![EARLY SOVIET CATALOGUE OF COLOURS] Kolernaia knizhka [i.e. The Book of Colours](/pictures/thumb/778.jpg?v=1563928172)
Moscow: Izd. khudozhestvenno-aerograficheskoi proektnoi masterskoi tresta ‘Mosspetsstroi’, 1939. 40 pp., 124 colored leaves cut in half. 10x13 cm. In blue cloth with silver lettering on the front cover. Pale stamp of private library on the t.p., otherwise very good. Second edition. One of 5500 copies. Extremely rare... More about EARLY SOVIET CATALOGUE OF COLOURS] Kolernaia knizhka [i.e. The Book of Colours
![GEORGIAN HAND-MADE STUDENT BOOK] Zoopark. Nabliudeniya zhirafa [i.e. The Zoo. The observations...](/pictures/thumb/768.jpg?v=1563926377)
Tiflis: Stroitelniy tekhnikum, 1937. [16] pp. 11,5x7,5 cm. Near fine condition. Illustrated throughout in color. 1 copy created. The bright example of students’ folklore, created in Georgian Building Academy as a token for graduation, for the class of 1933-1937. The whole class is pictured as animals from... More about GEORGIAN HAND-MADE STUDENT BOOK] Zoopark. Nabliudeniya zhirafa [i.e. The Zoo. The observations...
![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 about GUDIASHVILI AS CONSTRUCTIVIST] Gruzii poety i pisateli SSSR [i.e. To Georgia! The poets and...
![KRUCHYONYKH ON MAYAKOVSKY AND ILIAZD IN 1918] Kuranty. #1, 1918 [The Chants] / edited by Boris...](/pictures/thumb/766.jpg?v=1563925966)
Tiflis: Phoenix, 1918. 24 pp.: ill. 22x18 cm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. The Chants was the periodical of the group known as ‘The Fantastic Tavern’. It was edited by Korneev, included the articles and poems by Tatiana Vechyorka, Yuri Degen, Alexei Kruchyonykh. It’s known that both Terentiev... More about KRUCHYONYKH ON MAYAKOVSKY AND ILIAZD IN 1918] Kuranty. #1, 1918 [The Chants] / edited by Boris...
![THE SHORT-LIVED ARTISTIC CLUB IN TIFLIS] Pavliniy khvost [i.e. The Tail of Peacock] / words...](/pictures/thumb/765.jpg?v=1563925222)
Tiflis, [1918]. 1 leaf. 36x15 cm. Folded in four. The contemporary pencil notes suggest that the leaflet was in use during the meetings of the club. The emblem of the peacock by Boris Ryabov, the art critic and the historian of architecture. The leaflet includes the ‘March of... More about THE SHORT-LIVED ARTISTIC CLUB IN TIFLIS] Pavliniy khvost [i.e. The Tail of Peacock] / words...
![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 about SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst...
![VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e. Menacing...](/pictures/thumb/749.jpg?v=1563920659)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1932. [1], 79 pp.: ill. 25х22 сm. In original constructivist cardboards and dust jacket, both with red and black lettering. Dust jacket is slightly restored, but generally in very good / near fine condition. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Extremely rare in this condition. Brilliant... More about VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e. Menacing...
![FAR EAST CONSTRUCTIVISM] Gorbusha i ee promysel [i.e. Pink Salmon Fishing]. D. Taliev](/pictures/thumb/748.jpg?v=1563920503)
Vladivostok: Dal'kraiotdelenie, 1931. 62 pp.: ill. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers repaired, small tears of the spine, some soiling, a part of upper outer blank corners cut, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Contrasting orange and black cover design is made in the... More about FAR EAST CONSTRUCTIVISM] Gorbusha i ee promysel [i.e. Pink Salmon Fishing
![ORIENTAL RODCHENKO] Soume Scheng. Kitayanka Sume-Cheng [i.e. Soume Cheng, the Chinese](/pictures/thumb/747.jpg?v=1563919747)
Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1929. 149 pp.: ill. Original illustrated wrappers. Uncut. Very good condition. Stamps of the ‘GIZ archive’ with ‘withdrawn’ stamp over it. First and only edition. Construction of the book by Alexander Rodchenko. He was also responsible for the choice of the photographs. The book... More about ORIENTAL RODCHENKO] Soume Scheng. Kitayanka Sume-Cheng [i.e. Soume Cheng, the Chinese
