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AMERICAN UKRAINIANS - JUBILEE BOOK] Propamiatna knyha: Vydana z nahody soroklitn’oho iuvyleiu...

[AMERICAN UKRAINIANS - JUBILEE BOOK] Propamiatna knyha: Vydana z nahody soroklitn’oho iuvyleiu Ukraïns’koho narodnoho soiuzu = Jubilee book of the Ukrainian National Association, in Commemoration of the Fortieth Anniversary of its Existence.

Jersey City, N.J.: Svoboda press, 1936. XVI, 752 pp.: ill. 26,5x19 cm. In original full cloth with gilt lettering and design. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. Text mostly in Ukrainian, with some English. This edition first collected comprehensive data on Ukrainian immigration to the USA. It was based..... More

Price: $450.00

EXPERIMENTAL YEARS OF THE UKRAINIAN DRAMA THEATRE] Desiat’ rokiv odes’kogo teatru...

[EXPERIMENTAL YEARS OF THE UKRAINIAN DRAMA THEATRE] Desiat’ rokiv odes’kogo teatru revoliutsіi [i.e. Ten Years of Odessa Theatre of Revolution]

Odesa: Odeskii teatr revoliutsii, 1936. [2], 280 pp., 47 ill. 21,5х15,5 cm. In original cloth with silver embossed design on the front cover. Very good, spine rubbed, previous owner’s underlines and notes complimented the text clarifying the names. In Ukrainian, First and only edition. One of 1500 copies produced..... More

Price: $950.00

ODESSA AVANT-GARDE STAGE] Odes’kii Derzhavnii teatr opery ta baletu: Sezon 1929-30 roku [i.e....

[ODESSA AVANT-GARDE STAGE] Odes’kii Derzhavnii teatr opery ta baletu: Sezon 1929-30 roku [i.e. Odessa State Theater of Opera and Ballet: Season 1929-1930]

Odessa: DOTOB, 1929. 64 pp.: ill., 2 folding charts, one of them loosely inserted. In original wrappers with constructivist design. In very good condition. Covers slightly restored, a couple of colored pencil marks on photographs, otherwise very good condition. Both covers were designed in the constructivist style. The front..... More

Price: $650.00

TORTURED UKRAINE] [Poster] Palachi terzaiut Ukrainu [i.e. Butchers are Tearing Ukraine Apart....

[TORTURED UKRAINE] [Poster] Palachi terzaiut Ukrainu [i.e. Butchers are Tearing Ukraine Apart. Kill the Butchers!]

Moscow, 1919. 62x53 cm. Famous poster by Viktor Deni (1893-1946) showing Ukraine as a martyr being put on the cross by Pan Petlyura, the leader of the People’s Republic of Ukraine from 1919 to 1920. Being considered a war criminal throughout Soviet times, Symon Petlyura (1879-1926) now is regarded..... More

Price: $5,000.00

UKRAINIAN OPERA IN MOSCOW] Zaporozhets za Dunaem: Postanovka Gos. akad. teatra opery i baleta...

[UKRAINIAN OPERA IN MOSCOW] Zaporozhets za Dunaem: Postanovka Gos. akad. teatra opery i baleta USSR: Gastroli v Moskve 11-21 marta 1936 g. v Bol’shom teatre SSSR [i.e. A Zaporozhian Beyond the Danube: Production of the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of USSR: Tour in Moscow from 11 to 21 March of 1936 at the Bolshoi Theatre].

[Kiev]; Kharkiv: Mistetstvo, 1936. 70, [2] pp.: ill., 2 pl. 25х17,5 cm. In original blank wrappers and illustrated dust wrappers with Ukrainian folk floral decoration. Vertical crease of the whole book, small tears of the spine, Soviet bookshops’ stamps both on the wrapper and dust wrapper, tears and losses of..... More

Price: $950.00

UKRAINIAN RED ARMY] Vstupaite do chervonnoy kinnoti [i.e. Join The Red Calvary

[UKRAINIAN RED ARMY] Vstupaite do chervonnoy kinnoti [i.e. Join The Red Calvary]

Kiev: 2ya Radyanska foto-lito-grukarnia, 1920. 75x55 cm. Rebacked and restored. The poster was made around the time the Red Army was approaching to take the full control over the Ukraine. The text says: ’The red calvary has defeated Mamontov, Shkuro, Denikin, lords and Petlyura. Now it’s time to..... More

Price: $6,000.00

UKRAINIAN VKHUTEIN] Mistetsko-tehknichniy VYSH. Zbirnyk kievskogo hudozhnogo institutu [i.e. Art...

