{"title":"Reference Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis collection serves as the intellectual backbone of the archive, featuring a wide array of rare dictionaries, encyclopedias, and specialized reference materials. Spanning multiple languages and eras, these volumes document the systematic organization of human knowledge, from monumental multi-volume encyclopedic sets to specialized terminological lexicons and bibliographic guides. Whether tracing the evolution of language through historical dictionaries or exploring the scientific and cultural summaries of the 19th and 20th centuries, these works offer indispensable support for academic research and bibliographic study. Selected for their reliability and historical depth, these editions are essential tools for scholars, linguists, and dedicated collectors of regional heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"behind-the-wheel-soviet-magazine-4-1937-за-рулем-журнал-ссср","title":"Behind the Wheel (Za Rulem) Magazine, No. 4, 1937. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eЗа рулем. Двухнедельный иллюстрированный журнал. 1937 год, № 4 (февраль).\u003cbr\u003eМосква: Жургазобъединение, 1937.\u003cbr\u003e32 с.: ил.; 25×17,5 см.\u003cbr\u003eИллюстрированная издательская обложка.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eZa Rulem (Behind the Wheel). A Two-Week Illustrated Magazine. 1937, No. 4 (February).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: Zhurgazob\"edinenie (Journal and Newspaper Association), 1937.\u003cbr\u003e32 p.: ill.; 25×17.5 cm.\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated publisher's cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis February 1937 issue of the biweekly magazine \"Za Rulem\" (Behind the Wheel), founded in 1928 on the initiative of journalist Mikhail Koltsov, exemplifies its transformation into a tool of ideological mobilization on the eve of WWII. While initially conceived as a popular mass magazine to promote automobile culture, this issue is heavily focused on military and patriotic themes, featuring articles on troop transport, \"people of Stalin's hardening,\" and new fuel standards for transport. The magazine's design involved prominent artists like Boris Efimov. This publication serves as a valuable primary source, illustrating how specialized technical media were harnessed for state propaganda during the late 1930s, blending practical automotive information with the rhetoric of Stalinist industrialization and militarization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962988003370,"sku":"EB-306331015368","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_97666cde-d2f7-4ce8-b28e-4872f816b4a8.jpg?v=1768159624"},{"product_id":"constructivist-cover-femer-mechanization-of-construction-work-1930-л-фемер","title":"Femer, L. Mechanization of Construction Works. Part 1. Mechanization (Mekhanizatsiya stroitel'nykh rabot. Chast' 1. Mekhanizatsiya), 1930. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eЛ. Фемер. Механизация строительных работ. Часть 1. Механизация.\u003cbr\u003eМосква: Техника управления (Издательство ВСНХ СССР, «Строймеханизация»), 1930.\u003cbr\u003e247 с., 1 вкл. л. черт.: ил., черт. Мягкая оригинальная картонная обложка. Слегка уменьшенный формат.\u003cbr\u003e[Конструктивистская, авангардная обложка. Вероятный автор — Варвара Степанова]\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eL. Femer. Mechanization of Construction Works. Part 1. Mechanization (Mekhanizatsiya stroitel'nykh rabot. Chast' 1. Mekhanizatsiya).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: Tekhnika upravleniya (Publishing House of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the USSR, \"Stroymechanizatsiya\"), 1930.\u003cbr\u003e247 p., 1 incl. sheet of diagrams: ill., diagrams. Soft original cardboard cover. Slightly reduced format.\u003cbr\u003e[Constructivist, avant-garde cover. Probable author — Varvara Stepanova]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis technical manual by L. Femer, published in 1930 at the height of Soviet industrialization, is a primary source on the mechanization of construction processes during the First Five-Year Plan. Issued by the specialized publishing body \"Tekhnika upravleniya\" under the Supreme Council of the National Economy (VSNKh) and its \"Stroymechanizatsiya\" trust, the book systematically addresses the organization and application of machinery on construction sites. Its primary significance for collectors and historians of art lies in its exceptional constructivist cover design. The bold, geometric, and functional aesthetic of the cover is emblematic of the Russian avant-garde's direct engagement with industrial and utilitarian themes. While not explicitly signed, the design is stylistically characteristic of the work of Varvara Stepanova (1894–1958)—a central figure of constructivism, renowned for her graphic design, book art, and ideological commitment to creating a new visual language for the new society. As such, this volume transcends its technical content to become a valuable artifact of 1920s-1930s Soviet design culture, where art was consciously applied to everyday objects, including scientific and industrial literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963001241642,"sku":"EB-306271896135","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_e1f7b025-216e-40bd-b912-cc6603729be7.jpg?v=1768159773"},{"product_id":"dictionary-russian-georgian-1980-словарь-словосочетаний-русский-грузинский-rare","title":"Tsertsvadze, I. I. Dictionary of Russian phrases with a dependent controlled form and their Georgian equivalents (Slovar' russkikh slovosochetaniy s zavisimoy upravlyaemoy formoy i ikh gruzinskikh ekvivalentov), 1980. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eЦерцвадзе, И. И. Словарь русских словосочетаний с зависимой управляемой формой и их грузинских эквивалентов.\u003cbr\u003e1-е издание.\u003cbr\u003eТбилиси: Изд-во Тбил. ун-та, 1980.\u003cbr\u003e710 с.; 22 см. Твердый переплет. Тираж: 10 000 экз.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eTsertsvadze, I. I. Dictionary of Russian Phrases with a Dependent Controlled Form and their Georgian Equivalents (Slovar' russkikh slovosochetaniy s zavisimoy upravlyaemoy formoy i ikh gruzinskikh ekvivalentov).\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi: Publishing House of Tbilisi University, 1980.