![CHERNIKHOV MANUSCRIPT] Chertezh i risunok [i.e. The Draft and the Sketch]. Yakov Chernikhov](/pictures/thumb/1268.jpg?v=1631716437)
St. Petersburg, 1919. [64] pp., [12] pp. (separately). 25,7x20,5 cm. Original cloth binding. Block is a bit shaky, otherwise very good. Manuscript book created by one of the legends of Soviet constructivism Yakov Chernikhov (1889-1951). The book under the same title has never been published. An incredible insight..... More
![THE SOCIALIST CITY] Problema stroitelstva sotsialisticheskikh gorodov [i.e. The Problem of...](/pictures/thumb/1267.jpg?v=1631716298)
Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ; Krasny proletarii, 1930. 84 pp.: ill. 23,5x27,5 cm. One of 7000 copies printed. Original silver stamped yellow and blue cloth binding with the original red and white dust-jacket. Few bits of dust-jacket are restored and replicated, but most of it is preserved. The book itself is in..... More
![THE WOODEN MAUSOLEUM] Childrens’ constructor, a movable calendar in shape of Lenin’s...](/pictures/thumb/1266.jpg?v=1631716171)
Leningrad: Priboy, [1925-1929]. 43x56,5 and 24,5x36 cm. The extremely rare example of this game that provides the additional insights into the ‘byt’ of Soviet children. The principle of puzzle: the sheet number two was serving as a base (the description advises to glue on the sheet with the..... More
![AVANT-GARDE ARCHITECTURE FOR PROLETARIAT] 10 rabochikh klubov Moskvy: Arkhitektura klubnogo...](/pictures/thumb/1250.jpg?v=1631710727)
Moscow; Leningrad: OGIZ-IZOGIZ, 1932. 108 pp.: ill. 17x18 cm. Designed by M.A. Il’in. In the original photomontage dust wrapper. In white blank wrappers. Very good. Spine is slightly restored and the dust-jacked is rubbed at the creases. Very rare, especially with a fragile dust wrapper. One of 5000 copies. The..... More
![CONSTRUCTIVIST TRANSFORMERS] Sbornie dereviannye doma: konstruktsii [i.e. Prefabricated Wooden...](/pictures/thumb/1244.jpg?v=1631709675)
Moscow; Leningrad: OGIZ, 1931. [2], 206 pp. Oblong folio. 26,4x38 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Owner’s (?) illustrated folder and slipcase that preserve the shape of this unevenly sized edition very well. Covers are carefully restored, mostly at the edges. Otherwise very good. First and only edition. The book..... More
![ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONSTRUCTIVIST HOUSE] Zhilishche. Opyt piatiletnei raboty nad problemoy...](/pictures/thumb/1228.jpg?v=1617192530)
Moscow: Gosstroyizdat, 1934. 192 p.: ill. 29,5x21,5 cm. 1 of 4000 copies. Original cloth binding. No dust-jacket. Some soiling, but otherwise very good. Contemporary owner’s inscription on the title page (A. Molokin, 1931). Provenance: the book belonged to the well-known Kharkiv-based architect professor Alexander Molokin (1880-1951), the contributor..... More
![ASIA - AZERBAIJAN - BAKU] [Collection of Seventeen Large Original Gelatin Silver Photographs...](/pictures/thumb/1196.jpg?v=1613991385)
Ca. 1910s. Seventeen loose gelatin silver photographs, each ca. 17x23 cm (6 ¾ x 8 ¾ in). Three photos with pencil captions in Russian on verso. One photo with a tear on the corner neatly repaired; overall a very good collection of interesting strong images. Rare original photographs of..... More
![BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HISTORY OF SOVIET ARCHITECTURE] Ob osnovnykh problemakh i metodakh izucheniia...](/pictures/thumb/1178.jpg?v=1612382668)
Kharkiv: KhIIKS, 1940. 144 pp. 18,5x13,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Faded, a few stains and underlines, some creases and tears of p. 11-14 corners (text is attached but readable), contemporary signature on the front cover and p. 25, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 160..... More
![CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHITECTURE] Arkhitekturnyi ornament Srednei Azii [i.e. Architectural Ornament of...](/pictures/thumb/1176.jpg?v=1612380188)
