78 1772 Iskusstvo v proizvodste Art in production No 1 
- Sl. faded/ discoloured along edges. A good/ fine copy.
= Published in several variant (colour) wrapper designs. One of a prob. limited numb. of copies printed on name (this copy for Dora Grigorievna Ratner). Rowell/ Wye 356; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.129. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
78 1773 Iskusstvo v proizvodste Art in production No 1 
78 1773 Iskusstvo v proizvodste Art in production No 1 
- Wr. trifle creased and dogeared.
= Published in several variant (colour) wrapper designs. One of a prob. limited numb. of copies printed on name (this copy for ANATOLY LUNACHARSKY). Rowell/ Wye 356; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.129. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
78 1774 Kamensky V 
78 1774 Kamensky V 
- Waterst. in upper margin. Wr. waterst./ yellowed/ soiled and worn; lacks large portion of backwr. (restored w. paper).
= Rowell/ Wye 791.
78 1775 Kaplan A L Sholem Aleichem =S N Rabinovich 
78 1775 Kaplan A L Sholem Aleichem =S N Rabinovich 
78 1775 Kaplan A L Sholem Aleichem =S N Rabinovich 
78 1775 Kaplan A L Sholem Aleichem =S N Rabinovich 
- Portfolio w. some worn spots.
= Beautiful illustrations to Sholem Aleichem's story of the enchanted taylor Shimen-Ele of the fictitious shtetl Zlodeevka (zlodey = villain). With text in Russian and Yiddish. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
78 1776 Kruchenykh A 
78 1776 Kruchenykh A 
- Title-p. w. sm. annot. and some restored spots. Frontwr. cut sl. short in outer (blank) margins and restored/ strengthened; front- and backwr. reattached.
= The third issue of MAF (Moscow Association of Futurists). Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, p.57; Rowell/ Wye 490; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.52/ 54.
78 1777 Kruchenykh A 
- Owner's stamp on frontcover. A fine copy.
= The first issue of MAF (Moscow Association of Futurists). Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, p.57; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.55. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXV.
78 1778 Kruchenykh A 
- Spine splitting and w. some restored spots.
= Compton, Russian avant-garde books 1917-34, p.58. From a series of publications inspired by Sergei Yesenin's suicide. "The dramatic incident shocked the literary world - particularly young Communists who had admired the 'hooliganism' of his poetry - and the event subsequently inspired a great deal of material for publication; Kruchenykh used the event as the excuse for at least six books" (Compton).
78 1779 Kukryniksy Bednyj D = E A Pridvorov 
78 1779 Kukryniksy Bednyj D = E A Pridvorov 
- Fine copy.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "[in Russian:] With great love and respect. Kukryniksy. 5 May 1935 Moscow" on first free endpaper. Artists' collective Kukryniksy (an acronym of the members' (sur)names) was formed by Mikhail Kuprianov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov. This book prob. signed by Sokolov.
78 1780 Kusikov A 
78 1780 Kusikov A 
78 1780 Kusikov A 
- Library stamp on title-p. Wr. rather heavily foxed. = Rowell/ Wye 453.
Val'dman, V. Voina (War). Leningrad, Krasnaya Gazeta, 1930, 216p., (photomontage) ills. and orig. wr. by V. BRODSKY.
- Sl. yellowed. Wr. rubbed and sl. worn. = Anthology of (European) World War I literature.
78 1781 Lissitzky El Arkin D ed 
- Owner's stamp on first free endpaper and title-p. Dustwr. dam. at top of spine and backcover and sl. frayed.
= Lissitzky-Küppers 168. Contains chapters on i.a. Le Corbusier, Moholy-Nagy, J.J.P. Oud and Frank Lloyd Wright.
78/1782 Lissitzky El Na stroike MTS i sovkhozov At the construction of MTS and State Farms Year 2 no 2 
- Spine strengthened w. cloth.
= Periodical devoted to agriculture in the Soviet Union, published as a division of USSR in Construction. Special issue on horses and horsemanship.
78 1783 Lissitzky El Sel'vinsky I 
78 1783 Lissitzky El Sel'vinsky I 
- As often without the fold. suppl. leaflet; owner's entry on title-p. Frontwr. rubbed (image sl. eroded).
= Lissitzky-Küppers 121 and p.93; El Lissitzky, Retrospektive 217; Compton, Russian avant-garde books p.93; Rowell/ Wye 750 and p.215. For the frontcover Lissitzky used his photographic double-portrait of Hans Arp.
78/1784 Lot of 10 odd issues of periodicals 
78/1784 Lot of 10 odd issues of periodicals 
- A few sm. tears/ stamps etc.; one issue wr. loose(ning).
= All w. illustrated wrapper design. Contains issues of Osodviakhim (2x), Golos Rabotnika, Spartak, Rabotnitsa i Krestyanka (2x), Iskra (2x), Stroika and Krasnaya Niva.
78 1785 Mayakovsky V 
78 1785 Mayakovsky V 
- Spine splitting; wrappers sl. creased and foxed.
= Rowell/ Wye 482 and p.164; Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, p.58. Contains caricatures of Raymond Poincaré, Mussolini, George Curzon, Józef Piłsudski, Hugo Stinnes, Samuel Gompers and Emile Vandervelde, accompanied by satirical verse. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXV.
78 1786 Mayakovsky V Katanyan V ed 
- Orig. frontwr. sl. frayed, dam. and stained.
= Rowell/ Wye 988 and p.165; Compton, Russian avant-garde books p.11. Overview of Mayakovsky's life and work as an artist.
78/1787 Nauka i Tekhnika Science and technology Year 8 no 61 
- Spine splitting.
78 1788 Pamphlet Library on the Soviet Union 
78 1788 Pamphlet Library on the Soviet Union 
78 1788 Pamphlet Library on the Soviet Union 
- Box badly dam./ worn and crudely repaired w. tape.
= Series of brochures published on occasion of the New York World Fair of 1939-1940. Karasik/ Heiting, The Soviet Photo Book p.462f: "The contents of these brochures cover all spheres of life in the USSR. Their authors included well known writers, actors, architects, scholars, heroes of labour and conquerors of the North (...). The brochures display a high quality of printing - some of the covers have Congreve embossing and colour engraving, in the illustrations extensive use of photographs and wood engravings, the latter created specially for these publications by eminent Soviet graphic artists (...)". With contributions by i.a. S. Marshak, S. Eisenstein, A. Stakhanov, A. Zhitomirsky and M. Gromov.
78 1789 Pasternak B 
78 1789 Pasternak B 
- Spine-ends chipped; edges of wrappers sl. frayed and creased.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXV.
78 1790 Pasternak B 
- Both vols. owner's entry on htitle; vol. 1 w. some underlining at the beginning. Bookblock trifle warped.
= The second printing of a Russian language edition of Pasternak's novel, published by the CIA under the name of a non existing publisher's house in a handy pocket format, in order to be spread within the Soviet Union. It is not unlikely a considerable number of copies were confiscated and destroyed.
78/1791 Perezvony Chimes No 5 7/8 12 20 23 24 29 30 33 34 and 42 
- Wrappers sl. yellowed and worn; no.7/8 wr. loose; a few library stamps; no.33 paper ticket on frontwr.
= Literary-artistic periodical primarily published for Russians in Latvia. Initially a weekly, it gradually evolved into a monthly. A total of 43 issues was published between 1925-1929.