![Item #1575 [A SAMIZDAT BOOK ABOUT RUSSIAN BANYAS] Banya lechit, banya pravit, banya vse popravit...](/pictures/thumb/1575.jpg?v=1669219726)
Ca. [1960s]. [38], 124 pp. 20.8x30 cm. Owner’s cloth binding, 1 page detached, previous owner’s ink inscription on the verso of the front cover (“From the books of E. G. Selipanov. Tbilisi”). Otherwise fine. An interesting samizdat book about bathhouses published in the Soviet Union in the 1960s..... More
![Item #1574 [RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE USSR IN THE 1950S] Inter’yer zhilogo doma: Sbornik...](/pictures/thumb/1574.jpg?v=1669219497)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo lit. po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1954. 119 pp., 3 color ill.: ill. 21x26.7 cm. In original publisher’s cardboards. Near fine. Scarce. First edition. Edited by G. V. Morozova. Design by N. Munts. An important post-war collection of articles dedicated to the interior design..... More
![Item #1573 [SOVIET CLUBS AND THEATRICAL STAGES] Oborudovaniye klubnoy stseny [i.e. Stage...](/pictures/thumb/1573.jpg?v=1669219326)
Moscow: Goslitizdat, 1935. 153, [5] pp.: ill. 21.3x15.2 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with gilt lettering and ornaments on the front board and the spine. Very light soiling of the binding. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Design by the Soviet graphic artist and book illustrator of..... More
![Item #1572 [A SOVIET DRAWING MANUAL] Rukovodstvo po chercheniyu [i.e. Drawing Manual]. V. Bromley](/pictures/thumb/1572.jpg?v=1669218797)
Moscow; Leningrad: Vsesoyuz. koop. ob'yedin. izd-vo, 1932. (Moskva: Tip. «Gudok»). 77, [3] pp.: schemes. 14.8x22.4 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Second edition printed later the same year. Written by..... More
![Item #1571 [THE SOVIET UNION AGAINST WESTERN MUSIC] Dovesti do kontsa bor’bu s n·epmanskoy...](/pictures/thumb/1571.jpg?v=1669218389)
Moscow: Gos. muz. izd-vo, 1931. 112 pp.: ill. 17x12 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Tears of the spine, soiling and staining to the wrappers, previous owner’s ink inscription on the front wrapper, Soviet bookshop stamp on the last page. Otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. Edited by..... More
![Item #1570 [POSTER PROPAGANDA IN CLUBS AND READING ROOMS] Rabota s plakatom v klube i...](/pictures/thumb/1570.jpg?v=1669218080)
Moscow; Leningrad: Ogiz - Izogiz - Gos. izd-vo izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv, 1931. ([Moskva]: «Internatsional’naya» tip.). 54, [2] pp.: ill. 13x18 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the tiny pieces of the spine, previous owner’s pen inscription on the front wrapper, wrappers slightly loose. Otherwise a very good copy... More
![Item #1569 [THE ART OF PAINTING] Zametki po tekhnike zhivopisi [i.e. Notes on Painting...](/pictures/thumb/1569.jpg?v=1669216822)
Moscow: Khudozhestvenno izd-vo AKHR, 1930. 96 pp. 17.5x12.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine, several pages detached. Otherwise in good condition. Scarce. 1 of 5,000 copies. Second edition. First edition printed in 1929. Woodcut on the front wrapper by the Soviet..... More
![Item #1568 [THEATRICAL PROPERTY IN THE USSR] Teatral’naya butaforiya i yeye izgotovleniye [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1568.jpg?v=1669216602)
Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1926. 103 pp.: ill. 18.5x14 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and edges of the wrappers. Otherwise in a good condition. Scarce. First edition. Wrapped design by B. Pyatunin. An interesting publication dedicated to the theatrical property and the peculiarities..... More
