Pavlov, I. P. Selected Works (Izbrannye trudy), 1954. In Russian.

Павлов И. П.
Избранные труды. / [Академия педагогических наук РСФСР]. Под общей редакцией проф. М. А. Усиевича; Переплет и титул худ. И. Д. Кричевского.
Москва : Учпедгиз (Государственное учебно-педагогическое издательство Министерства просвещения РСФСР), 1954.
420 с. : ил., [1] л. портр. ; Увеличенный формат. Твердый издательский переплет. Тираж 25 000 экз.
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Pavlov, Ivan.
Selected Works. / Under the general editorship of Prof. M. A. Usievich; Binding and title page by artist I. D. Krichevsky.
Moscow : Uchpedgiz (State Educational-Pedagogical Publishing House), 1954.
420 pp. : ill. ; Enlarged format. Hardcover. Edition of 25,000 copies. In Russian.

This 1954 volume is a fundamental pedagogical edition of the works of Ivan Pavlov, the Nobel laureate whose discoveries in classical conditioning and higher nervous activity fundamentally reshaped modern physiology and psychology. Released by Uchpedgiz shortly after the influential 1950 "Pavlovian Session," the book was designed to provide students and educators with a structured and authoritative overview of Pavlov’s scientific legacy. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the reflexive mind, including the arrangement of his groundbreaking experiments on the digestive system, the formation of conditioned reflexes, and the conceptualization of the first and second signaling systems. Under the editorship of Professor Mikhail Usievich—one of Pavlov's closest disciples—the selection emphasizes the practical application of Pavlovian theory in education and medicine.
The book is distinguished by its high production standards, typical of the "Academic" style of the mid-1950s. The binding and title page were designed by I. D. Krichevsky, utilizing a clean, stately aesthetic that reflects the monumental status of the author. Spanning 420 pages in an enlarged format, the edition includes detailed diagrams of neural pathways and experimental setups that serve as essential visual aids for understanding the physiology of behavior. Despite a relatively large print run of 25,000 copies, well-preserved examples from this period have become increasingly scarce. For bibliophiles, historians of science, and collectors of Soviet academic imprints, this 1954 Moscow publication is a vital primary source, documenting the era when Pavlovian doctrine served as the cornerstone of Soviet biological and psychological thought.