21 black and white photographs depicting Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s triumphant return to his homeland after 20 years of exile. 1994. Each photo 6,7x9 cm. Fine. First and only edition. One of 150 copies produced. Very rare. Eager to reacquaint himself with a country “altered beyond recognition,” Solzhenitsyn landed..... More
![Item #1326 [SOVIET YOUTH WITHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN] Zdravstvui, drug! [i.e. Hello, Friend!]. I....](/pictures/thumb/1326.jpg?v=1642542950)
Moscow: Molodaia gvardia, 1957. 96 leaves. 29,5х23 cm. In original cloth with colored debossed logo. Covers slightly soiled, tears of two leaves restored, otherwise very good. Introduction and captions are printed in Russian, English, French and German. This photobook was produced specially for the VI World Festival of..... More
![Item #1273 [PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 1938 MILITARY PARADE IN TBILISI] Diadi...](/pictures/thumb/1273.png?v=1632151703)
Tbilisi, 1938. In original full-cloth with gilt lettering and two small photographs (ca. 3.3x3.4cm) mounted on the front cover. Date “7 November 1938” printed on the label and mounted on the front pastedown. Twenty-five vintage prints ca. 9x14.3cm. Minor wear to the edges of the covers, a couple of photos..... More
![Item #1137 [RODCHENKO] [Imprint. the 1980s]. Varvara Stepanova sitting on the balcony of their...](/pictures/thumb/1137.jpg?v=1608119543)
Moscow, [1930s]. 19,5x14,5 cm. Near fine. Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova lived and created together since the 1910s. In 1920, VKHUTEMAS was established and they were invited to teach there. The following year the spouses got an apartment in the VKHUTEMAS building (Myasnitskaya Street, 21). Rodchenko took famous foreshortened pictures..... More
![Item #1136 [RODCHENKO] [Imprint. the 1980s]. A shock-worker of a Fire Engine Plant](/pictures/thumb/1136.jpg?v=1608119481)
1932. 16,5x11,5 cm. Near fine. Sighed on the rear side by Rodchenko’s grandson Alexander Lavrent’ev. An idyllic picture: a worker is reading the Pravda newspaper. Rodchenko was looking for new perspectives and angles since the late 1920s, following the slogan “Our duty is to experiment!”. He used..... More
![Item #1118 [RODCHENKO] [Imprint. the 1980s]. Morning exercises on the roof. A Student Campus in...](/pictures/thumb/1118.jpg?v=1608112910)
1932. 18x12 cm. Near fine. Sighed on the rear side by Rodchenko’s grandson Alexander Lavrent’ev. Interesting evidence of physical practices in Moscow universities, as well as contemporary styles of Soviet underwear. This roof of the student campus was adapted to sport exercises and a pool was also placed. Rodchenko..... More
![Item #1048 [PARADE EDITION BY RODCHENKO AND STEPANOVA] Soviet Aviation](/pictures/thumb/1048.jpg?v=1601548185)
Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939. 96 pp.: ill. 40x26 cm. In original full cloth with lettering and design on the front cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Illustrated throughout with photomontages and photographs by Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova... More
![Item #1031 [EXEMPLARY PIONEER CAMP] Artek. Ia Taits](/pictures/thumb/1031.jpg?v=1595854848)
Moscow: Detizdat, 1938. 104 pp.: ill. 27x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards; illustrated endpapers. Covers rubbed and bumped, small tear of the spine, but very good internally. On verso of front flyleaf an official inscription to schoolboy, dated 1938 and stamped. Very rare. Cover design was produced by book..... More
![Item #1025 [CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]. Iu Zhukov](/pictures/thumb/1025.jpg?v=1595853874)
Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia, 1966. 575 pp.: ill., 32 ill. 20,5x15,5 cm. In original illustrated full-cloth with lettering on the spine; in original illustrated dust-wrapper; illustrated endpapers. Very good, small fragment of the spine lost, covers slightly rubbed. First edition. Solomon Telingater’s later yet brilliant book design. Resembling the..... More
![Item #962 [POULTRY PHOTOMONTAGES] Ptitsevodstvo. Krolikovodstvo [i.e. Poultry Breeding. Rabbit...](/pictures/thumb/962.jpg?v=1582651241)
Moscow: Sel’khozgiz, 1940. [126] pp.: ill. 29x23 cm. In original cloth with gilt embossed design and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). Slightly rubbed, few defects of the back cover, some soiling of lower outer corner, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies..... More
![Item #928 [SOVIET PHOTO: RUN OF 14 YEARS] Sovetskoe foto [i.e. Soviet Photo](/pictures/thumb/928.jpg?v=1582641680)
Moscow: Ogoniok [and others], 1926-1941. 171 issues altogether. Complete sets for the years 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941. The years 1926-1934 are bound in contemporary bindings. Years 1935-1937, 1940-1941 are in original wrappers. All of the wrappers, except three ones..... More
![Item #906 [SUBURB FOR THE SOVIET WRITERS] Peredelkinskie foto [i.e. Peredelkino Photos](/pictures/thumb/906.jpg?v=1576166196)
Moscow, 1958. Handmade photo album. 27 photographs and 1 newspaper clipping are mounted on 8 leaves, 3 photographs are loosely inserted. Handwritten lettering on the front cover and captions. 20,5х29 cm. Some tears of the spine and edges, otherwise very good. Some photographs signed by Korney Chukovsky, Agniia..... More
![Item #889 [TEN YEARS OF COAL AND METAL CITY] Desiat’ let goroda uglia i metalla: Sbornik [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/889.jpg?v=1576159894)
Stalinsk: Iubil. komissiia po organizatsii prazdnovaniia 10-letiia Kuznets. metallurg. zavoda im. Stalina i goroda Stalinska, 1939. 288 pp.: ill., 2 portraits. 25x18,5 cm. In original red cloth with mounted photograph and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). Slightly bumped, small ink stain on t.p., otherwise mint... More
![Item #856 [PHOTO GRAPHICS BY TELINGATER] Tragediinaia noch’. Poema [i.e. Tragic Night. A Poem]....](/pictures/thumb/856.jpg?v=1573081658)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 64 pp.: ill. 18,5x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, some creases, otherwise very good. First edition. Very rare. This is one of the well-known Soviet photobooks and one of the earliest literary works on triumphal projects of the First Five-Year Plan. The poem by..... More
![Item #685 Sto dnei v Kitae [i.e. Hundred days in China]. Dmitrii Baltermants](/pictures/thumb/685.png?v=1559602821)
Moscow: Pravda, 1955. 160 pp. 33x24 cm. Original cloth binding. Illustrated dustjacket. Dustjacket is slightly teared and worn, otherwise very good. Illustrated throughout. Book deisgn by I.Dolgopolov. The photo book is dedicated to the five year anniversary of People’s Respublic of China and the trip that Pravda photo correspondent..... More
![Item #645 [CASTRO IN SOVIET UNION] Viva Kuba! Visit Fidelia Kastro v Sovetskiy Soyuz [i.e. Viva...](/pictures/thumb/645.jpg?v=1554870242)
Moscow: Pravda, 1963. 128 pp.: ill. 26,5x20,5 cm. Original cloth binding. Illustrated dust-jacket. Fine condition. The photo book is dedicated to the first visit of Castro to Moscow. In 35 days he managed to see the country from Murmansk to Tashkent. As a result of this trip two..... More
![Item #456 [SOVIET WORKER MUST REST] Doma otdykha: Sbornik statei i materialov [i.e. Pensions:...](/pictures/thumb/456.jpg?v=1524136358)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1923. 225, [5] pp.: ill., 4 pl. 27x18 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good. Partially uncut. Tears and small losses of the spine and extremities of the wrappers, signature on the t.p. (ink), damp stains on margins of pages. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Very..... More