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11 images. [1920-1930s]. 25x36 cm. Unpublished series of original drawings, likely postcard-designs, created by Ukrainian American artist Vladimir Kadulin (1884-1957), after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. Contemporary cloth album. Kadulin was one of the most prominent and productive representatives of the Kyiv caricature school that emerged after the revolution of 1905. Certain liberties concerning the freedom of speech and media were granted by the Tsar, and as a result a myriad of satirical periodicals were created in the first years following the revolution. A lot of them were short-lived and were swiftly shut down by the government, however the wave was able to produce a number of bright young artists that became recognizable by their style and genre. One of them, based in Kyiv, was Vladimir Kadulin. He was born in Kamenets-Podolsky (Ukraine) and studied in Moscow in the local School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, then in Kyiv, graduating in 1905. Starting that year, he was able to… Read More

Moscow: Kryazhev and May, 1806. [4], 362, [13] p., 1 frontispiece. 17,7x11,4 cm. Contemporary full leather. Title of the book gilt on the spine. Tiny hole in the title page, some stains but overall very good condition. Owner's inscription 'Shilovoy Tatiany' on the endpapers done in the first quarter of XIX century. Early Russian translation of English classical poet Edward Young done by Mikhail Parenago (1780-1832) the author of English grammar (1828) and Russian-English dictionary (1808-1817). Young was translated to Russian in XVIII century but this is one of the first translations that was done from English, not from French. Parenago used 'Beauties of Edward Young' (1802) - anthology by G.Evans. He also puts the quote from Evans on the title page as an epigraph. Only one copy in Germany according to WorldCat.

Moscow: Izd-vo Glavsevmorputi, 1947. 141, [3] pp.: ill. 20x14,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rubbed, spine chipped, light soiling of t.p. and back cover. A witness-account about the construction of Magadan and people involved. A rare example of photo books about the Far East city. It was illustrated with photographs taken during the seven-year settlement. Design was created by graphic artist Valerian Zhitenev (1902-1974). He moved to Eastern Siberia in 1912 together with his family. In 1918-1925, he studied in the Irkutsk art studio, then was sent to continue art education in VKHUTEMAS, the Printing Department, at workshops of V. Favorsky, S. Gerasimov, P. Pavlinov. His graduation work was a series of political posters that he had designed under supervision of D. Moor and N. Kupreianov in 1930. For a long time, the artist taught in the Moscow Printing Institute and contributed to magazines 'Bezbozhnik', 'Molodoi kolkhoznik', 'Murzilka', 'Iunyi naturalist', etc., designed books of Moscow… Read More

Tbilisi: tipografiya vostochnykh yazykov G. Guliyants, 1851. [2], 50, [2] pp. 21.5x14.5 cm. In original publisher's wrappers. Small bits of the wrapper are missing. Foxing but generally in good condition. Extremely scarce. First edition. One of the earliest productions staged on the scene of Russian theatre in Georgia. The origins of Georgian theatre go back to the ancient ritual festivals of fertility, which, after the introduction of Christianity (IV century), became the basis of the establishment of church theatre and the development of the practice of folk theatrical performances (such as Berikaoba). Yet, it was not until the mid-1800s that the Georgian society witnessed the unprecedented progress of local theatre. Following the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire in 1801, Georgian cultural figures got the chance to become acquainted with the advanced culture of their northern neighbor and Western Europe. In the struggle for the development of national theater, the Georgian public… Read More

Moscow, [1924]. 70x55 cm. Fragment of upper edge lost (text affected), faded stains from glue around tears repaired, edges chipped. Otherwise good. Rare survival of the time. One of 1100 copies. Fragile advertisement poster for lectures given by a notable and recognized neurologist in the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow. Most scientific activities of Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927) were in the pre-revolutionary period. He had focused on nervous and mental diseases, worked in St. Petersburg and Kazan Universities, founded societies of neurologists and psychiatrists, and contributed to specialized magazines. In 1907, Bekhterev founded an institute for psychology, psychiatry, neurology and other "human science" disciplines. Under Soviet rule, he continued his research and experiments. In 1925, the Psychoneurological Institute was named after him. Along with other experiments, Bekhterev dealt with issues of hypnosis and telepathy. In about 1924, Bekhterev held a pair of lectures and visualized them with… Read More

