{"title":"Censored \u0026 Banned","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection focuses on the complex history of censorship and the regulation of the printed word, featuring works that were officially suppressed or prohibited by state authorities from the imperial era through the Soviet period. The archive includes publications that faced withdrawal from circulation, heavy redaction, or total bans due to their perceived conflict with official ideologies. These rare volumes—ranging from political treatises to philosophical works—offer a direct look at the mechanisms of institutional control and the persistent efforts to restrict intellectual discourse. Curated for researchers and bibliophiles, this selection preserves the artifacts of a guarded history and the voices that existed on the margins of the permissible.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1st-ed-odesa-seidel-normal-working-day-1905-зейдель-нормальный-рабочий-день-rare","title":"R. Seidel. 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Ivanova\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOdessa: Burevestnik, 1905.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e16 pp. regular format, paperback.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRobert Seidel (1850-1933), a pioneering Swiss educator and social pedagogue, fundamentally shaped modern labor-centered pedagogy. This 1905 Odesa edition represents a critical moment in Russian intellectual history, when Seidel's revolutionary concepts on work-based education first reached Eastern European audiences. \"Normal Working Day\" challenged conventional schooling by positioning productive labor as essential to balanced human development. Alongside his companion work on manual labor's pedagogical foundations, Seidel's theories influenced progressive educational movements across the Russian Empire during the transformative pre-revolutionary period.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962662780970,"sku":"EB-306271773289","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_60124724-8e72-47d4-8df2-2d457cfd1e43.jpg?v=1771326159"},{"product_id":"1st-ed-sexual-question-zalkind-ussr-soviet-1926-залкинд-половой-вопрос-rare","title":"Zalkind, A. B. The Sexual Question in the Conditions of Soviet Society (Polovoi vopros v usloviiakh sovetskoi obshchestvennosti): A Collection of Articles, 1926. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eЗалкинд, А. 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B.\u003cbr\u003eThe Sexual Question in the Conditions of Soviet Society (Polovoi vopros v usloviiakh sovetskoi obshchestvennosti): A Collection of Articles.\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; with an author's afterword, \"Two Years of Discussion on the Sexual Question.\"\u003cbr\u003eLeningrad: State Publishing House, 1926.\u003cbr\u003e128 pp.; 22.5 × 15.5 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher’s soft wrappers.\u003cbr\u003ePrint run: 15,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eRare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA first edition of a pivotal and controversial work by the Soviet psychiatrist and pedagogue Aron Zalkind, reflecting the radical debates on sexuality, family, and morality during the New Economic Policy (NEP) era of the 1920s. This collection of articles advocates for a scientific, collectivist approach to sexual life, aligning with the early Soviet project of transforming all aspects of private existence. Published with a substantial print run, the book was widely discussed before the Stalinist consolidation of conservative family policies in the 1930s. Zalkind's ideas were later condemned as \"vulgar sociologism.\" This edition is a significant primary source for understanding the history of sexuality, social hygiene, and ideological shifts in early Soviet Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962948124714,"sku":"EB-306271970170","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_9fbf8aaf-8c1e-4c65-8274-794a8b4b3b23.jpg?v=1768158898"},{"product_id":"1st-ed-the-hum-of-the-earth-zamyatin-crimean-tatars-1928-гул-земли-замятин-rare","title":"[Banned Edition] The Hum of the Land (Gul zemli): A Literary, Scientific and Artistic Collection, 1928. 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Ostroumov-Lebedev\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLeningrad: Krasnaya Gazeta, 1928\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e160 p. proprietary softcover, encyclopedic format.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e[I. Ehrenburg, E. Zamyatin, V. Rozhdestvensky]\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlmost immediately after its publication, the collection was banned. Most likely, the following publications were the reasons:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Zamyatin's story \"Ten-Minute Drama\";\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. N. Antsiferov's article \"Crimea in Fiction\", which contains references to the works of Bunin, Balmont and other emigrants;\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Veresaev's novel \"At a Dead End\";\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Notes of songs and dances of the Crimean Tatars who were deported in 1944. They were published by the composer A. Glazunov. According to him, these notes, \"recorded by an unknown military bandmaster,\" were given to him in 1887 (Blum, 2003, pp. 216-217)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe collection was prepared and published by the Leningrad Bureau of the Section of Scientific Workers, which set the task of helping the population affected by the earthquake in Crimea in 1927.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt presents a variety of material, supplied with a mass of illustrations: photographs, reproductions of paintings and drawings by Ostroumova-Lebedeva (including the publisher's stamp of her work), N. Roerich, S. Sudeikin, S. Chekhnin, etc.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn good condition. The cover is glued to the owner's binding.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962959200298,"sku":"EB-306277191043","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_c8a21d31-fa3b-40c4-a9dc-466cc3f7b121.jpg?v=1768158915"},{"product_id":"boris-pilnyak-the-naked-year-novel-avant-garde-1929-пильняк-борис-голый-год-rare","title":"Pilnyak, Boris. The Naked Year (Golyy god). Collected Works. Volume I, 1929. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eПильняк, Борис (Борис Андреевич Вогау).\u003cbr\u003eГолый год. Собрание сочинений. Том I.\u003cbr\u003eСуперобложка и обложка работы Ивана Рерберга.\u003cbr\u003eМосква–Ленинград: Государственное издательство (Госиздат), 1929.\u003cbr\u003e232 с., 1 л. портр.; 20×13 см.\u003cbr\u003eИздательская обложка, суперобложка.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003ePilnyak, Boris (Boris Andreevich Vogau).\u003cbr\u003eThe Naked Year. Collected Works. Volume I (Golyy god. Sobranie sochineniy).