Tiflis: 41 degrees, 1918. [22] pp. 15x11 cm. Hectograph edition. Print-run is unknown, usually under 30 copies in similar cases. Abstract illustration on the wrapper by Kirill Zdanevich, as well as 3 full-page illustrations. Some soiling through the book. Sukhoparov in his 1992 paper ‘Alexei Kruchyonykh. Sudba Budetlianina’ gives..... More
![Item #921 [KRUCHYONYKH/ILIAZD COLLABORATION] Milliork. Alexei Kruchyonykh](/pictures/thumb/921.jpg?v=1582639596)
Tiflis: 41 degrees, 1919. 32 pp. 22,5x15 cm. Original letterpress design by Ilia Zdanevich. The wrappers used to be folded. Tears and minor restoration, otherwise good. One of approximately 250 copies. The following book is one of the classic examples of the collaboration of the two greats of Russian..... More
![Item #688 V.V. Lebedev. Russkiy plakat [i.e. The Russian Posters] / introduction by Nikolay...](/pictures/thumb/688.png?v=1559606555)
Petrograd: Strelets, 1922. 36 pp., 23 leaves of ill. Copy # 440 of 500. The first edition. The copy is in fine condition, flawless. The edition is famous for its chromolithographs showing Lebedev’s works during the Civil War for Petrograd - based branch of Rosta Windows. Apart from posters..... More
![Item #85 [JEWISH THEATRE IN MOSCOW] Finf yor mlukhisher Idisher kamer-teater [i.e. The Five...](/pictures/thumb/85.jpg?v=1450189135)
Moscow: Shul un bukh, 1924. 138 pp., [14] leaves of plates: ill., ports. 21,5x15 cm.1 of 2000 copies. Original illustrated wrapper. The browning of the spine. Otherwise fine. Rare. The first book about the Jewish theatre in Moscow (GOSEKT) that was founded in 1919-1920 by Alexei Granovsky. Significant..... More
![Item #1257 [UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE] Volchie solntse. Kniga stikhov vtoraia [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/1257.jpg?v=1631715091)
Moscow: printed by the literary publishers Gileya and Ko. (printed in Kherson in ‘Economia’ typography), 1914. 57, [5], [4], 59-64 pp., 5 ill. 17,7x11,3 cm. One of 480 copies printed. Original printed wrappers. Spine is restored. Very good and clean. First edition. Very rare. The pivotal edition in understanding..... More
![Item #568 [HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE GROUPS] Khudozhestvennye gruppirovki za poslednie 25...](/pictures/thumb/568.jpg?v=1547728546)
Moscow: Khud. izd. akts. o-vo AKhR, 1930. 148 pp. 19x13 cm. Publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Very good. Restoration of the wrappers (original spine is lost), Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the recto of the rear cover, a few underlining in text (pencil). First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. Viktor Lobanov..... More
![Item #263 Arkhitektura kluba [i.e. The Architecture of the Club]. N. V. Lukhmanov](/pictures/thumb/263.jpg?v=1491999042)
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1930. 103, [1] pp.: ill., plans. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Tears of the spine, some soiling and general wear of the wrappers. Rare. One of 5000 copies. Cover design contains Melnikov’s design of the second floor of the club (ill. #17). With 80..... More
![Item #1258 [VLADIMIR MARKOV - ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE] Faktura [i.e. The...](/pictures/thumb/1258.jpg?v=1631715166)
St. Petersburg: Soyuz Molodezhi, 1914. 70, [2] pp. Original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine, owner’s inscription on the front wrapper (pencil). Otherwise good. The signature on the front wrapper by Oscar Voltsenburg (1886-1971), a Russian-born German librarian and bibliographer, best known as the head of the Hermitage library..... More
![Item #565 [CZECH CONSTRUCTIVIST MAYAKOVSKY, SIGNED] 150,000.000. V. Mayakovsky](/pictures/thumb/565.jpg?v=1547727985)
