Slavic from Sounds of Forest OU

Side-sewn binding.Illustrated wrappers. Unpaged. [29] leaves of illustration plates. Good condition; wraps show slight soiling, fore-edge fraying and multiple creases across outer corners, damaged edges of the spine, small tear to the bottom edge of front wrapper along the spine fold; internally fingerprints on the bottom outer corners of the pages throughout, several illustrations partly painted (possible by author himself).… Read more about this item

Limited edition of 1,500 copies only. Good condition; cover shows some staining and soiling, chipped upper outer corners of the cover, repaired edges of the spine; internally slight foxing on the illustration plates, pages show darkening the edges. The book issued for the eighth All-Russian Congress of the Union of Art Workers (known under the abbreviation RABIS, from 1924 Vserabis)… Read more about this item

Very good condition; spine and cover fragments are professionally restored (missing pieces filled using leafcaster machine); internally professionally restored small pieces of outer corners of several sheets, otherwise very clean. Possessory stamp on the title page "Iz biblioteki Vasily Arkad'evich Starikov" indicates, that this was book publisher's copy. Extremely rare poetry collection, contains verses by three repressed authors – Boris… Read more about this item

Print run 5,000 copies. Near fine condition; small moisture stain along bottom edge of the front cover, about 3 cm length closed tear on the front cover to the spine, repaired chipped bottom outer corners of the cover, damaged bottom end of the spine, bookstore stamps on the back cover; internally almost fine. In 1924, under the auspices of Baku… Read more about this item

Print run 1,750 copies. Goodcondition; cover shows rubbing and soiling, trace of moisture along upper edge of the wrappers, replaced spine, repaired upper edge and bottom right corner of the front cover, minor outer corner pieces of the back cover are missing; internally trace of moisture along upper edge of two first and the last leaves, few occasional foxing spots… Read more about this item

Near fine condition; cover shows slight soiling, slightly frayed fore-edge of front cover, professionally restored upper outer corner of front (small missing piece filled using leafcaster machine); internally few occasional foxing spots and fingerprints. According to author's foreword, his present (the fourth) volume consists of three parts. The first and the second parts contain poems written under the "storm and… Read more about this item

Print run 2,000 copies. Series: Biblioteka stakhanovtsa (Stakhanovite's Library). Near fine condition; marking of factory directorate on the cover and title page, repaired small missing bottom outer corner pieces of the front cover and title page, otherwise unread copy with uncut pages. Kharkiv Machine-Tool Building Plant - in the past the legendary Soviet plant, one of the flagships of… Read more about this item

Very Good condition; cover shows slight rubbing, small creases across cover corners, repaired chipped off front cover corners and couple of small chippings on the cover edges, repaired spine ends; internally some minor foxing mainly on the first and last pages, charity association label on the title page. Current brochure, published by the Ministry of Agriculture and written by the… Read more about this item

Near finecondition; cover shows slight yellowing and creasing, reraired fraying along upper edge of front wrapper; internally repaired upper outer corner and couple of edge chippings of the title page. Current book written by an Ukrainian Orientalist, linguist, literary scholar, folklorist, writer, and translator Ahatanhel Yukhymovych Krymsky (1871-1942) is a fundamental contribution to the studies of Islam. After the book… Read more about this item

Series: Svobodnaya biblioteka; No. 2. Near fine condition; cover shows slight creasing and minor soiling, repaired small missing piece of the upper right corner of the front cover; internally upper of the spine is strengthened with thin strip of the transparent book repair tape, few red pencil markings on the margins, small closed tear on one sheet (text is untouched).… Read more about this item

Print run 2500 copies. Good condition; replaced spine, restored upper left piece of the front wrapper, repaired outer corners of the wrappers, cover shows some soiling, soft creases across corners and along the edges; book block in almost fine condition, few occasional fingerprints. The most important poetry anthology of the Silver age, covering its main literary movements - symbolism, acmeism,… Read more about this item

Limited edition of 500 copies (current copy is no. 138). Very goodcondition; original green wrappers show some foxing and color fading to the edges, repaired spine and corners of front wrapper, couple of minor ink stains on the back wrapper; internally portion of the fly-leaf is browned due exposure to sunlight, occasional foxing and fingerprints. This "monological drama" (as described… Read more about this item

Very goodcondition; white fine coating of the front cover has darkenedwith time and shows some soiling mailny to the edges, bookstore markings on the back cover, creases across cover corners, spine and missing piece of the bottom outer corner of front cover were repraired; internally creases across outer corners of the sheets, occasional fingerprints. Originally the brochure was wrapped in… Read more about this item

Print run 4000 copies. Finecondition; one small foxing stain on the back wrapper. An illustrated catalogue accompanying the retrospective exhibition of the most stylish Russian avant-garde artist Vladimir Lebedev's works at the State Russian Museum in Leningrad in 1972. The publication includes an advanced introduction article exploring artist's multifaceted talent, list of 462 exhibits divided into six sections (painting, drawing… Read more about this item

Near fine condition; cover shows slight yellowing to the edges and some minor foxing; internally perfect. The Vilnius Society of Independent Painters (Wileńskie Towarzystwo Niezależnych Artystów-Malarzy) was set up in February 1931 as a result of a split in the Vilnius Society of Fine Arts (Wileńskie Towarzystwo Artystów Plastyków, founded in 1920). The newly establieshed Society aimed to promote traditional… Read more about this item

Print run 500 copies.Good condition: creases across outer corners and edge-foxing throughout the book, wrappers detached at spine were restappled, cover shows some soiling and staining. Golubaya Roza (the Blue Rose) was a Symbolist artist association organized in Moscow in 1907. Members included the ideologist of the group Pavel Kuznetsov, Anatolii Arapov, Petr Bromirsky, V. Drittenpreis, Nikolai Feofilaktov, Artur Fonvizen, Nikolai… Read more about this item

Print run 50,000 copies. Good condition; creases across upper corners of the wrappers, back wrapper is stained, moisture stains on the outer corners of the front wrapper; internally trace of moisture along fore-edge margin throughout the book gradually disappearing to the beginning. In 1949 publishing house of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU "Moskovskiy Raborchiy" (Moscow Worker) rated the… Read more about this item

Very good condition; wrappers show some rubbing and color fading to the edges, repaired spine edges and chippings along upper edge of the wrappers; internally few occasional fingerprints. Quite seldom seen emirgee edition published in London by the Union of Russian Engineers and Technicians in Great Britain formed in the early 1920s. The journal was intended for distribution in Russia, Siberia,… Read more about this item

Very good condition; cover shows slight soiling, foxing, wear along the edges, wear and bumping at corners; internally occasional foxing and fingerprints, rust at staples, private collector's ex-libris stamp on the title and on the last page, bookstore stamp on the back endpaper. The book contains nine biographical articles about world famous academics, scientists and inventors: James Watt, after whom… Read more about this item

Very good condition; cover shows slight soiling and color fading to the edges, creases across cover corners, replaced spine; internally occasional pencil markings in the text. The first multi-pronged research on public libraries in America published in Russia. It covers their history and legislation, state funding and private initiative, contribution of the American Library Association, education for librarianship (schools of… Read more about this item