![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
![HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE GROUPS] Khudozhestvennye gruppirovki za poslednie 25 let [i.e. Art...](/pictures/thumb/983.png?v=1591795092)
Moscow: Khud. izd. akts. o-vo AKhR, 1930. 148 pp. 19x13 cm. Publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. Viktor Lobanov (1885-1970), art critic and writer. He often wrote articles in the periodicals about artists, exhibitions, articles for catalogs of art..... More
![THE GENIUS AND THE BUTCHER] Stalin. Zhivopis’. Plakat. Grafika. Skulptura [i.e. Stalin. Fine...](/pictures/thumb/936.jpg?v=1582644131)
Moscow: OGIZ, IZOGIZ, 1934. [66] pp. 34x35 cm. Publisher’s cloth binding. Each illustration is supplied with the tissue paper, all present. Copy from the smaller part of the print run with the publisher’s blank dust wrapper preserved and Stalin’s silhouette printed in silver on the frontispiece and Stalin’s signature printed..... More
![RODCHENKO] Den Shi-Khua: Bio-interv’iu [i.e. Tan Shih-hua: A Bio-Interview]. S. Tretyakov](/pictures/thumb/915.jpg?v=1580220409)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1930. 392 pp.: ill. 21,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Good. Tears and small losses of the spine, soiling, some pages detached from block, tears and small fragments of margins lost occasionally, ink note on p. 37. Second edition. One of 7500 copies. Very rare... More
![ROSTA WINDOWS]. B. Zemenkov](/pictures/thumb/911.jpg?v=1580219533)
Udarnoe iskusstvo okon satiry [i.e. Striking Art of Satirical Windows]. Moscow: Khudozhestvennoe izdatel’skoe aktsionernoe obshchestvo AKhR, 1930. 104 pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Slightly bumped and chipped, signature on half-title, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Cover design by..... More
![LEFTIST EPIC POEM ABOUT RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS] Ulialaevshchina: Epopeia [i.e. Ulialaev Adventure:...](/pictures/thumb/897.jpg?v=1576163229)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 160 pp. 18,5x12,5 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering on front cover and spine, with original dust jacket with letterpress design by unknown artist. Dust jacket occasionally repaired, with tears and small losses of edges, but book is in fine condition. Second, revised and..... More
![LITTLE-KNOWN DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Vestnik silikatnoi promyshlennosti [i.e. Herald of Silicate...](/pictures/thumb/890.jpg?v=1576160377)
Moscow, 1923. 86, 93-106, 111-112 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Uncut. Restored, pale, blurred stamps and pale water stains, otherwise very good and clean copy. An apology letter from the editorial board informs readers that, due to the mistake of printer, p. 87-92, 107-110 had been..... More
![DESIGN BY RUVIM MAZE] Organizuy samogo sebya [i.e. Organize Yourself]. P. Kerzhentsev](/pictures/thumb/883.jpg?v=1576156982)
Moscow: [Molodaya gvardiya], 1925. 96pp.: tables. 20.3x14.3 sm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers by Ruvim Mazel (1890-1967). In good condition. Loss of the small fragment at the lower right corner of the front wrapper, tears of the spine, foxing. Second enlarged edition. First edition published in 1923. Scarce. Wrapper..... More
![HOW WE MAY COMPREHEND A MOTIO] Motornaia odarennost’ [i.e. Motor Сapability]. N. Ozeretskii](/pictures/thumb/882.jpg?v=1576156117)
Moscow: Tsentral’nyi institut truda, 1924. 28 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Issue from series ‘Orga-Biblioteka TsIT’. Early work of Central Labor Institute (1920-1939) that was established for demonstrating and propaganda of principles of..... More
![THEORY OF PHOTOMONTAGE] Iskusstvo dnia [i.e. The Art of the Day. What to Know In Order to Make a...](/pictures/thumb/855.jpg?v=1573081413)
Moscow: Vserossiyskiy proletkult, 1925. 135, [2] pp. 22x15 cm. Original publisher’s cover. Covers restored, bookstore stamp on back cover, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. The program work by art critic Nikolay Tarabukin (1889-1956), one of the ideologists of Proletkult, who at the..... More