\u003cbr\u003e710 p.; 22 cm. Hardcover. Edition of 10,000 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1980 publication is a pioneering lexicographical work by I. I. Tsertsvadze, representing the first attempt to systematically compile a dictionary of Russian phrases involving a specific syntactic relationship — government or control (upravlenie) — and provide their Georgian equivalents. The core linguistic concept it addresses is government: a grammatical construction where a \"head\" word (typically a verb, noun, or adjective) grammatically requires a \"dependent\" word to appear in a specific case. For example, the Russian verb читать \"to read\" governs the accusative case of its direct object (читать книгу \"to read a book\"). This dictionary contains approximately 1,500 headwords, focusing on the most common Russian phrases of this type. Published by Tbilisi University Press, this substantial hardcover volume was a significant resource for translators, linguists, and advanced learners, facilitating a deeper understanding of syntactic correspondence between Russian and Georgian during the late Soviet period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963010220074,"sku":"EB-306433548567","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_36391973-8b17-480b-b7c2-c08b778dac62.jpg?v=1768159846"},{"product_id":"design-of-steel-structures-ussr-1956-муханов-проектирование-стальных-конструкций","title":"Mukhanov, K. K. Design of Steel Structures. Textbook for Construction Technical Schools (Proektirovanie stalykh konstruktsiy. Uchebnik dlya stroit. tekhnikumov), 1956. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eМуханов, К. К. Проектирование стальных конструкций. Учебник для строит. техникумов.\u003cbr\u003eМосква: Госстройиздат, 1956.\u003cbr\u003e375 с., 2 л. черт.: ил.; 22 см. Твердый переплет.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eMukhanov, K. K. Design of Steel Structures. Textbook for Construction Technical Schools (Proektirovanie stalykh konstruktsiy. Uchebnik dlya stroit. tekhnikumov).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: Gosstroyizdat, 1956.\u003cbr\u003e375 p., 2 p. fig.: ill.; 22 cm. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a standard textbook on the design and calculation of steel structures, authored by K. K. Mukhanov and published in 1956 by the specialized state publishing house \"Gosstroyizdat\" (State Publishing House for Construction Literature). Intended for students of construction technical schools, the book systematically presents the fundamental principles of designing metal structures used in industrial and civil engineering. It covers essential topics including load calculations, the behavior of structural elements (beams, columns, trusses), connections (welded and bolted), and provides general information on the fabrication and installation of steel assemblies. As a product of the post-war reconstruction and industrialization period in the USSR, this textbook reflects the codified engineering practices and normative approaches of Soviet construction in the mid-1950s. The volume includes numerous illustrations and two folding plates with detailed drawings. 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From 1913 until his death he taught at the Moscow Commercial Institute (later the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of National Economy), where he developed curricula and textbooks on the classification, quality assessment, storage, and processing of foodstuffs — a critical discipline in the planned Soviet economy.\u003cbr\u003eThis second edition (1954) of his authoritative textbook, officially approved by the Ministry of Higher Education, served as the standard reference for students of economics, trade, and food industry faculties. It covers in detail the properties, standards, grading, packaging, and preservation methods for all major food groups: grains and flour products, meat and meat products, fish and seafood, dairy, fats and oils, fruits and vegetables, sugar, confectionery, tea, coffee, and alcoholic\/non-alcoholic beverages. The book integrates scientific principles of chemistry, microbiology, and commodity expertise with practical Soviet standards (GOSTs) and postwar reconstruction needs.\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations and diagrams by Pavel Grigoryevich Mityushin, a Soviet artist specializing in technical and educational book design of the 1950s, enhance the clarity of tables, product cross-sections, and quality indicators.\u003cbr\u003eAs a key educational work of the early Khrushchev era, it reflects the emphasis on rational food supply, quality control, and vocational training in the Soviet planned economy. 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Перельштейн, П. М. Френкель, П. М. Казанцев.\u003cbr\u003eМосква-Ленинград: Государственное научно-техническое издательство строительной индустрии и судостроения, 1934.\u003cbr\u003e725 стр. Твердый переплет, увеличенный формат.\u003cbr\u003eТираж: 25 000 экз.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSpravochnik inzhenera-proektirovshchika promsooruzheniy. Tom 2. Raschetno-teoreticheskiy. [Handbook of an Industrial Design Engineer. Volume 2. Calculation and Theoretical].\u003cbr\u003eEditor-in-chief of the volume I. M. Rabinovich, editors N. L. Perelshtein, P. M. Frenkel, P. M. Kazantsev.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow-Leningrad: State Scientific and Technical Publishing House of the Construction Industry and Shipbuilding, 1934.\u003cbr\u003e725 pp. Hardcover, enlarged format.\u003cbr\u003ePrint run: 25,000 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1934 second volume of the \"Handbook of an Industrial Design Engineer\" is a foundational technical reference from the peak of Soviet industrialization. Edited under the leadership of I. M. Rabinovich and a team of specialist editors, this substantial 725-page tome is dedicated to the calculation and theoretical principles essential for designing industrial structures. Published by the State Scientific and Technical Publishing House for the construction and shipbuilding industries, this volume provided engineers with the standardized methodologies, formulas, and technical data required for the ambitious construction projects of the First and Second Five-Year Plans. Its large format and comprehensive content made it an indispensable tool for the generation of Soviet engineers tasked with building the country's industrial base, reflecting the era's emphasis on technical education and standardized practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963041611818,"sku":"EB-306476621077","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_0298577c-ac51-44c4-bad1-2e9af4b9d39f.jpg?v=1768160454"},{"product_id":"mechanization-of-earthworks-constructivist-cover-1933-механизация-земляных-работ","title":"Sidorov, V. I. Mechanization of Earthworks (Mekhanizatsiya zemlyanykh rabot), 1933. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eСидоров В. 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At a time when projects like the Moscow-Volga Canal and the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station demanded unprecedented volumes of soil displacement, this book served as a practical guide for engineers and technical personnel to optimize the use of heavy machinery.\u003cbr\u003eAcross its 73 pages, the volume is heavily illustrated with technical schemes and drawings that detail the kinematic structures of excavating machines and the logistical organization of \"mechanized squads.\" Sidorov emphasizes the efficiency of steam and electric power over traditional methods, providing calculations for productivity and the systematic maintenance of equipment in harsh field conditions. The physical identity of the book—a utilitarian softcover printed in a run of 10,300 copies—highlights its role as a mass-produced instructional tool for the new generation of Soviet technical specialists. For bibliophiles, historians of technology, and collectors of early Soviet industrial literature, this 1933 imprint is a vital primary source, documenting the foundational mechanical methods that literally reshaped the landscape of the USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963106459690,"sku":"EB-306331009314","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_337a5468-7cfd-415b-9165-28d4af674270.jpg?v=1768161129"},{"product_id":"newspaper-chronicle-no-1-and-no-2-georgia-1935-газетная-летопись-вып-1-2","title":"Newspaper Chronicle, 1935. Nos. 1 \u0026 2. In Russian and Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eGazetnaya Letopis (Newspaper Chronicle).\u003cbr\u003eReference Index. Second Year of Publication. — No. 1 and No. 2.\u003cbr\u003eTiflis [Tbilisi] : Gruzspravka \/ State Book Chamber of the SSR, 1935.\u003cbr\u003eRegular format. Original softcover. Published monthly. In Russian and Georgian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1935 double issue of the \"Newspaper Chronicle\" (Gazetnaya Letopis) is a critical bibliographic artifact representing the systematic documentation of the Soviet Georgian press during the height of the mid-1930s social and industrial transformation. Issued in its second year of publication by the State Book Chamber of the SSR in Tiflis, the text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the period's media landscape, including the arrangement of indices for articles, reports, and editorials published across various republican and local newspapers. As a bilingual publication in Russian and Georgian, it reflects the multi-ethnic and centralized administrative efforts to categorize and control the flow of information within the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Newspaper Chronicle\" was a vital tool for historians, librarians, and party officials, serving as the official record of everything deemed significant in the daily press. Across its pages, it catalogues a vast array of topics ranging from the progress of the second Five-Year Plan to cultural developments and political directives. Published by the specialized Gruzspravka press, the softcover edition remains an indispensable primary source for researchers of the 1930s, offering a structured window into the narratives that shaped the Soviet public consciousness just before the intensified era of political repressions. For bibliophiles and collectors of Soviet archival materials and Caucasiana, this 1935 Tiflis imprint is a rare survivor of the early Soviet bibliographic tradition, documenting the foundational infrastructure of information science in Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963106983978,"sku":"EB-306376747676","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_aee95187-c7db-44fc-8dc4-ac89100bb9ed.jpg?v=1768161152"},{"product_id":"photochemical-dictionary-constructivist-cover-1929-фотохимический-словарик-rare","title":"Falkenshtein, B. Yu. Photochemical Dictionary: Russian-Latin (Fotokhimicheskiy slovarik: Russko-latinskiy), 1929. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eФалькенштейн Б. Ю.\u003cbr\u003eФотохимический словарик. 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Falkenshtein, the dictionary provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the darkroom, including the arrangement and description of 145 of the most essential chemical substances used in the photographic process. By providing a Russian-Latin nomenclature, the book served as a vital bridge for practitioners navigating the transition from traditional apothecary standards to modern chemical manufacturing. Each entry offers concise data on the properties, uses, and precautions for various developers, fixers, and toning agents, reflecting the high degree of technical self-sufficiency required by photographers during the 1920s.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume was published as part of the \"Photographer's Library\" series, an offshoot of the popular-science magazine In the Workshop of Nature, which played a crucial role in the dissemination of technical literacy across the USSR. Printed by the Central Typography of the People's Commissariat of Military and Naval Affairs (Narkomvoenmor), the physical book is a compact 17×13 cm brochure, complete with several pages of period advertisements that offer a rare glimpse into the photographic market of pre-industrialized Leningrad. Despite a print run of 5,000 copies, these ephemeral technical guides were typically exhausted by heavy workshop use, making well-preserved copies quite scarce. For bibliophiles, historians of science, and collectors of photographic ephemera, this 1929 Leningrad imprint is a vital primary source, documenting the foundational chemistry of early 20th-century visual arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963110785066,"sku":"EB-306307938451","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_c954f929-4960-4db3-afd5-fab61503ef43.jpg?v=1768161293"},{"product_id":"persian-russian-dictionary-miller-1953-миллер-персидско-русский-словарь","title":"Miller, B. F. Persian-Russian Dictionary (Persidsko-russkiy slovar), 1953. In Persian and Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eМиллер Б. Ф.