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JANUARY OF 1942] Prezrenie k smerti [i.e. The Despite Towards The Death

[JANUARY OF 1942] Prezrenie k smerti [i.e. The Despite Towards The Death]

Kazan': Sovetskiy pisatel’, 1942. 41, [2] pp. 16x11 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Good condition. First edition. Rare. An important collection of short stories by nine Soviet authors. ‘Sovetskiy pisatel’ was one of the main literary publishing houses with several regional branches. This book was prepared by..... More

JAZZ DURING THE WARTIME] Radost’. Iz repertuara okruzhnogo dzhaza DKA SKVO [i.e. Joy. From the...

[JAZZ DURING THE WARTIME] Radost’. Iz repertuara okruzhnogo dzhaza DKA SKVO [i.e. Joy. From the Repertoire of the Regional Jazz of The House of Red Army of the Northern Caucasus Military District]

Sochi: Sochinskiy Gosudarstvenniy teatr, 1943. [2] pp. 14x7,5 cm. One stain otherwise very good with the poor quality of paper expected. The program of the jazz concert given in December of 1943, in Sochi (Krasnodar Krai) in the local State Theatre. The program includes the list of the..... More

PHOTOMONTAGES OF MILITARY ACTIONS] Frontovaia illiustratsiia [i.e. Frontline Illustration] #12,...

[PHOTOMONTAGES OF MILITARY ACTIONS] Frontovaia illiustratsiia [i.e. Frontline Illustration] #12, 21 for 1944; #1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9/10, 11 1945. Overall 10 issues.

Moscow: Voenizdat NKO SSSR, 1944-1945. Generally, very good. No back cover of #1, 4 for 1945, tears, creases and stains, small fragments of spines occasionally lost. The organ of the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army published in 1942-1960. Titled initially as ‘Frontline illustration’, it was issued after..... More

Price: $1,500.00

RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY THE NAZIS] Pamiatniki zodchestva, razrushennie nemetskimi...

[RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY THE NAZIS] Pamiatniki zodchestva, razrushennie nemetskimi zakhvatchikami [i.e. The Monuments of Architecture Destroyed by the German Invaders]

Volumes 1-2 [all published]. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Arkhitekturnoe Izdatelstvo Akademii Arkhitektury SSSR, 1942-1944. Vol 1. 1942. 79 pp.: ill. 22,5x17 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. Vol 2. 1944. 72 pp.: ill. 21,7x17,4 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. The edition was prepared by the Academy of the Architecture of..... More

Price: $550.00

SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE] Shkola zhestokosti. Sbornik rasskazov [i.e. The School of Violence. The...

[SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE] Shkola zhestokosti. Sbornik rasskazov [i.e. The School of Violence. The Collection of Stories]

Sverdlovsk: OGIZ, 1942. 85, [3] pp. 16x10,5 cm. One of 25000 copies. Original illustrated wrappers. Small tear of the spine and loss of the front cover. Otherwise very good. First edition. Extremely rare edition from the series printed in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) during the German occupation of the European..... More

WARTIME EPHEMERA] Tabel’-kalendar’ na 1942 [i.e. 1942 Wall Calendar

[WARTIME EPHEMERA] Tabel’-kalendar’ na 1942 [i.e. 1942 Wall Calendar]

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1941. Brochure in original illustrated wrappers mounted on illustrated cardboard of 28,5x15,5 cm. Creases and soiling of cardboard, with two pin holes in it, some stains and marks in calendar brochure. Ink inscription on rear side of front cover: “To mother and child from a dad’s New Year’s..... More

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THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii grazhdanskoj...

[THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii grazhdanskoj vojny [i.e. Semen Proskakov: Poetic Commentaries to Materials on the Civil War]

Aseev, N.

Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1928. 51 pp., 6 ills. 21x14 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine repaired, some stains, minor tears of edges of oversized covers, p. 3-14 detached from text block, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Scarce. The book is written by futurist poet..... More

Price: $950.00

WWI FRONTLINE NOTES MADE BY THE SISTER OF MERCY] Narod na voine: Frontovye zapisi [i.e. The...

[WWI FRONTLINE NOTES MADE BY THE SISTER OF MERCY] Narod na voine: Frontovye zapisi [i.e. The People at War: Frontline Notes]

Fedorchenko, S.

