Lot 159
Stroitel’stvo Moskvy [Construction of Moscow], 28 issues in 25, original pictorial wrappers, Moscow, 1928-34 & others, Russian & Eastern European architecture (c.50)
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Stroitel’stvo Moskvy [Construction of Moscow], 28 issues in 25 (1928 no.9; 1929 no.1-2, 4, 9-10; 1930, no. 2, 6; 1931 no.11; 1932 no. 2-7, 8&9, 11&12; 1933, nos. 1, 4, 6-8, 10&11, 12; 1934 no.2), original pictorial wrappers, rubbed & soiled, 1932 no.6 frayed & detached and lacking rear cover, some from the library of the Architectural Association with stamps, Moscow, 1928-34 § Mendelsohn (Erich) Russland Europa Amerika: Ein Architektonischer Querschnitt, original cloth-backed printed boards, Berlin, 1929 § Baillie Scott (M.H.) Dum a Zahrada [Homes & Gardens], Czech text, original printed wrappers, a little worn and faded, Prague, 1910, illustrations; and c.25 others, Russian & Eastern European architecture, v.s. (c.50)
⁂ The first is a scarce Russian architectural periodical, dating from an interesting period in which modernist architecture was still broadly acceptable to the Soviet authorities, and featuring buildings in Moscow designed by leading architects of the time.
Description
Stroitel’stvo Moskvy [Construction of Moscow], 28 issues in 25 (1928 no.9; 1929 no.1-2, 4, 9-10; 1930, no. 2, 6; 1931 no.11; 1932 no. 2-7, 8&9, 11&12; 1933, nos. 1, 4, 6-8, 10&11, 12; 1934 no.2), original pictorial wrappers, rubbed & soiled, 1932 no.6 frayed & detached and lacking rear cover, some from the library of the Architectural Association with stamps, Moscow, 1928-34 § Mendelsohn (Erich) Russland Europa Amerika: Ein Architektonischer Querschnitt, original cloth-backed printed boards, Berlin, 1929 § Baillie Scott (M.H.) Dum a Zahrada [Homes & Gardens], Czech text, original printed wrappers, a little worn and faded, Prague, 1910, illustrations; and c.25 others, Russian & Eastern European architecture, v.s. (c.50)
⁂ The first is a scarce Russian architectural periodical, dating from an interesting period in which modernist architecture was still broadly acceptable to the Soviet authorities, and featuring buildings in Moscow designed by leading architects of the time.