![Item #1320 [UKRAINIAN THEATER] K 1-i Vsesoiuznoi olimpiade teatrov i iskusstv narodov SSSR [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1320.jpg?v=1634133013)
Kharkiv: 1930. 41 pp. 20,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Near fine, few tears of the spine. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. The edition describes early experimental years of one of the largest Ukrainian drama theatres which developed as a propaganda tool. The earliest..... More
![Item #1319 [WEST UKRAINE] Vystavka suchasnoi ukrains’koi hrafiky: Katal’oh [i.e. Exhibition...](/pictures/thumb/1319.jpg?v=1634132895)
Lviv: Vidannia A.N.U.M., 1932. 32, [2] pp., 16 ill., 20 pp. ads. In original constructivist wrappers. Covers and first two leaves restored, ink note on p.5, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Design was made by Ukrainian avant-garde artist Pavlo Kovzhun (1896-1939). He stood at the forefront of Polish..... More
![Item #1318 [WEST UKRAINE: MYHAILO RUDNYTSKY AND PAVLO KOVZHUN] Ochi ta usta [i.e. Eyes and Lips]....](/pictures/thumb/1318.jpg?v=1634132672)
[Lviv: Izmarahd, 1932]. 91, [5] pp. 9x13 cm. Three unbound stacks of unsewn and folded in half leaves. Near fine. One of 100 copies. The edition by the famous Ukrainian literary critic, writer, and poet Mykhailo Rudnystky (1889–1975). His works began to appear in print from 1908 while the author..... More
![Item #1317 [PHOTOMONTAGES OF MILITARY ACTIONS] Frontovaia illiustratsiia [i.e. Frontline...](/pictures/thumb/1317.jpg?v=1634132533)
Moscow: Voenizdat NKO SSSR, 1944-1945. Generally, very good. No back cover of #1, 4 for 1945, tears, creases and stains, small fragments of spines occasionally lost. The organ of the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army published in 1942-1960. Titled initially as ‘Frontline illustration’, it was issued after..... More
![Item #1316 [AVIATION] Aeroplany [i.e. Airplanes]. V. Abramovsky](/pictures/thumb/1316.jpg?v=1634132308)
Warsaw: Tipografiya okruzhnogo shtaba, 1910. 154, [2] pp.: ill. 21.5x14 cm. In the owner’s contemporary binding with original wrappers preserved. Rubbed spine, Soviet library stamp on the front wrapper, title-page, p.17 “fundamental library of the Military Engineering Academy”. Otherwise internally clean. Scarce. First edition. Written by the military engineer V...... More
![Item #1313 [STALIN BEFORE HE BECAME A LEADER: NATIONAL POLICY OF THE USSR] Politika sovetskoi...](/pictures/thumb/1313.jpg?v=1634131442)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo, 1920. 185 pp., 1 ill. 27x18,5 cm. No front cover, original back cover preserved. Back cover and inner edge of title page restored, spine repaired, small corners of portrait and some pages restored, pale Soviet Georgian stamp on p.17, underlinings occasionally. Otherwise very good copy. An early..... More
![Item #1312 [SYNTHESIS OF MUSIC AND POETRY] Muzyka rechi: Esteticheskoe Issledovanie [i.e. Music...](/pictures/thumb/1312.jpg?v=1634131375)
Moscow: Rabotnik prosveshcheniya, 1923. 190, [1] pp., 4 leaves. of tables: sheet music and charts. In original wrappers with decorative frames. Spine and covers restored, some foxing, pencil underlinings occasionally, otherwise very good and clean copy. Extremely scarce first edition. One of 2 000 copies. One of the first..... More
![Item #1311 [YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii...](/pictures/thumb/1311.jpg?v=1634131278)
Moscow; Leningrad: Giz, 1927. 288, [30] p.: ill.; 15x22.5 cm. In owner’s contemporary cloth binding. Slightly rubbed boards. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. An interesting Soviet book on the organization of revolutionary celebrations in the USSR with the method of mass actions. In the early 1920s, A. Kharlampiev organized..... More
![Item #1308 [HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental...](/pictures/thumb/1308.jpg?v=1634130441)