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: Doloi negramotnost', 1927. 96 pp.: ill. 26x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Very good. Fragments of spine lost with small and blank fragment of back cover, blank corner of title page cut off, pale stamp of party organization. One of 4000 copies produced. Very rare. An early Soviet monthly magazine of the Main Directorate of Political Enlightenment and Agitational Propaganda of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League. The periodical was published in 1925-1928 and merged after #8/9 for 1928 with the magazine "Workers' Club". This issue is a good source on rare propaganda posters created in early Soviet decades. The first article reproduces posters by constructivist designer Elizaveta Lavinskaia (1901-1949). Graduated from VKHUTEMAS, she joined LEF and produced propaganda posters by herself or in duo with her spouse Anton Lavinskii. This magazine shows works "Everybody Joins Osoaviakhim" and "Armor the Transport", both are dedicated to mass military… Read More

Moscow: Assotsiatsiia khudozhnikov grafikov pri Dome Pechati, 1929. 16 pp.: ill. 18x13 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Signature on half-title, light soiling occasionally. First and only edition. One of 1000 copies produced. The foreword is written by Boris Ternovets (1884-1941), a Soviet Ukrainian art historian who headed the State Museum of Modern Western Art in Moscow. A catalog of a premier show of the art group "13". The group name merely defined an initial number of participants. Primarily graphic artists were involved. They sought to capture life through quick sketches "that don't tire out the paper". This association lasted for a few years, from 1929 to 1931. The first show opened in Moscow on February 10, 1929. The second exhibition was planned for 1930 but it didn't take place due to conflict within the group. Then new members came to the group. Works were displayed in 1931 and it was regarded as the third show. The founding members were D. Daran, N. Kuz'min, V.… Read More

Moscow; Leningrad: Zemlia i fabrika, 1930. 312 pp., 8 iils. 21x15 cm. In contemporary owner's binding; original illustrated wrappers preserved. Some foxing and soiling occasionally, spine slightly rubbed, signatures on t.p. and front endpaper, otherwise very good. First thus edition. One of 5000 copies. The earliest Russian translation of the utopian novel 'Men Like Gods' (1923) was undertaken by S. Adrianov and was published the same year with the title "Liudi-bogi" [Men-Gods]. This lifetime edition is particularly interesting for the design. It was printed as the 12th volume within 15-volume Complete Fantastic Works by Herbert Wells at the Zemlia i Fabrika publishing house. The photomontage cover design was created by Jewish artist Leonid Feinberg (1896-1980). He is known for his poetic and artistic activities. Among his works in book design, the 1930 cover designs for 'Zemlia i fabrika' are most recognizable. In this cover, he masterfully displayed two oppositions at one time. He attractively… Read More

Moscow: Izd. khudozhestvenno-aerograficheskoi proektnoi masterskoi tresta 'Mosspetsstroi', 1939. 40 pp., 124 colored leaves cut in half. 10x13 cm. In blue cloth with silver lettering on the front cover. Pale stamp of private library on the t.p., otherwise very good. Second edition. One of 5500 copies. Extremely rare. This is a handbook for house painters which consists of the colour catalogue, receipts for 248 colours as well as 17 pigments, used for their creation. The book opens with commentaries by compilers on how to check the pigment resistance to lime mortar and how to indicate alkali in the lime plaster. The catalogue features colours ranging them from highly to less saturated ones.  Not in the Worldcat.

