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[AELITA, ONE OF THE EARLIEST FULL-LENGTH FILMS ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL] Aelita. Kino-lenta na temu romana A. N. Tolstogo [i.e. Aelita. A Film Based on the Novel by A. N. Tolstoy]
Moscow: Proizvodstvennyy organ Mezhrabpoma Khudozhestvennyy Kollektiv «Rus'», [1924]. 48 pp.: ill. 22.2x19.8 cm. In original illustrated publisher's wrappers. Spine and edges are slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. This brochure is dedicated to the Soviet silent film classic 'Aelita', which came out in 1924 and became a...... More
[EXPERIMENT IN FILMMAKING] Krasnye partizany. Geroicheskaia poema v 10 pesniakh po stsenariiu B. Leonidova [i.e. Red Partisans. A Heroic Poem in 10 Songs Based on Screenplay by B. Leonidov]
Leningrad: Sovkino, 1924. 16 pp.: ill. 25x17 cm. In original avant-garde wrappers. Tears of the spine, a few spots on the front cover, otherwise very good. Stamp of movie theater on the front cover. First edition. Very rare. This is an interesting edition containing a film libretto and an interview..... More
[LEAFLETS FOR THE SOVIET ADVERTISING FILMS]
Devushka s korobkoi [i.e. The Girl with a Hatbox]. Leningrad: Izd. kinoteatra 'Gigant', [1936]. Lithographed two-colored leaflet. 20,5x28 cm. Mint. One of 1200 copies. Extremely rare. This is an advertisement of Boris Barnet's film 'The Girl with a Hatbox' (1927) for showing it in the largest Soviet movie..... More
[MEZHRABPOMFILM] Kto ty takoi? [i.e. Who Are You?]
Leningrad: Tea-kino pechat', 1927. Leaflet folded into thirds. 23x15,5 cm. In very good condition. First and only edition. One of 10 000 copies. Very rare. Constructivist design of leaflet was produced by Maxim Litvak (1898-1943), the Soviet graphic artist who created the posters of the silent films..... More
[SOVIET FILM ART] Kollezhskii registrator [i.e. The Stationmaster]
Moscow: Mezhrabpom- Rus', 1925. 16 pp.: ill., photographs. 30,5х22,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers by I. Bograd. Near fine. Some soiling and slightly rubbed spine. One of 15000. This edition is dedicated to the Soviet silent film which came out in 1925. Scenes from the film with captions followed..... More
[SOVIET POSTER FOR 8½] Film poster for 8½ by I. Maistrovskii
Moscow: Reklamfilm, 1987. 86,5x55 cm. Fine. In this year the film by Fellini was widely distributed in Soviet cinemas for the first time.	More
[SOVIET PROPAGANDA BY WARNER BROTHERS] Missiya v Moskvu [i.e. The Mission to Moscow]
Moscow: GLAZKINOPLAKAT, 1943. 63x80 cm. Good condition with some minor tears and losses at the margin of the poster. 1 of 3500 copies. Poster design by Kashcheev. The soviet poster for the notorious film by Michael Curtiz. It was 'one of three pro-Soviet films made in Hollywood' by The..... More
[STARS OF THE 1920s: A COLLECTION OF 20 BROCHURES]
A COLLECTION OF 20 BROCHURES (INCLUDING 1 DUPLICATE) DEDICATED TO SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS SOVIET AND FOREIGN MOVIE STARS AND DIRECTORS OF THE 1920S. The 1920s was a pivotal point in the history of Soviet film industry: the decision to import foreign movies into the Soviet Union..... More
[SOVIET LEADING STUDY ON CHAPLIN'S FILMS] Charl'z Spenser Chaplin: Ocherk rannego perioda tvorchestva [i.e. Charles Spencer Chaplin: A Sketch of the Early Period of Activity]
Avenarius, G.
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Akademii nauk SSSR, [1959]. 266, [1] pp.: ill., 1 portrait. 27x21 cm. In original cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine. No dust jacket. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. First and only edition. A foreword by notable film critic Rostislav Yurenev. Book design was..... More
[HOW TO SHOOT NEWSREEL] Kinokhronika i kak ee snimat' [i.e. Newsreel and How to Shoot It]
Boltiansky, G.M.
Moscow: Kinopechat', 1926. 75 pp.: ill. 17x13 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Some wear of the wrappers, loss of the small piece of the rear cover, Soviet bookshop's ink stamp on the rear cover, very rare foxing in text, otherwise very good. Rare. First edition of the second book..... More
[AVANT-GARDE CINEMA] Chelovek i kino: Estetiko-sotsiologicheskii etiud [i.e. Mankind and Cinematography: An Aesthetic and Sociological Study]
Levidov, M.
