Moscow: Izdanie Vserossiskogo Soiuza Poetov, 1925 (front cover states 1926). Large octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 27, [3] pp. Wrapper illustration and 6 (5 full page) lithographic illustrations by Maria Siniakova. A very good copy. First freestanding edition of this folk-Futurist “criminal novel” in verse by the..... More
Prague: Prometheus, 1929–1930. Quarto (25.2 × 17.5 cm). Original wrappers designed by Ladislav Sutnar, each cover printed with different color rectangle and letters; ca. 30 pages per issue. With numerous illustrations of architectural designs, furniture, and other everyday objects, advertising and book designs etc. Wrappers slightly dust-soiled; occasionally with very..... More
![Book ID: 52185 Parovyi verbliud [The steam camel]. Lev Iatskevich, Edward Kozak](/pictures/thumb/52185_1.jpeg?v=1664366701)
Berchtesgaden-Munich: Leo Jackewycz, "Orlyk", 1947. Oblong octavo (15 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 11 pp. Light overall wear; about very good. Scarce children's book about a train journey, in which the train is compared to a camel and even attributed anthropomorphic traits. The book was published by Ukrainian..... More
Chicago, Illinois: Aldric H. Worswick Co., 1909. Oblong 8vo. (19.7 x 35.3 cm). Original dark blue paper wrappers, title printed to front cover in black lettering and with decorative border, punch-sewn in the Japanese style with brown silk ribbon. 28 leaves, unpaginated. Color printed and illustrated throughout, with large folding..... More
Delft: Hans Oldewarris, 1976-1978. Various sizes, mostly 4to. and folio (including 29.5 x 21, 31 x 30, and 42 x 25 cm). Primarily original printed wrappers, no. 8 with original illustrated envelope, no. 10 with original cardstock outer folders, supplement in original cardboard box with illustrated label affixed to lid..... More
London: Girlfrenzy, 1991. 4to. (29.5 x 21 cm). Original side-stapled colorful illustrated wrappers. Issues 28-44 pp. Some very light creasing, rubbing to extremities, overall near fine condition. The first six issues of the fanzine devoted to underground comics, music, and the "riot grrrl" scene. Founded in 1991 and edited by..... More
Kharkiv, 1990. Single leaf, measuring 57 × 41 cm, printed to recto in red and blue, with additional information supplied in marker. Old horizontal and vertical fold; else about very good. Ephemeral poster documenting the information "thaw" surrounding the topic of UFOs, which was taboo during the Soviet Union in..... More
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. Folio (35.5 × 26 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 125, [1] pp. Illustrations, charts, and graphs throughout. Wrapper edges chipped along the perimeter; more significant wear to spine extremities; light toning due to stock; owner signature to title; still good or better. An album of architectural plans..... More
Moscow; Kolomna, „Vsekhudozhnik”, 1931. Octavo (17.3 × 12.7 cm). Original printed wrappers; 18, [1] pp. followed by fifteen leaves of plates on coated stock. Very good, save for tiny nick to rear wrapper and stamp of the “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. An illustrated catalog showcasing 143 works by 13 artists..... More
Moscow: “Vsekokhudozhnik”, 1932. Octavo (17.8 × 12.7 cm). Original printed wrappers; 39, [1] pp. interleaved with [11] leaves of plates on coated stock. Stamp of the “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. Very good. An illustrated catalog for an exhibition of artists who held residencies in Soviet factories and construction sites in..... More
Moscow: „Vsekokhudozhnik”, 1934. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 28, [3] pp. interleaved with [9] leaves of plates on coated stock. Stamp of the “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. Light wear to overlapping wrapper edges and small chip to lower right corner; else very good. An illustrated catalog for..... More
Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1953. Octavo (17.3 × 13.4 cm). Original printed wrappers; 32, [2] pp. Old inventory number to title; light creasing to block and wrappers; still about very good. A catalog for the last exhibition dedicated specifically to women artists of Moscow, held in April–May 1953, featuring 258 works..... More
Moscow: Vsekokhudozhnik, 1934. Octavo (17.6 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 18, [1] pp. Stamp of the “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title; else very good. The Soviet practice of artist residences at factories and on major industrial construction sites is well documented in this retrospective exhibition which showcased 272 works..... More
