![JEWISH BEZBOZHNIK] Der Apikoyres: Organ fun Ts. R. funem Farband krigerishe apikorsim [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/1223.jpg?v=1617190470)
Moscow: Der Farband, 1932. 20 pp.: ill. 31x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers detached from the text block, tears of spine, small pieces of paper glued to the first and last pages, otherwise very good. One of 4000 copies. In Yiddish. Very rare. An issue of the first..... More
![CARICATURES BY SOVIET CHILDREN] Detskaya karikatura [i.e. Children’s Caricature](/pictures/thumb/1146.jpg?v=1612372605)
Moscow: Tsentral’nyy dom khudozhestvennogo vospitaniya detey RSFSR im. A.S. Bubnova, 1934. 16 pp.: ill. In original wrappers. Very good, spots on wrappers, pages are loose (lacking staple), marks of rust on the spine, pencil marks and Soviet bookshops’ stamps on the back cover and recto of the back cover, vertical..... More
![GOD EXISTS, BUT I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN HIM - COMMUNISM DISPLACES GOD IN THE CLASSROOMS]...](/pictures/thumb/1134.jpg?v=1608118984)
Moscow: Rabotnik prosveshcheniya, 1930. 120 pp. In original printed wrappers. Partly uncut. Very good. First edition. Scarce. A research on religious dissemination in Soviet schools. The charter of the Unified Labor School in the Soviet Union completely excluded the possibility of teaching the doctrine of Christianity..... More
![WHERE TO GET VITAMINS DURING WORLD WAR II] Kak obespechit’ sebia vitaminom A [i.e. How to ...](/pictures/thumb/1122.jpg?v=1608113885)
Leningrad: [Izd. Nauchno-Issledovatel’skogo instituta kormov], 1942. 8 pp. 13x9,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. An extremely rare survival of time and curious brochure on the role of Vitamin A and ways to get it in..... More
Moscow: Fabrika detskoy knigi izd-va detskoy literatury TSK VLSKM, 1939. 44, [4] pp.: ill. 18.5x10.5 cm. In publisher’s wrappers. Very good, tiny tears of the spine, some notes on the back cover (pencil). Extremely rare first edition. One of 7,000 copies. The promotion of physical education and..... More
![UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIALIZATION] Lytsem do vyrobnytstva [i.e. Facing the Production] # 6, 7, 19 for...](/pictures/thumb/1117.jpg?v=1608112655)
Kharkiv: Ukrains’kyi Robitnyk, 1930. 30,5x22 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Very good, small tears of spines with minor fragments lost, some foxing. Pale Soviet labor union stamps on p. 1 (#6, 7). One of 5000-8100 copies. Rare magazine published by All-Ukrainian Council of Trade Unions (VURPS) in..... More
![HOW THE SOVIET CREMATION BEGAN] Krematsiia [i.e. Cremation] / compiled by G. Bartel](/pictures/thumb/1114.jpg?v=1608111302)
Moscow: Izd. M.K.Kh. 1925. 95, [3] pp.: ill., 2 ills. 17x13. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good, some spots, pale water stains on the first leaves. One of 10 000 copies. Rare. Cover design was produced by Ol’ga Amosova (1888-1965), known as production designer in Khandzhonkov film studio in..... More
![ANTI-RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA] Bezbozhniki [i.e. Godless People]. I. Lebedev](/pictures/thumb/1047.jpg?v=1601543971)
Moscow: Komissiia po uluchsheniiu zhizni detei pri VTsIK i koop. izdatel’stva “Zhizn' i znanie”, 1924. 48 pp. 17,5x13 cm. In original wrappers with decorated frame. Tear of the spine along the staple, some stains. First edition. One of 10 000 copies. Extremely rare. Signed by the author on..... More
Collection of eight brochures from the Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair [numeration is alternative]: 1) Prokofiev, A. The Palace of Soviets. 2) Papanin, I. The Soviet Wintering Station on the Drifting Ice. 3) Fyodorov, E. Scientific Work of Our Polar Expedition. 4) Komarovsky, A. The Moscow-Volga..... More
![EXEMPLARY PIONEER CAMP] Artek. Ia Taits](/pictures/thumb/1031.jpg?v=1595854848)
Moscow: Detizdat, 1938. 104 pp.: ill. 27x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards; illustrated endpapers. Covers rubbed and bumped, small tear of the spine, but very good internally. On verso of front flyleaf an official inscription to schoolboy, dated 1938 and stamped. Very rare. Cover design was produced by book..... More
![CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]. Iu Zhukov](/pictures/thumb/1025.jpg?v=1595853874)
Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia, 1966. 575 pp.: ill., 32 ill. 20,5x15,5 cm. In original illustrated full-cloth with lettering on the spine; in original illustrated dust-wrapper; illustrated endpapers. Very good, small fragment of the spine lost, covers slightly rubbed. First edition. Solomon Telingater’s later yet brilliant book design. Resembling the..... More
