![Smychka: zhurnal raboche-gorodskoi kooperatsii [Union: a journal of the city worker cooperative],...](/pictures/thumb/P6347_1.jpg?v=1580752040)
Moscow: Tsentrosoiuz, 1929. Octavo (24.5 × 17 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 32, [2] pp. Light soil to wrappers; tears to spine extremities; else about very good. Single issue of this popular biweekly magazine of the Soviet urban cooperative movement, which flourished with strong support from Lenin during The New Economic..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1931. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 23, [3] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1931. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 23, [3] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the..... More
Leningrad: Izdanie “Tea-kino-pechat’,” 1929. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original decorative self-wrappers; 32, [2] pp. Illustrations throughout and wrappers by Nikolai Kochergin. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Single issue of the popular Leningrad theater journal, which appeared from 1924 to 1937. The issue includes a full theater program..... More
Moscow: Vserabis, 1930. Octavo (26 × 17.5). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 19, [3] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the visual..... More
![Zhemchuga [Pearls]. Sobranie sochinenii [Collected Works]. Nikolai Gumilev](/pictures/thumb/50516.jpeg?v=1582572189)
Shanghai: Drakon, [1941]. Octavo (19 × 12 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 135 pp. About very good. A rare edition by Russian émigrés in China of Nikolai Gumilev’s 1910 collection of poems “Pearls” (Zhemchuga). With a new preface by I. Putsiato. The volume was published as part of a series of..... More
![Chuzhoe nebo [Foreign Sky]. Sobranie sochinenii [Collected Works]. Nikolai Gumilev](/pictures/thumb/50515.jpeg?v=1582572188)
Shanghai: Drakon, [1941]. Octavo (19 × 12 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 66, [6] pp. Publisher's ads on p. [72]. About very good. A rare re-edition by Russian émigrés in China of Nikolai Gumilev’s 1912 collection of poems “Foreign Sky.” Published as part of a series of collected works that included..... More
783 pp. volume in Italian, translated from the German, on how to be an "ultra-modern" housewife, covering topics such as the kitchen and its furnishings, vitamins, how to set a table, electricity in the house, cooking as medicine, nutrition and diet, laundry, natural beauty, kitchen gardens, conserving and canning, plus..... More
356 pp. volume on home economics and cooking for families in 1930's Italy, compiled by Ada Bonfiglio Krassich, the first section focused on topics related to domestic economy such as home organization, family administration, nutrition, laundry and how to remove types of stains, cleaning various types of surfaces and objects..... More
![Istoricheskaia spravka [A historical fact sheet]. Bishop Grigorius](/pictures/thumb/P6469_1.jpg?v=1580761563)
[Soviet Union]: self-published, ca. 1965–1975. Single sheet of paper with typescript to recto, measuring 29 × 21.5 cm. Folded twice along the vertical and horizontal axis. Additional light creases to corners; edges lightly frayed; small tear along the vertical fold; one correction to the text in blue ink and two..... More
Bratislava: Dav, 1933. Octavo (19 × 13.8 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 47, [1] pp. Light toning to wrapper edges; else very good. First and only edition of this Slovak translation of Viennese psychoanalist Annie Reich's 1932 book on children's sexual education, "Wenn dein Kind dich fragt..." With wrappers by Jozef..... More
London (actually: Geneva): Izdanie zhurnala "Nabat", 1879. Octavo (14.3 × 10.8 cm). Later black boards with gilt-tooled leather spine label, the fragile front and rear wrappers preserved; 78 pp. A near fine copy. First and only edition of this collection of anarchist revolutionary essays by Petr Nikitich Tkachev, the Russian..... More
Prague: Otto Girgal, 1929–1930. Small quartos (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; consecutive pagination, 135, [6] pp. Occasional illustrations. Small loss to lower right corner of first issue (not affecting text); the other issues in fine condition, in protective mylar. Complete run of this Czech avant-garde theatre journal, which..... More
![Porcelánový soubor Ladislava Sutnara [Porcelain set by Ladislav Sutnar]. Second, expanded...](/pictures/thumb/P5664_1.jpg?v=1580755445)
Prague: Krásná jizba Družstevní práce, [1933?]. Single leaf measuring 51 × 23.5 cm, folded twice to create a brochure; [6] unnumbered pages. Printed in black, gray, and blue. Near fine. Advertisement and order form for the 1932 porcelain tableware set, designed by Ladislav Sutnar for the state-run Družstevní Práce [Cooperative..... More
