![CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...](/pictures/thumb/845.png?v=1569970811)
Leningrad: Leningradskaia Pravda, 1932. 80 pp.: ill. 15,5x23 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Near fine, neatly restored. One of 15000 copies. Extremely rare. One of the main books on constructivist architecture of Leningrad. The book is the lesser known masterpiece of constructivist design, with multiple photomontage... More
![LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic...](/pictures/thumb/839.png?v=1569968476)
Knigoizdate’stvo Akademii khudozhetsv: [Leningrad], [1927]. 77, [3] pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine copy. Tiny tear of the spine. First edition of the first book. Yakov Chernikhov (1889-1951) was one of the most unusual and innovative talents of the time, known for his... More
![STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION] Mediko-sanitarnoie stroitel’stvo: Rukovodstvo dlia...](/pictures/thumb/795.jpg?v=1567044403)
Kiev: UISOZ, 1936. 344 pp.: ill. 26x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. In good condition, bumped, some foxing on the t.p., water stains, p.15 party detached. One of 1500 copies. An excellent guide dedicated to the health facilities, what they consisted of and how to build them. The book... More
![SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst...](/pictures/thumb/764.jpg?v=1563925079)
Moscow; Leningrad: IZOGIZ, 1932. 140 pp.: ills. 27x15 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Very good condition, spine is restored with fragments lacking. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Kuznetsova and Magidoon are responsible for the design of the book, as well as the design of many decorations for street celebrations... More
![THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE STALINIST ARCHITECTURE] O realisticheskikh osnovakh sovetskoi...](/pictures/thumb/727.jpg?v=1563913188)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo literatury po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1952. 393, [3] pp.: ill. 22,5x18 cm. In original full-cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, with blind design on the cover and laconic colored design on the spine. Rubbed, pencil underlinings occasionally, otherwise in very good condition... More
![ARCHITECTURE FOR ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS] Arkhitekturnye formy i kompozitsiya zdaniya [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/723.jpg?v=1563912053)
Moscow; Leningrad: Mosk. aktsionernoe izdatel’skoe ob-vo, 1926. 139, [5] pp.: ill. 22x14 cm. In original card boards. Very good, small losses and soiling of the covers, Soviet bookshops’ stamps on the back endpapers. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Volume 6 from the series ‘Encyclopedia... More
![MOSCOW ARCHITECTURE SOCIETY] Arkhitektura: Ezhemesiachnik. 1-2 [i.e. Architecture: Monthly...](/pictures/thumb/698.jpg?v=1561148013)
[Moscow]: Moskovskoie Arkhitekturnoie Obshchestvo, 1923. 50, [14] pp.: ills. 32,2х25 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Small tears of the front wrapper, light restoration of the tears and spine, spots on the title page. Very rare. One of 1000 copies. Early constructivist wrapper designed by A. Vesnin (one... More
![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
![ARCHITECTURE OF WORKERS’ CLUBS] Arkhitektura rabochikh klubov i dvortsov kultury [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/504.jpg?v=1533143923)
Moscow: Gosizdat po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1953. 311 pp.: ill. 27x21 cm. In original card boards with cloth spine. Very good, slightly rubbed and torn on the extremeties of the boards. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. Very rare. Binding, title pages and ornamention of the book... More
![POST CONSTRUCTIVIST SCHOOLS] Shkoly gotovy! Kak my borolis’ za vypolnenie postanovleniia SNK...](/pictures/thumb/501.jpg?v=1533142747)
Moscow: Sovet RK i KD Kirovskogo raiona, 1935. In original cardboards with gilt lettering on the front cover. Very good. First and only edition. One of 300 copies. Extremely rare. This is a triumphal report of the ful lled plan of school construction in the transitional stage between... More
![FROM AGRARIAN COUNTRY TO INDUSTRIAL POWER] Chto i kak my stroim [i.e. What and How We Build]. B....](/pictures/thumb/468.jpg?v=1526398016)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1930. 94, [2] pp.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original illustrated constructivist wrappers. Very good. Tears of the spine, small tear of the front wrapper, stain on the lower margin on the rear cover and throughout pages, last page slightly scuffed, private library ink stamp on p.2, 17... More
![RUSSIAN WOODEN CLASSICISM] Kaluzhsky derevyannyi ampir [i.e. Wooden Empire Style of Kaluga]. S....](/pictures/thumb/462.jpg?v=1526397657)
Kaluga: kollektiv nauchnykh rabotnikov pri G.O. Rabprosa, 1928. 30 pp., [2] pp.: ill., [10] pl. 22x18 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine. First and only edition. One of 600 copies. An extremely rare provincial edition. This is the first book on wooden... More
![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
![HOW TO BUILD MODELS] Iskusstvo modelirovaniya: Populyarnoe rukovodstvo [i.e. The Art of Modeling:...](/pictures/thumb/455.jpg?v=1524136131)
Moscow: KOIZ, 1932. 2nd ed. 80 pp.: ill. 24x16 cm. In modern quarter leather, front constructivist cover is preserved in the binding. Small losses of the cover restored with paper, small tears of t.p. One of 15060 copies, yet scarce. With 75 photographs and 18 drawings. This is... More
![MAKE A PARK FOR CHILDREN YOURSELF] Detskie sady i parki: Prakticheskie materialy po...](/pictures/thumb/293.jpg?v=1500467344)
[Moscow]: izd. i f-ka iunosheskoi knigi izd-va «Molodaia gvardia, 1937. 114, [6] pp.: ill. 27x17 cm. In original illustrated cloth binding with blind and faded gilt lettering. Near fine, some light rubbing, a couple of pencil underlinings. First and only edition. One of 10000 copies. Rare. This a.... More
![ONE OF THE NEW ERA TEXTBOOKS FOR YOUNG ARCHITECTS] Elementy arkhitekturno-prostranstvennoi...](/pictures/thumb/291.jpg?v=1500466658)
Moscow: Gosstroiizdat, 1934. 172 pp.: ill., 5 ill. 29,5x21,5 cm. In publisher’s cloth with red lettering. General soiling, title page is toned, owner’s signature on the front board and title page. First edition. One of 4000 copies. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white drawings and photographs. The... More
![DECOR OF THE BUILDINGS] Kamenye shtukaturki [i.e. The Stone Plasters]. M. A. Krestov](/pictures/thumb/281.jpg?v=1494862821)
Moscow: Vsesoiuznaia akademiia arhitektury, 1938. 68 pp.: ill. 22,5 x 15 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small tears and some losses of the spine, crease of the front cover and the title page, owner’s pencil underlinings. The first edition. This is a unique edition containing the plaster materials... More
![IN THE HEART OF CONSTRUCTIVISM] Ezhegodnik MAO. #5. (Yubileinyi vypusk) [i.e. Yearbook of Moscow...](/pictures/thumb/230.jpg?v=1485604651)
Moscow: Izd-vo Moskovskogo Arkhitekturnogo Obshchestva, 1928. VIII, 135, [6] pp.: ills., photographs, plans. 33х26 cm. In original wrappers and illustrated dust-wrapper. Very good. Front cover not attached to the text block and the spine, tiny tears of the top and bottom of the spine, spots, tears and losses of the... More