\u003cbr\u003eDust jacket and cover by Ivan Rerberg.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow–Leningrad: State Publishing House (Gosizdat), 1929.\u003cbr\u003e232 p., 1 leaf port.; 20×13 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's cover, dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a lifetime edition of the first volume of collected works by Boris Pilnyak (1894–1938), a leading Soviet experimental prose writer of the 1920s. The volume includes his famous novel \"The Naked Year\" (1922), a seminal work of post-revolutionary literature depicting the chaos and transformation of Russian society. The book's striking dust jacket and cover were designed by the noted Soviet artist Ivan Fyodorovich Rerberg (1892–1957). Published by Gosizdat in 1929, this edition appeared just a few years before Pilnyak fell out of favor; he was arrested in 1937, executed in 1938, and his works were banned until his posthumous rehabilitation in 1956. This copy bears an owner's signature and shows a period repair to the fragile dust jacket. It stands as a significant artifact of early Soviet literary and publishing history, representing a bold artistic voice that was soon to be silenced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962983809066,"sku":"EB-306277182649","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_e41bedc8-033c-4c84-a592-4f3cbe5c4c14.jpg?v=1768159585"},{"product_id":"banned-edition-the-truth-about-the-death-of-alexander-ii-1912-александр-ii-rare","title":"[Banned] The Truth about the Death of Alexander II: from the Notes of an Eyewitness, 1898. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Запрещенное издание]\u003cbr\u003eПравда о кончине Александра II: из записок очевидца. Второе издание.\u003cbr\u003eШтутгарт: Издание Карла Малькомеса; Карлсруэ: Типография Г. Брауна, 1898.\u003cbr\u003e32 с.; 16,7×11,2 см.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская обложка.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Banned Edition]\u003cbr\u003eThe Truth about the Death of Alexander II: from the Notes of an Eyewitness (Pravda o konchine Aleksandra II). Second edition.\u003cbr\u003eStuttgart: Published by Karl Malkomes; Karlsruhe: G. Braun Printing House, 1898.\u003cbr\u003e32 p.; 16.7×11.2 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's softcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an extremely rare émigré publication issued in Stuttgart—a major 19th-century hub for Russian dissident and revolutionary printing—that was strictly banned within the Russian Empire. The pamphlet presents an anonymous eyewitness account of the assassination of Emperor Alexander II by members of the revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya (The People's Will) on March 1, 1881. Published in 1898, this second edition served to keep the memory of the regicide alive in émigré circles and to circulate a version of events counter to the official imperial narrative. As a clandestine political text, it is a significant artifact of pre-revolutionary Russian underground literature and the history of revolutionary movements opposing the Tsarist autocracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962983874602,"sku":"EB-306278846069","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_529d9f84-8d8c-45f0-96a3-5af358893aca.jpg?v=1768159588"},{"product_id":"banned-edition-marxist-pedagogy-1929-калашников-очерки-марксистской-педагогики","title":"[Banned] Kalashnikov, A. G. Essays on Marxist Pedagogy. Volume I. Sociology of Education, 1929. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eКалашников, А. Г.\u003cbr\u003eОчерки марксистской педагогики. 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In the 1920s, as a deputy director of the Research Institute of Scientific Pedagogy, he was deeply involved in theorizing \"Marxist pedagogy\". His \"Essays,\" however, deviated from the emerging party line by emphasizing the biological and age-specific factors in child development, arguing against reducing education purely to a form of class struggle, and questioning the unlimited power of the state to reshape human behavior. These ideas were immediately condemned as a \"right-wing deviation in pedagogy.\" In December 1929 and January 1930, the institute held collective condemnations of the book, with colleagues accusing Kalashnikov of \"formalism,\" \"eclecticism,\" and \"revision of Marxism\". The criticism swiftly escalated from academic to political, branded as \"anti-Marxist gibberish\" and \"apologetics for bourgeois pedagogy\". The materials from these condemnations were published in a separate volume titled \"Against the Revision of Marxism in Pedagogy,\" effectively banning Kalashnikov's original work. Fearing worse consequences, Kalashnikov publicly recanted. The planned second volume never saw light. This rare publication is a stark artifact of the ideological purges that ended the relative intellectual freedom of the 1920s in Soviet science and education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962988265514,"sku":"EB-306331081316","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_29100aff-22e6-4c6b-b03b-ae15f6912292.jpg?v=1768159627"},{"product_id":"banned-ed-адская-почта-3-олимп-1906-adskaya-pochta-hells-mail-olimp-journal","title":"[Banned] Adskaya pochta (Hell's Mail): Weekly Illustrated Satirical Journal. No. 3: Olimp (Adskaya pochta: Ezhenedel'nyy illiustrirovannyy zhurnal satiry. No. 3: Olimp), 1906. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Запрещённое издание] «Адская почта» : Еженедельный иллюстрированный журнал сатиры. № 3: Олимп.\u003cbr\u003eСанкт-Петербург : Т-во Р. Голике и А. Вильборг, 1906.\u003cbr\u003e[4] с., ил.; 30×26 см. Изд. Е. Е. Лансере, ред. П. Н. Троянский.\u003cbr\u003eВ издательской иллюстрированной обложке. Состояние: хорошее, следы от сгиба.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Banned publication] \"Adskaya pochta\" (Hell's Mail): Weekly Illustrated Satirical Journal. No. 3: Olimp (Adskaya pochta: Ezhenedel'nyy illiustrirovannyy zhurnal satiry. No. 3: Olimp).\u003cbr\u003eSt. Petersburg: T-vo R. Golike i A. Vilborg, 1906.\u003cbr\u003e[4] pp., ill.; 30×26 cm. Publ. by E. E. Lanceray, ed. by P. N. Troiansky.