- Bookblock sl. warped; partly waterst. in lower blank margin and upper corner. Binding dustsoiled and partly sl. waterst.

= Collected works, vol. 1. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.

- Wr. frayed and sl. worn.

- 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".

- Paper over board on frontcover lacks sm. portion at top of spine; sl. worn along extremities.

= Contains i.a. ills. of the Moscow Subway. On the frontwr. an image of the never constructed Palace of the Soviets (conceived by Boris Iofan).

- 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).

- Spine splitting; wr. fingersoiled/ stained and loose(ning).

= On inside backwr. a fine advertisement for Vzryvsel'prom demolition works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XII.

- Wrapper trifle dustsoiled and frayed along upper edge. Otherwise fine.

- Spine carefully restored; sl. yellowed.

= Rowell/ Wye 683; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.20. From a series of propaganda booklets produced by Aseev and Mayakovsky in the 1920s. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.

- Wr. creased and sl. worn. = One of 13 issues published (1931-1932).

- Backstrip dam.; wr. dustsoiled and sl. worn.

= Not in Rowell/ Wye. Rare publication with nice (anonymous) wrapper design. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.

- Owner's entry on title-p. Wr. sl. soiled and chipped; sm. stain on frontwr. (also affecting title-p.).

= Fictitious discussion on art between Burlyuk, Benois and Repin. David Burlyuk's rare first book publication.

- Owner's entry on title-p. Edges wr. sl. frayed.

= Rare literary almanac w. contributions by i.a. V. Khlebnikov, M. Kuzmin and V. Shklovsky.

- Wrappers sl. browned and frayed/ creased.

= Second book of collected articles by the Eurasianists, i.a. P. Suvchinsky, P. Savitsky and A. Kartashev. The first book was published in Sofia in 1921.

- Occas. sl. fingersoiled and stained. Binding sl. worn along extremities.

= Rare. Yakov Chernikhov is primarily known for his works on architectural theory.

- Cut sl. short; a few (libr.) stamps on final leaf and frontwr.; sm. staple holes along spine.

= Lévèque/ Plantureux p.132. Konstantin Kuznetsov was a prolific graphic artist and illustrator, renowned for his experimental graphic techniques, i.a. engraving on board. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.

- Trifle foxed and yellowed at the beginning and end. Otherwise fine.

= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.33f: "It is the first book to evaluate the role of the artist in the field of the illustrated children's book."

- Cut sl. short; bookblock loose. Spine splitting.

- Sl. creased/ dogeared. Otherwise fine.

= Extremely rare German language children's book published in the Volga German ASSR (an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR). After the outbreak of World War II, the republic was abolished and most of its German population deported to the Soviet hinterlands.