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SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG, KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e....

[SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG, KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e. Architecture Issues: A Collection of Articles]

[Moscow]: Izogiz, 1935. 208 pp.: ill. 30x21,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, minor fragments of spine lost, slightly soiled. A valuable piece of a historical evidence on Moscow reconstruction of 1935, Ginzburg’s constructivist project of Moscow- Donbass Highway and Khiger’s civil housing critics (communal houses). Illustrated throughout..... More

Price: $400.00

POST-WAR CONSTRUCTION IN THE SOVIET UNION] Proyektirovaniye zhilykh zdaniy dlya...

[POST-WAR CONSTRUCTION IN THE SOVIET UNION] Proyektirovaniye zhilykh zdaniy dlya industrial’nogo stroitel’stva [i.e. Design of Residential Buildings for Industrial Construction]

Gintsberg A.

Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo arkhitektury i gradostroitel’stva, 1950. 148 pp.: ill. 14.3x21.4 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. Scarce. First edition. Following the end of the World War II, the Soviet regime faced a major problem of reconstructing and rebuilding its main cities. An important increase in the..... More

Price: $750.00
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POST-CONSTRUCTIVIST SCHOOLS IN MOSCOW] Raport Lenintsev - shkoly postroeny [i.e. Report of...

[POST-CONSTRUCTIVIST SCHOOLS IN MOSCOW] Raport Lenintsev - shkoly postroeny [i.e. Report of Leninists - Schools Are Built]

Moscow: Leninsk. raikom VKP(b) i Raisovet, 1935. [32] pp.: ill. 37x27 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Slightly restored and soiled, double-leaf in the middle partly detached. First and only edition. One of 2500 copies. Extremely rare with no copies in Worldcat. Photomontage design was produced by Sergei Pomanskii..... More

Price: $2,750.00

THE LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION ON DNIEPER RIVER] Dneprostroy i novoye Zaporozh’ye....

[THE LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION ON DNIEPER RIVER] Dneprostroy i novoye Zaporozh’ye. Vyp. 2 [i.e. Dnieprostroy and The New Zaporozhye. Issue 2]

Kharkiv: gospodarstvo Ukraini, 1932. [1], 45 pp.: ill. 26.4x35.4 cm. In owner’s cloth binding with original wrappers preserved. In a good condition. Front endpaper, front wrapper, title-page and few pages detached. Scarce. Second edition. First edition published in 1930 with design by Mark Kirnarsky. In contrast to the previous edition..... More

Price: $1,500.00

LENINGRAD VKHUTEMAS] Otdel proektirovaniia Proizvodstvennogo biuro Akademii hudozhestv [i.e....

[LENINGRAD VKHUTEMAS] Otdel proektirovaniia Proizvodstvennogo biuro Akademii hudozhestv [i.e. Department of Projects in Production Bureau of Academy of Arts] Issue 3.

Leningrad: Tipografiia Akademii khudozhestv, [1926]. 28, [4] pp.: ill. 15,5x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers in constructivist style. In very good condition, slightly rubbed. One of 1000 copies. Very rare. Design was produced by Iakov Rubanchik (1899-1948), the Soviet architect and artist who studied in Vkhutein at that time. The..... More

Price: $750.00
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CONSTRUCTIVIST KIEV ARCHITECTURE] Budova sotsiialistychnogo Kieva [i.e. Architecture of...

[CONSTRUCTIVIST KIEV ARCHITECTURE] Budova sotsiialistychnogo Kieva [i.e. Architecture of Socialist Kiev]

Kiev: Vidannia Kievs’koi mis’kradi, 1932. [2], 168 pp. 21,5x30,5 cm. In original illustrated cardboards; photomontage endpapers. Covers restored, some soiling occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 1200 copies. Constructivist mock-up was produced by V. Adrievich, M. Babat, Ia. Daneliak, E. Timoshkin. Photographs were provided by F...... More

Price: $2,750.00

BALCONIES] Arhitektura i konstruktsiia balkonov [i.e. Architecture and Construction of...

[BALCONIES] Arhitektura i konstruktsiia balkonov [i.e. Architecture and Construction of Balconies] / Z. Chernysheva, M. Tupolev, Iu. Rubinstein

Moscow: Izd. Vsesoiuznoi akademii arhitektury, 1938. 204 pp.: ill. 25,5x18,5 cm. In original full-cloth with colored lettering. Rubbed and slightly soiled, spots on some margins. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. This is the earliest Soviet book on balconies as a regular and important element of..... More

YEAR RUN OF THE IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICAL] Stroitel’naia promyshlennost’ [i.e....