\u003cbr\u003eПерсидско-русский словарь. \/ Около 35 000 слов. С приложением грамматического очерка, составленного В. С. Расторгуевой. 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Boris Fyodorovich Miller (1877–1956), a distinguished specialist in Iranian philology and a professor at Moscow State University, dedicated his career to the systematic study of the Persian language. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Persian lexicon, including the arrangement of approximately 35,000 entries that cover classical literary vocabulary, modern socio-political terminology, and essential idioms. A critical addition to this edition is the comprehensive grammatical sketch by V. S. Rastorguyeva, which provides the structural framework necessary for mastering the nuances of Persian syntax and morphology.\u003cbr\u003eSpanning 668 pages, the dictionary was produced by the State Publishing House of Foreign and National Dictionaries during a period of intense academic exchange between the Soviet Union and the Middle East. Its encyclopedic format and robust hardcover were designed for intensive professional use by linguists, diplomats, and translators. 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The volume is richly documented with photographic materials, diagrams, and complex tables that address the reinforcement of damaged spans and the construction of temporary supports.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the birth of the Soviet bridge-building school and Paton's pedagogical philosophy of training engineers through solving high-stakes practical problems. Published in an encyclopedic format with a limited print run of 3,000 copies, this early edition—issued before the author’s famous shift toward electric welding—is a significant bibliographical rarity for historians of technology, civil engineers, and collectors of early Soviet scientific imprints.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44120130617386,"sku":"BOOK-PATE-C5PA","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_8999.jpg?v=1771891110"},{"product_id":"petroleum-oils-and-additives-technical-requirements-and-test-methods-official-edition-masla-neftyanye-i-prisadki-k-nim-1960-in-russian","title":"Petroleum Oils and Additives: Technical Requirements and Test Methods. Official Edition (Masla neftyanye i prisadki k nim), 1960. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eМасла нефтяные и присадки к ним: Технические требования. Методы испытаний.\u003cbr\u003eГосударственные стандарты СССР. Официальное издание [На 1-е ноября 1959 г.].\u003cbr\u003eМосква: Стандартгиз, 1960.\u003cbr\u003e500 с., 1 л. ил. : ил. ; 21 см. Тираж 10,000 экз. Твердый издательский переплет.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003ePetroleum Oils and Additives: Technical Requirements and Test Methods (Masla neftyanye i prisadki k nim).\u003cbr\u003eUSSR State Standards (GOST). Official Edition [As of November 1, 1959].\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: Standartgiz, 1960.\u003cbr\u003e500 pp., 1 sheet of illus. : illus.; 21 cm. Edition of 10,000 copies. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1960 technical reference is the definitive official compendium of State Standards (GOST) regulating the petroleum industry during the peak of the Soviet post-war industrial expansion. 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Featuring complex tables, diagrams of testing apparatus, and a specialized illustrative plate, this official Standartgiz publication is a significant bibliographical rarity for historians of technology, chemical engineers, and collectors of early Soviet industrial standards and academic petroleum literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44126501273642,"sku":"BOOK-PETOIL-RUBA","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_7304.jpg?v=1771946098"},{"product_id":"selivankin-s-a-production-of-jewelry-proizvodstvo-yuvelirnykh-izdeliy-1951-in-russian","title":"Selivankin, S. A. Production of Jewelry (Proizvodstvo yuvelirnykh izdeliy), 1951. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eС. А. Селиванкин. Производство ювелирных изделий.\u003cbr\u003eОдобрено Управлением учебных заведений Министерства торговли СССР в качестве учебного пособия.\u003cbr\u003eМосква: Государственное издательство торговой литературы (Госторгиздат), 1951.\u003cbr\u003e200 с., 1 л. ил. Формат 22х15 см. Твердый издательский переплет.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eS. A. Selivankin.\u003cbr\u003eProduction of Jewelry (Proizvodstvo yuvelirnykh izdeliy).\u003cbr\u003eApproved by the Administration of Educational Institutions of the Ministry of Trade of the USSR as a textbook.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: State Publishing House of Trade Literature (Gostorgizdat), 1951.\u003cbr\u003e200 pp., 1 sheet of illus. Format 22x15 cm. Publisher's hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1951 technical manual is a comprehensive guide to the Soviet jewelry industry during the post-war era of industrial standardization. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of precious metal craftsmanship, including the arrangement of detailed data on the physical and technological properties of noble and non-ferrous metals, as well as auxiliary materials used in gem-setting and finishing. Selivankin provides a rigorous technical characterization of the specialized equipment, hand tools, and precision instruments essential to the jeweler's bench. The work covers the fundamental techniques of the trade—from alloying and casting to soldering, engraving, and polishing—while emphasizing rationalized methods for the mass production of rings, earrings, and decorative items.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the systematic transition of traditional artisanal skills into the structured curriculum of Soviet vocational training under the Ministry of Trade. The book features numerous diagrams of mechanical presses, rolling mills, and intricate jewelry joints, alongside a specialized illustrative plate. Published by \"Gostorgizdat\" in a durable hardcover format, this edition is a significant bibliographical rarity for gemologists, historians of technology, professional jewelers, and collectors of early Soviet industrial textbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44126527848490,"sku":"BOOK-SELS-699A","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_7280.jpg?v=1771946690"},{"product_id":"signed-buleishvili-m-murghulia-r-bibliography-about-abkhazia-bibliograpia-apkhazetis-shesakheb-2008-in-georgian","title":"[Signed] Buleishvili, M., Murghulia, R. Bibliography about Abkhazia (Bibliograpia Apkhazetis shesakheb), 2008. 