[Berlin: self-published, 1985]. Quarto (A4). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 15, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs. Very good. Scarce program issued for the first festival of erotic film in Berlin, held in the summer of 1985. Its goal was to "give an overview of the as yet unexplored regions of..... More
[West Berlin?], ca. 1970. Square octavo (14 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched blue printed wrappers; [24] pp. of text and image, combining reproduced typescript with ten full-page pornographic photographs. Very good. Scarce pamphlet containing an accessible introduction to questions of capitalism, alienated labor, and sexual repression, as well as criticism..... More
Bremen: self-published, 1973. A4 (30.5 × 21.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; offset-printed and xeroxed text, photographs, and drawings on loosely inserted sheets; 10 pp. Very good. Single issue of this uncommonly seen German underground journal, inspired by the “Agit 883” periodical published in Berlin from 1969 to 1972. It was..... More
Hannover: self-published, April 1972–October 1972. A4 (30.5 × 21.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; offset-printed and xeroxed text, photographs, and drawings on loosely inserted sheets. Very good. Apparently complete run of this uncommonly seen German underground journal, inspired by the “Agit 883” periodical published in Berlin from 1969 to 1972. It..... More
Moscow: self-published, 1929. Octavo (15.5 × 11.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; XIII, 3–31 pp. [40] leaves of plates. Rust to staple; light wear to wrappers and spine; ink stains to front wrapper and two first leaves; still about very good. Catalog of the second and last exhibition of OMKh (Society..... More
Moscow: OST, 1925. Octavo (17 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers; 8 pp. Very good save for light toning around staples and two small pan marks to front wrapper. A catalog of the first of four exhibits of The Society of Easel Painters (OST) “one of the most original but..... More
Moscow: Tipo-litografiia I.E. Shchekina E. A. Martynova, 1909. 12mo (15 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 21 pp. Laid in are two folded tables. Very good. An ephemeral catalog of the Riabov paper manufacturing company, with a list of goods and their selling prices for the year 1909. The..... More
West Berlin: self-published, 1968-1982. Mostly single leaves of A4, offset-printed or mimeographed to rectos and versos; a few folded leaves; a few on colored stock. Mostly very good; occasional small nicks to margins. A group of twenty-seven broadsides and flyers documenting the Women's Movement in West Berlin (Neue Deutsche Frauenbewegung)..... More
Beijing (Peking): Tipo-litografiia Russkoi Dukhovnoi Missii, 1919. Octavo (23.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed paper over boards; 265 pp. Illustrations throughout. Light fading and soil to wrappers; edges and corners slightly rubbed. Internally very good. First edition outside of Russia. A Russian émigré publication of a classic textbook on ancient..... More
Helsinki: Société de literature finnoise, 1882. Octavo (22 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 127 pp. Small tape repair to head of spine; else about very good. A history of the Finnish nationalist movement during the relatively liberal reign of Alexander II over the Grand Duchy of Finland, written by..... More
Helsinki: J.C. Frenckell, 1886. Octavo (22 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 127 pp. Wrappers lighly toned due to stock; small chips along wrapper edges. Internally very good. Second edition. An important work on Constitutional law of Finland, commenting specifically on Russo-Finish political relations, written by the law professor and..... More
Berlin, 1977–1978. Various formats, mostly A4. Overall very good. Hosted by the Technische Universität in Berlin and attracting over fifteen thousand attendees from around the world, the TUNIX meeting laid the groundwork for non-violent, grassroots German alternative politics. One of its main goals was to discuss new strategies of resistance..... More
Berlin and Vienna, ca. 1972–1976. Various formats, most A4. Very good. Group of scarce ephemera documenting the activities of the AA-Commune in Berlin, a utopian commune founded by Otto Muehl (1925–2013), the Austrian artist known for his participation in Viennese Actionism. The original commune was founded in 1972 in Friedrichshof..... More
Geneva: George & Cie, 1903. Octavo (19.5 × 12 cm). Original printed wrappers; 480 pp. Unopened and uncut. Light soil and moisture stain to wrappers; wrapper edges chipped. Internally very good. A socially and politically liberal philosophical tract, focusing on the reign of Alexander III in Russia (1881–1894), this text..... More
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Berlin: “Slovo,” 1922. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original quarter cloth with pictorial paper over boards; 345, [3] pp. Cover illustration by N.D. Millioti. Very good. An émigré publication of collected lyrics of the symbolist poet Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921), published shortly after his death. The second volume of a three-volume..... More
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Belgrade: Sklad izdaniia Vseslavianskii knizhnyi magazin, 1925. 12mo (15 × 11.5 cm). Original printed side-stapled wrappers; 47, [1] pp. Text toned and brittle; first few pages and front wrapper chipped. A libretto for a comedic operetta about the life and sorrows of the Russian White émigré community in Belgrade. The..... More
[Berlin]: [ca. 1968-70]. Two posters on yellow and blue stock, offset litho, measuring 34 x 45 cm each. Both rolled, with light wear and a few light creases. Two of eleven political posters with sexual motifs advertised as "p5-peter-pauls-porno-und-polit-poster" and printed by Peter-Paul Zahl (1944-2011), the German anarchist writer, publisher..... More
[Berlin]: Bolsevik Partizan, 1985. Single leaf of yellow paper (21.5 × 30 cm), photocopied typescript to recto and verso (4 pp). Old vertical crease; edges lightly faded; still about very good. Rare flyer calling for solidarity during the hunger strike of imprisoned members of RAF in 1984-85 (involving, among others..... More
Berlin: self-published, 1982. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched yellow printed wrappers; [6] pp. Very good. A camouflage brochure listing all squats, or illegally occupied houses, in Kreuzberg, Berlin in 1981-82, along with the number of occupants or apartments filled, as well as the owners of the buildings. The book..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Medico International, ca. 1988. Printed card package, measuring 10.5 × 7 cm, containing eleven folded colored leaves, printed rectos and versos. Package lightly worn and cocked, a few flaps torn; contents fine. A package that resembles a pharmaceutical medication, but contains "ten high-dosage informational cards, to educate..... More
Berlin: ad-hoc-Gruppe CDU-Parteitag, 1968. Three single leaves of DIN A4 (30 × 21.5 cm), offset print in brown ink to rectos and versos. Very good. Very uncommon set of three early flyers of the German student protest movement and the so-called APO, or extra-parliamentary opposition, which formed beginning in the..... More
Prague: Umělecká beseda v Praze, 1937. Quarto (30 × 21.2 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers over blind card wrappers; 71, [1] pp. Illustrations thoughout, some full-page, some in color, many tipped-in. About very good; a few nicks to the wrappers; a few pages with stain to lower corner, barely affecting text..... More
Prague: "Svět v obrazech", 1948. Quartos (30 × 22.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [44] and [31] pp, chiefly of black-and-white illustrations from photographs. Very good or better. Strikingly photo-illustrated and with overall design by Vilém Ambrosi (1898-1962), the graphic designer and typographer, these two volumes present the history of..... More
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Prague: J. Stejskal, 1934-1935. Quarto (31 × 23 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 10 pp. Several caricatures and vignettes throughout. Light discoloration to wrappers; else very good. First issue of this rare Czech student journal of political and cultural satire, influenced by world events as well as avant-garde tendencies such as..... More
Kharkov: Izdanie F. I. Kuzmina, [ca. 1915-1916]. Broadside on purple stock, measuring 55 × 35 cm, printed to recto and verso, with decorative header. Old horizontal and vertical creases; light discoloration; pre-revolutionary stamp of the Imperatorskii Moskovskii Muzei (Moscow State Historical Museum); else about very good. This WWI propaganda poster..... More