\u003cbr\u003eIn publisher's illustrated cover. Condition: good, fold marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the third and final published issue of the legendary, short-lived satirical journal \"Adskaya pochta\" (Hell's Mail), a landmark publication of the 1905-1907 revolutionary period in Russia. Published in 1906 in St. Petersburg under the editorship of P. N. Troiansky and officially published by artist Evgeny Lanceray, the journal served as the direct successor to the banned magazine \"Zhupel\". Its core mission, declared in the first issue, was to fight \"against violence and the violent, slavery and enslavers,\" offering a platform for sharp political satire sympathetic to the revolutionary cause. This specific issue, \"Olimp\" (Olympus), is dedicated entirely to political caricatures by Zinovii Grzhebin and Boris Kustodiev, graphically satirizing the highest tsarist officials, including P. N. Durnovo, P. A. Stolypin, and K. P. Pobedonostsev. The journal united an extraordinary constellation of Silver Age talents; among its contributors and prospective authors were writers Leonid Andreyev, Alexander Blok, Maxim Gorky, and Ivan Bunin, as well as artists Lev Bakst, Ivan Bilibin, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and Valentin Serov. Its existence was brief and fraught: only three issues saw the light of day before the fourth was confiscated at the print shop and the publication was definitively banned by the authorities. As a primary source of anti-monarchist sentiment and a pinnacle of Russian satirical graphics, any surviving copy, especially in good condition, represents an extreme bibliographic rarity and a highly valuable artifact of cultural and political history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963000684586,"sku":"EB-306650173175","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_0eda406e-6bc0-4620-9934-af49dba273a7.jpg?v=1768159712"},{"product_id":"banned-ed-жупел-журнал-художественной-сатиры-1905-1-2-zhupel-hellfire-journal","title":"[Banned] Zhupel (Hellfire): Journal of Artistic Satire: Weekly. Nos. 1-2 (set for 1905) (Zhupel: Zhurnal khudozhestvennoy satiry: Ezhenedelnik. №№ 1-2), 1905. 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Yuritsyn.\u003cbr\u003eEach issue in an illustrated publisher's cover (No. 1 — art by B. Anisfeld, No. 2 — art by I. Bilibin). Condition: No. 1 — lacking pages 9-12; No. 2 — complete; minor tears and soiling to individual pages and covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a set of the first two issues of the legendary and short-lived satirical journal \"Zhupel\" (Hellfire), a pinnacle of Russian artistic satire published during the 1905 Revolution. The journal was edited by the prominent artist and publisher Zinovii Grzhebin and financed by entrepreneur Sergei Yuritsyn. It united an extraordinary constellation of Silver Age talents: literary contributions came from Maxim Gorky, Konstantin Balmont, Ivan Bunin, and Alexander Kuprin, while artists Evgeny Lanceray, Valentin Serov, Boris Kustodiev, Boris Anisfeld (cover of No. 1), and Ivan Bilibin (cover of No. 2) provided powerful graphics. The journal's title, symbolizing the scorching power of satire, reflected its sharply anti-government and revolutionary political stance. Due to its caustic caricatures of high-ranking officials, all published issues were confiscated and destroyed by court order, making any surviving copy an extreme bibliographic rarity. This incomplete set (No. 1 lacks its final pages) represents a monumental artifact of pre-revolutionary political dissent and artistic collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963000750122,"sku":"EB-306650197945","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_43828736-4238-4fa7-a7d1-78b3633b9b3e.jpg?v=1768159715"},{"product_id":"banned-сигнал-журнал-чуковский-1905-2-3-the-signal-political-satire-russian-rev","title":"[Banned] Signal (The Signal): Illustrated Organ of Political Satire. 1905. Nos. 2, 3 (\"Signal\": Illyustrirovannyy organ politicheskoy satiry), 1905. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Запрещённое и конфискованное издание] «Сигнал» : Иллюстрированный орган политической сатиры. 1905. № 2, 3.\u003cbr\u003eСанкт-Петербург : Паровая типо-лит. Н. Л. Ныркина, 1905.\u003cbr\u003e35×24, 31×22,5 см. В издательских иллюстрированных обложках.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Banned and confiscated publication] \"Signal\" (The Signal): Illustrated Organ of Political Satire. 1905. Nos. 2, 3 (\"Signal\": Illyustrirovannyy organ politicheskoy satiry).\u003cbr\u003eSt. Petersburg: Parovaya tipo-lit. N. L. Nyrkina, 1905.\u003cbr\u003e35×24, 31×22.5 cm. In publisher's illustrated covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese two issues are from one of the most vivid and popular satirical journals of the First Russian Revolution of 1905–1907 — \"Signal\" (The Signal). Its uniqueness lies in the fact that the publisher, inspiration, and editor was the 23-year-old Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882–1969), later a world-renowned children's writer and poet. The journal united a number of well-known literary figures, including Osip Dymov, Fyodor Sologub, Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya), and Olga Chumina. The journal was financed with the support of the opera singer Leonid Sobinov. \"Signal\" relentlessly and sharply criticized Emperor Nicholas II, the government, and state repression, using parodies, satirical mathematical \"problems,\" and altered famous paintings. The main colors in its design were black and red, the latter symbolizing revolutionary energy and blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the third issue, Chukovsky was charged with insulting the Majesty and undermining the foundations of the state, and was arrested. The fourth issue was published while the publisher was in prison. Although the court issued an acquittal in March 1906, the journal was permanently banned, and its print runs confiscated. Chukovsky was also stripped of his editor's title for five years. A total of 4 issues of \"Signal\" were published in November-December 1905. These journals are not only an outstanding monument of political satire and graphic art of their time but also a supreme bibliographic rarity due to their mass destruction by the authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963000848426,"sku":"EB-306650270790","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_e21d488c-b90f-4a63-a70d-98d348c455a7.jpg?v=1768159717"},{"product_id":"banned-ed-стрелы-журнал-саркастический-бесстрашный-1905-3-7-strely-arrows-rrr","title":"[Banned] Strely (Arrows): A Sarcastic, Fearless and Merciless Journal. Nos. 3-7 (\"Strely\": Zhurnal sarkasticheskiy, bestrashnyy i besposhchadnyy), 1905. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Запрещённое издание] «Стрелы» : Журнал саркастический, бесстрашный и беспощадный. №№ 3-7.\u003cbr\u003eСанкт-Петербург : Типо-лит. «Энергия»; «Америк. скоропечатня», 1905.\u003cbr\u003eПо 12 с., ил.; 31,5×23,3 см. Ред.-издатель И. М. Кнорозовский.\u003cbr\u003eВ издательских иллюстрированных обложках. В хорошем состоянии.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Banned publication] \"Strely\" (Arrows): A Sarcastic, Fearless and Merciless Journal. Nos. 3-7 (\"Strely\": Zhurnal sarkasticheskiy, bestrashnyy i besposhchadnyy).\u003cbr\u003eSt. Petersburg: Tipo-lit. \"Energiya\"; \"Amerik. skoropechatnya\", 1905.\u003cbr\u003e12 pp. each, ill.; 31.5×23.3 cm. Editor-publisher I. M. Knorozovsky.