[UKRAINIAN VKHUTEIN] Mistetsko-tehknichniy VYSH. Zbirnyk kievskogo hudozhnogo institutu [i.e. Art and Technical School. The Collection of worlds of Kiev Art Institute]

Volume 1 [and only]. Kiev: KHI, 1928. 75, [3] pp. 30x23 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Spine is restored, mild foxing of the rear wrapper. Wrappers designed by the leader of Kazan avant-garde Illarion Pleshchinskiy (1892-1961). Extremely rare. One of 750 copies printed. Not found in the Worldcat..... More

Price: $3,500.00

Poucheniya [i.e. The Teachings]. Abba Dorotheus

Poucheniya [i.e. The Teachings]

Abba Dorotheus

Kiev: Lavra Typography, 1628. 9-142, 165-229 leaves. 20x16 cm. Original full leather binding. Good interior condition with the signs of the aged paper, soiling and occasional dirt on the pages. The book is lacking 8 leaves in the beginning and 23 in the middle as well as one at the..... More

Price: $5,000.00

SOVIET PROPAGANDA FOR CHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN] Odno Slovo [i.e. One Word]. V. Bichko

[SOVIET PROPAGANDA FOR CHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN] Odno Slovo [i.e. One Word]

Bichko, V.

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

ON AMERICAN LIBRARIES] Sovremennye biblioteki v Amerike. Ocherki i statyi / Per. s nem. pod red....

[ON AMERICAN LIBRARIES] Sovremennye biblioteki v Amerike. Ocherki i statyi / Per. s nem. pod red. i v obrabotke B.O. Borovicha [i.e. Modern Libraries in America. Essays and Articles / Translation from German made and edited by B.O. Borovich]

Escher, H.

Kharkiv: Trud, 1927. 93, [2] pp. 17x12,5 cm. In original publisher's wrappers. Lower part of the spine chipped, some stains on the front cover, Soviet bookshops' stamps on the back cover, tiny owner's label with number on the inner part of the front cover. Otherwise a near fine clean copy. 1..... More

Price: $800.00

RUSSIAN THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA] Starik i more [i.e. The Old Man and the Sea]. E. Hemingway

[RUSSIAN THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA] Starik i more [i.e. The Old Man and the Sea]

Hemingway, E.

Kiev: Goslitizdat Ukrainy, 1956. 74 pp. 20x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Soilings and rubbings of the wrappers, owner's markings. First edition printed in Ukraine (it is in Russian). Printed the same year as the first Russian separate edition (Moscow, 1956). “In 1955, after a period of..... More

Price: $400.00

UKRAINIAN BOOK OF JUNGLE] Dzhungli: Oppovidannya pro zhittya ditini mizh zvirima / Z angl....

[UKRAINIAN BOOK OF JUNGLE] Dzhungli: Oppovidannya pro zhittya ditini mizh zvirima / Z angl. originalom zviriv i zredaguvav Mikola Ivanov [i.e. The Jungle Book: A Story about Child’s Life with Animals / Translated and edited by M. Ivanov].

Kipling, R.

Kiev: Derzhavne Vid-vo Ukraini, 1929. 204 pp.: ill. 28x18 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers with tears and restoration, loss of the small piece and restoration of the spine, general soiling, stain on the upper side of few pages, small restoration of the edge of p.1. Illustrated throughout. Illustrations..... More

Price: $650.00

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINIAN SCHOOLS] 400 piramid i elementiv: Metodichnyi pidruchnik dlya...

[PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINIAN SCHOOLS] 400 piramid i elementiv: Metodichnyi pidruchnik dlya shkoli i gurtkiv fizkul’tury. Z 457 maliunkami [i.e. 400 Pyramids and Elements: Methodical Textbook for Schools and Sport Sections. With 457 Drawings]

Kostiuk V.A., Shishmariova E.S.

Kharkiv: Na varti, 1931. 174, [2] pp.: ill. 17x14 cm. Publisher’s illustrated Constructivist wrappers. Wrappers slightly rubbed, a few bleak stains on the rear cover, small tear of t.p. Otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 10000 copies. Very rare. In Ukrainian. This beautiful edition dedicated to..... More

Price: $750.00

THE STATISTICS OF UKRAINIAN BOOK PUBLISHING] Mynule knyhy na Ukraini: Istorychnyi narys [i.e. The...

[THE STATISTICS OF UKRAINIAN BOOK PUBLISHING] Mynule knyhy na Ukraini: Istorychnyi narys [i.e. The Past of the Book in Ukraine. A Historical Outline]

Kozachenko, A.

Kharkiv: Derzhvydav Ukraïni, 1930. 100 pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine, foxing and soiling occasionally, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 6000 copies. In Ukrainian. An interesting survey of book publishing in Ukraine written by bibliographer and book..... More

Price: $500.00
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FIRST BOOK BY LANDAU] Elektroprovodimost’ metallov [i.e. The Metal Conductivity]. L....

[FIRST BOOK BY LANDAU] Elektroprovodimost’ metallov [i.e. The Metal Conductivity]

Landau, L. Kompaneets, A.

Kharkiv: ONTI, 1935. 60 pp. 18x13 cm. 1 of 3000 copies. Original publisher's wrappers. Front wrapper is slightly rubbed. Otherwise a near fine copy, partly uncut. Extremely rare. The first printed book by Nobel laureate Lev Davydovich Landau (1908-1968) best known for his contributions in the field of..... More

Price: $1,300.00

SOCIAL UTOPIA] Vesti niotkuda: Utopiya [i.e. News from Nowhere: Utopia]. W. Morris

[SOCIAL UTOPIA] Vesti niotkuda: Utopiya [i.e. News from Nowhere: Utopia]

Morris, W.

Kharkiv: Proletarii, 1923. 148 pp. 23x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Rubbed covers, tears of the spine, bookshop's stamp on the back cover, owner's signature on the title page and verso of the front cover, foxing. Otherwise very good. Second edition of a classic work News from Nowhere by..... More

Price: $350.00

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COLLECTION OF FOLK UKRAINIAN SONGS COMPILED BY LESYA UKRAINKA] Narodnye melodii, z golosu Lesi...

[COLLECTION OF FOLK UKRAINIAN SONGS COMPILED BY LESYA UKRAINKA] Narodnye melodii, z golosu Lesi Ukrainki / zapisav i uporyadiv Kliment Kvitka. Chast' I [i.e. Folk Songs, from the Voice of Lesya Ukrainka, Written down and Organized by Kliment Kvitka. Part I].

Kiev: 1917. [1], 128 pp.: music. 8vo. Original publisher's wrappers. Lithographed edition. Spine rubbed with small tears, wrappers is unattached to the text, some creases to the covers. First edition of the first collection. Scarce. Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913) was a Ukrainian writer, translator, civil activist. Besides poetry and journalism..... More

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JAZZ REVIVAL IN USSR] Melodii dzhaza. Antologia [i.e. Jazz Tunes. Anthology

[JAZZ REVIVAL IN USSR] Melodii dzhaza. Antologia [i.e. Jazz Tunes. Anthology]

Kiev: Muzichna Ukraina, 1970. 272 pp.: notes. 16,5x13 cm. In original wrappers. Very good. Tears of the spine, wrappers rubbed. One of 6000 copies. Text in Ukrainian and Russian. Inscribed by jazz band, each signature with caption (drums, leading guitar, bass, saxophone) on the verso of the front cover..... More

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MODEL CIVIL BUILDING IN UKRAINE] Tipovi proekti robitnichikh budinkiv = Tipovye proekty...

