[Baku]: Zaktag, 1926. 50 pp.: ill. + 16 leaves of advertising. 21х23 cm. In original cardboards with constructivist design. Chipped, tears of the spine with some fragments lost, creases of covers, but clean and very good internally. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Extremely rare survival..... More

Tbilisi: tipografiya vostochnykh yazykov G. Guliyants, 1851. [2], 50, [2] pp. 21.5x14.5 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small bits of the wrapper are missing. Foxing but generally in good condition. Extremely scarce. First edition. One of the earliest productions staged on the scene of Russian theatre in Georgia..... More

Leningrad: Izd. Leningr. akad. Malogo oper. teatra, 1937. 47 pp.: ill. 30x22.5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and extremities, otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 4,200 copies. A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES DEDICATED TO THE PRODUCTION OF MIKHAIL SHOLOKHOV’S VIRGIN SOIL UPTURNED AT..... More

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1938 ([Leningrad]: Tip. im. Volodarskogo). 319 pp., 9 plates of ill.: ill., portraits. 25.5x17.7 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with lettering and colored decorative elements on the spine and the front board. Occasional soiling, otherwise near fine. Scarce. First and only edition. 1 of 5,000 copies..... More

Tbilisi: stamba p/trestisa, [1931]. 20.2x15 cm. 4 pp. Good condition. Fold marks, slightly worn edges rubbed. Scarce. 1 of 2,000 copies. A rare program of the play “Anzor” directed by the acclaimed Georgian theater director Sandro Akhmeteli (1886-1937) at the Rustaveli Theater during the 1931-1932 season. The program contains..... More

[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

Moscow: GIKhL, 1931. 140, [4] pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tears of the spine, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 5000 copies. Extremely rare. An interesting work on the overwhelming power of theatrical performances. The book was written by playwright Alexander Afinogenov (1904-1941). His early..... More

Vologda: University Press, 1989. 95 pp. 1 of 800 copies. 19,5x14 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Pencil note on the title page, otherwise very good. Rare. Likely the first course in USSR, entirely dedicated to the writings of Mikhail Bulgakov – it has been composed before all his..... More

Leningrad: Teaclub, 1933. 108, [2] p., 40 p. ill. 15,3 × 21,2 cm. In publisher’s cardboard binding, embossing on the spine and cover, spine is chipped, otherwise good. Photo ex-libris of A. Leibfreid on the first endpaper. First edition. With forty reproductions of Akimov’s works. Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov (1901—1968)..... More

Tiflis: Gosizdat, 1930. 79 pp. 19x13 cm. 1 of 3000 copies. Original wrapper illustrated by Irakly Gamrikeli. Illustrations of the decorations from different performances throughout the text. Very good. Some tears at the edges of the wrapper. Very rare. The book is dedicated to the main Georgian..... More

St. Peterburg: N.I. Butkovskaya, 1909. 30, 1 p. 22,5x16,5 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good. Small corner of the front wrapper is missing, the spine is slightly chipped. First edition. The work of Nikolai Nikolaevich Evreinov (1879-1953) – Russian and French director, playwright, creator of original theater ideas, theater..... More

Moscow: Tea-kino-pechat’, 1927. 112 pp.: ill. 18x13,5 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated avant-garde cardboards by Roman Usov. Spine repaired, light soiling of the back cover, Soviet public club’s stamps and marks on the title page, p. 17, and p. 112. Otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1940. 314 pp., 6 ill., drafts.: ill., schemes, drafts. In original blue cloth. Very good, occasional foxing. Scarce. First edition. A detailed guide to achieving a high-standard Soviet theatre. This textbook for students of art institutes was written by Nikolay Izvekov with the..... More