The Bolshevik Revolution: its Rise and Meaning.
London: British Socialist Party, 1918. Second edition (same year as the first). 12mo; printed buff wrappers; 54pp. Clean, sound and unmarked copy, Near Fine. More
London: British Socialist Party, 1918. Second edition (same year as the first). 12mo; printed buff wrappers; 54pp. Clean, sound and unmarked copy, Near Fine. More
New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, 1931. First Edition. 12mo (19.25cm.); original cloth in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg; ix,[1],114pp. One-inch closed tear to top edge of upper jacket panel, uniformly dust-soiled, old newspaper clipping tipped to front flyleaf with offsetting. Still, Near..... More
Moskva: "Sovetskii Khudozhnik" 1973. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 173pp.; illus. throughout, many in color. Jacket extremities slightly toned and rubbed with some bubbling of lamination, spine cocked, corners gently bumped, else Very Good, internally sound. Catalog of Soviet art, including drawings and prints..... More
Calcutta: Indian Statistical Institute, 1959. First Edition. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's tan cloth, upper cover lettered in black Cyrllic typescript; [6],279pp.; text printed from typescript. Corners bumped, a hint of soil, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed by J. Saha to title page: "To Miss Marjorie Quigley / With..... More
New York: Workers Age Publishers, [1940]. 12mo. Printed card wrappers; xii, 56pp. Mild external wear and fading; Very Good. First Worker's Age edition, with a foreword by Bertram Wolfe. More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1946]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's cloth in red decorative dust jacket; [2],359pp.; photographic frontispiece, five leaves of plates. Jacket extremities lightly chipped and a shade darkened, white spine lettering additionally toned, contemporary bookseller ticket to front pastedown, else Near Fine in Very Good..... More
Moskva: "Iskusstvo" 1993. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's leatherette in pictorial dust jacket; 413pp.; illus. throughout, many in color. Some shelf wear, corners rather bumped with minor exposure, else Near Very Good and sound. Detailed reference on the work of the Russian avant-garde artist. Short English-language summary and list of..... More
New York: Workers Library, 1931. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 51pp. Mild external wear and soil; internally clean and unmarked; VG. Bolshevik history series, "Prepared under the supervision of the Society of Old Bolsheviks, Moscow." More
New York: Workers Library, 1935. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 63pp. Mild external wear and soil; internally clean and unmarked; VG. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First Edition. Banned from the Soviet Union until 1988, Cynics was Imaginist poet Marienhoff's second novel, an account of two Russian intellectuals during the Russian Revolution and the subsequent War communism. Scarce in such a nicely preserved dust jacket. Small octavo (19.25cm.); original..... More
[London: Community Party of Britain, 1951]. First Edition. 12mo (19cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; 11pp.; text printed in double columns. Tiny chip to top fore-edge corner and residue from previously removed label to upper cover, small splits at spine ends, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior stock; overall Good or..... More
[Moscow]: OGIZ - Molodaia Gvardiia, 1931. Third Edition. One of the last children's books by Vladimir Mayakovsky - poet, playwright, actor, and among the foremost representatives of early 20th-century Russian Futurism. Kem Byt'? is presented in the form of staggered verse, presenting children in a variety of professions, and providing..... More
New York: Vendome Press, [1982]. First Edition. Folio (34.5cm.); publisher's leatherette in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 203pp.; color photographs throughout. Jacket extremities a bit shelf-worn with tiny chip at bottom edge of upper panel, else Very Good to Near Fine. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth hardcover; [8],277,[3]pp. Fine in bright, unclipped dustwrapper (priced $3.00 on front flap). The author's first novel, a cold-war classic set in a genteel suburb of New York following an apocalyptic nuclear attack. Source for the 1954 television drama Atomic Attack..... More
Moskva: Galart, 1995. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in silver foil; 368pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Corners gently bumped, else Very Good or better, albeit lacking jacket. Text chiefly in Russian, with captions in Russian and English. Monograph chiefly devoted to the set designs by Soviet actor..... More
Moskva: Galart, 1995. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 368pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket extremities including a few tiny chips and closed tears to rear panel, else Very Good or better. Text chiefly in Russian, with captions in Russian and English. Monograph chiefly..... More
Moscow: State Publishing House of Graphic Arts, 1937. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of this landmark Soviet art magazine, issued from 1930 to 1941 to celebrate the achievements of the first two Five Year Plans and (through various foreign-language editions) to propagandize the stark contrast between the vibrant Soviet economy during..... More
Chicago: "Vilnies" Spauda, 1934. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.); original purple printed wrappers; 240pp. Upper wrapper unevenly faded along fore-edge, spine a hint faded as well, else Very Good or better. At head of title: "Amerikos Lietuviu Darbininku Literaturos Draugijos Leidinys No. 38" (translates as "American Lithuanian Workers Literary Society..... More
Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 1993. First Edition. Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 482pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in barely edge-rubbed dustwrapper. Essential reference; includes visual examples for many, and capsule biographies for more than 2,200 Russian & Soviet artists. More
Budapest: Hungexpo Budapest, 1987. First Edition. Quarto (29cm x 21cm). White paper wrappers (softcover); pictorial dustjacket; 312 pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight soiling to bottom textblock, else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; small tear to top spine panel, else clean. Catalogue of the first exhibition in Hungary exploring..... More
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (30cm x 23cm). Brown and beige pictorial cloth boards (hardcover); decorative cardboard slipcase; 224pp; illus. Fine copy; appears new. Very Good slipcase; shelf wear to extremities; tear to bottom corner. Retrospective of the engravings and drawings of Russian-Soviet graphic artist and painter..... More
N.p. [New York?]: International Publishers, n.d. [but 1934]. First English Language Edition. 12mo (18cm.); original decorative staplebound self-wrappers; 31pp. Dust-soiled, extremities a bit toned; about Very Good. Report delivered at the Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, November 25, 1934. More
[New York]: International Publishers, [1937]. First American Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 31pp. Wrappers a bit toned at extremities, a few miniscule chips not approaching text, else Very Good or better. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Book Club Edition. Volume detailing the life of Stalin from the time of his rise to leadership in 1929 to his death in 1953, and the many terrors he inflicted on his own countrymen. Octavo; charcoal gray paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt..... More
New York: National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1950. First Edition. Octavo pamphlet. Staple-bound, pictorial paper wrappers; 64pp; text illus. Mild external rubbing, else complete, clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. More