Paris: YMCA-Press; Izd. Religiozno-pedagogicheskogo kabineta, 1928. 101, [3] pp.: ill., 2 ills. 24×19 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Slightly foxed wrappers, but otherwise in very good condition. An interesting almanac consisting of prose and poetry works by Russian emigrants. Both inserts feature 8 photographs of wooden buildings illustrating Ivan..... More

Moscow: Der Emes, 1947. 48 pp. 25,5x18,5 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Tear to the spine, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Designer of this publication is unknown. Lev (Leib) Moiseevich Kvitko (1890-1952) was a Soviet Jewish (Yiddish) poet. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by his..... More

Moscow: Detgiz, 1937. [12] pp.: ill. 24,5x29 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the extremities. Otherwise very good. Lithographed edition. Covers and illustrations by Nina Simonovich-Efimova (1877-1948), Russian Soviet artists, who worked in etching and autolithography techniques; one of the creators of the professional puppet theater in Russia..... More

Collection of 7 issues. N.1,4,10,11.1945;N.5.1946; N.1,3.1947. Tbilisi: komunisti, 1945–1947. Each issue has 18 pages, including the wrappers. 27×20 cm. Print run of the issues 7000 copies. Tears to the spine of the issues 1 (1947) and 1,4 (1945). Occasional soiling, but generally in very good condition for a children’s periodical..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1927. 16 pp.: ill. 15x11,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear of spine, stains throughout the copy, some pencil marks, otherwise good. First edition. An interesting early Soviet edition published for children and grown-ups educating under the likbez campaign. The lithographic book contains two tales..... More

Moscow: Gos. muz. izd-vo, 1932. 10 pp. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers by R. Usov. Tear of the spine, pages detached, but otherwise in good condition. Scarce. First edition. Text in Russian and Ukrainian. Ukrainian translation by I. YAlovts. Edited by I. Galkin. An interesting piece of Bolshevik propaganda..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Izdatelstvo detskoy literatury, 1938. 224 p.: ill. 22,2x17,3 cm. Original cloth binding. Very good condition. Contemporary owner’s inscription on the title page. First edition. An early example of the children's photo-book on Arctic. Igarka is a port town in the Russian Arctic, it’s located on..... More

Warsaw: Nowoczesnej Spolji Wydawniczej, S. A., 1917-1991. 23,9x17 cm. #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16-17 of 1935; #18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30/31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 of 1936..... More

Moscow: Detizdat, 1937 (Moskva : f-ka detskoy knigi Izd-va detskoy lit-ry TSK VLKSM). 62, [2] pp.: ill. 22,7x17,1 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers depicting a globe with a red line tracing the route from Moscow to Portland. Binding slightly worn, but otherwise near fine. Scarce. First..... More

Moscow: Uchpedgiz, 1956. 64 pp.: ill. 20x26.1 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed with tears, front wrapper slightly loose, pencil marking on the front wrapper, several illustrations hand-colored, otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Edited by E. Rusakova and E. Danilova. Front wrapper by..... More

48 pp.: ill. 14,5x21,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly chipped, small stains on p. 6-7, otherwise mint. A good example of periodicals for socialist education of young generations. This magazine came out in 1929-1953 (excluding 1942-1945). As the organ of the Station of Children’s Entertainment, it published..... More

Tbilisi: akhelgamis sabavshvo da akhalganis sekt’ori, 1933. 32 p. 24x16,5 cm. Spine is restored (supplied), otherwise in good condition. First and only edition. Illustrated throughout by Irina Grabovskaya, Tbilisi-based artist, known for her works in book design. An absurdist children’s story, formed as a riddle –..... More

Leningrad; Moscow: Raduga, 1927. [12] pp.: ill. 22,5x18,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine restored, foxing on back cover, small water stains and light soiling on inner margin, otherwise very good. Second edition. This early Soviet children’s book features a Primus stove that is considered a symbol of Soviet..... More