![SPRS rupnecibas izbuve [i.e. New Dots on the Map of USSR]. G. Ostroglazovs](/pictures/thumb/692.png?v=1559611397)
Riga: Jauna kultura, 1934. 202, [6] pp. 22x15 cm. Original cardboard binding, near fine condition. Book design by Solomon Teligator (1903-1969) and I.Tsarevich. The first and only Latvian edition. The interesting photobook that was produced in Riga after the Russian original title that came out in Moscow in Molodaya... More about SPRS rupnecibas izbuve [i.e. New Dots on the Map of USSR
![Sovetskoe foto [i.e. The Soviet Photo]. #10, 1927](/pictures/thumb/689.png?v=1559607646)
Moscow: Ogoniok, 1927. 291-318 pp. 26x18,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Rust on the staples otherwise very good. One of 14000 copies printed. Very rare. The famous issue of the periodical showing Rodchenko’s photo ‘Mat’ [i.e. The Mother] on the front cover. Makarov’s article ‘Elements of the photographic picture’..... More about Sovetskoe foto [i.e. The Soviet Photo]. #10, 1927
![CONSTRUCTIVIST CLASSICS] Kino-Fot [i.e. Film Photo]. Issue #2 of only 6](/pictures/thumb/686.png?v=1559604214)
8-15 of September, 1922. St. Petersburg: Kino-Fot, 1922. 16 pp.: phot.,. 28x22 cm. Original photomontage wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko who used his wife Varvara Stepanova’s photomontage which juxtaposed a photo of Charlie Chaplin with photos of industrial objects. Very good. A few tears on the spine, rust on the staples... More about CONSTRUCTIVIST CLASSICS] Kino-Fot [i.e. Film Photo]. Issue #2 of only 6
![KLUTSIS’ DECLARATION ON PHOTOMONTAGE] Izofront: Klassovaia bor’ba na fronte...](/pictures/thumb/663.png?v=1558566022)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1931. [2], 162 pp. 17x13 cm. In original cardboards and original dust jacket, both with constructivist design. In a very good condition. Few minor tears of dust jacket, some soiling of covers and minor rusty stains on the inner margins. First and only edition. One of... More about KLUTSIS’ DECLARATION ON PHOTOMONTAGE] Izofront: Klassovaia bor’ba na fronte...
![AVANT-GARDE CIRCUS] Tsirk i estrada [i.e. The Circus and Stage](/pictures/thumb/657.png?v=1558558577)
#1, 3, 5 for 1926; #20 for 1927; #5, 7, 16 for 1928. Overall 7 issues. Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1926-1928. 26x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Tears of the spine (#3, 16, 20), Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover (#3, both #5), a few spots. Very... More about AVANT-GARDE CIRCUS] Tsirk i estrada [i.e. The Circus and Stage
![FOR THE DESIGNERS OF THE NEW SOCIALIST BOOK] Poligraficheskoe oformlenie massovoi knigi [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/575.jpg?v=1547730806)
Moscow: Gos. izdatelstvo legkoi promyshlennosti, 1932. 146, [2] pp.: ill. 20x13 cm. In original wrappers. Small fragments of spine lost, pale foxing occasionally and previous owner’s stamp on t.p., otherwise very good. First and only edition. Rare. One of 5200 copies. Constructivist anonymous design. This book is a kind... More about FOR THE DESIGNERS OF THE NEW SOCIALIST BOOK] Poligraficheskoe oformlenie massovoi knigi [i.e....
![RODCHENKO DESIGN] Ob agit- i proz-iskusstve [i.e. On Agitation and Production Art]. B. I. Arvatov](/pictures/thumb/559.jpg?v=1547034334)
Moscow: Federatsia, 1930. 224 pp. 17x13 cm. In original card boards. Very good, fragile spine with half of it missing, some rubbing and small losses of the extremities of the covers, a couple of underlinings in the text (pencil), traces of damp stain near the spine on the front and... More about RODCHENKO DESIGN] Ob agit- i proz-iskusstve [i.e. On Agitation and Production Art
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2018. 312 pp.: ill. 29,5x21,5 cm. This amply illustrated reference book on Georgian book design in the 1920s and ’30s is based on a broadly representative private collection of a hundred works. It traces the main trends and developments in Georgian book design at... More about New Georgian Book Design, 1920s-30s
![BOOK DESIGN BY SOLOMON TELINGATER] Napostovsky svistok: Stikhi i epigrammy [i.e. Post Whistle:...](/pictures/thumb/500.jpg?v=1533142567)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1932. [42] pp.: ill. 20x12 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Very good, loss of the spine, covers rubbed, illustrated bookplate on the front pastedown (from the collection of O.S. Kuzmy). First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. A rare poetry book by satire poet Sergei Shvetsov... More about BOOK DESIGN BY SOLOMON TELINGATER] Napostovsky svistok: Stikhi i epigrammy [i.e. Post Whistle:...
![SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ya, vy i on: Roman iz zhizni shankhaiskikh emigrantov [i.e. Me, You and...](/pictures/thumb/499.jpg?v=1533142331)
Shanghai: 1930. [6], 317 pp. 13x9 cm. In original illustrated wrappers by A.A. Yaron. Very good/near ne condition. The spine is very carefully fixed. Extremely rare. First and only edition. Lev Grosse (1906-1950), writer and son of Viktor Grosse (1869-1931), Russian diplomat, one of the active members of the... More about SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ya, vy i on: Roman iz zhizni shankhaiskikh emigrantov [i.e. Me, You and...
![SOVIET ‘ELITE’ SCHOOL] Radishchevka nashikh dnei [i.e. Radishchevka of Our Days]. B. Slivkin,...](/pictures/thumb/498.jpg?v=1533141777)
Moscow: Uchgiz-Narkompros RSFSR, 1931. 124 pp.: ill. 22x16 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, foxing of the wrappers and endpapers. First and only edition. Very rare. One of 5000 copies. This book is written by two former students of the Radishchevka - the A.N. Radishchev model school... More about SOVIET ‘ELITE’ SCHOOL] Radishchevka nashikh dnei [i.e. Radishchevka of Our Days
![UKRAINIAN VKHUTEIN] Mistetsko-tehknichniy VYSH. Zbirnyk kievskogo hudozhnogo institutu [i.e. Art...](/pictures/thumb/475.jpg?v=1528816530)
Volume 1 [and only]. Kiev: KHI, 1928. 75, [3] pp. 30x23 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Spine is restored, mild foxing of the rear wrapper. Wrappers designed by the leader of Kazan avant-garde Illarion Pleshchinskiy (1892-1961). Extremely rare. One of 750 copies printed. Not found in the Worldcat... More about UKRAINIAN VKHUTEIN] Mistetsko-tehknichniy VYSH. Zbirnyk kievskogo hudozhnogo institutu [i.e. Art...
![WOMAN WALKS] Zhenshchina idet / Per. s nemetskogo M.S. Zhivova [i.e. A Woman Walks / Translated...](/pictures/thumb/348.jpg?v=1513337133)
Moscow: Izd-vo MOPR SSSR, 1929. 30, [2] pp. 17x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers designed by V. Dobrovol’sky. Fine, uncut. Soviet bookshop’s stamp and small pen mark on the rear wrapper. Titled ‘‘A Woman Walks’’ this book with a fierce woman on the cover includes two short stories about..... More about WOMAN WALKS] Zhenshchina idet / Per. s nemetskogo M.S. Zhivova [i.e. A Woman Walks / Translated...
![NEW TYPE OF THEATRE FOR A NEW SOVIET MAN] Moskovsky dramatichesky teatr imeni MGSPS:...](/pictures/thumb/296.jpg?v=1500468355)
Moscow: MGSPS, [1926]. [32] pp.: ill., port. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated constructivist wrappers. Tear of the spine, wrappers are slightly detached from the text block, loss of the small fragment of the front wrapper (restored with paper) and of the back wrapper, Soviet bookshop’s stamp and price written in... More about NEW TYPE OF THEATRE FOR A NEW SOVIET MAN] Moskovsky dramatichesky teatr imeni MGSPS:...
![ART EXHIBITION ON MOSCOW STREETS] Moskva 1 maia 1933 [i.e. Moscow on the 1st of May of 1933](/pictures/thumb/292.jpg?v=1500466902)
[Moscow]: Tsentr. pervomaiskaya khudozh, podkomissia Mossoveta, [1933]. 48 pp. 17,5x12,5 cm. In original constructivist-style wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine, diagonal crease of the upper part of the back cover and a few pages. One of 3000 copies. First and only edition. Rare. This edition is... More about ART EXHIBITION ON MOSCOW STREETS] Moskva 1 maia 1933 [i.e. Moscow on the 1st of May of 1933
![EXPERIMENTAL THEATER GOES ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Gosudarstvenny teatr imeni Vs. Meierholda....](/pictures/thumb/285.jpg?v=1494864249)
Moscow: 1927. 32 pp.: ill., port. 26x17,5 cm. Without a wrapper, pencil signature on the title page. Otherwise very good. Very rare. This prospectus is dedicated to the summer tour of 1927 of the Meyerhold Theatre. It includes portraits of the company, e.g. Vsevolod Meyerhold, Igor Il’insky, Zinaida... More about EXPERIMENTAL THEATER GOES ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Gosudarstvenny teatr imeni Vs. Meierholda....
![EXPERIMENTAL THEATER GOES ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Moskovsky gosudarstvenny kamerny teatr....](/pictures/thumb/284.jpg?v=1494863997)
Moscow: 1928. 30, [2] pp.; ill., facs., port. 26x17,5 cm. In original wrappers. Damp stain on the side margin of the front cover and few pages. Otherwise very good. Very rare. With many black and white photographs of productions and set designs. This prospectus is dedicated to the summer... More about EXPERIMENTAL THEATER GOES ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Moskovsky gosudarstvenny kamerny teatr....
