{"title":"Private Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected specifically for Demna\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pushkin-aleksandr-the-bronze-horseman-mednyy-vsadnik-медный-всадник-illustrated-by-alexander-benois-1936-in-russian","title":"Pushkin, Aleksandr. The Bronze Horseman (Mednyy vsadnik \/ Медный всадник). Illustrated by Alexander Benois, 1936. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eПушкин, Александр Сергеевич. Медный всадник. Петербургская повесть \/ рисунки Александра Бенуа. Фронтиспис портрет Александра Сергеевича Пушкина работы Ильи Репина.\u003cbr\u003eМосква - Ленинград : Издательство детской литературы ЦК ВЛКСМ (Детиздат), 1936. 30 страниц.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая бумажная обложка. Уменьшенный формат. Тираж 300 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Равномерное возрастное пожелтение бумаги, незначительные потертости корешка и краев обложки. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003ePushkin, Alexander Sergeevich. The Bronze Horseman. A Petersburg Tale \/ illustrations by Alexander Benois. Frontispiece portrait of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin by Ilya Repin.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow - Leningrad : Children's Literature Publishing House of the Central Committee of the Komsomol (Detizdat), 1936. 30 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. Reduced format. Print run of 300,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. Even age-toning to the paper, minor wear to the spine and edges of the wrappers. The text block is firm, and the pages are clean without tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA notable pre-WWII Soviet pocket-sized edition of Alexander Pushkin's masterpiece poem, The Bronze Horseman, published by Detizdat in 1936. This publication was issued as part of the mass-market Pushkin Library series leading up to the grand 1937 Pushkin Centennial, a major state-sponsored cultural campaign across the USSR. The defining artistic and collectible value of this booklet lies in its reproduction of the iconic graphic illustrations by Alexander Benois, a master painter, art critic, and co-founder of the influential Mir Iskusstva (World of Art) movement. Benois spent decades perfecting these illustrations, which beautifully capture the melancholic, imperial atmosphere of St. Petersburg and the tragic conflict between state power and the individual. Crucially, from a bibliographical perspective, this 1936 printing is a later Soviet mass edition and not the first illustrated edition by Benois, which was originally published in its complete form in 1923 by the Committee for the Popularization of Artistic Publications in Petrograd. Despite its massive original print run of 300,000 copies, fragile softcover pocket editions from the 1930s suffered incredibly low survival rates due to heavy handling and the scarcity of paper during the war years. Finding a copy that preserves its original illustrated paper wrappers and a tight text block is uncommon, making this an appealing acquisition for collectors of Soviet book design, Pushkiniana, and classic Russian graphic arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44522705944618,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6550.jpg?v=1782839654"},{"product_id":"pushkin-aleksandr-the-stationmaster-stantsionnyy-smotritel-станционный-смотритель-illustrated-by-mstislav-dobuzhinsky-1936-in-russian","title":"Pushkin, Aleksandr. The Stationmaster (Stantsionnyy smotritel \/ Станционный смотритель). Illustrated by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, 1936. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eПушкин, Александр Сергеевич. Станционный смотритель \/ рисунки М. Добужинского. Фронтиспис гравюра А. Суворова.\u003cbr\u003eСерия: Пушкинская библиотека (Избранные произведения великого русского поэта Александра Сергеевича Пушкина).\u003cbr\u003eМосква - Ленинград : Издательство детской литературы ЦК ВЛКСМ (Детиздат), 1936. 30 страниц.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая бумажная обложка. Уменьшенный формат. Тираж 300 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eОтветственный редактор К. Пискунов, художественный редактор В. Пахомов.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Равномерное возрастное пожелтение бумаги, незначительные потертости корешка и краев обложки. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003ePushkin, Alexander Sergeevich. The Stationmaster (Stantsionnyy smotritel) \/ illustrations by M. Dobuzhinsky. Frontispiece engraving by A. Suvorov.\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Pushkin Library (Selected works of the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow - Leningrad : Children's Literature Publishing House of the Central Committee of the Komsomol (Detizdat), 1936. 30 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. Reduced (pocket) format. Print run of 300,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eExecutive editor K. Piskunov, art editor V. Pakhomov.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. Even age-toning to the paper, minor wear to the spine and edges of the wrappers. The text block is firm, and the pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA notable pre-WWII Soviet pocket-sized edition of Alexander Pushkin's classic short story \"The Stationmaster\" (Stantsionnyy smotritel), published by Detizdat in 1936. This publication was issued as the eleventh installment of the mass-market \"Pushkin Library\" series, designed to popularize classical Russian literature leading up to the grand 1937 Pushkin Centennial, a major state-sponsored cultural campaign across the USSR. The story itself is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century Russian prose, fundamentally shaping the \"little man\" theme in Russian literature as part of The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin. The defining artistic and collectible value of this specific booklet lies in its reproduction of the brilliant graphic illustrations by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, a prominent member of the Mir Iskusstva (World of Art) movement. Dobuzhinsky's evocative silhouettes and atmospheric drawings perfectly capture the tragic and poignant essence of Pushkin's narrative. From a bibliographical perspective, this 1936 printing is a later Soviet mass edition, as Dobuzhinsky originally created these famous illustrations much earlier, in 1905. Despite its massive original print run of 300,000 copies, fragile softcover pocket editions from the 1930s suffered incredibly low survival rates due to heavy everyday handling and the extreme scarcity of paper during the subsequent war years. Finding a surviving copy that preserves its original illustrated paper wrappers and a tight text block is uncommon, making this an appealing acquisition for collectors of Soviet book design, Pushkiniana, and classic Russian graphic arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44522713022506,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6560.jpg?v=1782840035"},{"product_id":"chekhov-a-p-kashtanka-illustrated-by-i-kharkevich-1947-in-russian","title":"Chekhov, A. P. Kashtanka. Illustrated by I. Kharkevich, 1947. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eЧехов, Антон Павлович. Каштанка \/ рисунки И. Харкевич. Обложка Б. Смирнова.\u003cbr\u003eСерия: Школьная библиотека.\u003cbr\u003eМосква - Ленинград : Государственное издательство детской литературы Министерства просвещения РСФСР (Детгиз), 1947. 32 страницы, иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Обычный формат. Тираж 150 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eХудожественный редактор Ю. Киселев, технический редактор Т. Лейкина.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Равномерное возрастное пожелтение бумаги, незначительные потертости корешка и краев обложки. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eChekhov, Anton Pavlovich. Kashtanka \/ illustrations by I. Kharkevich. Cover by B. Smirnov.\u003cbr\u003eSeries: School Library (Shkolnaya biblioteka).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow - Leningrad : State Publishing House of Children's Literature of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR (Detgiz), 1947. 32 pages, illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Standard format. Print run of 150,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eArt editor Yu. Kiselev, technical editor T. Leykina.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. Even age-toning to the paper, minor wear to the spine and edges of the wrappers. The text block is firm, and the pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA post-war Soviet edition of Anton Chekhov's beloved children's story, Kashtanka, published by Detgiz in 1947. This edition was issued as part of the mass-market School Library series, aimed at providing affordable classical literature to Soviet pupils in the immediate post-war period. The story, originally written by Chekhov in 1887, remains one of the most poignant tales in Russian literature, exploring themes of loyalty, home, and the perspective of the \"little man\" through the experiences of a lost dog. The illustrations for this edition were provided by I. Kharkevich, with cover art by B. Smirnov. As is characteristic of post-war Detgiz mass editions, this booklet was printed on low-grade pulp paper, which is highly prone to age-toning. Despite a significant print run of 150,000 copies, these fragile softcover school booklets were heavily used by children of the era, making surviving copies in clean, complete condition increasingly uncommon. This copy retains a firm binding and presents a clear, representative example of mid-1940s Soviet children's book design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44522819125290,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6569.jpg?v=1782840584"},{"product_id":"gogol-n-evenings-on-a-farm-near-dikanka-vechera-na-khutore-bliz-dikanki-illustrated-by-a-laptev-1960-in-russian","title":"Gogol, N. Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki). Illustrated by A. Laptev, 1960. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eГоголь, Николай Васильевич. Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки. Повести, изданные пасичником Рудым Паньком \/ рисунки А. Лаптева.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Гослитиздат, 1960. 276 страниц, с иллюстрациями (в том числе тоновыми вклейками).\u003cbr\u003eТираж 30 000 экземпляров. Твёрдый переплёт (коленкор), увеличенный (энциклопедический) формат.\u003cbr\u003eПереплёт очень хороший: тканевый переплёт с чёрным графическим рисунком на передней крышке, чистый, без потёртостей; уголки практически не потёрты. Блок очень хороший: крепкий, чистый; иллюстрации, включая тоновые вклейки, полностью сохранены.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich. Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka. Tales Published by the Beekeeper Rudy Panko \/ illustrated by Aleksei Laptev. First edition (of this illustrated edition).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : Goslitizdat, 1960. 276 pp., illustrated (including duotone plates).\u003cbr\u003ePrint run of 30,000 copies. Hardcover (cloth), oversized \"encyclopedic\" format.\u003cbr\u003eBinding very good: cloth boards with a striking black graphic design on the front cover, clean and unworn; corners practically unrubbed. Text block very good: firm and clean; illustrations, including duotone plates, fully present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first edition of one of the most celebrated illustrated Soviet editions of Gogol's debut collection - \"Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka,\" the two-part cycle of Ukrainian folk tales that launched Gogol's literary career in 1831-1832 and drew Pushkin's famous praise for its \"genuine, sincere, unaffected gaiety.\" This large-format 1960 Goslitizdat edition is illustrated throughout by Aleksei Mikhailovich Laptev (1905-1965), one of the most accomplished Soviet book illustrators of the mid-twentieth century - also celebrated for his illustrations to Gogol's \"Dead Souls\" - whose atmospheric pen-and-ink and duotone illustrations of witches, devils, moonlit Ukrainian villages, and comic peasant scenes are considered among the definitive visual interpretations of the cycle and were reprinted in numerous subsequent editions for decades afterward. The volume presents both parts of the collection complete - \"Sorochintsy Fair,\" \"St. John's Eve,\" \"May Night,\" and \"The Lost Letter\" from the first part, and \"Christmas Eve,\" \"A Terrible Vengeance,\" \"Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt,\" and \"The Bewitched Place\" from the second - framed by Gogol's characteristic fictional-editor's preface attributed to \"the beekeeper Rudy Panko.\" Issued in a run of 30,000 copies in an oversized format with a striking graphic cloth binding, this edition remains a favorite among collectors of Soviet illustrated books and Gogol enthusiasts alike for the strength of Laptev's interpretive artwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525048365098,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_59812.jpg?v=1782929589"},{"product_id":"catalogue-of-liqueur-and-vodka-products-katalog-likerno-vodochnykh-izdeliy-illustrated-by-n-i-martynov-p-i-tomazo-a-s-stupin-and-a-m-yakovlev-art-design-combine-of-pishchepromizdat-mppt-ussr-1957-in-russian","title":"Catalogue of Liqueur and Vodka Products (Katalog likerno-vodochnykh izdeliy) \/ illustrated by N. I. Martynov, P. I. Tomazo, A. S. Stupin, and A. M. Yakovlev; Art-Design Combine of Pishchepromizdat MPPT USSR, 1957. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eКаталог ликерно-водочных изделий \/ составители М. Л. Рупневская и С. А. Трусова ; художники Н. И. Мартынов, П. И. Томазо, А. С. Ступин, А. М. Яковлев ; Министерство промышленности продовольственных товаров РСФСР, Росглавспирт.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Художественно-оформительский комбинат «Продоформление» Пищепромиздата МППТ СССР, 1957. 104 страницы, с цветными иллюстрациями. Формат 28,5 × 22 см.\u003cbr\u003eТираж 30 000 экземпляров. Издательский коленкоровый переплёт с цветной наклейкой на передней крышке.\u003cbr\u003eПереплёт хороший: на задней крышке - значительное неравномерное выцветание\/пятна; наклейка на передней крышке с небольшой утратой у нижнего края; уголки и края потёрты. Блок очень хороший: крепкий, цветные иллюстрации полностью сохранены; отдельные лёгкие пятна старения.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue of Liqueur and Vodka Products \/ compiled by M. L. Rupnevskaya and S. A. Trusova; illustrated by N. I. Martynov, P. I. Tomazo, A. S. Stupin, and A. M. Yakovlev; Ministry of Food Industry Products of the RSFSR, Rosglavspirt.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Prodoformlenie\" Art-Design Combine of Pishchepromizdat MPPT USSR, 1957. 104 pp., with color illustrations. Format 28.5 × 22 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePrint run of 30,000 copies. Publisher's cloth binding with a color pictorial onlay on the front board.\u003cbr\u003eBinding good: rear board with significant uneven fading\/staining; small loss to the lower edge of the front onlay; corners and edges rubbed. Text block very good: firm, color illustrations fully preserved; scattered light age-spotting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a striking example of Soviet trade-industry design ephemera: an internal product catalogue produced for the RSFSR alcohol industry by Rosglavspirt (the Chief Administration of the Alcohol Industry) and issued through the specialized \"Prodoformlenie\" art-design combine, whose function was the visual design and packaging of Soviet food and drink products. Rather than being written for the general public, the catalogue served as a working reference for factory managers, trade organizations, and packaging designers across the RSFSR, standardizing the appearance, recipes, and specifications of the liqueurs, vodkas, fruit cordials (nalivki), sweet and bitter tinctures (nastoiki), and creams (kremy) produced by Soviet distilleries in the mid-1950s. Opening with a substantial historical introduction tracing Russian distilling from its earliest documented references in the late sixteenth century through the tsarist-era state vodka monopoly and the scientific contributions of Mendeleev, Doroshevsky, and Konovalov to the physical chemistry of alcohol solutions, the catalogue then presents, category by category, dozens of individual products - each rendered in vivid gouache-style illustration alongside its precise composition, alcohol content, and sugar content: Anise Liqueur, Mint Liqueur, Crystal Liqueur, Ukrainian Vodka with Pepper, Autumn Bitters, Orange Bitters, Rowan Bitters, \"Stolichnaya\" Vodka, and dozens more. The illustrations, by a team of four staff artists, are executed in the polished, painterly commercial style typical of Soviet food-industry visual culture of the period - product photography being largely impractical for standardized reference use, illustrators instead painted each bottle and label by hand. Issued in a run of 30,000 copies for trade and institutional distribution rather than retail sale, catalogues of this kind rarely survive in good condition outside factory and trade-organization archives, making this a genuinely scarce piece of Soviet commercial design history for collectors of Soviet ephemera, alcohol history, and mid-century graphic design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525069926442,"sku":null,"price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6009.jpg?v=1782931373"},{"product_id":"kalatozishvili-anna-mikhail-kalatozov-михаил-калатозов-with-a-specially-issued-facsimile-supplement-of-the-unrealized-literary-screenplay-shamil-1936-1938-2012-bilingual-russian-english-edition","title":"Kalatozishvili, Anna. Mikhail Kalatozov = Михаил Калатозов. With a specially issued facsimile supplement of the unrealized literary screenplay \"Shamil\" (1936-1938). 2012. Bilingual Russian\/English edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eКалатозишвили, Анна (редактор-составитель). Михаил Калатозов = Mikhail Kalatozov. Издание на русском и английском языках, с приложением - специально изданным факсимиле неопубликованного литературного сценария «Шамиль» («Горные орлы», 1936-1938) М. Калатозова \/ художники-дизайнеры Анна Калатозишвили, Заза Джапаридзе ; перевод Лела Думбадзе, Тамуна Лолуа, Анна Мчедлишвили, Нино Ахвледиани ; Министерство культуры и охраны памятников Грузии ; Государственный университет Грузии театра и кино имени Шота Руставели.\u003cbr\u003eТбилиси, 2012. 270 страниц, с фотоиллюстрациями. Формат 29 см. ISBN 978-9941-0-4685-8.\u003cbr\u003eТвёрдый переплёт (тёмно-синее полотно, золотое тиснение - медальон с пальмовой ветвью Каннского кинофестиваля) с иллюстрированной суперобложкой.\u003cbr\u003eВ комплекте - дополнительная папка: специально изданное факсимильное издание нереализованного литературного сценария «Шамиль» («Горные орлы»), стилизованное под архивный документ 1930-х годов (машинописные листы, воспроизведённые пометки и подписи на обложке папки).