Russian Avant-Garde

(LARIONOV). Moore, George.

The Brook Kerith. A Syrian Story.

Edinburgh. T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1916. 8vo. pp. 471. Illustrated with six original uncalled for illustrations by Mikhail Larionov. Original publisher's cloth-backed marbled boards, later slipcase.

Unique copy with various original works by Mikhail Larionov: an ORIGINAL GOUACHE (on front free ... (more)

£6,500

ref: 29489

Arkhitektura CCCP. Organ Soiuza Sovetskikh Arkhitekturov. (L'architecture de l'URSS. Architecture of the USSR. Architektur der UdSSR).

Moscow. 1933-35. 4to. 15 issues. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Original printed wrappers. All the covers were designed by Lissitsky.

Fifteen issues of the monthly magazine of the Association of the Soviet Architects. Editor in ... (more)

£1,000

ref: 24886

Arkhitektura CCCP. Organ Soiuza Sovetskikh Arkhitekturov. (L'architecture de l'URSS. Architecture of the USSR. Architektur der UdSSR). No. 5.

Moscow. 1934. 4to. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Original printed wrappers designed by El Lissitsky.

Single issue of the monthly magazine of the Association of the Soviet Architects. Editor in Chief K ... (more)

£90

ref: 24888

Aseev, Nikolai.

Izbrannie stikhi. (Collected Verses).

Moscow. Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo. 1930. 8vo. pp. 235, (6). Original publisher's printed boards with a typographical design in blue, black and white by Aleksandr Rodchenko.

From the edition limited to 3,000 copies, this copy with an inscription to first leaf.

£350

ref: 24850

BALLETS RUSSES.

Collection des Plus Beaux Numéros de Comoedia Illustré et des Programmes Consacrés aux Ballets et Galas Russes depuis le Debut à Paris, 1909 - 1921.

Paris. M. de Brunoff, Editeur. 1922. 4to. Profusely illustrated with photographs, costume ... (more)

This work is an exceptional collection and a fine commentary on the work of Diaghilev's Ballet ... (more)

£6,000

ref: 33101

BEKHTEREV, V.M.

(Biological Development of Mimics).

St. Petersburg. 1910. 8vo. pp. 38. Monochrome text illustrations. Text in Russian. Original wrappers, chipped at edges.

Presentation copy from the Russian scientist Nekrasov.
Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927), the ... (more)

£380

ref: 24862

BURLIUK & MALEVICH. Khlebnikov, Velimir.

Riav! Perchatki, 1908 - 1914. (Roar! The Gauntlets, 1908 - 1914).

St. Petersburg. EUY. 1914. Tall 8vo. pp. 29, (3). Illustrated with two monochrome reproductions of works by Kasimir Malevich and two woodcuts by David Burliuk. Original publisher's printed wrappers.

From the edition limited to 1,000 copies.
A selection of Khlebnikov's poems and other texts which ... (more)

£2,250

ref: 33408

BURLIUK (DAVID & VLADIMIR). Various Authors (David & Nikolai Burliuk & Velimir Khlebnikov).

Zatychka. Sbornik. Velimir Khlebnikov; David, Vladimir, Nikolai Burliuki. Risunki. Stikhi. (The Bung, A Collection: Velimir Khlebnikov; David, Vladimir and Nikolai Burliuk; Drawings, Verse).

Kherson. Futuristy 'Gileia'. 1913. 4to. pp. 13 (printed on rectos only). Illustrated with two double-page lithographs, one with additional watercolour. Lithographs by David and Vladimir Burliuk, printed on cream paper. Original publisher's blue printed wrappers.

From the edition limited to 450 copies.
The text of this work is normally printed on red paper, however, in this copy the text is printed on blue paper. [Rowell & Wye 20].

£2,800

ref: 33115

BURLIUK, (DAVID & VLADIMIR). Various Authors (See Notes).

Dokhlaia luna. Stikhi, proza, stat'i, risunki, oforty. (Croaked Moon: Verse, Prose, Essays, Drawings and Etchings).

