![UKRAINE IN THE 1930S] SSSR. 1936 [The USSR. 1936]. Photo-album](/pictures/thumb/762.jpg?v=1563924270)
[68] pp.: photos. 25,5x34 cm. Leather covers tied with a string. Fine. The travel album of Czech professor Ilek Bohuslav who traveled to USSR in July of 1936 with Intourist. The album includes the photographs and postcards bought on the way and dedicated mostly to the southern part of USSR... More about UKRAINE IN THE 1930S] SSSR. 1936 [The USSR. 1936]. Photo-album
![THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTO] 1 gosudarstvenniy podshipnikoviy zavod imeni L.M. Kaganovicha...](/pictures/thumb/761.jpg?v=1563922674)
Moscow, 1932. 42 photos. 24x31 cm. Very good. The album was prepared for the Mikhail Kaganovich (1888-1941), brother of Lazar Kaganovich, party secretary. Mikhail Kaganovich at that time was the deputy to the minister of industry. His brother will become the head of that ministry in 1937. Mikhail has... More about THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTO] 1 gosudarstvenniy podshipnikoviy zavod imeni L.M. Kaganovicha...
![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
![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 about Sto dnei v Kitae [i.e. Hundred days in China
![RUSSIAN FEMINISTS] Original photograph of Alexandra Kollontai and female delegates at the...](/pictures/thumb/658.png?v=1558560579)
[Moscow, 1921]. 22,5x28 cm. Creases and minor tears of the edges, pencil notes on the back. Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was one of the leaders of Soviet emancipation. In 1905 during the revolution she organized The Society of Help for the Female workers. Accusations from the state have forced her... More about RUSSIAN FEMINISTS] Original photograph of Alexandra Kollontai and female delegates at the...
![CASTRO IN SOVIET UNION] Viva Kuba! Visit Fidelia Kastro v Sovetskiy Soyuz [i.e. Viva Cuba! The...](/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 about CASTRO IN SOVIET UNION] Viva Kuba! Visit Fidelia Kastro v Sovetskiy Soyuz [i.e. Viva Cuba! The...
![CHINA, SINGAPORE, PORT ARTHUR AND THE CAPTURE OF NANJING] [Album with 86 Original Gelatin Silver...](/pictures/thumb/543.jpg?v=1542900622)
Ca. 1912-1913. 33,5x23,5 cm. 36 album leaves (14 blank). With 86 original gelatin silver prints from ca. 12x17 cm to ca. 8x11 cm. Most images numbered in negative, all with period manuscript ink captions in German on the mounts, some also dated in ink. Later navy-blue half morocco with moire... More about CHINA, SINGAPORE, PORT ARTHUR AND THE CAPTURE OF NANJING] [Album with 86 Original Gelatin Silver...
![CHINA – MANCHURIA - DALIAN] [Album of 36 Photogravures with the Plan, Street Views and...](/pictures/thumb/542.jpg?v=1542900396)
[Dalian], ca. 1902. 26,5x38 cm. With 36 photogravures, each with a printed title and a number on a paper label pasted to the lower margin. Original colour lithographed publisher’s wrappers, with a large gilt lettered title on the front wrapper. The leaves and wrappers fastened with original strings. Wrappers slightly... More about CHINA – MANCHURIA - DALIAN] [Album of 36 Photogravures with the Plan, Street Views and...
![CHINA – SECOND OPIUM WAR] [Album of Three Original Albumen Photographs, One Pencil Drawing and...](/pictures/thumb/534.jpg?v=1542806209)
Ca. 1860-1862. 40x29 cm. With three original albumen photos from ca. 13x18,5 cm to ca. 5,5x8,5 cm, one pencil drawing ca. 11,5x28,5 cm, and two watercolour plans, ca. 24,5x38 cm and ca. 21x23 cm, mounted on period album leaves. All items but the last plan with period ink captions on... More about CHINA – SECOND OPIUM WAR] [Album of Three Original Albumen Photographs, One Pencil Drawing and...
![RARE FOOTAGE FROM THE LIFE OF THE TILE MAKING FACTORY] Keramiko-plitochny zavod imeni N.A....](/pictures/thumb/506.jpg?v=1533144768)
Moscow: 1937. 25 leaves with 47 mounted photographs, 5 charts. 29x41 cm. In original full-cloth with lettering on mounted metal plate. One photograph lost, otherwise very good. A unique photo album depicting the mechanization and experimental projects of the largest ceramic tile factory in the USSR with extraordinary constructivist styled... More about RARE FOOTAGE FROM THE LIFE OF THE TILE MAKING FACTORY] Keramiko-plitochny zavod imeni N.A....
![SOVIET WORKER MUST REST] Doma otdykha: Sbornik statei i materialov [i.e. Pensions: Collection of...](/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 about SOVIET WORKER MUST REST] Doma otdykha: Sbornik statei i materialov [i.e. Pensions: Collection of...