![AVANT-GARDE CINEMA] Chelovek i kino: Estetiko-sotsiologicheskii etiud [i.e. Mankind and...](/pictures/thumb/283.jpg?v=1494863494)
Moscow: Kino-izdatelstvo RSFSR Kinopechat, 1927. 112 pp. 13,5 x 17,5 cm. Original illustrated photomontage wrappers. Tiny tears of the spine, Georgian stamp on the title page ‘From books of Nico Mitsishvili’. Otherwise very good. Very rare. First and only edition. One of 3500 copies. The constructivist edition by Mikhail... More about AVANT-GARDE CINEMA] Chelovek i kino: Estetiko-sotsiologicheskii etiud [i.e. Mankind and...
![SOVIET FILM ART] Kollezhskii registrator [i.e. The Stationmaster](/pictures/thumb/282.jpg?v=1494863214)
Moscow: Mezhrabpom- Rus’, 1925. 16 pp.: ill., photographs. 30,5х22,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers by I. Bograd. Near fine. Some soiling and slightly rubbed spine. One of 15000. This edition is dedicated to the Soviet silent film which came out in 1925. Scenes from the film with captions followed... More about SOVIET FILM ART] Kollezhskii registrator [i.e. The Stationmaster
A collection of rare survivals of the time - small fragile brochures with ‘film librettos’, actors’ biographies, and articles. The 1920s was the decade of the New Economic Policy in the USSR, when a relaxation of state control of some industries gave people a taste of mini-capitalism within the..... More about SOVIET CINEMA IN 1920s
![INDUSTRIAL ART] Katalog Peredvizhnoi vystavki: Zhivopis’, risunok, grafika, tekstil’ [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/270.jpg?v=1492003319)
Moscow: Khudozhnik, 1931. 31 pp., 23 ill. 17x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Few tears of the spine, few pages with pale damp stain. Otherwise very good. Scarce. One of 6000 copies. A very distinctive evidence of an interesting time in Soviet Russia’s art history - industrial art exhibition... More about INDUSTRIAL ART] Katalog Peredvizhnoi vystavki: Zhivopis’, risunok, grafika, tekstil’ [i.e....
![RODCHENKO’S PHOTOMONTAGES] Razgovor s fininspektorom o poezii / Oblozhka i montazh A. Rodchenko...](/images/noimage.png)
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1926. 14 pp., 1 ill. 17x13 cm. Original wrappers with constructivist photomontage. Wrappers slightly rubbed, faded bookshop’s stamp and pen marks on the back cover, spine is rubbed with a small tear at the bottom and rusty staple. Otherwise a very good, clean and sound copy. First... More about RODCHENKO’S PHOTOMONTAGES] Razgovor s fininspektorom o poezii / Oblozhka i montazh A. Rodchenko...
![IN THE HEART OF CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ezhegodnik MAO. #5. (Yubileinyi vypusk) [i.e. Yearbook of Moscow...](/pictures/thumb/230.jpg?v=1485604651)
Moscow: Izd-vo Moskovskogo Arkhitekturnogo Obshchestva, 1928. VIII, 135, [6] pp.: ills., photographs, plans. 33х26 cm. In original wrappers and illustrated dust-wrapper. Very good. Front cover not attached to the text block and the spine, tiny tears of the top and bottom of the spine, spots, tears and losses of the... More about IN THE HEART OF CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ezhegodnik MAO. #5. (Yubileinyi vypusk) [i.e. Yearbook of Moscow...
![GEORGIAN CONSTRUCTIVIST COVER] Plamia [i.e. The Flame. The Supplement to Zarya Vostoka](/pictures/thumb/172.jpg?v=1483913421)
Tbilisi: Zarya Vostoka, 1924. No. 5. 24 pp.: ill. 32x24 cm. Original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. A very good copy with light rubbing of the wrappers. On the rear wrapper Constructivist in Rodchenko style photomontage advertisement with a poem agitating to subscribe to 'Zarya Vostoka' [i.e. The Day-spring of The East]... More about GEORGIAN CONSTRUCTIVIST COVER] Plamia [i.e. The Flame. The Supplement to Zarya Vostoka
![SOVIET CRITICS OF USA IN 1930] Sovremennaya Amerika [i.e. Modern America]. A. G. Lebedenko, A.,...](/pictures/thumb/146.jpg?v=1475057390)
Leningrad: Krasnaya gazeta, 1929. 100 pp.: ill. 17х13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restoration of the spine, previous owner's ink stamp on the title page, margin of p.65 is cut off (the text is not affected). Cover design by Georgy Fitingof (1905-1975), Soviet artist and illustrator well known... More about SOVIET CRITICS OF USA IN 1930] Sovremennaya Amerika [i.e. Modern America