![V.V. Lebedev. Russkiy plakat [i.e. The Russian Posters] / introduction by Nikolay Punin. V. Lebedev](/pictures/thumb/688.png?v=1559606555)
Petrograd: Strelets, 1922. 36 pp., 23 leaves of ill. Copy # 440 of 500. The first edition. The copy is in fine condition, flawless. The edition is famous for its chromolithographs showing Lebedev’s works during the Civil War for Petrograd - based branch of Rosta Windows. Apart from posters... More about V.V. Lebedev. Russkiy plakat [i.e. The Russian Posters] / introduction by Nikolay Punin
![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
![CHRONICLE OF THE EARLY SOVIET ART] Sovetskoe iskusstvo za 15 let: materialy i dokumentatsiia...](/pictures/thumb/668.png?v=1558568328)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1933. 664 pp.: ill., 16 ills. 26x18 cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed, few ink marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. This is the first fundamental work... More about CHRONICLE OF THE EARLY SOVIET ART] Sovetskoe iskusstvo za 15 let: materialy i dokumentatsiia...
![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 about AVANT-GARDE CIRCUS] Tsirk i estrada [i.e. The Circus and Stage
![DESIGN BY ILYA ZDANEVICH] Milliork. A. Kruchyonykh](/images/noimage.png)
Tiflis: 41°, 1919. 32 pp. In original wrappers. Very good. More about DESIGN BY ILYA ZDANEVICH] Milliork
![FAMOUS SERIES DESIGNED BY RODCHENKO] Mess Mend, ili Yanki v Petrograde. Za i protiv / Dzhim...](/pictures/thumb/649.jpg?v=1554873418)
Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1924. 19x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. All wrappers and the title page designed by Alexander Rodchenko. 'Mess Mend' series were written by Soviet poet and writer Marietta Shaginyan (1880-1982). The series about an American in Russia were created for the public in attempt to show ‘Red... More about FAMOUS SERIES DESIGNED BY RODCHENKO] Mess Mend, ili Yanki v Petrograde. Za i protiv / Dzhim...
![BLACK SEA LEF] YUGO-LEF [i.e. The Southern Left Front of Arts](/pictures/thumb/618.jpg?v=1550586721)
Odessa: Yugo-LEF, 1924. Issues #1-4 (of 5 printed). In publisher’s wrappers. #1. 16 pp. 27x17,5 cm.Wrapper design by Nikolay Danilov. Very good. Close tears of the top and bottom of the spine, lacking a small fragment of the front wrapper (not affecting the text). Elements of letterpress design in... More about BLACK SEA LEF] YUGO-LEF [i.e. The Southern Left Front of Arts
![KRUCHYONYKH PRAISED] A. Kruchyonykh grandiozar’ [ i.e. A. Kruchyonykh, the Grandiose]. Igor...](/pictures/thumb/617.jpg?v=1550586213)
Tiflis: 41 degrees, 1919. 16 pp. 21x17 cm. Original wrappers designed by Kirill Zdanevich (1892-1969), the founder of ‘orchestral art’ and one of the most influential artists of Russian and Georgian avant-garde. In fine condition. One of the most important editions of the celebrated 41 degrees group in Tiflis... More about KRUCHYONYKH PRAISED] A. Kruchyonykh grandiozar’ [ i.e. A. Kruchyonykh, the Grandiose
Tiflis: 41 degrees, 1918. [22] pp. 15x11 cm. Hectograph edition. Print-run is unknown, usually under 30 copies in similar cases. Abstract illustration on the wrapper by Kirill Zdanevich, as well as 3 full-page illustrations. Some soiling through the book. Sukhoparov in his 1992 paper ‘Alexei Kruchyonykh. Sudba Budetlianina’ gives... More about Kovkazi
![FUISM] “A”. [Collection of poems] / B. Pereleshin, A. Rakitnikov, I. Sokolov. R.S.F.S.R.,...](/pictures/thumb/582.jpg?v=1547734460)
[Moscow, 1921]. 14, [2] pp. 17,5x11 cm (unfolded two leaves, each leaf 34,5x22,2 cm). Uncut and unbound as issued. Near fine. Previous owner’s ink stamp on p. 3, erased ink stamp and pen mark on the last page. First edition. Very rare. This is a collection of poems by... More about FUISM] “A”. [Collection of poems] / B. Pereleshin, A. Rakitnikov, I. Sokolov. R.S.F.S.R.,...
![HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE GROUPS] Khudozhestvennye gruppirovki za poslednie 25 let [i.e. Art...](/pictures/thumb/568.jpg?v=1547728546)
Moscow: Khud. izd. akts. o-vo AKhR, 1930. 148 pp. 19x13 cm. Publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Very good. Restoration of the wrappers (original spine is lost), Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the recto of the rear cover, a few underlining in text (pencil). First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. Viktor Lobanov... More about HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE GROUPS] Khudozhestvennye gruppirovki za poslednie 25 let [i.e. Art...
![MAYAKOVSKY ON THE PARISIAN ART SCENE] Gore pakharia: Khudozhestvenno-literaturnyi i...](/pictures/thumb/566.jpg?v=1547728135)
Vladivostok: Primgubkompomgol, 1923. 34 pp.: ill. 26x24 cm. In original illustrated covers, a small tear of the illustration. Good, restored cover and margins. Very rare. One of 2000 copies. One issue of six ever published, the last one under this title (#4 appeared under the title ‘Typhoon’). Cover with... More about MAYAKOVSKY ON THE PARISIAN ART SCENE] Gore pakharia: Khudozhestvenno-literaturnyi i...
![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 about RODCHENKO DESIGN] Ob agit- i proz-iskusstve [i.e. On Agitation and Production Art
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2018. 312 pp.: ill. 29,5x21,5 cm. 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... More about New Georgian Book Design, 1920s-30s
Tiflis: K.P. Kozlovsky, 1917. 378 pp. 24x16 cm. Original printed wrappers. Spine is restored. Some stains of the wrapper. Otherwise good. The bulletin features the geological article by Ilia Zdanevich ‘Two Attempts to Climb Tbilisis-tsveri (4419 meters) in Uilpaty Mountains’. In the article Ilia described the efforts of the... More about LE DANTU MOUNTAIN] Izvestiya kavkazskogo otdela russkogo geogra cheskogo obschestva [i.e. The...
![UKRAINIAN VKHUTEIN] Mistetsko-tehknichniy VYSH. Zbirnyk kievskogo hudozhnogo institutu [i.e. Art...](/pictures/thumb/475.jpg?v=1528816530)
Volume 1 [and only]. Kiev: KHI, 1928. 75, [3] pp. 30x23 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Spine is restored, mild foxing of the rear wrapper. Wrappers designed by the leader of Kazan avant-garde Illarion Pleshchinskiy (1892-1961). Extremely rare. One of 750 copies printed. Not found in the Worldcat... More about UKRAINIAN VKHUTEIN] Mistetsko-tehknichniy VYSH. Zbirnyk kievskogo hudozhnogo institutu [i.e. Art...
![FIREBIRD – RUSSIAN ART REBORN] Zhar-ptitsa: Ezhemesiachnyi literaturno-khudozhestvennyi...](/pictures/thumb/439.jpg?v=1519822856)
Berlin; Paris: Russkoe iskusstvo, 1921-1926. #1-14. Ca. 32x25 cm. Every issue in illustrated wrappers. Generally very good, some mild soiling, with tiny tears and losses of the spine (#1,2,12,14), foxing and piece of tape on the spine (#13). A complete set. Extremely rare in wrappers. Lavishly illustrated throughout with... More about FIREBIRD – RUSSIAN ART REBORN] Zhar-ptitsa: Ezhemesiachnyi literaturno-khudozhestvennyi...