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Paperback.\u003cbr\u003eCopy with an author's autograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 2008 comprehensive bibliographic reference, released under the aegis of the Georgian National Museum, serves as a crucial scholarly tool for the study of the history, culture, and archaeology of the Abkhazia region. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of regional historiography, including the arrangement of thousands of entries spanning academic works, archival documents, and specialized periodicals concerning the Black Sea coastline. Edited by the preeminent historian Mariam Lordkipanidze, the volume systematizes centuries of multidisciplinary research, offering researchers a rigorous roadmap through the complex layers of Abkhazia's past, from antiquity to the modern era.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the state of Georgian and international academic discourse on Abkhazia at the beginning of the 21st century. The work is essential for understanding the development of Caucasian studies and the preservation of cultural heritage. This particular copy is distinguished by an original author's autograph, significantly enhancing its value for institutional libraries and private collectors. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44126988337194,"sku":"BOOK-SIGBUL-563A","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_7100.jpg?v=1771957363"},{"product_id":"title-golubev-v-g-the-young-dog-handler-yunyi-sobakovod-osoaviakhim-ussr-1939-first-edition-in-russian","title":"Golubev, V. G. The Young Dog Handler (Yunyi sobakovod). Osoaviakhim USSR, 1939. First edition. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eГолубев, В. Г. Юный собаковод.\u003cbr\u003eМосква: Редиздат ЦС Осоавиахима СССР, 1939.\u003cbr\u003e116 с.: ил., черт., схем.; 21 см.\u003cbr\u003eВ издательской иллюстрированной мягкой обложке.\u003cbr\u003eПервое издание. Редкость.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние: хорошее. Издательская обложка с возрастной желтизной, разводами и пятнами от влаги (особенно на задней крышке), потёртостями и небольшими утратами по краям, заломами уголков. Блок крепкий, страницы пожелтевшие со следами лисьих пятен по полям, текст, схемы и фотографии чёткие, полностью читаемые. \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGolubev, V. G. Yunyi sobakovod [The Young Dog Handler].\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: Redizdat TsS Osoaviakhima SSSR (Editorial-Publishing Department of the Central Council of Osoaviakhim USSR), 1939.\u003cbr\u003e116 pp.: illustrations, drawings, diagrams; 21 cm.\u003cbr\u003eIn publisher's illustrated soft wrappers.\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition. Rare.\u003cbr\u003eCondition: good. Publisher's wrappers with age-toning, damp-staining and spotting (more pronounced on the rear cover), edge wear with small chips and creased corners. Text block firm; pages toned with light foxing to margins; text, diagrams, and photographic illustrations remain crisp and fully legible throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scarce pre-war manual of Soviet service-dog training aimed at the young members of Osoaviakhim — the Society for the Promotion of Defence, Aviation and Chemical Construction (Obshchestvo sodeistviia oborone, aviatsionnomu i khimicheskomu stroitel'stvu, 1927–1948) — the mass paramilitary organization that prepared millions of Soviet citizens for war and was the direct predecessor of DOSAAF. By the late 1930s the Soviet military dog programme, anchored at the Central School of Military Dog Breeding (\"Krasnaia zvezda\") at Kuskovo, had built up a sophisticated doctrine of training messenger, sentry, sapper, sled-medical, and anti-tank dogs, and Osoaviakhim's youth clubs were the main feeder system for that effort. Vsevolod Golubev's manual — issued on the eve of the Winter War and the Great Patriotic War, in which Soviet service dogs would famously locate over four million mines and evacuate tens of thousands of wounded — covers selection of breeds (especially the East European Shepherd then under development), kennel construction, feeding, basic and advanced obedience, and the specialized commands required for defence work, illustrated throughout with diagrams of equipment, harness, and field exercises. Books from the Redizdat TsS Osoaviakhima imprint had high attrition rates (heavy use by club instructors, fragile wrappers, paper rationing during the war) and pre-war first editions of this manual are seldom encountered intact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44287850905642,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_1331.jpg?v=1777152695"},{"product_id":"gaffarov-m-a-persian-russian-dictionary-persidsko-russkiy-slovar-in-two-volumes-phototype-reprint-1974-1976-in-russian","title":"Gaffarov, M. A. Persian-Russian Dictionary (Persidsko-russkiy slovar'). In two volumes. Phototype reprint, 1974-1976. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eГаффаров М. А. Персидско-русский словарь: В двух томах \/ Под редакцией Ф. Е. Корша и Л. И. Жиркова. — Том I: от ا до ژ. Том II: от س до ی.\u003cbr\u003eМосква: Издательство «Наука», Главная редакция восточной литературы (ГРВЛ), 1974 (т. I) — 1976 (т. II). — 968 с. (пагинация сквозная).\u003cbr\u003eТвёрдый издательский переплёт, большой (энциклопедический) формат. Фототипическое воспроизведение издания 1914–1928 гг. без изменений и дополнений. Тираж 1500 экз.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGaffarov M. A. Persian-Russian Dictionary: In two volumes \/ Edited by F. E. Korsh and L. I. Zhirkov. — Volume I: from ا to ژ. Volume II: from س to ی.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: «Nauka» Publishing House, Main Editorial Office of Eastern Literature (GRVL), 1974 (vol. I) — 1976 (vol. II). — 968 pp. (continuous pagination).