Collection of eight brochures from the Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair [numeration is alternative]: 1) Prokofiev, A. The Palace of Soviets. 2) Papanin, I. The Soviet Wintering Station on the Drifting Ice. 3) Fyodorov, E. Scientific Work of Our Polar Expedition. 4) Komarovsky, A. The Moscow-Volga..... More
![AMERICAN UKRAINIANS - JUBILEE BOOK] Propamiatna knyha: Vydana z nahody soroklitn’oho iuvyleiu...](/pictures/thumb/1038.jpg?v=1595855772)
Jersey City, N.J.: Svoboda press, 1936. XVI, 752 pp.: ill. 26,5x19 cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering and design. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. Text mostly in Ukrainian, with some English. This edition first collected comprehensive data on Ukrainian immigration to the USA. It was based..... More
![FROM ARKHANGELSK TO VLADIVOSTOK] Chetyre tysiachi mil’ na Sibiriakove [i.e. Four Thousand Miles...](/pictures/thumb/1037.jpg?v=1595855663)
Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo pisatelei, 1934. 64 pp., 36 ills. 32x28 cm. In original cloth with silver lettering on the spine and stamped image of the ship on the front cover; in original cloth case with mounted illustrations on both sides; illustrated endpapers. Foxing on the covers, tears of the front endpapers..... More
![FIRST RUSSIAN LESBIAN NOVEL] Tridtsat’ tri uroda: povest’ [i.e. Thirty-Three Abominations:...](/pictures/thumb/1036.jpg?v=1595855509)
Saint Petersburg: Ory, 1907. 96, [8] pp. 13,5x10 cm. In original two-color printed wrappers with publisher’s vignette (doubled on t.p.) designed by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. Near fine. Second edition printed the same year. Rare. First Russian novel that openly discussed lesbianism. It was created by female poet and writer Lydia..... More
1) Ivanova, Z. [Mirovich, N.] Iz istorii zhenskogo dvizheniia v Rossii [i.e. From the History of Women’s Movement in Russia]. Moscow: Tipografiia T-va I.D. Sytina, 1908. 60 pp. 2) Ivanova, Z. [Mirovich, N.] Zhenskoe dvizhenie v Evrope i Amerike [i.e. Women’s Movement in Europe and America]. Moscow: Tipografiia T-va I.D...... More
![WARTIME CHILDREN’S BOOK] Timur i ego komanda [i.e. Timur and His Squad]. A. Gaidar](/pictures/thumb/1034.jpg?v=1595855375)
Sverdlovsk: Sverdlgiz, 1942. 28, 31-80 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Complete edition with printer’s error of page numbering, oversized cut of p. 33-40, some black typographic stains. In a very good condition, a couple of tears around staple. Extremely rare edition printed in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) during the..... More
![EXEMPLARY PIONEER CAMP] Artek. Ia Taits](/pictures/thumb/1031.jpg?v=1595854848)
Moscow: Detizdat, 1938. 104 pp.: ill. 27x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards; illustrated endpapers. Covers rubbed and bumped, small tear of the spine, but very good internally. On verso of front flyleaf an official inscription to schoolboy, dated 1938 and stamped. Very rare. Cover design was produced by book..... More
![THE 1930S FANTASY PHOTOMONTAGES] Neobyknovennye prikliucheniia Karika i Vali [i.e. Exstraordinary...](/pictures/thumb/1030.jpg?v=1595854696)
Moscow: Detizdat, 1937. 252 pp.: ill. 22x18 cm. In original illustrated full cloth. Very good, slightly soiled, spine faded, some stains, signatures on the front endpaper. First edition. Astonishing photomontage book regarded as an example of a few surrealist editions in the early Soviet Union. A story is about..... More
![BALCONIES] Arhitektura i konstruktsiia balkonov [i.e. Architecture and Construction of...](/pictures/thumb/1028.jpg?v=1595854406)
Moscow: Izd. Vsesoiuznoi akademii arhitektury, 1938. 204 pp.: ill. 25,5x18,5 cm. In original full-cloth with colored lettering. Rubbed and slightly soiled, spots on some margins. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. This is the earliest Soviet book on balconies as a regular and important element of..... More
![PERIODICAL OF UNREALIZED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS] Arkhitekturnaia gazeta. Prilozhenie [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1027.jpg?v=1595854290)
Moscow: [1934]-1939. Some issues have no year of publication but, most likely, they are dated 1934-1935. 165 issues altogether. 1935: #6, 7, 9, 10, 11/12 (x2), 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 56, 58, 59, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72. 1936: #4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11..... More
![YEAR RUN OF THE IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICAL] Stroitel’naia promyshlennost’ [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1026.jpg?v=1595854110)
#1, 2/3, 4-10, 11/12. Overall 10 issues. Moscow: Gosnauchtechizdat, 1931. 31x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine with fragments lost, occasionally spots on covers and pale water stains throughout margins, ink signatures on t.p. and pencil direction on subscriber on the back cover, otherwise very good..... More
![CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]. Iu Zhukov](/pictures/thumb/1025.jpg?v=1595853874)
Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia, 1966. 575 pp.: ill., 32 ill. 20,5x15,5 cm. In original illustrated full-cloth with lettering on the spine; in original illustrated dust-wrapper; illustrated endpapers. Very good, small fragment of the spine lost, covers slightly rubbed. First edition. Solomon Telingater’s later yet brilliant book design. Resembling the..... More
![PERIODICAL ABOUT BOOKS] Knigonosha [i.e. Wandering Bookseller](/pictures/thumb/1024.jpg?v=1595853643)
