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[TELINGATER - STALIN & RED ARMY] Ворошилов К. Сталин и Красная армия. 1938. The first edition. Apart from him a group of designers and technical editors were working on the book, including V. Lodiagin (headpieces and endings), D. Pichugin (the picturesque endpapers), N. Lebedeva (polygraphic supervisor) and A. De-Lazari as amap designer. TELINGATER — STALIN & RED ARMY Voroshilov, K. Stalin i Krasnaya armiya [i.e. Stalin and the red army]. Moscow: Partizdat; Krasniy proletariy, 1938. Ворошилов К. Сталин и Красная армия. Москва: Партиздат: Красный пролетарий, 1938. 40, [2] pp., 8 l.ill., 5 maps. 32,7 x 26,5 cm. One of 5000 copies produced. Original cloth binding. Fabric red ribbon-bookmark. Bas-relief of the coat of arms of RSFSR on the front cover. Very good condition, occasional soiling of the pages, spine is slightly rubbed. On the front endpaper there’s a contemporary inscription ‘To Dinochka Pronina, the swell pioneer, for her good grades from her mother. April. 1938. Moscow’. The first edition. The book was written by Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), the minister for defence at the time and designed by Solomon Telingater (1903-1969), one of the most prolific Soviet designers of the 1930s and the student of El Lissitzky. Apart from him a group of designers and technical editors were working on the book, including V. Lodiagin (headpieces and endings), D. Pichugin (the picturesque endpapers), N. Lebedeva (polygraphic supervisor) and A. De-Lazari as a map designer. The typographic work executed by ‘Krasniy proletariy’ is on very high level. The book is the classic ‘gala’ Soviet book dedicated to Stalin’s relations with the Red Army. It’s supplied with the maps and the artwork reproductions, dedicated to Stalin. The covered period is mostly the Civil War of 1917-1921 praising Stalin in all the possible ways as an army commander. Several facsimiles show the important telegrams from Lenin to Stalin and back and from Dzerzhinskiy to Stalin during the same years. ABOUT US Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and has been in business since 1971. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. GUARANTEE All items are guaranteed to be as described. Purchases may be returned for any reason within ten days of receipt for a full refund or credit, but please notify us of any returns in advance. Returns should be adequately packed and insured. SHIPPING We offer free shipping worldwide on any purchases over 500 USD. All orders are properly packed with care and attention and shipped within 2-3 business days. FEEDBACK We leave feedback for buyers once they have left feedback for us. Please contact us immediately in the case of a rare problem and we will try our best to resolve any issues promptly. Customer satisfaction is very important to us. PAYMENT METHODS We accept Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, Venmo, bank transfers and $US checks.