Praha: Melantrich, 1945. 104 pp.: ill. 31x22 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Few pages detached, slightly rubbed. Second edition of the first Czech translation. Copy signed by translator. Constructivist cover design and 9 original lithographies were made by avant-garde artist Václav Mašek (1893-1973). The Czech version of this epic..... More
![Item #1144 [MAYAKOVSKY - LIFETIME EDITION] O Kurske, o komsomole, o maye, o polete, o Chapline, o...](/pictures/thumb/1144.jpg?v=1612372167)
Moscow: Kras. nov’, 1924. 90, [1] pp. 13.4x18 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s avant-garde wrappers by R. Mazel. Soviet bookshop stamp on the rear wrapper, slight wear. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. A rare lifetime edition of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s collection of verses with remarkable avant-garde design by..... More
![Item #1392 [SEN’KIN] Bez doklada ne vkhodit’ [i.e. No Admittance without Being Announced]. V....](/pictures/thumb/1392.jpg?v=1658793894)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 110, [2] pp. 20x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine copy with uncut pages, slightly chipped, pale water stain on the upper edge of the back cover. First and only edition. One of 3,000 copies produced. Rare. Cover design was produced by one..... More
![Item #275 [MAYAKOVSKY IN FRENCH] Mayakovsky po frantsuzski: 4 poemy / Perevod Andreia Gippiusa...](/pictures/thumb/275.jpg?v=1494858928)
Moscow: Published by the translator, 1930. [2], 46 leaves. 23x19 cm. Original front cover is preserved, spine and rear cover of modern paper. Some light restoration to the front cover, lacking staples so leaves are not bound, some soiling, previous owner’s pencil drawing on the last page and corrections in..... More
![Item #1262 [RARE MAYAKOVSKY’S CHILDREN’S BOOK] Prochti i katai v Parizh i Kitay [i.e. Read...](/pictures/thumb/1262.jpg?v=1631715702)
Moscow: GiZ, 1929. [16] pp. 22,5x19,5 cm. One of 10000 copies printed. Lithographed throughout. Original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. In a near fine condition, remarkable for the children’s book of the period. Extremely rare with no copies found in US institutional holdings according to the Worldcat. The first mention of the..... More
![Item #299 [RODCHENKO’S DESIGN FOR MAYAKOVSKY’S TRAVEL NOTES ABOUT AMERICA] Moe otkrytie...](/pictures/thumb/299.jpg?v=1502281694)
Moscow: GIZ, 1926. 142, [2] pp.: ill. 18x10 cm. Original wrappers designed by Alexander Rodchenko. Very good. Minor loss of the spine from the edges. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Scarce! One of the rarer Mayakovsky/Rodchenko books. The book contains the notes from poet’s trip to America and..... More
![Item #483 [VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/483.jpg?v=1531141489)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1932. [1], 79 pp.: ill. 25х22 сm. In original constructivist cardboards and dust jacket, both with red and black lettering. Slightly rubbed and chipped dust jacket and spine, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Extremely rare in this condition. Brilliant edition that became the..... More
![Item #749 [VARVARA STEPANOVA & MAYAKOVSKY’S COLLABORATION] Groznyi smekh. Okna Rosta [i.e....](/pictures/thumb/749.jpg?v=1563920659)
Moscow: GIKhL, 1932. [1], 79 pp.: ill. 25х22 сm. In original constructivist cardboards and dust jacket, both with red and black lettering. Dust jacket is slightly restored, but generally in very good / near fine condition. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Extremely rare in this condition. Brilliant..... More
![Item #676 [UKRAINIAN AVANT-GARDE] Zhuk. Iu. M. Mikhailiv](/pictures/thumb/676.png?v=1558655790)
Kharkiv: Rukh, 1931. 34, [2] pp.: ill., 17 ill. 25,5x18 cm. In original wrappers. Covers and spine repaired, with minor defect of the front cover, foxing occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies. Very rare. The constructivist cover design produced by Anatol..... More
