![Image for F. TAHIROFF [TAGIROV] and others. New York (an outline). First edition. Moscow, 1933. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/3252_1-300x260.jpg)
TAHIROFF, F[aik] (artist), John KASHKEEN (compiler), John REED, John DOS PASSOS and others
New York (an outline)
"The price paid by American people": a fine Soviet book pulished in English in the wake of the Great Depression. With extensive photomontage; a very good copy of the first edition, rare complete with both supplements.
MAIAKOVSKII, Vladimir [MAYAKOVSKY] and David BURLIUK (artist)
Otkrytie Ameriki [Discovery of America]
Rare first edition of Mayakovsky's poem, illustrated by Burliuk and published in the USA. A little pamphlet, here in a fine copy.
Very rare small-format school atlas showing the development of the Russian Empire during 1000 years, and its extent at its height. With original hand-colour. No other physical copies traced, including in Russia.
VIGO ROUSSILLON, Francois-Paul, trans. Stankevich and Vitmer
Voennye sily Severo-Amerikanskikh Shtatov. Voina za nerazdelnost Soiuza (1861 - 1865) [The Military Forces of the North American States. War for the Integrity of the Union 1861-1865]
Exceedingly rare first book in Russian dealing with the American Civil War, illustrated with large folding maps. Apparently no copy in the USA of this first edition, only one outside Russia (in Rome).
Very rare and fascinating children book on the discovery of America and North Pacific, illustrated, with great comments on the conquest of America and other parts of the world. A lovely copy in original publisher's boards.
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About 40 pp. of fantastic and confidential reading giving a detailed and open description of Siberia during the USSR, to Irkutsk, Khabarovsk and Yakutsk. A rare find, apparently unpublished.
GENKEL, German and Nikolai SUETIN (artist)
Ford i fordizm: vpechatleniia [Ford and Fordism: Impressions]
Fine cover for one of the great Russian books on the influential American industrialist. Uncommon, and here in a pleasant example.
![Image for TRAUBERG & KHODASEVICH. Akter amerikanskogo kino [Actor of American Cinema]. First edition, Leningrad, 1927. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2884_1-300x390.jpg)
TRAUBERG, Il[ia] and V[alentina] KHODASEVICH (artist)
Akter amerikanskogo kino [The Actor in American Cinema]
First edition of this scarce, developed study of American cinema in the 1920s. A pleasant copy, in its original photomontage wrappers.
Lovely, crisp copy of this classic work on Russian trade, esp. interesting for its description of the North Pacific and Alaska - but also of the Black Sea and Ukraine. With German royal provenance.
PLUMMER, Mary Wright and Sergei I. POVARNIN (translator)
Rukovodstvo dlia nebol'shikh bibliotek. Perevod s 3 izdania, s ob"iasneniiami i dopolneniiami [Hints to Small Libraries. Translated from the third edition, with explanations and additions by the translator]
Unusual Russian guidebooks for libraries, translated from the American work of a prominent female librarian. Fine example of the first edition, very rare: no copy traced outside Russia.
First edition of Kruzenshtern's important study of North Pacific languages, in a superb, very unusual example: very crisp, uncut, in plain temporary wrappers and printed on thicker woven paper. We were unable to trace other such large-paper copies. A rare book on the market: only two copies at auction.
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[BARANSHCHIKOV, Vasilii Iakovlevich] – S. K. R
Neshchastnyia Prikliucheniia [...] v trekh chastiakh sveta: v Amerike, Azii i Evrope s 1780 po 1787 god [Unfortunate Adventures [...] in Three Parts of the World: America, Asia, and Europe, from 1780 to 1787]
What a story! Incredible (but true) adventures of a Russian throughout the world, and as a result an innovative book, probably the first Russian account of South America and the Caribbean, with a wealth of great details. Very rare first edition, with only one copy in the US.
Impressive work on all languages from the Caucasus to the North Pacific through Central Asia, Siberia, China and the Far East. Very rare on the market.
![Image for [JAZZ IN USSR] SAKHAROV G. Jazzy translation. Samizdat, USSR, ca. 1976-80. More than 300 leaves. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2883_1-300x242.jpg)
Rare thick Soviet samizdat on Western jazz, giving a glimpse of the material circulated in innovative, underground circles of the late USSR.
![Image for [DETECTIVE STORIES] - Nat Pinkerton Korol Syshchikov. Pre-revolutionary Russian edition. St. Petersburg, 1910s. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2711_1-300x400.jpg)
Very unusual: a pulp fiction booklet, in very good condition, telling the adventures in NYC of the most famous figure in Russian detective literature.
![Image for [ALASKA]. Act of the Russian-American Company. First complete edition, in Russian. St. Petersburg, 1802. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/795_1-300x249.jpg)
An exceptional document pertaining to the history of Alaska, of greatest rarity and here in fantastic condition.
DILTEI Filipp Genrikh – Philippe Henry DILTHEY
Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts
Detailed and wide-ranging description of the history, peoples and geography of the Russian empire under Catherine the Great. Very rare: only four copies outside Russia, one only in the US.