[YEAR RUN OF THE IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICAL] Stroitel’naia promyshlennost’ [i.e. Construction Industry]

#1, 2/3, 4-10, 11/12. Overall 10 issues. Moscow: Gosnauchtechizdat, 1931. 31x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine with fragments lost, occasionally spots on covers and pale water stains throughout margins, ink signatures on t.p. and pencil direction on subscriber on the back cover, otherwise very good..... More

Price: $1,500.00

MOSCOW-VOLGA CANAL] Kanal Moskva-Volga. Spravochnye dannye [i.e. Moscow-Volga Canal. Reference Data

[MOSCOW-VOLGA CANAL] Kanal Moskva-Volga. Spravochnye dannye [i.e. Moscow-Volga Canal. Reference Data]

Dmitrov: N.p., 1934. [10], 75, [3] pp., 15 charts. 8x11,5 cm. In original full cloth with embossed blind lettering on silver strip. Very good. Slightly rubbed, few pencil signatures and pale spots, ink inscription on back endpaper. Ink corrections on p.74. One of 1000 copies. Complete with 15 lithographed..... More

RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY THE NAZIS] Pamiatniki zodchestva, razrushennie nemetskimi...

[RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY THE NAZIS] Pamiatniki zodchestva, razrushennie nemetskimi zakhvatchikami [i.e. The Monuments of Architecture Destroyed by the German Invaders]

Volumes 1-2 [all published]. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Arkhitekturnoe Izdatelstvo Akademii Arkhitektury SSSR, 1942-1944. Vol 1. 1942. 79 pp.: ill. 22,5x17 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. Vol 2. 1944. 72 pp.: ill. 21,7x17,4 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. The edition was prepared by the Academy of the Architecture of..... More

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PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST TRAM STATION] Zhelezo-betonnyi pavil’on-stantsiia v...

[PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST TRAM STATION] Zhelezo-betonnyi pavil’on-stantsiia v Mar’inoi roshche postroiki 1924-25 g. [i.e. Reinforced Concrete Pavilion-Station in Mar’ina Roshcha, Built in 1924-1925] / Photographs by N. Lebedev

[Moscow: M.G.Zh.D., 1925]. Ca. 26,5x22 cm. Sixteen mounted gelatin silver prints, each ca. 11x15 cm. No captions. In original cloth folder with gilt lettering. Soiling of folder and foxing on the inner side, but the leaves are near fine. An attractive album of rare photos proving triumph of constructivism..... More

Price: $2,750.00

SOVIET FLORICULTURE IN THE 1940S] Tsvety v gorode [i.e. Flowers in the City]. Bazilevskaya N. A

[SOVIET FLORICULTURE IN THE 1940S] Tsvety v gorode [i.e. Flowers in the City]

Bazilevskaya N.A.

[Moscow]: Gos. arkhitekturnoye izd-vo, 1947. 104pp.: ill. 20.7x16.7cm. In original publisher’s cardboards. Slightly bumped, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear board and its recto. Otherwise a very good clean copy. Scarce. First edition. An interesting guide dedicated to the Soviet floriculture of the 1940s written by the famous Russian..... More

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ARCHITECTURE OF MOSCOW ARTERIES] Naberezhnye Moskvy. Arkhitektura i konstruktsiya [i.e. Moscow...

[ARCHITECTURE OF MOSCOW ARTERIES] Naberezhnye Moskvy. Arkhitektura i konstruktsiya [i.e. Moscow River Fronts. Architecture and Constructions] / P. Gol’denberg, L. Aksel’rod.

Moscow: Izd-vo Akad. arkhitektury SSSR, 1940. 256 pp.: ill, 4 ills. 25,5x18 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Rubbed, ink signature on t.p., otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. An interesting and comprehensive study on the architecture of a...... More

BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION DURING A WAR] Vosstanovleniye mostov [i.e. Bridge Reconstruction]. V. Gastev

[BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION DURING A WAR] Vosstanovleniye mostov [i.e. Bridge Reconstruction]

Gastev, V.

Moscow, Leningrad: Gostransizdat, 1932. 272pp., 3 schemes: ill. 25.2x17.8cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards. Loose, horizontal crease on the front cardboard, edges are slightly worn. In good condition. Scarce. First edition. Written by the Soviet scientist in the field of building structures, Vladimir Gastev (1891-1974), this is one of..... More

Price: $750.00

FROM ONE ARCHITECT TO OTHERS] Grazhdanskaia arkhitektura. Tekst: Chasti zdanii [i.e. Civil...