Moscow. Pervyi zhurnal russkikh futuristov. 1914. 8vo. pp. 132. With frontispiece in blue, red & green, 1 etching in yellow on white coated paper, and 17 lithographs in blue, all by David and Vladimir Burliuk, as well as three monochrome illustrations. Later crimson full crushed morocco, preserving original publisher's wrappers. Slipcase.

Second edition.
'Dokhlaia luna' has contributions from many of the most important authors ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 29922

Burliuk, David & Nikolai, Vladimir Mayakovsky & Velimir Khlebnikov.

Trebnikh troikh. Sbornik stikhov i risunkov. (Missal of the Three: A Collection of Poems and Drawings).

Moscow. G. L. Kuz'min and S. D. Dolinskii. 1913. 8vo. pp. 86, (2). Illustrated with fifteen ... (more)

From the edition limited to 1,100 copies.
The title, 'a triumph of alliteration over meaning ... (more)

£1,600

ref: 29918

Burliuk, David & Nikolai, Vladimir Mayakovsky & Velimir Khlebnikov.

Trebnikh troikh. Sbornik stikhov i risunkov. (Missal of the Three: A Collection of Poems and Drawings).

Moscow. G. L. Kuz'min and S. D. Dolinskii. 1913. 8vo. pp. 86, (2). Illustrated with fifteen hors-texte monochrome plates (mainly portraits) by various Burliuks (Nadezhda, Vladimir and David), Vladimir Mayakovsky and Vladimir Tatlin. Original wrappers with title label pasted down.

From the edition limited to 1,100 copies.
The title, 'a triumph of alliteration over meaning ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 30277

BURLIUK, David and others.

Poshchechina obshchestvennomu vkusu. V zashchitu svobodnogo iskusstva. Stikhi, proza, stat'i. (A Slap in the Face of Public Taste: In Defense of Free Art. Verse, Prose, Essays).

Moscow. G.L. Kuz'min. 1912. 4to. pp. 112. With essays by David and Nikolai Burliuk, Wassily Kandinsky, Khlebnikov, Kruchenykh, Livshits, and Mayakovsky. Original limp brown burlap cover with letterpress text on front.

Limited to 600 copies.
The first collection of Futurist poetry, "A Trap for Judges" (1910), was ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 29921

BURLIUK, David, Vladimir MAYAKOVSKY, Aleksei KRUCHENYKH & others.

Sadok Sudei II. (A Trap for Judges II).

St. Petersburg. Zhurval. 1913. Small square 4to. pp. 107. With 15 illustrations, including 5 by Elena Guro, 2 by Larionov and 2 by Goncharova. Printed on blue paper. Original flowered wallpaper covers, printed paper label on upper cover. Spine worn with repair, edges slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy.

Published in an edition of 800 copies this rare collaborative work marks an important stage in the avant-garde movement, and includes a long Hylaean manifesto. [Rowell & Wye MOMA 53].

£6,500

ref: 30281

EXTER. Taïroff, A.

Alexandra Exter. Maquettes de Théâtre. Préface d'Alexandre Taïroff. Adapté en francais par F. Turpin.

Paris. Editions des Quatre Chemins. 1930. Folio. Title with correction, list of plates, 3 leaves of ... (more)

Also called 'Decors de Théâtre' this is the exceptionally scarce Exter portfolio of theatre ... (more)

£30,000

ref: 28966

GONCHAROVA & LARIONOV. Kruchenykh, Aleksei.

Dve Poemy. Pustynniki; Pustynnitsa. (Hermits; Hermitess. Two Poems).

Moscow. G.L. Kuz'min & S.D. Dolinski. 1913. 8vo. [22 leaves]. Decorative lithograph title, lithograph text and 14 lithographs by Goncharova printed recto only. Original publisher's printed wrappers with a lithograph by Larionov.

From the first edition limited to 480 copies.
A striking example of one of Kruchenykh's ... (more)

£5,000

ref: 32695