Moscow: Selkhozgiz, 1930. [16] pp + 4 pp. of instruction. 21,7x14,7 cm. 1 of 75000 copies printed. Original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Fine condition. The interesting and unknown to scholars example of the book constructivism ‘in action’ as applied to the usual advertising brochure for the subscribers of the agricultural..... More

Moscow: Partiynoe izdatelstvo; 1ya Obraztsovaya tipografiya, 1932. 32 pp. 22x15,3 cm. Original photomontage wrappers. Very good condition, pale water stains on rear side of covers and last leaf. Spine is slightly restored. Contemporary ink marks and corrections occasionally. The designers are not named in the book itself (except for..... More

#1, 2, 3, 4 for 1923, #1, 2 for 1924, #3 for 1925. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1923-1925. # 1 (1923): 252, [1] pp.: ill. + 3 pp. of ads. 24x16 cm. Original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of spine lost, minor tears of outer edge of p. 215-216, some soiling, small signature..... More

Petrograd: 18-ia Gosudarstvennaia tipografiia, 1918. 58 pp. 27x20,5 cm. Original front cover preserved. Back cover supplied. Front cover restored. Otherwise very good and clean internally. Civil wartime edition. One of 5000 copies. Cover design was created by Vladimir Mayakovsky and, according to O. Brik, the introductory article ‘Everybody Should..... More

Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1927. 88 pp., 22 leaves with photographs. 35x27 cm. In original illustrated constructivist cardboards with gilt lettering, in modern custom case replicating cover design. Covers restored, case slightly rubbed, otherwise mint. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Rare. Banned edition. Designs of..... More

Moscow: Liren’, 1914. [2], 16 pp.+1 p. of ad. 18x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers slightly faded and restored, otherwise very good. Lithographed throughout. One of 200 copies. Extremely rare. An early book of poetry by one of the founders of the Left Front of the Arts, researcher of..... More

Moscow: Selkolkhozgiz, 1931. 142 pp. 22,2x14,7 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. The architecture of the book by “Brigade #1 For Mass Book Production”. No copies in Worldcat. The polygraphic masterpiece by the unsung hero of Soviet book constructivism, Elbrus Gutnov (1906–1981), and his “Brigade #1 For..... More

Kyiv: Kooperativn farlag “Kultur-lige”, 1922. XXIII pp.: ill., 5 ills. 34,5x25,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Wrapper is restored from the edges without loss of the image or the text. p. I-XIV have a trace of rust going through them, at the outer margins - also restored. Few stains are..... More

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. 22 pp.: ill. 23,5x19,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Slightly rubbed and soiled, covers and corners of pages restored, otherwise very good. An early posthumous edition of the famous poem and a good example of the early Soviet design of children’s books. Design was created..... More

Petrograd: 17-ya Gos. tip., 1920. 84 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers with a color lithograph by Malevich on each wrapper. Spine restored, otherwise very good copy. A rare example of Malevich’s application of Suprematism to book design. Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) famously proclaimed in the catalog to the Tenth State..... More

[Moscow], 1919. 8 leaves of linocuts. 16,5x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers in constructivist style. Small tear of spine with minor fragments lost, some foxing, creases of lower edge and corners, otherwise very good. Extremely rare. An early and little-known collection of linocuts by Lidia Naumova (before her marriage, Zharova..... More