392 - 519 RUSSIAN BOOKS. (AVANT-GARDE) ART, LITERATURE and FINE PRINTING
82/392 4 Goda AKhRR 1922 1926 g Sbornik 1 4 Years of the AKhRR Vol 1 Ed A Grigoryev a o 
82/392 4 Goda AKhRR 1922 1926 g Sbornik 1 4 Years of the AKhRR Vol 1 Ed A Grigoryev a o 
- Dedication on verso frontwr. Spine-ends worn; edges wr. sl. creased.
Vos'maya Vystavka Kartin i Skul'ptury AKhRR (Eighth exhibition of paintings and sculptures of the AKhRR). Ibid., idem, 1926, 81,(1)p., orig. wr.
- Bookblock loose. Top of spine chipped.
= Publications by the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia.
82 393 Alland A 
82 393 Alland A 
- Upper portion of title-p. and final leaf cut off. Wrappers loose and split along spine.
= Review copy, SIGNED and [in Russian:] "I will be very grateful for your review of this poem that occured to me. I helps me be creative under the tough circumstances of American life". With annots. by the reviewer throughout. Alexander Alland was a Russian American photographer and poet.
Levin, J. Skazanie o vorone (The Legend of the Crow). Ibid., Inder-Zver', 1945, 69p., tipped-in woodcut plate (signed in pencil), woodcut ills. and orig. wr. by J. LEVIN.
- Upper joint splitting. = With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first blank.
82 394 Altmann N Efros A 
- Edges of wrappers w. some restorations and sl. frayed; backstrip worn.
82 395 Altmann N Ehrenburg I 
- Spine-ends restored; wr. sl. fingersoiled; sm. stamp and annot. on backwr.
= Collected works, vol. 2. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
82 396 Altmann N Markov V 
- Bookblock splitting; bookplate on verso frontwr. Backstrip dam.; wr. worn. = Rowell/ Wye 215.
82/397 Architecture 10 Rabochikh Klubov Moskvy 10 Worker's Clubs of Moscow Ed D Arkin 
82/397 Architecture 10 Rabochikh Klubov Moskvy 10 Worker's Clubs of Moscow Ed D Arkin 
- Dustwrapper sl. rubbed and w. some restorations.
= Andel 311. Architectural descriptions of 10 newly constructed worker's social clubs in Moscow. With 5 floor plans on verso dustwrapper. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
82 398 Architecture Chernikhov J 
82 398 Architecture Chernikhov J 
82 398 Architecture Chernikhov J 
82 398 Architecture Chernikhov J 
- Binding sl. worn and rubbed along extremities. Internally fine.
= Rowell/ Wye 928 and p.227; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.142f: "(...) The verdict must surely be that Chernikhov's almost unlimited imagination for architectural forms provides a pattern book for modernist architecture, rather than a repertoire of viable designs". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
82 399 Architecture Chernikhov J 
82 399 Architecture Chernikhov J 
- Hinges weak; num. stamps on title-p.; traces of bookplate/ ticket on upper pastedown. Backstrip partly worn off; covers worn along extremities.
= Rowell/ Wye 929; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.142f: "(...) The verdict must surely be that Chernikhov's almost unlimited imagination for architectural forms provides a pattern book for modernist architecture, rather than a repertoire of viable designs". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
82 400 Architecture Lukhmanov N 
82 400 Architecture Lukhmanov N 
- Backstrip dam./ partly worn away; wr. creased.
= On the construction of the Moscow worker's social clubs.
ADDED: Zemenkov, B. Grafika v bytu (Graphics in everyday life). Ibid., AKhR, 1930, 82,(2)p., ills., orig. wr. by B. ZEMENKOV, sm. 8vo.
- Backstrip and edges of wr. worn.
= Contains chapters on the design of i.a. bookcovers, logo's, labels, packages, coins and stamps etc.
