Boston Virtual Antiquarian Book Fair 2020

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Item #1082 [AELITA, ONE OF THE EARLIEST FULL-LENGTH FILMS ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL] Aelita. Kino-lenta...

[AELITA, ONE OF THE EARLIEST FULL-LENGTH FILMS ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL] Aelita. Kino-lenta na temu romana A. N. Tolstogo [i.e. Aelita. A Film Based on the Novel by A. N. Tolstoy]

Moscow: Proizvodstvennyy organ Mezhrabpoma Khudozhestvennyy Kollektiv «Rus’», [1924]. 48 pp.: ill. 22.2x19.8 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Spine and edges are slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. This brochure is dedicated to the Soviet silent film classic ‘Aelita’, which came out in 1924 and became a...... More

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Item #1094 [BEFORE CHERNOBYL] Lotsmanskaia karta Kievskogo vodokhranilishcha, r. Dnepr ot...

[BEFORE CHERNOBYL] Lotsmanskaia karta Kievskogo vodokhranilishcha, r. Dnepr ot Liubecha do Komarina i r. Pripiat’ ot Usovskogo plesa do Chernobylia [i.e. Navigation Chart of Kiev Reservoir, Dnieper River from Liubech to Komarin and Prypiat River from Usov to Chernobyl]

Kiev: Kartofabrika VMF, 1968. [2] pp., 13 double-page charts. 50x33 cm. In original cardboards. Very good and clean internally. Covers rubbed and bumped, with water stains on them and endpapers, with small fragments of cover paper lost. The previous owner’s corrections on some leaves. For inner circulation only. Copy..... More

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Item #1074 [FIRST BOOK IN GERMAN, PRINTED IN RUSSIA TOGETHER WITH AN EARLY GRAMMAR] Teutsh-...

[FIRST BOOK IN GERMAN, PRINTED IN RUSSIA TOGETHER WITH AN EARLY GRAMMAR] Teutsh- Lateinisch- und Russisches Lexicon, samt denen anfangs-gründen der Russischen Sprache. Nemetsko-latinskiy i russkiy leksikon, kupno s pervymi nachalami russkogo yazika k obschey polze [i.e. The German-Latin-Russian Lexicon, With Russian Grammar for the Universal Benefit]

St. Petersburg: printed at the Academy of Science typography, 1731. [4], 788, 48 pp. 23x18 cm. One of 1200 copies printed. Full-leather period binding. Spine is restored. New endpapers. Occasional stains, more substantial stains on the pp. 140-141 (traces of wax). Occasional restoration of the margins. Overall a very good..... More

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Item #1113 [SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG, KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik...

[SOVIET ARCHITECTURE: GINZBURG, KHIGER AND SEMENOV] Voprosy arkhitektury: Sbornik statei [i.e. Architecture Issues: A Collection of Articles]

[Moscow]: Izogiz, 1935. 208 pp.: ill. 30x21,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Very good, minor fragments of spine lost, slightly soiled. A valuable piece of a historical evidence on Moscow reconstruction of 1935, Ginzburg’s constructivist project of Moscow- Donbass Highway and Khiger’s civil housing critics (communal houses). Illustrated throughout..... More

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Item #1112 [SOVIET CIRCUS LEGEND] Advertising Poster. Zhonglery. Iunost’. Rukovoditel’...

[SOVIET CIRCUS LEGEND] Advertising Poster. Zhonglery. Iunost’. Rukovoditel’ Aleksander Kiss [i.e. Jugglers. Youth. A Circus. Director Alexander Kiss]

[Moscow]: Soiuzgostsirk, [1960s]. 86x57 cm. Very good, creases, minor tears. Extremely rare. One of 3000 copies. Design was produced by Marat Beliaev (born in 1932), a graphic artist and industrial designer. Since 1965 he was actively involved in the creation of posters, including circus advertisements. This poster..... More

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Item #1100 [TELINGATER, KUKRYNIKSY, ARKHANGELSKY] O Babele, Gladkove, Zharove, Zoriche,...

