Leningrad: tipografiya Drukar’, [1927]. 10 leaves. 12x16,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Light foxing on covers, otherwise near fine. First edition. Scarce. 1 of 2,000 copies. With 10 black and white illustrations. An extremely scarce edition printed by the Russian State Museum and intended to showcase the life and art..... More

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

Moscow: Tretiakov Gallery, 1929. 68, [3] pp.: ill. 16х14 cm. In original wrappers. Few tears of the spine, otherwise a very good copy. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. Very rare. Illustrated with 11 photogravures. Two-color avant-garde wrappers attributed to Ilya Chasnik. This catalogue was published on..... More

Petropoli: Typis Academiae Scientiarum, [1756]. [2], 40 pp. 21,9x17,5 cm. Modern half-leather. Very good internally. First edition. One of the major works by Mikhail Lomonosov and his main contribution to optics. On the basis of many years of research and numerous experiments, Lomonosov developed a theory of light..... More

Moscow: Narodnyi komissariat pishchevoi promyshlennosti SSSR, 1939. 144 pp. 23x15,5 cm. In original cardboards. Binding rubbed, bumped and soiled, pale water stains, pencil marks, signature on t.p., no front flyleaf. Otherwise good. Official publication. No printrun indicated. An early set of recipe standards for Caucasian, Central Asian and Jewish desserts..... More

Baku: O-vo obsledovaniya i izucheniya Azerbaydzhana, 1928. 26x17 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Tear of spine, ink signature on front cover, otherwise mint. Extremely scarce. 1 of 150 copies. An extract from the Proceedings of the Society for the Survey and Study of Azerbaijan in 1928 (#5). A short..... More

Kyiv: Proletars’ka pravda, 1929. 48 pp.: ill. 15x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, with minor tear of spine, pale water stain on inner lower corner of first leaves, some spots. Otherwise very good and partly uncut copy. Very rare with no copies in Worldcat. A small..... More

Orel: Kras. kn. 1923. 41 pp. 17,5x13,5 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Spine rubbed, minor tears of edges, otherwise very good. Scarce. Second edition. First edition published under the title Iskusstvo i proletarskoye gosudarstvo [i.e. Art and Proletarian State] in 1921. The front wrapper was most likely designed by..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo, 1950. 136 pp. 20x14 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise mint. Signed by author on front flyleaf. First and only edition. One of 10000 copies. Rare. Designed by N. Shishlovskii. This outstanding book introduced contemporary American music to Soviet people in terms of..... More

Moscow: Goznak, 1927. 72 pp., VIII ills. 20x14 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Tears of spine with small fragments lost, light soiling of covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 1,000 copies. An interesting overview of the pantheon of northern Buddhism and Lamaism by..... More

Moscow: GIKhL, 1932. [1], 79 pp.: ill. 25х22 сm. In original constructivist cardboards and dust jacket, both with red and black lettering. Dust jacket restored, some stains on covers, some foxing occasionally, otherwise very good. First edition. One of 3000 copies. The last Mayakovsky’s project he compiled himself. The book..... More

Moscow: Fizkul’tura i turizm, 1934. 112 pp.: ill. 17x12,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tears of spine with fragment lost, covers partly detached from block, few tears of last pages, otherwise very good and clean internally. First edition. Very rare. Cover design was created by E. Konvalevskii and A...... More

Leningrad: Academia, 1926. 75, [4] pp., 2 ills. 18,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers and spine slightly restored and soiled, otherwise very good and clean copy. One of 5100 copies. An excellent book on fifteen most common methods of Western and Soviet film editing. According to a catalog..... More