![Item #436 [EL LISSITZKY] Dlya golosa / Konstruktor knigi El Lissitzky [i.e. For the Voice /...](/pictures/thumb/436.jpg?v=1519821910)
Moscow-Berlin: RSFSR. Gos. izd., 1923. [2], 61 pp. 19x13,3 cm. Original wrappers with letterpress typographic design on front. A very good copy. Wrappers with mild soiling and rubbing, small tears of the top of the spine, creases of corners, previous owner’s signature on the first and last pages (both blank)..... More
![Item #729 [THE LEFT FRONT: RODCHENKO AND GAN] Reviziya Levogo Fronta v sovremennom russkom...](/pictures/thumb/729.jpg?v=1563913592)
Moscow: Vserossiiskii proletkult, 1925. 147 pp.: ill. In Constructivist publisher's wrappers. Very good, restoration of the spine, loss of the fragment of p.82 (small damage to the text). First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. Not only a great example of constructivist book design but also a...... More
![Item #1381 [TATLIN] Tatlin (Protiv Kubizma) [i.e. Tatlin (Against Cubism)]. N. Punin](/pictures/thumb/1381.jpg?v=1658495040)
St. Petersburg: Gos. izdatel’stvo, 1921. 25, [2] pp., 16 ills. 30,5x23,5 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Spine chipped, with a tear, some stains on the covers, otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. Dedicated to the students of Free State Studios in Petrograd. Written by the Russian art..... More
![Item #235 [EL LISSITZKY] Der Milner, di Milnerin un di Milshtayner [i.e. The Miller, His Wife and...](/pictures/thumb/235.jpg?v=1488457461)
Kiev: Yidisher Folks Ferlag, 1919. 16 pp.: ill. 16x12 cm. Original wrappers designed by Lissitzky with integral illustration on each cover. Fine. First edition. Extremely rare. Yiddish children’s book with 11 illustrations by Lissitzky. The Kultur-Liga in Warsaw reprinted this book in green and red in a slightly larger..... More
![Item #111 [COVER DESIGNED BY ALEKSEY REMIZOV] Lalazar. Kavkazskii skaz [i.e. Lalazar. Caucasian...](/pictures/thumb/111.jpg?v=1472130891)
Berlin: Skify, 1922. 37, [3] pp. 20х14 см. In original illustrated wrappers. Some restoration of the covers, some soiling, Berlin bookshop’s stamp on the title page. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First and only separate edition. Very rare. Title pages in Russian and German. Cover design by..... More
![Item #649 [FAMOUS SERIES DESIGNED BY RODCHENKO] Mess Mend, ili Yanki v Petrograde. Za i protiv /...](/pictures/thumb/649.jpg?v=1615471812)
Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1924. 19x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. All wrappers and the title page designed by Alexander Rodchenko. 'Mess Mend' series were written by Soviet poet and writer Marietta Shaginyan (1880-1982). The series about an American in Russia were created for the public in attempt to show ‘Red..... More
![Item #339 [LENIN’S MAUSOLEUM] Arkhitektura Mavzoleia Lenina [i.e. Architecture of the Lenin’s...](/pictures/thumb/339.jpg?v=1507834148)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo arkhitektury i gradostroitel’stva, 1950. 103 pp.: ill., 2 ill. 23x17 cm. In original Soviet cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and stamping on the front board (both faded). Very good, erased inscription on the front board, inscriptions in pen on the t.p. and front and rear..... More
![Item #265 [ALEXANDRA EXTER’S ARTWORK] Zapiski rezhissiora [i.e. Director’s Notes]. A. Y. Tairov](/pictures/thumb/265.jpg?v=1491999808)
Moscow: Kamerny teatr, 1921. 193 pp.: ill. 23x16 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Some restoration of the covers and spine, some soiling, Soviet bookshop’s stamp and label on the recto of the rear cover. Otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. Initials, illustrations and cover design..... More