Two volumes, 180, 152 pp. total, published in conjunction with the International Congress of Architects held in Budapest in 1930, the first volume collecting essays and lectures on historical and contemporary design with a special focus on 20th century architecture in Central Europe and especially Hungary, the second volume published..... More

Prague: self-published, 1941. Small octavo. Original illustrated card wrappers; 20, [1] pp. Some underlining in blue ink in text. Striking photo-illustrated design by Karel Černý. A fine copy. Bohuslav Brouk (1912–1978) was a Czech psychoanalyst, philosopher, art theoretician, and writer. He was one of the first promoters of Freud’s work..... More

Tbilisi: Tip. Gaz. “Zaria vostoka”, 1927. Octavo (22.8 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 30 pp. Cover illustration by Kirill Zdanevich. Very discrete repairs to wrappers, with professional paper restauration; text evenly toned due to stock; still about very good. First edition of the only collection of poems by Nikolai..... More

Král. Vinohrady (Prague): self-published, 1912. Quarto (25 × 18 cm). Original woodcut-printed wrappers; 51 pp. With a front wrapper design, decorations, and eleven original color woodcuts by Váchal (frontispiece, title, nine plates with tissue guards, and the original woodcut illustration to front wrapper). Very good or better. First edition of..... More

(v), 364 pp. volume comprising two parts in one volume, the first part containing brief descriptions of the churches of Rome, many accompanied by a small woodcut illustration of the church façade, with seven highlighted as the most important, a list of stations held at the churches throughout the year..... More

Istanbul: Orhaniye Matbaasi, 1932. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers by Ali Suavi; 103 pp and [9] pp. of advertisements. Very light wear and discoloration to wrapper edges; signature to title page; overall about very good. First edition of the play “The Scull” by Hikmet. With a striking cover designed by Ali..... More

Turin: Fratelli Bocca, 1912. Large octavo (25.7 × 17.8 cm). Original printed cream wrappers in translucent calque; recent cloth-backed card folder and slipcase by Devauchelle with printed title to spine. With 48 tipped-in gelatin silver prints and one halftone by G. Simoni of Rome, ranging in size from approx. 7.5..... More

[Kunstat, near Brno]: 1974. Black portfolio, gilt title to spine, measuring 32 × 22.2 cm, with contents printed on leaves A4-sized. Carbon copy typescript. Light wear and small tear to portfolio; contents very good. Unique compilation of twenty-four leaves featuring poetic texts or original artwork, all signed, limited, or entirely..... More

Unpaginated volume containing 8 cardstock leaves depicting members of the circus to be cut out and assembled with small paper fasteners such as brads, one side of the cardstock page in chromolithograph, the reverse in black and white with indications as to where to fold and attach the various pieces..... More

St. Petersburg: pri Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk, 1770-1772. Small quartos (24.6 × 18.3 cm). Later polished calf with spine in six compartments and gilt titles; marbled endpapers; red edges; 460 and 438, a-e, 460 pp. (lacking pp. 461-763). Decorative initials, headpieces, and etched allegorical vignette with a small portrait of Peter..... More

Portfolio of photographs showing the planned town of Pine Grove, New York, built to house the workers of Alcoa in upstate New York, comprised of 39 total leaves consisting of 35 leaves of photographs of façades, elevations, and floor plans, and 4 leaves of drawings of plans showing details including..... More

Original multiple pertaining to a conceptual art piece by the noted avant-garde German artist, comprised of a cardboard box housing 319 printed 3" x 5" note cards, including 310 sequentially numbered "Idea Cards" with measured readings of physical elements such as temperature or barometric pressure; two cards comprising the title..... More

(36) pp. Swedish arts journal, reproducing orig. and previously published texts on the visual and literary arts with an emphasis on surrealism, incl. essays in trans. by Picasso [from "Formes" (1930)] and J. Frois-Wittmann [from "Minotaure" (1933)], and those by Swedish authors Adolph Törneros, Arne Häggqvist, Åkesson, and Nils Afzelius..... More