\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's hardcover binding, oversize (encyclopedic) format. Phototype reprint of the original 1914–1928 edition without alteration or supplement. Print run 1,500 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMirza Abdullah Gaffarov's «Persian-Russian Dictionary», originally issued in two volumes by the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages in Moscow between 1914 and 1928, has long held a place of honor in Russian Iranology as the most copious lexicographic record of literary Persian to appear before the Soviet era. Compiled by a native speaker of Tatar and Persian and edited by two of the most distinguished Slavic Iranists of the period — Fyodor Korsh (1843–1915), the Imperial Academician famous for his work on Iranian metrics, and Lev Zhirkov (1885–1963), the Soviet specialist on Persian and Caucasian languages who saw the second volume through the press after Korsh's death — the dictionary covers approximately 60,000 entries with rich citation of classical poetry, Quranic vocabulary, technical and scientific terminology, regional usage, and Arabic loanwords with their Persian inflections. Although it was eventually superseded for modern usage by Yu. A. Rubinchik's Soviet dictionary of the 1970s and B. V. Miller's compact volume, Gaffarov remains indispensable for anyone reading classical and pre-modern Persian texts — Ferdowsi, Saadi, Hafez, Rumi, Nezami — because of its breadth of literary citation and its preservation of older lexical strata not retained in later dictionaries. 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With a parallel title-page in Russian.\u003cbr\u003eSigned by the compiler on the front free endpaper.\u003cbr\u003eCondition: good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second, substantially revised edition of Aleksandre Glonti's monumental dictionary of Georgian regional dialects bears one of the most evocative titles in Kartvelian lexicography: «Sit'q'vis kona», literally \"The Bouquet of the Word\", a phrase consciously echoing the celebrated eighteenth-century Georgian explanatory dictionary of Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, which bore the same name. Aleksandre Andreevich Glonti (1923–2001) was a leading Georgian philologist, dialectologist, folklorist and lexicographer of the Soviet and early post-Soviet periods, long associated with Tbilisi State University and the A. Tsereteli State University in Kutaisi, and the principal modern authority on the dialectal lexicon of the Georgian language. His \"Bouquet of Words\" gathers tens of thousands of dialectal lexical units drawn systematically from the eastern Georgian dialect groups (Kartli, Kakheti, Khevsureti, Pshavi, Tusheti, Mokhevian, Mtiul-Gudamaqari) and the western groups (Imeretian, Lechkhumian, Rachan, Gurian, Acharan and the periphery touching on Megrelian, Laz and Svan), each entry given with regional marking, etymological commentary where attainable, and citation drawn from folkloric and ethnographic contexts. 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Small format 84×108\/32 (approximately 130×200 mm). Print run of 40,000 copies. Approved for use by the Ministry of Education of the Georgian SSR.\u003cbr\u003eCondition fair: visible staining and soiling on the front cover with marked water-staining on the lower right quadrant, edges and corners rubbed and slightly frayed; interior leaves with light age-toning typical of mid-1950s Soviet schoolbook acidic paper; text-block firm, sewing sound, text fully legible throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA primary-school Georgian-language grammar and orthography textbook prepared by Valerian Ramishvili, the principal author of late-Stalin-era Georgian school primers, for use in the 3rd and 4th grades of Georgian-language schools across the Soviet Republic of Georgia. The work is presented here in its eleventh revised edition, signalling that the textbook had been in continuous use under the Ministry of Education of the Georgian SSR for more than a decade with regular republication and pedagogical revision. The volume covers basic Georgian morphology (the declensional system, the verbal system, the seven-case system), elementary syntax, and the orthographic norms of the modern Georgian literary language, with substantial sets of practice exercises (savarjishoebiturt) integrated throughout. As one of the principal Sakhelgami school textbooks of its grade level for almost two decades, the volume documents the codified pedagogical norm for Georgian as taught to a generation of Soviet-Georgian schoolchildren, of specific interest to historians of Soviet education policy in the national republics, to historians of the Georgian literary language, and to collectors of late-Stalin-era Sakhelgami imprints. Sakhelgami school textbooks of this period were intensively used in the classroom and rarely retained beyond the school year, and surviving copies typically present in only fair condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44306020827178,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2245.jpg?v=1777648346"},{"product_id":"chikobava-arn-ed-explanatory-dictionary-of-the-georgian-language-one-volume-edition-kartuli-enis-ganmartebiti-leksikoni-erttomeuli-1986-in-georgian","title":"Chikobava, Arn. (ed.). Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian Language: One-Volume Edition (K'artuli enis ganmart'ebit'i leksik'oni: ert't'omeuli). 1986. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eჩიქობავა, არნ. (მთ. რედ.). ქართული ენის განმარტებითი ლექსიკონი : ერთტომეული \/ რედაქტორი მ. ჭაბაშვილი ; სარედ. კოლ.: ირ. აბაშიძე, რ. მეტრეველი, არნ. ჩიქობავა [და სხვ.] ; საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია, ენათმეცნიერების ინსტიტუტი.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედიის მთავარი სამეცნიერო რედაქცია, 1986. 591, [1] გვ. ; 30 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა. ტირაჟი 60 000 ც.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა კარგი+: ყდა სუფთა, ოქრო ასოები ნათელი; ფორზაცი ოდნავ ყვითელი; ბლოკი მტკიცე, სრული.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eChikobava, Arnold (editor-in-chief). Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian Language: One-Volume Edition \/ editor M. Ch'abashvili ; editorial board: Ir. Abashidze, R. Metreveli, Arn. Chikobava [et al.] ; Institute of Linguistics, Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Main Scientific Editorial Board of the Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1986. 591, [1] pp. ; 30 cm.