![Item #1390 [A FUTURIST PLAY] Klop: Feericheskaya komediya: 9 kartin [i.e. The Bedbug. A Faery...](/pictures/thumb/1390.jpg?v=1658499957)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1929. 69, [2] pp. 20x14 cm. Original color wrappers. Slightly rubbed, damp stains in the bottom right corner throughout the book. Otherwise a very good copy. First separate edition. Rare. According to S. Khan-Magomedov (Alexandre Rodtchenko: L’Oeuvre complet, P. 139), Anonymous cover design was..... More
![Item #1389 [MAYAKOVSKY-RODCHENKO] No. S Novye Stikhi [i.e. No. S. New Poems]. V. Mayakovsky](/pictures/thumb/1389.jpg?v=1658499859)
Moscow: Federatsiya, 1928. 108 pp., 1 portrait. 18x13,5 cm. In original publisher’s constructivist wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko. Small fragments of spine lost, oversized covers slightly rubbed and bumped, minor tears and spots. Previous owner’s signature on the title page (1924). Otherwise very good. First edition. 1 of 3,000 copies..... More
![Item #1388 [MAYAKOVSKY ON AMERICA. RODCHENKO DESIGN] Moe otkrytie Ameriki [i.e. My Discovery of...](/pictures/thumb/1388.jpg?v=1658499741)
Moscow: GIZ, 1926. 142, [2] pp.: ill. 18.6x14.2 cm. Original wrappers designed by Alexander Rodchenko. Loss of pieces of the spine, very light damp stains on the upper part throughout. Otherwise in a good condition. First edition. 1 of 3,000 copies. This collaboration between Mayakovsky and Alexander Rodchenko..... More
![Item #1386 [A TREASURY OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PROJECTS] Ezhegodnik obshchestva...](/pictures/thumb/1386.jpg?v=1658499410)
Leningrad: Izd. Leningradskogo soiuza sovetskikh arkhitektorov, 1935. [6], 272, [10] pp.: ill. 30,5x24,5 cm. In original cloth with blind debossed lettering and a colored image on the front cover, blind embossed lettering on the spine. Tears of the spine, chipped, slightly soiled, otherwise very good. One of 3,600..... More
![Item #1384 [A SOVIET AGITATIONAL PLAY] ROST [i.e. GROWTH]. A. Glebov](/pictures/thumb/1384.jpg?v=1658495563)
Moscow: Tea-kino-pechat’, 1927. 112 pp.: ill. 18x13,5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated avant-garde cardboards by Roman Usov. Spine repaired, light soiling of the back cover, Soviet public club’s stamps and marks on the title page, p. 17, and p. 112. Otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of..... More
![Item #1383 [ICON PAINTER BECOMES A SUPREMATIST] Vystavka kartin i risunkov K.N. Red’ko....](/pictures/thumb/1383.jpg?v=1658495388)
Moscow: Glavnauka, 1926. 16 pp., ill. 21,8x14,9 cm. Original illustrated wrappers showing the abstraction Dynamite. The catalogue also includes 3 reproductions of Redko’s other works. Very good condition. Extremely rare. Redko’s only personal exhibition of works that was held during his lifetime in Russia showcased 200 works..... More
![Item #1379 [MAYAKOVSKY AGAINST WORLD WAR I] Voyna i mir: [Poema] [i.e. The War and the World: [A...](/pictures/thumb/1379.jpg?v=1650381821)
Petrograd: Parus, 1917. 48 pp. In original publisher’s wrappers. Front cover detached from block, otherwise very good and clean copy. The first separate edition of Mayakovsky’s poem The War and The World, which became the culmination of the author’s anti-war pathos. The outburst of World War I received..... More
![Item #1372 [ERZYA LANGUAGE] Moksherziatnen eriamo pingest [i.e. The History of Mordva]. M. T....](/pictures/thumb/1372.jpg?v=1650379637)
Moscow: Tsentrizdat, 1929. 184 pp., 1 map. 22x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers with the strict constructivist design. Illustrated throughout including the map of Finno-ugric speaking nations in USSR. Very good, few tears of the spine. The book is printed in Erzya language, spoken in Republic of Mordovia..... More
![Item #1370 [PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST TRAM STATION] Zhelezo-betonnyi...](/pictures/thumb/1370.jpg?v=1650378933)
