Leningrad: Academia, 1926. 75, [4] pp., 2 ills. 18,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers and spine slightly restored and soiled, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 5100 copies. An excellent book on fifteen most common methods of Western and Soviet film editing. According to a catalog..... More
![Item #1526 [SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Kryl’ia kholopa [i.e. The Wings of a Serf](/pictures/thumb/1526.jpg?v=1666180992)
Moscow: Kinopechat’, [1926]. 8 pp.: ill. 17,5x26,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Mint. Very rare. The film’s sets and most likely this remarkable pamphlet were designed by artist Vladimir Yegorov (1878-1960). He gained fame for the Soviet film ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (1915) directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold, later he..... More
![Item #1524 [SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Veter Ukrainy. Al’manakh Assotsiatsii Revoliutsionnykh...](/pictures/thumb/1524.jpg?v=1666180536)
Kyiv: ARP, 1929. 160 pp.: ill., 4 ills. 22x16 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. No spine, segments of block and covers detached from each other, fragments of oversized wrappers lost, small hole in p.19/20 (some text detached), otherwise good and clean internally. One of 3000 copies. Very rare..... More
![Item #1446 [CINEMATOGRAPHY] Ocherki po istorii sovetskogo kino (rabochaia programma) [i.e. Essays...](/pictures/thumb/1446.jpg?v=1660820469)
Moscow: Izd. Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1951. 180 pp. 19,5x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, with tears, otherwise very good and clean copy. Not for public release. One of 850 copies produced. This copy was sent with a typewritten invitation letter to someone Rodionov, offering..... More
![Item #1437 [EARLY SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Kino i kul’tura = Kino und Kultur = Cinema and Culture...](/pictures/thumb/1437.jpg?v=1660818283)
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1929-1930. 25,5x18 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of spines lost, small hole in back cover and last leaf of #7/8, some pale stains in #11/12, minor scratches on front cover of #7/8, otherwise very good. Print runs are 1200 and 2200 copies. Edited by politician and..... More
![Item #1424 [SOVIET MOVIE INDUSTRY UNDER TYRAN] Quinze ans de cinematographie Sovietique [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1424.jpg?v=1660733059)
Moscow: Direction générale de l’industrie cinématographique, 1935. 86 pp.: ill. 21x15 cm. In original covers with logo and mounted piece of red film. Covers slightly soiled and rubbed, tears of spine, some foxing on pages, small crack of lower edge of film, otherwise very good and clean. In..... More
![Item #1301 [EARLY UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Etiudy do teorii kina [i.e. Etudes on Film Theory]....](/pictures/thumb/1301.jpg?v=1634127765)
Kiev: Ukrteakіnovydav, 1930. 28, [2] pp.: schemes. 18x13 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers. Spine and tear of p. 31-32 repaired, small spots throughout several pages, stains around rusty lower stamp, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. A collection of articles by Ukrainian critic and..... More
![Item #1296 [UKRAINIAN CINEMATOGRAPHY] Naivazhlyvishe z mystetstv: Naris pro kino [i.e. The Most...](/pictures/thumb/1296.jpg?v=1634126627)
Kyiv: Proletars’ka pravda, 1929. 48 pp.: ill. 15x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, with minor tear of spine, pale water stain on inner lower corner of first leaves, some spots. Otherwise very good and partly uncut copy. Very rare with no copies in Worldcat. A small..... More
![Item #1082 [AELITA, ONE OF THE EARLIEST FULL-LENGTH FILMS ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL] Aelita. Kino-lenta...](/pictures/thumb/1082.jpg?v=1604424548)
Moscow: Proizvodstvennyy organ Mezhrabpoma Khudozhestvennyy Kollektiv «Rus’», [1924]. 48 pp.: ill. 22.2x19.8 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Spine and edges are slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. This brochure is dedicated to the Soviet silent film classic ‘Aelita’, which came out in 1924 and became a...... More
![Item #1020 [EXPERIMENT IN FILMMAKING] Krasnye partizany. Geroicheskaia poema v 10 pesniakh po...](/pictures/thumb/1020.jpg?v=1595852941)
Leningrad: Sovkino, 1924. 16 pp.: ill. 25x17 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers. Tears of the spine, a few spots on the front cover, otherwise very good. Stamp of movie theater on the front cover. First edition. Very rare. This is an interesting edition containing a film libretto and an interview..... More
![Item #1007 [SOVIET LEADING STUDY ON CHAPLIN’S FILMS] Charl’z Spenser Chaplin: Ocherk rannego...](/pictures/thumb/1007.jpg?v=1591892978)
Moscow: Izdatel’stvo Akademii nauk SSSR, [1959]. 266, [1] pp.: ill., 1 portrait. 27x21 cm. In original cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. No dust jacket. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. A foreword by notable film critic Rostislav Yurenev. Book design was..... More
A COLLECTION OF 20 BROCHURES (INCLUDING 1 DUPLICATE) DEDICATED TO SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS SOVIET AND FOREIGN MOVIE STARS AND DIRECTORS OF THE 1920S. The 1920s was a pivotal point in the history of Soviet film industry: the decision to import foreign movies into the Soviet Union..... More
![Item #946 [MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS: BETWEEN FILMMAKERS] Tekhnika kombinirovannoi kinos’emki...](/pictures/thumb/946.jpg?v=1582649253)
Moscow: Gizlegprom, 1933. 140 pp.: ill. 23x15,5 cm. In original constructivist cardboards by N. Sedel’nikov. Bumped, minor defects of covers, otherwise very good and neat. Signed and inscribed by the author “To M.A. Kaufman - a colleague in occupation. Moscow. November 20, 1933”. Mikhail Kaufman (1897-1980) was a brother of..... More
Otel' "Savoi" [i.e. The Savoi Hotel]. Leningrad: Izd. kinoteatra ‘Kapitolii, [1929]. Two-colored leaflet with the constructivist design. 18,5x27,5 cm. Few minor tears of edges, otherwise very good. One of 1300 copies. Extremely rare. This is a striking advertisement of a film ‘The Savoi Hotel’ that was the first..... More
![Item #759 [MEZHRABPOMFILM] Kto ty takoi? [i.e. Who Are You?](/pictures/thumb/759.jpg?v=1563922374)
Leningrad: Tea-kino pechat’, 1927. Leaflet folded into thirds. 23x15,5 cm. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Constructivist design of leaflet was produced by Maxim Litvak (1898-1943), the Soviet graphic artist who created the posters of the silent films..... More