![Item #1567 [THE ART OF ETCHING AND ENGRAVING] Ofort i gravyura reztsom [i.e. Etching and...](/pictures/thumb/1567.jpg?v=1669216438)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1925. 122, [2] pp., ill. Tear of the spine and front wrapper, previous owner’s ink inscription on the front wrapper. Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,500 copies. An interesting book about etching and engraving with a chisel written by Vadim Falileev..... More
![Item #1566 [IN BETWEEN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS] Homin zpoza nas: narysy z zhyttya zviryat [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1566.jpg?v=1669216248)
Lviv: Vohni, 1933. 75 pp. 12.2x17.3 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, slightly worn. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Printed in 1933, this is a collection of short stories written by Vasil Karkhut and designed by Stepan Lutsyk. Vasil..... More
![Item #1564 [UKRAINIAN JACK LONDON] Bahryana chuma [i.e. The Scarlet Plague]. J. London](/pictures/thumb/1564.jpg?v=1669215442)
Kyiv: Syayvo, 1928. 68 pp.11.3x17.8 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine, occasional light stains on the front wrapper. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Translated from English. Original version published in 1912. First Ukrainian translation of..... More
Lviv: 1925-1939. 24 separate issues. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. 20 issues feature wrapper design by the noted Ukrainian modernist artist Mykola Butovych (1895- 1961). 1 issue (#3 of 1934) features wrapper design by the famous Ukrainian modernist artist and illustrator Galina Mazepa-Koval’ (1910- 1995). 1 issue (#6 of 1935)..... More
![Item #1562 [UKRAINIANS IN CANADA ] Robinson Crusoe. D. Defoe](/pictures/thumb/1562.jpg?v=1669214875)
Winnipeg (Canada): Kanadyys’kyy Farmer, 1919. 230 pp.: ill. 15.3x22 cm. In original publisher’s cloth. Fine condition. Private library stamps (J. P. Swityk - Manager 48-Union Bldg. Calgary, Alberta.) on the title page and p. 5. Scarce. First edition. With 26 black and white lithographs by JED. Translated from..... More
![Item #1561 [HELPING THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED ] V nogu so zryachimi [i.e. Keeping up with the Sighted](/pictures/thumb/1561.jpg?v=1669214566)
Moscow: Tipografiya Put’ Oktyabrya, 1931-1933. #1 of 1932. 24 pp.: ill. 17.3x25.4 cm. In original publisher’s constructivist wrappers. Soviet library book stamp on the pp.1, 24., inventory numbers on the wrappers. Otherwise near fine. Extremely scarce. 1 of 3,000 copies. A rare issue of the periodical organ of..... More
![Item #1560 [ONE OF THE FIRST SOVIET TRAVEL MAGAZINES] Na sushe i na more [i.e. On Land and Sea](/pictures/thumb/1560.jpg?v=1669214089)
Moscow: Molodaya gvardiya, 1929-1941. #1 of 1931. 20 pp.: ill. 21.7x29 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Tears of the spine with text affected (minor), foxing of the wrappers. Otherwise in very good condition. Scarce. Printrun varied. In 1931 the magazine was published with the printrun of 75,000 copies..... More
![Item #1559 [SPORT IN THE SOVIET UNION] Izvestiya fizicheskoy kul’tury: Dvukhnedel’nyy ill....](/pictures/thumb/1559.jpg?v=1669213861)
[Moscow]: 1924-1927. #20 of 1927 (1 issue of 81 published). 16 pp.: ill. 22.2x 29.6 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Scarce. Front wrapper by S.M. One of the leading 1920s Soviet sports magazines. From the very outset of the Communist regime, Soviet society witnessed the..... More
![Item #1558 [PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIAN SATIRE] Zanoza: Zhurn. khudozh. satiry [i.e. Splinter: A...](/pictures/thumb/1558.jpg?v=1669213684)
St. Petersburg: Izdatel’ S. D. Novikov, 1906. #4, 5 of 1906 (2 issues of 14 printed). 8 pp.: ill. Ca. 24.1x38.7 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Near fine. Horizontal creases in both issues. A rare example of the early Russian satirical magazine. In the wake..... More
![Item #1557 [ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ATLASES OF ARMENIA] Atlas Armyanskoy Sovetskoy...](/pictures/thumb/1557.jpg?v=1669213387)
