![Gundymai [Temptations]. Antanas Jasiūnas, Vl. Fedotas-Sipavičius](/pictures/thumb/52032_1.jpeg?v=1652890031)
Kaunas: "Sakalo" b-ves leidinys, 1932. Octavo (19.8 × 14.1 cm). Original decorative wrappers by Vladas Fedotas-Sipavičius; 64 pp. Some creasing to text block and wear to overlapping wrapper edges; owner signature to first leaf; still about very good. First edition of this book of avant-garde-inflected verse by a Lithuanian poet..... More
Radom: self-published, 1989. Octavo (21 × 14.8 cm). Single leaf, folded once, [4] pp. of offset-reproduced typescript and photographs in reduced size. Very good. An illustrated special issue of this monthly journal of the eponymous youth group, founded in 1981 by anti-Communist activist high school students in Gdańsk. Solidarność młodych..... More
Prague: Správní rada elektr. podniků hl. m. Prahy, 1933. Quarto (29.5 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated self-wrappers; 16 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs (not attributed). About very good; old vertical crease from mailing; protective mylar cover. Single issue of the striking photo-illustrated periodical issued by Prague’s electricity works, as..... More
![Iskusstvo i fizicheskaia kul'tura [Art and physical culture]. Mileev, ergei, asil'evich](/pictures/thumb/51979_1.jpg?v=1652890122)
Moscow: Fizkul'tura i turizm, 1931. Octavo (19 x 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 207, [1] pp. followed by unnumbered leaves of plates. 55 illustrations throughout. Wrappers somewhat toned; minor staining to lower right corner, affecting several pages; still about very good. A history of the “social function of the motif..... More
Belgrade: Tipografiia Merkur, 1940. 12mo (11.5 × 8 cm). Original printed wrappers; 48 pp. followed by blank pages for note taking. Very good. A calendar issued by the revolutionary anti-communist group NTSNP (National Labor Union of the New Generation) founded by Russian émigrés in Serbia in the 1930s. Later known..... More
Łodz: [Exchange Gallery], 1986. Large octavo (29.3 × 20.5 cm). Original side-stapled wrappers printed in red and blue (typescript and rubber stamp), with three unnumbered leaves of copied typescript to rectos only. Very good. A catalog for the video and photography exhibition held at the Exchange Gallery in Łodz in..... More
![Erna Rosenstein. Malarstwo [Painting]. Erna Rosenstein, Wanda Hackiewiczowa, Zachęta...](/pictures/thumb/51870_1.jpeg?v=1652890023)
[Warsaw]: Związek Polskich Artystów Plastyków: Centralne Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, [1967]. Oblong octavo (15.5 × 23.5 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers; [22] pp. Illustrations. Light soil to wrappers; block lightly creased. Still about very good. A catalog of the second post-war exhibition of the Polish-Jewish surrealist artist Erna Rosenstein (1913–2004), illustrated..... More
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1932. Octavo (25 × 18 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 18 pp. (including wrappers) of musical notations and lyrics. Rust to staple; one gathering detached; old inventory number to front wrapper and title; still about very good. A musical score with lyrics for seven songs for Soviet pilots..... More
Assortment of elaborate, unique, handmade artists' books incorporating original collage elements with typewritten, mimeographed, and other types of printed texts on a variety of paper stocks and weights, constructed from diverse materials including craft paper, watercolor, paint, yarn, raffia, twine lace, tissue paper, foil, and cloth, exemplifying the renowned Cuban..... More
Warsaw: Państwowe Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych, 1971. Single leaf printed in color, with vertical and horizontal folds, measuring 60 × 48 cm. In Polish, Russian, French, English and German. Scale 1:1 500 000. Light soil to recto; still about very good. A stark pictogram map of Nazi atrocities and war crimes..... More
Bucuresţi (Bucharest): self-published (Studio grafic "Steaua Artei"), 1930. Quarto (32 × 23.8 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; [8] pp. Removed from binding, with tiny traces of sewing to left margin; else very good. Published from 1928 to 1932, first at Dorohoi and beginning with no. 10 in Bucharest, UNU was among..... More
Bucuresţi (Bucharest): self-published (Studio grafic "Steaua Artei"), 1932. Quarto (32 × 23.8 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; [8] pp. Old horizontal crease; light overall wear; trace of (mailing?) label to first leaf; some tearing to fold; still good to very good. Published from 1928 to 1932, first at Dorohoi and beginning..... More
