Moscow: Izdatel’stvo ‘Plakat’; Tula: Kommunar, 1987. [24] leaves. 29,5x21 cm. Original paper folder containing 24 full-page color posters. Small tears to the folder, otherwise in very good condition. First and only edition. Rare example of Soviet propaganda of the last full-scale conflict, fought by the Soviet Army. The..... More

She served in the 21st army, worked as a teacher of tactics at the Ulyanovsk Tank School and worked in the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army called after Stalin. She participated in military actions during World War II and wrote a handbook ‘Tanks in Ambush’..... More

Oblong Quarto (ca. 18,5x24 cm). pp. Thirty-four gelatin silver prints mounted on recto of card stock leaves, images ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in) or slightly smaller. About a dozen with later ink captions on the mounts in Russian. Original beige full cloth album with a painted..... More

Ca. 1955. First album titled: “Chanchun’. 1e Oktyabrya” [i.e. Changchun. October 1st]. Oblong Octavo album (ca. 13,3x16,4 cm). 12 paper leaves. With 12 loose original gelatin silver photographs ca. 8,1x12,2 cm (3 ¼ x 4 ¾ in). All photos with pencil and typewritten captions (in Russian) on verso and the..... More

Moscow: Izd. Kul’t-ob’edineniia Goskino, 1924. 25 leaves with photos. 8,7x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Creases of covers and corners of some leaves, covers rubbed, with few tiny tears, otherwise very good and clean. Tissue paper leaves preserved. Rare. One of 1500 copies produced. Illustrated cover design mixes drawn..... More

Five part albumen photograph of Tbilisi ca. 17 x 113cm (7 x 44.5 in.) With a couple of minor creases, but overall a very good strong panorama. This interesting five part panorama of Tbilisi with the Narikala, the ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, and the Tbilisi Mosque in the right..... More

[1920s]. 13 photos. Folding series of photos: 10x96 cm. Binding: 11,16,5 cm. In original cloth binding with gilt lettering. Good, fabric connections between cards worn, with tears. Paper sticker on spine, ink numbers and stamp of the State Museum of Social Hygiene (prewar institution) on rear side of front cover.

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Ca. 1936. Oblong Folio album ca. 25x32,8 cm (9 ¾ x 12 ¾ in). 16 card stock leaves (four blank). With 25 mounted original gelatin silver photographs, from ca. 15,8x21,8 cm (6 ¼ x 8 ½ in) to ca. 6,6x4 cm (2 ½ x 1 ½ in). No captions. Period..... More

Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939. 96 pp.: ill. 40x26 cm. In original full cloth with lettering and design on the front cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly soiled, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Illustrated throughout with photomontages and photographs by Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova... More

Moscow: Sherer, Nabgolts i Ko. 1894. 16,4x10,8 cm. Fine condition. Most Leo Tolstoy’s photograph portraits in 1880s and 90s were made on Sofia Andreevna’s initiative. For almost quarter of the century photos of Tolstoy’s family were made by the most famous and biggest pre-Revolutionary photo studio «Sherer, Nabgolts i...... More

Moscow: Sel’khozgiz, 1940. [126] pp.: ill. 29x23 cm. In original cloth with gilt embossed design and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). Slightly rubbed, few defects of the back cover, some soiling of lower outer corner, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies..... More

Moscow: Soyuzfoto: Fotokhudozhnik, 1938. 42 photo prints on 21 leaves + photo mounted to rear side of front cover. 21x31 cm. In original cloth with gilt lettering. Some soiling of covers, tears of spine, binding slightly restored, corners of leaves chipped and soiled, otherwise very good. First edition. One..... More

The collection of 8 albums contains 826 photos of the French and German expats in pre-revolutionary Russia, the local business, types, photos of historical events, landmark architecture and a variety of photos of Russian scenery and people. All the albums are in similar gray cloth with red lettering in..... More