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82 472 Narbut G Repnin S
82/ 472 [Narbut, G.]. Repnin, S. Skazka o lyubvi prekrasnoi korolevy i vernago printsa (Love story of the beautiful queen and the true prince). Petrograd, Bashnya, 1916, 62,(2)p., 5 col. woodcut plates, ills., vignettes and initials by G. NARBUT, contemp. hmor., 4to.

- Binding rubbed along spine and edges of covers.

€ (50-70) 50
82/473 Das neue Russland Zeitschrift für Kultur Wirtschaft und Literatur Year 4 no 9/ 10 year 5 no 6 year 6 no 3/ 4 Ed E Baron
82/ 473 Das neue Russland. Zeitschrift für Kultur, Wirtschaft und Literatur. Year 4, no.9/ 10; year 5, no.6; year 6, no.3/ 4. Ed. E. Baron. Berlin, Gesellschaft der Freunde des neuen Russland in Deutschland, 1927-1929, 3 vols., 120; 64; 80p., num. ills., orig. (photomontage) wr. by J. HEARTFIELD, V. TRIWAS and P. URBAN.

- Wrappers partly sl. worn/ dam.

AND 1 other: WOKS/ Sozialistischer Aufbau in der USSR Illustrierte Sammelhefte. Year 4, no.1/ 2. (Moscow, 1933, num. photogr. ills., orig. wr., 4to).

€ (60-80) 100
82/474 Novyj zritel' The new spectator Lot of 17 issues
82/474 Novyj zritel' The new spectator Lot of 17 issues
82/474 Novyj zritel' The new spectator Lot of 17 issues
82/ 474 Novyj zritel' (The new spectator). Lot of 17 issues, Moscow, Novaya Moskva, 1924-1929, ills., orig. (photomontage) wr., sm. 4to.

- A few issues dam./ incomplete; most spines worn.

= Comprises: Year 1, no.14 and 34-36; year 3, no.11, 41, 42 and 49; year 4, no.12, 13, 42 and 46; year 5, no.7, 16 and 22; year 6, no.9 and 41. Weekly magazine on theatre and cinema.

AND 5 issues of RABOCHIJ I TEATR (1928, all w. 2 filing holes) and 1 issue of SOVREMENNYJ TEATR (1929).

€ (200-300) 200
82 475 Ogurtsov S
82 475 Ogurtsov S
82/ 475 Ogurtsov, S. Obnova. Stikhi (Renewal. Poems). Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Osnova, 1926, 59,(5)p., frontisp. portrait, orig. wr., sm. 8vo.

- Wrappers fingersoiled and stained; tear in backwr.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on title-p.

Nikitin, N. Seychas na Zapade. Berlin - Rur - London (Today in the West. Berlin - Ruhr - London). Leningrad/ Moscow, "Petrograd", 1924, 138,(6)p., orig. wr. by YU. ANNENKOV.

- Backstrip restored; wr. yellowed and sl. frayed.

AND 1 other.

€ (70-90)
82 476 Pasternak B
82/ 476 Pasternak, B. Devyatsot pyatyj god (The year 1905). Moscow/ Leningrad, Gos. Izd., 1927, 1st ed., 100p., orig. wr. by V. ROSKIN, sm. 8vo.

- Title-p. sl. fingersoiled. Spine-ends worn/ sl. dam.; wrappers sl. frayed and creased along edges.

€ (150-250)
82/477 Periodicals Lot of 5 issues of miscell illustrated periodicals
82/ 477 [Periodicals]. Lot of 5 issues of miscell. illustrated periodicals, all in orig. wr., 4to: NOVYJ ZRITEL'. Year 2, no.14 (Moscow, 1925); VESTNIK RABOTNIKOV ISKUSSTV. Year 3, no.1/2 (ibid., 1925); RABOCHIJ I TEATR. Year 5, no. 6 (ibid., 1928); SPARTAK. Year 6, no.26 (Leningrad, 1929); SAMOLYOT. No.12 (Moscow, 1938).

- Usual (minor) defects.

€ (80-100) 90
82/478 Periodicals Lot of 10 issues of miscell illustrated periodicals
82/478 Periodicals Lot of 10 issues of miscell illustrated periodicals
82/478 Periodicals Lot of 10 issues of miscell illustrated periodicals
82/478 Periodicals Lot of 10 issues of miscell illustrated periodicals
82/478 Periodicals Lot of 10 issues of miscell illustrated periodicals
82/ 478 [Periodicals]. Lot of 10 issues of miscell. illustrated periodicals, all in orig. wr., 4to: PROLETARSKIJ SPORT. No.1-4 (Moscow, 1925); NAUKA I TEKHNIKA. Year 8, no.61 (Leningrad, 1930. Worn copy); RADIO LYUBITEL'. Year 7, no.5 and 9 (Moscow, 1930); AMERIKANSKAYA TEKHNIKA I PROMYSHLENNOST'. AMERICAN ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRY. No.9 (New York, 1932); ZNANIE-SILA. No.15/16 (Moscow, 1932); ELEKTRICHESKIE STANTSII. Year 5, no.12 (ibid., 1934).
€ (100-150)
82 479 Perovsky A
82/ 479 Perovsky, A. Po SSSR na avtomobilyakh (Through the USSR by car). Moscow/ Leningrad, Gos. Izd., 1926, 68,(4)p., ills., orig. wr. by A. MOGILEVSKY.

