![Item #1395 [A PARADE EDITION - SOVIET SHOCK-WORKERS] Stalinskoe plemia stakhanovtsev [i.e. A...](/pictures/thumb/1395.jpg?v=1658794465)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv, 1936. [2], XX, 71, [1], 72-82, [2], 83-86 pp.: ill., 2 portraits. 29x30 cm. In original cloth binding with a flap of the back cover, with silver lettering and blind debossed image on the front cover, silver design on the spine; publisher’s blind logo on..... More
![Item #1665 [PHOTOMONTAGES ON AVIATION] Soviet Aviation](/pictures/thumb/1665.jpg?v=1679416792)
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 and rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Illustrated throughout with photomontages and photographs by Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova... More
![Item #1664 [RODCHENKO AND STEPANOVA] The Red Army and Navy](/pictures/thumb/1664.jpeg?v=1679416400)
Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939. [104] pp.: ill., including 2 fold-outs. 39,5x26,5 cm. In original red cloth with lettering on spine and stamped lettering & red star on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly rubbed, otherwise mint. First and only edition. Rare. In English. A parade book propagating the USSR..... More
![Item #1526 [SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Kryl’ia kholopa [i.e. The Wings of a Serf](/pictures/thumb/1526.jpg?v=1666180992)
Moscow: Kinopechat’, [1926]. 8 pp.: ill. 17,5x26,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Mint. Very rare. The film’s sets and most likely this remarkable pamphlet were designed by artist Vladimir Yegorov (1878-1960). He gained fame for the Soviet film ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (1915) directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold, later he..... More
![Item #1292 [ONE OF THE LEADING BOOK DESIGNERS IN THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1920S] 920-1928....](/pictures/thumb/1292.jpg?v=1634126021)
Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1929 (Moskva: tip. «Krasnyy proletariy»). 154, [6] pp. 18x13.6 cm. In original publisher’s cloth binding with illustrated dust-wrappers by Boris Titov. Tears to the dust-wrappers. Otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,000 copies. Dust-wrappers by Boris Titov (1897-1951), a Soviet graphic..... More
![Item #1304 [THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii...](/pictures/thumb/1304.jpg?v=1634128237)
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
![Item #1476 [KONASHEVICH] Sto oktiabriat [i.e. One Hundred Little Octobrists]. I. Belyshev](/pictures/thumb/1476.jpg?v=1660924020)
Leningrad: Lenizdat, [early 1930s]. 20 pp.: ill. 18,5x17 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of edges, stains occasionally, original black and white illustrations colored by hand. Very rare. Brilliant children’s book about the practice of waste paper gathering and involvement of little octobrists in it. Soviet..... More
![Item #1417 [SHARK FISHING IN THE SOVIET UNION] Promysel akuly, lov i obrabotka [i.e. Shark...](/pictures/thumb/1417.jpg?v=1658799192)
Moscow: Snabtekhizdat, 1932. 53, [2] pp.: ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small tears of the spine with minor fragments lost, creases of the back cover, p. 54 soiled, pale private stamps on the title page and p.54, pencil marks on margins and colored pencil number on the back..... More
![Item #1059 [A STUDY OF THE BOOK COVER] Oblozhka knigi: Opyt istoricheskogo issledovaniia. I....](/pictures/thumb/1059.jpg?v=1601554848)
Leningrad: Izdanie Akademii Khudozhestv, 1929. 120 pp.: ill., 1 ill. In original cardboards. Very good. First edition. One of 600 copies. Very rare. Cover design produced by the author, graphic artist Georgy Brylov who contributed to the Soviet design of books and posters and wrote 5 works about his..... More
![Item #896 [HOW TO DESIGN A BOOK] Osnovy oformleniya sovetskoy knigi [i.e. Basics of the Soviet...](/pictures/thumb/896.jpg?v=1576162819)
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1956. 502 pp., 3 tables: ill. 26.6x18.1cm. In original publisher’s cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. Dust-wrapper. Fine. First edition. Scarce. One of the most comprehensive Soviet editions to meticulously analyze and interpret peculiarities of book design and technical editing. Written by a...... More
![Item #1022 [LETTERPRESS ABC] Uchenik-naborshchik [i.e. Typesetter Apprentice]. I. Vie](/pictures/thumb/1022.jpg?v=1595853325)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1927. IV, 80 pp.: ill. 23x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Bumped edges of oversized covers, small tear of the spine and a few spots on front cover, otherwise a very good and clean copy. First and only Russian edition. One of 3000 copies. Cover design..... More
![Item #1493 [HOW TO CREATE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES] Zagolovok v gazete [i.e. Newspaper Headlines]. B....](/pictures/thumb/1493.jpg?v=1661884449)
Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1947. 87 pp.: ill. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Covers and spine partly detached from block, some rusty stains on back cover, minor tear of spine, otherwise very good. Scarce. First edition. One of the first Soviet works on the typographic production of newspaper headlines written by..... More
![Item #1025 [CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]. Iu Zhukov](/pictures/thumb/1025.jpg?v=1595853874)
Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia, 1966. 575 pp.: ill., 32 ill. 20,5x15,5 cm. In original illustrated full-cloth with lettering on the spine; in original illustrated dust-wrapper; illustrated endpapers. Very good, small fragment of the spine lost, covers slightly rubbed. First edition. Solomon Telingater’s later yet brilliant book design. Resembling the..... More
![Item #1397 [A CONSTRUCTIVIST CHILDREN’S BOOK] Khleb i mashiny [i.e. Bread and Machinery](/pictures/thumb/1397.jpg?v=1658795257)
Moscow: Izd. “Krest’ianskaia gazeta”, 1930. 12 pp.: ill. 15,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of the spine, some pages repaired along the spine and faded on the inner margin, otherwise very good. Very rare. Illustrations were created by the artist Feodosii Bochkov (1901-1952). After graduating from..... More
![Item #1058 [ COVER DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Kniga o knigakh: Dvukhnedel’nyi bibliograficheskii...](/pictures/thumb/1058.jpg?v=1601554740)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1924. 80 pp.: ill. 25x17 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Covers and spine restored, new back cover, slightly soiled, otherwise very good. One of 5000 copies. Rare. Alexander Rodchenko’s design exemplifies the tenets of pure constructivist design. The front cover also includes a wrapper for the..... More
![Item #1291 [EL LISSITZKY AND HIS PHOTOMONTAGES] SSSR na stroike [i.e. USSR in Construction] #...](/pictures/thumb/1291.jpg?v=1634125904)
Moscow: Gos. izdatel’stvo SSSR, 1932. 48 pp.: ill (including 2 folding leaves). 41,5x30 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine rubbed, minor tears of spine and edges of covers, pale water stains on inner lower corner throughout copy, minor soiling of lower margin, otherwise very good. An issue of the striking..... More
![Item #890 [LITTLE-KNOWN DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Vestnik silikatnoi promyshlennosti [i.e. Herald of...](/pictures/thumb/890.jpg?v=1576160377)
Moscow, 1923. 86, 93-106, 111-112 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Uncut. Restored, pale, blurred stamps and pale water stains, otherwise very good and clean copy. An apology letter from the editorial board informs readers that, due to the mistake of printer, p. 87-92, 107-110 had been..... More
1. Panorama Du Fleuve [i.e. Down the River]. Paris: Flammarion, 1937. 2. Panorama De La Montagne [i.e. Up the Mountain]. Paris: Flammarion, 1938. 3. Panorama De La Côte [i.e. Along the Coast]. Paris: Flammarion, 1938. Each book is a continuous, accordion-folded strip with text and monochrome illustrations..... More
![Item #1061 [STEKLOGRAFIIA] Kratkoe rukovodstvo raboty na steklografe [i.e. A Short Manual of...](/pictures/thumb/1061.jpg?v=1601555200)
Ekaterinburg: Gos. izdatel’stvo Ural’skogo oblastnogo ob’edineniia, 1921. 32 pp., 7 ills. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated vitreograph wrappers. Some foxing, small tears of the spine, otherwise very good. Extremely rare provincial edition with no copies in Worldcat. The earliest manual on planographic vitreography compiled for provincial creators of..... More
Three of nine books from collected works of Alexei Svirsky. Each of them has a unique design by Vladimir and Georgy Stenberg. 1) Svirsky, A. Zapiski rabochego [i.e. The Diary of a Working Man]. Vol. 1. 8th ed. Moscow: Zemlia i fabrica, 1928. 327, [1] pp., 1 front. 21x14..... More
![Item #1396 [THE TRIUMPH OF SOVIET MEAT INDUSTRY] Kolbasy i miasokopchenosti [i.e. Sausages and...](/pictures/thumb/1396.jpg?v=1658794673)
Leningrad: Pishchepromizdat, 1938. 274 pp.: ill. 31x44 cm. In original cloth with silver debossed lettering and embossed ornament on the front cover; the block fastened with red cord. Binding restored, modern endpapers, title page soiled and chipped, some soiling and foxing of pages. Otherwise very good. First and only..... More
![Item #1023 [TYPESETTING] Rukovodstvo dlia naborshchikov [i.e. Typesetter’s Handbook]. F. Bauer](/pictures/thumb/1023.jpg?v=1595853516)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 400 pp.: ill., 1 folding table, 3 ills. 24,5x17 cm. In original yellow full cloth with lettering on the spine, emblems on the front cover and spine; in original illustrated, constructivist style dust wrapper. Dust wrapper soiled, tears with small losses on edges. Book is in..... More
![Item #982 [EARLY SOVIET BOOK DESIGN: ALEXEI USHIN] Okno v lesu [i.e. Window in the Forest]. A. Grin](/pictures/thumb/982.jpg?v=1591794803)
Leningrad: Mysl’, 1929. 252, [4] pp. 18x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of spine partly glued, chipped, stamp “Approved to Export from USSR”, ink signature on verso of half-title. One of 4200 copies. Very rare. Constructivist letterpress cover design was produced by Alexei Ushin (1904-1942). During the..... More
![Item #1063 [BANNED EDITION. TELINGATER’S DESIGN] Programmy i ustavy vazhneishikh partiy II...](/pictures/thumb/1063.jpg?v=1601555438)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1929. 240 pp. 20x13,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine chipped, some foxing on recto and verso of t.p. One of 10 000 copies. The edition was banned, according to ‘List of books to be excluded from libraries and book trade chain’ (1961). Interesting example of..... More
![Item #883 [DESIGN BY RUVIM MAZE] Organizuy samogo sebya [i.e. Organize Yourself]. P. Kerzhentsev](/pictures/thumb/883.jpg?v=1576156982)
Moscow: [Molodaya gvardiya], 1925. 96pp.: tables. 20.3x14.3 sm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers by Ruvim Mazel (1890-1967). In good condition. Loss of the small fragment at the lower right corner of the front wrapper, tears of the spine, foxing. Second enlarged edition. First edition published in 1923. Scarce. Wrapper..... More