[Germany, 1968]. Original silk-screened poster, printed in black and red, measuring 84 × 59 cm. Very good or better. A remarkably drastic anti-war poster, issued as a fake poster for the fourth Documenta in Kassel, held in 1968. The fourth installment of the famous contemporary art fair – considered the..... More
![På Kanaanexpressen [On the Canaan Express Train]. Hagar Olsson, artist Olavi Paavolainen](/pictures/thumb/51201_1.jpg?v=1614697923)
Stockholm: Holger Schildt, 1929 (printed in Helsinki by F. Tilgmann). Octavo (19.5 × 16.5 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 231, [1] pp. Twelve black-and-white photographs, a few full-page. Light wear to spine extremities; discrete owner annotation in ink to title and ffep; else very good. First edition of this key work..... More
Omsk: Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del SSSR, Omskaia vysshaia shkola militsii, 1979. Octavo (21 × 15.5 cm). Original blue cloth with title to spine and front board; 327 pp. Very good. Intended for criminal investigators, this scarce handbook contains a 200-page dictionary of prison slang with nearly 8000 words and phrases and..... More
126 pp. volume documenting a year's literary and visual art contributions from the landmark artistic movement, the volume edited by Max Mell, with literary contributions by Peter Altenberg, Franz Blei, Max Brod, Franz Theodor Czokor, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Arthur Roessler, and with graphic contributions from Josef..... More
Slim 24 pp. volume published anonymously but attributed to Bragaglia, which contains a brief background and biography of Aurelia as well as her prophecies for 1916. Two illustrations within the volume: a photographic portrait of Aurelia and a diagram of a palm with the lines on the hand and the..... More
Paris: [Izdanie "Ob"edineniia russkikh pisatelei i artistov"], 1942. Octavo (26.5 × 18 cm). Original printed wrappers; 15, [1] pp. About very good. Rabidly anti-semitic pamphlet published during the height of World War II by a Russian exile in Paris, most likely published under a pseudonym, as we are unable to..... More
![Brygada Kryzys [The Crisis Brigade]. Flyer](/pictures/thumb/51225_1.jpg?v=1614625989)
Warsaw: self-published, 1981. Single leaf of xeroxed text and images to recto and verso, measuring 29.5 × 20.5 cm. Very good. A kind of underground press release, this the flyer announces the formation of Brygada Kryzys (Crisis Brigade), today recognized as Poland’s most important new-wave band. “August 1981. Warsaw. Robert..... More
Berlin/Leipzig: Friedrich Ernst Hübsch, 1931. Small quarto (26.5 × 19.5 cm). Original linen boards, attractively printed in blue and black; dust wrapper; [7] leaves of text, [16] leaves of reproductions, and [10] leaves of ads. Boards very lightly rubbed; overall a very good copy. Published as part of the extensive..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1920. Large octavo (26 × 21 cm). Original orange paper-covered boards, incorporating an illustration by Mikhail Larionov; 26 pp. With six illustrations by Larionov throughout. Recent professional repair to spine; moisture damage to boards; very light traces of moisture to plates; still good or better. First..... More
Munich: self-published, 1980-1984. Octavos (21 × 15 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 8 pp. per issue. One issue incorrectly assembled and lacking inner leaf with four pages; else very good copies. Twenty-two issues spanning four years of this bi-monthly human rights bulletin, which alerted the public and the international community to..... More
![Myszy bez Kota [Mice without a Cat]. Political pamphlet with woodcut illustrations and text](/pictures/thumb/51224_1.jpg?v=1613752637)
[Warsaw]: self-published, [ca. 1928]. Small folio (17.5 × 22.5 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; 4 pp. Very good. A political caricature by an unknow artist promoting the rule of Jozef Pilsudski (1867-1935), the political leader of Poland in 1918-1922 and again as a de facto military dictator in 1926-1935. The pamphlet..... More
Krakow: Naklad Towarzystwa Wydawnictw Ludowych, 1906. Octavo (21.5 × 14.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Henryk Uziembło; 160 pp. Light overall wear to wrappers; spine sun-tanned; discrete owner signature to title; overall very good. First edition thus. Polish translation of the famous Erfurt Program of 1891 of the SPD (Socialist..... More
A complete run in 9 issues, each issue approximately 4 pp., of a scarce newsletter printed on board the USS Lejeune as it transported a group of soldiers back to the United States, the issues containing such varied sections as war news, other world news, humor, events on board the..... More
