![MANIFESTO FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE] Novyi byt, novaia sem’ia (sem’ia, liubov’, brak,...](/pictures/thumb/907.jpg?v=1576166362)
Kostroma: Krasnyi pechatnik, 1924. 56 pp. 18,5x14 cm. In original printed wrappers. Pale water stains on front cover and upper margin of first leaves, otherwise very good and clean internally. First edition. One of 3000 copies. This is a curious provincial edition promoting collective dwelling and behavior. It..... More
![FREEDOM THROUGH THE KROKODIL MAGAZINE] Krokodil [i.e. Crocodile] #4-35 for 1989. Overall 32...](/pictures/thumb/888.jpg?v=1576159369)
Moscow: Pravda, 1989. 35,5x27 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, some tears of edges and ink marks (#31). Crosswords in most issues are filled out. Almost complete year set of issues printed in a period of glasnost (i.e. publicity) marking the last years of the Soviet rule. They..... More
![DESIGN BY RUVIM MAZE] Organizuy samogo sebya [i.e. Organize Yourself]. P. Kerzhentsev](/pictures/thumb/883.jpg?v=1576156982)
Moscow: [Molodaya gvardiya], 1925. 96pp.: tables. 20.3x14.3 sm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers by Ruvim Mazel (1890-1967). In good condition. Loss of the small fragment at the lower right corner of the front wrapper, tears of the spine, foxing. Second enlarged edition. First edition published in 1923. Scarce. Wrapper..... More
![HOW WE MAY COMPREHEND A MOTIO] Motornaia odarennost’ [i.e. Motor Сapability]. N. Ozeretskii](/pictures/thumb/882.jpg?v=1576156117)
Moscow: Tsentral’nyi institut truda, 1924. 28 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored, soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Issue from series ‘Orga-Biblioteka TsIT’. Early work of Central Labor Institute (1920-1939) that was established for demonstrating and propaganda of principles of..... More
![SOVIET STUDY OF LABOR] Issledovaniia / Tsentral’nyi institut truda V.TS.S.P.S. [i.e. Research /...](/pictures/thumb/859.jpg?v=1573085677)
Moscow, 1923. 108, [4] pp.: ill., 4 ills. 26x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Restored and soiled covers, water stains occasionally, some colored pencil marks on margins, otherwise very good and clean copy. First collection of works by the Soviet research laboratories dedicated to the culture of labor. One..... More
![THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA OF SPORTS] Vsesoiuznyi parad fizkul’turnikov na Krasnoi ploshchadi v...](/pictures/thumb/843.png?v=1569969571)
Moscow: N.p., [1945]. [60] pp.: ill. 29x24 cm. In original cloth with gilt lettering and logo. Slightly rubbed and weakened, ink inscription on the front flyleaf, otherwise very good. First and only edition. This impressive album featured the photographs of the first post-WWII and the last..... More
![GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi krasnoarmeiskoi gazety...](/pictures/thumb/825.jpg?v=1567064636)
Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1932. 40 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear near the staple, previous owner’s marks, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. This is an interesting work on the effectivity of the atheist publications in the local Red..... More
![WITNESS OF THE BLOSSOMING OF THE SOVIET THEATER] Akter v strane sotsializma [i.e. Actor in the...](/pictures/thumb/819.jpg?v=1567063658)
Moscow: Profizdat, 1937. 32 pp. 16,5x12 cm. In original wrappers with decorative frame. Slightly rubbed spine, tear around staple, bookplate of Moscow bibliophile on the inner side of front cover, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. Rare. Autobiographical book by Vera Pashennaia (1887-1962), the Soviet actress..... More
![INCEPTION OF THE SOVIET READING ROOMS] Kak organizovat’ izbu-chital’niu i vesti rabotu v nei...](/pictures/thumb/817.jpg?v=1567063055)
Melekess: Izd. Soveta Kr. kursov po podgotovke zaved. izbami-chital’niami, [1921]. 32 pp. 17x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine repaired with marbled paper, tears of the spine, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 250 copies. Signed by author on the front cover, some author’s corrections in the text..... More
![WORKERS’ CLUB MANAGEMENT COURSES] Podgotovka zateinikov-organizatorov [i.e. Preparing of...](/pictures/thumb/782.jpg?v=1567035040)
Leningrad: Priboi, 1929. 68 pp. 16,5x11,5 cm. In original wrappers with constructivist design. Tears of the spine, some stains, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Attractive constructivist cover design was produced by artist Alexander Skvortsov. This book contains a program of courses of the workers’..... More
![HOW TO DESIGN A COMFORTABLE WORKPLACE] Estetika proizvodstvennoi sredy na avtotransportnykh...](/pictures/thumb/781.jpg?v=1563928623)
Kiev: Reklama, 1973. 31 pp., 54 plates. 22x29,5 cm. In illustrated folder, brochure in stapled wrappers and plates are separate. Very good, some wear of the folder. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. Very rare. Published by Ministry of Motor Transport of the Ukrainian SSR and the..... More
![AFTERMATH OF STALINISM] O preodolenii kul'ta lichnosti i ego posledstvii [i.e. On Overcoming...](/pictures/thumb/780.jpg?v=1563928425)
Moscow: Gospolitizdat, 1956. 32 pp. 20,5x13 cm. In original wrappers. In very good condition. First edition. This is the most significant resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union related to Khrushchev’s Secret Speech. This book was published in four months after the..... 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
![BOOK PROPAGANDA PERFORMANCE FOR THE RED ARMY] Karnaval knig. Agitatsionnoe predstavlenie [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/763.jpg?v=1563924935)
Moscow: Voenizdat, 1925. 29, [3] pp.: ill. 23x15,5 cm. In original wrappers with decorative frame. In very good condition, mainly uncut pages, minor tears of spine, small blank fragments of covers and pages lost, ink number on the front cover. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies..... More
![PERFORMANCE AS PROPAGANDA TOOL] Kostiumirovannyi vecher v klube [i.e. Costume Evening in Club]....](/pictures/thumb/758.jpg?v=1563922238)
[Moscow]: Molodaya gvardiya, 1930. 46, [2] pp. 18x13 cm. 2nd ed. In original illustrated stapled wrappers. Wrappers are loose, with some rubbing. Otherwise very good and clean. Uncut. Very rare. One of 10000 copies. This book is dedicated to agitation in art forms and particularly in theatre and performance..... More
![THEATRE IN CLUBS] Rezhissior v klube: Rezhissiorskie ukazaniya po postanovke revoliutsionnykh...](/pictures/thumb/757.jpg?v=1563922077)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1924. 156 pp.: ill. 24x15 cm. In original illustrated constructivist wrappers (by P.R.). Good. Tears and losses of the spine, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the back cover, pale stains on the wrappers and a few pages. First and only edition. One of 10000 copies. Rare. The phenomenon..... More
![Traktor STZ-NATI [i.e. The tractor STZ-NATI]. Z. Zaretskiy](/pictures/thumb/690.png?v=1559608412)
Moscow: Nauchno-issledovatelelskiy institut poligraficheskoy i izdatelskoy tekhniki OGIZ’a pri SNK RSFSR, [1945]. [65] pp. 24x37 cm. Original card boards. Tear on the inside of the front endpaper, binding is slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. The album is dedicated to the tractor STZ-NATI that was in..... More