![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 #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 #1403 [UKRAINIAN THEATER] V maskakh epokhy: Iosyp Hirniak [i.e. In Masks of an Epoch: Iosyp...](/pictures/thumb/1403.jpg?v=1658796509)
[Germany]: Ukraina, 1948. 107, [2] pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, small tears of the edges (some repaired with tape), small fragments of the spine lost (one repaired with a tape), some soiling, ink signature on the title page, otherwise very good. In Ukrainian. Very..... More
![Item #1384 [A SOVIET AGITATIONAL PLAY] ROST [i.e. GROWTH]. A. Glebov](/pictures/thumb/1384.jpg?v=1658495563)
Moscow: Tea-kino-pechat’, 1927. 112 pp.: ill. 18x13,5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated avant-garde cardboards by Roman Usov. Spine repaired, light soiling of the back cover, Soviet public club’s stamps and marks on the title page, p. 17, and p. 112. Otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of..... More
![Item #1206 [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
![Item #1205 [ANALYSIS OF SOLOMON MIKHOELS’ CREATIVE PATH] Mikhoels: Tvorcheskiy put’ nar....](/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
![Item #1167 [EARLY RUSSIAN THEATRE IN GEORGIA] Svad’ba. Komediya-vodevil’ v 2-kh deystviyakh...](/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
![Item #1166 [ANTI-CAPITALIST COMEDY] Bog i birzha: Sb. revolyuts. p’yes [i.e. God and The...](/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
![Item #1147 [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
![Item #1135 [FORMING UKRAINIAN THEATER] Suchasnyi Ukrayins’kyi teatr : Zbirka stattiv [i.e....](/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
![Item #1125 [A TEXTBOOK FOR STUDENTS OF SOVIET ART INSTITUTES] Tekhnika stseny [i.e. Stage...](/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
![Item #1084 [MAKEUP FOR AMATEUR THEATRE] Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo po grimu dlia kruzhkov...](/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
![Item #1021 [EXPERIMENTAL YEARS OF THE UKRAINIAN DRAMA THEATRE] Desiat’ rokiv odes’kogo...](/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..... 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
![Item #929 [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
![Item #904 [ODESSA AVANT-GARDE STAGE] Odes’kii Derzhavnii teatr opery ta baletu: Sezon 1929-30...](/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
![Item #898 [STAGE IMAGINATION BEATS REALITY] Tvorcheskii metod teatra. Dialektika tvorcheskogo...](/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
![Item #892 [SOVIET ORATORY] Masterstvo chtetsa: Teoriia i metodika khudozhestvennogo chteniia...](/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
![Item #891 [ORIGINS OF THE SOVIET CHILDREN'S THEATRE] Pinokkio / Moskovskii teatr dlia detei...](/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
![Item #866 [EXPERIMENTS IN THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN] Transformiruiushchiesia muzhskoi i zhenskii...](/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
![Item #865 [A MANIFESTO OF THE PROLETARIAN THEATRE] Osnovnyye zadachi teatral’nogo rukovodstva:...](/pictures/thumb/865.jpg?v=1573088087)
[Moscow]: Ogiz - Gos. izdvo khud. lit-ry, 1931. 44 pp. 16,6x11,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. First edition. Scarce. This report provides a valuable insight into the process of reformation that the Soviet avant-garde theatre was compelled to go through in the early 1930s. The 4th..... More
![Item #822 [TO DIRECTOR OF AMATEUR THEATRE] Rezhisser-zateinik [i.e. Entertaining Director]. G....](/pictures/thumb/822.jpg?v=1567064083)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1930. 80 pp.: ill. 19,5x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Some tears of the spine, covers repaired, several ink and color pencil marks, old stamps on t.p. and the last page, small tear of p. 63-64. This is striking instructions for leaders of the village artistic sections to..... More
![Item #820 [HERITAGE OF DIRECTOR VAKHTANGOV] Muzei-komnata E.B. Vakhtangova. Katalog [i.e. Museum...](/pictures/thumb/820.jpg?v=1660908430)
Moscow: Izdanie museia teatra im. Evg. Vakhtangova, 1937. [18] pp., 7 ills. 16,5x12 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed and soiled, some stains on the margins and ink signature on half-title. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies printed. Very rare. This catalogue is dedicated to museum of..... More
![Item #813 [COSTUME DESIGN GUIDE FOR CLUBS] Kostium na stsene: Rukovodstvo dlia dramkruzhkov...](/pictures/thumb/813.jpg?v=1567062177)
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
![Item #802 [CRAFT OF THE THEATRE ARTIST] ekhnika teatral’noi zhivopisi [i.e. Technique of...](/pictures/thumb/802.jpg?v=1567053845)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In original cardboards. Faded, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Richly illustrated with woodcuts by N. Proskuriakov. This manual concentrated advice compiled by an artist of Moscow Art Theatre, Ivan Gremislavsky (1886-1954). Through this theatre, he provided..... More