\u003cbr\u003eIn publisher's illustrated covers. In good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a set of five consecutive issues (Nos. 3-7) of the legendary and short-lived satirical journal \"Strely\" (Arrows), which was the first publication of its kind to appear after the October Manifesto of 1905. Edited and published by I. M. Knorozovsky, the journal lived up to its self-proclaimed description as \"sarcastic, fearless, and merciless\" by savagely lampooning the empty promises of the Tsarist government and the perceived weakness of the liberal opposition. Its publication fate was a testament to the brief and precarious period of press freedom: Issue No. 5 was confiscated, No. 9 was ordered destroyed by a court, and the entire publication was officially banned by the St. Petersburg Judicial Chamber on January 11, 1906. The survival of a complete block of five sequential issues, including the notoriously confiscated No. 5, represents an extraordinary bibliographic rarity. This collection serves as a primary historical document of the intense but fleeting era of revolutionary satire during the First Russian Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963000946730,"sku":"EB-306650295149","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_90c799b4-0a38-4f2d-ad1b-d3454c4af153.jpg?v=1768159721"},{"product_id":"banned-ed-зритель-журнал-1905-10-24-zritel-the-spectator-journal-satire-rare","title":"[Banned] Zritel (The Spectator): Journal of Political and Social Satire. Nos. 10-24 for 1905 (\"Zritel\": Zhurnal politiko-obshchestvennoy satiry. №№ 10-24 za 1905 g.). In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Запрещённое издание] «Зритель» : Журнал политико-общественной сатиры. №№ 10-24 за 1905 г.\u003cbr\u003eСанкт-Петербург : Тип. «Север» А. М. Лесмана, 1905.\u003cbr\u003e№ 10–17: по 16 с., вкл. обл., ил.; № 18–24: по 8 с., вкл. обл., ил.; 30,7×22,2 см — 32,5×22,8 см. Редактор-издатель Ю. К. Арцыбушев.\u003cbr\u003eВ иллюстрированных издательских обложках. Состояние: в хорошем состоянии; отсутствует часть передней обложки в №15.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Banned publication] \"Zritel\" (The Spectator): Journal of Political and Social Satire. Nos. 10-24 for 1905 (\"Zritel\": Zhurnal politiko-obshchestvennoy satiry. №№ 10-24 za 1905 g.).\u003cbr\u003eSt. Petersburg: Tip. \"Sever\" A. M. Lesmana, 1905.\u003cbr\u003eNos. 10–17: 16 pp. each, incl. cover, ill.; Nos. 18–24: 8 pp. each, incl. cover, ill.; 30.7×22.2 cm — 32.5×22.8 cm. Editor-publisher Yu. K. Artsybushev.\u003cbr\u003eIn illustrated publisher's covers. Condition: good; part of the front cover missing in No. 15.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an exceptional set of 15 consecutive issues (Nos. 10-24) of the legendary satirical journal \"Zritel\" (The Spectator), which became the leading voice of sharp political satire in 1905. Edited and published by Yuri Konstantinovich Artsybushev, the journal boasted an extraordinary roster of contributors, including artists Ilya Repin and Valentin Serov, and writer Fyodor Sologub. A landmark event in Russian literary history occurred in issue No. 23 (November 27), where Alexander Glickberg made his poetic debut under the famous pseudonym \"Sasha Chyorny\" with the poem \"Nonsense\" (Chepukha), which provided the authorities with a direct pretext for the journal's suppression. \"Zritel\" faced relentless persecution: issue No. 17 was confiscated on October 2, leading to a temporary suspension; the final issue in this set, No. 24 (December 4), was also confiscated, and the publication was permanently banned; the prepared No. 25 was destroyed at the print shop. This comprehensive collection, spanning from the journal's peak to its forceful closure and including the historically significant and confiscated issues, represents a unique primary source. It documents the complete life cycle of one of the most important and beleaguered satirical publications of the First Russian Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963001012266,"sku":"EB-306650309704","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_4241c9c6-5a6a-4e8e-9b53-6e22c29a701a.jpg?v=1768159724"},{"product_id":"confiscated-ed-заноза-журнал-художественной-сатиры-2-1906-zanoza-the-splinter","title":"Zanoza (The Splinter): Journal of Artistic Satire. Issue No. 2 (Zhurnal khudozhestvennoy satiry), 1906. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Конфискованное издание] «Заноза» : Журнал художественной сатиры. Вып. № 2.\u003cbr\u003eСанкт-Петербург : Тип. Коммерческая скоропечатня, [1906].\u003cbr\u003e[10–15] с., илл. на отд. листах, илл. в тексте; 38×24 см. Издательская иллюстрированная обложка.\u003cbr\u003eИздатель: Сергей Дмитриевич Новиков. Редактор: Р. Л. Антропов.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние: обложка незначительно загрязнена, следы от сгиба, отсутствует часть задней обложки.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Confiscated publication] \"Zanoza\" (The Splinter): Journal of Artistic Satire. Issue No. 2 (\"Zanoza\": Zhurnal khudozhestvennoy satiry. Vyp. № 2).\u003cbr\u003eSt. Petersburg: Tip. Kommercheskaya skoropechatnya, [1906].\u003cbr\u003e[10–15] pp., ill. on separate leaves, ill. in text; 38×24 cm. Publisher's illustrated cover.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sergei Dmitrievich Novikov. Editor: R. L. Antropov.\u003cbr\u003eCondition: cover slightly soiled, fold marks, part of the back cover missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the legendary and extremely rare second issue of the satirical journal \"Zanoza\" (The Splinter), published in St. Petersburg in 1906 during the peak of the First Russian Revolution. The journal, published by Sergei Dmitrievich Novikov and edited by R. L. Antropov, revived the name and radical spirit of the famous 19th-century publication. This specific issue holds exceptional historical significance due to its fate: the entire print run was confiscated and destroyed by court order. The reason for this draconian measure was the publication on the cover of a bold political caricature titled \"Sacrifice to the God Baal\", which depicted Prime Minister Sergei Witte and Emperor Nicholas II. The content inside was equally incendiary, featuring sharp feuilletons and caricatures targeting high-ranking imperial officials like P. N. Durnovo and D. F. Trepov, as well as a satire on the first session of the State Duma. As a primary source of anti-government sentiment and a vivid artifact of revolutionary-era satire, any surviving copy of this confiscated issue represents a bibliographic rarity and a highly valuable historical document of political resistance and censorship in late Imperial Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963026210858,"sku":"EB-306649630542","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_b0570906-80f4-44de-b944-293cc0aeea2d.jpg?v=1768159925"},{"product_id":"confiscated-ed-молот-сатирический-журнал-2-1906-molot-the-hammer-revolution","title":"Molot (The Hammer): Weekly Artistic-Literary and Satirical Journal. No. 2 (Ezhenedel'nyy khudozhestvenno-literaturnyy i satiricheskiy zhurnal), 1906. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Конфискованное издание] «Молот» : Еженедельный художественно-литературный и сатирический журнал. № 2.\u003cbr\u003eСанкт-Петербург : Тип. т-ва «Общественная польза», 1906.