5th edition, supplemented by many useful examples from the best German authors. St. Petersburg: v tipografii Ivana Glazunova, 1804. 8, 420 pp. 20,5x12,5 cm. Original half-leather binding and endpapers are preserved, the paper on the covers with losses. Bit of the leather from the spine is missing as..... More

New York: Rassvet, 1920. 128 pp.: ill. 28.5x21.4 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front board. Rubbed at the edges. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Edited by M. Ya. Lavrovsky. An interesting historical overview of the revolutionary activity in Russia..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. [24] pp.: ill. size. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine is slightly chipped, a bit of foxing on the upper side of the wrapper, corner of the wrapper chipped, but present. Overall a good copy. Faded period signature above the number 5 on the front wrapper... More

Moscow: Federatsiya, 1929. 269, [3] pp. 19x13,5 cm. 1 of 3000 copies. Original illustrated cardboards. The spine is rubbed to the edges. Otherwise good. The last book, printed by the LEF collective. The collection is dominated by Osip Brik and Sergey Tretiakov. Mayakovsky left LEF in 1928 and..... 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

St. Petersburg: Slaviya-Interbuk, 1993. 160 pp.: ill. 27,5x21,5 cm. ISBN 5-7664-0879-X. First and only edition. The catalogue is dedicated to the exhibition, held at the Hermitage museum, commemorating the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery. The items shown originated from the collections of the Hermitage and Russian National..... More

Moscow, 1934. Photographic edition. 16 leaves with 72 photo illustrations. 25x32,5 cm. In original textured cloth binding with lettering and stamped design on front cover. Binding rubbed, leaves bumped, soiling of margins, pale water stains. An interesting evidence of how Soviet industries were rationalized and mechanized in the early..... More

18th edition with 254 drawings in text. St-Petersburg: Trud, 1916 [wrapper – 1917]. 368 p.: ill. 21x14 cm. Original cardboard binding. Binding is rubbed, the tear of the spine, good internally. Three stamps on the title page: ‘Approved by the Wartime Censorship’, ‘American YMCA’ and St. Simeon Church library in..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Detgiz, 1952. 296 pp.: ill., 3 ills. 22,5х18 cm. In original full cloth with colored illustration and gilt lettering. First and only edition. Cover and title page design by Yu. Kiselev. Edited by a Russian orientalist of German origin, Nikolai Kiuner (Kühner; 1877-1955). This well-illustrated propaganda..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Detgiz, 1946. 47 pp.: ill. 34,5x27 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Rubbed, otherwise very good. This well-illustrated large-format book displays residents of Leningrad during the Siege, as they were seen by artist Alexei Pakhomov (1900-1973). In 1915, he enrolled in the Central School of Technical..... More

New York: Izd. knigoizd-va "Znaniye", [1910s]. 298, IV pp.: ill. 12.2x18 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated cloth binding. Block is slightly loosened. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. Original English text printed in 1873 (first separate edition). This is the Russian translation of Jules Verne’s..... More