![PHOTOMONTAGE ON JIMMIE HIGGINS] Dzhimmi Khiggins [i.e. Jimmie Higgins]. U. Sinclair](/pictures/thumb/746.jpg?v=1563919648)
Moscow: TsK Soiuza Textil’shchikov, 1928. 110, [2] pp. 22x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Repaired spine, otherwise very good. Very rare imprint of the Russian edition. Striking photomontage on the front cover produced by A. Romanov combining the face of a British gentleman and some buildings that... More about PHOTOMONTAGE ON JIMMIE HIGGINS] Dzhimmi Khiggins [i.e. Jimmie Higgins
![BORIS GRIGORIEV AND VASILY KAMENSKY] Zemlianka [i.e. The Mud Hut]. V. Kamensky](/pictures/thumb/745.jpg?v=1563919459)
St. Petersburg: Obshhestvennaia pol'za, 1911. 172 pp.: ill. 21,5×17,5 cm. In illustrated wrappers, the original front cover preserved. Restored, some soiling, otherwise good. First edition. Very rare. Cover design and illustrations produced by Boris Grigoriev (1886-1939), the Russian painter and graphic artist whose style was a compromise... More about BORIS GRIGORIEV AND VASILY KAMENSKY] Zemlianka [i.e. The Mud Hut
![LINOCUTS] Gazetnaya graviura na linoleume [i.e. Newspaper Linocut]. P. N. Staronosov](/pictures/thumb/744.jpg?v=1563918744)
Moscow: tipo-laboratoriya VKIZH, 1935. 42 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 15x11 cm. In illustrated wrappers. Very good. Damp stains on the wrappers. First and only edition. One of 6000 copies. All illustrations are linocuts. From the series “Small Library of Editor”. Another manual on “how to do something” from... More about LINOCUTS] Gazetnaya graviura na linoleume [i.e. Newspaper Linocut
![CARICATURE AND CARTOONS AS PROPAGANDA TOOL] Karikatura na sluzhbu urozhaiu [i.e. Satirical...](/pictures/thumb/743.jpg?v=1563918266)
Moscow: Krokodil, 1934. 40 pp.: ill. 13x17,5 cm. In original illustrated stapled wrappers. Very good. Wrappers detached, small tears of wrappers, some rust on staple. First and only edition. One of 15000 copies. From the series “Library of Editor of Political Department”. Detailed and illustrated manual for editors and... More about CARICATURE AND CARTOONS AS PROPAGANDA TOOL] Karikatura na sluzhbu urozhaiu [i.e. Satirical...
![INK DRAWING FOR WORKERS’ CLUB] Risunok perom i kist’iu : posobie dlia izo-kruzhkov i...](/pictures/thumb/742.jpg?v=1563917675)
Moscow: zdatel’stvo Assotsiatsii Khudozhnikov Revoliutsii, 1930. 48 pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with constructivist design. Tears and small losses of the spine, otherwise very good. Second edition. Very rare. This is a manual for artists of the worker’s clubs and reading rooms, the main... More about INK DRAWING FOR WORKERS’ CLUB] Risunok perom i kist’iu : posobie dlia izo-kruzhkov i...
![MEZZOTINT] Glubokaya pechat’: Metso-tinto [i.e. Intaglio Printing: Mezzotint]. S. V. Efremov](/pictures/thumb/741.jpg?v=1563917522)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1928. 116 pp.: ill., 5 pl. 20x14 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, small tears of the wrappers and spine. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Mezzotint plates printed on flat machine of Kempe factory with tints from Poligraf trest. A beautifully executed... More about MEZZOTINT] Glubokaya pechat’: Metso-tinto [i.e. Intaglio Printing: Mezzotint
![ABC OF TECHNICAL DRAWING] Chertezhnik-illiustrator. Kak illiustrirovat’ tekhnicheskiie knigi...](/pictures/thumb/740.jpg?v=1563917337)
Kharkiv: Ukr. nauchnoie izdatel’stvo, 1928. 42 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, tears of the spine, small fragments of covers lost. One of 5000 copies. Rare. This is an early Soviet manual on the technical drawing that was issued in the... More about ABC OF TECHNICAL DRAWING] Chertezhnik-illiustrator. Kak illiustrirovat’ tekhnicheskiie knigi...