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. Print run of 60,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good+: boards clean with bright gilt lettering; endpapers with light yellowing; block firm and complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArnold Chikobava (1898-1985) was the dominant figure of twentieth-century Georgian linguistics and the founder of Ibero-Caucasian linguistics as a systematic discipline. A founding member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1941), head of the Department of Caucasian Studies at Tbilisi State University from 1933, and director of the Institute of Linguistics from 1950, Chikobava shaped Georgian linguistic scholarship across six decades and authored over five hundred papers and fifteen monographs. His international significance was secured by his successful challenge to Nikolai Marr's \"Japhetic\" theory, which had been adopted as Soviet linguistic orthodoxy: Chikobava's opposition, culminating in his direct report to Joseph Stalin in 1950, contributed to Stalin's famous Pravda article denouncing Marrism and effectively ended it as state doctrine. The Institute of Linguistics now bears his name. The eight-volume Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian Language (1950-1964), compiled by approximately 150 scholars under Chikobava's editorship, is the foundational lexicographical monument of modern Georgian, containing nearly 115,000 words with systematic documentation covering ancient, classical, and modern Georgian. The present one-volume edition, published in 1986 by the Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia's editorial board with M. Ch'abashvili as editor, condenses the eight-volume reference into a single portable volume while preserving its explanatory approach. It appeared the year after Chikobava's death in November 1985, making it the final form of his dictionary to appear in his institutional lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44313687719978,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2598.jpg?v=1777928618"},{"product_id":"gordon-v-o-fundamentals-of-technical-drawing-textbook-for-incomplete-and-complete-secondary-school-teknikuri-khazvis-sapudzvelbi-1938-in-georgian","title":"Gordon, V.O. Fundamentals of Technical Drawing: Textbook for Incomplete and Complete Secondary School (T'eknik'uri khazvis sap'udzvelbi). 1938. 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Print run of 40,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBinding fair: front board with an extensive moisture stain at upper corner; rear board with multiple dark stains scattered throughout; spine intact and firm. Text block good: leaves evenly yellowed; text and technical figures complete and legible throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eV.O. Gordon was a Soviet Russian author of technical drawing textbooks widely used in USSR secondary schools from the 1930s through the 1950s. His Osnovy tekhnicheskogo chertezhiya (Fundamentals of Technical Drawing) was among the standard instructional texts in the Soviet general secondary school curriculum for the subject known as \"cherchenie\" (technical drafting), covering the core disciplines of geometric drawing, orthographic and projective drawing, sectional views, and applied technical illustration, as structured for the incomplete and complete secondary school levels. The present volume is the Georgian-language translation prepared by G. Burchuladze and published by the Scientific-Pedagogical Sector of the Georgian State Publishing House (Sakhelgami) in 1938. The translation was part of the systematic program of the Georgian SSR in the 1930s to produce and publish instructional materials across all school subjects in the Georgian language, as mandated by Soviet nationalities policy. The table of contents, visible in the original, covers 68 numbered sections across three thematic units: Part I (elements of geometric drawing: points, lines, planes, parallel and perpendicular constructions, geometric figures, cross-sections, projections); Part II (projective drawing for technical objects: plans, elevations, sections, conic sections, cylinders, frontal and isometric projection); Part III (elements of technical drawing: details, dimensions, finishes). The 1938 imprint places this textbook in the first complete school year of the new Soviet unified curriculum, introduced following the 1937 educational reforms. The large print run of 40,000 reflects the scale of the Soviet Georgian school system. Of interest as a document of Soviet Georgian technical education publishing and as a surviving example of pre-war Georgian pedagogical printing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44317183737898,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2702.jpg?v=1778004964"},{"product_id":"gorgadze-i-tomadze-m-georgian-soviet-childrens-book-1921-1970-annotated-bibliography-kartuli-sabchota-sabavshvo-tsigni-1974-in-georgian","title":"Gorgadze, I., Tomadze, M. Georgian Soviet Children's Book, 1921-1970: Annotated Bibliography (K'art'uli sabch'ota sabavshvo ts'igni). 1974. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eგორგაძე, ილია; თომაძე, მარგო. ქართული საბჭოთა საბავშვო წიგნი 1921-1970 : ანოტირებული ბიბლიოგრაფია.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : გამომცემლობა „ნაკადული\", 1974. 473 გვერდი ; 21 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა. ტირაჟი 5 000 ც.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა კარგი: ყდა ოდნავ ლაქებით; ოქროს ნახატი მკაფიო; კუთხეები მსუბუქად ცვეთილი. ბლოკი ძალიან კარგი: ფურცლები სრული, მხოლოდ ოდნავ გაყვითლებული.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGorgadze, Ilia; Tomadze, Margo. Georgian Soviet Children's Book, 1921-1970: An Annotated Bibliography \/ editor M. Omiadze ; cover design by E. Grigolia ; art editor G. Elenti.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Nakaduli (Georgian SSR Children's Publishing House), 1974. 473 pp. ; 21 cm.