[Moscow: M.G.Zh.D., 1925]. Ca. 26,5x22 cm. Sixteen mounted gelatin silver prints, each ca. 11x15 cm. No captions. In original cloth folder with gilt lettering. Soiling of folder and foxing on the inner side, but the leaves are near fine. An attractive album of rare photos proving triumph of..... More
![Item #1368 [PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA & TURKESTAN] Ocherki novogo Turkestana [i.e. Sketches of New...](/pictures/thumb/1368.jpg?v=1650378736)
St. Petersburg: Nash svet, 1914. 86 pp.: ill. 24x17 cm. Original illustrated wrappers showing the eagle over the mountains: the metaphor of Russian Empire spreading its influence across the region. Minimal restoration of the spine, otherwise very good and clean. First edition. The work by the young historian..... More
![Item #1348 [FAR EASTERN FUTURISM] K dialektike iskusstva. Ot realizma do iskusstva, kak odnoi iz...](/pictures/thumb/1348.jpg?v=1650338784)
Chita: Dal’pechat’: Tip. Ob’edin. Soiuza Zabaik. Kooperativa, 1921. 120 pp. 26,5x19 cm. Original front cover. The back cover and spine renewed, edges of pages and front cover restored, few stains on the front cover, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. Scarce. A collection of..... More
![Item #1347 [AVANT-GARDE IN GEORGIA] Fakt: Stikhi [i.e. Fact: Poems]. I. Terentyev](/pictures/thumb/1347.jpg?v=1650338413)
Tiflis: 41°, 1919. 32 p. 17×14 cm. In publisher’s illustrated cover designed by Ilia Zdanevich. Printed on pink paper. The block is clean. The illustration on p. 16 was also used in the collection Sofia Georgievna Melnikova. Fantasticheskiy kabachiok [i.e. To Sofia Georgievna Melnikova. Fantastic Tavern]. Some rust on the..... More
![Item #1346 [SHOSTAKOVICH’S AUTOGRAPH] 24 preliudii: dlia fortep’ano, Op. 34 [i.e. 24...](/pictures/thumb/1346.jpg?v=1650338227)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1934. 43 pp.: sheet music. 30x23 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Small tears of the spine, soiling of the back cover, with a small fragment lost, central double-leaf detached from the block, otherwise very good and clean internally. Signed by the composer on the title page: To..... More
![Item #1345 [JEAN COCTEAU’S AUTOGRAPH] Orphée: film [i.e. Orpheus: Film]. J. Cocteau](/pictures/thumb/1345.jpg?v=1650338117)
Paris: La Parade, cop. 1950. [16], 116 pp., 8 ills. 18x11,5 cm. In contemporary cloth binding with title in Russian mounted on the spine. Spine faded, otherwise near fine. A screenplay of the French experimental film Orpheus (1950). The edition is supplemented with photographs by Roger Corbeau (1908-1995) printed..... More
![Item #1342 [THE FIRST EDITION OF TURGENEV’S FATHERS AND SONS] Otsy i deti [i.e. Fathers and...](/pictures/thumb/1342.jpg?v=1650336721)
Moscow: tip. V. Grachiova, 1862. 304 pp. In contemporary Italian half-leather. Gilt ornament on the spine. 24x17 cm. Pre-revolutionary stamps of the Russian library in Rome on the title page alongside the inventory numbers, otherwise a good tall fresh copy of an important and rare book. The first..... More
![Item #1339 [AN OLD-BELIEVER MANUSCRIPT] Sviatsy s miasetseslovom [i.e. A Calendar and Memorials...](/pictures/thumb/1339.jpg?v=1650335619)
Vyg., 1835. 175 ff. 13,5x10,6 cm. A manuscript. 14 lines. Black and copious red ink. Each chapter starts with vyaz - a calligraphic script with ornamentation. Eleven decorated headpieces. Eight chapters have decorated endings that include birds and flowers in compositions. Gold is used in all of the headpieces and..... More
![Item #1337 [THE RUTHENIAN LANGUAGE] Vertograd dushevniy [i.e. The Vertograd for the Soul] /...](/pictures/thumb/1337.jpg?v=1650334847)
Vilnius [Vilna]: the typography of Vilna Orthodox Holy Spirit Brotherhood, 1620. 131 leaves. 20x15 cm. Original full leather with elaborate blind gilt on the front and back covers. Later end-papers. Owner’s inscriptions on the half-titles from the 18th century onwards. One later clasp preserved. Ink stamps of the previous owner..... More
