![JEWISH RENAISSANCE] Graviury na derive [i.e. The Woodcuts] / text by I. Ioffe and E. Gollerbakh....](/pictures/thumb/1229.jpg?v=1617192959)
Leningrad: printed by the author, typography of the Academy of Arts, 1928. 47, [1] p. 24,5x18 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Few tears of the spine, otherwise in very good condition. First and only edition. One of 1200 copies. The book summarizes the works of Solomon Yudovin (1892-1954)..... More
![RARE EARLY DRAWINGS OF SOVIET TURKMENISTAN] [Collection of Twenty-One Pencil Drawings of...](/pictures/thumb/1202.jpg?v=1613995179)
September 1928. Twenty-one loose pencil drawings (two slightly coloured), including nineteen large ones ca. 18x27 cm (7 ¼ x 10 ¾ in), and two smaller ones, ca. 13,5x18 cm (5 ¼ x 7 in). All but four drawings with period pencil captions on recto or verso; ten additionally dated September..... 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
![FIGHTING FORMALIST ART] Formalizm v zhivopisi: 24 illustratsii [i.e. Formalism in Art. With 24...](/pictures/thumb/1108.jpg?v=1604438638)
Moscow: Vsekokhudozhnik, 1933. 87, [1] pp.: ill. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, chipped, some general soiling, pale water stains on covers, clean internally. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. This is not just another book on fighting ‘escapist’ formalism by accusing artists of the total ignoring..... More
![NEW SOVIET STYLE] Novyi stil’ [i.e. New Style]. I. Ioffe](/pictures/thumb/1107.jpg?v=1604438378)
Moscow; Leningrad: Izogiz, 1932. 156, [4] pp.: ill. 17,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, rubbed, tiny fragments of covers lost, partly restoration of spine and front cover. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. Jeremiah Ioffe (1891-1947), Soviet art historian and critic, belonged to a...... More
![IRANIAN ART AND ARCHEOLOGY] III Mezhdunarodnyy kongress po iranskomu iskusstvu i arkheologii:...](/pictures/thumb/1092.jpg?v=1604431141)
Moscow; Leningrad: Izd-vo Akad. nauk SSSR, 1939. XII, 302 pp., СХХIV ill.: ill. 34.6x27.2 cm. In original publisher’s full cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and the spine. Edges slightly bumped with the tear to the lower right edge of the front board, two last pages are slightly..... More
![BOOK PRINTED ON CLOTH] 300 let tomu nazad [i.e. Three Hundred Years Ago](/pictures/thumb/1049.jpg?v=1601548530)
Moscow: Trekhgornaya manufactura, 1913. [10] pp. 16x20 cm. Illustrated wrappers. Very good. One of 100 copies. An extremely rare example of cloth printing in pre-revolutionary Russia. To our knowledge one of only 4 such books produced by Trekhgornaya Manufactory at the time (two other being children’s books and..... More
![MASTER OF THE SOCIALIST REALISM] Deyneka. B. Nikiforov](/pictures/thumb/1016.jpg?v=1595852384)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1937. 121, [3] pp.: ill., 5 ills. 29,5x23 cm. In original cardboards with colored lettering. Very good, minor tear of the spine. Two pencil sketches on the front flyleaf. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. Rare. A richly illustrated and the earliest monograph on a leading..... More
![VKHUTEMAS AESTHETICS IN ARMENIA] Khorhrdayin Hayastani kerparvestě: 1922-1934 [i.e. The Art of...](/pictures/thumb/1015.jpg?v=1595852232)
Yerevan: Petakan Hratarakchutyun, 1934. [123] leaves. 26x18 cm. In original full cloth with colored lettering on the spine and emblem on the front cover. Front cover cracked from the inner side (restored), some foxing on the first pages, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of..... More
![ART OF THE PEOPLE] Iskusstvo narodov SSSR: Sbornik statei i materialov / GAKhN [i.e. Art of...](/pictures/thumb/1014.jpg?v=1595852053)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 160 pp.: ill. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Minor losses and tear of the spine, signature on t.p. otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. This is a collection of articles dedicated to the renaissance of national arts of..... More
![CUBO-FUTURISM IS EVERYWHERE] Noveishie techeniya v russkom iskusstve. Traditsii noveishego...](/pictures/thumb/1013.jpg?v=1595851885)
Leningrad: Izd. Gos. Russkogo muzeia, 1927. 14 pp. 18x14 cm. In original illustrated oversized wrappers. Slightly soiled, with minor tear of the spine, overwise very good. This is one of only two issues printed. Rare. The cover design features V. Tatlin’s work ‘Fishermen’. A fragile pamphlet praising Russian..... More
![BYT MANIFESTO] Iskusstvo bytovoi veshchi [i.e. The Art of The Everyday Object]. David Arkin](/pictures/thumb/1011.jpg?v=1595850345)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1932. 170, [3] pp. 21x15 cm. Original photomontage wrappers. Very good, spine is restored. Ex-library copy (the stamp ‘allowed for resale’ of Russian Public Historic Library). Original wrappers’ design by Solomon Telingater (1903-1969), in the composition included the pieces of furniture, drawings of children, abstract architectural elements, pieces..... More