Kiev: Izdanie Izd. podotdela Komiteta Iugo-zapadnogo fronta Vseros. Zemskogo Soiuza, 1917. 140 pp. 23x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some tears and soiling of covers, the first and last pages faded, otherwise very good. First edition. Cover design and 7 vignettes were produced by artist Eugeniia Pribyl’skaia (1899-1938)..... More

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WARTIME CHILDREN’S BOOK] Timur i ego komanda [i.e. Timur and His Squad]. A. Gaidar

[WARTIME CHILDREN’S BOOK] Timur i ego komanda [i.e. Timur and His Squad]

Gaidar, A.

Sverdlovsk: Sverdlgiz, 1942. 28, 31-80 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Complete edition with printer’s error of page numbering, oversized cut of p. 33-40, some black typographic stains. In a very good condition, a couple of tears around staple. Extremely rare edition printed in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) during the..... More

Price: $350.00

REED'S THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE] Vdol' fronta / Per. s angl. I.V. Sablina i V.F. Korsha [i.e....

[REED'S THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE] Vdol' fronta / Per. s angl. I.V. Sablina i V.F. Korsha [i.e. The War in Eastern Europe / Transl. from English I.V. Sablin i V.F. Korsh]

Reed, J.

Moscow: Zemlya i Fabrika, 1928. 324, [2] pp. 21x15 cm. In original illustrated oversized wrappers. Small tears of the wrappers, Soviet bookshop stamp on the back cover. 1 of 6000 copies. First translation. Cover design by P. Miturich. Pyotr Vasilievich Miturich (1887-1956), Russian artist. In 1910-1920..... More

Price: $1,300.00

MINSK GHETTO] Mstiteli getto [i.e. The Avengers of the Ghetto]. H. Smolar

[MINSK GHETTO] Mstiteli getto [i.e. The Avengers of the Ghetto]

Smolar, H.

Moscow: Der Emes, 1947. 128 pp: ill. 20,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some soiling of the spine, otherwise near fine. The Russian edition of wartime memoirs ‘Fun Minsker geto’ by Hersh Smolar who was one of the leading members of the resistance in the Minsk ghetto and a...... More

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THE GREATEST POET OF THE HOLOCAUST] Fun Vilner geto = Vilenskoe Getto [i.e. From Vilnius Ghetto]....

[THE GREATEST POET OF THE HOLOCAUST] Fun Vilner geto = Vilenskoe Getto [i.e. From Vilnius Ghetto]

Sutzkever, A.

Moscow: Der Emes, 1946. 256 pp.: ill. 20x14 cm. In original cardboards. Good, covers rubbed and chipped, tear of the spine, stains occasionally. One of 10 000 copies. The laconic design of the book was created by Soviet artist Hersh Inger (1910-1995). In 1926-1930 he studied under Marc Epstein..... More

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COLD WAR ARTIFACT] Pamyatka soldatu i matrosu: Deistviya v usloviyakh primeneniya atomnogo,...

[COLD WAR ARTIFACT] Pamyatka soldatu i matrosu: Deistviya v usloviyakh primeneniya atomnogo, khimicheskogo i bakteriologicheskogo oruzhiya [i.e. Memo for a Soldier: Protocol of actions during atomic, chemical and bacteriological attacks]

Moscow: Voyennoye izd-vo Minesterstva Oborony Soyuza SSR, 1955. 128 pp.: ill. In original illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Small tears of the spine. With a printed stamp on the back cover "Not for sale". The small memo is divided into three sections: 'What you need to know about..... More

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JEWISH WARTIME EDITION] Tsum zig: literarisher zamlbukh = K pobede: Literaturnyi sbornik [i.e....

