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Item #1818 [SOVIET YOUTH WITHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN] Zdravstvui, drug! [i.e. Hello, Friend!]. I....

[SOVIET YOUTH WITHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN] Zdravstvui, drug! [i.e. Hello, Friend!]

Dolgopolov, I.

Moscow: Molodaia gvardia, 1957. 96 leaves. 29,5х23 cm. In original cloth with colored debossed logo. Stains and ink mark on covers, shelfwear, tear of endpaper, otherwise very good internally. Introduction and captions are printed in Russian, English, French and German. This photo album was produced specially for the..... More

Item #1812 [FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN] Shest’ uslovii pobedy tov. Stalina [i.e. Six Conditions of...

[FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN] Shest’ uslovii pobedy tov. Stalina [i.e. Six Conditions of Victory by Comrade Stalin]

[Stalin, J.]

N.p., [early 1930s]. 1 portrait mounted, 1 leaf folded in 6 pp. 3,3x2,9 cm. In original printed wrappers. Mint. Extremely rare miniature propaganda book that encouraged executors of the first five-year plan. In the 1930s, most significant party and government documents were published in miniature format. In June 22-23..... More

Item #1811 [RODCHENKO] Chzhungo [i.e. China]. S. Tretiakov

[RODCHENKO] Chzhungo [i.e. China]

Tretiakov, S.

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 259, [2] pp.: ill.+ 3 pp. of eds. 20x13,5 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Binding rubbed and bumped, with small fragments of covering paper lost from spine, tears of spine, water stain on upper edge, some soiling occasionally, signature on t.p. painted over with a marker, otherwise..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1810 [RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONS OF WORLD CLASSICS] Sluchai. Roman v dvukh chastiakh [i.e....

[RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONS OF WORLD CLASSICS] Sluchai. Roman v dvukh chastiakh [i.e. Chance. Novel in Two Parts]

Conrad, J.

Leningrad: Kubuch, 1925. 344, [2] pp.+ IV pp. of ads 18x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, with few tears of covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. First Russian edition. One of 6000 copies. Rare. Cover design was created likely by G. Lvov, who is..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1665 [PHOTOMONTAGES ON AVIATION] Soviet Aviation

[PHOTOMONTAGES ON AVIATION] Soviet Aviation

Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939. 96 pp.: ill. 40x26 cm. In original full cloth with lettering and design on the front cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly soiled and rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Illustrated throughout with photomontages and photographs by Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1664 [RODCHENKO AND STEPANOVA] The Red Army and Navy

[RODCHENKO AND STEPANOVA] The Red Army and Navy

Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939. [104] pp.: ill., including 2 fold-outs. 39,5x26,5 cm. In original red cloth with lettering on spine and stamped lettering & red star on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly rubbed, otherwise mint. First and only edition. Rare. In English. A parade book propagating the USSR..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1526 [SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Kryl’ia kholopa [i.e. The Wings of a Serf

[SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Kryl’ia kholopa [i.e. The Wings of a Serf]

Moscow: Kinopechat’, [1926]. 8 pp.: ill. 17,5x26,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Mint. Very rare. The film’s sets and most likely this remarkable pamphlet were designed by artist Vladimir Yegorov (1878-1960). He gained fame for the Soviet film ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (1915) directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold, later he..... More

Price: $950.00
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Item #1493 [HOW TO CREATE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES] Zagolovok v gazete [i.e. Newspaper Headlines]. B....

[HOW TO CREATE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES] Zagolovok v gazete [i.e. Newspaper Headlines]

Vyazemskiy, B.

Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1947. 87 pp.: ill. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Covers and spine partly detached from block, some rusty stains on back cover, minor tear of spine, otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. One of the first Soviet works on the typographic production of newspaper headlines written by..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #1476 [KONASHEVICH] Sto oktiabriat [i.e. One Hundred Little Octobrists]. I. Belyshev

[KONASHEVICH] Sto oktiabriat [i.e. One Hundred Little Octobrists]

Belyshev, I.

Leningrad: Lenizdat, [early 1930s]. 20 pp.: ill. 18,5x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of edges, stains occasionally, original black and white illustrations colored by hand. Very rare. Brilliant children’s book about the practice of waste paper gathering and involvement of little octobrists in it. Soviet..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #1417 [SHARK FISHING IN THE SOVIET UNION] Promysel akuly, lov i obrabotka [i.e. Shark...

[SHARK FISHING IN THE SOVIET UNION] Promysel akuly, lov i obrabotka [i.e. Shark Harvesting, Fishing and Processing]

Berezin, N.

Moscow: Snabtekhizdat, 1932. 53, [2] pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine with minor fragments lost, creases of the back cover, p. 54 soiled, pale private stamps on the title page and p.54, pencil marks on margins and colored pencil number on the back..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1395 [A PARADE EDITION - SOVIET SHOCK-WORKERS] Stalinskoe plemia stakhanovtsev [i.e. A...

[A PARADE EDITION - SOVIET SHOCK-WORKERS] Stalinskoe plemia stakhanovtsev [i.e. A Stalinist Tribe of Stakhanov’s Followers]

Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv, 1936. [2], XX, 71, [1], 72-82, [2], 83-86 pp.: ill., 2 portraits. 29x30 cm. In original cloth binding with a flap of the back cover, with silver lettering and blind debossed image on the front cover, silver design on the spine; publisher’s blind logo on..... More

Item #1304 [THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii...

[THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii grazhdanskoj vojny [i.e. Semen Proskakov: Poetic Commentaries to Materials on the Civil War]

Aseev, N.

Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1928. 51 pp., 6 ills. 21x14 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine repaired, some stains, minor tears of edges of oversized covers, p. 3-14 detached from text block, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. The book is written by futurist poet..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1292 [ONE OF THE LEADING BOOK DESIGNERS IN THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1920S] 920-1928....

[ONE OF THE LEADING BOOK DESIGNERS IN THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1920S] 920-1928. Stikhotvoreniya [i.e. 1920-1928. Poems]

Antokolsky, P.

Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1929 (Moskva: tip. «Krasnyy proletariy»). 154, [6] pp. 18x13.6 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with illustrated dust-wrappers by Boris Titov. Tears to the dust-wrappers. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Dust-wrappers by Boris Titov (1897-1951), a Soviet graphic..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1059 [A STUDY OF THE BOOK COVER] Oblozhka knigi: Opyt istoricheskogo issledovaniia. I....

[A STUDY OF THE BOOK COVER] Oblozhka knigi: Opyt istoricheskogo issledovaniia. I. Proiskhozhdenie oblozhki. II. Evoliutsiia. III. Perspektivy [i.e. The Book Cover. A Historical Study. I. Origin of the Book Cover. II. Evolution. III. Future Prospects]

Brylov, G.

Leningrad: Izdanie Akademii Khudozhestv, 1929. 120 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original cardboards. Very good. First edition. One of 600 copies. Very rare. Cover design produced by the author, graphic artist Georgy Brylov who contributed to the Soviet design of books and posters and wrote 5 works about his..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #1025 [CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]. Iu Zhukov

[CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]

Zhukov, Iu.

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

Price: $350.00

Item #1022 [LETTERPRESS ABC] Uchenik-naborshchik [i.e. Typesetter Apprentice]. I. Vie

[LETTERPRESS ABC] Uchenik-naborshchik [i.e. Typesetter Apprentice]

Vie, I.

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1927. IV, 80 pp.: ill. 23x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Bumped edges of oversized covers, small tear of the spine and a few spots on front cover, otherwise a very good and clean copy. First and only Russian edition. One of 3000 copies. Cover design..... More

Price: $750.00

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