Moscow: Izdatel'stvo MGSPS “Trud i kniga", 1925. Octavo (22.5 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with constructivist cover design by Elena Semenova; 63, [1] pp. With photomontage illustrations throughout. Front wrapper and small portion of the block detached; spine extremities frayed; internally still good or better. Single issue (no..... More

Moscow: Izdatel'stvo MGSPS “Trud i kniga", 1925. Octavo (22.5 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with constructivist cover design by Elena Semenova; 90, [2] pp. With photomontage illustrations throughout. Wrappers detached from the block; internally about very good. Double issue (no. 23-24) of this periodical by “Siniaia bluza” (Blue..... More

Berlin: Anti-Komintern (Nibelungen-Verlag), 1937. Single sheets of newsprint (30 × 21 cm), printed rectos only, with staple to upper left corner; 10 and 7 leaves. First page strikingly illustrated in black and red. Very good copies. Two issues of the anti-communist, anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi quarterly issued by the Antikomintern, a...... More

[Paris]: Société nouvelle de librairie et d'édition, 1905. Octavo (19 × 12.5 cm). Contemporary half-leather with gilt-tooled red leather spine label; 978, [8] pp. Lacking original wrappers, title, and a first leaf with preface; second leaf with restauration; else a very good copy with wide uncut margins in an attractive..... More

Warsaw: Wydawnictwo "Prasa Wojskowa", 1949. Large octavo (26.4 × 18.3 cm). Original photo-illustrated staple-stitched self-wrappers; 31, [1] pp. First leaf with recent tape repair to upper corner; a few nicks; still about very good. Surprisingly scarce account of the Battle of Stalingrad, photo-illustrated and with numerous striking photomontages by Mieczysław..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Kinopechat’, 1926. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 104 pp. Numerous graphs, charts, and illustrations. Light wear and soil to corners; wrappers very lightly spotted; still about very good. Intended for political educators, this handbook is a practical guide for organizing cultural and educational events around..... More

Moscow: Knigoizdatel'stvo "Zhizn' i znanie", 1918. First Edition. Octavo (20.8 × 14.1 cm). Original printed wrappers; 80 pp. Partly erased private owner signature to front wrapper; old Soviet bookstore mark inside rear wrapper; else very good or better. First edition of Lenin's study of the agrarian question in late nineteenth-century..... More

Moscow-Petrograd: Knigoizdatel'stvo "Kommunist", 1918. First Edition. Octavo (21.6 × 14.7 cm). Original printed wrappers; 135, [1]. Signature of Sigizmund Valk to title; a near fine copy. First edition of this important post-revolutionary work by Lenin, which attacks Kautsky and the Mensheviks for their reactionary views. In particular, Lenin criticizes Kautsky’s..... More

Leningrad: "Academia", 1926. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 195, [5] pp. Illustrations. Partially uncut. Small chip to lower spine extremity. Still about very good. First Russian translation of Moussinac’s classic text on the history and theory of American, French, German, and Swedish cinema, originally published as “Naissance..... More

Prague: Odeon, 1928. Octavo (19.8 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers, printed in orange and brown on beige cover; 85, [2] pp. Very good. First edition of these war reflections by S. K. Neumann (1875–1947), the Czech poet, publisher, and journalist. Neumann was known for his anarchist leanings, and later..... More

Kyiv: Vydavnytstvo politychnoi literatury Ukrainy, 1965. Single leaf measuring 95 × 80 cm, color offset lithograph. Creases from folding; light fading due to stock; else about very good. A colorful infographics map showcasing cultural development of Soviet Ukraine in 1965, likely published ahead of the celebrations planned for the 50th..... More