![SOVIET CLASSIC OF COLOR SCIENCE] Еlementarnyi kurs tsvetovedeniia [i.e. Basics of Color...](/pictures/thumb/1000.jpg?v=1591803204)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1939. 132 pp.: ill., 10 ills. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original full cloth with lettering on front cover and spine. Very good, slightly rubbed and soiled, pencil marks occasionally. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Second, significantly revised edition of work by a classic of Soviet color..... 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
![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
![CONCEPTUALIST BULGAKOV] Zapiski na manzhetakh [i.e. Notes on the Cuffs]. M. Bulgakov](/pictures/thumb/910.jpg?v=1580219297)
New York: Serebriannyi vek, 1981. 117, [3] p.: ill. 19x12 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Pale stains occasionally, otherwise very good. First separate edition. Design was produced by Vagrich Bakhchianian (1938-2009), Armenian-American conceptualist artist, known for his provocative art, mocking the classical soviet images. He placed the title on the..... More
![VRUBEL IN RUSSIAN MUSEUM] M.A. Vrubel’ [i.e. M. Vrubel: [Catalogue]]. A. Ivanov](/pictures/thumb/908.jpg?v=1576166455)
Leningrad: Izdanie Gosudarstvennogo Russkogo muzeia, 1928. 76, [4] pp.: ill. Size. In original illustrated oversized wrappers. Tears of edges of oversized covers, pencil signature on t.p. was erased. One of 1500 copies. Rare. Catalogue of artworks by Mikhail Vrubel (1856-1910) located in the Russian State Museum. The book lists..... 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
1835. 16.5x22.6; 15.6x22.3cm. Two pencil drawings mounted on plain paper with date and title captioned in English. A very good condition. Unidentified artist (signature E.C. in the left bottom corner). Rare historical evidence of one of the most famous fires in the 19th century England. The..... More
![RUSSIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ART] Bibliografiya izobrazitel’nogo iskusstva. Ukazatel’ literatury...](/pictures/thumb/815.jpg?v=1567062672)
Peterburg: Knizhny ugol, 1923. 87, [1] pp. 23x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. General wear of the wrappers with slightly chipped spine and extremities. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Rare. This is a first part of only two dedicated to bibliography of books in Russian on subject..... More
![ART BOOKS TRADE CATALOGUE] Iskusstvo: Katalog knig [i.e. Art: Book Catalogue](/pictures/thumb/812.jpg?v=1567062037)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1928. 160 pp.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original wrappers. Very good. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. This is a trade catalogue of Gosizdat, the State Publishing House. It was formed in 1919 by merging the largest departmental and cooperative publishing houses as..... More
![GUIDE FOR BEGINNER SCULPTORS] Nachinaiushchii skul’ptor: Rukovodstvo po ekspressivnoi lepke...](/pictures/thumb/811.jpg?v=1567061773)
Moscow: Molodaya gvardiya, 1931. 44, [4] pp.: ill. 17,5x12,5 cm. In publisher’s photomontage wrappers. Very good. First and only edition. One of 10100 copies. Rare. With 15 black and white photographs and recommendations for young artists by Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle. Wrapper design probably by Nesterov. Innokenty Nikolaevich Zhukov..... More
![LINOCUTS: NEW ART FOR SCHOOLS] Graviura na linoleume v shkole i klube [i.e. Linocuts in School...](/pictures/thumb/808.jpg?v=1567061209)
Moscow: Gos. uchebno-pedagogicheskoe izd-vo, 1931. 32 pp.: ill. 15x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, close tear of p.3. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. All linocuts in the brochure were done by children of 7th school for overgrowth under the guidance of D.G...... More
Leningrad, 1943. 16 pp.: ill., 1 pl. 13x9 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fine. Very rare. One of 500 copies. The personal exhibition of Vladimir Konashevich (1888-1963) was opened on 12th of September in 1943 in Leningrad which was still in the siege at that time with 295 graphic..... More
Moscow; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1940. 42 pp.: ill. 17x13 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, wrappers soiled, rusty staples, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear wrapper. Very rare. One of 700 copies. The personal exhibition was opened in March of 1940 in Moscow with 235 works on the display. The..... More