#1-11, 12/13, 14, 15/16, 17-21, 22/23, 24-30, 31/32, 33/34, 35, 36/37, 38, 39/40 for 1925. Overall 35 issues. Moscow: Gosizdat, 1925. 34x26 cm. In contemporary binding; original wrappers preserved. In general, most issues are in a very good condition. Binding with first 18 pages and last issue detached from the..... More
![LETTERPRESS ABC] Uchenik-naborshchik [i.e. Typesetter Apprentice]. I. Vie](/pictures/thumb/1022.jpg?v=1595853325)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1927. IV, 80 pp.: ill. 23x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Bumped edges of oversized covers, small tear of the spine and a few spots on front cover, otherwise a very good and clean copy. First and only Russian edition. One of 3000 copies. Cover design..... More
![EXPERIMENTAL YEARS OF THE UKRAINIAN DRAMA THEATRE] Desiat’ rokiv odes’kogo teatru...](/pictures/thumb/1021.jpg?v=1595853030)
Odesa: Odeskii teatr revoliutsii, 1936. [2], 280 pp., 47 ill. 21,5х15,5 cm. In original cloth with silver embossed design on the front cover. Very good, spine rubbed, previous owner’s underlines and notes complimented the text clarifying the names. In Ukrainian, First and only edition. One of 1500 copies produced..... More
![EXPERIMENT IN FILMMAKING] Krasnye partizany. Geroicheskaia poema v 10 pesniakh po stsenariiu B....](/pictures/thumb/1020.jpg?v=1595852941)
Leningrad: Sovkino, 1924. 16 pp.: ill. 25x17 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers. Tears of the spine, a few spots on the front cover, otherwise very good. Stamp of movie theater on the front cover. First edition. Very rare. This is an interesting edition containing a film libretto and an interview..... More
![SPACECRAFT ENGINEERING] Problema poleta pri pomoshchi raketnykh apparatov: Sbornik statei pod...](/pictures/thumb/1018.jpg?v=1595852672)
Moscow: Izd. i tip. Oborongiza, 1947. 240 pp.: photos, drawings, charts. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original full-cloth with white lettering and light-blue illustration. Near fine. First edition. Scarce. This is a collection of articles by a pioneer of rocketry Friedrich Zander (Tsander; 1887-1933) who was the first Soviet engineer..... More
St. Peterburg: Vestn. znaniya, 1911. 60 pp.: portr. 24x15,5 cm. In later wrappers. Some restoration of the title page, private library stamp on the t.p. (in English). The first edition of the important title by Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927), one of the most unorthodox and influential minds of the Russian thought..... More
![MASTER OF THE SOCIALIST REALISM] Deyneka. B. Nikiforov](/pictures/thumb/1016.jpg?v=1595852384)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1937. 121, [3] pp.: ill., 5 ills. 29,5x23 cm. In original cardboards with colored lettering. Very good, minor tear of the spine. Two pencil sketches on the front flyleaf. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. Rare. A richly illustrated and the earliest monograph on a leading..... More
![VKHUTEMAS AESTHETICS IN ARMENIA] Khorhrdayin Hayastani kerparvestě: 1922-1934 [i.e. The Art of...](/pictures/thumb/1015.jpg?v=1595852232)
Yerevan: Petakan Hratarakchutyun, 1934. [123] leaves. 26x18 cm. In original full cloth with colored lettering on the spine and emblem on the front cover. Front cover cracked from the inner side (restored), some foxing on the first pages, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of..... More
![ART OF THE PEOPLE] Iskusstvo narodov SSSR: Sbornik statei i materialov / GAKhN [i.e. Art of...](/pictures/thumb/1014.jpg?v=1595852053)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 160 pp.: ill. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Minor losses and tear of the spine, signature on t.p. otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. This is a collection of articles dedicated to the renaissance of national arts of..... More
![CUBO-FUTURISM IS EVERYWHERE] Noveishie techeniia v russkom iskusstve [i.e. The Newest Movements...](/pictures/thumb/1013.jpg?v=1595851885)
1) Traditsii noveishego russkogo iskusstva [i.e. Traditions of The Modern Russian Art]. Leningrad: Izd. Gos. Russkogo muzeia, 1927. 14 pp. 18x14 cm. 2) Predmet i kul’tura [i.e. Object and Culture]. Leningrad: Izd. Gos. Russkogo muzeia, 1928. 16 pp. 18x14 cm. In original illustrated oversized wrappers. The first issue slightly soiled..... More
![THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MOSCOW EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1930s THROUGH ADVERTISMENTS] Spisok...](/pictures/thumb/1012.jpg?v=1595850878)
Moscow: Izd. Upravleniia Moskovskoi gorodskoi telefonnoi seti, 1939. L, 496, 112, [16] pp. 26,5x20 cm. One of 30000 copies printed. In original wrappers. Small losses and tears of the spine and covers, rubbed, ink note on p. 110 (additional info about subscriber), otherwise very good. Extremely rare. As..... More
![BYT MANIFESTO] Iskusstvo bytovoi veshchi [i.e. The Art of The Everyday Object]. David Arkin](/pictures/thumb/1011.jpg?v=1595850345)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1932. 170, [3] pp. 21x15 cm. Original photomontage wrappers. Very good, spine is restored. Ex-library copy (the stamp ‘allowed for resale’ of Russian Public Historic Library). Original wrappers’ design by Solomon Telingater (1903-1969), in the composition included the pieces of furniture, drawings of children, abstract architectural elements, pieces..... More
![RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA ILLUSTRATED BY KUSTODIEV] Ruslan and Lyudmila. A. Pushkin](/pictures/thumb/1010.jpg?v=1591961374)
Petersburg: Gosizdat, 1921. 120 pp.: ill. 19,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears with small losses of spine, tears and small losses of blank margin of p. 115-117, stains occasionally. Cover design and 25 illustrations, head-, tail-pieces and a small portrait of Pushkin were produced by well-known artist..... More