[Prague]: Jazzová sekce (Jazz Section), 1979–1983. Quartos (30 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers; 19, [1] pp. per issue. Numerous black-and-white reproductions per issue, printed on better quality stock. Very good. The complete run of these fifteen catalogs of unofficial, conceptual Czechoslovak art from the Normalization era, semi-legally printed by..... More
Warsaw: Warszawska Spóldzielnia Mieszkaniowa (WSM), 1939. 8vo. (18.5 x 13.5 cm). Original illustrated wrappers with two-color constructivist design to front cover; 131 pp., scattered illustrations throughout from photographs, tables, maps, and floor plans. Some extremely minor browning and wear to spine, overall excellent condition. Housing cooperatives were first founded in..... More
Łódź: 1981. Original poster, with hand-written text in green marker on a single repurposed red leaf measuring 90 × 67 cm. Two small perforations from push pins to bottom corners, adhesive marks to upper extremity. Vertical and horizontal creases from folding. Still about very good. A five-point manifesto, with text..... More
A complete run in twelve issues of the avant-garde journal, edited by Guy Schraenen, conceived of as a 12-part project leading up to the "Antwerp International Mail-Art Festival" held in October 1981, with contributions by many of the most important European practitioners of the movement, including dramatic and quirky juxtapositions..... More
Baarlo, Netherlands: X-Press, 1971. Oblong 12mo. (10 x 22.5 cm). Original illustrated cardboard covers; 92 pp. Limited edition of 100 copies, hand-signed and numbered to front cover by Tajiri. Some slight rubbing and soiling, very small tear to binding along spine, overall very good. Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009) was a Japanese-American..... More
Kritzendorf, Germany: Oldenbruch, [circa 1920]. Small folio (overall size 38.7 x 28.7 cm). Set of 10 loose diaroma-type plates, housed in a contemporary custom-made box. Some light soiling and toning to margins, images primarily bright and clean, overall very good. An unconventional publication meant to facilitate the planning of interior..... More
Paris: Ministère de l'Intérieur, Direction Générale de la Sureté Nationale, Préfecture de Police, [1962]. 12mo. (15.7 x 11 cm). Original stapled printed paper wrappers; unpaginated (31 leaves printed recto only). Extremely minor foxing to first three pages, some sunning to front cover, overall very good condition. Together with an OAS..... More
Paris: L’Art Brut, 1948. Octavo (18.8 × 13.7 cm). Original side-stapled yellow wrappers with title printed in black; one leaf with frontis and dedication (“A JaNLaNSeLM”), followed by eight leaves of stenciled text and six illustrations; final leaf with colophon to verso. Housed in recent beige cloth chemise. Very good..... More
Graz: Akademischer Verlag, 1930. Large octavos (26 × 20.5 cm). Original pictorial and photo-illustrated wrappers; 384 pp. (consecutive pagination). Many illustrations from photographs. About very good; light overall wear and minor staining; nos. 3 and 6 with minor loss to covers. Wilhelm Polzer was a retired detective who, according to..... More
![Folwark zwierzęcy [The Animal Farm]. George Orwell, Teresa Jeleńska, Jan Lebenstein](/pictures/thumb/51919_1.JPG?v=1651221792)
[Krakow]: Oficyna Literacka, 1985. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original illustrated side-stapled wrappers; 48 pp. of text and 10 leaves of color printed illustrations, glued to black thick paper stock. Very good. First samizdat edition of George Orwell’s classic “Animal Farm” illustrated by the Polish surrealist painter Jan Lebenstein (1930–1999)..... More
Wrocław: Galeria Permafo, 1972. Quarto (30 × 21 cm). Original decorative wrappers on yellow stock; 6, [142] leaves of text and illustrations, printed to rectos only. Light wear to spine extremities, else very good. An important early catalog of the Permafo Gallery founded in 1970 by the eponymous neo-avant-garde PERMAFO..... More
Valencia: Eldono de Grupo Laborista Esperantista, 1936–1939. Quartos (31 × 21.8 cm). Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards; 4–8 pp. per issue. Occasionally illustrated from photographs, drawings, and caricatures. About very good. Nearly complete run, lacking only six issues, of the rare Esperanto journal published in Valencia during the Spanish..... More
Barcelona: CNT—FAI, 1936–1938. Quartos (most approximately 32 × 22 cm). 8–16 pp. per issue. Some toning, overall very good. This journal went through several name changes, later being called Informa-Bulteno (from no. 2) and Informa-Bulteno/Boletin de Informacion. Informes y Noticias Facilitadas por la Confederación Nacional del Trabajo y la Federación..... More