![O Lenine [i.e. On Lenin]. Stalin J](/pictures/thumb/847.png?v=1569971749)
Moscow: Partizdat, 1935. 74, [2] pp.: ill. 26,5x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards with gilt lettering. Covers rubbed and slightly soiled, otherwise very good and internally clean. Second edition. One of 10000 copies printed. Design by Alexander Rodchenko who co-worked with his best collaborator and the art editor..... More
![CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...](/pictures/thumb/845.png?v=1569970811)
Leningrad: Leningradskaia Pravda, 1932. 80 pp.: ill. 15,5x23 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Near fine, neatly restored. One of 15000 copies. Extremely rare. One of the main books on constructivist architecture of Leningrad. The book is the lesser known masterpiece of constructivist design, with multiple photomontage..... More
![LISSITZKY] Vladimir Mayakovsky: (“Misteriia” ili “Buff”) [i.e. Vladimir Mayakovsky:...](/pictures/thumb/842.png?v=1569969212)
Berlin: Skify, 1922. 56 pp. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with letterpress design. Restored spine, copy faded, otherwise very good. First separate edition. A stunning letterpress design on the front cover was created by El Lissitzky in Berlin period. The crossword motif appeared on several book..... More
![MAYAKOVSKY’S CRY OF THE SOUL] Razgovor s fininspektorom o poezii [i.e. Conversation With A Tax...](/pictures/thumb/827.png?v=1569960326)
Tbilisi: Zakkniga, 1926. 14 pp., 1 ill. 17.6x13cm. In original photomontage wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko. Tear of the spine, four pages are detached, soviet bookselling stamps on the rear wrapper. Otherwise in a good condition. First edition. 1 of 5000 copies. An epitome of Mayakovsky’s inner struggle that had..... More
![GUDIASHVILI AS CONSTRUCTIVIST] Gruzii poety i pisateli SSSR [i.e. To Georgia! The poets and...](/pictures/thumb/767.jpg?v=1563926208)
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1931. XV, 160 pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good condition. Minor soiling. Partly uncut. 21,5x14,5 cm. 1 of 3000 copies printed. The collection of poetry and prose, gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Georgian Soviet Republic. All of the text is in..... More
![SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst...](/pictures/thumb/764.jpg?v=1563925079)
Moscow; Leningrad: IZOGIZ, 1932. 140 pp.: ills. 27x15 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Very good condition, spine is restored with fragments lacking. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Kuznetsova and Magidoon are responsible for the design of the book, as well as the design of many decorations for street celebrations..... More
Devushka s korobkoi [i.e. The Girl with a Hatbox]. Leningrad: Izd. kinoteatra ‘Gigant’, [1936]. Lithographed two-colored leaflet. 20,5x28 cm. Mint. One of 1200 copies. Extremely rare. This is an advertisement of Boris Barnet's film ‘The Girl with a Hatbox’ (1927) for showing it in the largest Soviet movie..... More
![MEZHRABPOMFILM] Kto ty takoi? [i.e. Who Are You?](/pictures/thumb/759.jpg?v=1563922374)
Leningrad: Tea-kino pechat’, 1927. Leaflet folded into thirds. 23x15,5 cm. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Constructivist design of leaflet was produced by Maxim Litvak (1898-1943), the Soviet graphic artist who created the posters of the silent films..... More
![THEATRE CONSTRUCTIVISM] Moskovskiy teatr Revolutsii [i.e. Moscow Theater of the Revolution....](/pictures/thumb/753.jpg?v=1563921502)
Moscow: Trudovoy Pechatnik, 1929. 19 pp.: ill. 25x17,5 cm. Original constructivist wrapper by Ilia Shlepianov (1900-1951). Occasional foxing, few places repaired with tape, otherwise good. The booklet is dedicated to the summer tour of the theatre, with performances in Baku, Tiflis, Erevan, Batumi, Odessa and Kiev. The..... More
Warsaw: PWN, 2018. 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 that time, and identifies the main artists involved. The book..... More
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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