[JEWISH WARTIME EDITION] Tsum zig: literarisher zamlbukh = K pobede: Literaturnyi sbornik [i.e. To the Victory: Anthology]

Moscow: Der Emes, 1944. 336 pp. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original cardboards with letterpress design. In very good condition, rubbed, stains on covers and on pages occasionally. First and only wartime edition. One of 7000 copies. Text is printed in Yiddish, the table of contents is in Yiddish and Russian..... More

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NORTH KOREAN ARMY] Koreiskaya Narodnaya armiya [i.e. Korean People’s Army

[NORTH KOREAN ARMY] Koreiskaya Narodnaya armiya [i.e. Korean People’s Army]

Pyongyang: Izd-vo literatury na inostr. yaz. 1968. [166] pp.: ill. 29x21,5 cm. In original cardboards with photomontage dust wrappers. Dust wrappers with restoration of tears, otherwise very good. A very rare propaganda album in Russian about North Korean People’s Army published for the 20th anniversary of its creation..... More

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SOVIET-JAPANESE CONFLICTS] Samurai proschitalis’: literaturno-khudozhestvennyi sbornik [i.e....

[SOVIET-JAPANESE CONFLICTS] Samurai proschitalis’: literaturno-khudozhestvennyi sbornik [i.e. Samurai Miscalculated: Literary and Artistic Collection] / Compiled and edited by P. Pavlenko, M. Shkapskaia, I. Utkin, P. Neznamov

Moscow: Khudozhestvennaia literatura, 1939. 482 pp., 15 ills. 22,5x17,5 cm. In original full-cloth with illustrations and silver lettering. Very good, some spots. First and only edition. Very rare with no copies in Worldcat. A curious example of a book design mixing Stalinist parade editions, Krokodil caricatures and chronicles of the..... More

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WOMEN DURING THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD] Zhenshchiny goroda Lenina: Rasskazy i ocherki o...

[WOMEN DURING THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD] Zhenshchiny goroda Lenina: Rasskazy i ocherki o zhenshchinakh Leningrada v dni blokady [i.e. Women of the City of Lenin. Stories and Essays about Leningrad Women in Days of the Siege]

Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1944. 181, [3] pp.: ill., 15 ills. 25,5x18 cm. In original full cloth with colored lettering and design. Some foxing of plates, ink inscription on the verso of front flyleaf, otherwise very good. First edition. Very rare wartime edition printed as soon as the blockade was..... More

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PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE 1936 EVENTS IN SPAIN] Ispaniia. T. 1: Do 18 iiulia 1936. T. 2:...

[PHOTO CHRONICLE OF THE 1936 EVENTS IN SPAIN] Ispaniia. T. 1: Do 18 iiulia 1936. T. 2: Grazhdanskaia voina, iiul’ - dekabr’ 1936 [i.e. Spain. Vol. 1: UHP. Before July 18, 1936. Vol. 2: No pasaran! The Civil War, July-December 1936]

Ehrenburg, I.

Moscow: Izogiz, 1937. Vol. 1: 102 pp.: ill. Vol. 2: 151 pp.: ill. 31x23 cm. In original cloth with colored lettering and debossed design for Vol. 1, lettering and mounted illustration for Vol. 2. Restored, covers slightly soiled, small fragments of outer edge of p. 3-4 lost (Vol.2), spots occasionally..... More

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LUBOK ABOUT RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR] Chem tebia ia ogorchila! (Plach Iaponii) [i.e. How Did I Upset...

[LUBOK ABOUT RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR] Chem tebia ia ogorchila! (Plach Iaponii) [i.e. How Did I Upset You? (Cry of Japan)]

G-stov, K.

St. Petersburg: Litografiia V. Ivanov i Ko, 1904. 49х37,5 cm. Very good, small fragments of blank edges lost. Very rare lithographic lubok produced during the Russo-Japanese war. The censorship approved it on April 16, 1904. The war started in early February of the same year, and by the time of..... More

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THE FATE OF JEWISH PEOPLE THROUGH MEER AXELROD’S SKETCHES AND PAINTINGS] Gezang fun mayn...

[THE FATE OF JEWISH PEOPLE THROUGH MEER AXELROD’S SKETCHES AND PAINTINGS] Gezang fun mayn gemiṭ: 1941-1946 = Pesn’ moei dushi [i.e. Song of My Spirit]

Kvitko, L.

Moscow: Der Emes, 1947. 200 pp., 6 ills. 20,5x13,5 cm. In original full-cloth with lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. Some stains, otherwise very good and clean. Original Yiddish edition. One of 6000 copies. Very rare. Most likely the copy belonged to Yitzchak (Itzik) Kipnis (1896-1974)..... More

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