1738 - 1823 RUSSIAN BOOKS. (AVANT GARDE) ART, LITERATURE and FINE PRINTING
78/1758 Children's books Murzilka 
78/1758 Children's books Murzilka 
78/1758 Children's books Murzilka 
- Various (sm.) defects; several issues wrappers worn/ sl. dam./ loosening etc.
= Comprises: 1928. No.7 and 12; 1929. No.5; 1938. No.9; 1940. No.1 and 2; 1946. No.1, 2/3 and 12; 1951. No.1 and 3-11; 1952. No.1-4 and 6; 1953. No.5, 8, 10 and 12; 1954. No.1, 2 and 4-12; 1955. No.6 and 8-12; 1956. No.1-3, 5, 6, 10 and 11; 1957. No.1-3 and 8-11; 1958. No.3-5, 7, 8 and 10-12; 1959. No.1-3, 5-7 and 9-12; 1960. No.1, 3-8 and 10-12; 1961. No.4, 6, 7 and 9; 1962. No.1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 9-12; 1963. No.1, 9, 11 and 12; 1964. No.2-6, 10 and 11; 1965. No.4, 6, 8, 9 and 11; 1966. No.1-5, 6, 8-10 and 12; 1967. No.2, 3, 5, 8-10 and 12; 1968. No.2-12; 1969. No.3, 4, 10 and 12; 1970. No.6; 1971. No.3, 5 and 9-12; 1972. No.1, 3-5 and 11; 1973. No.1-3, 6, 8 and 12; 1974. No.2, 3, 7 and 10; 1975. No.1 and 5-12; 1976. No.1, 3, 4 and 8-12; 1977. No.1, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 10; 1978. No.2, 3 and 12; 1979. No.4-6, 10 and 12; 1980. No.3 and 5-9; 1981. No.1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11; 1982. No.1, 3, 4, 7 and 9; 1983. No.1-3, 5 and 7-12; 1984. No.4 and 6; 1985. No.3-5, 7, 9 and 10; 1986. No.1-9; 1987. No.2-7 and 9-11; 1988. No. 8; 1989. No.1, 2, 4, 9, 10 and 12; 1990. No.11 One of the most popular Soviet/ Russian monthly children's magazines, named after its fluffy yellow mascot. It is still published today.
78 1759 Children's books Rankov M and Rodovaya E 
78 1759 Children's books Rankov M and Rodovaya E 
- Contents loose. Nevertheless fine. = Nice, colourful illustrations.
AND 2 others, i.a. N. SAKONSKAYA, Knizhka eta pro chetyre tsveta (Moscow, 1934, 4th ed., col. ills. by A. BREY. Lacks frontwr.).
78 1760 Children's books Vasnetsov Yu 
78 1760 Children's books Vasnetsov Yu 
- Spine neatly restored w. cloth; frontwr. w. sm. annot. and some rubbed spots.
= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.438: "The lithographs show a graphic expressiveness resulting in a dynamic composition. The pictorial elements and the use of colours is a direct creation of Russian folk art".
Zhitkov, B. Pro slona (About an elephant). Leningrad, Ogiz, 1934, 5th ed., 18,(2)p., ills. and orig. col. lithogr. wr. by N. TYRSA.
- Some colouring in pen and red ink. Spine splitting; wr. sl. creased.
= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.174f.
AND 20 others, mostly post-war editions, i.a. S. MARSHAK, Detki v kletke (Moscow/ Leningrad, 1947, col. ills. by E. CHARUSHIN, orig. hcl., 4to); N. CHARUSHIN, Nevidannye zveri (Moscow, 1969, col. ills. and orig. wr. by N. CHARUSHIN, 4to) and V. BIANKI, Lesnye domishki (ibid., 1950, ills. and orig. wr. by E. RACHEV, 4to).
78/1761 Children's books Vesyolye kartinki Detskij yumoristicheskij zhurnal Merry pictures Humoristic children's periodical 
78/1761 Children's books Vesyolye kartinki Detskij yumoristicheskij zhurnal Merry pictures Humoristic children's periodical 
78/1761 Children's books Vesyolye kartinki Detskij yumoristicheskij zhurnal Merry pictures Humoristic children's periodical 
78/1761 Children's books Vesyolye kartinki Detskij yumoristicheskij zhurnal Merry pictures Humoristic children's periodical 
- Various (sm.) defects. Mostly in good condition.
