[Ukraine, Great Duchy of Lithuania], ca. 1540-1550s. 335 leaves. 34x22 cm. Cloth over recent wooden boards, recent clasps. The codex was rebound in XXth. century, using the old cloth. New endpapers. Gospel is complete, except for 3 leaves in second quire, re-written in XXth century in the style of the..... More

Ufa: Izd. Pravitel’stva Bashkirskoi ASSR, 1934. XIX, 283, [2] pp.: ill., 2 maps. 26,5x18 cm. In original cloth with blind design and original dust jacket with letterpress design and Soviet coat of arms. Tears and soiling of dust jacket. Stamps of a Kazan hunting station on dust jacket, front flyleaf..... More

Moscow: State Publishing House of Fine Arts, [1931]. [6] p.of text, 65 leaves of diagrams, including fold-outs. 20x24 cm. In original publisher’s cloth folder. Folder is rubbed with a small piece of cloth missing from the bottom part of the front cover. Clean internally, overall a very good copy... More

Odesa: Yugo-LEF, 1924. 16 pp. 26,5x18 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Edges of the wrappers restored. Paper sticker removed from the front wrapper; letter ‘G’ is colored. Otherwise good. The third of five issues produced. One of 3000 copies. Extremely rare. Cover design created by Nikolay Sokolov (1904-1990). The..... More

[Tula region, between 1692 and 1696]. Manuscript scroll ca. 145x15,4 cm. Four leaves pasted together. Tears at the edges of the scroll, foxing. Otherwise very good. This manuscript boundary dead, written by ‘monk Pavel’ (as mentioned on the verso) is an interesting example on how the property lines were..... More

Moscow: Pechatniy Dvor, 1662. 42x50 cm. Woodcut on flax cloth. Inscribed on the left side in ink over the date. Minor soiling and period staining (including a wine stain). Small piece from the right bottom corner is missing (over the image of evangelist Luka). Extremely rare example of the..... More

Moscow: Izostat, 1939. 150, [1] pp.: ill. 23x29,5 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering; in modern protective case. Binding and endpapers slightly restored, light soiling of page margins, small tear of printed insert, otherwise very good. Design by N. Kurganov. The book was allowed for printing..... More

Part 1: Invertebrate animals: Tables I-XXIII., 1861. [4], IV, [46] p., 23 leaves of illustrations. : ill. Folio. 42x32 cm. Original cardboard binding. Brown stain on the lower part of the block throughout, not affecting the images on the plates. Otherwise in very good condition. The first atlas of..... More

Odesa: Detizdat Ukrainian SSR, 1935. 64, 33-48, 81-124 pp.: ill., 6 ills. 30x23 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. No original dust jacket. Covers restored, rubbed, few pale water stains, foxing on guard tissues. Due to a publisher’s mistake, the copy doubles the second section of p. 33–48 and lacks the..... More

Moscow [Kherson]: Izdanie ‘Pervogo zhurnala russkikh futuristov’, 1914. [6], 106 pp., 8 ills. 21x13,5 cm. Later blind wrappers. Khlebnikov’s portrait on the frontispiece slightly soiled, others in very good condition. First and only edition. One of 480 copies. Very rare. The book was compiled and published by David..... More

Saint Petersburg: Tipo-lit. T-va “Svet”, 1914. 16 pp. 23,5x18,5 cm. Original lilac wrappers. Small tear to the bottom part of the spine, otherwise near fine. Second enlarged edition. One of 550 copies. Very rare. The present edition was printed on the green paper. For comparison with examples of futurist..... More

Petrograd: Otdel izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv Komiteta Narodnogo Prosveshcheniia, 1918. [1] p., [18] plates. 35x25,3 cm. Original paper folder. Spine is strengthened with tissue paper. Otherwise in very good condition. First and only edition. Rare. One of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s early propaganda projects glorifying the Bolshevik Revolution. The edition was commissioned..... More

Moscow: ZiF, [1927]. 13 pp. 30x23 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine restored, back cover repaired with paper fragment, some pale stains, otherwise very good. The book design was created by sisters Galina Chichagova and Olga Chichagova. Students of Alexander Rodchenko at VKhUTEMAS and members of the First..... More