Moscow: self-published (Tipografiia Kluba imenia Ia. M. Sverdlova pri V. Ts. I. K. Sovetov, v Kremle), 1922. Octavos (22.5 × 17 and 24 × 17.8 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 31 and 31 pp. Good or better; light overall wear to the fragile wrappers; the first volume with light fraying to..... More
Moscow: Izdanie NKVD pri zagotkhoze militsii respubliki (according to wrapper: Izdatel'stvo Narodnogo Komissar. Vnutr. Del), 1926. Octavo (27.5 × 18 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 162 pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs and drawings throughout, including one folding plate. Very good. First edition of this detailed guide to forensic photography in..... More
Two leaves of photocopied photographs and typescript, measuring 28.5 × 19 cm, both dated November 1971 and intended as a kind of promotional leaflet. Marcolla's sheet is titled "Oferta" and reproduces eight photographs by the artist. Sosnowski's sheet shows twelve photographs mostly showing the artist shaving and is captioned (in..... More
Wrocław: self-published, 1989. Single leaf printed in blue measuring 30 × 21.5 cm. Very good. In archival mylar sleeve. A poster advertising a one of the last events of The Orange Alternative in Communist Poland, the Contemporary Art Festival, which opened in Wrocław on June 1, 1989. The poster depicts..... More
Moscow: Glaviskusstvo N.K.P., 1929. Small octavo (16.8 × 12.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by K. Kozkova; 30, [1] pp. Two full-page reproductions. Very good or better. Rare catalog accompanying an exhibition of contemporary Soviet art in various media on the topic of children at play, school, and work, organized by..... More
Prague: Tiskem "Tribuny", [1920-1921]. Octavos (19.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 84 pp. (consecutive pagination). Folded leaf of contents with woodcut title by Slavoboj Tusar, loosely inserted as issued. Numerous illustrations. The first issue very lightly worn; text toned due to stock; else very good, largely uncut and unopened..... More
Prague: self-published ("Unie"), 1908. Octavo (24 × 17) cm). Original wrappers perished; contemporary half-cloth over marbled paper-covered boards; 223 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication to a representative of the "Unie" publishing house; very good. One of the very first attempts to combine typeset..... More
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Warsaw: Oficyna Wydawnicza „Pokolenie”, 1985. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 54 leaves of text mimeographed to rectos and versos. Illustrations. Very good. First edition printed in Poland. Written by historian, journalist and activist Bohdan Cywiński (b. 1939), who was one of the founders of Solidarnośc (Solidarity)..... More
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Wrocław: Studencka Drukarnia Strajkowa im. Jana Palacha, 1981–1982. Quartos (30 × 21 cm). Single leaves, mimeographed and xeroxed types cript to rectos and versos; decorative header and several illustrations throughout. Old horizontal creases; else very good. Five issues of altogether fifteen published of the surrealist newspaper issued irregularly in 1981..... More
![Nabliudeniia NLO V SSSR [UFO sightings in the USSR], vol 1. Signed samizdat edition. Feliks...](/pictures/thumb/51397_001.jpg?v=1631043547)
[Moscow]: self-published, 1980 (a xerox copy from the original 1968 typescript). Octavo (25.6 × 18.3 cm). Original decoratively lettered paper-covered boards, cloth spine; 204, [1] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author. Light overall wear; about very good. Intended as an appeal for the legitimization and systematic study of NLO..... More
Kharkov: self-published, [1991]. Original card portfolio with four leaves of typescript to rectos only, with three hand-drawn illustrations in color. Stamp of the Ukrainan Ufological Association to every leaf. Very good. A one-of-a-kind collection of hand-drawn depictions of UFO sightings, assembled by the short-lived Ukrainian Ufological Association (UUA), active in..... More
[St. Petersburg, 1990]. Seven gouache drawings with elements of collage, measuring 12.5 × 11 cm to 27.5 × 11 cm., depicting unusual flying objects. With accompanying explanatory note handwritten in blue ink. A signature in blue ink on one of the drawings attributes them to one Petrov, with the date..... More
