![UKRAINIAN CINEMA] Al’bom Ukrains’kogo kino [i.e. Album of the Ukrainian Cinema](/pictures/thumb/1322.jpg?v=1634133354)
Kyiv: Vufku, 1928. 52 pp.: ill. 26x17.5 cm. In the original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and extremities, worn, decompressed Ukrainian library stamps and inventory numbers on the title-page, p.17, soiled wrappers. Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Text in Ukrainian and French. With numerous black..... More
Collection of five fragile sheet music brochures of Ukrainian folk songs. Four of them were published in one series with similar anonymous designs resembling national embroidery schemes. One was printed in another publishing house with a different design. All of them were most likely issued in the 1930s. The 1920s..... More
![UKRAINIAN THEATER] K 1-i Vsesoiuznoi olimpiade teatrov i iskusstv narodov SSSR [i.e. For the...](/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 Ukrainian..... More
![WEST UKRAINE] Vystavka suchasnoi ukrains’koi hrafiky: Katal’oh [i.e. Exhibition of...](/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
![WEST UKRAINE: MYHAILO RUDNYTSKY AND PAVLO KOVZHUN] Ochi ta usta [i.e. Eyes and Lips]. M. Rudnytskyi](/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
![PHOTOMONTAGES OF MILITARY ACTIONS] Frontovaia illiustratsiia [i.e. Frontline Illustration] #12,...](/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
![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
![SUKHAREV TOWER AND MOSCOW STREET LIFE] Abdulka. A. Shul’gin](/pictures/thumb/1315.jpg?v=1634132168)
Moscow: Novaia Moskva, 1924. 48 pp. 18,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Pale water stains, minor tears of oversized covers, otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the title page. First and only edition. One of 8000 copies. Very rare. Cover design was created by Galina Chichagova (1891-1967)..... More
![BLOSSOMING PASTERNAK] Stikhotvoreniia: V odnom tome [i.e. Verses: In One Volume]. B. Pasternak](/pictures/thumb/1314.jpg?v=1634131560)
Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo pisatelei, 1933. 430 pp., 1 ill. 20,5x14 cm. In original full cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. Good. No dust jacket. Foxing and soiling occasionally, p. 359-362 detached from block, tear of half-title, ink signature and private stamps on endpapers, ink signature on t.p.... More
![STALIN BEFORE HE BECAME A LEADER: NATIONAL POLICY OF THE USSR] Politika sovetskoi vlasti po...](/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
![SYNTHESIS OF MUSIC AND POETRY] Muzyka rechi: Esteticheskoe Issledovanie [i.e. Music of Speech:...](/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
![YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii i...](/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
![FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY] Sudebnaia psikhiatriia [i.e. Forensic Psychiatry]. N. P. Brukhanskii](/pictures/thumb/1310.jpg?v=1634131171)
Moscow: Izd. M. i S. Sabashnikovy, 1928. [8], 439 pp. 24x16 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering and blind debossed publisher’s logo. Tears of endpapers, stamps of pre-war Georgian library on endpapers, t.p. and three following leaves, colored pencil underlinings occasionally, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and..... More
![MEALS FOR HAPPY PROLETARIAN FAMILIES] Zdorovaia kukhnia dlia detei i vzroslykh [i.e. Healthy...](/pictures/thumb/1309.jpg?v=1634131035)
Tiflis: Shroma, 1928. 149 pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of spine with minor fragments lost, partly detached from the text block with two small tears of title page, foxing on covers and few stains on t.p. Otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 1500..... More
![HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental Work]. I....](/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
![UKRAINIAN AVANT-GARDE] Nove mystetstvo: Tyzhnevyk [i.e. New Art: Weekly] #23 for 1927](/pictures/thumb/1307.jpg?v=1634128737)
Kharkiv: Vydannia viddilu mystetstv UPO USRR, 1927. 20 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed and slightly chipped, small spots occasionally, otherwise very good. One of 2500 copies. Very rare. Early Soviet Ukrainian weekly that included chronicles of local theater productions, film screenings schedule, articles about..... More
![COVER DESIGN BY VASYL YERMYLOV] Za tamtoi bereg...: Zbirka [i.e. Beyond the Far Shore:...](/pictures/thumb/1306.jpg?v=1634128569)
Kiev: Rukh, 1933. 141 pp. 18,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of oversized covers, fragments of spine lost, stamps and marks of library of the Union of Soviet Writers of Ukraine (was a part of the Union of Writers of USSR and was reorganized in 1991) on t.p., p...... More
![THE EARLIEST MOSCOW METRO HANDBOOK] Chto dolzhen znat’ passazhir Metropolitena [i.e. What...](/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
![THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii grazhdanskoj...](/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
![CONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW CANAL] Soyedineniye Volgi s Moskvoy-rekoy: Sb. materialov po soyedineniyu...](/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
![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
![EARLY UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Etiudy do teorіi kіna [i.e. Etudes on Film Theory]. O....](/pictures/thumb/1301.jpg?v=1634127765)
Kiev: Ukrteakіnovydav, 1930. 128, [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 writer..... More
![JEWISH FILM SCRIPT] Bluzhdaiushchie zvezdy: Kinostsenarii [i.e. Wandering Stars: Film Script]. I....](/pictures/thumb/1300.jpg?v=1634127509)
Moscow: Kinopechat’, 1926. 80 pp.: ill. 22x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Significantly restored, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Scarce. A screenplay adaptation of a novel ‘Wandering Stars’ by Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem that was produced at the VUFKU..... More
![EXECUTED UKRAINIAN RENAISSANCE] Literaturnyi avangard: Perspektyvy rozvytku Ukrainskoi kultury,...](/pictures/thumb/1299.jpg?v=1634127208)
Kharkiv: Vydannia avtora [Derzh. vydavnytstvo Ukrainy], 1926. 132 pp. 17x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of spine and front cover lost, creases, some soiling of covers, water stain on upper margin of first 18 pages, ink signatures on front cover and t.p., marks on back cover, otherwise very good..... More
![WARTIME: RED CROSS] Pervaia meditsinskaia pomoshch’: Al’bom iz 40 tablits [i.e. First...](/pictures/thumb/1298.jpg?v=1634127021)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1941. 42 pp.: ill. 22x30 cm. In the original illustrated folder. Folder slightly rubbed, edges of t.p. bumped, otherwise near fine. Extremely rare as a well-printed wartime edition in this condition. The album was signed for printing on August 13, 1941. It had come out just before..... More