Paperback. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1st wraps, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Paperback. Black & white photography and illustrations.
Hardcover. Gottingen GDR, Arkana, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages, large folio. Portraits of famous Russian writers in color by Janssen. Sheet laid in with German text.
Hardcover. Alabama, University of Alabama Press, 1st US, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 300 pages, mostly English text with some French, German and Russian articles. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N Abrams, 1st US, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. White, cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and stamped in gilt border with art on cover. dust jacket has light edge wear. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Color illustrations throughout.
Softcover. London, South Bank Centre, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 318 pages. Softcover. Profusely illustrated in full color and black & white. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Clinton, MA, Museum of Russian Icons, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages. Softcover. Some wear to corners, minor foxing and dog earing to upper text block. Booklet for "A Cooperative International Exhibition of Russian Icons from the Collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery and Museum of Russian Icons On Exhibition, Oct 16, 2008 - May 1, 2009."
Hardcover. Leningrad, RSFSR Artist, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 244 pages. 200 photos (mostly b&w) of examples of old Russian stone architecture. Gray and white cloth covers in a matching slipcase. Bi-lingual text in Russian and English. All very good condition.
Hardcover. London, Greenhill Books, Reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Minor yellowing to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. A unique record of Napoleon's invasion of Russia by Faber du Faur, a talented artist and front-line soldier. It combines his detailed, accurate and compelling illustrations of scenes recorded as they actually happened with his vivid and gripping memoirs of the campaign.
Softcover. NY, The Solomon R. Guggenehim Museum, 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages, soft cover. Covers have mild edge wear and bumping, particularly to the corners, with some cracking at the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book explores Russia's experimental modern art and provides a brief profile for each artist. Russian constructivism is committed to complete abstraction, with a devotion to modernity, where themes are often geometric, experimental and rarely emotional. This volume was printed in a run of 10,000 copies; accompanying an exhibition from September 1981. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34261
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Paul Dry Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition despite light bumping along the top edge. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book presents a completely new view of the spiritual life of Russian society. Inside the disintegrating Soviet Union, a professor compiles "The New Sectarianism," a classified manual of manifestos, articles, and sermons by members of banned religious sects. All are distinctly Russian, having emerged from the spiritual malaise of official state atheism. Clean copy. Record # 34282
Hardcover. San Diego, CA, Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 168 pages, hardcover. Gray cloth covers with gilt text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Lavishly illustrated with full-color photography throughout. This book was published to accompany San Diego's first international Arts Festival, entitled "Treasures of Soviet Art and Culture". The exhibition represented the most extensive display of the arts and people of the Soviet Union ever presented in the United States. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34332
Softcover. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages, soft cover. Covers and interior pages are both clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. This essay collection reveals surprising insights into how food shaped Russia's history and culture from Kievan times to the present. Some of the chapters focus on historical topics while others consider images of food in literature and art. Clean copy. Record # 33922
Hardcover. NY, Pegasus Books, 1st thus, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Communist jokes are the strangest, funniest, most enchanting and meaningful legacy of the eighty years of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. The valiant and sardonic citizens of the former Communist countries-surrounded by secret police, threatened with arrest, imprisonment and forced labor, a failed economic system, and bombarded with ludicrous propaganda-turned joke-telling into an art form, using them as a coded way of speaking the truth and coping with the absurdity of the system. In this poignant and historically revealing book, rare and previously unpublished archive material, including cartoons, caricatures, photographs, and oral transcripts take the reader on a unique journey through the real experience of the Communist era. 25+ B&W illustrations throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33934
Softcover. New York, Christie's, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. Record # 607335
Minneapolis, MN, Control Data Arts, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 166 pages. Contains some color photography of artifacts. Dust jacket with small tear, light rubbing. Record # 508003
Softcover. University of Washington Press/Smithsonian Institution , 1st , 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 281 pages. Introduction by W. Bruce Lincoln. Exhibition catalogue. Profusely illustrated with color plates. Red endpapers. Color pictorial wrappers. Light shelf wear, very good. Record # 512587
Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 284 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains more than 100 B&W and full-color photographs and illustrations throughout. This wide-ranging book is the first to explore the visual culture of Russia over the entire span of Russian history, from ancient Kiev to contemporary, post-Soviet society. The book examines the ways that Russians have represented themselves visually and used visual images in social and political contexts. Expert contributors discuss images and objects from all over the Russian/Soviet empire, including consumer goods, architectural monuments, religious icons, portraits, news and art photography, popular prints, films, folk art, and more. Clean copy. Record # 33975
hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 181 pages. Hardcover. Color photographs throughout. Some foxing to top edge and dust jacket. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469628
Hardcover. New York, Philosophical Library, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 164 black & white reproductions of Russian art. Also includes list of artists, index of illustrations, introduction. Blue cloth cover with title on spine and front in gilt. Previous owner namestamp in front endpages. Record # 501644
Hardcover. NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 303 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition, well protected by plastic covering. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from October 12, 2000-February 4, 2001. Contains several essays about the Scythians and Sarmatians, including their cults, rituals, and art. 280 beautiful full color plates throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33690
Hardcover. London, Readex Microprint, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, hardcover. Covers are significantly bumped near the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, and the binding is solid. This is a reprint of an 1868 book, with original B&W illustrations throughout. In 1864, the Russian government granted permission to the Western Union Telegraph Company to make a survey for a possible telegraph line extending from British Columbia through what was then called Russian America (Alaska)... One of the participants was Frederick Whymper, a young English adventurer, writer, and artist, who joined the expedition and wrote Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, one of the earliest and best accounts of Alaska during the transition from a Russian to an American possession. Previous owner wrote two short notes on the inside back cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33785
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