![GASTEV ON THE NEW WORLD] Industrialnyi mir [i.e. The Industrial World]. A. Gastev](/pictures/thumb/734.jpg?v=1563915113)
Kharkiv: Nasha mysl’, 1919. 79, [3] pp. Abstract wrapper designed by Nikolay Kalmykov (1896-1951). Wrapper is restored, but generally in very good condition. First and only edition. One of the key works by the founder of Proletkult, avant-garde poet, revolutionary and labor theoretician Alexei Gastev (1882-1939)... More about GASTEV ON THE NEW WORLD] Industrialnyi mir [i.e. The Industrial World
![ART WORKERS’ UNION] Khudozhnik: Ezhemesyachnyi informftsionnyi biulleten’ Vserossiiskogo...](/pictures/thumb/733.jpg?v=1563914751)
Moscow, 1931-1935. April, 1931 [under the title “Biulleten’ Vserossiiskogo Kooperativnogo Tovarishchestva ‘Khudozhnik’ ”]. 50, [2] pp.: ill., 3 pl. 26x17,5 cm. One of 2000 copies. Fine. In publisher’s wrappers. June, 1932 [under the title “Biulleten’ Vserossiiskogo Kooperativnogo Tovarishchestva ‘Khudozhnik’ ”]. 60 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 26x17,5 cm. One of..... More about ART WORKERS’ UNION] Khudozhnik: Ezhemesyachnyi informftsionnyi biulleten’ Vserossiiskogo...
![IZORAM] Izo rabochei molodezhi Leningrada: (Katalog) [i.e. The Art of Leningrad's...](/pictures/thumb/732.jpg?v=1563914392)
Moscow: Tretiakov Gallery, 1929. 68, [3] pp.: ill. 16х14 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine, former owner’s bookplate on the verso of the front wrapper, occasional pencil markings in the text, pale damp stain on the top and bottom margin near the spine on a.... More about IZORAM] Izo rabochei molodezhi Leningrada: (Katalog) [i.e. The Art of Leningrad's...
![ART & LEISURE] I. Iskusstvo i otdykh; II. O rezhime ekonomii v khudozhestvennom trude [i.e. Art...](/pictures/thumb/731.jpg?v=1563914137)
Moscow: Proletkul’t, 1927. 63, [1] pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated constructivist styled wrappers. Very good, some pages uncut. Small tears of the spine, some slight erosion of the staples, stamp on non-existent library on t.p., stamp “For review” on t.p. First and only edition. One of 1500 copies..... More about ART & LEISURE] I. Iskusstvo i otdykh; II. O rezhime ekonomii v khudozhestvennom trude [i.e....
![ART IN REGIONS] Ekskursionnaya grafika [i.e. The Excursion Graphics]. A. Arkhangelskiy](/pictures/thumb/730.jpg?v=1563913916)
Ulianovsk: Got-tipolit. #1, 1926. 28 pp. 22x15 cm. One of 1200 copies printed. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Very rare. No copies found in the Worldcat. First and only edition. An interesting example of the provincial printing, that gives us the inside into the art education process. Ulianovsk... More about ART IN REGIONS] Ekskursionnaya grafika [i.e. The Excursion Graphics
![THE LEFT FRONT: RODCHENKO AND GAN] Reviziya Levogo Fronta v sovremennom russkom iskusstve [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/729.jpg?v=1563913592)
Moscow: Vserossiiskii proletkult, 1925. 147 pp.: ill. In Constructivist publisher's wrappers. Very good, restoration of the spine, loss of the fragment of p.82 (small damage to the text). First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. Not only a great example of constructivist book design but also a.... More about THE LEFT FRONT: RODCHENKO AND GAN] Reviziya Levogo Fronta v sovremennom russkom iskusstve [i.e....
![ART AND PEOPLE] Iskusstvo i narod / Sbornik pod red. Konstanina Erberga [i.e. Art and People /...](/pictures/thumb/728.jpg?v=1563913375)
St. Petersburg: Kolos, 1922. 229, [2] pp.: ill. 25x19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the wrappers, cracks of the spine. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First edition. One of 1200 copies. Very rare. Wrappers, logo, headpieces and endpieces by K.S. Petrov-Vodkin. Collection of articles and essays... More about ART AND PEOPLE] Iskusstvo i narod / Sbornik pod red. Konstanina Erberga [i.e. Art and People /...
![TURNING POINT OF THE SOVIET ART] Rekonstruktivnyi period i obsluzhivanie mass iskusstvom [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/683.png?v=1558660964)
Moscow: Uchpedgiz, 1932. 40 pp. 21x15 cm. In original constructivist styled wrappers. Previous owner’s signature on the front cover and drawing on the back cover, occasional marks and underlines, light vertical crease of the book, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Extremely... More about TURNING POINT OF THE SOVIET ART] Rekonstruktivnyi period i obsluzhivanie mass iskusstvom [i.e....
![ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOVIET ART] Knizhnaia i stankovaia grafika za 15 let [i.e. Book and Easel...](/pictures/thumb/682.png?v=1558660566)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1933. 127 pp.: ill. In original printed wrappers. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Rare. This is small but important book overviews all art movements and career of their members for the first 15 years of Soviet state. An art... More about ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOVIET ART] Knizhnaia i stankovaia grafika za 15 let [i.e. Book and Easel...