- Various (sm.) defects. Mostly in good condition.
= Comprises: 1957. No.2; 1963. No.6, 9 and 10; 1965. No.1-3, 5-7 and 9-12; 1966. No.3 and 10; 1968. No.1, 2, 7 and 12; 1969. No.1, 2, 4-6, 11 and 12; 1970. No.2, 3, 6, 8, 11 and 12; 1971. No.5; 1973. No.1-12; 1974. No.4; 1975. No.3-5, 7, 9 and 11; 1976. No.1, 3, 5-7 and 12; 1977. No.1-12; 1978. No.1-5 and 7-11; 1979. No.1, 4, 8 and 12; 1981. No.1-3, 7-9 and 11; 1983. No.1-4 and 6-12; 1984. No.1-12; 1985. No.1, 2, 4-6 and 8-11; 1986. No.2, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12; 1987. No.1, 2 and 4-12; 1988. No.1-5, 7, 8 and 10-12; 1989. No.1-12; 1990. No.1-6, 8, 9, 11 and 12; 1991. No.3. One of the most popular Soviet/ Russian monthly children's magazines, still published today.
- Wrappers sl. fingersoiled.
= Rare Russian-language émigré children's magazine. With several loosely inserted subscription forms.
- Backwrappers w. some sm. stamps/ annots.
= Series of short biographies/ filmographies of international actors and actresses, published by the Soviet "cinema press". Contains vols. on Paul Wegener, Emil Jannings, Leatrice Joy, Corinne Griffith, Barbara La Marr, Liane Haid, Bernhard Goetzke and Mae Murray.
- Some ruststains from staples; vaguely waterst. in lower inner margin.
- Waterstain in lower margin; sl. creased and fingersoiled.
= Photobooklet of the 1925 silent comedy movie directed by Yakov Protazanov, starring Igor Ilyinsky as Petya the tailor.
AND 1 other: EKRAN. No.12 (Moscow, 1926, ills., orig. wr., 4to).
- Library stamps on title-p.; first leaf outer margin restored. Sm. annot. on frontwr.
- Wr. trifle dustsoiled/ stained. A good/ fine copy.
- Wr. creased and sl. frayed. = First Russian translation of Henry Ford's follow-up to his autobiography. Rare.
- Title written in ballpoint on htitle. Frontwr. loose(ning), rubbed along spine and w. line in col. marker pen; backstrip worn; sm. tear in backwr.
= Rowell/ Wye 600.
- Bumped/ sl. creased in blank fore-edge margin throughout; spine-ends dam.; wr. sl. foxed/ dustsoiled; frontwr. 2 tiny tears in margin and vague fold in upper corner
= Contains interesting free typography/ page design, somewhat in the style of Tatar constructivist Faik Tagirov. Rare.
- A few scattered stamps and annots.; 2 text lvs. w. greyish stain; traces of removed ticket/ bookplate on verso frontwr. Wr. sl. soiled; corners and foot of spine restored.
= Rowell/ Wye 803; Krichevsky, Nikolai Ilyin p.49. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
- Sl. faded/ discoloured along edges. A good/ fine copy.
= Published in several variant (colour) wrapper designs. One of a prob. limited numb. of copies printed on name (this copy for Dora Grigorievna Ratner). Rowell/ Wye 356; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.129. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
- Wr. trifle creased and dogeared.
= Published in several variant (colour) wrapper designs. One of a prob. limited numb. of copies printed on name (this copy for ANATOLY LUNACHARSKY). Rowell/ Wye 356; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.129. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
- Waterst. in upper margin. Wr. waterst./ yellowed/ soiled and worn; lacks large portion of backwr. (restored w. paper).
= Rowell/ Wye 791.
- Portfolio w. some worn spots.
= Beautiful illustrations to Sholem Aleichem's story of the enchanted taylor Shimen-Ele of the fictitious shtetl Zlodeevka (zlodey = villain). With text in Russian and Yiddish. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
- Title-p. w. sm. annot. and some restored spots. Frontwr. cut sl. short in outer (blank) margins and restored/ strengthened; front- and backwr. reattached.
= The third issue of MAF (Moscow Association of Futurists). Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, p.57; Rowell/ Wye 490; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.52/ 54.
- Owner's stamp on frontcover. A fine copy.
= The first issue of MAF (Moscow Association of Futurists). Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, p.57; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.55. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXV.
- Spine splitting and w. some restored spots.
= Compton, Russian avant-garde books 1917-34, p.58. From a series of publications inspired by Sergei Yesenin's suicide. "The dramatic incident shocked the literary world - particularly young Communists who had admired the 'hooliganism' of his poetry - and the event subsequently inspired a great deal of material for publication; Kruchenykh used the event as the excuse for at least six books" (Compton).
- Fine copy.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "[in Russian:] With great love and respect. Kukryniksy. 5 May 1935 Moscow" on first free endpaper. Artists' collective Kukryniksy (an acronym of the members' (sur)names) was formed by Mikhail Kuprianov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov. This book prob. signed by Sokolov.
- Library stamp on title-p. Wr. rather heavily foxed. = Rowell/ Wye 453.
Val'dman, V. Voina (War). Leningrad, Krasnaya Gazeta, 1930, 216p., (photomontage) ills. and orig. wr. by V. BRODSKY.
- Sl. yellowed. Wr. rubbed and sl. worn. = Anthology of (European) World War I literature.