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Item #1527 [PHYSICAL CULTURE OF PIONEERS] Zariadka dlia detei 10-12 let [i.e. Morning Exercises...

[PHYSICAL CULTURE OF PIONEERS] Zariadka dlia detei 10-12 let [i.e. Morning Exercises for Children of 10-12 Years Old]

Artsishevskii, V.

Moscow: Fizkul’tura i sport, 1941. [21] pp. : ill. 9,3x8,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Mint. First and only edition. Very rare. Remarkable miniature photobook giving instructions on daily physical exercises. Physical culture of proletarian masses established in the youth. Schools held sports competitions, Osoaviakhim branches organized military clubs for..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #1531 [SOVIET HEAVY INDUSTRY : KIROV PLANT] Zheleznyi gorod (Zavod “Krasnyi putilovets”)...

[SOVIET HEAVY INDUSTRY : KIROV PLANT] Zheleznyi gorod (Zavod “Krasnyi putilovets”) [i.e. Iron City (Red Putilovite Plant)]

Cherevkov, V.

Moscow: Krest’ianskaia gazeta, 1927. 56 pp.: ill. 22,5x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine chipped, with small tears, otherwise very good copy. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Good edition on Soviet exploitation of the huge Putilov Ironworks and its role in industrialization of the..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1425 [MARXIST LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING POPULATION OF THE USSR BY THE VICTIMS OF...

[MARXIST LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING POPULATION OF THE USSR BY THE VICTIMS OF THE GREAT PURGE] The Revolt on the Armoured ‘Cruiser Potemkin’

Kanatchikov, S.

Moscow: Co-operative publ. soc. of foreign workers in the USSR, 1932. 32 pp. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Minor stain on outer edge of pages throughout copy, spine slightly rubbed, otherwise very good and clean. First English edition. Scarce. Translated by the schoolteacher and socialist William Wheeldon (1893-1937) from..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1464 [PROPAGANDA OF THE STALINIST MOSCOW] U nas v Moskve [i.e. At home, in Moscow]. L....

[PROPAGANDA OF THE STALINIST MOSCOW] U nas v Moskve [i.e. At home, in Moscow]

Kassil’, L.

Moscow: Detgiz, 1947. 36 pp.: ill. 28x20 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition, slightly rubbed, stains occasionally, small tear of the back cover, some illustrations were hand-colored by two pencils. First edition. Very rare. Cover design includes a photograph with light lettering in the dark..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1311 [YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii...

[YOUTH ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE 1920S USSR] Massovoye deystvo: Rukovodstvo k organizatsii i provedeniyu prazdnovaniya Desyatiletiya Oktyabrya i drugikh revolyutsionnykh prazdnikov [i.e. Mass Actions. Instruction Hot to Organize and Manage Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of October and Other Revolutionary Celebrations]

Kharlampiev, A.

Moscow; Leningrad: Giz, 1927. 288, [30] p.: ill.; 15x22.5 cm. In owner’s contemporary cloth binding. Slightly rubbed boards. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. An interesting Soviet book on the organization of revolutionary celebrations in the USSR with the method of mass actions. In the early 1920s, A. Kharlampiev organized..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1490 [SOVIET PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY ACTIONS IN EGYPT] Uchites’ govorit’ na...

[SOVIET PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY ACTIONS IN EGYPT] Uchites’ govorit’ na egipetskom dialekte arabskogo iazyka : Prakticheskoe posobie po arabskoi bytovoi leksike (egipetskii dialekt) [i.e. Learn to Speak Egyptian Dialect of Arabic Language : Guide to Arabic Everyday Vocabulary (Egyptian Dialect)]

Krapiva, G.

Moscow, 1968. 174, [1] pp. 20x16 cm. In original cardboards with lettering on front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed and bumped, few stains on p. 62-63, some marks occasionally and handwritten notes about alphabet on blank p.8, small stamp “checked” on verso of t.p. For internal use only... More

Price: $350.00

Item #757 [THEATRE IN CLUBS] Rezhissior v klube: Rezhissiorskie ukazaniya po postanovke...

