Kharkiv: Derzhavne Vydavnytstvo Ukrainy, 1923. Octavo (16.5 × 17.6 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by A. Strakhov; 47, [1] pp. Good or better. Second volume of poems by Ivan Kulyk (i.e. Izrail' Iudelevich Kulyk, 1897–1937), the Ukrainian Soviet writer, translator, as well as political figure and party leader. The first book..... More

Kiev: Vydannia Ts.B. A.R.M.U., 1926. Octavo (17.3 × 12.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 56, [6] pp. Lower third of spine split; else about very good. Rare manifesto of leftist art, published by the Ivan Vrona (1887–1970), then rector of the Kyiv Art Institute and a leader of ARMU, the newly-founded..... More

[Prague: V. Petr], 1931. Octavos (20 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers; 166, [1] and 175, [2] pp. Frontis and four and five leaves of plates respectively, featuring reproductions of line drawings. About very good; in protective mylar. First Czech edition of this apocryphal epistolary erotic novel in two parts..... More

L'viv: Variah, 1936. Octavo (21.2 × 14.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 62, [2] pp. Wrappers professionally restored; light overall soiling; still about very good. First edition of this volume of poems on the theme of foreign and exotic travels by Sviatoslav Hordyns'kyi (1906–1993), the Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, poet, and..... More

Kyiv: Derzhavne Vydavnytstvo Ukrainy, 1925–1934. Octavos (ca. 23.8 × 15.6 cm). Original printed wrappers; ca. 175 to 210 pp. per issue. Generally very good; two issues with tears to wrappers and fraying to spine strip; occasional old bookstore stamps and mailing labels to rear wrappers. Ten issues (one double issue)..... More

Riga: Daile un Darbs, ca. 1930. Octavo (20 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers in the constructivist style (not attributed); 118 pp. About very good; slight wear to lower wrapper extremity. Striking yet understated constructivist wrapper design for this pamphlet about the October Revolution in Russia. We are unable to..... More

London: Kruh priatel'ov československej knihy (printed by S. Sidders & Son, Ltd., Kilburn), 1944. Octavo (18 × 12.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 117, [2] pp. About very good; very light overall wear and soil to wrappers. Second of two volumes of poetry from the Slovak anti-Nazi resistance during World War..... More

L'viv: Vydavnytstvo "META", 1938. Octavo (16.8 × 12.2 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers on blue stock; 29, [2] pp. Six illustrations. About very good; rust to staples; small chip to rear wrapper, not affecting text. First and only publication of this pamphlet about the Spanish Civil War by Osyp Hodun'ko..... More

L'viv: Nakladom avtora (self-published), 1933. Octavo (21.7 × 14.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (signed V. S.); 167, [1] pp. Ten photographs. Very light soil to wrappers; very good. Extensive account of the activities and foreign tours of the Ukrainian Republic Capella, which later became the Ukrainian National Chorus, a musical..... More

Prague: Nakladatel Fr. Borový, 1916. Octavo (22 × 13.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Hofman; 122, [6] pp. With fourteen smaller and three full-page drawings by Hofman. Very good; in protective mylar. The first book publication by the Čapek brothers (Karel and Josef Čapek), this collection of experimental prose works..... More

Kharkiv: Derzhavne vydavnytstvo Ukraini, 1928. Oblong quarto (22 × 36 cm). Original limp red buckram, front board embossed in yellow; 11 pp. of text, [39] leaves of plates including plans and drawings, occasionally with descriptions to versos. Light overall wear; some scuffing to corners; still about very good. Bilingual study..... More

Tbilisi: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo "Tsodna", 1960. Oblong quarto (22 × 30 cm). Original cloth-backed boards with embossed title; 46 pp. followed by 82 plates. Light chipping on the edges of the cover boards; a visible stain on cloth of the spine; light moisture staining on the first few pages not affecting..... More

New York: Street Railway Journal/Street Railway Publishing Company, February 1899. Duodecimo (17.5 x 11 cm). Original printed wrappers; 256 pp. Browning and light staining to covers, wear along spine, some small areas of paper loss, a few scattered handwritten marks to interior pages, light dust-staining, overall very good. According to..... More