Moscow: Izd. Vsesoiuznoi Akademii arkhitektury, 1939. 228 pp.: ill. 26,5x18 cm. In original full cloth with colored lettering on the spine and the front cover. Covers soiled and slightly rubbed, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. One of 2500 copies. Scarce. A valuable..... More
![SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture Constructions]. S....](/pictures/thumb/1174.jpg?v=1612379117)
Leningrad: Fizkul’tura i turizm, 1932. 292 pp.: ill. 21x13,5 cm. In original full-cloth binding with lettering on the front cover and the spine. Slightly rubbed and weakened, no back flyleaf, contemporary signature on t.p., some pencil notes, otherwise very good and clean. First edition. One of 7000 copies. Rare..... More
![SOVIET STUDY OF LABOR IN THE EARLY 1930S] Rabochaia mebel’: Voprosy ratsionalizatsii [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1142.jpg?v=1612364105)
Moscow: Gos. sotsial’no-ekonomicheskoe izdatel’stvo, 1931. 68 pp.: ill. 20x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. The manual on how to rationalize labor by well-organized working places. This was one of the key issues studied and promoted by the..... More
![THE FIRST SOVIET MANUAL ON THE PRODUCTION OF BRECCIA MARBLE] Iskusstvennyy brekchiyevidnyy mramor...](/pictures/thumb/1121.jpg?v=1608113653)
Moscow: Izd-vo Vses. akad. arkhitektury, 1938. 44 pp., 6 ill.: ill. In original publisher’s wrappers. Very good, small tears of the spine, front cover is slightly detached from the spine, The first Soviet manual on the production of artificial breccia marble. Printed in 1938, this book serves as the..... More
![SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG, KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/1113.jpg?v=1604439740)
[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
![THE LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION ON DNIEPER RIVER] Dneprostroy i novoye Zaporozh’ye....](/pictures/thumb/1088.jpg?v=1604429859)
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
![BALCONIES] Arhitektura i konstruktsiia balkonov [i.e. Architecture and Construction of...](/pictures/thumb/1028.jpg?v=1595854406)
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....](/pictures/thumb/1026.jpg?v=1595854110)
#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
![MOSCOW-VOLGA CANAL] Kanal Moskva-Volga. Spravochnye dannye [i.e. Moscow-Volga Canal. Reference Data](/pictures/thumb/984.jpg?v=1591795313)
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...](/pictures/thumb/978.jpg?v=1591793558)
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
![SOVIET FLORICULTURE IN THE 1940S] Tsvety v gorode [i.e. Flowers in the City]. Bazilevskaya N. A](/pictures/thumb/902.jpg?v=1576165210)
[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
![ARCHITECTURE OF MOSCOW ARTERIES] Naberezhnye Moskvy. Arkhitektura i konstruktsiya [i.e. Moscow...](/pictures/thumb/901.jpg?v=1576164952)
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](/pictures/thumb/900.jpg?v=1576164592)
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
![FROM ONE ARCHITECT TO OTHERS] Grazhdanskaia arkhitektura. Tekst: Chasti zdanii [i.e. Civil...](/pictures/thumb/899.jpg?v=1576164322)
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
![ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES TO THE SOVIET SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnyye sooruzheniya...](/pictures/thumb/894.jpg?v=1576161883)
[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
![TEN YEARS OF COAL AND METAL CITY] Desiat’ let goroda uglia i metalla: Sbornik [i.e. Ten Years...](/pictures/thumb/889.jpg?v=1576159894)
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
![BOLSHEVIZING SIBERIA] Pereimenovanie ulits, ploshchadei i predmestii g. Irkutska [i.e. Renaming...](/pictures/thumb/878.jpg?v=1576154232)
[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