Soviet Art Wartime (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Slight aging to edges of covers with foxing on page edges and endpapers. Tiny crease on corner of front cover with light wear to edges. Remains tightly bound. Essays on art, theatre, cinema, literature, and graphic arts by Russian writers of the time.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 4to, READING COPY ONLY. lettered wrappers, 113pp.many illus and anti-nazi cartoons, spine taped, bottom pages bit bent.READING COPY ONLY.VV1/5).

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Acceptable Condition, Cover is Heavily Worn with Tears and Chips, Clean Text, Sound Binding, See Photos This 1943 Soviet art book in softcover format provides a historical glimpse into the art produced during wartime in the USSR. Published in the Soviet Union, this book features photographs and illustrations, making it a valuable collectible for those interested in military and war-related subjects. With a focus on Soviet art from World War II, this original publication offers insight into the artistic scene of the time, showcasing the creative output from a specific region and period in history. …

Softcover. Pale blue construction-paper wraps with black lettering and a red star; 116 pp. with bw illustrations throughout. A wonderful piece of war-time Soviet propaganda, with quotes from Shostakovich and other luminaries and information about those involved in music, theatre, dance, cinema, graphic arts, and literature. An amazing piece of art history. Good- with foxing to some pages, ex-lib. markings and some tape repair inside covers. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. An Information Bulletin / Special Supplement, published during the WWII period when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were allies, with articles in English by Russian writers on music, drama, literature, cinema, graphic arts, etc. A stamp on the inside front wrap says, "Gift of Sophie Satin," referring to the Russian emigre Sophia Satina (1879-1975), a botanist and activist who had fled the Soviet Union in 1921. The book is unmarked; wraps are edgeworn and age-darkened at the edges; creasing and a small piece missing at the bottom of the front wrap, and a short closed tear at the top; top inch of spine peeling; back wrap is unevenly discolored; Mylar protected. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 115pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Blue wrappers. Ex-library with stamps and glue residue from pocket removal on interior rear wrap. Toning on the spine and rear panel, chips and tears with loss at the spine ends, about very good.…

First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28cm). Printed buff wrappers; 116pp; illus. Wrappers toned at spine and edges, with stray black wax pencil mark to lower quadrant of front wrapper and small loss to rear wrapper at fore edge; bit of thumb-soil to title page, else internally complete, clean and textually unmarked. A Very Good copy. Anonymous notation in ink at upper margin, p.3: "Gift, Miss Olive Colton." A survey of Soviet wartime graphic, cinematic, musical and literary propaganda, heavily illustrated with examples including an extensive sampling of full-page anti-Nazi cartoons by Boris Efimov, Kukriniksi, Boris Deni, and others. Photographically illustrated with portraits and film stills demonstrating the Soviet Union's all-out cultural front that began with the dissolution of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in mid-1941. A valuable record of WW2 Popular Front propaganda.…