= Comprises: 1957. No.2; 1963. No.6, 9 and 10; 1965. No.1-3, 5-7 and 9-12; 1966. No.3 and 10; 1968. No.1, 2, 7 and 12; 1969. No.1, 2, 4-6, 11 and 12; 1970. No.2, 3, 6, 8, 11 and 12; 1971. No.5; 1973. No.1-12; 1974. No.4; 1975. No.3-5, 7, 9 and 11; 1976. No.1, 3, 5-7 and 12; 1977. No.1-12; 1978. No.1-5 and 7-11; 1979. No.1, 4, 8 and 12; 1981. No.1-3, 7-9 and 11; 1983. No.1-4 and 6-12; 1984. No.1-12; 1985. No.1, 2, 4-6 and 8-11; 1986. No.2, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12; 1987. No.1, 2 and 4-12; 1988. No.1-5, 7, 8 and 10-12; 1989. No.1-12; 1990. No.1-6, 8, 9, 11 and 12; 1991. No.3. One of the most popular Soviet/ Russian monthly children's magazines, still published today.
78/1762 Children's books Zelyonaya palochka La baguette verte Year 1 no 3 5/6 year 2 no 1 and 2 
- Wrappers sl. fingersoiled.
= Rare Russian-language émigré children's magazine. With several loosely inserted subscription forms.
78/1763 Cinema Kinopechat' 
- Backwrappers w. some sm. stamps/ annots.
= Series of short biographies/ filmographies of international actors and actresses, published by the Soviet "cinema press". Contains vols. on Paul Wegener, Emil Jannings, Leatrice Joy, Corinne Griffith, Barbara La Marr, Liane Haid, Bernhard Goetzke and Mae Murray.
78 1764 Cinema Shklovsky V 
- Some ruststains from staples; vaguely waterst. in lower inner margin.
78/1765 Cinema Zakroischik iz Torzhka The Tailor from Torzhok 
78/1765 Cinema Zakroischik iz Torzhka The Tailor from Torzhok 
78/1765 Cinema Zakroischik iz Torzhka The Tailor from Torzhok 
- Waterstain in lower margin; sl. creased and fingersoiled.
= Photobooklet of the 1925 silent comedy movie directed by Yakov Protazanov, starring Igor Ilyinsky as Petya the tailor.
AND 1 other: EKRAN. No.12 (Moscow, 1926, ills., orig. wr., 4to).
78 1766 Ehrenburg I 
- Library stamps on title-p.; first leaf outer margin restored. Sm. annot. on frontwr.
78 1767 Ehrenburg I 
- Wr. trifle dustsoiled/ stained. A good/ fine copy.
78 1768 Ford H 
- Wr. creased and sl. frayed. = First Russian translation of Henry Ford's follow-up to his autobiography. Rare.
78/1769 Gosplan Literatury Sbornik Literaturnogo Tzentra Konstruktivistov LTzK State Plan of Literature Compilation of the Literary Centre of Constructivists Ed K Zelinsky and I Sel'vinsky 
- Title written in ballpoint on htitle. Frontwr. loose(ning), rubbed along spine and w. line in col. marker pen; backstrip worn; sm. tear in backwr.
= Rowell/ Wye 600.
78 1770 Ievlev S 
- Bumped/ sl. creased in blank fore-edge margin throughout; spine-ends dam.; wr. sl. foxed/ dustsoiled; frontwr. 2 tiny tears in margin and vague fold in upper corner
= Contains interesting free typography/ page design, somewhat in the style of Tatar constructivist Faik Tagirov. Rare.
78 1771 Ilyin N Mayakovsky V 
78 1771 Ilyin N Mayakovsky V 
- A few scattered stamps and annots.; 2 text lvs. w. greyish stain; traces of removed ticket/ bookplate on verso frontwr. Wr. sl. soiled; corners and foot of spine restored.
= Rowell/ Wye 803; Krichevsky, Nikolai Ilyin p.49. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
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.