\u003cbr\u003e8 с. : ил.; 38×29 см. Редакторы: К. И. Диксон, Н. Н. Герардов.\u003cbr\u003eВ иллюстрированной издательской обложке.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Confiscated publication] \"Molot\" (The Hammer): Weekly Artistic-Literary and Satirical Journal. No. 2 (\"Molot\": Ezhenedel'nyy khudozhestvenno-literaturnyy i satiricheskiy zhurnal. № 2).\u003cbr\u003eSt. Petersburg: Tip. t-va \"Obshchestvennaya polza\", 1906.\u003cbr\u003e8 pp. : ill.; 38×29 cm. Editors: K. I. Dikson, N. N. Gerardov.\u003cbr\u003eIn publisher's illustrated cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the second and final issue of the short-lived but significant satirical weekly \"Molot\" (The Hammer), published in St. Petersburg in 1906 at the height of the First Russian Revolution. The journal's editorial board included K. I. Dikson and N. N. Gerardov, and its pages featured works by notable writers and satirists of the Silver Age, including Sasha Chyorny, Fyodor Sologub, Skitalets, Andrei Chapygin, and D. Tsenzor. The fate of this issue exemplifies the harsh repression of the free press during this turbulent period: immediately after its release, the entire print run was confiscated by court order, criminal proceedings were initiated, and the publication was permanently shut down. The official pretext was the publication of a story titled \"Mints. Prints. Drints\", deemed seditious by the authorities. Editor K. I. Dikson was imprisoned as a result. As a primary source documenting the clash between burgeoning public satire and autocratic censorship, this large-format journal, surviving against all odds, represents a bibliographic rarity and a poignant historical artifact of revolutionary-era Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963026276394,"sku":"EB-306649705593","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_e7487a7a-275e-458f-b263-6dc7cc907a19.jpg?v=1768159928"},{"product_id":"confiscated-ed-свобода-социалистический-журнал-2-1905-svoboda-freedom-journal","title":"Svoboda (Freedom): Weekly Socialist Journal. No. 2. Double Issue (Ezhenedel'nyy sotsialisticheskiy zhurnal), 1905. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Конфискованное и уничтоженное издание] «Свобода» : Еженедельный социалистический журнал. № 2. Двойной номер.\u003cbr\u003eСанкт-Петербург : Типография «Труд и польза», 4 декабря 1905.\u003cbr\u003e16 с. : цв. ил. (с обл.); 32×22 см. Редакторы: А. М. Гутьяр и С. М. Усас. Издатель: С. И. Чепурный.\u003cbr\u003eВ иллюстрированной издательской обложке.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Confiscated and destroyed publication] \"Svoboda\" (Freedom): Weekly Socialist Journal. No. 2. Double Issue (\"Svoboda\": Ezhenedel'nyy sotsialisticheskiy zhurnal. № 2. Dvoynoy nomer).\u003cbr\u003eSt. Petersburg: Printing House \"Trud i polza\", 4 December 1905.\u003cbr\u003e16 pp. : col. ill. (incl. cover); 32×22 cm. Editors: A. M. Gutyar and S. M. Usas. Publisher: S. I. Chepurny.\u003cbr\u003eIn publisher's illustrated cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the second and final issue of the short-lived Menshevik socialist journal \"Svoboda\" (Freedom), published without any censorship approval on December 4, 1905, during the height of the First Russian Revolution. Edited by A. M. Gutyar and S. M. Usas and published by S. I. Chepurny, all active participants in the Social Democratic movement, the journal began its brief existence on November 27, 1905. Its fate was swiftly sealed by Tsarist authorities: the first issue was confiscated, and this second \"double issue\" was completely \"arrested\" and destroyed by court order. As a result, both editors were sentenced to a year in prison, and the publication was permanently banned. The journal's content, produced in a larger format (32×22 cm) with color illustrations, represented the voice of socialist opposition. Given the systematic destruction of its entire print run, any surviving copy of this issue, like the one described, represents an extraordinary historical and bibliographic rarity. It stands as a material testament to the intense political repression against the socialist and revolutionary press in 1905 Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963026341930,"sku":"EB-306650134523","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_7ad23ca2-8723-4ade-b772-eb61722b7aae.jpg?v=1768159931"},{"product_id":"history-of-philosophy-in-3-vol-1941-история-философии-серая-лошадь-в-3-т-rare","title":"Aleksandrov, G. F., et al. (eds.). History of Philosophy (Istoriia filosofii), 3-volume set (1941–1943). In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eАлександров Г. Ф., Быховский Б. Э., Митин М. Б., Юдин П. Ф. (ред.).\u003cbr\u003eИстория философии. В 3-х томах. Комплект.\u003cbr\u003eИнститут философии Академии наук СССР.\u003cbr\u003eМосква: ОГИЗ – ГОСПОЛИТИЗДАТ, 1941-1943.\u003cbr\u003eТом 1: 492 с.; Том 2: 472 с.; Том 3: 594 с.\u003cbr\u003eТвердый переплет, увеличенный формат.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Banned edition] Aleksandrov, G. F., Bykhovsky, B. E., Mitin, M. B., Yudin, P. F. (eds.). Istoriia filosofii. V 3-kh tomakh. [History of Philosophy. In 3 volumes].\u003cbr\u003eInstitute of Philosophy of the USSR Academy of Sciences.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: OGIZ – Gospolitizdat, 1941–1943.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 1: 492 p.; Vol. 2: 472 p.; Vol. 3: 594 p.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, enlarged format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis three-volume \"History of Philosophy,\" published during World War II under the auspices of the Institute of Philosophy of the USSR Academy of Sciences and edited by a team of leading Soviet Marxist philosophers, represents the official Stalinist canon of philosophical history. Known colloquially among students as the \"Grey Horse\" for its comprehensive content and durable grey covers, it served for decades as the fundamental textbook for Soviet higher education. The third volume, dedicated to German classical philosophy, is exceptionally rare. In 1944, a Central Committee resolution specifically criticized its \"shortcomings and errors,\" leading to the mass confiscation and destruction of copies. This act makes the complete three-volume set, especially with the elusive third volume, a highly sought-after bibliographic rarity and a significant artifact of the ideological control exercised over Soviet academic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963041710122,"sku":"EB-306487809684","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_fa6f6b74-0d94-4c59-bff8-9608e7346e79.jpg?v=1768160456"},{"product_id":"karl-marx-convolute-of-five-editions-1906-маркс-классовая-борьба-революция-rare","title":"[Banned] Karl Marx. Convolute, 1906. Class Struggle. The Civil War in France. Introduction to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right.  Liberals in Power. Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany. F. Engels, P. L. Lavrov. In Russian","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eКарл Маркс. Конволют из пяти изданий:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1) Классовая борьба во Франции от 1848 до 1850 г. С введением Ф. Энгельса.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2) Гражданская война во Франции (1870-1871 г.). С предисловием Ф.Энгельса. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3) Введение к критике философии права Гегеля. С предисловием П.Л.Лаврова.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4) Либералы у власти. Перевод с немецкого А.Р. Под редакцией и с предисловием А. Луначарскаго.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5) Революция и контрреволюция в Германии.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eСПб.: Издание В. Врублевского, 1906 г. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e140 с., 64 с., 48 с., 40 с., 102 с.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eВ полукожаном переплете эпохи. Обычный формат.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eБесцензурные социально-политические издания, подлежавшие изъятию из магазинов в случае их обнаружения. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e***\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eKarl Marx. Convolute of five editions:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1) Class Struggle in France from 1848 to 1850. With an introduction by F. Engels.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2) The Civil War in France (1870-1871). With a preface by F. Engels.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3) Introduction to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right. With a preface by P. L. Lavrov.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4) Liberals in Power. Translated from German by A. R. Edited and with a preface by A. Lunacharsky.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5) Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSPb.: V. 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Сборник свободной печати. \/ Выпуск первый. \u003cbr\u003eЖенева : Издание общества народного права, 1897.\u003cbr\u003e100 с. ; Уменьшенный формат. Без переплета (блок). Состояние: оригинальная обложка утеряна. \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eNashe Vremya (Our Time). A Collection of the Free Press. \/ Issue No. 1. \u003cbr\u003eGeneva : Edition of the Society of People's Right (Obshchestvo Narodnogo Prava), 1897.\u003cbr\u003e100 pp. ; Small format. Disbound (text block only). Condition: original covers missing. In Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1897 Geneva imprint is an extraordinary artifact of the Russian revolutionary underground, representing the resilient intellectual output of the Party of People's Right (Partiya Narodnogo Prava). Founded in 1893 by veteran populists like Mark Natanson and Nikolai Annensky, the organization sought to unite all democratic forces against the autocracy under the banner of political freedom and constitutional reform. Although the party was largely crushed by the Tsarist secret police (Okhrana) between 1894 and 1895, its surviving members abroad continued their ideological mission. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the late 19th-century radical movement, including the arrangement of arguments for civil liberties, the necessity of a representative government, and the critique of the stagnant imperial regime.\u003cbr\u003eAs the first of only two issues ever produced, this collection is a quintessential example of Tamizdat—forbidden literature printed abroad to be smuggled back into the Russian Empire. These pages served as a vital mouthpiece for the \"Social-Revolutionary\" wing of the populist movement, bridging the gap between the heroic terrorism of Narodnaya Volya and the emerging organized political parties of the early 20th century. 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Fyodor Alekseyevich Strakhov, a publicist and revolutionary closely associated with the Populist (Narodnik) movement, wrote this open letter as a searing indictment of the Tsarist judicial and executive systems. The text provides a deep typological analysis that offers a deep dive into the internal logic of late 19th-century radical dissent, including the arrangement of moral and legal arguments against institutionalized state terror and systemic repression. Strakhov’s appeal to the prosecutor serves as a philosophical and political confrontation with the autocracy, demanding accountability for state-sanctioned violence at a time when such discourse was strictly prohibited within the Russian Empire.\u003cbr\u003eThe publishing house of Mikhail Elpidin was the primary conduit for forbidden Russian literature during the late 19th century, printing the works of Bakunin, Kropotkin, and Herzen for clandestine distribution across the border. As a \"Banned Edition,\" this pamphlet was printed in a small, portable format specifically designed to be easily concealed and smuggled into Russia. Its presence today is a bibliographical rarity, as most copies were confiscated or destroyed during police raids. The 24-page brochure remains an essential primary source for historians of the Russian revolutionary movement and the history of censorship, representing the defiant spirit of the Geneva emigration that paved the intellectual way for the upheavals of the early 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963142045738,"sku":"EB-306278816823","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_5d8b6b6c-cdb5-4148-bf11-d81d5fe9ec69.jpg?v=1768161869"},{"product_id":"suppressed-edition-фурманов-чапаев-1936-furmanov-chapaev-соколов-скаля-rare-ussr","title":"[Suppressed Edition] Furmanov, D. 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In Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1936 edition of Dmitry Furmanov’s Chapaev is a bibliographical rarity and a survivor of the \"Great Purge\" censorship. While Chapaev—the legendary novella about the Civil War commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev—was a staple of Soviet literature, this specific publication belongs to the \"destroyed\" category of books. Chapaev by Dmitry Furmanov is a novella about the legendary Civil War commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev, based on the author’s experiences as a commissar in the 25th Division. The 1936 edition, edited by A.N. Furmanova, retains the original text with real names of characters (Kutyakov, Potapov, Tronin, Novikov), later altered due to 1938 repressions.\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Significance and Suppression: The 1936 edition is a rare artifact, as early print runs of Chapaev were withdrawn and destroyed in 1938 after the execution of I. S. Kutyakov (Chapaev's successor) and other high-ranking officers mentioned in the text. Following their arrest as \"enemies of the people,\" the Soviet censorship apparatus (Glavlit) ordered the destruction of copies containing their real names. In subsequent editions, names were systematically replaced: Kutyakov became Elan, Potapov became Popov, Tronin became Trallin, and references to Novikov were deleted entirely. Even the editor and author's wife, Anna Furmanova, was replaced in the text by the pseudonym \"Zoya Pavlovna.