Moscow: Kino-izdatelstvo RSFSR Kinopechat, 1927. 112 pp. 13,5 x 17,5 cm. Original illustrated photomontage wrappers. Tiny tears of the spine, Georgian stamp on the title page 'From books of Nico Mitsishvili'. Otherwise very good. Very rare. First and only edition. One of 3500 copies. The constructivist edition by Mikhail..... More
[MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS: BETWEEN FILMMAKERS] Tekhnika kombinirovannoi kinos'emki [i.e. Technique of Combined Filming] / edited by E. Tisse
Nilsen, V.
Moscow: Gizlegprom, 1933. 140 pp.: ill. 23x15,5 cm. In original constructivist cardboards by N. Sedel'nikov. Bumped, minor defects of covers, otherwise very good and neat. Signed and inscribed by the author "To M.A. Kaufman - a colleague in occupation. Moscow. November 20, 1933". Mikhail Kaufman (1897-1980) was a brother of..... More
[PUDOVKIN'S FAMOUS EDITING TECHNIQUES] Kinostsenarii: Teoriya stsenariya [i.e. Film Script: The Theory of a Script]
Pudovkin, V.I.
Moscow: Kinopechat', 1926. 64 pp. 15x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Rear wrapper is detached and the front wrapper is almost detached from the text block, low margin of p.19 is cut off. Otherwise very good. The first book by Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893-1953), a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter..... More
Bronenosets Potiomkin [i.e. The Battleship Potemkin]
Moscow: Reklamfilm, 1950. 63x80 cm. Good condition. 1 of 20000 copies. Poster design by Gerasimovich. The poster for a legendary movie by Sergey Eizenshtein made in 1950 as the new talking version of the movie was created.	More
Moscow: Reklamfilm, 1950. 84x55 cm. Good condition. 1 of 25000 copies. Poster design by A. Shamash. The poster for a legendary movie by Sergey Eizenshtein made in 1950 as the new talking version of the movie was created.	More
[CONSTRUCTIVIST CLASSICS] Kino-Fot [i.e. Film-Photo]. Issue #2 of only 6. 8-15 of September, 1922.
St. Petersburg: Kino-Fot, 1922. 16 pp.: phot.,. 28x22 cm. Original photomontage wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko who used his wife Varvara Stepanova's photomontage which juxtaposed a photo of Charlie Chaplin with photos of industrial objects. Very good/near fine condition. A few pale stains on the front cover. One of 8000..... More
[HISTORY OF SOVIET CINEMA] Ocherki po istorii sovetskogo kino: Rabochaya programma [i.e. Essays on the History of Soviet Cinema: Work Program].
Moscow: Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1951. 180 pp. 19,5x13 cm. In original wrappers. Very good, tears and loss of small fragments of the spine. First and only edition. One of 850. Very rare. Classified as manuscript with mark on the cover and title page. This book was produced in..... More
[MOTION PICTURES IN UKRAINE IN THE 1920s]
Lot of two items that belonged to German Poleshchuk, Ukrainian cinema technician in Odessa in 1920s: 1. Handmade album of frames from silent films. [Odessa, 1920s]. [70 pp.] 2242 individual frames. 21х15 cm (album), 2x3,5 cm (each frame). Handmade cardboard binding. Poleshchuk was working in one of Odessa's..... More
[THE ORIGINS OF SOVIET FILM]
Collection gathering various pieces of a print chronology of Russian and Soviet cinema in the 1900s-1940s. Starting from one pre-revolutionary book (1909), this collection tied the very beginning of cinematography when it considered just an evolution of a static photograph and the middle of the 20th century when Eisenstein shot..... More
[RODCHENKO' S COVER & EHRENBURG AS FILM CRITIC] Materializatsia fantastiki [i.e. Materialization of Fantasy].
Ehrenburg, I.G.
Moscow; Leningrad: Kinopechat', 1927. 30, [2] pp. 17x13 cm. In publisher's photomontage wrappers. Very good. Spine is slightly rubbed, bleak damp stain on the lower part throughout the book. First edition. One of 5000 copies. Constructivist photomontage wrappers designed by Alexander Rodchenko. Little has been written about journalist and..... More
[SOVIET CINEMA THERAPY] Patokinografiia v psikhiatrii i nevropatologii [i.e. Cinema Pathography in Psychiatry and Neuropathology]
Sukharebskii, L.
Moscow: Biomedgiz, 1936. [2], 244, [6] pp., 20 ills. 21х15,5 cm. In original cloth with silver lettering. Rubbed, water stains on the lower inner corner of p. 222-243 and the last leaf with illustrations. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. This is the first..... More
[TALKS ABOUT CINEMA] Chelovek na ekrane: Chetyre besedy o kinoiskusstve. Dnevnik rezhissyora [i.e. Man on the Screen: Four Talks about Cinema Art. Director's Journal]
Yutkevich, S.I.
Moscow: Goskinoizdat, 1947. 280 pp.: ill., 28 pl. 22,5x16 cm. In original cloth. Design by Solomon Telingater (1903-1969). Endpapers design made by B. Kolesnikov, designed by S. Telingater. Binding slightly rubbed and soiled, small tear of the paper on the front pastedown. Otherwise near fine. Inscribed by the author on..... More