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JUNE 2020. 30 NEW ACQUISITIONS: Fight Against Fascism, Health Education, Literature, Art F O R E W O R D JUNE 2020. 30 NEW ACQUISITIONS: Fight Against Fascism, Health Education, Literature, Art F O R E W O R D Dear friends, Our last catalogue was presented at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair in early March. The world seems to be a different place now. While all of our book shops remained closed during the lockdown, we continued to work hard and were focusing on the things that made the most sense during these difficult times - the books. When preparing this catalogue, we have found out that the books and their subjects sometimes begin to reflect what is happening in the world right now, in a way reminding us what is truly important. We were planning to open the catalogue with the collection of items printed during the WWII in Russia and dedicate it to the 75th anniversary of the victory over fascism, and sadly some of the books are still relevant now, including the item #1 in the catalogue - Clara Zetkin’s warning against fascism from 1921. The second section of the catalogue is dedicated to the health education of the masses in Soviet Union of the 1920s, the time when the foundations of the strong Soviet medical system were laid. Item #6 includes the info and photographs of how to treat patients at home, the edition also offers photographic explanation on how to disinfect which seems relevant today. In the same group of books several early Soviet scientific texts are presented, including the research of Ivan Pavlov on hysteria (#9). After cataloging all of the above it was nice to return to our usual interests such as art, cinema, theatre, literature, travel, etc. Some of the highlights from this section include the catalogue of the masonic treasures of the Historical Museum in Moscow printed in 1918 (item #24), the rare first edition of John Reed’s 10 Days That Shook the World (#12), the story of the first Soviet Antarctic fleet (#22), the fascinating constructivist designs by Stenberg brothers (#27), Alexei Ushin (#13) and Mikhail Grigoryev (#28). When working with rare Russian books we are privileged to BOOKVICA 2 F O R E W O R D witness how diversified these editions are while remaining the part of the same cultural body. What jazz was played in Sochi in 1943? Which Chinese children story was translated into Russian in Beijing in the 1950s? And how sympathetic towards the revolution were the locals in Yakutia in the 1900s? These are some of the questions to which our selection of books carry the answers. We hope you will enjoy this catalogue as much as we did! Pavel Chepyzhov together with Mariam Shildelashvili, Valentina Gavrilova, Julie Kuliamzina and Liza Zabello June 2020 BOOKVICA 3 Bookvica 15 Uznadze St. 25 Sadovnicheskaya St. 0102 Tbilisi Moscow, RUSSIA GEORGIA +7 (916) 850-6497 +7 (985) 218-6937 [email protected] www.bookvica.com Globus Books 332 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94118 USA +1 (415) 668-4723 [email protected] www.globusbooks.com BOOKVICA 4 I FASCISM & THE WWII 01 [FIRST ALARM OF FASCISM] Zetkin, K. Nastupleniye fashizma i zadachi proletariata / (Dokl. t. Klary Tsetkin na rasshir. plenume Ispolkoma Kominterna) [i.e. Fighting Fascism: How to Struggle and How to Win / (A Report by Clara Zetkin on the Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Comintern)]. M.: Kras. nov’, 1923. 48 pp. 12,9x17,1 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Number on the title page. Otherwise near fine. No copies found in ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT WOMAN COMMUNIST Worldcat. LEADERS GIVES AN EARLY WARNING OF FASCISM. First edition. This interesting edition features a report presented by Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) at the Third Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Communist International on June 20, 1923, in Moscow. The meeting became the scene of the first-ever detailed discussion of the fascist danger in the history of the Marxist movement. No 01 BOOKVICA 5 Sixty-six years old Zetkin, the organizer of the First International Women’s Day, dedicated her speech to the rising problem of fascism in Italy and Germany. Because of illness Zetkin was carried into the hall, where she spoke while seated. In the address, Clara proposed to launch a political campaign against the fascist threat and to ensure the unity of the proletarian defense (the United Front). Although the Comintern initially adopted Zetkin’s resolution, a year later, Grigory Zinoviev, the Chairman of the Committee, abandoned her analysis of the nature of fascism and overturned Zetkin’s policy. Clara spent the last decade of her life as an honored but effectively silenced dissident. ON HOLD 02 [RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE DESTROYED BY THE NAZIS] Pamiatniki zodchestva, razrushennie nemetskimi zakhvatchikami [i.e. The Monuments of Architecture Destroyed by the German Invaders]. Volumes 1-2 [all published]. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Arkhitekturnoe Izdatelstvo Akademii Arkhitektury SSSR, 1942-1944. Vol 1. 1942. 79 pp.: ill. 22,5x17 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. Vol 2. 1944. 72 pp.: ill. 21,7x17,4 cm. One of 3000 copies printed. The edition was prepared by the Academy of the Architecture of the USSR. The 1st volume was produced in October of 1942 and covered the damage of the architectural landmarks in Tver, Kaluga, Mozhaisk, Bogoroditsk, Yarpolets. The second part of the volume includes photographs from the sights damaged with the photos of how they looked before the destruction. The overview of the damages was given in the article ‘The Protection and Restoration of the Architecture’ by professor Dmitrii Sukhov (1867-1958) (vol. 1). It mentions that the special committee for the accounting of the damage was created in July of 1942 and the planning of the restoration has begun. The 2nd volume gives the overview of the damages of New Jerusalem monastery, Staritsa, Torzhok, Nikolskoe-Gagarino, Ershovo, Borovsk. All of the chapters are accompanied by photos, and in the case of New Jerusalem professor Sukhov painted two views of the monastery - before and after the destruction. Both volumes were edited by Benedict Kotlovker (1872-after BOOKVICA 6 1944) who is best-known as a publisher in pre-revolutionary Russia who was printing some of the most popular newspapers of the 1910s: ‘Kopeika’ (with the print run of 250 000 copies in 1914), ‘Vampir’, ’Solntse Rossii’, ‘Vsemirnaya Panorama’. In the 1920s-40s he was working as an editor of the literature on architecture. Important historic evidence of the time. $550 No 02 BOOKVICA 7 03 [JAZZ DURING THE WARTIME] Radost’. Iz repertuara okruzhnogo dzhaza DKA SKVO [i.e. Joy. From the Repertoire of the Regional Jazz of The House of Red Army of the Northern Caucasus Military District]. Sochi: Sochinskiy Gosudarstvenniy teatr, 1943. [2] pp. 14x7,5 cm. One stain otherwise very good with the poor quality of paper expected. The program of the jazz concert given in December of 1943, in Sochi (Krasnodar Krai) in the local State Theatre. The program includes the list of the performances and performers, the portrait of the maestro and composer Iosif Stelman and the notes for the song ‘Radost’ in which the singer is joyous about the letters written to him from the beloved one remembering their spring together (presumably of 1941). Quite extraordinary survival - the evidence of the musical life in the South of Russia during one of the hardest years of the war. Parts of Krasnodar Krai were occupied by German Nazis in 1942, but Sochi itself was never under occupation. It became the local centre all of sudden and an important location in 1942 and 1943: because of its position behind the mountains it was easier to defend (although the Germans made several attempts to go through the mountains). Also because of the quantity of sanatoriums and hospitals Sochi became one of the main hospital towns of the southern Russia. During the War 335,000 wounded Soviet soldiers went through town’s hospitals (recorded population of which was only 50,000 in 1941). While the Rostov region and Crimea were occupied by Germans, Sochi participated in the battle for Caucasus which was eventually won by the Soviets. In February of 1943 Germans have built the defensive line ‘Blue Line’ to defend the South of Russia they have kept under occupation since 1941. Main battles over the territories took place in the late spring and summer but it was not until the 9th of October when Krasnodar region was liberated in full. Three month later this jazz concert took place featuring the jazz maestro Iosif Stelman, the representative of Rostov-on-Don jazz tradition. Rostov with its embankments and cafe culture was considered one of the jazz capitals of the USSR, from the 1930s to the 80s. One of the best examples of this tradition would be pianist Kim Nazaretov (1936-1993) who formed the first jazz department in USSR, in his alma- mater Rostov conservatory. The beginning of jazz in Rostov associated with Stelman himself, who formed the first musical collective in 1938, BOOKVICA 8 No 03 BOOKVICA 9 and in few years a number of bands were active in the city. Rostov was occupied twice during the war with one of the biggest filtration camps on Russian territory being located in the city area of Kamenki. By the time of the concert it was still early for Rostov inhabitants to return to their city, but after the war jazz has returned to the city on Don, with the band leaders like Golovnin and Burdin established the jazz band in the local music hall. Stelman has returned and continued performing as well. Unfortunately in the early 1950s jazz had been put under political pressure again and most of Rostov’s bands were scattered with leaders being arrested with political accusations.
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