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo "Iskusstvo", 1938. Octavo (17 × 12.6 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 15, [2] pp. followed by seven plates. Stamp of “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. Note in blue ink to inside wrapper indicating this as a duplicate copy. Front wrapper beginning to split at bottom; else about very..... More
Moscow: “Vsekhudozhnik”, 1935. Octavo (17 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers; 7, [1] pp. and thirteen plates. Wrappers lightly chipped to edges; tape repair to spine; else about very good. An illustrated catalog for a traveling exhibition of paintings which included 40 works by 32 artists organized by the All-Russian..... More
![Book ID: 52136 T[aras] Shevchenko. Ukrains'ke maliarstvo [Ukrainian painting; series...](/pictures/thumb/52136.jpg?v=1664217706)
Kyiv: RUKh, 1930. Octavo (25.8 × 18.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Vasyl Krychevs'kyi; 31, [1], one leaf, XXV leaves of plates bw, [2] pp. of text (table of contents). Small tear to right edge; else very good. Simple, yet appealing wrapper design by Vasyl Krychevsky (1873–1953), the Ukrainian painter..... More
Fort Myers, Florida: Bail, Horton & Associates, n.d. [circa 1945]. 4to. (27.9 x 21.5 cm). Original side-stapled illustrated wrappers. 42 pp. with loose bulletin laid inside back cover. Some light soiling to covers, overall very good. Signed opposite title page by Ralph Bail with accompanying inscription "We design them, you..... More
Prague, 1935. 4to. (29.7 x 21 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 12 pp. Some light browning, minor chipping along bottom edge of first few pages, overall very good. The first issue of the International Surrealist Bulletin/Bulletin international du surréalisme, published by the short-lived literary and artistic Surrealist group in Czechoslovakia, Skupina..... More
[np, circa 1930]. Twelve postal envelopes measuring 9.2 x 16.5 cm each. Loose as issued. Very light occasional dust-staining, very good condition. This collection of twelve unused satirical postal covers comprise a complete series titled "Jury Report on Prohibition". Each envelope contains a caricature of a juror (eleven men and..... More
Vienna: Wagner, 1912. Tall thin 4to. (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Original self-wrappers; 12 pp. Slight dust-staining, minor browning to edges; overall very good. Otto Wagner was an Austrian architect, furniture designer, and urban planner, as well as a leader of the Vienna Secession and Art Nouveau movements. Through his architectural..... More
Tokyo: Kokusai Kenchiku Kyokai, 1939. Small quarto (25.5 x 19 cm). Original wrappers with metallic printing to front cover, unpaginated (20 pp). Some slight rubbing and toning to cover, minor area of loss to lower left corner of front cover near spine, overall very good condition. A small booklet illustrated..... More
Incomplete collection of the third series of the Canadian concrete poetry publication edited by bpNichol, David UU, and Bill Bissett, comprised of three-page typed and stapled introduction on yellow, blue, and pink paper stock listing contents, news items, letters, and announcements of other publications and productions, a small pamphlet "Gerry..... More
Issue no. 8 of the Fluxus newspaper, 4 pp., folded twice, edited by George Maciunas, the front cover with a background image of cobblestones announcing a "street cleaning event" with the Hi-Red Center Japanese art collective at Grand Army Plaza, the second page announcing a hotel event, also with Hi-Red..... More
7 pp. booklet, printed recto only, comprised of hand-etched stenciled drawings and a short text telling the story of a fantastical, surrealist, post-apocalyptic death of a figure named Banner, printed on varioud colors of paper stock. Small 4to. Original cardstock wrpps. with hand-painted and mimeographed newspaper to front cover. Very..... More
![Book ID: 52341 Diuna [Dune], vols. 1–2. Frank Herbert, Marek Marszał](/pictures/thumb/52341_1.jpeg?v=1663704694)
Warsaw: Iskry, 1985. Octavos (21 × 15 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 174, [1] and 269, [2] pp. Very good, save for old labels to rear wrappers. First edition. First Polish translation of this sci-fi classic by Frank Herbert, translated by a prolific translator of fantasy and sci-fi Marek Marszał. The..... More