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, 1932. 92 pp., ill. 29,5×23 cm. Publisher’s card boards. Illustrated paper dust-jacket. Very good condition. With some spots and rubbings on the covers. Tear to the dust-jacket. Kukryniksy was a creative group of three artist mostly famous for their caricatures. Here, they collaborated with Aleksander Arkhangelskiy (1889–1938), poet..... More

Celle; Hamburg: Wydawnictwo Antoniego Markiewicza, 1946. [4] l. Folio. 44×33 cm. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers are slightly rubbed. Otherwise in very good condition. A lively collection of caricatures, depicting the life of Polish soldiers abroad. In the first image, the soldier is fighting with the desire to blink to..... More

Lot of 4 editions: Krivitskii, A. Koe-chto o Pentagone (Pamflety) [i.e. Something about the Pentagon (Lampoons)]. Moscow: Izdatel’stvo politicheskoi literatury, 1972. 112 pp.: ill. 20×12,5 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Very good, tiny tears of spine, spine faded. Konstantinov, O.K. Dyupony – bez maski [i.e.Duponts – without a mask]..... More

Leningrad: Leningradskaia Pravda, 1929. 32 pp. 14×11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers, title page and last leaf detached, small tears of inner margins, no upper staple, otherwise clean. Supplement for a magazine “Hygiene and Health of Worker’s and Peasant’s Family”. The author, physician Avgusta Dernova-Iarmolenko worked in the..... More

Moscow: Advertising Bureau of the Ministry of the Navy, 1969. 235 pp. 1 of 7100 copies. 19×13 cm. First and only edition. Blue cloth binding. Very good condition. This collection is intended for restaurant workers on passenger ships on cruise voyages with foreign tourists. The most popular foreign culinary..... More

Tiflis, 1929. 76 p. 17×12,5 cm. 1 of 2000 copies. Publisher’s printed wrappers. Small tear of the spine from the bottom. Otherwise in near fine condition. First and only edition. Pyotr Titovich Gertso-Vinogradsky [suedenim Lohengrin] (1867–1929) – journalist, playwright, prose writer. Before the revolution he was considered the most..... More

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1938. 288 pp., ill. 25×19 cm. Publisher’s illustrated dust-jacket and card boards. Good condition. Some tears and losses of the dust-jacket, owner’s inscription on the half-title, otherwise good. Introduction by Osip Brik. Includes the catalogue of Mayakovsky’s work as an artist and a poster designer. Mayakovsky studied..... More

St. Petersburg: Academy of Science, 1975. 272 p. 25,8×16,8 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good condition. First edition. Yuri Knorozov (1922–1999) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, epigraphist, and ethnologist. He is best known for the key role he played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: OGIZ, 1931. [48] p. 17×25 cm. 1 of 7000 copies. Original illustrated wrappers designed by A.Pupkov. The photo of the German electric locomotive on the front cover. Also on the cover the slogan ‘To capturing the newest technology on the public transport!’ Wrappers are foxed, the block..... More

Moscow: GIZ, 1928. 21, [3] p. 17×13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good condition, minor wear and darkening. First GIZ edition. Illustrated by Aleksei Kravchenko (1889–1940), an artist of international repute, known for his landscape paintings and prints. In 1917 he was involved in the reorganisation of art..... More

Moscow: State military publishing house, 1937. 134, [2] p., 1 folding map: illustrations; 17×12 cm. Original illustrated wrapper. Few tears to the wrapper, signs of rust from the staples on the spine, otherwise in very good condition. First and oil edition. Printed by the main Military Publisher of USSR..... More

Chernivtsy: Jubilee committee, 1928. 311, [2] p. 23×15,5 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small tears of the spine, soviet receipt posted down the verso of the front cover, but generally very good. First and only edition. Rare provincial imprint. The book is a celebration of the literary career of..... More