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Moscow: Aviakhim, 1926. 173 pp.: ill., 4 pp. of ads. 26,5x18 cm. In original printed wrappers. Spine repaired with a paper band, the covers with minor tears and losses, otherwise very good and clean internally. One of 5000 copies. Interesting edition from the early period of Soviet aviation. This practical manual was dedicated to glider construction as the basis of the aircraft production. The text is supplemented with 93 technical drawings and 17 tables. In Russia, the earliest gliding society was founded in 1918 under "Flying Laboratory", the Moscow theoretical institution headed by aviators N. Zhukovsky, V. Vetchinkin and N. Anoshchenko. This society of amateurs and enthusiasts first held the Crimea gliding competitions in 1923. Gradually, the event gathered more and more participants and some of them appeared every year. This sport was widespread over the country. The gliding competitions attracted pilots and constructors who thus started a lifelong way into the aviation industry. Moscow… Read More

Moscow; Leningrad: Gosizdat, 1925. 122, [2] pp., ill. Tear of the spine and front wrapper, previous owner's ink inscription on the front wrapper. Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 2,500 copies. An interesting book about etching and engraving with a chisel written by Vadim Falileev (1879-1950), a noted Russian and Soviet graphic artist and painter. At different times, Falileev studied at the Penza Art School, the Kiev art school, and the Imperial Academy of Arts under Vasily Mate (1856-1917). Vadim was the first to work in the technique of engraving on linoleum, creating a series of brilliant works that demonstrated the wide graphic possibilities of this technique. The artist also took part in exhibitions of the «World of Art» in Petrograd and Moscow. At the beginning of 1917, his first personal exhibition was held in the Engraving Office of the Rumyantsev Museum. A year later, Vadim was invited as a professor at the Stroganov Art School, while simultaneously teaching at the Women's… Read More

Kiev: Izdanie Izd. podotdela Komiteta Iugo-zapadnogo fronta Vseros. Zemskogo Soiuza, 1917. 140 pp. 23x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some tears and soiling of covers, the first and last pages faded, otherwise very good. First edition. Cover design and 7 vignettes were produced by artist Eugeniia Pribyl'skaia (1899-1938) who revived and developed folklore arts. Together with avant-garde artist Alexandra Exter, she held the exhibition of decorative arts in 1915. After the October Revolution, she engaged in the production of folk toys, rugs and was attracted to the activity of experimental textile and costume workshops. This is the original Russian edition of notes written by Sofia Fedorchenko (1880-1959). 'Frontline Notes' became a kind of diary from the perspective of the ordinary soldier and included vivid remarks of everyday life. The work was soon adapted to English, German and French. The materials were collected by Fedorchenko among ordinary soldiers between 1914 and 1917 while she… Read More

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1950. 85, [30] pp.: ill., 2 portraits. 23x18 cm. In original illustrated cardboards and original blank dust wrappers with lettering on spine. Dust jacket with tears and stains, some fragments of edges lost. Slightly bumped, otherwise very good. Signed by author on front flyleaf. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. In 1949, during the proclamation of the People Republic of China, a delegation of Soviet cultural and scientific representatives visited the new state. They witnessed socialist celebrations: street performances and demonstrations, night illumination; they gave speeches in various events. Among the delegates was artist Konstantin Finogenov (1902-1989). He graduated first from the Stalingrad Art School, and then from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute. During the Second World War, Finogenov contributed to TASS Windows. He released art series dedicated to his native Stalingrad, as well as Korea, China, Egypt, India. In 1949, he was entrusted to depict the triumph of… Read More

Moscow; Leningrad: Gosstroizdat, 1933. 211 pp.: schemes. 22.9x15.5 cm. In original publisher's quarter cloth. Loss of the piece of the spine, soiling of the boards, wear to the edges, previous owner's ink inscriptions on the title-page, contents, and p. 5, and boards. Otherwise good. Scarce. First edition. 1 of 5,000 copies. Edited by N. Zapletin. This early Soviet book on heat engineering in the construction of the protective parts of buildings was written by Konstantin Fokin, a Russian engineer and one of the creators of Soviet building heat engineering. Shortly after graduating from the Civil Engineering Faculty of the Moscow Higher Technical School, Konstantin started his scientific activity at the State Institute of Structures in 1927. Together with O. Vlasov, Fokin developed the first Soviet standards for building heating technology, which became the basis of this work. Printed in 1933, the edition contains a detailed description of a number of thermal engineering related issues including… Read 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 the Soviet artist and book illustrator Alexander Malushin. A student of Vladimir Favorsky, Malushin was one of the first members of the Moscow Union of Artists. One of the first Soviet books on revolutionary tasks of art compiled by the writer Mikhail Frantsev. The edition sets out the main principles and methods of revolutionary art with a focus on both Soviet provincial and national theatres. In the book, the author underlines the importance of the "proletarian factor" in the organization of theatrical work and singles out two ways of achieving a truly Soviet theatre: creating art for and from the masses. In both cases, Frantsev analyzes existing work and identifies 4… Read More

Leningrad: Izd. avtora, 1927. 204 pp. 20x14 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Fragments of spine lost, covers rubbed, otherwise very good and clean internally. Second enlarged edition published the same year as the first one. After five editions were printed, the book was banned in 1930. It is the first and the best known work by Soviet venereologist Lev Fridland (1888-1960). He had been studying at the Medical department of Kyiv University until he was drafted into the army as a doctor. Later he passed graduation exams at Don University. In the 1910s, Fridland worked in hospitals in the Southern part of the Russian Empire. During the Civil War, Fridland was sentenced to death by Whites and then imprisoned for four years of hard labor until the release by the Reds. In the early USSR, Fridland practiced freely and prolifically wrote about medical cases. 'Behind a Closed Door' is a rare for the Soviet era publication about the blatant sexual ignorance and promiscuity in contemporary… Read More

Tokyo; Osaka: Marusen-Kabushiki-Kaisha, 1910. [2], XII, 596, 6 pp. Original cloth binding, with tape over it. Two private stamps in Russian and Japanese on the title verso. Otherwise good. The third edition of the first Japanese-Russian dictionary written in Japan. The first edition came out in 1906, second in 1908. The earlier Japanese-Russian dictionary was complied in 1857 by Iosif Goshkevich. Rare. No paper copies found in Worldcat.