Yaroslavl': self-published, 1987–90. Quartos (29 × 20 cm). Original side-stapled pamphlets (30 × 21.5 cm); 7 to 12 leaves of typescript text and hand-drawn color illustrations to rectos only. All issues signed by the artists and compilers. Very good. Complete run in five issues of the first Soviet UFO-logical journal..... More
A complete collection of the 8 titles (texts in French) published under the auspices of Infra-Noir, the most important voice of the Romanian Surrealist movement in the immediate post-War period, each work consisting of 8 pp. of prose, verse, notes, and a few illustrations. Wrpps. Paper brittle, expertly restored. Bucharest..... More
Leningrad, 1945. 14 leaves of typescript to rectos measuring 29.5 × 20 cm; several pages with hand-written additions in dark blue ink. Very good; light rust to first and final leaf from old paper clip; tiny tear to lower left corner of title leaf. An unrecorded early typescript variant of..... More
Born two-hundred years ago, Lola Montez (1821–1861) was one of the most mystifying figures of her age: a proto-feminist figure, one of the most ‘liberated’ women of her day, and a skilled performer and self-promoter with a taste for fraud, and with the remarkable ability to continually reinvent herself. An..... More
Tbilisi: 1926. Large octavo (27.2 × 18 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers; [4] pp. of text followed by [2] leaves of plates, each showing a reproduction of works by Gudiashvili. Smudge to rear wrapper; some underlining to preface; still about very good. Rare catalog of a 1926 exhibition of works by..... More
Tbilisi: Ssmus p'oligr. ganq'. me-4 st'amba, [1923]. Quarto (30.5 × 23 cm). Original illustrated wrappers (front and back) by Iraklii Toidze; 32, [2] pp. Numerous photographs throughout. Wrappers restored; light discoloration and creases; one ink stain; still a rather presentable copy with a rare cover variant. Single issue from the..... More
Moscow: OGIZ, 1935. Octavos (24.5 × 17 cm). Original decorative staple-stitched self-wrappers; XX pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good. This illustrated review of Soviet visual culture offers a glimpse into the editorial criteria for Soviet poster art and Socialist Realist painting during the first five-year plan (1928–1932). The issue assesses all..... More
Berlin: various, ca. 1978-1984. Various formats, ca. 30 × 45 to 85 × 60 cm. Most posters are in very good condition; a few show light creasing and/or old pin holes. Most are offset printed, some silk screened. Most feature photographs, drawings, and other illustrations; many show striking photomontage compositions..... More
Invitation for Ay-O's Rainbow Staircase Environment, "A Fluxfest Presentation", held at 363 Canal Street, New York, on November 20, 1965, from 7 to 10 pm, with $1 entry admission charged, the invitation designed by George Maciunas. Offset lithograph printed in black text on cream-colored paper, overall dimensions 5 3/4 x...... More
Saskatoon: Nakladom Ukrains'koho Natsional'noho Obiednannia Kanady, 1939. Octavo (21 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 31 pp. Fine. First and only edition of this brochure, which aims to expose Stalin's "Red" Russia as an extremely anti-democratic state and inhuman dictatorship. It describes the Ukrainian People's Republic, a most democratic..... More
Announcement card for the Fluxdivorce of Bici Forbes and Geoff Hendricks, held June 24, 1971, their 10th wedding anniversary, at 8 pm, at 331 West 20th Street in New York, the event to include divorce proceedings, division of property, and a celebration, the announcement card cut in two down the..... More
Vintage school autograph booklet with handpainted cover, 60 pp. total, with approximately 30 pp. rubber-stamped by Friedman, stamps include "Fluxus West" and "Friedmanswerk" stamps together with cowboys, athletes, animals, women, and other images, stamped "KEN FRIEDMAN" to spine, one page with a handwritten note to "R.W.P." from "L.M.B.", and another..... More
Buenos Aires: Vydavnytstvo Mykoly Denysiuka, 1952. Octavo (16 × 11.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by B. Kriukov; 32 pp. Very good. First edition thus of this play by Iurii Tys, published as vol. 1 of "Teatral'na biblioteka" led by Mykola Denysiuk, a Ukrainian publisher in Buenos Aires. Tys was..... More