N Lapshin (15 results)

hardcover. 1st. 8vo, 135 pp. Spine slightly faded, else a nearly fine copy. Illus. by N. Lapshin (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Good. Good+/no dust jacket. Red cloth hardcover. Fading to spine and former owners inscription on front endpapers. Normal light toning to pages. Nice solid copy. N. Lapshin (illustrator).

Hardback. Eighth Printing. Edge staining, browning, slight musty odor; large chips, browning, tape repair to dustjacket make this a Reading Copy Only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Stated First Edition. Text/Bright & Near New w/trace margin discoloration. Illustrated blue linen boards/VG w/rubs & light fraying to leading edges, marked discoloration to backstrap, and light soiling. DJ/None. Maps to endpapers. PO name to fEP verso. Testimony of social optimism of 1935 Soviet Union. Ilin calls on "new, united human race" composed of all who work to take over ownership of lands from "its innumberable owners", subdue and control nature systematically for efficient productivity. A utopia in which the classless society of workers rule. 7 chapters on land/resource management: I, Making Over Deserts; II, The Coming of the Master; III, The Native Land of Grain; IV, Creating New Plants; V, A Living Map; VI, Bridling Rivers; VII, A Talk About Weather; VIII, Men & Mountains, and followed by Conclusion. In the Preface Maxim Gorky (1868 - 1936) describes the book as "how the energy of human beings" can subdue nature for the benefit of all. A moment in socio-political philosophy. N. Lapshin (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

HARDCOVER GREEN. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: SOILED DJ. not price clipped ($1.20), small bookshop plate on inside front board, ex. library pocket and time card. DATE PUBLISHED: 1932 EDITION: 132. LAPSHIN, N. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This copy is in the rare jacket. No statement of printing. $1.50 price on jacket. Jacket has light edge wear. Lapshin, N. (illustrator).

Black Cloth. Condition: Very Good : Minor Foxing. No Jacket. First Edition. Please email for further details Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Illustrated By N. Lapshin (illustrator). Not Signed or Inscribed.

HARDBACK ORANGE. General wear, loose spine, contains BW illustrations, lightly worn top and base of spine and corners, small stain to top of fore edge DATE PUBLISHED: 1936 EDITION: 119. LAPSHIN, N. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 477 Pp. COPYRIGHT 1934. BOOK DESCRIPTION: MULTI-COLOR ORANGE CLOTH HARDBOUND, COLOR ILLUSTRATED TEXT, BURGUNDY STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/DESIGN ON SPINE COVER. DIMENSIONS: 8 7/16" x 6" x 1 1/2." BOOK CONDITION: NEAR FINE; GENTLY SUNNED SPINE COVER. SLIP CASE: FINE. NIKOLAI FYODOROVITCH LAPSHIN (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. No jacket. Average wear. Pages yellowed with a couple of notable smudges, half-title is partially detached at bottom 2 inches and smudged. Binding firm. Owner name in pen (Russia scholar Marshall Winokur).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fairly good condition for year.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 3rd Impression. 'Between them they have produced the very best children's book in the genre known to the present writer. Contriving to convey an immense amount of historical information, this two, Illin with his gay text full of anecdotes and tales, Lapshin with his engaging and humorous pictures, manage always to excite the reader's interest and set him asking the very questions whose answers it ws the book's original duty to inculate' (The Listener) . M. Illin is a young Russian engineer, brother of Marschak, the famous Russian poet and storyteller. Both brothers belong to a group of writers who are studying science and history and Soviet life and writing books not only for Russian children but for workers in factories and for peasants. Some of the members of this group are artists, one used to be a cook in the Red Army, two are former homeless children. All of them work together trying to make simple stories about the real word we live in. Slight foxing to end pages. Wear and tear to D/J. Couple of small pieces of D/J missing. N. Lapshin (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st Printing. Slight edgewear to book, rubbing near spine head. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, dated 1937. Edgewear, chips and closed tears to dust jacket. Jacket is browned, with a bit of smudging, a small dampstain to the top page block near the spine, and red pencil scribbling on back cover; Aside from a few smudges, the pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 119 p. Illustrated by N. Lapshin (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo.stapled decorated wrappers.the 3rd Edition.all are scarce.b&w illus.24pp.tear in the margin of the last 8pp.else very good.still much better than the usual copy.no loss.(L1/6).