[MODEL CIVIL BUILDING IN UKRAINE] Tipovi proekti robitnichikh budinkiv = Tipovye proekty rabochikh domov [i.e. Model Projects of Workers’ Houses]

Kharkiv: Derzhavne vidavnitstvo Ukraini, 1928. 12 pp., 23 projects on 39 separate leaves. 35,3x22 cm. In original full-cloth with constructivist design gilt lettering. Soiling, some small tears, otherwise very good.  First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Text in Ukrainian and Russian. Extremely rare.  This is..... More

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MOTION PICTURES IN UKRAINE IN THE 1920s

[MOTION PICTURES IN UKRAINE IN THE 1920s]

Lot of two items that belonged to German Poleshchuk, Ukrainian cinema technician in Odessa in 1920s: 1. Handmade album of frames from silent films. [Odessa, 1920s]. [70 pp.] 2242 individual frames. 21х15 cm (album), 2x3,5 cm (each frame). Handmade cardboard binding. Poleshchuk was working in one of Odessa’s..... More

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THEATRE TRAVELS FROM UKRAINE TO FAR EAST] Dramatichesky Krasnozavodsky teatr. 1922-1928:...

[THEATRE TRAVELS FROM UKRAINE TO FAR EAST] Dramatichesky Krasnozavodsky teatr. 1922-1928: Shest’ let sushchestvovaniya [i.e. Dramatic Red Factory Theatre. 1922-1928: Six Years of Existence].

[Moscow, 1928]. 32 pp.: ill. 26x18 cm. In publisher’s constructivist wrappers. Very good. Soiling and spots on rubbed wrappers, tears of the spine, inscription on the verso of the front cover (pencil). First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Wrapper design by E. Mel’nikova. A very..... More

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UKRAINIAN ART IN MOSCOW] Katalog vystavki ukrainskoi graviury i risunka [i.e. Catalogue of the...

[UKRAINIAN ART IN MOSCOW] Katalog vystavki ukrainskoi graviury i risunka [i.e. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ukrainian Etching and Drawing]

Moscow: Gos. Akad. khudozh. nauk, 1929. 15 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear wrapper. Very rare. One of 30o copies. The exhibition was opened in February of 1929 in Moscow at the State Academy of Arts. 35 artists participated..... More

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UKRAINIAN FONTS, THE 1920S

[UKRAINIAN FONTS, THE 1920S]

Two Ukrainian type specimen of the 1920s. 1. Derzhavniy trest predpriemstv poligrafichnoy prommichlennosti Kiev-Druk. Zrazki shrivtiv 6oi drukarni [i.e. The State Trust of the Printing Enterprises. Type Specimen of the 6th Printer]. Kiev: KIev-Druk, [1920s]. [220 pp.] 26,5x18 cm. One of 150 copies. Original brown cloth. Lettering on the..... More

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UKRAINIAN PHOTOMONTAGE] Za robitnyche zhytlo [i.e. For Workers’ Dwelling

[UKRAINIAN PHOTOMONTAGE] Za robitnyche zhytlo [i.e. For Workers’ Dwelling]

#1-5, 6/7, 8, 9/10 for 1931. Kharkiv: Ukrzhitlospilka, 1931. Overall 8 issues. 23,5x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers: #1-5 with constructivist composition; #6/7, 8, 9/10 with constructivist composition and printed illustration. Rubbed, minor fragments of cover paper lost (#1-2) and stains occasionally (#1, 9/10). Issues were disbound, the covers detached..... More

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THEORY OF PROBABILITY] Osnovania matematicheskoy teorii veroyatnostey [i.e. Foundations of the...

[THEORY OF PROBABILITY] Osnovania matematicheskoy teorii veroyatnostey [i.e. Foundations of the Mathematical Theory of Probability]

Bunyakovsky, V.Y.

St. Petersburg: v tipogra i Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk, 1846. [4], XVII, [3], 478, [2] pp., 1 table. Modern half leather. Very good, foxing throughout. First edition. Rare. Viktor Yakovlevich Bunyakovsky (1804-1889) was a celebrated Russian mathematician of Ukrainian descent. He got his Bachelor degree from the Sorbonne in..... More

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