RéSultats De L'application Du Plan Quinquennal Pour La Reconstruction éConomique De L'urss. Soviet Union.

First edition, first printing, of this scarce work from the USSR's Institute of Pictorial Statistics of Soviet Construction and Economy, known as "Izostat", offering a visual assessment of Stalin's first five-year plan implemented between 1928 and 1932. The plan aimed to transform the USSR into an economic and industrial superpower; Stalin declared it a success after just four years. Izostat was founded as an agency of the Soviet government in 1931, with the task of designing, publishing, and distributing graphic representations of the country's industrialization. Initially an educational unit, Izostat evolved into a producer of propaganda, supplying material to Pravda. This particular work, printed in French, was produced for an international audience, and likely distributed by members of the French Communist Party. Oblong folio. Original ring-bound grey wrappers printed in red, text and images printed on recto only. Extensively illustrated throughout. Neat ownership inscriptions to front wrapper and first page. Wrappers lightly rubbed and creased at extremities, contents clean and bright, a near-fine copy.