[THEATRE IN CLUBS] Rezhissior v klube: Rezhissiorskie ukazaniya po postanovke revoliutsionnykh pies v dramaticheskikh kruzhkakh molodiozhi [i.e. Director in Club: Director’s Guidelines for Revolutionary Plays in Drama Studios for Youth]

Markov, V.D.

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

Price: $950.00

Item #1457 [500 PIGSKINS PER ONE TRACTOR] Svinye shkury [i.e. Pigskins]. I. Porotskii, V., Perov

[500 PIGSKINS PER ONE TRACTOR] Svinye shkury [i.e. Pigskins]

Porotskii, I., Perov, V.

Moscow: Izdatel’stvo Narkomtorgov SSSR i RSFSR, 1930. 16 pp.: ill. 18,5x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small hole around rusty staple, covers detached from block, otherwise very good. Extremely rare with no copies in Worldcat. This mass-audience lithographic brochure was produced for advertising purposes and for raising the literacy..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1308 [HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental...

[HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental Work]

Rebelsky, I.

Moscow: Trud i kniga, 1929. 127, [1] pp. In original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and extremities. Otherwise in a good condition. Scarce. 1 of 5,000 copies. An interesting Soviet manual on the ways of increasing mental activity written by the victim of Soviet repressions Joseph Rebelsky in 1929..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1134 [GOD EXISTS, BUT I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN HIM - COMMUNISM DISPLACES GOD IN THE...

[GOD EXISTS, BUT I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN HIM - COMMUNISM DISPLACES GOD IN THE CLASSROOMS] Religioznost’ i antireligioznost’ v detskoy srede [i.e. Religiosity and Anti-Religiosity in the Children’s Environment]

Rives, S.

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

Price: $950.00

Item #1538 [SOVIET PRESCHOOLERS] 50 igr s peniem dlia detei ot 3–8 let (s metodicheskimi...

[SOVIET PRESCHOOLERS] 50 igr s peniem dlia detei ot 3–8 let (s metodicheskimi ukazaniiami) [i.e. 50 Games with Songs for Children of 3–8 Years Old (with Instructions)]

Rumer, M., Metlov, N.

Moscow: Rabotnik prosveshcheniia, 1930. 64, [3] pp.: sheet music. 21,5x14,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of the spine lost, with some pieces of covers paper along the spine, foxing on covers, pale stamps and numbers of a Soviet institution on p. 3,17 and last one (blank). Otherwise very good..... More

Item #1573 [SOVIET CLUBS AND THEATRICAL STAGES] Oborudovaniye klubnoy stseny [i.e. Stage...

[SOVIET CLUBS AND THEATRICAL STAGES] Oborudovaniye klubnoy stseny [i.e. Stage Production in a Club]

Ryazhskiy, N.

Moscow: Goslitizdat, 1935. 153, [5] pp.: ill. 21.3x15.2 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with gilt lettering and ornaments on the front board and the spine. Very light soiling of the binding. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Design by the Soviet graphic artist and book illustrator of..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #817 [INCEPTION OF THE SOVIET READING ROOMS] Kak organizovat’ izbu-chital’niu i vesti...

[INCEPTION OF THE SOVIET READING ROOMS] Kak organizovat’ izbu-chital’niu i vesti rabotu v nei [i.e. How to Organize Reading Rooms and Coordinate Work in Them]

Skomorokhov, A. [pseud. Vozhgal’sky]

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

Price: $450.00

Item #1536 [YOUNG PIONEERS PERFORM] Sto igr iunykh pionerov [i.e. One Hundred Games of...

[YOUNG PIONEERS PERFORM] Sto igr iunykh pionerov [i.e. One Hundred Games of Young Pioneers]

Smoliarov, Ia.

