![Item #1621 [POSITIVE IMAGE OF THE USSR DURING THE GREAT PURGE: ART OF PROPAGANDA] SSSR na...](/pictures/thumb/1621.jpg?v=1676892363)
Moscow: Izogiz: Iskusstvo, 1938. 41x30,5 cm. In contemporary binding with original front wrapper of #1 glued above it. Binding rubbed, some fragments of cover paper along spine lost. Otherwise very good. A year set of the legendary magazine of Soviet photographic propaganda SSSR na stroyke [i.e. USSR in Construction] The..... More
![Item #1574 [RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE USSR IN THE 1950S] Inter’yer zhilogo doma: Sbornik...](/pictures/thumb/1574.jpg?v=1669219497)
Moscow: Gos. izd-vo lit. po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1954. 119 pp., 3 color ill.: ill. 21x26.7 cm. In original publisher’s cardboards. Near fine. Scarce. First edition. Edited by G. V. Morozova. Design by N. Munts. An important post-war collection of articles dedicated to the interior design..... More
![Item #1491 [SOVIET CONSTRUCTION OF MEAT INDUSTRY] Chasti zdanii miasokombinatov: Uchebnik dlia...](/pictures/thumb/1491.jpg?v=1660932238)
Moscow: Pishchepromizdat, 1939. 288 pp.: ill., schemes. 20x14 cm. In original cardboards. Rubbed and soiled, crease of spine after title page, foxing on front endpaper and t.p. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Comprehensive work on construction of all details of a butchery complex... More
![Item #1459 [DNIEPER CONQUERED] Dneprostroi. B. Vinograd](/pictures/thumb/1459.jpg?v=1660824274)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe nauchno-tekhnicheskoe izdatel’stvo, 1931. 56 pp.: ill. 20x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed with minor fragments lost, pencil marks and underlinings occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Very rare. Dneprostroi meant the construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, one of the giants of the..... More
![Item #1447 [EARLY THOUGHTS ABOUT GRANDIOSE MONUMENT OF LENIN: BEFORE THE PALACE OF SOVIETS] O...](/pictures/thumb/1447.jpg?v=1660820687)
Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1924. 122, [2] pp. 18x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and some pages’ edges restored, covers rubbed and soiled, otherwise very good and clean internally. Second edition. Collection of 6 articles by Leonid Krasin, Erikh Gollerbakh, Ivan Fomin, Lev Ilyin and Iakov Tugenkhold... More
![Item #1386 [A TREASURY OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PROJECTS] Ezhegodnik obshchestva...](/pictures/thumb/1386.jpg?v=1658499410)
Leningrad: Izd. Leningradskogo soiuza sovetskikh arkhitektorov, 1935. [6], 272, [10] pp.: ill. 30,5x24,5 cm. In original cloth with blind debossed lettering and a colored image on the front cover, blind embossed lettering on the spine. Tears of the spine, chipped, slightly soiled, otherwise very good. One of 3,600..... More
![Item #1370 [PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST TRAM STATION] Zhelezo-betonnyi...](/pictures/thumb/1370.jpg?v=1650378933)
[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..... More
![Item #1332 [THE FANTASTIC BOTANICAL GARDEN PROJECT IN THE CITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD] Eskiznyy...](/pictures/thumb/1332.jpg?v=1642545663)
[Gor’kiy]: Gor’k. krayev. izd-vo, 1936. 74, [2], 1 plan: ill., plans. 16,8x26 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. Extremely rare. 1 of 650 copies. First edition. Wrapper design by the Soviet artist YU. Porfir’ev. With 1 folded map and 24 black and white illustrations, including 14 photographs..... More
![Item #1329 [SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnye sooruzheniia [i.e. Physical Culture...](/pictures/thumb/1329.jpg?v=1642544862)
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 7,000 copies. Rare..... More
![Item #1305 [THE EARLIEST MOSCOW METRO HANDBOOK] Chto dolzhen znat’ passazhir Metropolitena...](/pictures/thumb/1305.jpg?v=1634128396)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1935. 25, [39] pp.: ill. 6,5х14 cm. In original oversized wrappers with an illustrated flap of the front cover. In very good condition. Minor tears, pale water stain on the outer edge, some double-leaves detached from the middle of the book. Very rare edition related to..... More
![Item #1303 [CONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW CANAL] Soyedineniye Volgi s Moskvoy-rekoy: Sb. materialov po...](/pictures/thumb/1303.jpg?v=1634128041)
Moscow: izd-vo Mosoblispolkoma, 1932. 64 pp., 1 map: ill., maps. 20x12.9 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine. Scarce. First edition. Edited by S. Chernyavsky. A book dedicated to the junction of Volga with Moscow River. Printed in 1932, the same year the construction of the Moscow canal began..... More
![Item #1228 [ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONSTRUCTIVIST HOUSE] Zhilishche. Opyt piatiletnei raboty nad...](/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
![Item #1176 [CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHITECTURE] Arkhitekturnyi ornament Srednei Azii [i.e. Architectural...](/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
![Item #1121 [THE FIRST SOVIET MANUAL ON THE PRODUCTION OF BRECCIA MARBLE] Iskusstvennyy...](/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
![Item #1113 [SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG, KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik...](/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
![Item #1028 [BALCONIES] Arhitektura i konstruktsiia balkonov [i.e. Architecture and Construction...](/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
![Item #1026 [YEAR RUN OF THE IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICAL] Stroitel’naia...](/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
![Item #978 [RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY THE NAZIS] Pamiatniki zodchestva, razrushennie...](/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
![Item #902 [SOVIET FLORICULTURE IN THE 1940S] Tsvety v gorode [i.e. Flowers in the City]....](/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
![Item #901 [ARCHITECTURE OF MOSCOW ARTERIES] Naberezhnye Moskvy. Arkhitektura i konstruktsiya...](/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
![Item #900 [BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION DURING A WAR] Vosstanovleniye mostov [i.e. Bridge...](/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
![Item #899 [FROM ONE ARCHITECT TO OTHERS] Grazhdanskaia arkhitektura. Tekst: Chasti zdanii [i.e....](/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
![Item #894 [ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GUIDES TO THE SOVIET SPORTS ARCHITECTURE] Fizkul’turnyye...](/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
![Item #889 [TEN YEARS OF COAL AND METAL CITY] Desiat’ let goroda uglia i metalla: Sbornik [i.e....](/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
![Item #878 [BOLSHEVIZING SIBERIA] Pereimenovanie ulits, ploshchadei i predmestii g. Irkutska [i.e....](/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