Avant-garde from Biblionne

Limited to 600 copies. The Solovetsky Islands (firstly SLON) magazine was the official edition of the management of the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camps. It was published in 1924-1926 and 1929-1930. The first issue was released in 17 copies only and was full of political articles (later poems, essays, and tales appeared). Prisoners were most of the authors. The magazine was managed… Read more about this item

One of 10 000 copies published. The issue includes photos by Arkady Shaikhet, Georgy Lipskerov, Abram Shterenberg, Dmitri Debabov and Ivan Shagin. Sovetskoe Foto magazine was issued with two pauses from 1926 to 1991 and included editorials, letters, articles, photographic essays and works by Soviet and international photographers, advertisements for photography, photographic processes, photographic chemicals and equipment.

With Varvara Stepanova stamp on the back cover's turnover. Artist's copy. One of 10 000 copies published. Cover and typography design were prepared by Russian constructivist artist Varvara Stepanova (1894-1958). She was a long-time partner of Alexander Rodchenko. The stamp contains their home and workshop address. The issue also contains posters and photomontage from Vladimir Mayakovsky's books by Alexander Rodchenko.

One of 4 500 (# 22), 6 200 (# 3, 5) and 10 000 copies (others) printed. Cover and typography design were prepared by Russian constructivist artist Varvara Stepanova (1894-1958). She was long-time partner of Alexander Rodchenko.She designed posters, books, magazines, and clothes. In 1919-1920 she was assistant director of the art and literature section of IZO Narkompros (The Department… Read more about this item

In original illustrated photomotage wrappers. In good condition, minor losses on the spine, carefully repaired, cracks on the front cover, wear at the edges. Limited to 4 500 copies. IZORAM (Mass Organization of Komsomol Amateurs Art) appeared in 1925 in Leningrad as the Association of Visual Arts Groups for Young Workers to develop a new, avant-garde language of amateur arts and… Read more about this item

One of 2 000 copies printed. The Four Arts community united those artists who had exhibited with the pre-revolution associations Mir Iskusstva and Blue Rose. It was named Four Arts because it included painters, sculptors, graphic artists and architects (for example, Alexey Shchusev and Ivan Zholtovsky). The artists declared the value of individual and the necessity of preserving figurative culture. First… Read more about this item

One of 5 000 copies printed. Melnikov's projects. The book is devoted to the worker's club architecture and design. Many of these examples were designed by a constructivist architecture Konstantin Mel'nikov during his 'golden season'. There are illustrations with the following projects (sketches, plans and building photos): Rusakov Worker's Club, Porcelain Factory Club in Likino-Dulyovo, the Central Club of Railway Workers… Read more about this item

In original illustrated wrappers. In good condition only, stained on the covers, worn on the spines and to the edges, book's section of Management Technology Institute (has existed for several years only in 1920s) stamp to the back cover, stains to some pages. Limited to 40 000 copies. Illustrations for these issues were created by a painter and graphic artist… Read more about this item

Celebration was held on 1 st and 2 nd February 1925. Four performances were shown on the second day. It was excerpts from the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka and Sadko by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, ballet La Sylphide by Jean-Madeleine Shneytshoeffer and Petrushka by Igor Stravinsky

Popular edition for children about rivers, channels and ships illustrated with photos and photomontages. It includes story about SS Leviathan, photos of semidreadnought Lord Nelson and South Carolina-class battleships. There is distinguished story about Special Expedition for Underwater Works to salvage valuable cargo and equipment from sunken ships established by GPU. They tried to find HMS Prince lost in a storm off… Read more about this item

Propaganda among the children. Printed in 1939 shortly before expansion territory of USSR. When Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia was joined to USSR this edition became not relevant. The edition was prepared in Museum Leningrad House of Popular Science. It was forward-looking children's museum with interactive exhibitions. Rare. We couldn't find any copy in OCLC

The one and only edition of the book. The book about chocolate. How it made, from the Native Americans to Russian confectionary Red October. Illustrator Vera Ivanova (1896-1948) studied in VKhUTEMAS and made several books together with Lev Zilov (The century of Russian book art, p.114). The author Lev Zilov (1883-1937) was poet and writer for children. OCLC traces one copy… Read more about this item

Second edition [of this design]. Poems about clocks from Russian poetess Elizaveta Polonskaia (1890-1969) - member of The Serapion Brothers group (look Leslie Dorfman Davis, Serapion Sister: The Poetry of Elizaveta Polonskaja. Evanston, IL, 2001). Wolfgang Kasack wrote that her poetry is 'clear and beautiful'. In 20s she worked as a translator into Russian, f.e. works of Shakespeare. The illustrations made… Read more about this item

This picture book coincides with opening of first Planetarium in Russia (1929). Planetarium 'only looks like a church', but here we will tell you the whole truth about the Universe, will wean you from belief in fairy tales about the creation of the World and 'will teach you the truth'. The book made by Dmitrii Mel'nikov (1889-1966). He worked a lot… Read more about this item

First and only one edition. Livre d'artiste. Lithographed book. Aleksandr Vvedensky was one the founders the OBERIU group (Union of Real Art). This association considered be one of the most radical poetry groups. The members of the group were attacked in press, then arrested and expelled from Leningrad. Since that Vvedensky started work for children. Nevertheless Vvedensky was arrested and… Read more about this item

Very rare first edition. Livre d'artiste. Lithographed book. Early illustrations of Tatiana Mavrina. She studied at VKhUTEMAS. Mavrina started illustrated children books since 30s as well as some other Russian avantgarde artists due to less censorship in this genre in USSR. Mavrina is the only Russian artist who won Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration. OCLC locates only one copy in… Read more about this item

R.I. Kalmens - translation from German. B.A. Kal'pus - foreword. N. Borov – covers with photomontage One of 20.000 copies printed. A series of books about a healthy lifestyle of the Danish gymnast Joergen Peter Mueller (1866-1938) was very popular in pre-revolutionary Russia. In 1911 Müller came to Russia and acted in Moscow and St. Petersburg where showed as it is necessary… Read more about this item

One of 15.000 copies printed. First edition. An unusual book of poems published during the beginning of Cold War, but designed as the best Soviet editions of 1930s. Photoillustration is on the front side of the dust jacket, depicting Mayakovsky posing on the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1925 V. Mayakovsky planned to make a trip around the world, but it didn't work out… Read more about this item