Avant-garde from Bookvica

Moscow: Staatsverlag für schöne literatur, 1932. 

No.1: 160 pp.: ill., 2 ills. No.2: 118, [2] pp.: ill. 25,5x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers with flaps of the back covers. #1: Tears of the spine, rubbed, some stains, otherwise very good. #2: Small fragments of the spine lost, faded, minor tears of the spine and covers, otherwise very good and… Read more about this item

Paris: Galerie de L'Institut, 1956. 8, [8] pp.: ill. 22x15.5 cm. In original publisher's printed wrapper. Fine. Scarce. First edition. An art catalogue documenting one of Natalia Goncharova's final exhibitions. The retrospective was curated by a Polish-born art historian Waldemar George (1893-1970) and organized at Galeria De L'Institut in Paris in May 1956. The exhibition showcased 30… Read more about this item

Moscow: GIZ, 1930. [84] pp. 20,5х9 cm. Original wrappers with letterpress lettering and photomontage illustrations. A very good copy. Some restoration of the covers. One of 3000 copies. An exceptional example of innovative constructivist typographic design by Telingater that intended to enhance the work of the leftist poet Semyon Kirsanov. Solomon Telingater (1903-1969) was a Russian graphic… Read more about this item

Moscow: Bubnovyi valet; Tipo-lit. N.M. Mikhailova, [1913]. 78 pp.: ill. 22,5x18,5 cm. Modern binding, few first pages are restored (margins, not affecting the text). Otherwise very good. Contemporary notes in pencil in text, including one under Lentulov's composition suggesting a name for it (now known under a different name) - likely done by the contemporary person within the 'Jack… Read more about this item

Moscow; Leningrad: GIZ, 1930. 16 pp., including the wrappers. 16x13 cm. Original chromolithographed wrappers. Spine is slightly chipped, otherwise very good. First and only edition. Klavdia Afanasyevna Kozlova (1902-1966) received her education at Moscow VKHUTEMAS. Subsequently, she, along with a cohort of fellow graduates, became a part of the OST (Society of Easel Artists), which was established under… Read more about this item

Moscow: GIZ, 1ya Obraztsovaya tipogrfiya, 1928. [12] pp., including wrappers. 23,6x19,8 cm. In publishers' wrappers. Spine is slightly restored, marginal pale foxing on the last 2 pages, otherwise in very good, original condition. Lithographed throughout. First edition. One of the best-known early Soviet children's books. On April 12, 1927, Mayakovsky formalized an agreement with the children's literature department… Read more about this item

Moscow: KHOBO, 1922. 14, [2] pp. 24,3x16,2 cm. In original constructivist wrappers with linocut publisher's mark. Spine, cover edges and page corners restored, some soiling, otherwise very good. Second edition. One of 300 copies according to the back cover, or one of 500 copies, according to the rear side of the title page. A unique publication consisting entirely… Read more about this item

Moscow: Staatsverlag für schöne literatur, 1932. No.1: 160 pp.: ill., 2 ills. No.2: 118, [2] pp.: ill. 25,5x17,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers with flaps of the back covers. #1: Tears of the spine, rubbed, some stains, otherwise very good. #2: Small fragments of the spine lost, faded, minor tears of the spine and covers, otherwise very good and… Read more about this item

Odessa: Yugo-LEF, 1924. 16 pp. 26,5x18 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Spine, wrappers, outer corners of pages restored, otherwise very good. Between the last leaf and the back cover, one advertisement from a pre-revolutionary book is inserted. The second of five issues produced. One of 3000 copies. Extremely rare. Cover design created by Nikolay Sokolov (1904-1990). He designed… Read more about this item

Moscow: Izogiz, 1933. 235, [3] pp. 17,5x20 cm. In original cardboards with renewed spine and modern slipcase duplicating binding. No dust jacket. Covers restored and slightly worn, lower edge of front cover faded, light soiling of some pages, Soviet bookstore stamps on back flyleaf. Otherwise very good. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Text and photographs by… Read more about this item

Berlin: Skify, 1922. 62, [2] pp. 21x14 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Creases of wrappers, few minor stains, private stamp on t.p. and p. 33. Otherwise near fine. One of the Berlin projects produced by El Lissitzky (1890-1941), one of the leading figures in Russian avant-garde art. He is best known for his photomontage experiments and international art… Read more about this item

Berlin: Skify, 1922. [12 leaves including the wrappers]. 262x200 mm. The wrapper is restored: the front wrapper's margins are supplied, the right, left and top sides of the outer square are gone, but the bottom side remains along with El's monogram. No staples. The rear wrapper preserved with extra blank leaf added. The rest of the pages… Read more about this item

Moscow: Gos. muzei iziashchnykh iskusstv: Tip. gaz. "Pravda", 1931. 19, [20] pp.: ill., 1 ill.. 16x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rusty staples, otherwise mint. First and only edition. One of 1500 copies. The foreword is written by A. Lunacharsky. A less-known catalog of a lifetime exhibition of modernist artist Pavel Kuznetsov (1878-1968) held at the State… Read more about this item

Berlin: Petropolis, 1924. [2], 104, [12] pp.: ill. 33,5x26,5 cm. In modern cloth binding with original illustrated wrappers mounted. Foxing, edges of half-title chapped, leaf of contents repaired, some soiling, tissue leaves preserved, some with fragments lost. Valuable piece of Jewish avant-garde printed in emigration. Copy #253 of 300. The monograph was written by art critic, graphic artist… Read more about this item

Moscow: Izd. G.L. Kuz'mina i S.D. Dolinskogo, 1913. 86, [2] pp., 15 ills. 21x17,5 cm. In original wrappers with title mounted. Tears of spine with small fragments lost, spine faded with pale water stain, small tears of covers, narrow water stains on outer margin, foxing on front cover. Otherwise very good internally. First and only edition. One of… Read more about this item

Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. 22 pp.: ill. 23,5x19,5 cm. In original constructivist wrappers. Slightly rubbed and soiled, covers and corners of pages restored, otherwise very good. An early posthumous edition of the famous poem and a good example of the early Soviet design of children's books. Design was created by avant-garde artist Nisson Shifrin (1892-1961), one of the… Read more about this item

Image: 12,5x9,5 cm. Frame: 21x17,5 cm. In a contemporary frame. Mint. Provenance: lot 114 in Etude Couturier Nicolay sale of Guillaume Apollinaire collection, 25th of June, 1986. This portrait was created on the rear side of an invitation to a debut exhibition of Gallerie Paul Guillaume - a solo show of Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova. Paul Guillaume… Read more about this item

Kyiv: Kooperativn farlag "Kultur-lige", 1922. XXIII pp.: ill., 5 ills. 34,5x25,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Wrapper is restored from the edges without loss of the image or the text. p. I-XIV have a trace of rust going through them, at the outer margins - also restored. Few stains are also on the last page of the book. Otherwise… Read more about this item

Petrograd: 17-ya Gos. tip., 1920. 84 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers with a color lithograph by Malevich on each wrapper. Spine restored, otherwise very good copy. A rare example of Malevich's application of Suprematism to book design. Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) famously proclaimed in the catalog to the Tenth State Exhibition in 1917: «I have broken the blue shade… Read more about this item

[Moscow], 1919. 8 leaves of linocuts. 16,5x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers in constructivist style. Small tear of spine with minor fragments lost, some foxing, creases of lower edge and corners, otherwise very good. Extremely rare. An early and little-known collection of linocuts by Lidia Naumova (before her marriage, Zharova, 1902-1986) produced during her studenthood. She is best known… Read more about this item