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 by avant-garde artist Nisson Shifrin (1892-1961), one of the founding members of the Jewish art group Kultur-Liga. In 1918-1919, he studied at the workshop of Alexandra Exter and then in the Ukrainian Academy of Arts in 1920-1921. In the early Soviet period, Shifrin embarked on children's book design, primarily works by Jewish writers. At the same time, he taught in VKHUTEIN, the Institute of Printing Arts and the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS). Later he was engaged in theatrical design, frequently collaborating with his spouse, artist Margarita Genke. In 1935-1961, he was the principal stage designer of the Central Theater of the Russian Army. In the 1940-1960s,… Read More

Moscow: Izd. Kul't-ob'edineniia Goskino, 1924. 25 leaves with photos. 8,7x16 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Creases of covers and corners of some leaves, covers rubbed, with few tiny tears, otherwise very good and clean. Tissue paper leaves preserved. Rare. One of 1500 copies produced. Illustrated cover design mixes drawn ornament with two well-known portraits of Lenin. No title page, as published. This small photobook was released in memory of the former leader of the Communist party, along with thousands of books and magazine articles. This edition opens with his childhood portrait (1873). The image was enormously widespread, in particular, it was used for little octobrists' badges. This meant to be a part of daily life of almost every child in the USSR since the 1920s. A photograph of the whole Ulyanov family is also included. A caption for each photo is printed on verso and in this caption compilers highlighted that brother Alexander Ulyanov was hanged for the attempt on the life of… Read More

Moscow: Teakinopechat', 1930. 25,5x18 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Fragments of spines lost, small hole in back cover and last leaf of #7/8, some pale stains in #11/12, minor scratches on front cover of #7/8, otherwise very good. Print runs are 1200 and 2200 copies. Edited by politician and screenwriter Pavel Bliakhin (1886-1961) who is well-known as an author of a novel 'Krasnye d'iavoliata', a base for an adventure silent film 'Red Devils' (1923). Since 1925, Bliakhin headed various organizations related to Soviet cinematography, including a publishing house 'Kinopechat'', an organization 'Sovkino', the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR, the script department of a studio 'Mul'tfilm'. Two issues of a Soviet social, political, scientific and technical magazine. Only 8 issues were published in 1929-1930. Later it was merged with the periodical 'Kino i zhizn'' to form the magazine 'Proletarskoe kino' (1931-1932). The same design for most issues was produced by artist I.M. Kovner who… Read More

Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1924. 122, [2] pp. 18x13,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and some pages' edges restored, covers rubbed and soiled, otherwise very good and clean internally. Second edition. Collection of 6 articles by Leonid Krasin, Erikh Gollerbakh, Ivan Fomin, Lev Ilyin and Iakov Tugenkhold. Cover design was produced by Maxim Ushakov-Poskochin (1893-1943) who was a book illustrator, poster designer and caricaturist. He contributed to more than 200 editions. For this book, he created the laconic design that featured an avant-garde monument in its center. It resembles the Tower of Babel, Tatlin's Monument (1919-1920) and a blank leaf for an unrealized project together. Internal decorations, including avant-garde head-, tailpieces and vignettes, as well as a title page framed by Ancient columns, were created by Latvian artist and poster designer Sigismunds Vidbergs (1890-1970). The importance of creating a monument to Lenin was comparable to the importance of… Read More

Kiev: Ukrteakіnovydav, 1930. 28, [2] pp.: schemes. 18x13 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers. Spine and tear of p. 31-32 repaired, small spots throughout several pages, stains around rusty lower stamp, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 4000 copies. A collection of articles by Ukrainian critic and writer Oleksii Poltoratskyi (1905-1977), a member of the avant-garde group 'Nova Generatsiia' (1927-1931) that was formed by Mykhailo Semenko and promoted international modernism instead of classic heritage. Soon after this book had come out, Poltoratskyi was hired as an editor in the Odessa film studio of the VUFKU (All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration). Two of four articles were previously printed under the pseudonym Ol. Ozerov in various periodicals. The texts were first gathered in a book edition. Poltoratskyi overviewed contemporary achievements in Ukrainian cinematography, highlighting the most prolific and talented directors, significant examples of live-action and… Read More