82/401 Architecture SA Sovremennaya Arkhitektura Modern Architecture Year 2 no 5/6 Ed M Ginzburg 
82/401 Architecture SA Sovremennaya Arkhitektura Modern Architecture Year 2 no 5/6 Ed M Ginzburg 
- Spine splitting; wr. scratched and loose(ning).
= Rowell/ Wye 834; Lavrentyev, Aleksei Gan p.190. Important periodical of the OSA (Obyedinenie Sovremennykh Arkhitektov - Union of Modern Architects), founded by members of constructivist artists' collective LEF. "It can be rightfully stated that "SA" was the brainchild not only of the leaders of OSA Aleksandr Vesnin and Moisei Ginzburg, but also of Aleksei Gan as its artistic director in the course of two years, from 1926 to 1928". (Lavrentyev).
82/402 Architecture SA Sovremennaya Arkhitektura Modern Architecture Year 5 no 4 and 5 Ed M Ginzburg 
82/402 Architecture SA Sovremennaya Arkhitektura Modern Architecture Year 5 no 4 and 5 Ed M Ginzburg 
82/402 Architecture SA Sovremennaya Arkhitektura Modern Architecture Year 5 no 4 and 5 Ed M Ginzburg 
- Wrappers w. sm. stamps and minor imperfections. Otherwise good/ fine copies.
= Rowell/ Wye 834; Important periodical of the OSA (Obyedinenie Sovremennykh Arkhitektov - Union of Modern Architects), founded by members of constructivist artists' collective LEF. Varvara Stepanova took over designer duties from Aleksei Gan in 1928. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
82 403 Beskin O 
- Upper hinge weak; sm. tear in frontwr.
Rozhkov, N. 1905 God (The year 1905). Moscow/ Leningrad, Kniga, 1926, 118,(2)p., orig. wr. by A. USHIN.
- Backwr. loose.
AND 2 others, i.a. M. KOLOSOV, Trinadcat' (Moscow, 1930, orig. wr. Frontwr. loose; with AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on title-p.).
82 404 Bilibin I Afanasev A 
82 404 Bilibin I Afanasev A 
82 404 Bilibin I Afanasev A 
- Contents loose. Spine restored; frontwr. cut short in left and right margin and laid down.
= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.27: "Between 1901 and 1903 seven fairy tales were published [by the State Dispatch Office] in six volumes of the same size and with an identical cover on paper of the best quality and with the most up-to-date chromolithographic technique, all illustrated by Bilibin."
AND 2 others from the same series, both mediocre copies (1x without wrappers).
82 405 Bilibin I Afanasev A 
- Sl. foxed and fongersoiled; all lvs. reattached to stubs. Spine renewed; wrappers stained.
= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.27: "Between 1901 and 1903 seven fairy tales were published [by the State Dispatch Office] in six volumes of the same size and with an identical cover on paper of the best quality and with the most up-to-date chromolithographic technique, all illustrated by Bilibin."
82 406 Bilibin I Afanasev A 
- Trifle foxed and fingersoiled. Spine renewed; backwr. lacks portion of lower corner.
= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.27: "Between 1901 and 1903 seven fairy tales were published [by the State Dispatch Office] in six volumes of the same size and with an identical cover on paper of the best quality and with the most up-to-date chromolithographic technique, all illustrated by Bilibin."
82/407 Bilibin I Opéra Privé de Paris Première Saison 1929 
- A few lvs. loose(ning).
82 408 Burlyuk D 
- Spine split; wrappers frayed and sl. brittle; backwr. loose.
= Fictitious discussion on art between Burlyuk, Benois and Repin. David Burlyuk's rare first book publication.
82 409 Caricature Busch W 
- Wrappers loose(ning) and sl. frayed.
82 410 Chagall M Aronson B 
- Wrappers sl. foxed; top of spine sl. dam. = Early monograph on Marc Chagall.
82 411 Charms D 
82 411 Charms D 
= Published on occasion of the 200th anniversary of Aleksandr Pushkin.