Moscow: Trud i kniga, 1929. 127, [1] pp. In original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and extremities. Otherwise in a good condition. Scarce. 1 of 5,000 copies. An interesting Soviet manual on the ways of increasing mental activity written by the victim of Soviet repressions Joseph Rebelsky in 1929..... More
![Item #1305 [THE EARLIEST MOSCOW METRO HANDBOOK] Chto dolzhen znat’ passazhir Metropolitena...](/pictures/thumb/1305.jpg?v=1634128396)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1935. 25, [39] pp.: ill. 6,5х14 cm. In original oversized wrappers with an illustrated flap of the front cover. In very good condition. Minor tears, pale water stain on the outer edge, some double-leaves detached from the middle of the book. Very rare edition related to..... More
![Item #1304 [THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii...](/pictures/thumb/1304.jpg?v=1634128237)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1928. 51 pp., 6 ills. 21x14 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine repaired, some stains, minor tears of edges of oversized covers, p. 3-14 detached from text block, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. The book is written by futurist poet..... More
![Item #1303 [CONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW CANAL] Soyedineniye Volgi s Moskvoy-rekoy: Sb. materialov po...](/pictures/thumb/1303.jpg?v=1634128041)
Moscow: izd-vo Mosoblispolkoma, 1932. 64 pp., 1 map: ill., maps. 20x12.9 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. Scarce. First edition. Edited by S. Chernyavsky. A book dedicated to the junction of Volga with Moscow River. Printed in 1932, the same year the construction of the Moscow canal began..... More
![Item #1302 [A FAREWELL TO VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY] Klubnyy repertuar [i.e. Club Repertoire](/pictures/thumb/1302.jpg?v=1634127906)
Moscow: VTSSPS, 1930. #5 of 12 published. 48 pp.: ill. 25x18 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Extremely rare. This fifth issue of the Club Repertoire magazine is dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). Printed in Moscow in 1930, the Club Repertoire was a supplement to a bimonthly illustrated..... More
![Item #1301 [EARLY UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Etiudy do teorii kina [i.e. Etudes on Film Theory]....](/pictures/thumb/1301.jpg?v=1634127765)
Kiev: Ukrteakіnovydav, 1930. 28, [2] pp.: schemes. 18x13 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers. Spine and tear of p. 31-32 repaired, small spots throughout several pages, stains around rusty lower stamp, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. A collection of articles by Ukrainian critic and..... More
![Item #1297 [IMPRESSIVE NONFICTION PERIODICAL OF THE EARLY USSR] Tekhnika i zhizn’ [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1297.jpg?v=1634126781)
Moscow: N.K.P.S. Transpechat’, 1925. 31x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good and mostly clean. #8 stamp ‘People’s Commissariat of Foreign Trade’ on front cover, few stains; #9 uncut, pencil marks on front cover; #20 minor rusty stains, ink mark on p.1; #22 water stain on lower margin, small fragment..... More
![Item #1296 [UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Naivazhlyvishe z mystetstv: Naris pro kino [i.e. The Most...](/pictures/thumb/1296.jpg?v=1634126627)
Kiev: Proletars’ka pravda, 1929. 48 pp.: ill. 15x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, with minor tear of spine, pale water stain on inner lower corner of first leaves, some spots. Otherwise very good and partly uncut copy. Very rare with no copies in Worldcat. A small book..... More
![Item #1295 [WARTIME EPHEMERA] Tabel’-kalendar’ na 1942 [i.e. 1942 Wall Calendar](/pictures/thumb/1295.jpg?v=1634126491)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1941. Brochure in original illustrated wrappers mounted on illustrated cardboard of 28,5x15,5 cm. Creases and soiling of cardboard, with two pin holes in it, some stains and marks in calendar brochure. Ink inscription on rear side of front cover: “To mother and child from a dad’s New Year’s..... More