Prague – Prešov: Ceskoslovenská grafická Unie, 1935. Octavo (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 13 pp. of text, color frontis, 29 black-and-white and three more color plates. Very good. The first monograph on Ľudovít Fulla (1902–1980), the Slovak painter and graphic artist. Fulla's work was crucial to the development..... More
![Stikhotvoreniia 1815—1836 godov [Verse 1815—1836]. Narodnaia biblioteka No. 124.; Narodnaia...](/pictures/thumb/P5571_1.jpg?v=1580499150)
Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo., 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 48, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Wrappers evenly toned; spine extremities lightly frayed. Still about very good. An early post-revolutionary attempt at creating a “Soviet Pushkin,” this collection of poems was edited by one of the founders..... More
![Devětsil: revoluční sborník [The nine powers: a revolutionary anthology]. Jaroslav Seifert,...](/pictures/thumb/P5531_1.jpg?v=1580761623)
Prague: Večernice, 1922. Large octavo (24 × 16 cm). Original decorative wrappers on dark green paper stock; 202, [6] pp. Numerous leaves of plates and reproductions in the text. A very good, entirely unrestored copy; light fading to left edge and tiny chip to lower right corner. A particularly handsome..... More
![Stikhotvoreniia o svobode [Verse about freedom]. Narodnaia biblioteka No. 140. A. S. Pushkin, ed....](/pictures/thumb/P5494_1.jpg?v=1580499149)
Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo., 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 56, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Very good. Focusing on Pushkin’s political poetry, this collection is an early post-revolutionary attempt at creating a “Soviet Pushkin.” This volume was edited by one of the founders of Russian Symbolism..... More
London: Nakladatelství Nová Evropa, 1945. Oblong octavo (13.6 × 22 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 62, [2] pp. Publisher's ads for a series of translations into Czech. Printed on thicker paper. Very good or better. Czech exile edition of David Low's anti-fascist caricatures, which rank among the best known and most..... More
1920. Prague: Nákladem časopisu "Sociální demokrat", 1920. Octavo (19.5 × 14.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers signed V. P.; 127, [1] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Lenin. Small nicks to wrapper edges and wear to spine extremities; still about very good. One of the first appearances in Czech of Lenin's key strategic..... More
Brno: Galerie mladých u dobrého pastýře, 1968. Small square octavo (14 × 14.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; [12] pp. including wrappers. Eight black-and-white reproductions. Very good. Scarce catalog of two members of the Lacoste Group, with a preface by Budík. With short biographie and a text by V. Pajurek..... More
![Josef Istler. [Cyklus "hlav" od Josef Istlera. The cycle of "heads" by Josef Istler]....](/pictures/thumb/P5192_1.jpg?v=1580761923)
Ústí n. Orlicí: JZK ROH Klub prátel výtvarného umění, 1965. Octavo (21.3 × 13.9 cm). Single folded leaf, printed to recto only and apparently conceived as a poster. With four full-page reproductions of Istler's work. Signed by Istler to the front page. Fine condition. Ephemeral exhibition catalog, printed as a...... More
Olomouc: Nákladem R. Prombergra, ca. 1908. Small octavo (15 x 15 cm). Original pictorial red cloth; 78, [1] pp. Color illustrations. A very good copy, printed on coated paper stock, possibly part of a preferential print run. Signed and inscribed by Vyskočil in 1908. Minka, or Minnie, Podhajská was a...... More
![Amerikanskie vpechatleniia [American Impressions]. Georgii Baidukov, Geroi Sovetskogo Soiuza,...](/pictures/thumb/P003615_1.jpg?v=1580499145)
Kuibyshev: “Poligrafkniga” Oblgiz, 1942. Octavo (19.5 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 18 pp. Stamp of the American Russian Institute and library notations to front wrapper. Else very good. This WWII-era positive account of the United States by a Soviet hero pilot captures the complexity of the US-Soviet relations during..... More
![Povest’ ob odnoi materi [A story of one mother]. Zhemchiuzhnaia, inaida Nikolaevna](/pictures/thumb/P002663.jpg?v=1580499143)
Tientsin (N. China): “Nashe znanie”, [1939]. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 131, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Very good. An example of White émigré literary production in China, this epistolary novel was written by the novelist and memoirist Zinaida Zhemchiuzhnaia (1887-1961). The novel tells the story of..... More