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1925. 76, [2] pp.: ill.+ [2] pp. of ads. 25x17,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers with letterpress design. Almost no spine, with some fragments of paper along spine lost, soiling of covers, front wrapper and t.p. partly detached from block, pale stamps of a Soviet institution on..... More

Item #825 [GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi...

[GODLESS PRINT FOR THE RED ARMY SOLDIERS] Antireligioznaia rabota nizovoi krasnoarmeiskoi gazety [i.e. Anti-religious Work of Red Army Ordinary Newspaper]

Struchkov, G.

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

Price: $650.00

Item #1031 [EXEMPLARY PIONEER CAMP] Artek. Ia Taits

[EXEMPLARY PIONEER CAMP] Artek

Taits, Ia.

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

Price: $1,400.00

Item #690 Traktor STZ-NATI [i.e. The tractor STZ-NATI]. Z. Zaretskiy

Traktor STZ-NATI [i.e. The tractor STZ-NATI]

Zaretskiy, Z.

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

Price: $1,200.00

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

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Item #1419 [1960S FASHION] Al’bom modelei odezhdy s chertezhami kroia [i.e. Album of Clothing...

[1960S FASHION] Al’bom modelei odezhdy s chertezhami kroia [i.e. Album of Clothing Models with Sewing Patterns] / Issue 3 for 1965

Leningrad: Leningradskii dom modelei Upr. Shveinoi promyshlennosti Lensovnarkhoza, 1965. 24 pp.: ill. 22x32 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly rubbed and bumped, a light stain on the lower margin throughout the copy, otherwise very good. Edited by V. Kaminskaia. An issue of a periodical about sewing patterns..... More

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Item #761 [THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTO] 1 gosudarstvenniy podshipnikoviy zavod imeni L.M....

[THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTO] 1 gosudarstvenniy podshipnikoviy zavod imeni L.M. Kaganovicha [i.e. The first state ball-bearing factory, named after Lazar Kaganovich]

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

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Item #1146 [CARICATURES BY SOVIET CHILDREN] Detskaya karikatura [i.e. Children’s Caricature

[CARICATURES BY SOVIET CHILDREN] Detskaya karikatura [i.e. Children’s Caricature]

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

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Item #958 [CONSTRUCTIVIST FURNITURE] Za novuiu mebel’ [i.e. For the New Furniture

[CONSTRUCTIVIST FURNITURE] Za novuiu mebel’ [i.e. For the New Furniture]

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

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Item #1012 [THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MOSCOW EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1930s THROUGH...

[THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MOSCOW EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1930s THROUGH ADVERTISMENTS] Spisok abonentov Moskovskoi gorodskoi telefonnoi seti [i.e. List of the Moscow City Telephone Line Subscribers]

Moscow: Izd. Upravleniia Moskovskoi gorodskoi telefonnoi seti, 1939. L, 496, 112, [16] pp. 26,5x20 cm. One of 30000 copies printed. In original wrappers. Small losses and tears of the spine and covers, rubbed, ink note on p. 110 (additional info about subscriber), otherwise very good. Extremely rare. As..... More

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Item #846 [THE GREATEST SPORTS FESTIVAL IN THE USSR] Spartakiada narodov SSSR 1956 [i.e. 1956...

[THE GREATEST SPORTS FESTIVAL IN THE USSR] Spartakiada narodov SSSR 1956 [i.e. 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR]

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

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Item #998 [LITERATURE BY FOSTER STUDENTS] Zhizn’ nachinaetsia. Sbornik stikhov, rasskazov i...

[LITERATURE BY FOSTER STUDENTS] Zhizn’ nachinaetsia. Sbornik stikhov, rasskazov i ocherkov, napisannykh podrostkami-vospitannikammi trudovykh koloniy UNKVD LO [i.e. The Life Begins. The Collection of Verse, Short Stories and Essays Written by the Foster Students of the Labour Colonies of NKVD in Leningrad Region]

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

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