![TSAR GIRL] Tsar-devitsa. Poema-skazka [i.e. The Tsar Girl. The Fairytale Poem]. Marina Tsvetaeva](/pictures/thumb/435.jpg?v=1519821720)
Moscow: GIZ, 1922. 159 pp.: ill. 18x14 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Spine is slightly rubbed, otherwise near fine. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Illustrated throughout by modernist artist Dmitriy Mitrokhin (1883-1973). The first edition of the famous poem by Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1932), the poem was based on... More about TSAR GIRL] Tsar-devitsa. Poema-skazka [i.e. The Tsar Girl. The Fairytale Poem
![NEW TYPE OF THEATRE FOR A NEW SOVIET MAN] Moskovsky dramatichesky teatr imeni MGSPS:...](/pictures/thumb/296.jpg?v=1500468355)
Moscow: MGSPS, [1926]. [32] pp.: ill., port. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated constructivist wrappers. Tear of the spine, wrappers are slightly detached from the text block, loss of the small fragment of the front wrapper (restored with paper) and of the back wrapper, Soviet bookshop’s stamp and price written in... More about NEW TYPE OF THEATRE FOR A NEW SOVIET MAN] Moskovsky dramatichesky teatr imeni MGSPS:...
![EXPERIMENTAL THEATER GOES ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Gosudarstvenny teatr imeni Vs. Meierholda....](/pictures/thumb/285.jpg?v=1494864249)
Moscow: 1927. 32 pp.: ill., port. 26x17,5 cm. Without a wrapper, pencil signature on the title page. Otherwise very good. Very rare. This prospectus is dedicated to the summer tour of 1927 of the Meyerhold Theatre. It includes portraits of the company, e.g. Vsevolod Meyerhold, Igor Il’insky, Zinaida... More about EXPERIMENTAL THEATER GOES ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Gosudarstvenny teatr imeni Vs. Meierholda....
![EXPERIMENTAL THEATER GOES ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Moskovsky gosudarstvenny kamerny teatr....](/pictures/thumb/284.jpg?v=1494863997)
Moscow: 1928. 30, [2] pp.; ill., facs., port. 26x17,5 cm. In original wrappers. Damp stain on the side margin of the front cover and few pages. Otherwise very good. Very rare. With many black and white photographs of productions and set designs. This prospectus is dedicated to the summer... More about EXPERIMENTAL THEATER GOES ACROSS THE SOVIET UNION] Moskovsky gosudarstvenny kamerny teatr....
![MAYAKOVSKY IN FRENCH] Mayakovsky po frantsuzski: 4 poemy / Perevod Andreia Gippiusa [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/275.jpg?v=1494858928)
Moscow: Published by the translator, 1930. [2], 46 leaves. 23x19 cm. Original front cover is preserved, spine and rear cover of modern paper. Some light restoration to the front cover, lacking staples so leaves are not bound, some soiling, previous owner’s pencil drawing on the last page and corrections in... More about MAYAKOVSKY IN FRENCH] Mayakovsky po frantsuzski: 4 poemy / Perevod Andreia Gippiusa [i.e....
A collection of rare survivals of the time - small fragile brochures with ‘film librettos’, actors’ biographies, and articles. The 1920s was the decade of the New Economic Policy in the USSR, when a relaxation of state control of some industries gave people a taste of mini-capitalism within the..... More about SOVIET CINEMA IN 1920s
![INDUSTRIAL ART] Katalog Peredvizhnoi vystavki: Zhivopis’, risunok, grafika, tekstil’ [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/270.jpg?v=1492003319)
Moscow: Khudozhnik, 1931. 31 pp., 23 ill. 17x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Few tears of the spine, few pages with pale damp stain. Otherwise very good. Scarce. One of 6000 copies. A very distinctive evidence of an interesting time in Soviet Russia’s art history - industrial art exhibition... More about INDUSTRIAL ART] Katalog Peredvizhnoi vystavki: Zhivopis’, risunok, grafika, tekstil’ [i.e....
Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1926. 14 pp., 1 ill. 17x13 cm. Original wrappers with constructivist photomontage. Wrappers slightly rubbed, faded bookshop’s stamp and pen marks on the back cover, spine is rubbed with a small tear at the bottom and rusty staple. Otherwise a very good, clean and sound copy. First... More about RODCHENKO’S PHOTOMONTAGES] Razgovor s fininspektorom o poezii / Oblozhka i montazh A. Rodchenko...