\" A copy preserving the original names is a testament to the brutal political history of the era.\u003cbr\u003eThe book is a masterpiece of 1930s Soviet book design. The binding features a silver-embossed relief of Chapaev created by the renowned sculptor Pyotr Taezhny. Inside, the volume is enriched by 18 monumental illustrations by Pyotr Sokolov-Skalya, a master of heroic realism whose work defined the visual mythos of the Russian Civil War. The high production quality is evident in the torchon edges, the ribbon marker (lyasse), and the elaborate illustrated endpapers and headpieces.\u003cbr\u003eDespite faint traces of moisture, this copy remains in good condition, which is exceptional for a book that was officially scheduled for destruction. For collectors of banned books, historians of the Red Army, and admirers of Soviet graphic art, this 1936 Detizdat edition represents one of the most significant and elusive \"censored\" artifacts of the Stalinist period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963149156394,"sku":"EB-306542613483","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_36f11b74-3fda-48c8-a4a1-d417133f8f81.jpg?v=1768161975"},{"product_id":"trotsky-uncensored-martinet-night-drama-мартинэ-ночь-троцкий-предисловие-1922","title":"Martinet, M. Night (Noch), 1922. 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Special feature: contains the original, uncensored preface by L. D. Trotsky. In Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1922 publication of Marcel Martinet’s Night is a quintessential artifact of the early Soviet avant-garde and the brief era of revolutionary internationalism. As the first Russian edition of the powerful anti-war drama by the French socialist poet, the book reflects the intense cultural exchange between European radicals and the nascent Soviet state. The translation was undertaken by the prominent Silver Age poet Sergei Gorodetsky, who skillfully adapted Martinet's lyrical and gritty dialogue for the Russian stage.\u003cbr\u003eBibliographical and Political Rarity: The most significant feature of this copy is the uncensored preface by Leon Trotsky. Following Trotsky's expulsion from the Communist Party and his subsequent exile, his writings were strictly banned, and prefaces like this were systematically ripped out or inked over in Soviet libraries. A copy preserved with the preface intact is a rare historical survivor. Trotsky’s introduction is not merely a political endorsement but a deep literary critique of Martinet’s work as a \"proletarian drama,\" providing vital insight into the early Soviet leadership's vision of revolutionary art.\u003cbr\u003eThe book is also a masterpiece of graphic art. The cover, designed by Evgeny Belukha, is a striking example of early 1920s constructivist-influenced book design. The interior features woodcuts by Ivan Pavlov, based on drawings by the French artist G. Pastré, which capture the dark, expressionistic mood of the play. These engravings are celebrated for their stark contrasts and emotional intensity, aligning perfectly with Martinet's depiction of the \"night\" of war and the struggle for a new dawn.\u003cbr\u003eFor historians of the Russian Revolution, collectors of banned books, and admirers of early Soviet graphic art, this 1922 Gosizdat edition is a cornerstone. 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Following Beria's arrest and execution in 1953, the Soviet censorship apparatus (Glavlit) issued strict orders to remove his name and images from all published materials. In most surviving copies of this book, the epigraph was either physically cut out, blacked out with ink, or covered with a pasted-on strip of paper. This copy, remaining in its original 1950 state without such interventions, is a rare historical artifact. \u003cbr\u003eThe book offers a detailed journey across the Great Caucasus Range, blending geographical descriptions with historical anecdotes and archaeological findings. 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Edited and published by Gavriil Narusbek, a relentless figure in the St. Petersburg underground press, \"Gazeta gazet\" was designed to be a meta-commentary on the Russian media landscape, while its supplement, the \"Karikaturny listok\" (Caricature Leaflet), provided the visual muscle for its political attacks.\u003cbr\u003eThe year 1905 saw a brief \"springtime\" of press freedom following the October Manifesto, which Narusbek exploited to the fullest. The main newspaper provided biting textual satire, while the \"Karikaturny listok\" utilized bold, often grotesque imagery to lampoon the Tsarist bureaucracy, the police, and the hesitant liberal intelligentsia. 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Surviving copies are of interest as documents of their era and are bibliographic rarities.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963319877674,"sku":"EB-306650149143","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_66d04c23-c1a0-44d1-9d99-27e67690670e.jpg?v=1768164076"},{"product_id":"banned-the-assassin-of-comrade-voykov-before-the-polish-court-ubiitsa-tov-voykova-pered-polskim-sudom-cover-design-by-n-sedelnikov-1927-in-russian","title":"[Banned] The Assassin of Comrade Voykov Before the Polish Court (Ubiitsa tov. Voykova pered polskim sudom). Cover design by N. Sedelnikov, 1927. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Запрещенное издание]\u003cbr\u003eУбийца тов. Войкова перед польским судом.\u003cbr\u003eПеревод с польского по стенографическому отчету судебного процесса. \u003cbr\u003eОбложка работы Н. Седельникова.\u003cbr\u003eМосква-Ленинград: Государственное издательство, 1927.\u003cbr\u003e115, [5] с. ; 19,5 × 13,5 см. Экземпляр в хорошем состоянии, с издательской обложкой, приклеенной на владельческий переплет, и газетной статьей 1930-х годов «Убийца т. Войкова — в почетном заключении» на форзаце.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Banned edition]\u003cbr\u003eThe Assassin of Comrade Voykov Before the Polish Court.\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from Polish according to the verbatim report of the trial. \u003cbr\u003eCover design by N. Sedelnikov.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow-Leningrad: State Publishing House (Gosizdat), 1927.