Erevan: Akademiya nauk Armyanskoy SSR, Glavnoye upravleniye geodezii i kartografii MGiON SSSR, 1961. VIII, 112 pp. 35x33,5cm. Dust jacket. In original red cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and the spine. Dust jacket with tears, previous owner’s ink inscription on the title-page: “To Dear Ioseb Megrelidze with Deep..... More
![Item #1555 [ANALYSIS OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE LENINGRAD SIEGE]...](/pictures/thumb/1555.jpg?v=1669212866)
[Leningrad]: Medgiz, Leningr. otd-niye, 1945. (2-ya f-ka det. knigi Detgiza). 128 pp.: tables. 16.7x24.8 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Worn, tears of the spine, light soiling of the wrappers. Otherwise good. Extremely rare. 1 of 1,000 copies. Compiled by Vladimir Myasishchev. Edited by S. Gaukhman... More
![Item #1554 [AN IMPORTANT SOVIET WORK ON THE PROBABILITY THEORY] Teoriya veroyatnostey: uchebnik...](/pictures/thumb/1554.jpg?v=1669211827)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoye uchebno-pedagogicheskoye izdatel’stvo, 1937. 136 pp.: tables. 22x15.1 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding. Boards are slightly worn. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Edited by V. Molodshy. Technical editor V. Ivanov. An important Soviet work about probability theory used as a textbook for higher pedagogical educational..... More
![Item #1553 [INHERITANCE IN CATTLES] Genetika krupnogo rogatogo skota [i.e. The Genetics of...](/pictures/thumb/1553.jpg?v=1669211643)
Moscow; Leningrad: Ogiz - Gos. izd-vo s.-kh. i kolkhoz.-koop. lit-ry, 1931. 128 pp.: ill. 15.4x23.3 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and edges, Soviet library label on the front wrapper. Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. An interesting work on the genetics of cattle written by..... More
![Item #1552 [RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF KOHLER’S LANDMARK WORK] Issledovaniye intellekta...](/pictures/thumb/1552.jpg?v=1669211387)
Moscow: Izdatel’stvo kommunisticheskoy akademii, 1930. 4, XXIX, 5-207 pp., 7 ill.: tables, ill. 21.3x15.6 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with illustrated dust-jacket. Dust-jacket with tears and loss of fragments. Otherwise internally clean. First Russian edition. 1 of 4,100 copies. Scarce. The original edition was published in 1917..... More
![Item #1551 [FIRST APPEARANCE OF LOBACHEVSKY IN PRINT] Catalogus praelectionum in Universitate...](/pictures/thumb/1551.jpg?v=1669210861)
Kazan’: Universitatis Officina Typographica, 1816. [1], 62, 6, 2, 8 pp. 28x21,6 cm. Wrappers. Soiling, tears of the wrappers, losses of the pieces of the spine, rubbed, worn out. Otherwise in good condition. Extremely scarce. First edition. This valuable piece of early Russian printing contains the..... More
![Item #1549 [A BOOK OF AFRICAN ADVENTURES] V serdtse Afriki: [Vospominaniya] [i.e. In Brightest...](/pictures/thumb/1549.jpg?v=1669209766)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1930. (Moskva: 1-ya Obraztsovaya tip.). 224 pp.: ill., portrait. 13.4x19.3 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Rubbed spine, frontispiece is slightly loose. Otherwise near fine. With numerous photographs and illustrations throughout. Scarce. Second corrected edition. First edition published in 1929. Translated from the original English..... More
![Item #1548 [EHRENBURG-TRANSLATOR] Bass-Bassina-Bulu: Roman [i.e. Bass-Bassina-Boulou: Novel]. F....](/pictures/thumb/1548.jpg?v=1669209476)
Leningrad: Petrograd, 1925. 200 pp. 13.7x19.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers by YU. CH. Rubbed spine. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First Soviet Edition. Original French edition published in 1922. First Russian edition was printed the same year in Berlin. Translated from French by the noted Soviet writer..... More