\u003cbr\u003eСостояние отличное: книга, суперобложка и факсимильная папка без дефектов, как при выпуске.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKalatozishvili, Anna (editor and compiler). Mikhail Kalatozov, with a facsimile supplement of the unrealized literary screenplay \"Shamil\" (\"Gornye orly,\" 1936-1938) by Mikhail Kalatozov \/ design by Anna Kalatozishvili and Zaza Japaridze; translated by Lela Dumbadze, Tamuna Loluа, Anna Mchedlishvili, and Nino Akhvlediani; Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia; Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University of Georgia. Tbilisi, 2012. Bilingual Russian\/English text.\u003cbr\u003e270 pp., with photographic illustrations. Format 29 cm. ISBN 978-9941-0-4685-8.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover (navy blue cloth, gilt-stamped Cannes Film Festival palm-branch medallion) with illustrated dust jacket.\u003cbr\u003eAccompanied by a supplementary folder: a specially issued facsimile edition of the unrealized literary screenplay \"Shamil,\" designed to evoke a 1930s archival document (reproduced typescript pages and annotated, signed folder cover).\u003cbr\u003eCondition fine: book, dust jacket, and facsimile folder without defects, as issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lavish bilingual commemorative monograph devoted to Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (né Kalatozishvili, 1903-1973), the Georgian-born Soviet film director who remains, to this day, the only Soviet or Russian director to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, for \"The Cranes Are Flying\" (1957). Compiled and designed by his granddaughter, the film scholar Anna Kalatozishvili, with Georgia's Ministry of Culture and the Shota Rustaveli State University of Theatre and Film, and formally presented at the Georgian Ministry of Culture on 25 September 2012, the volume surveys Kalatozov's full career - from his beginnings as a cameraman, actor, and screenwriter at the Goskinprom studio in 1920s Tbilisi, through \"Salt for Svaneti\" (1930), \"Valery Chkalov\" (1941), and his celebrated international work including \"I Am Cuba\" (1964) and \"The Red Tent\" (1969) - through reproduced stills, family interviews (including with grandson-filmmaker Misha Kalatozishvili), tributes from Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Sergei Solovyov, and newly commissioned essays by film historians Sergei Kapterev and Alexander Deryabin. Among these is Deryabin's account of Kalatozov's abortive 1936-1938 project \"Shamil\" (also \"Gornye orly,\" \"Mountain Eagles\") - an ambitious literary screenplay on the Caucasian War and the resistance leader Imam Shamil, written during Kalatozov's Leningrad years. Rejected by Soviet film authorities despite a personal, ultimately counterproductive appeal by Kalatozov to Stalin, the film was never made; the original screenplay survives today in the archives of Gosfilmofond and RGALI. As a special supplement, this copy includes a purpose-made facsimile edition of that unrealized screenplay, its folder designed to evoke an aged archival document - a thoughtful publishing gesture giving direct, tactile access to a pivotal lost chapter of Kalatozov's career, discussed at length within the monograph itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525192380458,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6041.jpg?v=1782932851"},{"product_id":"ekaterine-bagdavadze-album-text-by-lili-tabukashvili-artist-designer-k-karashvili-1958-text-in-georgian-russian-and-english","title":"Ekaterine Bagdavadze [Album] \/ text by Lili Tabukashvili; artist\/designer K. Karashvili, 1958. Text in Georgian, Russian, and English.","description":"\u003cp\u003eბაღდავაძე, ეკატერინე [ალბომი] \/ ტექსტის ავტორი ლილი თაბუკაშვილი ; რედაქტორი ნ. ყიასაშვილი ; მხატვარი კ. ყარაშვილი.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : გამომცემლობა „ხელოვნება\", 1958. 40 გვერდი, ილუსტრირებული. 30 სმ. ტექსტი ქართულ, რუსულ და ინგლისურ ენებზე.\u003cbr\u003eტირაჟი 3 000 ეგზემპლარი. საგამომცემლო ილუსტრირებული ყდა (რბილი).\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eEkaterine Bagdavadze [Album] \/ text by Lili Tabukashvili; edited by N. Kiasashvili; artist\/designer K. Karashvili.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Khelovneba\" Publishing House, 1958. 40 pp., illustrated. 30 cm. Text in Georgian, Russian, and English.\u003cbr\u003ePrint run of 3,000 copies. Original illustrated paper wrappers.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: front wrapper with light scattered spotting; rear wrapper with significant, even overall toning\/soiling across its surface. Text block good: two small yellow adhesive-residue spots beside the colophon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce monographic album devoted to Ekaterine Bagdavadze (1916-1975), a Tbilisi-born Georgian painter and Honored Art Worker of the Georgian SSR (1954), issued by the \"Khelovneba\" (Art) publishing house in a modest run of 3,000 copies. A graduate of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts (1940-41), Bagdavadze studied under two towering figures of twentieth-century Georgian painting, Mose Toidze and Ucha Japaridze, and went on to a long teaching career in painting and composition at Tbilisi State University's Faculty of Art from 1966 to 1975. Her work is characterized, as Georgian sources describe it, by pure, saturated coloring and bold, confident brushwork - qualities evident throughout this album's reproductions, ranging from expressive charcoal character studies (an elderly bearded man rendered in dramatic chiaroscuro) to small oil sketches of female heads in warm, painterly color, and costume or genre studies suggestive of theatrical or literary illustration work. With text by Lili Tabukashvili presented in Georgian, Russian, and English, the album situates Bagdavadze within the broader circle of Toidze-Japaridze students shaping mid-century Georgian Soviet painting, with particular attention to her handling of color and portraiture. A modest but attractively produced monograph, it remains one of the few dedicated treatments of an artist who has drawn renewed attention from Georgian museums and collectors in recent years as part of a broader reassessment of twentieth-century Georgian women painters. Scarce outside Georgia, this trilingual album is of particular interest to collectors of Georgian Soviet art publishing and to students of the Toidze-Japaridze circle of Tbilisi painters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525263978538,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6057_50267514-b059-4577-bc77-82863b05b4db.jpg?v=1782934958"},{"product_id":"kvaskhvadze-sh-mose-ivanovich-toidze-1955-in-russian","title":"Kvaskhvadze, Sh. Mose Ivanovich Toidze, 1955. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eКвасхвадзе, Шалва Караманович. Мосэ Иванович Тоидзе. Первое издание.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Советский художник, 1955. 20 страниц текста, [15] листов иллюстраций.\u003cbr\u003eТвердый издательский переплет с наклеенной репродукцией. Энциклопедический формат. Тираж 6 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eНа переднем форзаце владельческая дарственная надпись синей ручкой (датирована 1962 годом).\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Переплет с легкими поверхностными загрязнениями и незначительными потертостями ткани на уголках и краях корешка. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы и цветные вклейки чистые, без надрывов.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKvaskhvadze, Shalva Karamanovich. Mose Ivanovich Toidze. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" Publishing House, 1955. 20 pages, [15] leaves of plates.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's hardcover with a mounted color reproduction. Encyclopedic format. Print run of 6,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eFront free endpaper bears a previous owner's handwritten gift inscription in blue ink (dated 1962).\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. Binding shows light surface soiling and minor rubbing to the cloth at corners and spine ends. Text block firm, pages and color plates clean and without tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated, first edition Soviet monograph dedicated to the life and work of Mose Toidze (1871-1953), a foundational figure in modern Georgian painting and a People's Artist of the USSR. A prominent student of Ilya Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Toidze successfully bridged the classical Russian realist tradition with the vibrant national character of Georgian art. He was instrumental in establishing the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and became a leading representative of the early Soviet Georgian artistic school. This 1955 publication, authored by art historian Shalva Kvaskhvadze and issued by the \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" publishing house, provides a comprehensive biographical and critical overview of Toidze's career. Printed in a limited run of 6,000 copies just two years after the artist's death, this large-format volume serves as an excellent reference for collectors of Caucasian visual arts, Soviet socialist realism, and Georgian cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525267583018,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6066.jpg?v=1782935469"},{"product_id":"machabeli-k-alde-kakabadze-ceramics-alde-kakabadze-keramika-series-masters-of-soviet-art-1981-in-russian-with-an-english-summary","title":"Machabeli, K. Alde Kakabadze: Ceramics (Alde Kakabadze. Keramika). Series: Masters of Soviet Art, 1981. In Russian, with an English summary.","description":"\u003cp\u003eМачабели, Кити Георгиевна. Алде Какабадзе. Керамика \/ Серия: Мастера советского искусства.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Советский художник», 1981. 75, [5] страниц, тоновые и цветные иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Увеличенный формат (28 х 21 см).\u003cbr\u003eНа странице перед титульным листом присутствует владельческая дарственная надпись на грузинском языке синей шариковой ручкой (от учеников тбилисской школы своему учителю, датирована 1982 годом).\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Обложка с незначительными поверхностными загрязнениями и легкими потертостями по краям. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые, без надрывов.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eMachabeli, K. (Kiti). Alde Kakabadze: Ceramics \/ Series: Masters of Soviet Art.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" Publishing House, 1981. 75, [5] pages, black-and-white and color illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Enlarged format (28 x 21 cm).\u003cbr\u003eA blank page preceding the title page bears a handwritten presentation inscription in Georgian in blue ink (a gift from Tbilisi schoolchildren to their teacher, dated 1982).\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. The cover shows minor surface soiling and light edge wear. The text block is firm, and the pages are clean without tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn engaging and well-illustrated monograph dedicated to the work of Alde Kakabadze (1932–2016), a prominent Georgian ceramicist and Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR. Published in 1981 as part of the \"Masters of Soviet Art\" series by Sovetskiy khudozhnik, this volume explores Kakabadze's innovative approach to modern ceramics. Authored by the Georgian art historian Kiti Machabeli, the text examines how Kakabadze successfully synthesized ancient Iberian and traditional Caucasian pottery forms (such as marani wine vessels and qvevri-inspired shapes) with contemporary, modernist aesthetics. The book contains numerous high-quality reproductions of her monumental decorative vases, sculptural vessels, and thematic compositions. Notably, the publication includes a detailed English summary and a translated list of reproductions, making it accessible to international researchers. Preserved in good condition, this softcover catalogue is a valuable resource for collectors of Soviet decorative arts, historians of modern Georgian ceramics, and enthusiasts of twentieth-century applied arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525860323370,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6078.jpg?v=1782984171"},{"product_id":"beridze-lebanidze-medzmariashvili-david-kakabadze-the-path-of-the-artist-the-artist-and-the-time-1989-in-russian","title":"Beridze, Lebanidze, Medzmariashvili. David Kakabadze: The Path of the Artist. The Artist and the Time, 1989. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eБеридзе, В. В., Лебанидзе, Д. Ш., Медзмариашвили, М. Ж. Давид Какабадзе. Путь художника. Художник и время \/ Серия: Новая галерея. 20 век. Первое издание.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Советский художник», 1989. 168 страниц, тоновые и цветные иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eТвердый издательский тканевый переплет в оригинальной иллюстрированной суперобложке. Альбомный формат. Тираж 40 000 экземпляров (1-й завод 10 000 экз.).\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Суперобложка с легкими поверхностными потертостями и мелкими надрывами по краям. Тканевый переплет в отличной сохранности. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eBeridze, V. V., Lebanidze, D. Sh., Medzmariashvili, M. Zh. David Kakabadze: The Path of the Artist. The Artist and the Time \/ Series: New Gallery. 20th Century. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" Publishing House, 1989. 168 pages, profusely illustrated in black-and-white and color.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's cloth with illustrated dust jacket. Album format. Print run of 40,000 copies (1st batch of 10,000).\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Dust jacket shows light surface rubbing and minor chipping along the edges. Cloth binding is clean and bright. Text block is firm, pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Kakabadze (1889–1952) was a titan of the Georgian avant-garde, a pioneering painter, graphic artist, scenic designer, and art theoretician whose work brilliantly fused European modernist trends—such as Cubo-Futurism and biomorphic abstraction—with traditional Caucasian ornamental motifs. Published in 1989 as part of the \"New Gallery. 20th Century\" series, this comprehensive album represents a landmark first edition in the study of his legacy. It provides a deeply researched biographical and critical overview of his artistic evolution, covering his influential Parisian period in the 1920s through his later theatrical and pedagogical work in Tbilisi. Crucially, this volume includes the first Russian translations of Kakabadze's theoretical treatises on art, originally published in Paris during the 1920s. With high-quality reproductions of his paintings, graphic works, and spatial-kinetic constructions, this securely bound copy in its original dust jacket is an essential reference for scholars and collectors focusing on the Russian and Caucasian avant-garde, Georgian modernism, and 20th-century stage design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526109622314,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6090.jpg?v=1782988332"},{"product_id":"zurab-lezhava-exhibition-ზურაბ-ლეჟავა-tbilisi-khelovneba-1985-in-georgian-russian-and-english","title":"Zurab Lezhava: Exhibition (ზურაბ ლეჟავა). Tbilisi: Khelovneba, 1985. In Georgian, Russian, and English.","description":"\u003cp\u003eЛежава, Зураб Платонович. Зураб Лежава : Выставка : [каталог] \/ составитель и художник Н. Малазония ; предисловие М. Карбелашвили.\u003cbr\u003eТбилиси : Издательство «Хеловнеба», 1985. [52] страницы, тоновые иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Энциклопедический формат (28 см). Тираж 5 000 экземпляров. Текст параллельно на грузинском, русском и английском языках.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Обложка с небольшими потертостями по краям и сгибу корешка, легкие поверхностные загрязнения. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eLezhava, Zurab Platonovich. Zurab Lezhava: Exhibition: [catalog] \/ compiled and designed by N. Malazonia ; foreword by M. Karbelashvili.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Khelovneba\" Publishing House, 1985. [52] pages, monochrome illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Encyclopedic format (28 cm). Print run of 5,000 copies. Text in Georgian, Russian, and English.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. Cover shows minor edge wear and rubbing along the spine fold, light surface soiling. Text block is firm, pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-presented trilingual exhibition catalog showcasing the graphic works of the Georgian artist and book illustrator Zurab Lezhava. Published in 1985 by the \"Khelovneba\" publishing house to accompany an exhibition at the House of the Artist in Tbilisi (organized by the Union of Artists of the Georgian SSR), this catalog highlights Lezhava's mastery in drawing and illustration. The unpaginated volume is richly illustrated with reproductions of his expressive easel graphics and notable book illustrations, including scenes from classic Georgian literature such as David Kldiashvili's \"Stepmother Samanishvili\" (Machekha Samanishvili). The inclusion of introductory texts and captions in Georgian, Russian, and English reflects the era's push to promote Soviet national arts to a broader, sometimes international, audience. Preserved in good condition, this catalog serves as an excellent visual reference for collectors of late Soviet graphic arts, Georgian book illustration, and Caucasian cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526188789802,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6103.jpg?v=1782989981"},{"product_id":"signed-popkhadze-nino-exhibition-catalogue-ნინო-ფოფხაძე-tbilisi-1987-in-georgian-and-russian","title":"[Signed] Popkhadze, Nino. Exhibition Catalogue (ნინო ფოფხაძე) Tbilisi, 1987. In Georgian and Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eПопхадзе, Нино. Каталог выставки \/ составитель Л. Гелашвили ; Союз художников ГССР, Дом художника ГССР.\u003cbr\u003eТбилиси : [Типография Дома художника ГССР, г. Рустави], 1987. 45 страниц, тоновые иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Энциклопедический формат (28 х 21 см). Микротираж 300 экземпляров. Текст параллельно на грузинском и русском языках.\u003cbr\u003eНа титульном листе присутствует развернутая дарственная надпись (автограф) художницы Нино Попхадзе на грузинском языке, выполненная синей ручкой.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Обложка со следами бытования, легкими заломами, пожелтением и поверхностными загрязнениями. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003ePopkhadze, Nino. Exhibition Catalogue. Signed by the artist.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Union of Artists of the GSSR \/ House of the Artist of the GSSR, 1987. 45 pages, monochrome illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Encyclopedic format (28 x 21 cm). Extremely limited print run of only 300 copies. Bilingual in Georgian and Russian.