![Item #1293 [EDUCATION FOR PILOTS] Fizicheskaia kul’tura i aviatsiia: Sbornik statei i zametok...](/pictures/thumb/1293.jpg?v=1634126210)
Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1939. 128 pp.: ill., 1 ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small fragments of spine edges lost, two pale stains on front cover and two first leaves, covers slightly rubbed, some colored pencil underlinings, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 8000..... More
![Item #1292 [ONE OF THE LEADING BOOK DESIGNERS IN THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1920S] 920-1928....](/pictures/thumb/1292.jpg?v=1634126021)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1929 (Moskva: tip. «Krasnyy proletariy»). 154, [6] pp. 18x13.6 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with illustrated dust-wrappers by Boris Titov. Tears to the dust-wrappers. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Dust-wrappers by Boris Titov (1897-1951), a Soviet graphic..... More
![Item #1291 [EL LISSITZKY AND HIS PHOTOMONTAGES] SSSR na stroike [i.e. USSR in Construction] #...](/pictures/thumb/1291.jpg?v=1634125904)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo SSSR, 1932. 48 pp.: ill (including 2 folding leaves). 41,5x30 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed, minor tears of spine and edges of covers, pale water stains on inner lower corner throughout copy, minor soiling of lower margin, otherwise very good. An issue of the striking..... More
![Item #1290 [UKRAINIAN AVANT-GARDE MANIFESTO] Nazadnytstvo Gartu ta zaklyk grupy myttsiv...](/pictures/thumb/1290.jpg?v=1634125075)
Kharkiv: [Persha drukarnia Derzh. vydavnytstva], 1926. 23 pp. 17x13 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Tears of spine and back cover, fragments of spine and outer corner of copy lost, small holes in front cover, pale water stains along spine, pencil marks on margins, otherwise very good and clean..... More
![Item #1286 [COMMUNIST EDUCATION: EL LISSITZKY] V pomoshch partuchebe [i.e. Aiding Party...](/pictures/thumb/1286.jpg?v=1634131716)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1930. 30 pp. 25,5х17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tear of spine, small upper outer corners of covers lost, otherwise very good and clean. Constructivist design was produced by one of the key avant-garde artists and founders of Jewish modernism, El Lissitzky (1890-1941). The cover features..... More
![Item #1285 [DADA VS FUTURISM] Dada // Khudozhestvennaia mysl’: ezhenedel’nik teatra,...](/pictures/thumb/1285.jpg?v=1634124284)
Kharkiv: Pomoshch', 1922. P. 10-12. 22x26 cm. In very good condition, some tears of the spine and edges, few stains, the outer corners of the front cover were lost. Extremely rare. In Russian. The issue presents a less-known article criticizing dadaism in a short period of its existence in..... More
![Item #1284 [KUBAN AND UKRAINE] Kuban’ i Ukraina [i.e. Kuban and Ukraine]. V. Pachovsky](/pictures/thumb/1284.jpg?v=1634124123)
Vinnytsia: Vyd. M-va presy y propahandy, 1919. 42 pp. 17x13 cm. Fine. Extremely rare first edition. This historical essay ‘‘Kuban and Ukraine’’ was written by Vasyl Pachovsky (1878-1942), a Ukrainian poet and historian associated with the idea of revival of the Ukrainian state. The edition was printed during..... More
![Item #1283 [CHEKHOV FOR TAJIK CHILDREN] Kaştanka [i.e. Kashtanka]. A. Chekhov](/pictures/thumb/1283.jpg?v=1634124018)
Stalinobod [Dushanbe]: Sektori adabijjoti bacagona Nasrijjoti davlatiji Tocikiston, 1937. 64 pp.: ill. 27x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Some soiling, few tears of front flyleaf, binding corners slightly rubbed and bumped, otherwise very good copy. Second edition. One of 7000 copies. Extremely rare edition printed in Tajik language using..... More