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Item #1395 [A PARADE EDITION - SOVIET SHOCK-WORKERS] Stalinskoe plemia stakhanovtsev [i.e. A...

[A PARADE EDITION - SOVIET SHOCK-WORKERS] Stalinskoe plemia stakhanovtsev [i.e. A Stalinist Tribe of Stakhanov’s Followers]

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

[PHOTOMONTAGES ON AVIATION] Soviet Aviation

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

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1664 [RODCHENKO AND STEPANOVA] The Red Army and Navy

[RODCHENKO AND STEPANOVA] The Red Army and Navy

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

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1526 [SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Kryl’ia kholopa [i.e. The Wings of a Serf

[SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPHY] Kryl’ia kholopa [i.e. The Wings of a Serf]

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

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Item #1292 [ONE OF THE LEADING BOOK DESIGNERS IN THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1920S] 920-1928....

[ONE OF THE LEADING BOOK DESIGNERS IN THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1920S] 920-1928. Stikhotvoreniya [i.e. 1920-1928. Poems]

Antokolsky, P.

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

Price: $750.00

Item #1304 [THE CIVIL WAR] Semen Proskakov: Stihotvornye primechanija k materialam po istorii...

[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

Item #1476 [KONASHEVICH] Sto oktiabriat [i.e. One Hundred Little Octobrists]. I. Belyshev

[KONASHEVICH] Sto oktiabriat [i.e. One Hundred Little Octobrists]

Belyshev, I.

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

Price: $2,500.00

Item #1417 [SHARK FISHING IN THE SOVIET UNION] Promysel akuly, lov i obrabotka [i.e. Shark...

[SHARK FISHING IN THE SOVIET UNION] Promysel akuly, lov i obrabotka [i.e. Shark Harvesting, Fishing and Processing]

Berezin, N.

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

Price: $750.00

Item #1059 [A STUDY OF THE BOOK COVER] Oblozhka knigi: Opyt istoricheskogo issledovaniia. I....

[A STUDY OF THE BOOK COVER] Oblozhka knigi: Opyt istoricheskogo issledovaniia. I. Proiskhozhdenie oblozhki. II. Evoliutsiia. III. Perspektivy [i.e. The Book Cover. A Historical Study. I. Origin of the Book Cover. II. Evolution. III. Future Prospects]

Brylov, G.

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

Price: $450.00

Item #1810 [RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONS OF WORLD CLASSICS] Sluchai. Roman v dvukh chastiakh [i.e....

[RUSSIAN TRANSLATIONS OF WORLD CLASSICS] Sluchai. Roman v dvukh chastiakh [i.e. Chance. Novel in Two Parts]

Conrad, J.

Leningrad: Kubuch, 1925. 344, [2] pp.+ IV pp. of ads 18x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, with few tears of covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. First Russian edition. One of 6000 copies. Rare. Cover design was created likely by G. Lvov, who is..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #1818 [SOVIET YOUTH WITHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN] Zdravstvui, drug! [i.e. Hello, Friend!]. I....

[SOVIET YOUTH WITHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN] Zdravstvui, drug! [i.e. Hello, Friend!]

Dolgopolov, I.

Moscow: Molodaia gvardia, 1957. 96 leaves. 29,5х23 cm. In original cloth with colored debossed logo. Stains and ink mark on covers, shelfwear, tear of endpaper, otherwise very good internally. Introduction and captions are printed in Russian, English, French and German. This photo album was produced specially for the..... More

Item #896 [HOW TO DESIGN A BOOK] Osnovy oformleniya sovetskoy knigi [i.e. Basics of the Soviet...

[HOW TO DESIGN A BOOK] Osnovy oformleniya sovetskoy knigi [i.e. Basics of the Soviet Book Design]

Istrin, V., Pakhomov, V., Nazarov, A.

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

Price: $350.00

Item #1812 [FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN] Shest’ uslovii pobedy tov. Stalina [i.e. Six Conditions of...

[FIRST FIVE-YEAR PLAN] Shest’ uslovii pobedy tov. Stalina [i.e. Six Conditions of Victory by Comrade Stalin]

[Stalin, J.]

N.p., [early 1930s]. 1 portrait mounted, 1 leaf folded in 6 pp. 3,3x2,9 cm. In original printed wrappers. Mint. Extremely rare miniature propaganda book that encouraged executors of the first five-year plan. In the 1930s, most significant party and government documents were published in miniature format. In June 22-23..... More

Item #1811 [RODCHENKO] Chzhungo [i.e. China]. S. Tretiakov

[RODCHENKO] Chzhungo [i.e. China]

Tretiakov, S.

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1927. 259, [2] pp.: ill.+ 3 pp. of eds. 20x13,5 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Binding rubbed and bumped, with small fragments of covering paper lost from spine, tears of spine, water stain on upper edge, some soiling occasionally, signature on t.p. painted over with a marker, otherwise..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #1022 [LETTERPRESS ABC] Uchenik-naborshchik [i.e. Typesetter Apprentice]. I. Vie

[LETTERPRESS ABC] Uchenik-naborshchik [i.e. Typesetter Apprentice]

Vie, I.

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

Price: $750.00

Item #1493 [HOW TO CREATE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES] Zagolovok v gazete [i.e. Newspaper Headlines]. B....

[HOW TO CREATE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES] Zagolovok v gazete [i.e. Newspaper Headlines]

Vyazemskiy, B.

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

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Item #1025 [CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]. Iu Zhukov

[CONSTRUCTORS OF THE NEW WORLD] Liudi 30-kh godov [i.e. People of the 30s]

Zhukov, Iu.

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

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Item #1397 [A CONSTRUCTIVIST CHILDREN’S BOOK] Khleb i mashiny [i.e. Bread and Machinery

[A CONSTRUCTIVIST CHILDREN’S BOOK] Khleb i mashiny [i.e. Bread and Machinery]

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

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Item #1058 [ COVER DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Kniga o knigakh: Dvukhnedel’nyi bibliograficheskii...

[ COVER DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Kniga o knigakh: Dvukhnedel’nyi bibliograficheskii zhurnal [i.e. Book about Books. Biweekly Bibliographic Magazine] #4 for 1924.

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

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Item #1291 [EL LISSITZKY AND HIS PHOTOMONTAGES] SSSR na stroike [i.e. USSR in Construction] #...

[EL LISSITZKY AND HIS PHOTOMONTAGES] SSSR na stroike [i.e. USSR in Construction] # 10 for 1932

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

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Item #890 [LITTLE-KNOWN DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Vestnik silikatnoi promyshlennosti [i.e. Herald of...

[LITTLE-KNOWN DESIGN BY RODCHENKO] Vestnik silikatnoi promyshlennosti [i.e. Herald of Silicate Industry] #8/9 1923

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

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Item #925 [PANORAMA BOOKS BY ALEXANDRA EXTER

[PANORAMA BOOKS BY ALEXANDRA EXTER]

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

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Item #1061 [STEKLOGRAFIIA] Kratkoe rukovodstvo raboty na steklografe [i.e. A Short Manual of...

[STEKLOGRAFIIA] Kratkoe rukovodstvo raboty na steklografe [i.e. A Short Manual of Work on Vitreograph]

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

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Item #884 [STENBERG BROTHERS

[STENBERG BROTHERS]

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

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Item #1396 [THE TRIUMPH OF SOVIET MEAT INDUSTRY] Kolbasy i miasokopchenosti [i.e. Sausages and...

[THE TRIUMPH OF SOVIET MEAT INDUSTRY] Kolbasy i miasokopchenosti [i.e. Sausages and Smoked Meat Products]

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

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