![MIDDLE EAST – ISRAEL, PALESTINE (HOLY LAND)] [Album with 50 Large Original Albumen Photographs...](/pictures/thumb/414.jpg?v=1519393878)
Ca. 1867-81. Large folio album ca. 46x33 cm with 50 large original albumen photographs, each 28x22 cm, mounted loosely one per leaf on brown paper leaves. All captioned in French and/or English, and signed and/or numbered in negative by the studio ‘Bonfils’. Period red quarter leather with marbled boards. Mild..... More about MIDDLE EAST – ISRAEL, PALESTINE (HOLY LAND)] [Album with 50 Large Original Albumen Photographs...
![AFRICA - ALGERIA - TLEMCEN] [Album with 124 Original Albumen Photographs, Taken by a Cavalry man...](/pictures/thumb/412.jpg?v=1519393175)
Ca. 1880s. Oblong Folio ca. 25x33 cm. 49 stiff card leaves (12 blank). With 124 mounted albumen prints, including 36 larger photographs, from 17,5x23 cm to 15x21,5 cm; the rest are from 11x18 cm to 7x10,5 cm. The majority captioned in French in period manuscript black ink on the mounts... More about AFRICA - ALGERIA - TLEMCEN] [Album with 124 Original Albumen Photographs, Taken by a Cavalry man...
![RUSSIAN CHINESE BORDER TOWN - BLAGOVESHCHENSK] [Album of Ninety-Six Original Gelatin Silver...](/pictures/thumb/392.jpg?v=1516794019)
Ca. 1910s. Ca. 26x34,5 cm. Twelve album leaves. Ninety-six mounted gelatin silver prints, each ca. 7x10 cm. No captions. Period brown quarter faux leather album with paper boards, rubbed on extremities, corners slightly bumped. Several images slightly faded, but overall a very good album. Interesting album of rare photos... More about RUSSIAN CHINESE BORDER TOWN - BLAGOVESHCHENSK] [Album of Ninety-Six Original Gelatin Silver...
![RUSSIA - NORTH CAUCASUS] [Collection of Eighteen Original Albumen Photographs of Kislovodsk,...](/pictures/thumb/259.jpg?v=1490790339)
Ca. 1900. Eighteen albumen prints mounted on the official photographer’s card leaves with printed name and credentials on the lower margins, images ca. 12,5x17,5 cm (5 x 6 ¾ in), mounts ca. 21x27 cm (8 ¼ x 10 ½ in). All but two images captioned and numbered in negative. Several... More about RUSSIA - NORTH CAUCASUS] [Collection of Eighteen Original Albumen Photographs of Kislovodsk,...
![ASIA - TURKMENISTAN] [Collection of Forty-Nine Original Photographs of Soviet Turkmenistan,...](/pictures/thumb/258.jpg?v=1490789956)
Ca. 1928-1930. Forty-nine loose gelatin silver prints from ca. 13x18 cm (5 ¼ x 7 in) to ca. 10,5x16 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ¼ in). Seven photos captioned and/or numbered in Russian on verso. A couple of photos with minor small corners creases, one with a corner chip, but... More about ASIA - TURKMENISTAN] [Collection of Forty-Nine Original Photographs of Soviet Turkmenistan,...
![ASIA - KYRGYZSTAN] [Collection of Thirty-Three Original Photographs of the Early Years of Soviet...](/pictures/thumb/257.jpg?v=1490789709)
Ca. 1929. Thirty-three loose gelatin silver prints from ca. 12,5x18 cm (5x7 in) to ca. 11,5x16 cm (4 ½ x 6 ¼ in). One photo with a period pencil inscription in Russian on verso. Overall a very good collection. Interesting collection of early original photographs of views and scenes... More about ASIA - KYRGYZSTAN] [Collection of Thirty-Three Original Photographs of the Early Years of Soviet...
Moscow: Sherer, Nabgolts i Ko. 1894. 16,4x10,8 cm. Fine condition. Most Leo Tolstoy’s photograph portraits in 1880s and 90s were made on Sofia Andreevna’s initiative. For almost quarter of the century photos of Tolstoy’s family were made by the most famous and biggest pre-Revolutionary photo studio «Sherer, Nabgolts i...... More about Photograph of Leo Tolstoy glued to a company mount
Moscow, [1910s]. Paper, ink. Phototype made by K. Fisher. 22x14,3 cm. Kliment Arkadievich Timiryazev (1843-1920), famous Russian botanist and physiologist, highly-regarded popularizer of science widely known for his enthusiastic public lectures, and moreover, a confirmed Darwinian, a point of view rarely espoused in czarist Russia. In 1910s Timiryazev was... More about Inscription by K. Timiryazev on a phototype of his portrait: “Georgiyu Kuz’michu Fel’tdenu...