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Original gilt-lettered cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Slight fading & tanning throughout. Creasing to first few pages. Handwritten notes on front free endpaper. Covers somewhat faded & worn, especially to margins & corners. ; Loosely inserted: The Times Tuesday June 3 1969, four-page moon landing supplement. ; 24.1 x 33.6 x 2 cm; The 1963 book titled Mockba ("Moscow" in Russian) is a multilingual pictorial volume published in the USSR, primarily created by Soviet graphic artist Alexander Zhitomirsky. It provides a visual narrative of Moscow during the Khrushchev era, featuring colour photographs that depict the cityâs architecture, streets, landmarks, and everyday life. The accompanying texts and captions are presented in several languages including Russian, English, German, French, and Spanish, indicating an effort to reach an international audience and potentially serving as a form of cultural diplomacy. The hardcover edition typically features a light blue cloth cover with gilded lettering and is frequently accompanied by a dust jacket. It includes approximately 87 pages of illustrative content. This book serves as a valuable historical document, capturing Moscowâs cultural and urban landscape of the early 1960s, making it particularly relevant for those studying Soviet-era visual culture and urban history.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated, approx. 150 pages. Views of the city. In 4 languages (Russian, English, Franc and German). // In-4 à l'italienne. Non paginé, approx. 150 pages. Vues de la ville. Légendes des photos en 4 langues (russe, anglais, français et allemand). Exemplaire présenté au maire de Montréal Jean Drapeau par l'ambassadeur soviétique Hamazasp Haroutiounian.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Large quarto. 302 pages. Photographs of Moscow. Legends in 4 languages loosely inserted. Inscribed to Mayor of Montreal Jean Drapeau.