\u003cbr\u003eThe title page bears a handwritten presentation inscription (autograph) by the artist Nino Popkhadze in Georgian in blue ink.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. The cover shows signs of handling, light creasing, age-toning, and surface soiling. The text block is firm, and the pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exceptionally rare, limited-edition exhibition catalog dedicated to the life and work of the Georgian painter and graphic artist Nino Popkhadze (born 1916). Published in 1987 by the Union of Artists of the Georgian SSR with a microscopic print run of only 300 copies, this catalog is practically a phantom edition on the antiquarian market. The volume contains biographical essays, lists of her exhibited works, and reproductions of her art. Notably, the catalog details her extensive work in creating bookplates (ex-libris) and book illustrations alongside her landscape paintings. What makes this specific copy truly unique is the presence of the artist's authentic, handwritten presentation inscription on the title page. Perfect for collectors of Soviet graphic arts, ex-libris history, and rare Caucasian exhibition ephemera, this signed catalog is a museum-level bibliographic rarity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526225260586,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6114.jpg?v=1782991261"},{"product_id":"signed-pataridze-r-vakhtang-kokiashvili-album-moscow-sovetskiy-khudozhnik-1991-in-russian","title":"[Signed] Pataridze, R. Vakhtang Kokiashvili [Album]. Moscow: Sovetskiy khudozhnik, 1991. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eПатаридзе, Русудан Георгиевна. Вахтанг Кокиашвили : [Альбом].\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Советский художник», 1991. 72 страницы, цветные и тоновые иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Увеличенный формат (26 х 21,5 см). Тираж 2 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eНа титульном листе присутствует дарственная надпись (автограф) художника Вахтанга Кокиашвили на грузинском языке, выполненная черной ручкой и датированная 5 апреля 1994 года.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Обложка с минимальными потертостями по краям. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые, без надрывов и загрязнений.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003ePataridze, Rusudan Georgievna. Vakhtang Kokiashvili : [Album]. Signed by the artist.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" Publishing House, 1991. 72 pages, color and monochrome illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Enlarged format (26 x 21.5 cm). Limited print run of 2,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eThe title page bears a handwritten presentation inscription (autograph) by the artist Vakhtang Kokiashvili in Georgian, dated April 5, 1994.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Cover shows minimal edge wear. The text block is firm, and the pages are clean and crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce and visually striking monograph dedicated to the work of Vakhtang Kokiashvili (born 1930), a distinguished Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR renowned for his monumental and decorative arts. Published in 1991 during the final days of the Soviet Union with a small print run of only 2,000 copies, this album provides a comprehensive overview of Kokiashvili's mastery in stained glass, mosaics, tapestries, and metalwork. The artist's monumental works, heavily influenced by traditional Georgian frescoes, ancient mosaics, and early Christian aesthetics, adorned significant public spaces across the republic, including the House of Composers in Sukhumi. The book features high-quality color reproductions of his vibrant stained-glass panels and complex mosaic compositions. Elevating the desirability of this specific copy is an authentic, handwritten presentation inscription by Vakhtang Kokiashvili himself on the title page. Such signed copies are exceptionally rare, making this volume an important acquisition for collectors of late Soviet monumental art, Georgian modernism, and architectural decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526258552874,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6124.jpg?v=1782991953"},{"product_id":"gaidar-arkady-to-children-novellas-detyam-povesti-illustrated-by-yu-danilov-leningrad-detskaya-literatura-1984-in-russian","title":"Gaidar, Arkady. To Children: Novellas (Detyam. Povesti). Illustrated by Yu. Danilov. Leningrad: Detskaya literatura, 1984. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eГайдар, Аркадий Петрович. Детям : Повести \/ рисунки Ю. Данилова.\u003cbr\u003eЛенинград : Издательство «Детская литература», 1984. 152 страницы, цветные иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eТвердый издательский ледериновый переплет. Энциклопедический формат. Тираж 100 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Переплет чистый, тиснение яркое и не затертое. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые, без владельческих помет, надрывов и загрязнений.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGaidar, Arkady Petrovich. To Children : Novellas \/ illustrations by Yu. Danilov.\u003cbr\u003eLeningrad : \"Detskaya literatura\" Publishing House, 1984. 152 pages, color illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's leatherette hardcover. Enlarged (encyclopedic) format. Print run of 100,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Binding is clean, foil stamping is bright and intact. Text block is firm, pages are clean, crisp, and free of ownership marks or tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated, large-format Soviet edition of classic children's novellas by Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941), a quintessential and foundational figure of Soviet youth literature. Published in Leningrad in 1984, this collection is brought to life by the evocative and atmospheric color illustrations of Yuri Danilov. Danilov's artwork, particularly his snowy landscapes and expressive character portraits, perfectly captures the adventurous and moral spirit of Gaidar's most beloved tales, including the famous winter story \"Chuk and Gek\" (featured prominently in the illustrations). Bound in an elegant light-grey leatherette with delicate decorative stamping, this volume exemplifies the high production quality of Soviet children's publishing in the 1980s. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526374256682,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6135.jpg?v=1782994078"},{"product_id":"privalova-e-zurab-nizharadze-moscow-sovetskiy-khudozhnik-1972-in-russian","title":"Privalova, E. Zurab Nizharadze. Moscow: Sovetskiy khudozhnik, 1972. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eПривалова, Екатерина. Зураб Нижарадзе.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Советский художник», 1972. 96 страниц, цветные и тоновые иллюстрации (мелованная бумага).\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка (картон). Увеличенный формат. Тираж 10 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Обложка с легкими поверхностными потертостями и минимальным пожелтением. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые, без надрывов.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003ePrivalova, Ekaterina. Zurab Nizharadze.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" Publishing House, 1972. 96 pages, color and monochrome illustrations (printed on coated paper).\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated stiff softcover. Enlarged format. Print run of 10,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Cover shows light surface rubbing and minimal age-toning. Text block is firm, pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn engaging and richly illustrated monograph dedicated to the work of Zurab Nizharadze (1928–2021), a prominent Georgian painter, graphic artist, and People's Artist of the Georgian SSR. Published in 1972 by \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" as part of a series focusing on leading Soviet artists, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of Nizharadze's expressive and colorful oeuvre. The artist is widely celebrated for his dynamic portraits, vibrant still lifes, and thematic compositions that masterfully blend classical Georgian traditions with bold, modernist color palettes and post-impressionist influences. Authored by Ekaterina Privalova, the text explores the stylistic evolution of the artist, accompanied by numerous high-quality color and monochrome reproductions printed on glossy coated paper. With a standard mid-century print run of 10,000 copies, this album serves as a valuable visual reference for collectors of Soviet and Georgian painting, 20th-century portraiture, and Caucasian art history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526522597418,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6148.jpg?v=1782996921"},{"product_id":"machabeli-k-irakli-ochiauri-repousse-irakliy-ochiauri-chekanka-moscow-sovetskiy-khudozhnik-1970-in-russian","title":"Machabeli, K. Irakli Ochiauri: Repoussé (Irakliy Ochiauri. Chekanka). Moscow: Sovetskiy khudozhnik, 1970. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eМачабели, Кити. Ираклий Очиаури. Чеканка.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Советский художник», 1970. 112 страниц, цветные и тоновые иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Увеличенный формат. Тираж 17 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Обложка с легким возрастным пожелтением и минимальными поверхностными потертостями. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы и иллюстрации чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eMachabeli, Kiti. Irakli Ochiauri: Repoussé (Irakliy Ochiauri. Chekanka).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" Publishing House, 1970. 112 pages, color and monochrome illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Enlarged format. Print run of 17,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Cover shows light age-toning and minimal surface wear. Text block is firm, pages and plates are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn illuminating monograph dedicated to the work of Irakli Ochiauri (1924–2015), a distinguished Georgian sculptor and master of metalwork who is widely credited with reviving and modernizing the ancient national art of Georgian repoussé (metal chasing\/embossing). Published in 1970 by \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik,\" this book, authored by art historian Kiti Machabeli, explores Ochiauri's profound impact on Soviet decorative and monumental arts. The artist's intricate copper, brass, and silver panels brilliantly synthesize traditional Caucasian historical and mythological motifs with the expressive, stylized aesthetics of the 1960s. The catalog is heavily illustrated with both black-and-white and color reproductions, capturing the textural depth and luminous qualities of his chased metal panels (such as \"Khevsurka\" and his renowned portraits). Preserved in excellent condition, this volume is an essential reference for collectors of Soviet decorative-applied arts, Caucasian sculpture, and 20th-century metalwork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526535671850,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6162.jpg?v=1782997203"},{"product_id":"zlatkevich-l-georgy-totibadze-moscow-sovetskiy-khudozhnik-1978-in-russian","title":"Zlatkevich, L. Georgy Totibadze. Moscow: Sovetskiy khudozhnik, 1978. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eЗлаткевич, Лидия Львовна. Георгий Тотибадзе.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Советский художник», 1978. 104 страницы, цветные и тоновые иллюстрации (мелованная бумага).\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка (плотный картон). Увеличенный формат. Тираж 10 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Обложка с незначительными потертостями по краям и легким пожелтением. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eZlatkevich, Lidiya Lvovna. Georgy Totibadze.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" Publishing House, 1978. 104 pages, color and monochrome illustrations (printed on coated paper).\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated stiff softcover. Enlarged format. Print run of 10,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. Cover shows minor edge wear and light age-toning. Text block is firm, pages are clean and crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-illustrated monograph dedicated to the life and work of Georgy Totibadze (born 1928), a prominent Georgian painter, graphic artist, Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR, and Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. Published in 1978 by \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\", this volume explores Totibadze's expressive and psychologically deep portraiture, thematic compositions, and genre paintings that masterfully reflect the spirit of mid-century Soviet Georgian art. Authored by Lidiya Zlatkevich, the text provides a comprehensive critical overview of the artist's career, from his early days at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts to his mature, widely celebrated canvases. The book is richly illustrated with high-quality color and monochrome reproductions printed on glossy coated paper. With a standard mid-century print run of 10,000 copies, this album serves as a valuable visual reference for collectors of Soviet and Georgian painting, 20th-century portraiture, and Caucasian art history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526544748586,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6173.jpg?v=1782997503"},{"product_id":"lot-of-9-vintage-soviet-childrens-books-1950s-1980s-various-publishers-in-russian","title":"Lot of 9 Vintage Soviet Children's Books (1950s–1980s). Various publishers. In Russian.","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eЛот из 9 винтажных советских детских книг (1950-е – 1980-е гг.).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eИздательства: «Детгиз», «Детская литература», «Малыш», Татарское книжное издательство.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eМягкие издательские иллюстрированные обложки. Различные форматы.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eСостояние лота: от хорошего до удовлетворительного. Присутствуют естественные следы бытования, потертости обложек, пожелтение бумаги, на некоторых экземплярах мелкие заломы или пятна. Книжные блоки крепкие.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eСостав лота:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1. Чехович Д. Маня Голофаева. М.: Малыш, 1978 г. 14 с. Мягкий переплет, увеличенный формат.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2. Крылов И. Стрекоза и муравей. Басни \/ рис. В. Карамышева. Казань: Татарское книжное издательство, 1983 г. 16 с., илл. Мягкая обложка, обычный формат.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3. Садко. Былинный сказ \/ рисунки И. Архипова. Серия: Книга за книгой. М.: Детская литература, 1981 г. 16 с., ил. Мягкий переплет, обычный формат.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 4. Блок А. Зайчик. Стихи \/ рис. К. Дорона. М.: Детская литература, 1974 г. 16 с., илл. Мягкий переплет, увеличенный формат.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 5. Митяев А. Землянка. Серия: Мои первые книжки. М.: Детская литература, 1986 г. 16 с. Бумажный переплет, обычный формат.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6. Есенин С. А. Черемуха. Стихи \/ рисунки С. Прусова. М.: Детская литература, 1970 г. 32 с. Мягкий переплет, слегка увеличенный формат.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 7. Ушинский К. Бишка: [Рассказы] \/ [ил.: А. Лаптев]. М.: Детгиз, 1957 г. 16 с., ил. (Библиотечка детского сада).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 8. Пантелеев Л. Ночка. М.: Детгиз, 1963 г. 48 с. Мягкий переплет, стандартный формат.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9. Михалков С. Часы \/ обложка Ю. Молоканова, рисунки Ф. Глебова, В. Лебедева, В. Щеглова. Серия: Мои первые книжки. М.: Детгиз, 1957 г. 16 с., илл. Бумажная обложка, обычный формат.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e***\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLot of 9 Vintage Soviet Children's Books (1950s–1980s).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublishers: Detgiz, Detskaya literatura, Malysh, Tatar Book Publishing House.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcovers. Various formats.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition of the lot: good to fair. Books show natural signs of handling, edge wear, age-toning to the paper, and occasional minor creases or spots. Text blocks are mostly firm.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLot Contents:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1. Chekhovich, D. Manya Golofaeva. Moscow: Malysh, 1978. 14 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2. Krylov, I. The Dragonfly and the Ant (Strekoza i muravey). Fables. Kazan, 1983. 16 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3. Sadko. Epic Tale (Bylinny skaz). Moscow: Detskaya literatura, 1981. 16 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 4. Blok, A. The Little Hare (Zaychik). Poems. Moscow: Detskaya literatura, 1974. 16 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 5. Mityaev, A. The Dugout (Zemlyanka). Moscow: Detskaya literatura, 1986. 16 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6. Yesenin, S. A. Bird Cherry (Cheremukha). Poems. Moscow: Detskaya literatura, 1970. 32 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 7. Ushinsky, K. Bishka. Stories. Moscow: Detgiz, 1957. 16 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 8. Panteleev, L. Nochka. Moscow: Detgiz, 1963. 48 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9. Mikhalkov, S. The Clock (Chasy). Moscow: Detgiz, 1957. 16 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA charming collection of nine classic Soviet children's books published between 1957 and 1986, representing a diverse cross-section of mid-to-late 20th-century Russian juvenile literature and graphic design. The lot spans several genres, including lyric poetry (Blok, Yesenin), instructional verses (Mikhalkov), classic fables (Krylov), epic folklore (Sadko), and short stories for early readers (Ushinsky, Panteleev). Many of these fragile paperbound editions were issued as part of highly popular educational series such as \"My First Books\" (Moi pervye knizhki) and \"Book After Book\" (Kniga za knigoy), intended for mass circulation and everyday use. Consequently, they feature vibrant, expressive illustrations by renowned Soviet graphic artists like A. Laptev, V. Lebedev, and I. Arkhipov. Collecting these staple-bound booklets (affectionately referred to as \"tonkie knizhki\" or thin books) has become increasingly popular among enthusiasts of Soviet graphic design, illustration history, and childhood nostalgia. Sold as a single lot, this grouping offers a wonderful snapshot of Soviet educational and aesthetic values directed at younger generations.