta [i.e. Basics and Drawing of Printed...](/pictures/thumb/736.jpg?v=1563915946)
Petrograd: Gos. izd-vo inostrannykh i nats. slovarei, 1922. 69 pp.: ill. 22,5x16,5 cm. In original printed wrappers with ornament and dust wrappers with white lettering. Very good, some light fading, barely visible Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover of dust wrapper, overlapped wrapper with a few small chips... More
![ART WORKERS’ UNION] Khudozhnik: Ezhemesyachnyi informftsionnyi biulleten’ Vserossiiskogo...](/pictures/thumb/733.jpg?v=1563914751)
Moscow, 1931-1935. April, 1931 [under the title “Biulleten’ Vserossiiskogo Kooperativnogo Tovarishchestva ‘Khudozhnik’ ”]. 50, [2] pp.: ill., 3 pl. 26x17,5 cm. One of 2000 copies. Fine. In publisher’s wrappers. June, 1932 [under the title “Biulleten’ Vserossiiskogo Kooperativnogo Tovarishchestva ‘Khudozhnik’ ”]. 60 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 26x17,5 cm. One of..... More
![ART & LEISURE] I. Iskusstvo i otdykh; II. O rezhime ekonomii v khudozhestvennom trude [i.e. Art...](/pictures/thumb/731.jpg?v=1563914137)
Moscow: Proletkul’t, 1927. 63, [1] pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated constructivist styled wrappers. Very good, some pages uncut. Small tears of the spine, some slight erosion of the staples, stamp on non-existent library on t.p., stamp “For review” on t.p. First and only edition. One of 1500 copies..... More
![ART IN REGIONS] Ekskursionnaya grafika [i.e. The Excursion Graphics]. A. Arkhangelskiy](/pictures/thumb/730.jpg?v=1563913916)
Ulianovsk: Got-tipolit. #1, 1926. 28 pp. 22x15 cm. One of 1200 copies printed. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Very rare. No copies found in the Worldcat. First and only edition. An interesting example of the provincial printing, that gives us the inside into the art education process. Ulianovsk..... More
![ART AND PEOPLE] Iskusstvo i narod / Sbornik pod red. Konstanina Erberga [i.e. Art and People /...](/pictures/thumb/728.jpg?v=1563913375)
St. Petersburg: Kolos, 1922. 229, [2] pp.: ill. 25x19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the wrappers, cracks of the spine. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First edition. One of 1200 copies. Very rare. Wrappers, logo, headpieces and endpieces by K.S. Petrov-Vodkin. Collection of articles and essays..... More