![A PRAISE TO ‘A WELL-KNOWN JEWISH BOURGEOIS NATIONALIST’] Mikhoels. M. Zagorskiy](/pictures/thumb/1206.jpg?v=1617184865)
Moscow; Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo Kinopechat’, 1927. 32 pp.: ill. 17.9x13.3 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. The spine is slightly rubbed. Soviet bookshop stamp on the recto of the rear wrapper. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. One of 5,000 copies. Art-nouveau style wrapper design with Mikhoel’s portrait by the..... More
![ANALYSIS OF SOLOMON MIKHOELS’ CREATIVE PATH] Mikhoels: Tvorcheskiy put’ nar. artista RSFSR...](/pictures/thumb/1205.jpg?v=1617184613)
Moscow; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1938. 116 pp., 1 frontispiece: ill. 19,9x13,8 cm. In original cloth binding with lettering on the front board. The spine is slightly rubbed. Soviet bookshop’s stamp and pen markings on the rear endpaper. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. One of 4,000 copies. This monograph on one..... More
![EDEN CINEMA IN PALESTINE] Advertising poster. 1) Eclair’s Chronicle. 2) The Fire: a Monumental...](/pictures/thumb/1204.jpg?v=1617184201)
Tel-Aviv: Cinema ‘Eden’, 1930. 62,7x47,5 cm. In a very good condition, tears restored, creases, pale water stains and few pencil marks. Extremely rare survival of the time. In English and Arabic. This poster relates to both one of the earliest cinemas in Jaffa and the outstanding German actress Olga Chekhova..... More
![EARLY RUSSIAN THEATRE IN GEORGIA] Svad’ba. Komediya-vodevil’ v 2-kh deystviyakh [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1167.jpg?v=1612377242)
Tbilisi: tipografiya vostochnykh yazykov G. Guliyants, 1851. [2], 50, [2] pp. 21.5x14.5 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small bits of the wrapper are missing. Foxing but generally in good condition. Extremely scarce. First edition. One of the earliest productions staged on the scene of Russian theatre in Georgia..... More
![ANTI-CAPITALIST COMEDY] Bog i birzha: Sb. revolyuts. p’yes [i.e. God and The Market: A...](/pictures/thumb/1166.jpg?v=1612377110)
Moscow: Gos. izd. 1921. 140 pp. In original wrappers. Very good, signature on the front cover and t.p., some tears of the spine, small part of the front cover is detached from the spine. First edition. Scarce. A collection of plays against religion and capitalism. Printed in 1921, this..... More
![THEATRE ARTISTS CREATING MASS THEATRE] Khudozhnik v teatre [i.e. Artist in a Theatre]. A. Gvozdev](/pictures/thumb/1165.jpg?v=1612376816)
Moscow; Leningrad: Ogiz - Ozogiz - Gos. izd-vo izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv, 1931. 72 pp.: ill. 17.7x13 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Loss of the pieces of the spine, front wrapper slightly loose, previous owner’s ink inscription on the front wrapper. Otherwise a very good internally clean copy. Rare. First..... More
![A SOVIET GUIDE TO THEATRE FOR NOVICE DIRECTORS] Rabota rezhissera [i.e. Director’s Work]. K....](/pictures/thumb/1164.jpg?v=1612376707)
Moskva; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1940. 124 pp., 2 ill.: ill. In original cloth binding with stamping. Very good. Handwritten title on the spine, binding a bit chipped, Soviet bookshops’ stamps and small torn off label on the recto of the back cover. Scarce. One of 3,000 copies. Written by..... More
![A PLAY ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF CHELYUSKINTSY WRITTEN BY THE MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION] Ne...](/pictures/thumb/1157.jpg?v=1612375286)
Leningrad: Bol’shoy dramatich. teatr im. M. Gor’kogo, 1935. 40 pp., 1 ill.: ill. 20x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine and covers. Very rare. First edition. One of 3,250 copies. With 14 illustrations (1 color). An interesting work dedicated to the production of..... More
![RUSTAVELI NATIONAL THEATRE ON TOUR] Gruzinskiy dramaticheskiy teatr im. SH.Rustaveli....](/pictures/thumb/1147.jpg?v=1612372827)
Tbilisi: Gos. izd-vo SSRG, 1930. 61, [3] pp.: ill. 17.9x13 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Wrappers laminated. Near fine. Loss of the tiny piece of the title-page. Scarce. First edition. With black-and-white photographs. An interesting booklet dedicated to the first-ever Soviet tour of the Shota Rustaveli State Drama..... More
![FORMING UKRAINIAN THEATER] Suchasnyi Ukrayins’kyi teatr : Zbirka stattiv [i.e. Contemporary...](/pictures/thumb/1135.jpg?v=1608119286)
Kharkiv: Derzhavne vydavnitstvo Ukraini, 1929. 104 pp. 22x15 cm. In contemporary full-cloth binding. Very good. Colored pencil underlines, traces of paper glued on front endpaper and Soviet bookshop marks from 1970s on the back endpaper. Last leaf of the table of contents lost. One of 5000 copies. Very rare... More
![A TEXTBOOK FOR STUDENTS OF SOVIET ART INSTITUTES] Tekhnika stseny [i.e. Stage Technique]. N. Izvekov](/pictures/thumb/1125.jpg?v=1608114496)
Moscow; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1940. 314 pp., 6 ill., drafts.: ill., schemes, drafts. In original blue cloth. Very good, occasional foxing. Scarce. First edition. A detailed guide to achieving a high-standard Soviet theatre. This textbook for students of art institutes was written by Nikolay Izvekov with the..... More
![SOVIET THEATRE] Profili teatra [i.e. Profiles of the Theatre]. A. Kugel](/pictures/thumb/1124.jpg?v=1608114301)
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1929. 274 pp. 18x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, covers chipped, front cover with spine detached from the text block, back cover glued to text block by paper band. Otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies..... More