![Item #1336 [THEODORE DREISER IN RUSSIAN] Kraski N’yu-Yorka [i.e. Colors of a Great City]. T....](/pictures/thumb/1336.jpg?v=1642547440)
Leningrad: Mysl’, [1927]. 280 pp. 17,7x13 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Worn, occasional staining of the front cover. Contemporary owner’s inscription on the title page Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Translated from original English by Vladimir Stelletskiy (1905-1985), a noted Soviet philologist, researcher, and..... More
![Item #1335 [AN EARLY COLLECTION OF POEMS BY ONE OF THE LAST SOVIET FUTURISTS] Opyty: Kniga...](/pictures/thumb/1335.jpg?v=1642546906)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1927. 128, [4] pp. 19,8x13,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Previous owner’s pencil inscription on the title-page. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Geometrical wrapper design echoes avant-garde tendencies prevalent among supremacist and modernist artists of the late 1910s... More
![Item #1333 [RACHMANINOFF’S FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE COMPOSER] Pamyati Rakhmaninova:...](/pictures/thumb/1333.jpg?v=1642546044)
New York: izdaniye S.A. Satinoy, 1946. XXI, [2], 184 pp., 5 photos 22,7x15,5 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Trace of the label on the front cover. Marginal soiling of the covers, otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. Edited and designed by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957), a noted Russian and Lithuanian artist..... More
![Item #1332 [THE FANTASTIC BOTANICAL GARDEN PROJECT IN THE CITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD] Eskiznyy...](/pictures/thumb/1332.jpg?v=1642545663)
[Gor’kiy]: Gor’k. krayev. izd-vo, 1936. 74, [2], 1 plan: ill., plans. 16,8x26 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. Extremely rare. 1 of 650 copies. First edition. Wrapper design by the Soviet artist YU. Porfir’ev. With 1 folded map and 24 black and white illustrations, including 14 photographs..... More
![Item #1331 [ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR FOREIGNERS LIVING IN THE USSR] The Iron Heel. J. London](/pictures/thumb/1331.jpg?v=1642545370)
Moscow; Leningrad: Co-operative publishing society of foreign workers in the U. S. S. R., 1934. [4], 308 pp. 19,5x13,5 cm. Wrappers with illustrated dust-jacket. Tears and soiling to the dustjacket. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce especially with dust-jacket. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Editor L. Talmy..... More
![Item #1330 [ORIGIN OF ONE MISSION SOCIETY IN RUSSIA] Potoki v stepi [i.e. Streams in the Desert]....](/pictures/thumb/1330.jpg?v=1642545156)
Paris: Imp. de Navarre, 1939. 343 pp. 18,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine and front cover slightly restored, ink signature on t.p. covered up with sticker, otherwise very good. First Russian edition of a devotional book Streams in the Desert sharing ideas of One Mission Society. Its..... More
![Item #1329 [SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture...](/pictures/thumb/1329.jpg?v=1642544862)
Leningrad: Fizkul’tura i turizm, 1932. 292 pp.: ill. 21x13,5 cm. In original full-cloth binding with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Slightly rubbed and weakened, no back flyleaf, contemporary signature on t.p., some pencil notes, otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 7,000 copies. Rare..... More
![Item #1328 [CUBIST LENIN] Na sovetskom postu [i.e. On Soviet Duty] #21 for 1930](/pictures/thumb/1328.jpg?v=1642544539)
Novosibirsk: Zapkraisibispolkom, 1930. 24 pp.: ill. 30x21 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine and outer edge of pages, stamps of Soviet government library on p.1, 17 and canceled stamp of Russian state library on last page, otherwise very good and clean. Extremely rare Siberian periodical. An issue..... More