![Pis'ma k Shutko [Letters to Shutko]. Kazimir Malevich, Sergei Sigei](/images/noimage.png)
Eisk: Otdel zhivopisi i grafiki Eiskogo istoriko-kraevedcheskogo muzeia, 1992. Octavo (19.6 × 14.2 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers; 17, [2] pp. Very good. First edition of Sergei Sigei’s essay on mail art, based on an exhibition of international mail art held at the Eisk Museum in January 1989, the first such..... More
Moscow: Izdatel’stvo vsesoiuznoi akademii arkhitektury, 1936. Octavo (21 × 17 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 169, [3] pp. with 11 photo-illustrations. Light soil and foxing to wrappers, else very good. First and only edition. First Russian translation of the now classic sketch on the history of American architecture, by the literary..... More
Brno: Rolnická tiskárna, 1928. Small octavos (17.3 × 12.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Rossmann; 11, [1] and 13, [1] pp. each. About fine. Two scarce booklets introducing the famous 1928 Exhibition of Contemporary Culture, an important display of progress made in all the arts in ten years of..... More
1925. 12 vols., each with introductory text on various fields in the decorative arts, bibliography, index, and close to 100 fine plates, (altogether over 1000, some in fine color), showing examples of architecture, furnishings, and other decorative arts of the first quarter of this century. 4to. 3/4 vellum with decorated..... More
![Moderní ruské divadlo [Modern Russian theatre]. Jindřich Honzl, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50545_1.jpg?v=1582060144)
Prague: Václav Petr, 1928, Octavo (19 × 14 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige. 93 pp. and [17] pp. of plates. Professionally restored spine and edges; still good or better, partly uncut and unopened, in protective mylar. First edition. Contains leaves of plates showcasing stage and costume designs by..... More
[Prague]: Svobodné slovo, 1968-1969. Small octavos (15 × 11 cm). Contemporary blind card wrappers; 204 and 292 pp. The second text with nine reproductions of original drawings, signed M. Novák. Text probably slightly resized to binding; else about very good. First appearance of any work by Ian Fleming in Czech..... More
![Dvum [For two]. Mikhail Kuzmin, Ekaterina Turova](/pictures/thumb/50566_1.jpg?v=1581696105)
Petrograd: Segodnia, [1918]. Octavo (20.3 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched linocut-printed wrappers; [4] pp. (not including wrappers). Publisher's device to rear wrapper (linocut print). Front wrapper partially colored (in yellow) by the artist. About very good; small stain to front wrapper; old Soviet bookstore label to inside of rear wrapper..... 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
![Čítanka pro ženy [An anthology for women]. Vilma Meisnerová, designer Frantisek Drtikol](/pictures/thumb/50557_1.jpg?v=1581695292)
Mladá Boleslav: Karel Vačlena, 1929. Octavo (21.3 × 13.4 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Frantisek Drtikol; 184, [4] pp. Very good. Superb anonymous photomontage incorporating a photopgraph by František Drtikol. A curiously modern choice given the rather mundane contents, which contain advice on childrearing, modern kitchens and electric appliances, marriage..... More
![Zpáteční lístek [Return ticket: poems]. Vitězslav Nezval, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50556_1.jpg?v=1581695290)
Prague: Fr. Borový, 1933. Octavo (21.3 × 13.4 cm). Original photomontage wrappers and title page designed by Karel Teige; 234, [1] pp. A fine copy. First edition of this volume of poems, with overall design by Karel Teige. Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a...... More
![Karneval [Carneval]. Vitězslav Nezval, designer Jiri Kroha](/pictures/thumb/50555_1.jpg?v=1581695288)
Prague: Odeon, 1926. Octavo (21.3 × 13.4 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Jiri Kroha; 103 pp. Signed by Nezval to half title. Good or better; light wear to lower spine and foreedge of wrappers. High Poetism in verse and cover design, with a cover photomontage signed "J. Don", thought to..... More
![Falešný mariáš [False poker]. Vitězslav Nezval, Štyrský, designers Toyen](/pictures/thumb/50554_1.jpg?v=1581695287)
Prague: Jan Fromek; Odeon, 1925. Octavo (19.6 × 13.8 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Jindrich Štyrský and Toyen (signed); 38, [3] pp. Signed by Nezval; very good. Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a leading light of Czech poetism and, later, surrealism, as well as..... More
![Svítaní [Dawn]. Emile Verhaeren, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50553_1.jpg?v=1581695286)
Second, corrected edition. Prague: Odeon, 1925. Octavo (19.5 × 13.5 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige; 103 pp. A good copy; wrappers somewhat discolored and worn; trace of private label to ffep. Photomontage cover design by Teige incorporating photographs of a toppled monument, a large crowd, and a funeral..... More