[FROM ONE ARCHITECT TO OTHERS] Grazhdanskaia arkhitektura. Tekst: Chasti zdanii [i.e. Civil Architecture. Text: Parts of Buildings] / compiled by V. Starostin, I. Tolchin

Bernhard, W.

St. Petersburg: Izd. Studencheskoi biblioteki, 1903. [2], 204, 4, 3 pp.: ill. 27,5x18,5 cm. In period half-leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Good. Rubbed, stains and pencil marks occasionally, first leaves slightly deformed of water. First edition. Extremely rare lithographed edition of lectures on building materials. A...... More

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ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES TO THE SOVIET SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnyye sooruzheniya...

[ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES TO THE SOVIET SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnyye sooruzheniya [i.e. Physical Culture Facilities]

Zverintsev, S., Nesterov, S.

[Moscow]: Onti. Glav. red. stroit. lit-ry, 1935. 359 pp.: ill. 26.2x18.4cm. With dust-jacket. In original cloth binding with the letterpress design on the front board and the spine. Neat restoration of the dust-jacket, previous owner’s inscription on the front board (in pen) and its verso (in pencil), a couple of..... More

Price: $1,200.00

TEN YEARS OF COAL AND METAL CITY] Desiat’ let goroda uglia i metalla: Sbornik [i.e. Ten Years...

[TEN YEARS OF COAL AND METAL CITY] Desiat’ let goroda uglia i metalla: Sbornik [i.e. Ten Years of Coal and Metal City]

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

Price: $950.00

BOLSHEVIZING SIBERIA] Pereimenovanie ulits, ploshchadei i predmestii g. Irkutska [i.e. Renaming...

[BOLSHEVIZING SIBERIA] Pereimenovanie ulits, ploshchadei i predmestii g. Irkutska [i.e. Renaming Streets, Squares and Suburbs of Irkutsk city]

[Irkutsk: Ispolnitel’nyi Komitet Irkutskogo Gorsoveta, 1920]. One typeset leaf. 35x20,5 cm. Tears of edges with tiny losses, some creases, otherwise very good. Extremely rare survival of time and a glimpse into the very beginning of the Communist changes. During the Civil War Irkutsk was an epicenter of political..... More

Price: $450.00

SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG , KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e....

[SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG , KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e. Architecture Issues: A Collection of Articles]

[Moscow]: Izogiz, 1935. 208 pp.: ill. 30x21,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Covers slightly soiled and spine chipped, otherwise a very good and internally clean copy. A valuable piece of a historical evidence on Moscow reconstruction of 1935, Ginzburg’s constructivist project of Moscow-Donbass Highway and Khiger’s civil housing critics..... More

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CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad...

[CONSTRUCTIVIST GLANCE ON LENINGRAD AS THE MODEL CITY] Za obraztsovyi sotsialisticheskii Leningrad [i.e. For the Exemplary Socialistic Leningrad]

Maliuga, E.

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

Price: $3,500.00

LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic...

[LEARNING TO FANTASIZE LIKE CHERNIKHOV] Iskusstvo nachertania [i.e. The Art of Graphic Representation]

Chernikhov, Y.G.

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

Price: $2,900.00

STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION] Mediko-sanitarnoie stroitel’stvo: Rukovodstvo dlia...

[STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION] Mediko-sanitarnoie stroitel’stvo: Rukovodstvo dlia vrachei i arkhitektorov [i.e. Health Facility Construction: A Manual for Physiсians and Architects]

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

Price: $1,100.00

SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst...

[SOVIET CITY DEMONSTRATIONS AT ITS BEST] Oformlenie goroda v dni revolutsionnykh prazdnenst [i.e. The Decoration of the City During Revolutionary Celebrations]

Kuznetsova, A., Magidoon, A., Schukin, U.

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

Price: $2,750.00

THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE STALINIST ARCHITECTURE] O realisticheskikh osnovakh sovetskoi...

[THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE STALINIST ARCHITECTURE] O realisticheskikh osnovakh sovetskoi arkhitektury [i.e. On the Realist Base of the Soviet Architecture]

Tsapenko, M.

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

Price: $750.00

ARCHITECTURE FOR ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS] Arkhitekturnye formy i kompozitsiya zdaniya [i.e....

[ARCHITECTURE FOR ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS] Arkhitekturnye formy i kompozitsiya zdaniya [i.e. Architecture Forms and Composition of a Building]

Gevirts, Ya.G.

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

Price: $1,200.00

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