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526703083562,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6184.jpg?v=1783002152"},{"product_id":"sladkov-n-how-the-little-bear-frightened-himself-kak-medvezhonok-sam-sebya-napugal-illustrated-by-e-charushin-1968-in-russian","title":"Sladkov, N. How the Little Bear Frightened Himself (Kak medvezhonok sam sebya napugal). Illustrated by E. Charushin, 1968. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eСладков, Николай ; Чарушин, Евгений. Как медвежонок сам себя напугал \/ текст Н. Сладкова ; рисунки Е. Чарушина.\u003cbr\u003eЛенинград : Издательство «Детская литература», 1968. 16 страниц, цветные иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Энциклопедический формат (28 х 21,5 см). Тираж 500 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Обложка с легким возрастным пожелтением по краям. Книжный блок крепкий, скрепки без ржавчины, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSladkov, Nikolai ; Charushin, Evgeny. How the Little Bear Frightened Himself (Kak medvezhonok sam sebya napugal) \/ text by N. Sladkov ; illustrations by E. Charushin.\u003cbr\u003eLeningrad : \"Detskaya literatura\" Publishing House, 1968. 16 pages, color illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Enlarged (encyclopedic) format (28 x 21.5 cm). Print run of 500,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Cover shows light age-toning along the edges. Text block is firm, staples are rust-free, pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful and poignant publication featuring previously unpublished artwork by Evgeny Charushin (1901–1965), one of the most beloved Soviet animalist painters and children's book illustrators. According to the touching preface by the naturalist writer Nikolai Sladkov, who wrote the accompanying text specifically for this edition, these drawings of a clumsy bear cub and forest birds were discovered in Charushin's archives after his passing. They were compiled into this book to ensure his final works could bring joy to a new generation of children. The large encyclopedic format perfectly showcases Charushin's signature fluffy, textural watercolor technique, capturing the innocence and movement of young animals with unparalleled warmth. Despite the large print run of 500,000 copies, finding these staple-bound \"thin books\" from the 1960s in such pristine, unmarked condition is increasingly difficult. This untouched copy is a wonderful addition for collectors of Soviet children's illustration, animalier art, and the enduring legacy of the Leningrad graphic school.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44527208038442,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6227.jpg?v=1783017684"},{"product_id":"kardashova-a-tonio-and-his-dog-palma-tonio-i-ego-sobaka-palma-illustrated-by-g-bedarev-moscow-malysh-1970-in-russian","title":"Kardashova, A. Tonio and His Dog Palma (Tonio i ego sobaka Palma). Illustrated by G. Bedarev. Moscow: Malysh, 1970. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eКардашова, Анна Алексеевна. Тонио и его собака Пальма \/ рисунки Г. Бедарева.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Малыш», 1970. 40 страниц, цветные и черно-белые иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eИздательский иллюстрированный картонаж (плотная мягкая обложка). Энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Обложка с небольшими потертостями по краям и сгибу корешка, легкие поверхностные загрязнения. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKardashova, Anna Alekseevna. Tonio and His Dog Palma (Tonio i ego sobaka Palma) \/ illustrations by G. Bedarev.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Malysh\" Publishing House, 1970. 40 pages, color and monochrome illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated stiff wrappers (cardboard). Enlarged (encyclopedic) format (28 x 21.5 cm).\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. Cover shows minor edge wear, rubbing along the spine fold, and light surface soiling. Text block is firm, pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA charming and beautifully illustrated Soviet children's book by Anna Kardashova, featuring the vivid artwork of Gleb Bedarev. Published by \"Malysh\" in 1970, the story follows the adventures of a young Italian boy named Tonio who performs various \"heroic\" and endearing deeds to convince his mother that he is responsible enough to keep a stray dog named Palma. Bedarev's expressive illustrations—alternating between striking full-color spreads and dynamic monochrome drawings—wonderfully capture the lively, sun-drenched atmosphere of Italian city streets and the emotional journey of the young protagonist. The use of bold, graphic textures and stylized mid-century forms makes this book a standout example of Soviet children's book design of the era. Preserved in good condition in its original stiff cardboard covers, this large-format edition is an excellent acquisition for collectors of vintage children's literature, dog stories, and Soviet graphic arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44527232712746,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6235.jpg?v=1783017896"},{"product_id":"baruzdin-s-how-aleshka-drew-kak-aleshka-risoval-illustrated-by-i-pyatkin-moscow-malysh-1969-in-russian","title":"Baruzdin, S. How Aleshka Drew (Kak Aleshka risoval). Illustrated by I. Pyatkin. Moscow: Malysh, 1969. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eБаруздин, Сергей Алексеевич. Как Алешка рисовал \/ рисунки И. Пяткина.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Малыш», 1969. 36 страниц, цветные иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Энциклопедический формат (28 х 21,5 см). Тираж 150 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Обложка с незначительными поверхностными потертостями по краям и корешку. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые, без надрывов, пятен и — что особенно важно для этой книги — без детских рисунков и каракулей.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eBaruzdin, Sergei Alekseevich. How Aleshka Drew (Kak Aleshka risoval) \/ illustrations by I. Pyatkin.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Malysh\" Publishing House, 1969. 36 pages, color illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Enlarged (encyclopedic) format (28 x 21.5 cm). Print run of 150,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Cover shows minor surface wear along the edges and spine. The text block is firm, and the pages are exceptionally clean, free of tears, stains, and—crucially for a book of this theme—completely free of children's scribbles or markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA visually fascinating and conceptually unique Soviet children's book written by Sergei Baruzdin and illustrated by Igor Pyatkin. Published in 1969, the book tells the story of a young boy's development through his evolving drawings—from simple, childlike sketches of everyday life to complex geometric and architectural drafting as he grows older. Pyatkin's artwork is a brilliant showcase of 1960s Soviet graphic design. He masterfully blends a sophisticated, highly textured mid-century aesthetic (using lithographic and monotype-like textures) with faux-naïf \"children's\" art. The spreads offer a nostalgic and stylish glimpse into Soviet modernity, featuring classic Soviet automobiles (Volga, Moskvich, Chaika), Moscow cityscapes, and the iconic cruiser Aurora. Because the book's entire premise is about drawing, surviving copies were almost inevitably colored in or scribbled on by their young owners. Finding a pristine, unmarked copy is a rare treat, making this an outstanding piece for collectors of international mid-century graphic design and Soviet illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44527248900138,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6247.jpg?v=1783018138"},{"product_id":"belyaev-a-urchuk-the-wolf-cub-volchonok-urchuk-illustrated-by-g-nikolsky-moscow-malysh-1969-in-russian","title":"Belyaev, A. Urchuk the Wolf Cub (Volchonok Urchuk). Illustrated by G. Nikolsky. Moscow: Malysh, 1969. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eБеляев, Александр Павлович. Волчонок Урчук \/ рисунки Г. Никольского.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Малыш», 1969. 20 страниц, цветные иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Энциклопедический формат. Тираж 150 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Обложка с незначительными поверхностными потертостями по краям. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eBelyaev, Alexander Pavlovich. Urchuk the Wolf Cub (Volchonok Urchuk) \/ illustrations by G. Nikolsky.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Malysh\" Publishing House, 1969. 20 pages, color illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Enlarged (encyclopedic) format. Print run of 150,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Cover shows minor surface wear along the edges. Text block is firm, pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully atmospheric Soviet children's book featuring the masterful watercolor illustrations of Georgy Nikolsky (1906–1973), one of the most celebrated animalist painters of the USSR. Published by \"Malysh\" in 1969, the book tells the story of Urchuk, a wild wolf cub, and his interactions with the natural world and humans. Nikolsky's artwork elevates this large-format publication: his fluid, realistic watercolors capture the anatomy, movement, and psychology of the forest animals with profound respect and scientific accuracy, entirely avoiding the anthropomorphic caricatures often found in children's literature. The vibrant winter landscapes and dynamic depictions of wildlife make this a standout piece of mid-century animalier art. Finding staple-bound \"thin books\" from the 1960s in such pristine, unmarked condition is increasingly uncommon. This copy is an excellent addition for collectors of Soviet graphic arts, nature illustration, and vintage children's books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44527270428714,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6257.jpg?v=1783018673"},{"product_id":"mamin-sibiryak-d-n-grey-neck-seraya-sheyka-illustrated-by-g-nikolsky-moscow-detskaya-literatura-1970-in-russian","title":"Mamin-Sibiryak, D. N. Grey Neck (Seraya sheyka). Illustrated by G. Nikolsky. Moscow: Detskaya literatura, 1970. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eМамин-Сибиряк, Дмитрий Наркисович. Серая шейка \/ рисунки Г. Никольского.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Детская литература», 1970. 16 страниц, цветные иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Энциклопедический формат. Тираж 600 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Обложка с минимальными поверхностными потертостями. Книжный блок крепкий, скрепки без ржавчины, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eMamin-Sibiryak, Dmitry Narkisovich. Grey Neck (Seraya sheyka) \/ illustrations by G. Nikolsky.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Detskaya literatura\" Publishing House, 1970. 16 pages, color illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Enlarged (encyclopedic) format (28 x 21.5 cm). Print run of 600,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Cover shows minimal surface wear. Text block is firm, staples are rust-free, pages are clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated edition of Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak's classic and poignant children's tale, \"Grey Neck\" (Seraya sheyka), about a brave little duckling with a broken wing who is left behind to face the harsh Russian winter and a cunning fox. Published by \"Detskaya literatura\" in 1970, this large-format softcover is brought to life by the masterful watercolor illustrations of Georgy Nikolsky (1906–1973), a premier Soviet animalier artist. Nikolsky's fluid and emotive watercolors capture the vulnerability of the wildlife and the stark beauty of the changing seasons with remarkable sensitivity. Despite the massive print run of 600,000 copies, finding these staple-bound \"thin books\" from 1970 in such pristine, unmarked condition is increasingly difficult. The colors remain vibrant, and the pages are entirely free of typical children's scribbles. This copy is an excellent addition for collectors of Soviet graphic arts, nature illustration, and vintage children's literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44527289008170,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6265.jpg?v=1783019244"},{"product_id":"argunova-n-little-son-synok-illustrated-by-m-miturich-moscow-detskaya-literatura-1968-in-russian","title":"Argunova, N. Little Son (Synok). Illustrated by M. Miturich. Moscow: Detskaya literatura, 1968. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eАргунова, Нора Борисовна. Сынок \/ рисунки М. Митурича.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Издательство «Детская литература», 1968. 16 страниц, цветные иллюстрации.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская иллюстрированная обложка. Энциклопедический формат. Тираж 300 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние очень хорошее. Обложка с минимальными поверхностными потертостями по краям. Книжный блок крепкий, скрепки без ржавчины, страницы чистые. Цвета иллюстраций сохранили первозданную яркость.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eArgunova, Nora Borisovna. Little Son (Synok) \/ illustrations by M. Miturich.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Detskaya literatura\" Publishing House, 1968. 16 pages, color illustrations.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's illustrated softcover. Enlarged (encyclopedic) format. Print run of 300,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good. Cover shows minimal surface wear along the edges. Text block is firm, staples are rust-free, pages are clean. The colors of the illustrations remain extraordinarily vibrant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA visually stunning example of 1960s Soviet book design, featuring the magnificent underwater artwork of Mai Miturich (1925–2008), one of the most celebrated and internationally recognized Soviet graphic artists and illustrators. Published by \"Detskaya literatura\" in 1968, the book tells the story of a young dolphin, brought to life through Miturich's masterful, fluid brushstrokes and striking color palette. His ability to convey the movement of marine life and the depth of the ocean using stylized, semi-abstract forms makes this publication a masterpiece of mid-century illustration. Despite a substantial print run, finding staple-bound, large-format softcovers from the late 1960s in such pristine, unblemished condition is incredibly rare. This untouched copy is a highly desirable acquisition for collectors of international mid-century graphic design, Soviet children's illustration, and marine art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44527298052138,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6273.jpg?v=1783019724"},{"product_id":"marshak-aksakov-mamin-sibiryak-lot-of-9-illustrated-soviet-childrens-books-1961-1987-in-russian","title":"Marshak, Aksakov, Mamin-Sibiryak. Lot of 9 Illustrated Soviet Children's Books, 1961-1987. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eЛот из 9 иллюстрированных советских детских книжек-брошюр (1961-1987 гг.), издательства «Детгиз» \/ «Малыш» \/ «Детская литература» \/ «Советская Россия».\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Маршак, С. Большой карман. Серия «Библиотечка детского сада». Рисунки М. Скобелева и А. Елисеева. М. : Детгиз, 1961. 18 с., ил. Тираж 300 000 экз. Мягкий переплёт, энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003e2. Скребицкий, Г. Четыре художника. Художник Н. Устинов. М. : Малыш, 1969. 16 с., ил. Тираж 300 000 экз. Мягкая обложка, энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003e3. Симонов, В. Солнце в дупле. Художник А. Келейников. М. : Малыш, 1974. 16 с., ил. Тираж 150 000 экз. Мягкая обложка, энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003e4. Скребицкий, Г. Всяк по-своему : лесная сказка. Художник Г. Никольский. М. : Малыш, 1968. 14 с., ил. Тираж 450 000 экз. Мягкая обложка, энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003e5. Аксаков, С. Аленький цветочек : сказка ключницы Пелагеи. Рисунки Л. Ионовой. М. : Детская литература, 1984. 32 с., ил. Тираж 2 000 000 экз. Мягкий переплёт, энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003e6. Курочка ряба : русская народная сказка. Серия «Расскажи сказку». Рисунки М. Меженинова. М. : Малыш, 1982. 12 с., ил. Тираж 300 000 экз. Бумажный переплёт, энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003e7. Яночкина, Н. Красные подснежники. Художник Г. Алимов. М. : Детская литература, 1972. 16 с., ил. Тираж 300 000 экз. Мягкий переплёт, энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003e8. Мамин-Сибиряк, Д. Приёмыш : из рассказов старого охотника. Художник Е. Ельская. М. : Советская Россия, 1987. 24 с., ил. Тираж 500 000 экз. Мягкая обложка, энциклопедический формат.\u003cbr\u003e9. Борян, Г. Дороги : стихи. Перевод с армянского Л. Гинзбурга. Рисунки Н. Ермолаева. М. : Детская литература, 1976. 16 с., ил. Тираж 150 000 экз. Мягкая обложка, энциклопедический формат.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eОбщее состояние: хорошее, с отдельными замечаниями по конкретным экземплярам. № 1 - заметный вертикальный залом обложки и мелкое загрязнение верхнего края. № 2 - значительное водяное пятно \/ фоксинг в верхней части передней обложки. № 3 - обложка яркая, чистая, минимальная потёртость краёв. № 4 - водянистое пятно у верхнего края обложки, лёгкое отслоение уголка. № 5 - чистый, яркий экземпляр без существенных дефектов. № 6 - мелкий надрыв верхнего правого уголка передней обложки. № 7 - умеренное потемнение и потёртость уголков. № 8 - водяное пятно и потёртость у верхнего правого уголка обложки. № 9 - потёртость уголков, в остальном крепкий и чистый. \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e1. Marshak, S. The Big Pocket. Series \"Kindergarten Library\". Illustrated by M. Skobelev and A. Eliseev. Moscow : Detgiz, 1961. 18 pp., illustrated. Print run of 300,000 copies. Paper wrappers, oversize format.\u003cbr\u003e2. Skrebitsky, G. Four Artists. Illustrated by N. Ustinov. Moscow : Malysh, 1969. 16 pp., illustrated. Print run of 300,000 copies. Paper wrappers, encyclopedia format.\u003cbr\u003e3. Simonov, V. The Sun in the Hollow. Illustrated by A. Keleynikov. Moscow : Malysh, 1974. 16 pp., illustrated. Print run of 150,000 copies. Paper wrappers, encyclopedia format.\u003cbr\u003e4. Skrebitsky, G. Every Creature in Its Own Way : a forest tale. Illustrated by G. Nikolsky. Moscow : Malysh, 1968. 14 pp., illustrated. Print run of 450,000 copies. Paper wrappers, encyclopedia format.\u003cbr\u003e5. Aksakov, S. The Scarlet Flower : the housekeeper Pelageya's tale. Illustrated by L. Ionova. Moscow : Detskaya Literatura, 1984. 32 pp., illustrated. Print run of 2,000,000 copies. Paper wrappers, encyclopedia format.