Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1932. 40 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear near the staple, previous owner’s marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. This is an interesting work on the effectivity of the atheist publications in the local Red... More about GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi krasnoarmeiskoi gazety...

Moscow: Tsentrizdat, 1931. 30 pp.: ill. 22x15,5 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies produced. Extremely rare. Illustrated throughout with the images of typography workers and the process of printing. Tsentrizdat was the publishing house which full... More about PUBLISHING FOR THE NATIONAL MINORITIES] O Tsentrizdate SSSR [i.e. On the Central Publishing...

Poltoratsk: Tipografiia Turkmengosizdata, 1925. 16 pp.: ill. 25,5x17 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of the spine, some stains, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare and interesting brochure carrying syphilis prevention in Soviet Central Asia. The book indicated the infection pathways, supplemented... More about TURKMEN CONSTRUCTIVISM] Boisia zarazit’sia sifilisom [i.e. Be Afraid to Get Syphilis

Moscow: Profizdat, 1937. 32 pp. 16,5x12 cm. In original wrappers with decorative frame. Slightly rubbed spine, tear around staple, bookplate of Moscow bibliophile on the inner side of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. Rare. Autobiographical book by Vera Pashennaia (1887-1962), the Soviet actress... More about WITNESS OF THE BLOSSOMING OF THE SOVIET THEATER] Akter v strane sotsializma [i.e. Actor in the...

Melekess: Izd. Soveta Kr. kursov po podgotovke zaved. izbami-chital’niami, [1921]. 32 pp. 17x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine repaired with marbled paper, tears of the spine, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 250 copies. Signed by author on the front cover, some author’s corrections in the text... More about INCEPTION OF THE SOVIET READING ROOMS] Kak organizovat’ izbu-chital’niu i vesti rabotu v nei...

Peterburg: Knizhny ugol, 1923. 87, [1] pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. General wear of the wrappers with slightly chipped spine and extremities. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Rare. This is a first part of only two dedicated to bibliography of books in Russian on subject... More about RUSSIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ART] Bibliografiya izobrazitel’nogo iskusstva. Ukazatel’ literatury...

Moscow; Leningrad: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 112 pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Wrappers detached from the text block. First and only edition. One of 10070 copies. Rare. Illustrations by E.A. Zernova. The edition was sponsored and published by N.K. Krupskaya Central House of Amateur Art in City... More about COSTUME DESIGN GUIDE FOR CLUBS] Kostium na stsene: Rukovodstvo dlia dramkruzhkov [i.e. Costume...

Moscow: Molodaya gvardiya, 1931. 44, [4] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In publisher’s photomontage wrappers. Very good. First and only edition. One of 10100 copies. Rare. With 15 black and white photographs and recommendations for young artists by Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle. Wrapper design probably by Nesterov. Innokenty Nikolaevich Zhukov... More about GUIDE FOR BEGINNER SCULPTORS] Nachinaiushchii skul’ptor: Rukovodstvo po ekspressivnoi lepke...

Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 90, [6] pp.: ill. 17x12 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Very good. Small tears of the spine, signature on the front cover. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. This brochure was published for “working audience, members of art and drama sections of workers’ clubs and..... More about EARLY SOVIET SET DESIGNERS] Khudozhnik v teatre [i.e. Artist in Theatre

Leningrad, 1943. 16 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 13x9 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Very rare. One of 500 copies. The personal exhibition of Vladimir Konashevich (1888-1963) was opened on 12th of September in 1943 in Leningrad which was still in the siege at that time with 295 graphic... More about Vystavka proizvedenii V.M. Konashevicha [i.e. Exhibition of Works by V.M. Konashevich

Moscow: Gizlegprom, 1934. 45, [3] pp.: ill. 15x11 cm. In publisher’s wrappers. Very good, light foxing of the covers near the spine. First and only edition. One of 5175 copies. From the series “Masters of Soviet Porcelain and Faience”. Ivan Efimov (1878-1959) was a Russian sculptor. Efimov painted and sculpted... More about SCULPTOR EFIMOV] Sculptor I.S. Efimov

Moscow: Izdatel’stvovo Ministerstva kommunal’nogo khoziaistva RSFSR, 1947. 316 pp.: ill, 6 folding plans. 26x18 cm. in original cloth with coloured lettering on the front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed, few pages faded, previous owner’s signatures on t.p. and flyleaf, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3300 copies... ... More about RECONSTRUCTION OF SOVIET CITIES] Planirovka gorodov: Inzhinerno-ekonomicheskie osnovy [i.e. Urban...

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 192 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, tear of upper edge of three last leaves, minor defects of spine. Signed by author to Vladimir Nemeshaev who was a head of the Copyright Office and member of the Moscow Society of Dramatists and... More about FOR THE PEASANT THEATRE] Skomorokh: sbornik p’es dlia raboche-krest’ianskogo teatra [i.e....