![Muž divokých krajů [L'homme de la pampa]. Jules Supervielle, Karel Teige, designers Otakar...](/pictures/thumb/50551_1.jpg?v=1581695285)
Prague: Odeon, 1927. Octavo (19.8 × 13.7 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvicka (signed MaT); 88, [2] pp. Very good. Very scarce example of the ongoing collaboration on photomontage book design between Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvička, here incorporating hand lettering and an image of a...... More
![Muž doma [Man at home]. J. Eiselt, designer Otakar Mrkvicka](/pictures/thumb/50550_1.jpg?v=1581695284)
Prague: F. Topic, 1929. Octavo (19 × 13 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Otakar Mrkvicka; 99, [2] pp. About very good; light wear to spine extremities. Striking photomontage cover signed by Otakar Mrkvicka, created independently of Karel Teige, with whom he often collaborated in the 1920s. Toman 3.3.24 (The "design..... More
![Filmová dramata [Drames de cinéma]. Louis Delluc, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50549_1.jpg?v=1581695283)
Prague: Ladislav Kuncíř, 1925. Octavo (19.7 × 12.3 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige; 77, [3] pp. About very good. First and only edition of these works by the French film critic and director, with a striking photomontage cover by Teige. Jindřich Toman notes that "Cover designs made by..... More
![Jinošství [Adolescence: a novel]. Ribemont Dessaignes, designer Josef Hesoun](/pictures/thumb/50547_1.jpg?v=1581695281)
Prague: Česká grafická unie, 1930. Octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Josef Hesoun; 342, [1] pp. About very good; erased ownership signature to title and light wear to front wrapper. First edition of this translation from the French, with striking photomontage wrappers by Hesoun (1903-1965), a modernist..... More
![Věrný hlas: básně [The faithful voice: poems]. Konstantin Biebl, designer Vojtěch...](/pictures/thumb/50546_1.jpg?v=1581695280)
Second edition. Prague: F. Svoboda, 1925, Octavo (21.2 × 13.5 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Vojtěch TIttelbach (signed); 66, [3] pp. Signed and inscribed by Biebl in 1928. Lower spine with light wear; else about very good. Second editon of this volume of poems by the Devětsil poet Konstantin Biebl..... More
![Monaco: román [Monaco: a novel]. Vítězslav Nezval, designer Jindrich...](/pictures/thumb/50540_1.jpg?v=1581695279)
Prague: Mánes, 1934. Octavo (19.2 × 13 cm). Original photomontage dust-wrapper over printed wrappers by Jindřich Štyrský; 147, [1] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to Vlastimil Fiala. Very good. Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a leading light of Czech poetism and, later..... More
![Otvorené okná [Open windows]. Laco Novomeský, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50539_1.jpg?v=1581695278)
Bratislava and Prague: L. Mazáč, 1935. Octavo (18 × 13.3 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige. 62, [1] pp. In Slovak. A very good copy, in protective mylar. Third volume of poems by the Slovak poet, journalist, and later commnist politician Laco Novomeský (1904-1976) Karel Teige a typografie 445..... More
Moscow: Tipografiia T-va I. D. Sytina, 1917. Octavo (20.8 × 14.8 cm). Original printed wrappers; 16 pp. Wrappers with old vertical crease and moisture stain (not affecting text); else very good. Evidently the first stand-alone publication to treat the complex changes to Russian orthography initiated long before WWI, but famously..... More
Leningrad: Nauchnoe knigoizdatel’stvo, 1925. Octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 154, [6] pp. With forty-nine smaller drawings in the text. Small nick to front wrapper; spine extremities very lightly frayed; text evenly toned; still about very good. First edition in Russian. This early film history, oriented toward industry..... More
London: Izdanie Gruppy Russkikh Kommunistov-Anarkhistov, 1902. Octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Contemporary quarter-calf over five raised bands; marbled boards and endpapers; gilt-tooled title to spine; 295 pp. Boards very lightly rubbed; wrappers not preserved; rear hinge barely starting; still very good. First Russian edition of the key work by Prince..... More
Moscow: Kinopechat' (Kino-Izdatel'stvo RSFSR), 1926-1928. Quarto (30.5 × 23.5 cm). Publisher's staple-stitched photo-illustrated wrappers (attributed to Gustavs Klucis); 39, [1] pp. Numerous photographs and illustrations. Very good. Early double issue of this important Soviet cinema journal, published by the Association of Revolutionary Cinematography, founded in 1924 with the objective of..... More
Moscow: Knigoizdatel'stvo "Zhizn' i znanie", 1918. First Edition. Octavo (20.8 × 14.1 cm). Original printed wrappers; 80 pp. Partly erased private owner signature to front wrapper; old Soviet bookstore mark inside rear wrapper; else very good or better. First edition of Lenin's study of the agrarian question in late nineteenth-century..... More