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. Print run of 5,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBinding good: cloth with minor spotting; gold lettering clear and intact; corners lightly bumped. Text block very good: leaves complete and only lightly age-toned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorgian Soviet Children's Book, 1921-1970 is the standard annotated bibliographic reference for half a century of Soviet Georgian children's publishing, compiled by two specialists at the Nakaduli publishing house and issued by Nakaduli on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Soviet Georgia. The bibliography covers the full range of Georgian-language children's literature produced between 1921 and 1970: belles-lettres for children (fiction, poetry, drama, fairy tales), children's scientific and educational literature, and critical literature on children's books. The period documented encompasses the foundational decade of Soviet Georgian children's book culture in the 1920s, the Stalinist consolidation of the 1930s-1950s, and the post-Thaw flourishing of Georgian children's publishing in the 1960s. Entries are annotated with bibliographic description, print run, price, and evaluative commentary. The volume is organized by genre and subject, and includes sections on collections of folk tales and children's works by major Georgian authors. Nakaduli (lit. \"Streamlet\") was established as the dedicated Georgian-language children's publisher and was the institutional home of Georgian Soviet children's book production throughout the Soviet period; the journal of the same name, founded in the early twentieth century, had played a foundational role in Georgian children's literature before the Soviet period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44324246913066,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2966.jpg?v=1778087996"},{"product_id":"chubinashvili-niko-georgian-dictionary-with-russian-translation-kartuli-leksikoni-rusuli-targmaniturt-1961-in-georgian-and-russian","title":"Chubinashvili, Niko. Georgian Dictionary with Russian Translation (K'art'uli leksik'oni rusuli t'argmanit'urt'). 1961. 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Print run of 10,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition: good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNiko Chubinashvili (1814-1899) was the principal Georgian lexicographer of the nineteenth century, a philologist and orientalist who spent most of his career at St. Petersburg University. His Georgian-Russian dictionary, compiled from 1812 onward and published in its final form in St. Petersburg in 1887, is the foundational bilingual dictionary of the Georgian language and remains an indispensable reference for Georgian historical lexicography. The 1961 Tbilisi edition, prepared by Alexander Glonti (ალ. ღლონტი), is the first Soviet Georgian critical reprint of Chubinashvili's dictionary, accompanied by Glonti's substantial scholarly study of Chubinashvili's lexicographic method and the history of Georgian lexicography from the eighteenth century onward. The series editorship was held by Simon Kaukhchishvili (1895-1981), one of the most distinguished Georgian classical philologists of the twentieth century, known for his monumental studies of Greek sources for Georgian history and for his critical editions of Byzantine texts bearing on Caucasian history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44324553457706,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2980.jpg?v=1778093141"},{"product_id":"issues-of-improvement-of-the-alphabets-of-the-turkic-languages-of-the-ussr-voprosy-sovershenstvovaniia-alfavitov-tiurkskikh-iazykov-sssr-1972-in-russian","title":"Issues of Improvement of the Alphabets of the Turkic Languages of the USSR (Voprosy sovershenstvovaniia alfavitov tiurkskikh iazykov SSSR). 1972. 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Print run of 2,400 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: minor corner wear at head of spine; age-toning of paper normal for date; binding firm, foldout table present and intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collected volume, issued by Nauka under the auspices of the Institute of Linguistics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, brings together twenty-two specialized studies on the history, current state, and proposals for rationalization of the Cyrillic-based alphabets of the Turkic peoples of the Soviet Union. The volume was edited by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Baskakov (1905-1996), who over a sixty-four-year career published nearly 640 works, including the foundational multi-volume classification of the Turkic language family that bears his name. As longtime head of the Turkic languages sector at the Institute of Linguistics, Baskakov was the principal institutional architect of Soviet Turkic orthographic standardization, and he contributes two essays to the present volume: the opening programmatic survey of the current state of all Turkic alphabets and the concluding retrospective on the Latinization campaigns of the 1920s-1930s.\u003cbr\u003eThe remaining twenty essays cover the writing systems of nineteen further languages: Azerbaijani, Altai, Bashkir, Gagauz, Kazakh, Karakalpak, Karachay-Balkar, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar, Kumyk, Nogai, Tatar, Tuvan, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur, Khakas, Chuvash, Shor, and Yakut. Each contribution traces the development of a given script from pre-revolutionary origins through the Soviet reforms of Arabization, Latinization, and Cyrillization, and addresses concrete proposals for refining letter-to-phoneme correspondences within the Cyrillic framework then in use. 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Dust jacket good: edge wear, small tears, chips at the spine ends. Text block very good: tight binding, clean leaves throughout, all edges structurally sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable and structurally significant philological reference work for Caucasian linguistics, this reverse dictionary of the Georgian language was compiled under the leadership of the prominent Georgian philologist Bidzina Pochkhua (1910-1983) and edited alongside the noted academic lexicographer Mikheil Chabashvili. Published under the auspices of the Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, the lexicon uses as its structural baseline the authoritative eight-volume \"Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian Language\" (Kartuli enis ganmartebiti leksikoni). By reversing the entire word corpus and alphabetizing entries from the final letter to the first, this work serves as an essential analytical apparatus for structural morphophonology, historical-comparative Caucasian grammar, and the rigorous study of end-rhymes, word-formation suffixes, and verbal stem configurations. Given the complex agglutinative and polypersonal nature of Georgian morphology, such reverse indexing is critical for lexicographical decoding. 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