\u003cbr\u003e6. The Speckled Hen : a Russian folk tale. Series \"Tell the Tale\". Illustrated by M. Mezheninov. Moscow : Malysh, 1982. 12 pp., illustrated. Print run of 300,000 copies. Paper wrappers, encyclopedia format.\u003cbr\u003e7. Yanochkina, N. Red Snowdrops. Illustrated by G. Alimov. Moscow : Detskaya Literatura, 1972. 16 pp., illustrated. Print run of 300,000 copies. Paper wrappers, encyclopedia format.\u003cbr\u003e8. Mamin-Sibiryak, D. The Foundling : from an old hunter's tales. Illustrated by E. Elskaya. Moscow : Sovetskaya Rossiya, 1987. 24 pp., illustrated. Print run of 500,000 copies. Paper wrappers, encyclopedia format.\u003cbr\u003e9. Boryan, G. Roads : poems. Translated from the Armenian by L. Ginzburg. Illustrated by N. Ermolaev. Moscow : Detskaya Literatura, 1976. 16 pp., illustrated. Print run of 150,000 copies. Paper wrappers, encyclopedia format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall condition good, with the following individual notes. No. 1: vertical crease across the front wrapper and light soiling at the top edge. No. 2: significant moisture staining \/ foxing to the upper portion of the front wrapper. No. 3: bright, clean wrapper with only minimal edge wear. No. 4: moisture staining at the upper edge of the wrapper, slight corner lifting. No. 5: clean, bright copy without significant defects. No. 6: small tear at the upper right corner of the front wrapper. No. 7: moderate toning and corner rubbing. No. 8: moisture staining and wear at the upper right corner of the wrapper. No. 9: corner rubbing, otherwise firm and clean. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44527473262634,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6290.jpg?v=1783023032"},{"product_id":"gum-fashion-models-models-for-full-figured-women-sewing-pattern-album-gum-fashion-department-headed-by-v-d-ilyina-1987-in-russian","title":"GUM Fashion Models: Models for Full-Figured Women [sewing pattern album]. GUM Fashion Department, headed by V. D. Ilyina, 1987. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eМодели ГУМ'а : модели для полных женщин : [альбом моделей с чертежами выкроек, размеры с 52-го по 70-й] \/ Отдел мод Государственного универсального магазина (ГУМ) ; начальник отдела мод В. Д. Ильина ; художники А. П. Свиркин, П. В. Лабутин ; старший конструктор И. Н. Андреева ; художественный редактор И. А. Карлова ; ответственный редактор Т. Г. Дугина.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : ГУМ, 1987. Иллюстрации, чертежи выкроек в уменьшенном масштабе 1:10 ; 28 х 22 см.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая обложка. Тираж 100 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eОбложка - очень хорошая: незначительная потёртость кромок и уголков, мелкий заусенец нижнего правого уголка задней обложки. Блок - очень хорошая: чистый, иллюстрации чёткие, все чертежи выкроек присутствуют и полностью читаемы.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGUM Fashion Models : Models for Full-Figured Women [sewing pattern album, sizes 52-70] \/ GUM (State Department Store) Fashion Department ; head of the fashion department V. D. Ilyina ; artists A. P. Svirkin and P. V. Labutin ; senior pattern constructor I. N. Andreeva ; art editor I. A. Karlova ; editor-in-charge T. G. Dugina.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : GUM, 1987. Illustrated, with sewing pattern diagrams reduced to scale 1:10 ; 28 x 22 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. Print run of 100,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eWrappers very good: light edge and corner rubbing, a tiny nick to the lower right corner of the rear wrapper. Text block very good: clean, illustrations crisp, all pattern diagrams present and fully legible.\u003cbr\u003eLike the companion 1988 GUM \"Suits, Dresses\" album, this is a single dated issue within GUM's ongoing in-house fashion-pattern series rather than a book with a conventional edition history; \"first edition\" does not strictly apply, and no other printing of this specific 1987 issue is known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn illustrated sewing-pattern album issued by GUM's own Fashion Department specifically for larger figures, covering sizes 52 through 70 - a notably wide range for Soviet mass-market fashion publishing of the period. As the cover text explains, of the 22 numbered base models, each accompanied by a scaled (1:10) construction diagram at the rear of the album, further model-variants could be assembled by combining elements of the base patterns, extending the effective range of designs available to the home dressmaker. The garments themselves, rendered in the same graphic, sharply tailored illustrative style seen across the GUM series (broad shoulders, cinched belts, geometric color-blocking typical of Soviet fashion drawing in the second half of the 1980s), were specifically cut and styled for larger body types rather than simply scaled up from standard-size patterns, reflecting an explicit, if still marginal, acknowledgment within Soviet state fashion production of plus-size consumers. Each model credits its individual staff designer (авторы, e.g. Л. Аверьянова) and pattern constructor by name, continuing the same collective-authorship convention as other GUM Fashion Department publications. Ephemeral by nature and typically discarded once its patterns were used, the album is of interest today both to collectors of Soviet design ephemera and fashion-industry historians, and specifically to those researching the history of plus-size and inclusive design within centrally planned consumer economies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44527506227242,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6339.jpg?v=1783024322"},{"product_id":"set-of-full-size-sewing-patterns-for-women-sizes-44-60-cover-art-by-v-n-tupikin-rostov-on-don-in-russian","title":"Set of Full-Size Sewing Patterns for Women, Sizes 44-60. Cover art by V. N. Tupikin. Rostov-on-Don. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eНабор выкроек в натуральную величину для женщин с 44-60 размер : [комплект из 8 листов выкроек] \/ художник обложки В. Н. Тупикин.\u003cbr\u003eРостов-на-Дону : Ростовская-на-Дону бумажная фабрика имени Калинина, [б. г.]. Комплект из 8 листов выкроек в натуральную величину, иллюстрированная обложка ; большой формат.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая иллюстрированная обложка. \u003cbr\u003eОбложка - удовлетворительная: значительные потёртости и утраты по краям и уголкам, потрёпанный корешок с осыпанием бумаги. Листы выкроек - хорошее: потемнение и лёгкий фоксинг бумаги по краям сложенных листов, текст и линии выкроек полностью читаемы и без утрат.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSet of Full-Size Sewing Patterns for Women, Sizes 44-60 : [set of 8 pattern sheets] \/ cover art by V. N. Tupikin.\u003cbr\u003eRostov-on-Don : Kalinin Paper Factory [\"Uprizdat\"], n.d. Set of 8 full-size (unscaled) sewing pattern sheets, illustrated wrapper; large format.\u003cbr\u003ePaper illustrated wrapper. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrapper fair: significant wear and small losses to edges and corners, spine worn with surface loss of paper. Pattern sheets good: toning and light foxing along the folded edges, text and pattern lines fully legible and without loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unusually complete surviving example of a regional Soviet home-sewing pattern kit, issued not by one of the major Moscow fashion institutions (GUM, ОДМО) but by a provincial paper factory in Rostov-on-Don, reflecting the decentralized, often locally produced character of everyday Soviet consumer goods outside the capital. Unlike Moscow's GUM albums, which supplied reduced-scale (1:10) diagrams that the home sewer had to manually enlarge, this set provided genuine full-size (natural-scale) pattern pieces across eight large sheets, ready to trace directly onto fabric, covering a size range from 44 to 60 aimed at an average-to-larger female figure. An interior \"consultation\" page walks the user through lengthening and shortening the patterns and calculating standard seam allowances, underscoring the practical, self-sufficient character of Soviet home dressmaking, where ready-made garments in a full range of sizes were often unavailable in stores. The cover's tennis-and-seaside vignette, printed over a decorative gold-on-green ornamental border, situates the set within the leisurewear aesthetic of Soviet summer fashion, while the interior figures, drawn in a light fashion-plate hand, show blouses, dresses, and ruffled summer frocks characteristic of the patterns inside. As a working craft object rather than a book intended for preservation, complete surviving sets with all sheets present are relatively scarce, making this an item of interest to collectors of Soviet textile and sewing ephemera, as well as historians of everyday consumer culture in the provincial Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529326784554,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6349.jpg?v=1783024398"},{"product_id":"gabashvili-tsiala-portals-in-georgian-architecture-portalebi-kartul-arkitekturashi-first-edition-1955-in-georgian-and-russian","title":"Gabashvili, Tsiala. Portals in Georgian Architecture (P'ort'alebi kartul arkitek't'urashi). First edition, 1955. In Georgian and Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eგაბაშვილი, ციალა. პორტალები ქართულ არქიტექტურაში \/ რედაქტორი ბ. ლორთქიფანიძე ; მხატვარი შ. ნიორაძე. პირველი გამოცემა.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : ტექნიკა და შრომა, 1955. 84 გვერდი ტექსტი, 63 გვერდი ტაბულები.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა. 30 სმ. ტირაჟი 1500 ც. ტექსტი ქართულ და რუსულ ენებზე (პარალელური თავფურცლით).\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGabashvili, Tsiala. Portals in Georgian Architecture \/ editor B. Lordkipanidze ; artist Sh. Nioradze. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Tekhnika da shroma\" Publishing House, 1955. 84 pages of text, 63 pages of plates.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. 30 cm. Print run of 1,500 copies. Bilingual in Georgian and Russian (with parallel title page).\u003cbr\u003eBinding good: dark blue boards show signs of handling, with rubbing along the edges and corners. Text block is good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce and highly specialized first edition architectural monograph by Tsiala Gabashvili, dedicated to the comprehensive study of portals and entryways in ancient and medieval Georgian architecture. Published in Tbilisi in 1955 with a minuscule print run of just 1,500 copies, this scholarly work remains a foundational reference for the region's architectural heritage. The volume delves into the historical development, stylistic evolution, and structural forms of these portals, linking them to the broader traditions of Caucasian masonry and church-building from the early medieval period through the Georgian Golden Age. The book is heavily supplemented with an extensive appendix containing 63 full-page plates of detailed architectural drafts, plans, cross-sections, and intricate ornamental motifs from historically significant Georgian monuments. Highly sought after by architectural historians, restorers, and collectors of rare Soviet-era academic literature, this large-format volume is an exceptional artifact of Georgian academic publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529491312682,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6382.jpg?v=1783137923"},{"product_id":"signed-beridze-vakhtang-architecture-of-tao-klardjeti-arkhitektura-tao-klardzheti-tbilisi-1981-in-russian-georgian-and-french","title":"[Signed] Beridze, Vakhtang. Architecture of Tao-Klardjeti (Arkhitektura Tao-Klardzheti). Tbilisi, 1981. In Russian, Georgian, and French.","description":"\u003cp\u003e[С автографом автора] Беридзе Вахтанг. Архитектура Тао-Кларджети. Место памятников Тао-Кларджети в истории грузинской архитектуры \/ Академия наук Грузинской ССР, Институт истории грузинского искусства им. Г. Н. Чубинашвили.\u003cbr\u003eТбилиси : Мецниереба, 1981. 340 с., 131 табл.\u003cbr\u003eТвердый переплет, альбомный формат, тираж 3 000 экз., с суперобложкой.\u003cbr\u003eПереплет - хорошее: чистый, минимальный износ. Суперобложка - удовлетворительное: потертости, заломы, надрывы и мелкие утраты по краям и на корешке. Блок - очень хорошее: крепкий, страницы чистые.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Signed by the author] Beridze, Vakhtang. Architecture of Tao-Klardjeti. The Place of the Monuments of Tao-Klardjeti in the History of Georgian Architecture \/ Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, G. N. Chubinashvili Institute of History of Georgian Art.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Metsniereba, 1981. 340 pp., 131 plates.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, album format, print run of 3,000 copies, original dust jacket present.\u003cbr\u003eBinding good: boards clean with minimal wear. Dust jacket fair: scuffing, creases, edge tears and small losses at the spine ends. Text block very good: firm, pages are clean and crisp throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA monumental and foundational academic work on medieval Georgian architecture by Academician Vakhtang Beridze (1914-2000), the preeminent Georgian art historian and long-time director of the G. N. Chubinashvili Institute. This definitive study focuses on the historical region of Tao-Klardjeti (now in northeastern Turkey), which served as the crucial cultural and monastic center of the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty from the 8th to the 11th centuries. During this period, the monasteries of Tao-Klardjeti fostered a vibrant intellectual and architectural renaissance, producing remarkable domed churches and basilicas (such as Oshki, Khakhuli, and Ishkhani) that fundamentally shaped the evolution of Georgian medieval masonry and ecclesiastical design. Beridze provides an exhaustive architectural analysis, accompanied by 131 plates of meticulous measured drawings, floor plans, and photographs of the surviving ruins. Published in a limited print run of 3,000 copies, this large-format album has become an indispensable reference for Byzantinists, Caucasologists, and architectural historians. The present copy is remarkably enhanced by the author's authentic signature in red ink on the half-title page, dated August 31, 1982, in Tbilisi. Association copies signed by Beridze are highly prized by institutional archives and collectors of Caucasian antiquities, elevating this volume from a scarce reference book to a significant artifact of Georgian art history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529629986858,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6400.jpg?v=1783140123"},{"product_id":"khuskivadze-medieval-cloisonne-enamels-at-georgian-state-museum-of-fine-arts-srednevekovye-peregorodchatye-emali-1984-in-geo-rus-eng","title":"Khuskivadze. Medieval Cloisonne Enamels at Georgian State Museum of Fine Arts (Srednevekovye peregorodchatye emali). 1984. In Geo, Rus, Eng","description":"\u003cp\u003eხუსკივაძე, ლეილა. შუა საუკუნეების ტიხრული მინანქარი საქართველოს ხელოვნების სახელმწიფო მუზეუმში.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : გამომცემლობა „ხელოვნება\", 1984. 160 გვერდი, ილუსტრაციები.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა. ალბომური ფორმატი. ტირაჟი 25 000 ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003eსუპერ-გარეკანი და მუყაოს ფუტლიარი თანდართული.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა ძალიან კარგი: ყდა და ბლოკი შესანიშნავია, სუფთა და მტკიცე; სუპერ-გარეკანს აქვს ლამინაციის ტიპური ქარხნული ნაოჭები.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKhuskivadze, Leila. Medieval Cloisonne Enamels at Georgian State Museum of Fine Arts.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Khelovneba Publishing House, 1984. 160 pp., ill.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. Album format. Print run of 25,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal dust jacket and cardboard slipcase present.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good: binding and text block are firm and clean; dust jacket exhibits the typical factory lamination wrinkling characteristic of this edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lavishly illustrated, trilingual catalogue presenting the world-renowned collection of medieval cloisonne enamels housed in the Georgian State Museum of Fine Arts in Tbilisi. Compiled by the eminent Georgian art historian Leila Khuskivadze, the volume serves as a comprehensive inventory of 227 enamel masterpieces dating from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries. Georgian and Byzantine cloisonne enamel holds a uniquely prestigious position in the history of medieval applied arts, distinguished by its intricate gold-wire framework, luminous translucent colors, and profound iconographic depth. The album meticulously details fragments, medallions, and reliquaries — most notably those associated with the legendary Khakhuli Triptych — offering deep art-historical analysis, stylistic comparisons, and high-quality color reproductions printed in Yugoslavia to ensure superior fidelity. While the print run of 25,000 copies made it accessible upon publication, finding complete copies today that retain both the original protective cardboard slipcase and the notoriously fragile laminated dust jacket is increasingly difficult. The factory lamination wrinkles on the jacket are a well-documented production feature of this specific print run, making this complete, clean specimen an excellent addition for collectors of Byzantine studies, medieval ecclesiastical arts, and the history of jewelry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529641488426,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6423.jpg?v=1783133860"},{"product_id":"kiguradze-n-the-dapnari-burial-ground-necropolis-of-ancient-colchis-dapnarskiy-mogilnik-1976-in-russian","title":"Kiguradze, N. The Dapnari Burial Ground. Necropolis of Ancient Colchis (Dapnarskiy mogil'nik). 1976. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eКигурадзе, Нина Шалвовна. Дапнарский могильник \/ ответственный редактор доктор исторических наук, профессор О. Д. Лордкипанидзе ; Академия наук Грузинской ССР.\u003cbr\u003eТбилиси : издательство «Мецниереба», 1976. 63 страницы, XLVIII таблиц иллюстраций; увеличенный формат.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская обложка. Тираж 2 000 экземпляров. \u003cbr\u003eОбложка - хорошая: общее потемнение и загрязнение, водянистое пятно у правого края передней обложки, точечный фоксинг на задней обложке, мелкий надрыв нижнего правого уголка задней обложки, потёртость корешка. Блок - очень хорошее: чистый, крепкий, текст и иллюстративные таблицы полностью читаемы; лёгкое пятно на странице с выходными данными.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKiguradze, Nina Shalvovna. The Dapnari Burial Ground \/ editor-in-chief O. D. Lordkipanidze, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor ; Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Metsniereba Publishing House, 1976. 