Kharkiv: Khoziaistvo Ukrainy, 1928. 219 pp.: tables. 26,5x18 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Tears of spine with fragments lost, front cover rubbed, otherwise very good and clean internally. One of 1500 copies. In Russian. Political and Economical Weekly published in 1924-1929, then changed the title for 'Hospodarstvo Ukrainy' (1929-1934) and 'Sotsialistichna Ukraina' (1934). The issue opens with an article about an important Shakhty Trial or 'the case of the economic counter-revolution in Donbas' (1928) when fifty-three engineers and managers from the North Caucasus town were blamed for conspiring to sabotage the Soviet economy with the former owners of the coal mines. He urged the court to sentence all 11 prisoners to death, but only 5 cases received the ruthless judgment. The author of the article, the chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Ukrainian SSR, Hryhoriy Hrynko (1890-1938) was also executed in ten years after that. The issue included plans of reconstruction and… Read More

Moscow: Fizkul'tura i sport, 1939. 128 pp.: ill., 1 ill. 22x15 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small fragments of spine edges lost, two pale stains on front cover and two first leaves, covers slightly rubbed, some colored pencil underlinings, otherwise very good. First and only edition. One of 8000 copies. The edition is about organism reactions to speedy flights and turns at high altitude - and what complexes of physical exercises had been developed for pilots by Soviet physicians and scholars. In general, it overviewed gliding, airplane and balloon flights, parachute jumping and aircraft modeling popularized among Soviet youth. In the early 1920s, the Soviet Union started mass aviation propaganda and involvement of Soviet people in raising money for airplane construction. In 1923, the Society of Friends of the Air Fleet was established and became the first of its kind. Later, its campaigns were organized by Aviakhim (1925-1927), Osoaviakhim (1927-1948) and DOSAAF (1951 - until now).… Read More

Moscow: Izogiz, 1933. 235, [3] pp. 17,5x20 cm. In original cardboards with renewed spine and modern slipcase duplicating binding. No dust jacket. Covers restored and slightly worn, lower edge of front cover faded, light soiling of some pages, Soviet bookstore stamps on back flyleaf. Otherwise very good. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Text and photographs by Jewish journalist Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967) mostly living in emigration at that time. In contrast to the book by Kusikov, this edition is a project that El Lissitzky made for an emigre but released in the Soviet Union. Earlier, their well-known collaboration took place in Berlin in 1922. Together, Lissitzky and Ehrenburg published the international modernist magazine 'Veshch' [Object] of two issues. A whole period of the life and work of Ilya Ehrenburg is associated with Paris. He first arrived in France in 1908 and had lived there until the Russian February revolution. Then he witnessed the October revolution and the Civil War, was arrested… Read More

Berlin: Skify, 1922. 62, [2] pp. 21x14 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Creases of wrappers, few minor stains, private stamp on t.p. and p. 33. Otherwise near fine. One of the Berlin projects produced by El Lissitzky (1890-1941), one of the leading figures in Russian avant-garde art. He is best known for his photomontage experiments and international art projects. In December 1921, Lissitzky moved to Berlin as a cultural representative. He worked on establishing contacts between Russian and German artists, as well as introducing Russian avant-garde into European modernism. In particular, he contributed to "Die erste russische Kunstausstellung" [The First Exhibition of Russian Art] where 150 Soviet artists showed more than 700 artworks. 'Bird without a Name' resembles other designs of that period - "Rabbi", "Object" - altering colored and outlined letters. Along with them, this collection was printed by a Berlin-based Russian emigre publisher "Scythians" [Rus. Skify] The book collects poems by… Read More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe energeticheskoe izdatel'stvo, 1959. 182, [2] pp.: ill. 21x13,5 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. Slightly rubbed, endpapers with some foxing, otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. One of 2000 copies. The Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was announced as one of the "great construction projects of communism". Construction of the dam began in 1952, under the control of the head of Dneprostroi, S. Andrianov. The first unit was launched in October 1955, others were completed in 1956. A workers's town Nova Kakhovka was founded nearby. This edition covers its project and the construction of all structures. The compilers describe parts of a station building, shipping components, related factories, electrification and mechanization of works, the Kakhovka reservoir. The Kakhovka HES was designed at the Ukrainian department of "Hidroenergoproekt" [Hydropower Project]. The introduction and most chapters were written by chief engineer of Kakhovka HES, F.… Read More