[TELINGATER, KUKRYNIKSY, ARKHANGELSKY] O Babele, Gladkove, Zharove, Zoriche, Zoshchenko, Inber, Klychkove, krest. poete, Lugovskom, Nikiforove, Oleshe, Oreshine, Romanove, Radimove, Svetlove, Sel’vinskom, Tret’yakove, Utkine, Shklovskom / Parodii A. Arkhangel’skogo; Ris. m. KUpriyanova, p. KRYlova, NIK. Sokolova [i.e. About Babel, Gladkov, Zharov, Zorich, Zoshchenko, Inber, Klychkov, Lugovsky, Nikiforov, Olesha, Oreshin, Romanov, Radimov, Svetlov, Selvinsky, Tretyakov, Utkin, Shklovsky / Parodies by A. Arkhangelsky; Illustrations by m. KUpriyanov, p. KRYlov, NIK. Sokolov]

Moscow; Leningrad: Zemlya i fabrika, 1930. [46] pp., 1 ill: ill. 29×22 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s cardboards by Kukryniksy. Minor tears at the hinges of the spine. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Introduction by the head of the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers Leonid Averbakh (1903-1937). The..... More

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Item #1108 [FIGHTING FORMALIST ART] Formalizm v zhivopisi: 24 illustratsii [i.e. Formalism in...

[FIGHTING FORMALIST ART] Formalizm v zhivopisi: 24 illustratsii [i.e. Formalism in Art. With 24 Illustrations in Text]

Moscow: Vsekokhudozhnik, 1933. 87, [1] pp.: ill. 22,5x15,5 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, chipped, some general soiling, pale water stains on covers, clean internally. First and only edition. One of 5000 copies. This is not just another book on fighting ‘escapist’ formalism by accusing artists of the total ignoring..... More

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Item #1085 [LOBACHEVSKY IN FRENCH] Nouveaux principes de la géométrie avec une théorie...

[LOBACHEVSKY IN FRENCH] Nouveaux principes de la géométrie avec une théorie complète des parallèles [i.e. New Principles of Geometry with a Complete Theory of Parallels]

Bruxelles: Hayez, 1901. 132 pp., 9 plates. 23.5x16.1 cm. Contemporary owner’s half-leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Near fine. Minor tear at the hinge of the spine. Ex Libris on the verso of the front board Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846-1927), a Swedish mathematician and a member of the Nobel..... More

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Item #1111 [FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ANTHEM OF THE SOVIET UNION IN GERMAN] Hymne der Sowjet...

[FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ANTHEM OF THE SOVIET UNION IN GERMAN] Hymne der Sowjet Union [i.e. Anthem of the Soviet Union]

Moscow: Verlag für Fremdsprachige Literatur, 1944. [4] pp. 27.7x21.9 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Previous owner’s ink inscription on the front wrapper. Otherwise near fine. STRIKING FIRST GERMAN-LANGUAGE EDITION OF THE NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE SOVIET UNION. In 1943, the Soviet regime announced a contest for a new..... More

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Item #1084 [MAKEUP FOR AMATEUR THEATRE] Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo po grimu dlia kruzhkov...

[MAKEUP FOR AMATEUR THEATRE] Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo po grimu dlia kruzhkov teatral’noi samodeiatel’nosti [i.e. A Practical Makeup Manual for Amateur Theatrical Groups]

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1940. 48 pp., 32 ills. 18x15 cm. In original cloth folder with silver lettering and blind debossed silhouette: text brochure and separate illustration leaves inside. Folder is slightly soiled, small tear of the spine of the text brochure with minor tear of the t.p. outer edge, some foxing..... More

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Item #1104 [FIRST AERODYNAMIC INSTITUTE IN EUROPE] Aerodinamicheskiy institut v Kuchine:...

[FIRST AERODYNAMIC INSTITUTE IN EUROPE] Aerodinamicheskiy institut v Kuchine: 1904-1914 [i.e. Kuchino Aerodynamic Institute: 1904-1914]

Moscow: tipo-lit. t-va I.N. Kushnerev i K°, 1914. 7 pp., 4 ill. 28x19.5 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Soiling of the wrappers, loss of the upper left piece of the front wrapper, loss of the pieces of the spine, pencil markings on the wrappers, several pages detached. Otherwise a good..... More

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Item #1106 [MAKE YOUR OWN SHOES AT HOME] Rukovodstvo k domashnemu izgotovleniyu prostoy i...

[MAKE YOUR OWN SHOES AT HOME] Rukovodstvo k domashnemu izgotovleniyu prostoy i izyashchnoy damskoy, muzhskoy i detskoy obuvi po novoy, legkoy i skoroy metode [i.e. A Guide to Creating Simple and Elegant Shoes for Women, Men, and Children at Home, Based on a New, Easy, and Fast Method]

St. Petersburg: Izdaniye T-va A.F. Marks, [1911]. 72, [2] pp., 1 folding plate, 4 tables: ill. 23.8x16.4 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Soiling and light foxing of the wrappers, spine slightly rubbed, rear wrapper and 2 tables lack small pieces (no text affected). Otherwise in a good condition. Scarce..... More

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