Moscow: OGIZ, 1935. Octavos (24.5 × 17 cm). Original decorative staple-stitched self-wrappers; XX pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good. This illustrated review of Soviet visual culture offers a glimpse into the editorial criteria for Soviet poster art and Socialist Realist painting during the first five-year plan (1928–1932). The issue assesses all..... More
Odessa: DOTOB, 1929. Oblong octavo (13 × 22 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by H. S. Hural’nik; 64 pp. With two folding charts at the back. Light overall wear and creasing to wrappers; else about very good. Scarce documentation of the Odessa State Theatre and Ballet (DOTOB), which contains overviews..... More
Berlin: Knigoizdatel'stvo pisatelei v Berline, [1922]. Octavo. Original decorative wrappers by Ivan Mozalevskii; 133, [1] pp. Fifteen titles and end decorations by S. Segal'. About very good; spine neatly repaired; hand-written label to spine strip; small stain to front wrapper. With Gleb Alekseev, Aleksei Tolstoi, Vladimir Lidin, Savvatii, O. Savich..... More
Warsaw: “Arsenał”, 1955. Octavo (23 × 16.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 47 pp. with [47] leaves of photo-reproductions. Light soil to wrappers; spine extremities starting, a small chip to spine. Internally very good. A catalog of the famous “Arsenał 55” exhibition of young art, a landmark event for Polish art..... More
[Soviet Union, ca. 1980?]. Oblong quarto (13.8 × 20 cm). Original staple-stitched orange pictorial wrappers; 20 leaves, printed to rectos and versos, with a total of 86 illustrations. Wrappers worn and creased; still good or better. Apparently unrecorded Russian samizdat publication with instructions for a variety of sexual practices and..... More
Berlin: Knigoizdatel'stvo "Slovo", 1924. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [4], 428 pp., with [3] pp. of publisher's ads. Very good; spine with a single crease; two small stains to rear wrapper; ca. 10 pp. affected by small scuff to lower (deckle edge) margin, else a very good..... More
Moscow: Izdanie Muzeia Revoliutsii Soiuza SSR, 1928. Small octavo (15 × 11.2 cm). Staple-stitched pamphlet; 24, [8] pp., with the folding map of the exhibition rooms, measuring 31 × 22.5 cm. Lacking original wrappers; text browned and somewhat brittle; else internally a good copy. Scarce guide to the Soviet Museum..... More
Prague: [1928]. Large quarto (34.5 × 24 cm). Original quarter-cloth with hand-written label to front board; fourteen bound-in folding maps, hand-colored, with official stamps, hand-written notes, and signatures, various sizes, approximately 49 × 85 cm. each. Boards rubbed and lightly distended; three of the maps have been removed from the..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Posev, ca. 1950-1956. Single leaf, once folded, printed to rectos and versos, measuring 13.5 × 10 cm. Very good. This special issue of the semi-clandestine magazine Posev (The Sowing), published by NTS (National Alliance of Russian Solidarists), an anti-communist organization of Russian émigrés, is dedicated to the..... More
Warsaw: Paṅstwowe Wydawnictwo Literatury Politycznej, 1945. Octavo (20.3 × 14.8 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 50, [1] pp. Very good; small owner signature to title. Early volume documenting the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. The book was published shortly after the end of WWII in May 1945. Aside from numerous..... More
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[Warsaw]: Wydawnictwo Oddzialu Propagandy Gl. Zarzadu Polityczno-Wychowawczego Wojska Polskiego, 1945. Octavo. Original side-stapled photo-illustrated wrappers; 29, [3] pp. Very good or better. One of the earliest, if not the earliest, volume documenting the Warsaw Uprising (August 1–October 2, 1944), the largest armed resistance campaign carried out during WWII and a...... More
Prague: Izdanie gazety "Volia Rossii", 1921. Octavo (22.2 × 14.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [5], 183 pp. About very good; some wear to base of spine, with small loss to front wrapper; still an unusually well-preserved copy of a fragile book. Scarce early account of the Kronstadt Rebellion, an unsuccessful..... More
Moscow: Tipo-litografiia I.E. Shchekina E. A. Martynova, 1909. 12mo (15 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 21 pp. Laid in are two folded tables. Very good. An ephemeral catalog of the Riabov paper manufacturing company, with a list of goods and their selling prices for the year 1909. The..... More
Geneva: Izdanie G. A. Kuklina, 1903. Octavo (17 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 14, [4] pp. Publisher’s catalog to wrappers and one leaf. Hoover Institute duplicate stamp to wrapper. Wrapper lightly discolored; wrapper edges chipped; some underlining in pencil throughout, still good or better. A pamphlet about the..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1930. Octavo (26 × 17.5). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 19, [3] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the visual..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1931. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 23, [3] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1931. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 23, [3] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1928. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 20 pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the visual arts. The stated goal of..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1928. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 20 pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the visual arts. The stated goal of..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1928. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 20 pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the visual arts. The stated goal of..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1928. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 20 pp. Illustrations throughout. Light damp stain to last page, else very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and..... More
Moscow: Profizdat, 1931. Octavo (26 × 17.8 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 23, [1] pp. Illustrations throughout. Wrappers and text toned; light wear to wrapper edges; good to very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema..... More
Moscow: Profizdat, 1931. Octavo (25 × 17.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 24 pp. Illustrations throughout. Wrappers toned; light fraying to spine; good or better. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and..... More
Moscow: Profizdat, 1931. Octavo (25 × 17.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 23, [1] pp. Illustrations throughout. Wrappers toned; light fraying to spine; good or better. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography..... More
Moscow: Profizdat, 1931. Octavo (25 × 17.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 23, [1] pp. Illustrations throughout. Wrappers toned; lightly worn; about very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the..... More