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Prague: Nakladatelství K. Synek, [1946]. Quarto (29.7 × 21 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 39 pp. One photographic insert (a black-and-white photograph by Miroslav Hák). Front wrapper with paper loss along upper margin; else about very good. Rare first and only issue of this curious post-war Czech almanach, which sought to..... More
68 pp. restricted military publication on amphibious warfare including chapters on the preparation of panoramic drawings, the development of beach sketches, the development of shoreline sketches, variations in design, and technical information for drafting and reproduction. Profusely illustrated throughout with diagrams, 15 large folding maps and diagrams, and transparent overlays..... More
Antique Italian bingo-type game set, likely late 19th or early 20th century, comprised of cardboard game board with 90 gold-numbered spaces on red ground with embossed gold paper frame, 90 hand-numbered wooden game tokens, and 15 sets of 87 total individual cards, housed in 8 colored cardstock sleeves, the cards..... More
A likely complete run in 13 issues of the Argentinian literary journal, most issues approx. 12-18 pp., edited by poet and author Nelly Borroni MacDonald, the issues containing a mix of prose and poetry from a range of writers, including Sonia Leonhardt, Lermo Balbi, Arturo Lomello, Edgardo Pesante, Nelly Borroni..... More
A complete run of 12 volumes, bound in 4, of the important French journal under the direction of architect Charles Normand, concerned with the monuments and urban preservation of Paris, containing many hundreds of pages of documents and papers on well-known buildings and works of art, collections, demolished structures, archaeological..... More
Turn-of-the-century German Jugendstil tabletop game using elements of shuffleboard or billiards, the contents comprising two hinged pieces of wood which are connected to form the play area, a wooden cue with curved piece of wood for pushing at one end, and two sets of color-coded wooden disks with felt bottoms..... More
A collection of approx. 72 pamphlets, mostly religious in nature though peppered with some secular tracts, most published in Great Britain in the18th century but with a few before and after, including a wealth of sermons relating to the nature and practice of religion, its place in civil society, and..... More
Photo album with approximately 94 mostly black-and-white photographs collected by a member of the Bay Area BDSM community in the late 1980s and early 1990s, pictures depict events including the Pride parade, a pageant with women in assorted bondage restraints, portraits, and candid shots, most with community members dressed in..... More
A sizeable collection of supplements to Rouge and other associated serials and publications, dating primarily from the 1970s. - Supplements to Rouge: 40, 56, 63, 105, 132, 133, 140, 143, 154, 156, 177, 185, 188 (3 different), 189 (3 different), 190 (2 different), 192, 197, 204 (4 different 204s), 206..... More
Altogether 147 issues, comprised of 7 early issues (Year I, Nos. 5 and 6, and Year II, Nos. 2, 3, 8, 21, and 23) and a large sequential run of 140 issues (Year III, No. 1 through Year XX, No. 139/140, lacking nos. 66 through 69) of the long-running Italian..... More
A complete run in six issues of the short-lived Argentinean World War II-era journal, edited by Jorge Rivas and Hugo G. Firmenich, featuring essays on the war, domestic and foreign policies, justice, and other pertinent topics, with contributions from Carlos Montagna, Honorio Pueyrredon, Manuel Pinto, Yipolito Yrigoyen, Bernardo Monteagudo, Marcelo..... More
A complete run of 33 issues in 29 fascicules of the Flemish-Dutch avant-garde journal published by the "Society for the Promotion of Avant-Garde Art" and founded by Flemish poets Gust Gils and Paul Snoek, no. 12 with the original "DADA" supplemental pamphlet in a layout imitating DADA publications, intended as..... More
Slovenia and Croatia: various, 1942-1945. Octavos (ca. 15.5 × 11.3 to 21.5 × 17.2 cm). Original staple-stitched printed and mimeographed self-wrappers and wrappers; varying pagination, typically no more than 32 pp. Overall about very good; a few items with wear to wrappers or toning. Group of seventeen clandestine publications by..... More
Printed photograph album commemorating the visit of the Crown Prince to the Karafuto prefecture in the summer of 1925, with preface by Okishima Kamazo and edited by Fujii Shoji, consisting of 20 plates with 73 black and white photographs tracing the Crown Prince's trip including visits to schools, agricultural research..... More
A complete run of the 1900 edition of the Catalan humor and literary journal bound in a single volume, each issue approx. 8 pp. and containing brief works of prose and poetry, together with the complete texts of the nine short comedic plays which appeared in serial format over the..... More
A complete run in 18 issues, ca. 5-18 mimeographed leaves each, of the serial edited by Lemaître, containing Lemaître's experimental alphabets, concrete poetry, opinions, correspondence with other members of the Letteriste movement, including Gabriel Pommerand, Jacques Spacagna, Alain Satie, Isidore Isou, and others, commentaries concerning Lettrist manifestos, bulletins, artistic contributions..... More
6 out of a total of 7 issues published (lacking the first issue, each issue 8 pp.) of the short-lived Futurist journal dedicated to the new aesthetic of the Italian landscape and exploring art, architecture, and tourism, under the editorial direction of important Futurist figure Fillia, covering varied topics including..... More
A complete run of all 33 issues of the rare satirical Catalan serial, bound in one volume, each issue circa 4 pp., the highlight of each issue being the full-page (sometimes double-page) caricatures and cartoons depicting the political climate and social mores of the time, also including epigrams, poems, and..... More
A complete run, bound in two volumes, of the serial from the Argentinian coastal province, published during the second World War and edited by R. E. Montes i Bradley, devoted to recent developments in art, literature, and general culture both domestic and international, with contributions by numerous noted cultural figures..... More
Collection of original photographs and related ephemera chronicling the vaudeville and circus career of "The Darings" and, later, "Jim Daring's Chimps", comprised of 77 original photographs, 8 photo postcards, and 6 additional pieces of assorted ephemera including flyers for the RKO Palace in New York and the former Rocky Point..... More
Extensive collection of 276 issues spanning 8 years of publication (out of a total of 11 years published) of the weekly Italian Fascist literary and cultural periodical, under the editorial direction of Telesio Interlandi with assistance from Luigi Chiarini, film critic and future director of the Venice Film Festival, and..... More
A complete run in 6 unpaginated issues of the journal put out by the eponymous socialist Danish artist's and musician's collective, forming a sort of catalogue of the group's activities through comics, photos of happenings and concerts, reproductions of posters, songs, and other works. 8vo. Original saddle-stapled cardstock wrpps., each..... More
A run in 11 issues of the conceptual art journal, comprised mainly of photographs of artwork, containing contributions from a large number of important international artists including H.P. Adamski, Hans-Peter Feldman, Giulio Paolini, Klaus Richter, Robert Cumming, Martin Disler, Pieter Holstein, Alex Silber, Gerhard Theewen, David Askevold, Robert Barry, Antonius..... More
A complete run in 7 issues, each issue approx. 8 pages, of the anarchist Italian journal, containing alternative history stories which allude to real-life events, provocative stories, and essays on topics such as eroticism, homosexuality, and Dadaism. Illustrated profusely throughout. Some minor scattered toning, edgewear, minor chipping, marginal dampstaining to..... More
A complete run of 62 issues in 61 fasciscules of the early British folk music revival magazine, under the primary editorial direction of Beryl Davis, wife of Spinners lead singer Tony Davis, with the first few issues also edited by Dennis Smithson, Val Evans, Tony Davis, John Fargher, and Jim..... More