- Spine-ends sl. dam. = Illustrated account of the Leningrad-Tbilisi (and back) car rally of 1925.

€ (50-70) 50
82/480 Peterburg No 1 and 2 all published Ed V Shklovsky
82/480 Peterburg No 1 and 2 all published Ed V Shklovsky
82/ 480 Peterburg. No.1 and 2 (all published). Ed. V. Shklovsky. Petrograd, n.publ., 1921-1922, 2 issues, (2),46; (2),34,(2)p., ills., orig. wr., 4to.

- No.1 sl. dogeared; wr. loose and rather brittle.

= Bimonthly literary periodical. Especially the 2nd issue, with a portrait of Isadora Duncan (American dancer and Yesenin's lover) by Yuri Annenkov on frontwr. (and repeated on p.14), is very rare. With contributions by i.a. Anna Akhmatova, Vladislav Khodasevitch and Michail Zoschenko. No.1 w. owner's stamp of bibliographer Lev Turchinsky on title-p.

€ (300-500)
82 481 Photography Aroseff A ed
82 481 Photography Aroseff A ed
82 481 Photography Aroseff A ed
82 481 Photography Aroseff A ed
82 481 Photography Aroseff A ed
82 481 Photography Aroseff A ed
82/ 481 [Photography]. Aroseff, A. (ed.). Le Cinema en URSS. (Moscow), VOKS, (1935), 311,(14 advert.)p., num. (photogr.) ills., layout and orig. hmor. w. mounted plate on covers by A. RODCHENKO and V. STEPANOVA, 4to.

- A few lvs. loose(ning); p.145/146 removed by the censors. Plates on covers sl. scratched and chipped.

= Karasik, The Soviet Photobook p.418. With the fold. plate showing a full cinema hall with a cut out filmscreen revealing a portrait of Lenin (on the following page) and (on the preceding page, seen from the other side) his famous quote on the art of cinema ("Pour nous le cinéma est de tous les arts le plus important") as well as the transparent plastic plate with a silver silhouette portrait of Stalin and his salute to the Soviet cinema workers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VII.

€ (200-300) 200
82/482 Photography A Pageant of Youth
82/482 Photography A Pageant of Youth
82/482 Photography A Pageant of Youth
82/482 Photography A Pageant of Youth
82/ 482 [Photography]. A Pageant of Youth. Moscow/ Leningrad, State Art Publishers, 1939, no pagination, num. photogr. ills., layout by A. RODCHENKO and V. STEPANOVA, orig. blindst. cl., sm. 4to.

- Spine-ends sl. worn; frontcover trifle spotted. A fine copy.

= Karasik, the Soviet Photo Book p.466ff. From a series of 16 photobooks (3 of which were designed by Rodchenko and Stepanova) showing the various aspects of life in the Soviet Union, published especially for the 1939 World Fair in New York. This book dealing with sports and Fizkultura. The series was published without crediting the designers so they could not claim intellectual property rights.

€ (150-250) 150
82 483 Photography Sovetskoe foto Year 1929 no 10
82 483 Photography Sovetskoe foto Year 1929 no 10
82/ 483 [Photography]. Sovetskoe foto. Year 1929, no.10. Moscow, Ogonyok, 1929, 293-323,(1)p., num. (tinted) photogr. ills., orig. wr. by A. SHAIKHET.

- Spine-ends splitting; backwr. sl. waterst. in upper margin.

= This issue with El Lissitzky's article on photograms, a technique of cameraless photography developed by i.a. Man Ray, which produces photographic images by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material. With 2 photograms by Lissitzky. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VII.

€ (250-350) 250
82 484 Photography Troshin N
82 484 Photography Troshin N
82/ 484 [Photography]. Troshin, N. Osnovy kompozicii v fotografii (The basics of composition in photography). (Moscow), Ogonyok, 1929, 118,(2)p., photogr. ills., orig. wr. by O. DEINEKO.

- Backstrip dam. = Rowell/ Wye 792.

