Paris: [n.p.], 1919. Small folio (31.75 x 24 cm). Newer leather-backed boards, gilt title to spine, original wrappers bound in. Each issue 16 pp., continuously paginated 256 pages total. Some slight toning and soiling, some small repairs, overall very good condition. A complete collection of 16 issues bound in one..... More
Various cities, mostly the Netherlands: various makers, circa 1960s. Assorted sizes, lengths of labels range from approximately 5 to 10 cm. Labels housed in a 4to album, 14 pp., each page with 11 strips of tissue paper to hold the labels without glue. Overall excellent condition. Collection of over 500..... More
Paris: H. Parisot/Collection "Un Divertissement", 1938. 17.2 x 12.5 cm. Original printed and sewn wrappers, some foxing to covers and slight scattered foxing to interior, slight browning. Unpaginated (12 pp.), text printed on light blue paper. One of a limited edition of 110 copies. Rare first edition of the slim..... More
1. Miłosz, Czesław. Miłosz. [n.a.]: KMT, [1980]. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; [8] pp. Very good. Includes: Ars Poetica (1968), Moja wierna mowo (1968), Nie więcej (1962), Który skrzywadziłeś (1950). As of April 2022, not in KVK, OCLC. 2. Miłosz, Czesław. Gucio zaczarowany [Gucio Enchanted]. Warsaw..... More
![Teatr śmierci [Theater of death]. Tadeusz Kantor](/pictures/thumb/51871_1.jpeg?v=1654007283)
Warsaw: Biblioteka Galerii Foksal PSP, 1975. Quarto (29.5 × 21 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; [8] pp. A small closed tear to rear wrapper, else very good. First edition of this manifesto by a seminal figure of the Polish avant-garde and experimental theater, Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990). A painter, set designer..... More
![Novyi LEF [New LEF], no. 5 (1928). Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksandr Rodchenko, design](/pictures/thumb/51847.jpg?v=1655135696)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1928. Octavo (22.3 × 15.2 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers by Aleksandr Rodchenko; 47, [1] pp. With two leaves of plates, each featuring photographs by Rodchenko to verso and recto, on somewhat thicker paper stock. Additional illustrations throughout. Light overall wear; upper right corner slightly bent; spine extremities rubbed;..... More
![Tento večer [That evening]. Ivan Blatný, Kamil Lhoták](/pictures/thumb/51728_002.jpg?v=1654003683)
Prague: B. Stýblo, 1945. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 79, [3] pp. Illustrated with a drawing by Kamil Lhoták. A very good copy; stain to rear wrapper. First edition of these poems written by Blatný during and shortly after the war. With the appealing understated wrapper design..... More
Tashkent: Izd. Narodnogo Kommisariata Zemledelii︠a︡ Kazakhskoi Respubliki i Sredne-Aziatskogo gos. universiteta, 1930. Octavo (25 × 18 cm). Original printed wrappers; 203, [1] pp. Eleven leaves of plates with two photographs each. Small tear to lower spine extremity; light chipping to spine; stamp of the Société asiatique in Paris and inventory..... More
Moscow: Reklamfil'm, 1974. Octavo. Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 74 pp. Good or better; numerous annotations. Scarce directory of phone numbers and positions of employees of Mostorg, the first Soviet department store created in the 1920s. The branches of Mostorg were located in the most visible locations throughout Moscow, and were..... More
Moscow: Tip. Minzdrava SSSR, 1966. Octavo. Original printed wrappers; 120 pp. Good or better; text somewhat toned; a few annotations. Scarce directory, which gives insight into the extensive structure of the entire Soviet public health system, listing the names, positions, and telephone numbers of hundreds of its employees. One of..... More
Moscow, 1976. Small octavo. Original staple-stitched printed wrappers on card stock; 32 pp. A few pages with annotations; else very good. A directory of the Central Children's Theater, which contains information about the theatre's repertoire and also features the contacts of leading figures in the Soviet Ministry of Culture and..... More
Moscow: Tipografiia “Krasnaia zvezda”, 1969. Small octavo. Original staple-stitched printed gray card wrappers; 17 pp. Good or better. Scarce phonebook which reflects the structure of a large Soviet publishing and printing venture, which provides valuable information on the size and structure of the editorial office, as well as on the..... More
Moscow: Tipografiia izd-va “Moskovskaia pravda”, 1976. Small octavo. Original red pebbled limp cloth, embossed title to front board; 70 pp. About very good. Unrecorded telephone directory of the largest Communist Party administrative organization in the Soviet Union, which included both the "gorkom" (municipal committee) and the "obkom" (regional committee). The..... More
[Paris]: GLM, 20 May 1937. 12mo. (20 x 13.9 cm). Original printed wrappers housing unbound signatures, each signature comprised of an illustration housed in a cardstock folder with text printed to the front. Unpaginated. Some mild sunning to cover, very good condition. Limited edition of 145 copies, one of 125..... More
[Prague]: Jazzová sekce (Jazz Section), [1982]. Quarto (29.4 × 21.2 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated self-wrappers; 35, [1] pp. Black-and-white reproductions on nearly every page, printed on better quality stock. Some toning to wrappers; still very good. This privately published samizdat catalog was apparently the first work about a site-specific installation..... More
[Alès, France]: [PAB], 1951-1952. 32mo. (8.2 x 7 cm). Original printed paper wrappers. Unpaginated, each fasciscule approximately 12 pages, some pages uncut. Very good condition. A rare complete collection of the miniature journal from Pierre André Benoit (PAB), the prolific editor and book designer. He worked only with poets and..... More
![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
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