63 pp., XLVIII plates of illustrations (photographs and line drawings of archaeological finds) ; oversize format.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's paper wrappers. Print run of 2,000 copies. Price 85 kopecks.\u003cbr\u003eWrappers good: overall toning and soiling, a water stain at the right edge of the front wrapper, scattered foxing to the rear wrapper, a small tear at the lower right corner of the rear wrapper, spine rubbed. Text block very good: clean, firm, text and illustrative plates fully legible; a light stain to the colophon page.\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA specialist archaeological monograph on one of the lesser-studied aspects of ancient Colchian civilization: the rural settlement and associated pithos-burial necropolis at Dapnari (Samtredia district, western Georgia), part of the agricultural hinterland of the great Colchian center of Vani. Drawing on newly excavated material, the author, Nina Kiguradze, presents in detail the funerary complexes of the 4th-2nd centuries BCE, their burial rites, grave goods, and associated dwelling remains, situating them within the broader network of Classical-period antiquities of western Georgia. The uniformity of burial type, housing, and material culture documented at Dapnari is presented as evidence of a coherent ethnic community inhabiting central Colchis in this period, with the excavated graves interpreted as belonging to ordinary rural producers, members of the peasant-farmer strata of Colchian society rather than to an elite. The volume, edited by the prominent Georgian archaeologist O. D. Lordkipanidze, situates the Dapnari material within the historiography of Colchian studies stretching back to the mid-nineteenth century, and is illustrated throughout with forty-eight plates of photographs and measured drawings of ceramic vessels, jewelry, skeletal remains, and burial contexts. As a focused site publication from the Vani archaeological program, issued in a modest print run, the book is of interest to specialists in Colchian and South Caucasian antiquity, Classical-period Black Sea archaeology, and the material culture of ancient Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529748344874,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6478.jpg?v=1783080999"},{"product_id":"makalatia-sergi-history-and-ethnography-of-samegrelo-mingrelia-1992-in-georgian","title":"Makalatia, Sergi. History and Ethnography of Samegrelo (Mingrelia). 1992. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eმაკალათია, სერგი. სამეგრელოს ისტორია და ეთნოგრაფია \/ სერგი მაკალათია ; რედაქტორი თ. ცისკარიშვილი ; მხატვარი დ. ბერძენიშვილი.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : საარედაქციო-საგამომცემლო კოოპერატიული ფირმა „უფლისციხე\", 1992. 168 გვერდი ; 20 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eტირაჟი 20 000 ც.\u003cbr\u003eყდა - ძალიან კარგი: მცირე ცვეთა ზურგის თავში, კუთხეები მინიმალურად შემობრუნებული. ბლოკი - ძალიან კარგი: ქაღალდი ბუნებრივად კრემისფერი, სუფთა, მტკიცე, ტექსტი მკაფიოდ იკითხება.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eMakalatia, Sergi. History and Ethnography of Samegrelo (Mingrelia) \/ editor T. Tsiskarishvili ; artist D. Berdzenishvili.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Uplistsikhe\" Publishing-Printing Cooperative Firm, 1992. 168 pp. ; 20 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's paper wrappers. Print run of 20,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eWrappers very good: light wear at the head of the spine, corners minimally turned. Text block very good: paper naturally cream-toned, clean, firm, text clearly legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic regional monograph by Sergi (Sergo) Makalatia (1893-1974), the pioneering Georgian ethnographer, archaeologist, and long-time director of the Gori Historical-Ethnographic Museum (which today bears his name). Following Ekvtime Taqaishvili, Makalatia was among the first professionally trained Georgian archaeologist-ethnographers, and over the 1920s-1930s conducted the first systematic expeditions through the historic province of Samegrelo (Mingrelia), the western Georgian region rooted in ancient Colchis and Lazica-Egrisi, later consolidated as the feudal principality of Odishi under the House of Dadiani. The present work, first published in 1941 and reissued here in 1992, surveys the region's history and ethnography from antiquity through the medieval Georgian feudal monarchy and the rise and eventual decline of the Odishi principality, treating its socio-economic structure, material culture, folklore, and historical monuments, and closing with a chapter addressing the still under-researched later period of Samegrelo's history and its bearing on the present. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529880727594,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6585.jpg?v=1783093205"},{"product_id":"evdoshvili-irodion-kaltetri-da-sirinozi-a-narrative-poem-and-short-lyrics-tbilisi-1912-in-georgian","title":"Evdoshvili, Irodion. Kaltetri da Sirinozi [a narrative poem and short lyrics]. Tbilisi, 1912. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eევდოშვილი, იროდიონ. ქალთეთრი და სირინოზი.\u003cbr\u003eტფილისი : ჟურნალ განათლების რედაქციის გამოცემა, სერგი ლოსაბერიძის სტამბა, 1912. 32 გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 17 სანტიმეტრი.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა კარგი: გარეკანზე მცირე ლაქები და ასაკობრივი გაყვითლება, ყდის ზურგი ოდნავ გახეხილია; ბლოკი მტკიცე და სუფთაა.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eEvdoshvili, Irodion. Kaltetri da sirinozi.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Ganatleba\" Editorial Edition, S. Losaberidze Press, 1912. 32 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 17 cm.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: wrappers show minor staining and age-toning, spine slightly rubbed; text block firm and clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce lifetime edition of the romantic poem \"Kaltetri da Sirinozi\" (The White Maiden and the Siren) by Irodion Evdoshvili (1873-1916), a prominent figure in early twentieth-century Georgian literature. Born Irodion Khoshtaria, Evdoshvili was deeply involved in the Georgian national and social-democratic movements, often employing his poetry as a vehicle for civic activism and romantic idealism. This particular poem stands out in his oeuvre for its pronounced symbolist and romantic overtones, weaving a mythological narrative that contrasts earthly purity with maritime temptation. Published in 1912 in Tbilisi by the \"Ganatleba\" (Education) editorial group and printed at the S. Losaberidze press, the booklet features a striking photographic portrait of the author on its front wrapper. Pre-revolutionary Georgian literary paperbacks of this era are notably fragile and were rarely preserved in institutional archives or private collections due to the turbulent decades that followed their publication. Surviving copies of Evdoshvili's lifetime editions in their original illustrated wrappers are exceptionally rare on the antiquarian market, making this a highly desirable acquisition for collectors of Caucasian literary history, early twentieth-century Georgian poetry, and pre-Soviet regional printing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529898946602,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6594.jpg?v=1783093859"},{"product_id":"baratashvili-nikoloz-the-fate-of-kartli-bedi-kartlisa-facsimile-of-the-1839-autograph-manuscript-1916-in-georgian","title":"Baratashvili, Nikoloz. The Fate of Kartli (Bedi Kartlisa). Facsimile of the 1839 autograph manuscript, 1916. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eბარათაშვილი, ნიკოლოზ. ბედი ქართლისა : თქმული წელსა 1839 ტფილისს : ავტოგრაფიული გამოცემა\u003cbr\u003eტფილისი : გამოცემა ამხანაგობისა (ელექტრონით მბეჭდავი ქართველთა ამხანაგობა), 1916. [64] გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 18 სანტიმეტრი.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა კარგი: გარეკანი ოდნავ გახუნებული და კიდეებზე მცირე ცვეთით, ბლოკი სუფთა და მტკიცე, ფურცლები დროის შესაბამისად თანაბრად გაყვითლებული.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eBaratashvili, Nikoloz. The Fate of Kartli : Composed in the year 1839 in Tpilisi : Facsimile of the autograph manuscript.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Edition of the Fellowship (Electric Press of the Fellowship of Georgians), 1916. [64] unnumbered pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 18 cm.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: wrappers slightly faded with minor edge wear, text block clean and firm, pages show even age-toning typical for the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional and highly scarce pre-revolutionary facsimile edition of \"Bedi Kartlisa\" (The Fate of Kartli), the magnum opus of Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817-1845). Universally recognized as the pinnacle of Georgian Romanticism and often referred to as the \"Georgian Byron,\" Baratashvili left behind a small but profoundly influential body of work, all published posthumously. \"Bedi Kartlisa,\" written in 1839, is his longest and most historically significant narrative poem. It explores the agonizing decision of King Erekle II to seek Russian protection after the devastating sack of Tbilisi by the Persian army in 1795, a choice that permanently altered the destiny of the Georgian nation. This specific 1916 publication, issued by the Georgian Fellowship Press in Tbilisi, is a complete lithographic facsimile of Baratashvili's original handwritten manuscript. Producing a facsimile of a poet's raw autograph was a sophisticated and costly typographical achievement for early twentieth-century Georgia, intended to preserve the physical memory of the national genius whose original manuscripts were incredibly scarce and venerated as relics. The book reproduces his distinct, elegant cursive script without any modern typesetting. Pre-Soviet Georgian literary editions of this delicacy, especially fragile paper-bound volumes, have suffered extremely high attrition rates during the turbulent decades that followed their publication. This well-preserved copy is a monument of Caucasian literary history and a highly coveted artifact for collectors of Georgian poetry, Romantic literature, and rare antiquarian book arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529913495594,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6602.jpg?v=1783094763"},{"product_id":"signed-silagadze-a-megrelian-verse-megruli-leksi-2014-in-georgian-with-english-contents-and-summary","title":"[Signed] Silagadze, A. Megrelian Verse (Megruli leksi), 2014. In Georgian, with English contents and summary.","description":"\u003cp\u003eსილაგაძე, აპოლონ. მეგრული ლექსი \/ მეორე გამოცემა.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : გამომცემლობა უნივერსალი, 2014. 152 გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 20 სანტიმეტრი. პარალელური სათაური ინგლისურ ენაზე.\u003cbr\u003eწინა თავისუფალ ფორზაცზე - ავტორის ხელნაწერი მიძღვნა.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა ძალიან კარგი: მტკიცე და სუფთა ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSilagadze, Apollon. Megrelian Verse \/ Second edition.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Universali Publishing House, 2014. 152 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 20 cm. Parallel title in English.\u003cbr\u003eSigned by the author on the front free endpaper.\u003cbr\u003eCondition very good: firm and clean copy throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA highly specialized linguistic and philological study on the versification system of the Megrelian (Mingrelian) language, authored by Apollon Silagadze (born 1942), a distinguished Georgian linguist, orientalist, and specialist in Kartvelian and Semitic languages. The Megrelian language, a member of the South Caucasian (Kartvelian) language family, possesses a rich oral poetic tradition but lacks a standardized written literature compared to Georgian. In this work, Silagadze meticulously analyzes the specific rhythmic, metrical, and structural characteristics of Megrelian folk poetry. He compares the Megrelian versification system with common Georgian versification, reconstructing the initial (pre-first) stage of common Georgian verse development. The book includes chapters on the traditional descriptions of Megrelian verse, its place within the broader Kartvelian literary context, and dialectal variations. This is the revised second edition of the work, published by the \"Universali\" press in 2014. This specific copy is greatly enhanced by a personal manuscript presentation inscription from A. Silagadze to Sh. Gabeskiria, a fellow Georgian philologist and prominent scholar of Kartvelian languages, adding significant association value. It is an essential volume for researchers of Caucasian languages, Kartvelology, and comparative poetics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529940332586,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6615.jpg?v=1783095629"},{"product_id":"signed-kakabadze-polikarpe-king-bagrat-vii-mephe-bagrat-meshvide-first-edition-1969-in-georgian","title":"[Signed] Kakabadze, Polikarpe. King Bagrat VII (Mephe Bagrat' meshvide). First edition, 1969. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eკაკაბაძე, პოლიკარპე. მეფე ბაგრატ მეშვიდე \/ საქართველოს თეატრალური საზოგადოება. პირველი გამოცემა.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : გამომცემლობა „ხელოვნება“, 1969. 165 გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 20 სმ. ტირაჟი 20 000 ც. სუპერ-გარეკანი თანდართული.\u003cbr\u003eწინა ფორზაცზე - ავტორის ხელნაწერი მიძღვნა (28.XI.1969).\u003cbr\u003eყდა და ბლოკი - ძალიან კარგი: მტკიცე და სუფთა; სუპერ-გარეკანი - დამაკმაყოფილებელი: ცვეთა კიდეებზე, მცირე ჩამოხეული კუთხეები.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKakabadze, Polikarpe. King Bagrat VII \/ Georgian Theatrical Society. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Khelovneba\" Publishing House, 1969. 165 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 20 cm. Print run of 20,000 copies. Original dust jacket present.\u003cbr\u003eSigned by the author on the front free endpaper, with a presentation inscription dated 28 November 1969.\u003cbr\u003eBinding and text block very good: firm and clean throughout; dust jacket fair: edge wear, small chips and tears along the extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA notable first edition of the historical play \"King Bagrat VII\" by Polikarpe Kakabadze (1895-1972), one of the foundational figures of twentieth-century Georgian drama. Best known for his classic satirical comedy \"Kvarkvare Tutaberi\", Kakabadze also dedicated significant creative energy to historical drama, exploring the complex and often tragic history of the Georgian kingdoms. This play centers on King Bagrat VII of Kartli (ruled 1615-1619), a controversial historical figure who was installed by the Persian Shah Abbas I after the devastating invasions of eastern Georgia. The narrative delves into the themes of political survival, collaboration, and national identity during one of the darkest periods of Georgian history. Published in 1969 under the auspices of the Georgian Theatrical Society, the book features a distinctive graphic dust jacket typical of late 1960s Soviet Georgian design. This specific copy holds exceptional association value: it is inscribed by Kakabadze to the family of his late friend and contemporary, the prominent Georgian poet and playwright Viktor Gabeskiria (1903-1964). Inscribed \"To the family of my untimely departed friend... as a sign of respect\", the volume serves as a poignant physical testament to the enduring bonds within the mid-century Tbilisi literary intelligentsia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529949048874,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6627.jpg?v=1783138470"},{"product_id":"signed-khoshtaria-ilia-heartfelt-gift-gulitadi-sachukari-1955-in-georgian","title":"[Signed] Khoshtaria, Ilia. Heartfelt Gift (Gulitadi sachukari). 1955. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eხოშტარია, ილია. გულითადი საჩუქარი : [ლექსები] \/ მხატვარი გ. კახიძე.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : საქართველოს სსრ განათლების სამინისტროს საბავშვო და ახალგაზრდობის ლიტერატურის სახელმწიფო გამომცემლობა (საბლიტგამი), 1955. 66 გვერდი, ილუსტრაციები.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 20 სმ. ტირაჟი 7 000 ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003eწინა თავისუფალ ფორზაცზე - ავტორის ხელნაწერი მიძღვნა (30.III.1955).\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKhoshtaria, Ilia. Heartfelt Gift : [Poems] \/ illustrated by G. Kakhidze.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : State Publishing House of Children's and Youth Literature of the Ministry of Education of the Georgian SSR (Sablitgami), 1955. 66 pages, illustrations.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 20 cm. Print run of 7,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eSigned by the author Ilia Khoshtaria on the front free endpaper.\u003cbr\u003eCondition fair: wrappers show overall rubbing, corner wear, and some staining; the verso of the title page bears heavy blue ink scribbling and a child's secondary gift inscription (dated 1956); remaining text pages are lightly age-toned but structurally intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce mid-1950s Soviet Georgian children's poetry booklet by Ilia Khoshtaria, featuring typical era-specific themes, including an opening poem dedicated to Vladimir Lenin alongside nature, school, and pastoral verses. Published in 1955 by \"Sablitgami\" (the State Publishing House for Children's and Youth Literature) with a modest print run of 7,000 copies, the booklet is illustrated by G. Kakhidze, whose work captures the distinct aesthetic of post-war Soviet children's book design. Finding softcover children's books from this period intact is relatively uncommon, as they were heavily used, passed down, and often discarded. This specific copy carries an authentic presentation inscription from the author dated March 1955, just shortly after publication, adding distinct association value. However, reflecting its history as a heavily used child's reading copy, it also bears a secondary child's inscription (dated 1956) and substantial ink scribbles on the verso of the title page. Despite these condition flaws, it remains a charming, signed artifact of Soviet Georgian literary education and typography during the Khrushchev Thaw.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529960615978,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6640.jpg?v=1783097092"},{"product_id":"grishashvili-ioseb-six-poems-ekvsi-leksi-shest-stikhotvorenii-autograph-facsimile-edition-tbilisi-1930-in-georgian","title":"Grishashvili, Ioseb. Six Poems (Ekvsi leksi \/ Shest' stikhotvorenii). Autograph (facsimile) edition. Tbilisi, 1930. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eგრიშაშვილი, იოსებ. ექვსი ლექსი : ავტოგრაფული გამოცემა\u003cbr\u003eტფილისი : საქართველოს სსრ პოლიგრაფტრესტის პირველი სტამბა, 1930. [16] გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 18 სანტიმეტრი. ტირაჟი 5000 ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003eმთლიანი ტექსტი წარმოადგენს ავტორის ხელნაწერის ლითოგრაფიულ რეპროდუქციას.