Moscow: Redizdatbiuro Mogiza, 1935. Octavo (16 × 12 cm). Original illustrated staple-stitched wrappers; 11, [1] pp. Bookstore stamp to rear wrapper. Light foxing to wrappers, still very good. This catalog lists books published on the occasion of the 21st celebration of the International Day of Youth, a Soviet holiday celebrated..... More
![100 godzin Stalingradu [100 hours of Stalingrad]. Mieczysław Berman](/pictures/thumb/51226_1.jpg?v=1612955233)
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo "Prasa Wojskowa", 1949. Large octavo (26.4 × 18.3 cm). Original photo-illustrated staple-stitched self-wrappers; 31, [1] pp. First leaf with recent tape repair to upper corner; a few nicks; still about very good. Surprisingly scarce account of the Battle of Stalingrad, photo-illustrated and with numerous striking photomontages by Mieczysław..... More
Moscow: Intourist and Vneshtorgizdat, [ca. 1930-1940s]. Octavos (ca. 22 × 11 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers and folded leaves; 12, 12, and 4 pp. respectively. Numerous photographic reproductions. Very good. Three pre-war brochures issued by the Soviet state tourist bureau, Inturist, advertising visits to Sochi, Kiev, and the Urals/Siberia. One..... More
Moscow; Petrograd: Gos. Izd-vo, 1923-1925. Octavo (17 × 12 cm). Original printed card folder with tie strings containing 14 individual brochures; ca. 30 pp per brochure. Light soil and moisture stain to folder; occasional underlining in pencil and red pen; still about very good. Part of a widespread Soviet literacy..... More
![Slovar’ rifm [A dictionary of rhymes]. Sergei Andreevich Kushel](/pictures/thumb/51192_1.jpg?v=1612955583)
Moscow, 1920. Octavos (23 × 19 cm). Notebook comprising 46 pp, hand-written text in pencil and brown ink. Front wrapper signed and dated by the author. Light overall wear; still good or better. A unique manuscript of a Russian rhyme dictionary, organized according to syllable and rhyme types. The brief..... More
![Teatr im. Rustaveli. Georgian title: Rustavelis teatri [The Rustaveli Theatre]. A. Duduchava,...](/pictures/thumb/51148_001.jpg?v=1612451762)
Tbilisi: Gosizdat Gruzii, 1930. Octavo (19 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Irakli Gamrekeli; 79 pp. With photographs showing Gamrekeli's designs for the stage. Light overall wear to wrappers; front wrapper somewhat spotted; rust to staple; still about very good. First and only edition of this Russian-language monograph on..... More
![Evropa [Europe]. Iona Vakeli, Iraklii Gamrekeli](/pictures/thumb/51078_001.jpg?v=1612346360)
Tbilisi: Samkhedro stamba, 1924. Octavo (22.5 × 11.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 56 pp. Drawn cover design by Iraklii Gamrekeli. Good or better; wrappers somewhat worn; with fraying to spine extremities; old bookstore stamp to rear wrapper; internally very good. First and only edition. A rare collaboration between two big..... More
Edinburgh: The Richard Demarco Gallery, 1972. Folio (40.5 × 29.5 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated self-wrappers; [52] pp. In English and Polish. Illustrations throughout. Very good. A catalog for an exhibition of avant-garde Polish art presented by The Richard Demarco Gallery in 1972, held as part of the Edinburgh International Festival..... More
Kaunas: Išleido “Vėtra” Studentų Literatų Ratelis, 1930. Octavo (17.5 × 12.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unattributed); 71, [1] pp. About very good; very light staining and wear to overlapping wrapper edges and spine extremities. First and only book by the author, with a highly appealing understated typographic cover design, possibly..... More
66 total issues bound in 7 volumes of the luxurious 1930s medical journal, "revue mensuelle réservée au corps médical". produced by the Debat pharmaceutical laboratories under the direction of Dr. François Debat, first called "La Revue du Médecin" before the title changed to "Art et Médecine", important particularly for its..... More
![Karogu nemeers: dzejas [The flag of anxiety: poems]. Karlis Dzelzs, artist Niklavs Strunke](/pictures/thumb/51157.jpg?v=1612292906)
Riga: Vaiņaga izdevums, 1922. Small octavo (17.8 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Niklāvs Strunke; 111 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to Viktor Eglītis. Light soil to rear wrapper; occasional underlining and annotations in pencil; still overall very good. First edition of this first book of poems..... More
![Andreja Kurcija Dvēseles kabarejs: dzejas [Andrej Kurcij's soul cabaret: poems]. Andrejs...](/pictures/thumb/51156.jpg?v=1612292716)
Riga: “Kulturas Balss” izdevums, 1921. Octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Niklāvs Strunke; 47, [1] pp. This copy curiously reproduced the front wrapper design to verso as well, likely a printer's error. Occasional light pencil marks; small stains to front wrapper; else very good. First editon of..... More