Ancient World Musical Culture (Muzykalnaya kultura Drevnego mira), 1937. In Russian.

Музыкальная культура Древнего мира. / Сборник под редакцией и со вступительной статьей проф. Р. И. Грубера. Переплет и инициалы художника В. В. Двораковского. Штамп работы гравера-медальера С. Л. Тульчинского.
Ленинград : Государственное музыкальное издательство (Музгиз), 1937.
260 с. : ил. ; Обычный формат. Твердый издательский переплет. Тираж 2 000 экз.
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Ancient World Musical Culture. / Edited and with an introductory article by Prof. R. I. Gruber. Binding and initials by artist V. V. Dvorakovsky. Die-stamp by engraver-medalist S. L. Tulchinsky.
Leningrad : Muzgiz (State Music Publishing House), 1937.
260 pp. : ill. ; Regular format. Hardcover. Edition of 2,000 copies. 

This 1937 academic volume, edited by the prominent musicologist Roman Ilyich Gruber, represents a profound investigation into the musical traditions of the cradles of civilization. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of ancient music development, including the arrangement of tonal systems, instrumentation, and aesthetic theories of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, Greece, and Rome. The collection served as a vital milestone in the formation of Soviet music-historical science, offering a synthesis of archaeological data and theoretical analysis of musical monuments from antiquity and the East.
Special value is added to the book by its artistic design. The publisher's hardcover and original ornamental initials were created by the famous Leningrad graphic artist V. V. Dvorakovsky. A unique decorative feature is the binding die-stamp created by the renowned engraver-medalist S. L. Tulchinsky, transforming the volume into an object of decorative and applied art of the Stalinist era. The book is printed on high-quality paper and features illustrations of ancient instruments and notation fragments. Issued with a limited print run of only 2,000 copies, this Muzgiz publication is a significant bibliographical rarity. For collectors of art books, music historians, and bibliophiles, this 1937 edition is a vital primary source documenting the high standard of pre-war Leningrad book design and academic musicology.