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGrishashvili, Ioseb. Six Poems (Ekvsi leksi). Autograph (facsimile) edition.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Polygraph Trust First Press, 1930. [16] unnumbered pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 18 cm. Print run of 5,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eThe entire text is a lithographic facsimile of the author's original manuscript.\u003cbr\u003eCondition fair: wrappers and text leaves are heavily age-toned with visible moisture staining along the upper margins throughout; text block remains firm, complete, and fully legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIoseb Grishashvili (1889-1965) was a deeply beloved Georgian poet, academician, and the ultimate literary historian of old Tbilisi. Renowned for his bohemian, urban lyricism that captured the vibrant, multicultural life of the Caucasian capital, his poetry successfully bridged the gap between traditional ashug (troubadour) verse and modern Georgian literature. This specific 1930 publication, \"Ekvsi leksi\" (Six Poems), is an exceptional typographical artifact: an \"autograph edition\" (avtograpuli gamotsema). Rather than being typeset in standard Georgian fonts, the entire booklet, from the cover and title page to the poems themselves, was produced as a lithographic facsimile of Grishashvili's own elegant cursive handwriting. The collection gathers some of his most characteristic urban poems, including \"The Fate of Geniuses in the Tiflis Bazaar\" and \"Conversation with a Typesetter During the Printing of My Book.\" Producing such facsimile editions of a living poet's manuscript was a sophisticated nod to the visual aesthetics of poetry and bookmaking in early Soviet Georgia. Although issued in a print run of 5,000 copies, fragile paper-bound pamphlets of this era, especially those with such unique typographical features, have suffered high attrition rates. Despite the moisture staining typical of its age, it remains a highly desirable piece for collectors of Georgian literary avant-garde, Caucasian book arts, and early Soviet typography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529973100586,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6653.jpg?v=1783097691"},{"product_id":"mirianashvili-p-abesalom-and-eteri-a-folk-tale-abesalom-da-eteri-1938-in-georgian","title":"Mirianashvili, P. Abesalom and Eteri: A Folk Tale (Abesalom da Eteri). 1938. In Georgian","description":"\u003cp\u003eმირიანაშვილი, პეტრე. აბესალომ და ეთერი : ხალხური თქმულება.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : გამომცემლობა ფედერაცია, 1938. 54 გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 17 სანტიმეტრი. ტირაჟი 4000 ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003eთავფურცელზე - წინა მფლობელის ხელნაწერი მინაწერი.\u003cbr\u003eყდა - დამაკმაყოფილებელი: მნიშვნელოვანი ცვეთა კიდეებზე, ჩამოხეული კუთხეები, მცირე ლაქები. ბლოკი - კარგი: ფურცლები გაყვითლებული, მტკიცე და სუფთა.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eMirianashvili, Petre. Abesalom and Eteri: A Folk Tale.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Federatsia\" Publishing House, 1938. 54 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 17 cm. Print run of 4,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eTitle page bears a previous owner's manuscript inscription in blue ink.\u003cbr\u003eBinding fair: significant edge wear, chipping to margins and corners, light staining. Text block good: leaves evenly age-toned, firm and fully legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Abesalom and Eteri\" is one of the most famous and ancient Georgian folk epics, dating back to the pre-Christian and early Christian eras. It tells the tragic romance of Prince Abesalom and the beautiful peasant girl Eteri, thwarted by the demonic courtier Murman. The tale has profoundly influenced Georgian literature and arts, most notably inspiring Zakaria Paliashvili's monumental opera of the same name. This 1938 edition presents a poetic adaptation (versification) of the epic by Petre Mirianashvili (1860-1904), a prominent Georgian public figure, poet, and translator. Originally written in the late 19th century, Mirianashvili's verse adaptation made the archaic tale highly accessible to modern Georgian readers and school curriculums. Published by the \"Federatsia\" press during the late 1930s in a modest print run of 4,000 copies, surviving paper-bound pamphlets of this era are notably scarce. The fragile nature of the wrappers meant few copies survived regular reading intact. This early Soviet edition remains an appealing artifact for collectors of Georgian folklore, Caucasian ethnography, and mid-century Tbilisi publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530006392874,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6663.jpg?v=1783098696"},{"product_id":"georgian-avant-garde-sevdiani-sergia-eristavis-jokes-sergia-eristavis-okhunjoba-shutki-sergii-eristavi-1926-in-georgian","title":"[Georgian avant-garde] Sevdiani. Sergia Eristavi's Jokes (Sergia Eristavis okhunjoba \/ Shutki Sergii Eristavi). 1926. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eსევდიანი\u003cbr\u003eსერგია ერისთავის ოხუნჯობა \/ ავტორის წინასიტყვაობით. პირველი გამოცემა.\u003cbr\u003eტფილისი : ტფილისის აღმასრულებელი კომიტეტის სტამბა, 1926. 35 გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 19 სანტიმეტრი. ტირაჟი 8 100 ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSevdiani\u003cbr\u003eSergia Eristavi's Jokes \/ with a preface by the author. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi: Tbilisi Executive Committee Printshop, 1926. 35 pages.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal illustrated paper wrappers. 19 cm. Print run of 8,100 copies.\u003cbr\u003eTitle page and covers bear the previous owner's inscriptions.\u003cbr\u003eCondition fair: wrappers show overall age-toning, edge wear, and small corner losses; text block exhibits moisture stains, dog-eared corners, and heavy ink and pencil scribbles on the preliminaries and endpapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA remarkably scarce and visually striking example of 1920s Georgian avant-garde book design. Published during the complex transitional period of the New Economic Policy (NEP) in Soviet Georgia, this booklet presents a collection of satirical anecdotes about the life of a fictional nobleman, Sergia Eristavi, who attempts to navigate the new communist reality. As noted by modern catalogers of Georgian graphic design, the narrative is replete with biting sarcasm and is deeply critical of Soviet Georgia, explaining why the author, likely fearing for his safety, chose to hide behind the pseudonym \"Sevdiani\" (The Sad One). The true identity of the writer remains a mystery. Equally enigmatic is the striking constructivist cover art; major reference works on Georgian book design attribute this chaotic, dynamic wrapper to an \"unknown artist.\" Featuring bold typography integrated with a distorted, modernist illustration of urban chaos, the cover is a masterpiece of early Soviet avant-garde aesthetics. Despite an initial print run of 8,100 copies, first editions of this socially critical and fragile paperback are exceedingly rare on the market today. This copy, though showing the wear of heavy historical usage, survives in its original uncredited wrapper, making it a highly desirable acquisition for collectors of Soviet constructivism and Caucasian satirical literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530026840106,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6675.jpg?v=1783100444"},{"product_id":"vartagava-the-creative-work-of-mikheil-javakhishvili-a-critical-review-mikheil-javakhishvilis-shemokmedeba-1928-in-georgian","title":"Vartagava. The Creative Work of Mikheil Javakhishvili: A Critical Review (Mikheil Javakhishvilis shemokmedeba). 1928. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eვართაგავა, იპოლიტე \/ მიხეილ ჯავახიშვილის შემოქმედება : კრიტიკული განხილვა \/ სერია: ქართული კულტურის მოყვარულთა საზოგადოება, N 1.\u003cbr\u003eტფილისი : ქართული კულტურის მოყვარულთა საზოგადოება (პოლიგრაფსკოლის სტამბა), 1928. 48 გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 22 სმ. ტირაჟი 3 000 ცალი.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა კარგი: გარეკანს აქვს მცირე ცვეთა და მცირე ჩამოხეული ადგილები ყდის ზურგზე, ბლოკის ფურცლები თანაბრად გაყვითლებულია, მტკიცე და სუფთა.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eVartagava, Ipolite \/ The Creative Work of Mikheil Javakhishvili : A Critical Review \/ Series: Society of Lovers of Georgian Culture, No. 1.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Society of Lovers of Georgian Culture (Polygraph School Press), 1928. 48 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 22 cm. Print run of 3,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: wrappers show minor edge wear and small tears along the spine, text leaves are evenly age-toned, block is firm and clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce and historically significant work of early Soviet Georgian literary criticism, analyzing the output of Mikheil Javakhishvili, one of the most celebrated Georgian novelists of the twentieth century. Authored by the prominent critic and publicist Ipolite Vartagava (1870-1967), this booklet was published in 1928 as the inaugural issue of the independent \"Society of Lovers of Georgian Culture\" series. At the time of publication, Javakhishvili was at the height of his creative powers, having recently published masterpieces such as \"Kvachi Kvachantiradze\" and \"Jaqo's Dispossessed.\" Vartagava's critical review captures the vibrant, yet increasingly tense literary atmosphere of 1920s Tbilisi, before the absolute imposition of Socialist Realism. Tragically, Javakhishvili's independent spirit led to his arrest and execution during the Great Purge of 1937, after which his works were banned and removed from libraries for nearly two decades. Contemporary lifetime monographs dedicated to his writing are therefore exceptionally poignant and rare. Produced in a modest print run of 3,000 copies, fragile literary pamphlets of this era are seldom found intact. This well-preserved copy in its original paper wrappers is a highly desirable artifact for collectors of Caucasian literature, literary historiography, and Kartvelology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530048270378,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6687.jpg?v=1783101759"},{"product_id":"noghaideli-jemal-adjara-dialectologically-achara-dialektologiurad-1936-in-georgian","title":"Noghaideli, Jemal. Adjara Dialectologically (Ach'ara dialekt'ologiurad). 1936. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eნოღაიდელი, ჯემალ. აჭარა დიალექტოლოგიურად \/ პასუხისმგებელი რედაქტორი ი. ქათამაძე ; აჭარის მხარეთმცოდნეობის სამეცნიერო ბიურო.\u003cbr\u003eბათომი : აჭარის სახელმწიფო გამომცემლობა და სტამბა-ლითოგრაფია, 1936. 57 გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 23 სანტიმეტრი. ტირაჟი 1000 ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა კარგი: გარეკანს აღენიშნება ცვეთა და მცირე ჩამოხევები ყდის ზურგზე; ფურცლები დროის შესაბამისად გაყვითლებულია; წიგნის ბლოკი მტკიცეა.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eNoghaideli, Jemal. Adjara Dialectologically \/ executive editor I. Katamadze ; Scientific Bureau of Local Lore of Adjara.\u003cbr\u003eBatomi [Batumi] : State Publishing House of Adjara and Printshop-Lithography, 1936. 57 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePaper wrappers. 23 cm. Print run of 1,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: wrappers show edge wear and minor chipping along the spine; text block is firmly attached, with pages exhibiting even age-toning typical for the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA highly scarce and important early Soviet linguistic study focusing on the distinct regional dialects of Adjara, authored by Jemal Noghaideli and published in Batumi in 1936. The 1930s marked a crucial period for Kartvelology and the systematic documentation of regional Georgian dialects, spearheaded by local scientific bureaus before the devastating political disruptions of the 1937 Great Purge. Noghaideli's work provides a meticulous phonetic, morphological, and syntactic analysis of the Adjarian dialect, documenting unique vocabulary, loanwords, and archaic grammatical forms preserved in the region's mountainous communities. Issued under the auspices of the Scientific Bureau of Local Lore of Adjara in a strictly limited print run of just 1,000 copies, provincial academic publications from this era are exceptionally difficult to find today, as many were lost, destroyed, or restricted. Preserved in its original, ornately framed paper wrappers, this fragile pre-war booklet is a highly desirable acquisition for institutional archives and collectors specializing in Caucasian linguistics, ethnography, and the history of the Georgian language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530087591978,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6696.jpg?v=1783103307"},{"product_id":"gzeliev-a-dzeglis-tsera-the-charter-of-the-georgian-king-david-iii-the-restorer-tiflis-kheladzes-press-1898-in-russian","title":"Gzeliev, A. Dzeglis Tsera (The Charter) of the Georgian King David III the Restorer. Tiflis: Kheladze's Press, 1898. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eГзелиев, Андроник. „Дзеглис цера\" (Хартия) грузинскаго царя Давида III Возобновителя.\u003cbr\u003eТифлисъ : типографiя Е. И. Хеладзе, 1898. 32 страницы ; обычный формат.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская обложка. \u003cbr\u003eОбложка - хорошая: равномерное потемнение и лёгкое загрязнение бумаги, минимальная потёртость краёв и уголков, без утрат и разрывов; гравюра-виньетка с рукой и ценником на задней обложке хорошо сохранена. Блок - очень хорошее: чистый, крепкий, текст полностью читаем.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGzeliev, Andronik. \"Dzeglis Tsera\" (The Charter) of the Georgian King David III the Restorer.\u003cbr\u003eTiflis : E. I. Kheladze's Press, 1898. 32 pp. ; standard format.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's paper wrappers. \u003cbr\u003eWrappers good: even period toning and light soiling, minimal edge and corner wear, no losses or tears; the decorative hand-and-price-tag vignette on the rear wrapper well preserved. Text block very good: clean, firm, text fully legible.\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce late-Imperial scholarly monograph examining one of the foundational canonical documents of the Georgian Orthodox Church: the \"Dzeglis Tsera\" (ძეგლისწერა, literally \"the writing of the monument,\" i.e. the Charter), the acts of the great church council convened in 1103 at Ruisi-Urbnisi by King David the Builder (Davit Aghmashenebeli, here numbered \"David III\" per the older Russian regnal count), the sovereign chiefly responsible for reunifying medieval Georgia and reforming its church and state administration. The author, Andronik Gzeliev, a teacher at the Tiflis Theological School, presents a close analysis of the council's canons, preceded by a biographical sketch of David III and an account of the political and ecclesiastical circumstances that prompted him to summon the synod. Among the matters the study treats in detail is the council's ruling on relations with the Armenian Apostolic Church, which the Georgian Chalcedonian hierarchy regarded as having fallen into heresy since the Council of Chalcedon, mandating the re-baptism, as of pagans, of Armenians converting to Georgian Orthodoxy, while noting the more conciliatory practice that in fact prevailed between Georgian and Armenian communities in daily life. Preserved within the Nomocanon compiled by St. Euthymius the Translator, the Dzeglis Tsera is described in the text as the oldest and first written legal enactment of the Georgian Church, of importance both as a canonical monument of antiquity and for its lasting practical role in Georgian ecclesiastical governance. As a specialized, small-format offprint-style monograph from a Tiflis seminary press, it survives today only in scattered library and private holdings, making it a scarce source for historians of the medieval Georgian Church and Georgian-Armenian religious relations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530101190698,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6706.jpg?v=1783104653"},{"product_id":"round-year-whole-year-round-a-calendar-book-for-children-for-1947-kruglyy-god-kniga-kalendar-dlya-detey-1946-in-russian","title":"Round Year [Whole Year Round]: A Calendar-Book for Children for 1947 (Kruglyy god, kniga-kalendar' dlya detey), 1946. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eКруглый год : книга-календарь для детей на 1947 год \/ ответственный редактор-составитель Э. Эмден ; художественный редактор П. Суворов ; технический редактор Р. Кравцова ; корректоры Е. Балабан и Р. Лишина.\u003cbr\u003eМосква ; Ленинград : Государственное издательство детской литературы Министерства просвещения РСФСР, 1946\u003cbr\u003e302 страницы + цветные вклейки; очень большой формат, блок 30 х 21 см.\u003cbr\u003eИздательский иллюстрированный переплёт. \u003cbr\u003eПереплёт - хорошее: заметная потёртость и осыпание красочного слоя по уголкам и краям (типично для тяжёлого альбомного формата). Блок - очень хорошее: чистый, крепкий, иллюстрированные форзацы в хорошем состоянии.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eRound Year [Whole Year Round]: A Calendar-Book for Children for 1947 \/ editor-compiler E. Emden ; art editor P. Suvorov ; technical editor R. Kravtsova ; proofreaders E. Balaban and R. Lishina.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow ; Leningrad : State Publishing House for Children's Literature, RSFSR Ministry of Education, 1946. 302 pp. plus color plate inserts ; very large format, 30 x 21 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's illustrated binding. Print run of 100,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBoards good: noticeable rubbing and paint loss at corners and edges (typical for this heavy album format). Text block very good: clean and firm, illustrated endpapers in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large, lavishly produced volume from \"Круглый год\" (Round Year), the annual illustrated calendar-almanac for children published by Detgiz from 1946 through 1984, and traditionally given as a New Year's gift to Soviet schoolchildren. Each yearly volume was organized into four seasonal sections - Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn - and combined poetry, fairy tales, adventure stories, craft projects and patterns for homemade toys, and popular-science and historical essays marking notable dates and figures, aiming to cultivate in young readers both literary taste and pride in the Soviet homeland. This 1946 volume, edited by E. Emden with art direction by P. Suvorov, is characteristic of the immediate postwar Stalin-era format: alongside literary content illustrated by leading Soviet children's-book artists of the day, it carries the obligatory full-page state portrait of Stalin (after the Stalin Prize-winning painting by Dmitry Nalbandyan) that appeared in Soviet annuals of the period, together with fine-art reproductions such as Isaac Levitan's \"Golden Autumn,\" reflecting the series' role in transmitting a canon of Russian high culture to a mass child readership. Produced in a large run of 100,000 copies but subject to heavy use as a children's book meant to be read and handled throughout the year, well-preserved copies with undamaged illustrated endpapers - as here - are less commonly found today, making this volume of interest both to collectors of Soviet children's book design and to those assembling material documenting Stalin-era print culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530123571242,"sku":null,"price":280.