\u003cbr\u003e115, [5] pp. ; 19.5 × 13.5 cm. Good condition. The original publisher's cover is mounted on a custom owner's binding. A 1930s newspaper clipping titled \"The Assassin of Cde. Voykov is in Honorable Confinement\" is affixed to the endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exceptionally rare and historically significant 1927 publication presents the verbatim trial transcript of Boris Koverda, the young White émigré who assassinated Pyotr Voykov, the Soviet Plenipotentiary in Poland. The text provides a deep dive into the political tensions of the late 1920s, documenting the trial in Warsaw following the June 7, 1927 shooting at the central railway station. Voykov, a prominent Bolshevik who had participated in the decision to execute the Romanov imperial family in 1918, was a prime target for anti-Soviet forces. Originally published by the State Publishing House (Gosizdat) with a striking constructivist cover by Nikolai Sedelnikov, the book was subsequently banned in the USSR and relegated to the closed \"Spetskhran\" archives, only to be returned to general circulation in 1991.\u003cbr\u003eThe extreme rarity of this edition is underscored by its absence from major bibliographies, including the second edition of Khachaturov's reference work. This specific copy is preserved in good condition, featuring the original illustrated cover mounted on a later owner's binding, and is uniquely enhanced by a 1930s newspaper clipping titled \"The Assassin of Cde. Voykov is in Honorable Confinement\" pasted on the endpaper. For bibliophiles, historians of the Russian diaspora, and collectors of suppressed Soviet literature, this volume stands as a crucial primary source capturing a sensational moment of vengeance and international diplomatic crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44105026142250,"sku":"BOOK-BANTHE-D5HA","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_8551_bfc3eef2-ca25-4b4b-9260-b6694bd31f7d.jpg?v=1771498706"},{"product_id":"banned-ed-borba-the-struggle-organ-of-the-tiflis-bolsheviks-nos-1-2-3-4-tiflis-illegal-printing-house-1908-nbsp","title":"[Banned ed.] Borba (The Struggle). Organ of the Tiflis Bolsheviks. Nos. 1–2\/3\/4. Tiflis: Illegal Printing House, 1908.\u0026nbsp;","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Полный комплект] Борьба. Орган тифлисских большевиков.\u003cbr\u003e№№ 1 (15\/VI) – 2\/3\/4 (11\/VII).\u003cbr\u003eТифлис: Нелегальная типография, 1908.\u003cbr\u003e№ 1: 16 с. ; 24,8 × 15,5 см.\u003cbr\u003e№ 2\/3\/4: 22 с. (+ 2 пустых листа) ; 29 × 20 см.\u003cbr\u003eВ двух твердых владельческих переплетах с тиснением.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Complete Set] Borba (The Struggle). Organ of the Tiflis Bolsheviks.\u003cbr\u003eNos. 1 (15\/VI) – 2\/3\/4 (11\/VII).\u003cbr\u003eTiflis: Illegal Printing House, 1908.\u003cbr\u003eNo. 1: 16 pp. ; 24.8 × 15.5 cm.\u003cbr\u003eNo. 2\/3\/4: 22 pp. (+ 2 blank leaves) ; 29 × 20 cm.\u003cbr\u003eIn two hard owner's bindings with embossing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis complete set of the illegal Bolshevik newspaper Borba (The Struggle) represents an extraordinary bibliographical rarity and a museum-grade artifact of the revolutionary movement in the Caucasus. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Tiflis Bolshevik organization during the harsh Stolypin reaction, including the arrangement of ideological critiques against Menshevik-Liquidators and detailed explanations of the V (London) Congress of the RSDRP. Published in Tiflis in 1908 under the guidance of the \"Literary Bureau\" and organized by the prominent Bolshevik Zakro Chodrishvili, this short-lived organ served as a vital primary source for the political education of the Georgian working class. Its rarity is nearly absolute; it is a known desideratum of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia and is absent from the catalogs of the Russian State Library (RSL) and the Russian National Library (RNL), with WorldCat recording only the first issue in a single French collection.\u003cbr\u003eThe physical identity of this Tiflis imprint is defined by its clandestine production, with early issues printed in the typography of the legal newspaper Shroma before moving to a secret location at the \"Tiflis Warehouse.\" The 38-page collection documents the exact moment of high-stakes conspiracy, as police raids eventually seized hundreds of copies from local workers and discovered the organization's hidden stockpile of 200 bombs and weapons following the betrayal of the provocateur Nikolai Erikov. This complete set, preserved in two embossed owner's bindings, captures the dramatic history of the September 1908 crackdown that effectively silenced the publication. For bibliophiles, scholars of Georgian revolutionary history, and major institutional collectors, these four issues represent a unique opportunity to acquire a legendary piece of underground printing that shaped the Bolshevik consolidation in Transcaucasia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44107418370090,"sku":"BOOK-BANED-GEDA","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_9904.jpg?v=1771589689"},{"product_id":"yevtushenko-e-autobiography-avtobiografiya-london-1964-in-russian","title":"Yevtushenko, E. Autobiography (Avtobiografiya). London, 1964. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eЕвгений Евтушенко. Автобиография.\u003cbr\u003eЛондон: Flegon Press, 1964.\u003cbr\u003e141 с. ; 19 × 12,3 см. В издательском коленкоровом переплете.\u003cbr\u003eВ хорошем состоянии. Без суперобложки.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eYevgeny Yevtushenko. Autobiography.\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Flegon Press, 1964.\u003cbr\u003e141 pp. ; 19 × 12.3 cm. In publisher’s cloth binding.\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. Without dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1964 London edition is the most scandalous book in Yevgeny Yevtushenko's career. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the formation of the \"Sixtier\" poet's personality, including descriptions of his views on Soviet society, art, and politics that directly contradicted official ideology. Following its publication in the West (originally titled \"A Precocious Autobiography\"), Yevtushenko faced a massive orchestrated attack and persecution in the Soviet press. The campaign was spearheaded by the First Secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee, S. Pavlov, and the \"Komsomolskaya Pravda\" newspaper, both seeking to permanently remove the poet from literary life. In the USSR, the book was banned by censors and was never published until the Perestroika era. As a vital primary source, this volume documents the conflict between the \"Thaw\" intelligentsia and the party apparatus, as well as the crucial role of foreign publishers like Flegon Press in preserving uncensored Russian literature. Published in a compact format, this edition is a significant bibliographical rarity, of great interest to collectors of banned Soviet literature (Tamizdat) and 20th-century cultural historians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44119564484650,"sku":"BOOK-YEVE-1P5A","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_8797.jpg?v=1771874529"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/collections\/Censored_Collection_3.png?v=1771324737","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/collections\/censored-banned.oembed","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}