![PETRUSHKA: THE RUSSIAN CARNIVAL PUPPET THEATRE] Teatr Petrushki [i.e. Petrushka Theatre]. O....](/pictures/thumb/1123.jpg?v=1608114111)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1927. 184, [3] pp., 8 ill.: ill. 23.5x15 cm. Contemporary boards with a large piece of the original front cover mounted on the front board. Boards slightly rubbed and soiled, occasional notes in text (pencil), faded ink stamp on the t.p., restoration of the upper right..... More
![MAKEUP FOR AMATEUR THEATRE] Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo po grimu dlia kruzhkov teatral’noi...](/pictures/thumb/1084.jpg?v=1604425671)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 48 pp., 32 ills. 18x15 cm. In original cloth folder with silver lettering and blind debossed silhouette: text brochure and separate illustration leaves inside. Folder is slightly soiled, small tear of the spine of the text brochure with minor tear of the t.p. outer edge, some foxing..... 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
![LEGENDARY LENINGRAD THEATRE] Putevoditel’ po Gosudarstvennomu Bol’shomu Dramteatru : God...](/pictures/thumb/1006.jpg?v=1591804259)
Leningrad: Tip. im. Volodarskogo, 1931. 32 pp.: ill., 1 double-page plan. 14,5x10,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Minor tears of the spine, slightly soiled, otherwise very good. Extremely rare and interesting prospectus dedicated to the repertoire of Bolshoi Drama Theater (BDT) and its mass cultural activity in 1931..... More
![THEATRE IN SUPPORT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE] Tak bylo: P’yesa v trekh deystviyakh [i.e. So It Was:...](/pictures/thumb/1005.jpg?v=1591804150)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1930. 72 pp.: ill. 13,6x19,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of the spine, light soiling. Otherwise in very good condition. Scarce. One of 3000 copies. First edition with 2 black-and-white photographs of the scenes from the play. Wrapper design by Mikhail Grigor’yev (1899-1960), a...... More
![STENBERG BROTHERS DESIGN] Programmy gos. akademicheskikh teatrov [i.e. Programs of State...](/pictures/thumb/1004.jpg?v=1591803949)
Moscow: Kinopechat', 1927. 34 pp.: ill. 26,5x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Small tears of spine and covers with minor fragment of front cover lost, a couple of blurred bookstore stamps. This is a theater program that included week stagings and illustrated with photographs of composer Sergey..... More
[Baku]: Zaktag, 1926. 50 pp.: ill. + 16 leaves of advertising. 21х23 cm. In original cardboards with constructivist design. Chipped, tears of the spine with some fragments lost, creases of covers, but clean and very good internally. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare survival..... More
![FULL SET OF SOVIET THEATER PERIODICAL] Sovetskii teatr [i.e. Soviet Theater](/pictures/thumb/929.jpg?v=1582642428)
#1, 2, 3/4, 5/6, 7, 8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/16 for 1930, #1, 2/3, 4, 5/6, 7, 8, 9, 10/11, 12 for 1931, #1-6, 7/8, 9, 10/11, 12 for 1932, #1, 2/3 for 1933. Overall 30 issues. Moscow: Teakinopechat: ZiF: OGIZ: Zhurnal’no-gazetnoe ob’edinenie, 1930-1933. 30,5x23,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Repaired..... More
![ODESSA AVANT-GARDE STAGE] Odes’kii Derzhavnii teatr opery ta baletu: Sezon 1929-30 roku [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/904.jpg?v=1576165683)
Odessa: DOTOB, 1929. 64 pp.: ill., 2 folding charts, one of them loosely inserted. In original wrappers with constructivist design. In very good condition. Covers slightly restored, a couple of colored pencil marks on photographs, otherwise very good condition. Both covers were designed in the constructivist style. The front..... More
![STAGE IMAGINATION BEATS REALITY] Tvorcheskii metod teatra. Dialektika tvorcheskogo protsessa...](/pictures/thumb/898.jpg?v=1576164097)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 140, [4] pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 5000 copies. Extremely rare. An interesting work on the overwhelming power of theatrical performances. The book was written by playwright Alexander Afinogenov (1904-1941). His early..... More
![SOVIET ORATORY] Masterstvo chtetsa: Teoriia i metodika khudozhestvennogo chteniia [i.e. Craft of...](/pictures/thumb/892.jpg?v=1576161014)
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 222, [2] pp. 1 ill. was probably printed separately and loosely inserted. 17,5x13 cm. In original oversized wrappers with letterpress design. Rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 6000 copies. An interesting work by the theorist of reciting and founder of the first..... More
![ORIGINS OF THE SOVIET CHILDREN'S THEATRE] Pinokkio / Moskovskii teatr dlia detei Moskovskogo...](/pictures/thumb/891.jpg?v=1576160689)
Moscow: Tipo-litografiia GUVUZ, 1923. Folded in half leaf of pink paper with loosely inserted half-sized leaf. 19x14,5 cm. Slightly deformed of water with few pale water stains. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare pamphlet with an avant-garde theater logo by unknown artist. This is..... More
![EXPERIMENTS IN THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Transformiruiushchiesia muzhskoi i zhenskii teatral’nye...](/pictures/thumb/866.jpg?v=1573088500)
Moscow: MKhAT SSSR im. M. Gor’kogo, 1948. 55 pp.: ill. Tear of p.53-54 (text is not not affected), some scratches of back cover and minor soiling of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare. This late 1940s manual for theatrical costume designers..... More