![THE THEORY OF PHOTOMONTAGE] Fotoilliustratsiia v gazete : V pomoshch’ redaktsionnym rabotnikam...](/pictures/thumb/848.png?v=1569982926)
Moscow: Goskinoizdat, 1939. 136 pp.: ill. 22,5x15 cm. In original cloth binding with lettering on the front cover. Very good condition. The book is coming from the library of the editorial board of the Soviet Photo (Sovetskoe foto) magazine (stamp of the editorial board on p.3, 17. Inscribed... More
![THE GREATEST SPORTS FESTIVAL IN THE USSR] Spartakiada narodov SSSR 1956 [i.e. 1956 Spartakiad of...](/pictures/thumb/846.png?v=1569971481)
Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1957. [154] pp.: ill. 29,5x23 cm. In publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. Endpapers illustrated with photographs. Some soiling on covers, block occasionally broken, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Extremely rare. Design produced by Alexander Zhitomirsky (1907-1994) who... More
![Podshipniki [i.e. Ball Bearings]. Solomon TELINGATER, book design, Alexandr Khlebnikov, photography](/pictures/thumb/844.png?v=1569970092)
N.d. 240 pp., 24.5 x 17cm. The cover is slightly rubbed, corners are bumped otherwise very good. Trade catalog of Soyuzpodshipniksbyt (State Ball Bearings Distribution Trust), a book that provides detailed listings of company products. A deluxe edition, hardbound, upper board with silver lettering and an embossed figurative... 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 ever... More
![IZORAM] Izo rabochei molodezhi Leningrada: (Katalog) [i.e. The Art of Leningrad's...](/pictures/thumb/837.png?v=1569967661)
Moscow: Tretiakov Gallery, 1929. 68, [3] pp.: ill. 16х14 cm. In original wrappers. Few tears of the spine, otherwise a very good copy. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. Illustrated with 11 photogravures. Two-color avant-garde wrappers attributed to Ilya Chasnik. This catalogue was published on... 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
![PUBLISHING FOR THE NATIONAL MINORITIES] O Tsentrizdate SSSR [i.e. On the Central Publishing...](/pictures/thumb/823.jpg?v=1567064236)
Moscow: Tsentrizdat, 1931. 30 pp.: ill. 22x15,5 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Near fine. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies produced. Extremely rare. Illustrated throughout with the images of typography workers and the process of printing. Tsentrizdat was the publishing house which full... 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
![ELECTRIFICATION] Beregis’ elektricheskogo toka [i.e. Beware of the Electric Shock]. M. Aleksandrov](/pictures/thumb/788.jpg?v=1567041784)
Moscow: Gostrudizdat, 1930. 31 pp.: ill. 13,5x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed spine with minor tear, pale previous owner’s stamp on t.p., otherwise very good. First and only edition. Illustrated by contemporary posters on this topic. This is a small attractive brochure on the safety precautions that... 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
![THE SOVIET GUIDE FOR WINDOW DRESSERS] Vitrina magazina [i.e. Shop Window]. Iu Livshits](/pictures/thumb/779.jpg?v=1563928303)
Moscow: Gostorgizdat, 1946. 40 pp.: ill. 20,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears around the staple, small pale stains occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. This is a nice illustrated handbook to the impressive window dressing. The author marked some... More
![BANKING PROPAGANDA DURING NEP] Rasskaz delovoy pro Yuvselbank i muzhik s golovoi [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/775.jpg?v=1563927601)
Rostov-On-Don: Burevestnik, 1925. 15 pp. 13,5x9 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Good. Wrappers with foxing. One of 25000 copies. First and only edition. A curious piece of NEP propaganda. The brochure, produced in support of the Yuvselbank (The South Peasant Bank) was aimed to the population of the South of... More
![SOVIET CINEMA THERAPY] Patokinografiia v psikhiatrii i nevropatologii [i.e. Cinema Pathography...](/pictures/thumb/771.jpg?v=1563926933)
Moscow: Biomedgiz, 1936. [2], 244, [6] pp., 20 ills. 21х15,5 cm. In original cloth with silver lettering. Rubbed, water stains on the lower inner corner of p. 222-243 and the last leaf with illustrations. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. This is the first... 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
![THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTO] 1 gosudarstvenniy podshipnikoviy zavod imeni L.M. Kaganovicha...](/pictures/thumb/761.jpg?v=1563922674)
Moscow, 1932. 42 photos. 24x31 cm. Very good. The album was prepared for the Mikhail Kaganovich (1888-1941), brother of Lazar Kaganovich, party secretary. Mikhail Kaganovich at that time was the deputy to the minister of industry. His brother will become the head of that ministry in 1937. Mikhail has... 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
![PRE-SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ON INDUSTRIALISATION] Smotr gigantov SSSR. Muzlitmontazh dlia...](/pictures/thumb/754.jpg?v=1563921655)
Moscow: Muzizdat, 1931. 24 pp. 25,5x18 cm. In original constructivist style wrappers. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. This is an unprecedented screenplay for the children’s celebration of the 14th Anniversary of the October Revolution. It should be... More
![LUNACHARSKY AND GASTEV ON NEW MEN AND NEW CULTURE] Snariazhenie sovremennoi kultury [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/735.jpg?v=1563915504)
Kharkiv: GIZ Ukrainy, 1923. 37, [2] зp. 17,5x13 cm. Original printed wrapper. Near fine condition. Contemporary pencil notes in the article by Lunacharsky. The important example of the collaboration of the two of the great minds of the early Soviet social and cultural reformation: Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875-1933) and... 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