Open air book stands. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Leningrad, 1960s).
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
Moscow, 1974
I. Frantsuz. Cover for M. Prussak’s “The Guests of the Earth” (1927).
G. Shlikht. Cover of “The Humpbacked Horse” by Pyotr Yershov (Russia, 1922).
“Bolsheviks” by A. Neverov, cover art by B. Ioganson (Soviet Russia, 1924).
“On Our River” by Timofei Belozyorov, artist K. Belov (USSR, 1957)
“Animals and Birds” by Olga Vysotskaya, illustrated by O. Dmitriyev (USSR, 1948)
ABC book in Nenets language (indigenous peoples of the Russian North), 1981
“Self-taught Poet” by Ivan Surikov (1928)
Book Day in Gorky Park (Moscow, 1977)
Antique Russian chidlren’s books published by Ivan Sytin (1916-1918).
M. Gorshman. Cover art for L. Kvitko’s “Lullaby” (1939)