€ (150-250)
82 485 Photography Zetkin C
82 485 Photography Zetkin C
82 485 Photography Zetkin C
82/ 485 [Photography]. Zetkin, C. Zavety Lenina zhenschinam vsego mira (Lenin's precepts for the women of the whole world). (Moscow), Partijnoe Izdatel'stvo, 1934, 78,(2)p., photogr. ills. by i.a. A. RODCHENKO and E. IGNATOVITCH, layout and orig. silverlettered cl. by V. STEPANOVA, 4to.

- Dedication and stamp on htitle. Binding sl. rubbed along edges.

= Rowell/ Wye 1052; Karasik, the Soviet Photo Book p.364f. Co-founder of the German Communist Party and women's rights activist Clara Zetkin's book was intended to be published in Germany on international women's day 1933. This was thwarted by Hitler's takeover and the book was first published in Russian in the Soviet Union. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VI.

€ (500-700) 500
82 486 Picasso P Parnakh V
82 486 Picasso P Parnakh V
82/ 486 [Picasso, P.]. Parnakh, V. Karabkaetsya akrobat (The acrobat is climbing). Paris, Franko-Russkaya Pechat', 1922, 60,(4)p., tipped-in frontisp. portrait of the author by P. PICASSO, 1 ill. by DI LADO (= Lado Gudiashvili), orig. wr.

- Frontwr. foxed and loose(ning). = Horodisch C6. Rare.

€ (250-350)
82 487 Posters Anonymous 1st half 20th cent
82/ 487 [Posters]. Anonymous (1st half 20th cent.). "Tol'ko dva dnya. Teatr im. Chelyuskintsev. Vpervye v Groznom. Grandioznyj bal-koncert (...) Moskovskogo Zhenskogo Tea-Dzhaza (...)" (Only two days. Chelyuskintsev Theatre. For the first time in Grozny. A grand ball-concert (...) of the Moscow Women's Tea-Jazz (....)". Col. offset poster, 82,5x58 cm., Grozny, Chechingnatsizdat, n.d. (±1935).

- Formerly folded; several restored spots incl. sm. part at intersection of folds (±3x2 cm.).

= The Russian Chelyuskintsev Theatre in Grozny, capital of Chechnya, was established in 1934. Extremely rare, no copy traced. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VII.

€ (500-700) 500
82 488 Rafalovich S
82 488 Rafalovich S
82/ 488 Rafalovich, S. Speculum Animae. N.pl. (St. Petersburg), Shipovnik, 1911, 98,(1)p., title-p. by V. CHAMBERS, (mounted) (col.) plates and ills. by S. SUDEIKIN, B. ANISFELD, M. DOBUZHINKSY, D. YAKOVLEV and S. CHEKHONIN, orig. wr. w. mounted oval plate on frontwr. by S. CHEKHONIN.

- Some foxing. Spine strengthened w. paper; wr. sl. frayed; lower blank corner frontwr. torn off.

= Kilgour 915. Rare art nouveau publication, illustrated by members of the Mir Iskusstva.

€ (200-300)
82 489 Rand A Rozenbaum A
82 489 Rand A Rozenbaum A
82 489 Rand A Rozenbaum A
82/ 489 [Rand, A.]. Rozenbaum, A. Gollivud. Amerikanskij kino-gorod (Hollywood. American cinema-city). Introd. B. Filippov. Moscow/ Leningrad, Kinopechat', 1926, 47,(1)p., ills., orig. photomontage wr. (by A. RODCHENKO?).

- Owner's entry on title-p.; sl. fingersoiled. Wr. loose(ning).

= Alisa Rozenbaum's second (and final) Russian bookpublication. In 1926 she emigrated to the United States, where she became famous as philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VII.

ADDED: 2 others publ. by Kinopechat'.

€ (500-700) 500
82 490 Rodchenko A Arvatov B
82 490 Rodchenko A Arvatov B
82/ 490 [Rodchenko, A.]. Arvatov, B. Ob agit- i proz- iskusstve (On agitational and productional art). Moscow, Federacija, 1930, 223,(1)p., orig. boards by A. RODCHENKO, sm. 8vo.

- Covers sl. rubbed along edges.

= Rowell/ Wye 890; Leclanche-Boulé 217. Important treatise on the theory of agitation and constructivist art in Russia. The work was later withdrawn from circulation. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VIII.

€ (200-300) 550
82 491 Rodchenko A Barbusse H
82/ 491 [Rodchenko, A.]. Barbusse, H. Rechi bortsa (Paroles d'un combattant). Russian transl. V. Yeschin. Moscow, Gos. Izd., n.d. (1924), 220p., orig. photomontage (front)wr. by A. RODCHENKO.

- Num. (library) stamps and annots. on title-p.; some scattered stamps in text; bookblock sl. trimmed. Backstrip and backwr. renewed; frontwr. w. some restorations.

= Rare.

€ (80-100) 80
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