![BYT MANIFESTO] Iskusstvo bytovoi veshchi [i.e. The Art of The Everyday Object]. David Arkin](/pictures/thumb/1011.jpg?v=1595850345)
Moscow: Izogiz, 1932. 170, [3] pp. 21x15 cm. Original photomontage wrappers. Very good, spine is restored. Ex-library copy (the stamp ‘allowed for resale’ of Russian Public Historic Library). Original wrappers’ design by Solomon Telingater (1903-1969), in the composition included the pieces of furniture, drawings of children, abstract architectural elements, pieces..... More
![MONTAGE CERTIFICATE TO SHOCK-WORKER] Po novomu rabotat’ - po novomu rukovodit’ [i.e. New Way...](/pictures/thumb/1009.jpg?v=1591893290)
Leningrad: Izogiz, [1935]. 36,5x24,5 cm. Very good. Tears and creases, rubbed and repaired. This striking certificate was awarded to A. Milovskii in recognition of his devotion to building socialism and work enthusiasm, bestowing him an honorary title of shock-worker. Signed by a director of Trubchevsk Pedagogical college and..... More
![SOVIET PROPAGANDA FOR CHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN] Odno Slovo [i.e. One Word]. V. Bichko](/pictures/thumb/999.png?v=1591802986)
Kiev: Molod’, 1953. 8 pp.: ill. 20,2x26,1 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, mild soiling of the wrappers, pencil markings on the rear wrapper. Otherwise very good internally clean copy. Scarce. Most likely first edition. Text in Ukrainian. Wrapper design and color illustrations..... More
![LITERATURE BY FOSTER STUDENTS] Zhizn’ nachinaetsia. Sbornik stikhov, rasskazov i ocherkov,...](/pictures/thumb/998.jpg?v=1591802807)
Leningrad: Otdel trudkoloniy UNKVD LO, 1936. 104 pp., 1 front. (Portrait of Dzerzhinsky) 17,5x13,5 cm. One of 3000 copies. Original cloth binding with the low-relief image on the front cover. Slightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed on the verso of the first endpaper by one of the authors..... More
![SCIENCE AND THE SOVIET UNION] Iskry nauki [i.e. Sparks of Science](/pictures/thumb/996.png?v=1591802515)
Moscow: Izdatelstvo “Gudok”, 1925-1931. #1-12 of 1927. A full run of the year bound in a single volume. Ca. 29,6x23,2 cm. In contemporary binding. Creases at the hinges, slightly rubbed, #3 lacks the front wrapper, #4,5 lack the rear wrapper, #6 lacks the pp. 239-240, #7 lacks the pp. 279-280..... More
![HOME CARE FOR PATIENTS] Kak ukhazhivat’ za bol’nym doma [i.e. How to Look After the Patient...](/pictures/thumb/994.jpg?v=1591801162)
Moscow: Meditsinskoe izdatelstvo, 1929. 80 pp.: ill. 22x30 cm. One of 40000 copies printed. Original illustrated cardboard binding. Covers are slightly rubbed, some minor restoration of the front cover. Part of the spine is missing, the 1920s stamps of the hospital on the title page, pp.13 and 37. Overall a...... More
![SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE] Shkola zhestokosti. Sbornik rasskazov [i.e. The School of Violence. The...](/pictures/thumb/993.jpg?v=1591800375)
Sverdlovsk: OGIZ, 1942. 85, [3] pp. 16x10,5 cm. One of 25000 copies. Original illustrated wrappers. Small tear of the spine and loss of the front cover. Otherwise very good. First edition. Extremely rare edition from the series printed in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) during the German occupation of the European..... More
![GRIT YOUR TEETH] Ukhod za zubami [i.e. The Dental Care]. Yu M. Rozovskiy](/pictures/thumb/979.jpg?v=1591793733)
Kharkiv: Nauchnaia mysl, 1929. 40 pp.: ill. 22,3x14,5 cm. One of 5000 copies printed. Original illustrated wrappers. With black and white illustrations in text. Small tear of the upper left corner, written numbers (pen) close to the tear. Otherwise very good. First and only edition. Extremely rare. An excellent..... More
![POULTRY PHOTOMONTAGES] Ptitsevodstvo. Krolikovodstvo [i.e. Poultry Breeding. Rabbit Breeding] /...](/pictures/thumb/962.jpg?v=1582651241)
Moscow: Sel’khozgiz, 1940. [126] pp.: ill. 29x23 cm. In original cloth with gilt embossed design and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). Slightly rubbed, few defects of the back cover, some soiling of lower outer corner, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies..... More
![CONSTRUCTIVIST FURNITURE] Za novuiu mebel’ [i.e. For the New Furniture](/pictures/thumb/958.jpg?v=1582650858)
Moscow: GOSTEKHIZD, 1933. 87 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Near fine. Extremely rare. No copies according to the Worldcat. The book includes the two theoretical works by Benenson and Murashov on the development and goals of the Soviet furniture industry and the chapter by N. Guchev..... 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
![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
![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