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6735.jpg?v=1783105295"},{"product_id":"portrait-of-lavrenti-beria-intact-sabchota-khelovneba-soviet-art-no-1-2-journal-of-literary-and-art-scholarship-1936-in-georgian","title":"[Portrait of Lavrenti Beria intact] Sabchota Khelovneba (Soviet Art), No. 1-2. Journal of literary and art scholarship, 1936. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eსაბჭოთა ხელოვნება : ხელოვნებისა და ლიტერატურის მცოდნეობის ჟურნალი \/ საქართველოს სსრ სახკომსაბჭოსთან არსებული ხელოვნების საქმეთა სამმართველოს ორგანო ; პასუხისმგებელი რედაქტორი ალექსანდრე დუდუჩავა.\u003cbr\u003e№ 1-2, 1936 წელი.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : სტამბა „ტექნიკა და შრომა\", 1936. 96 გვერდი ; 29 სმ. ტირაჟი 2 200 ც. \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSabchota Khelovneba (Soviet Art) : a journal of literary and art scholarship \/ organ of the Directorate of Arts Affairs under the Council of People's Commissars of the Georgian SSR ; responsible editor Aleksandre Duduchava.\u003cbr\u003eNo. 1-2, 1936.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Tekhnika da Shroma\" Press, 1936. 96 pp., illustrated ; 29 cm.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal illustrated paper wrappers. Print run of 2,200 copies.\u003cbr\u003eWrappers good: general edge wear throughout. Text block good: leaves age-toned, complete and legible throughout; all plates and illustrations present and well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA striking survival of Soviet Georgian cultural periodical literature from the depths of the high Stalinist 1930s. \"Sabchota Khelovneba\" (\"Soviet Art\") ran continuously in Tbilisi from 1921, covering theatre, music, painting, cinema, architecture, and choreography, with contributions from the leading art historians, theatre critics, and writers of Soviet Georgia; publication was suspended during the war years (1941-1953) and later resumed under a different editorial mandate. The present double issue, No. 1-2 of 1936, opens with a full-page tinted portrait of Stalin and includes an illustrated article accompanied by a formal portrait of Lavrenti Beria, then First Secretary of the Communist Party of Georgia, within a section devoted to the fifteenth anniversary of Soviet rule in Georgia. Beria was executed in 1953, and Soviet-era publications bearing his image or writings were frequently defaced, censored, or had the relevant pages excised by subsequent owners; this copy has survived intact, with the Beria portrait and accompanying text fully legible and unaltered, a detail of real interest to collectors of Sovietica and students of the cult of personality in the Caucasus. The issue further contains the repertoire history of Tbilisi's Marjanishvili Theatre for 1928-1936, an announcement page for the special 1936 spring theatrical season featuring the Leningrad State Opera and Comedy Theatres, the Moscow Theatre-Studio, and Leonid Utyosov's jazz orchestra, and features on regional folk ensembles, illustrated with period photographs and pen sketches. The colophon, with its Glavlit censorship approval number and precise submission-to-press dates, is itself a document of the Soviet publishing apparatus at the height of the purge era. As an early, complete, illustrated Georgian-language cultural periodical of the high Stalinist period, uncensored, it is a scarce primary source for the study of Soviet Georgian visual and performing arts under Party direction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530145820714,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6753.jpg?v=1783106672"},{"product_id":"sabchota-khelovneba-soviet-art-no-1-1938-journal-of-literary-and-art-scholarship-responsible-editor-b-gogua-1938-in-georgian","title":"Sabchota Khelovneba (Soviet Art), No. 1, 1938. Journal of literary and art scholarship; responsible editor B. Gogua, 1938. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eსაბჭოთა ხელოვნება : ხელოვნებისა და ლიტერატურის მცოდნეობის ჟურნალი \/ საქართველოს სსრ სახკომსაბჭოსთან არსებული ხელოვნების საქმეთა სამმართველოს ორთვიური ორგანო ; პასუხისმგებელი რედაქტორი ბესარიონ გოგუა.\u003cbr\u003e№ 1, 1938 წელი.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : სახელგამის სტამბა, 1938. 90 გვერდი ; 29 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eილუსტრირებული ნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSabchota Khelovneba (Soviet Art) : a journal of literary and art scholarship \/ bimonthly organ of the Directorate of Arts Affairs under the Council of People's Commissars of the Georgian SSR ; responsible editor Besarion Gogua ; technical editor Simon Abuladze ; proofreaders Sh. Beridze, A. Sikharulidze.\u003cbr\u003eNo. 1, 1938.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Sakhelgami Press, 1938. 90 pp., illustrated ; 29 cm.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal illustrated paper wrappers. Print run of 2,500 copies. \u003cbr\u003eWrappers good: light edge wear, one small stable closed tear at upper right corner. Text block very good: leaves clean and bright; light staining to the margins of a few leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-preserved issue of Soviet Georgia's principal cultural-scholarly journal, dated to the height of the Great Terror in the Caucasus. The issue opens with a full-page pencil-style portrait of Stalin and includes further plates of Lenin and Voroshilov, together with a composite page of numerous small individual photographic portraits of contributors to Georgian cultural life. The bulk of the number is devoted to the state of Georgian dramaturgy and theatre on the eve of the Union's twentieth anniversary, with a long illustrated feature on the Marjanishvili State Theatre in Tbilisi, reproducing production photographs and portraits of its leading actors in classical and Georgian repertoire, alongside a discussion of \"Othello\" at the Rustaveli Theatre and other contemporary stagings. The issue closes with a detailed theatrical-historical calendar for January and February, chronicling landmark dates in Georgian and European drama, and a full roster of the journal's scholarly and artistic contributors. Physically the issue is unusually well preserved for a Soviet periodical of this date, and its content offers a densely illustrated primary source for Georgian Sovietera theatre history, published in the same year that many of the very artists and directors discussed in its pages, and in earlier numbers of the journal, were being arrested in the purges then sweeping the republic's cultural institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530150998058,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6767.jpg?v=1783109186"},{"product_id":"vysotskaya-o-twelve-songs-for-little-children-dvenadtsat-pesen-dlya-malyshey-illustrated-by-g-yakubovich-1938-in-russian","title":"Vysotskaya, O. Twelve Songs for Little Children (Dvenadtsat' pesen dlya malyshey). Illustrated by G. Yakubovich, 1938. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eВысотская, Ольга. Двенадцать песен для малышей \/ музыка М. Иорданского и М. Раухвергера ; рисунки Г. Якубович.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Музгиз, 1938. 28 с., ил., ноты ; 29,5 × 22,8 см.\u003cbr\u003eИздательская иллюстрированная обложка. Тираж 25 000 экз.\u003cbr\u003eОбложка - очень хорошая: лёгкая потёртость по краям, уголки слегка примяты. Блок - хорошее: несколько листов с лёгкими пятнами.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eVysotskaya, Olga. Twelve Songs for Little Children \/ music by M. Iordansky and M. Raukhverger ; illustrations by G. Yakubovich.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : Muzgiz, 1938. 28 pp., illustrated, with musical notation ; 29.5 × 22.8 cm.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal illustrated paper wrappers. Print run of 25,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eWrappers very good: light edge wear, corners lightly bumped. Text block good: a few leaves with light staining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA charming example of late-1930s Soviet illustrated sheet music for preschool children: a collection of twelve songs to verses by the children's poet Olga Vysotskaya (1903-1970), whose texts were later set by such composers as D. Kabalevsky and M. Starokadomsky; here the music is by Mikhail Iordansky and Mikhail Raukhverger, both prominent Soviet composers for children whose songs (\"Blue Sled,\" \"Little Octobrists,\" and others) entered the standard repertoire of Soviet preschool music education. The collection brings together twelve short songs on everyday and playful subjects familiar to every Soviet child of the era: \"Lil' Horse,\" \"Cow,\" \"Dog,\" \"Cat,\" \"Aeroplane,\" \"Bus,\" \"Tram,\" \"Holiday,\" \"Red Army Men,\" \"Who Knows How to Wash Clean?,\" \"At Work,\" and \"Ai! Ai! Ai!\" Each song is accompanied by a piano part and a bright color illustration by the artist G. Yakubovich, in the readily recognizable idiom of pre-war Soviet children's book graphics, populated with toy horses, teddy bears, kittens, and mice. Despite a substantial print run of 25,000 copies, illustrated Soviet music booklets of this kind for young children rarely survive intact and in good condition today, since these thin, staple-bound pamphlets saw heavy use in nurseries and kindergartens and were readily lost or discarded. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530168594474,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6783.jpg?v=1783110539"},{"product_id":"chonkadze-daniel-the-fortress-of-surami-suramis-tsikhe-federatsia-1932-in-georgian","title":"Chonkadze, Daniel. The Fortress of Surami (Suramis tsikhe). Federatsia, 1932. In Georgian","description":"\u003cp\u003eჭონქაძე, დანიელ. სურამის ციხე \/ მიხეილ ზანდუკელის წინასიტყვაობითა და რედაქციით ; ფილიპე მახარაძის ნარკვევით \"დანიელ ჭონქაძე და მისი დრო\".\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : \"ფედერაცია\", 1932. 291 გვერდი; 18 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა (ტილო). ტირაჟი 5 000 ც. \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eChonkadze, Daniel. The Fortress of Surami \/ foreword and editing by Mikheil Zandukeli ; with a biographical-critical essay by Pilipe Makharadze, \"Daniel Chonkadze and His Times.\"\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Federatsia\" Publishing House, 1932. 291 pp., with 2 inserted plates; 18 cm.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover (cloth boards). Print run of 5,000 copies. \u003cbr\u003eBoards good: light wear at corners and at head and tail of spine. Text block good: leaves lightly age-toned; old adhesive repair at pp. 15-18; plates cleanly preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-preserved scholarly edition of the single completed literary work of Daniel Chonkadze (1830-1860), a young Georgian writer, folklorist, and seminary-trained teacher who translated religious literature into Ossetian and began an unfinished Russian-Ossetian dictionary before dying of consumption at the age of thirty. \"The Fortress of Surami\" was first published only posthumously, serialized across two 1859-1860 issues of the journal \"Tsiskari,\" and provoked controversy among the Georgian nobility of the day for its unflinching portrayal of the cruelties of serfdom. Woven around the folk legend of a mother's only son immured alive within the walls of the fortress at Surami to secure its foundations, the novella fuses folkloric legend with the narrative frame device familiar from the Decameron and the Thousand and One Nights, and stands as one of the foundational texts of Georgian critical realism; it was twice adapted for the screen, notably by Sergei Parajanov and Dodo Abashidze in 1985. The present 1932 edition, prepared with a scholarly foreword and textual editing by the philologist Mikheil Zandukeli and supplemented by a substantial biographical-critical essay by the Old Bolshevik and literary historian Pilipe Makharadze, gathers editorial notes, biographical documentation (including material on Chonkadze's studies and teaching career at the Kavkasioni and Tbilisi theological seminaries), a bibliography, and a corrections list, making it a significant scholarly apparatus edition rather than a mere reprint of the text. This is not a first edition of the novella itself, which predates this printing by over seventy years, but a well-produced early Soviet critical edition of lasting reference value for the study of nineteenth-century Georgian prose and the literature of anti-serfdom protest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530189795370,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6796.jpg?v=1783110928"},{"product_id":"kuchishvili-giorgi-poems-leksebi-tbilisi-1938-in-georgian","title":"Kuchishvili, Giorgi. Poems (Leksebi). Tbilisi, 1938. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eქუჩიშვილი, გიორგი. ლექსები.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : სახელგამი (ტექნიკა და შრომას სტამბა), 1938. 280 გვერდი.\u003cbr\u003eმყარი საგამომცემლო ყდა. 18 სანტიმეტრი. ტირაჟი 3 000 ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKuchishvili, Giorgi. Poems.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Sakhelgami (State Publishing House), 1938. 280 pages.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal blue cloth hardcover. 18 cm. Print run of 3,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eAdditional title page in Russian.\u003cbr\u003eFront paste-down endpaper features a striking pictorial woodcut bookplate (Ex-Libris) belonging to a private library.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: the original cloth binding shows moderate fading and edge wear; the text block is firm, and the pages are clean with light, even age-toning typical for the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA well-preserved pre-WWII collection of poetry by Giorgi Kuchishvili (1886-1947), a notable Georgian poet whose early works focused heavily on the working class and urban social issues, before seamlessly integrating into mainstream Soviet literature. Published during the height of the Great Purge in 1938 by the State Publishing House (Sakhelgami) in a modest print run of 3,000 copies, this volume represents the officially sanctioned literary output of the era. This specific copy is notably enhanced by the inclusion of a beautiful pictorial Ex-Libris on the front paste-down. Surviving hardcovers of 1930s Georgian literature with intact, high-quality ex-libris plates are increasingly sought after by collectors of Soviet book arts and Caucasian literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44532686225450,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6813.jpg?v=1783201928"},{"product_id":"georgian-avant-garde-lisashvili-iakinte-khomeriki-vardnili-rose-field-a-novel-illustrated-by-d-kutateladze-1933-in-georgian","title":"[Georgian avant-garde] Lisashvili, Iakinte (Khomeriki). Vardnili (Rose Field) : a novel. Illustrated by D. Kutateladze, 1933. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eლისაშვილი, იაკინთე (ხომერიკი). ვარდნილი : რომანი \/ წინასიტყვაობა გ. ნატროშვილისა ; მხატვარი დ. ქუთათელაძე.\u003cbr\u003eტფილისი : გამომცემლობა \"ფედერაცია\", 1933. [XXXV], 312 გვერდი, ილუსტრირებული.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი საგამომცემლო ყდა, კონსტრუქტივისტული გეომეტრიული დეკორითა და ოქროსფერი რომბით წინა ყდაზე; ავანგარდული ფორზაცები. ტირაჟი 4 500 ც.\u003cbr\u003eყდა - კარგი: ცვეთა კიდეებზე და კუთხეებში, უკანა ყდაზე მცირე ლაქები. ბლოკი - ძალიან კარგი: ფურცლები მოყვითლო, ილუსტრაციები სუფთად შენარჩუნებული, ტექსტი სრული.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eLisashvili, Iakinte (Iakinte Khomeriki). Vardnili (Rose Field) : a novel \/ foreword by G. Natroshvili ; illustrations by D. Kutateladze.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : \"Federatsia\" Publishing House, 1933. [XXXV], 312 pp., illustrated.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's cloth boards with a constructivist geometric design and a gilt-stamped rhombus on the front cover; avant-garde endpapers with a radiating linear design in orange and blue. Print run of 4,500 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBoards good: wear to edges and corners, minor staining to rear board. Text block very good: leaves lightly toned, illustrations cleanly preserved, text complete throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA striking example of Georgian avant-garde book design from the early Soviet period, the first edition of the novel \"Vardnili\" by Iakinte Lisashvili (born Iakinte Khomeriki, 1897-1972), a Georgian writer and playwright of peasant origin who worked his way up from a Batumi typesetting apprentice to become, from 1931 to 1936, director of the \"Federatsia\" publishing house itself, the very press that issued this novel. Lisashvili had already published several collections of verse in the 1920s before turning to long-form prose; \"Vardnili,\" with its introductory essay by the critic G. Natroshvili, marked a significant step in his transition to the novel form and was followed the next year by his admission to the Union of Georgian Writers. The binding and endpapers, designed by the artist D. Kutateladze, exhibit a bold constructivist geometric idiom, radiating diagonal lines in orange and blue converging on faceted hexagonal panels, characteristic of the graphic design vocabulary Soviet Georgian publishers favored in the early 1930s before Socialist Realism displaced such experimentation; the text is accompanied by small woodcut-style vignette illustrations depicting Tbilisi street and mountain-camp scenes. The volume's later gift inscription, in Russian and not in the author's hand, adds a note of personal provenance without diminishing the book's chief interest, which lies in its distinctive avant-garde production and its place in the early literary career of a writer who was, at the moment of its publication, simultaneously his own publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44532697825322,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6827.jpg?v=1783221715"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/collections\/IMG_5723_de778062-3920-4da4-a0b4-f00890c0e7ea.jpg?v=1790894223","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/collections\/private-collection.oembed","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}