[Proof copy. Different figures. Designed by El Lissitzky.] [Industry of Socialism] Industriya Socializma. [In 7 vol.] Designed by El Lissitzky.

Proof copy. Different figures. Designed by El Lissitzky.

[Industry of Socialism] Industriya Socializma: [Heavy Industry on the Eve of the VII Congress of Soviets] Tyazhelaya promyshlennost k VII Vsesoyuznomu syezdu Sovetov. [In 7 vol.] Designed by El Lissitzky.

[Moscow]: Izogiz, 1935. Fo. (370x275mm).

In a full-cloth slipcase with stamping on the front cover and spine. The case retains two flaps featuring portraits of Lenin and Stalin and a cloth flap with gold stamping. Vol. 1-6 are bound in decorative covers with hot stamping and cloth spines; vol. 7 is a paperback, and the maps are enclosed in a cardboard folder. The slipcase has been restored; edges re-covered with new cloth. Covers show signs of wear, back pages stained. There are occasional water stains, minor tears, and slight soiling within the book blocks. Overall in fair condition.

- Volume 1. The New Face of the USSR. Vol. 1 is missing one tracing sheet and a booklet with a report from S. Ordzhonikidze; the front endpaper is partially detached from the block; the upper corner of the front cover and the first leaf are missing.

- Volume 2. The Bolsheviks Awakened the Country's Natural Resources. Vol. 2 is missing the upper corner of the front cover and the first leaves of the block; B. Vedenyev’s portrait is inserted twice.

- Volume 3. Engineering - the Key to Reconstruction.

- Volume 4. Forward and Up!

- Volume 5. Man - on a Tractor; USSR - on a Car.

- Volume 6. These Are Real People, These Are You and Me. Vol. 6 is missing the fabric insert for the girl’s blouse with a cutout and a small fragment of the image on one leaf is missing; a fold-out illustration has been restored.

- Volume 7. Heavy Industry of the USSR. Vol. 7 has the first leaf of the booklet torn.. 10000 copies printed.

One of El Lissitzky’s masterpieces, modeled after the magazine USSR Under Construction; it resembles a printed out documentary. The top cover of the slipcase features a reproduction of A. Skurikhin’s photo Builders of Kuznetsk: Machinist Maria Rotova and Miner Fyodor Popov (1930). The outline of the relief is a rounded metal frame with rivets, which resembles an airplane porthole or a window in a car door.

Presented here is a proof copy of the edition, different from the one that went into print. This slipcase differs in the color of the letters on the top cover and the absence of silver ink on the spine. Some of the illustrations of the first few volumes are missing titles; several are tinted slightly orange. There are many changes to the text, including its placement and color. Noteworthy, all statistical data for the year 1934 differs heavily - in the final edition, the numbers are listed higher.

Volume 3 of the proof copy features a photo from the 1934 November demonstration, showing Bulgarian revolutionary Georgy Dimitrov (1882-1949) and French writer Henri Barbusse (1873-1935) standing alongside Stalin at the Mausoleum. This photo was replaced with a different one in the published version.

This rare edition provides a unique insight into the creation process of, arguably, one of the most technically challenging and stylistically one-of-a-kind books of the XX century.