![Eseje [Essays]. George Orwell, Andrzej K. Drucki, pseud. of Marcin Król](/pictures/thumb/51111_1.jpg?v=1612279361)
[Krakow]: Wydawnictwo “Odnowa”, [1981?]. Original side-stapled pictorial wrappers; 47, [1] leaves of mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos. Small tear to rear wrapper; last page loose. Still about very good. A samizdat collection of critical and literary essays by George Orwell, translated by the Polish political philosopher and historian Marcin..... More
Moscow, [1933]. Oblong octavo (11 × 14 cm). Original pictorial card wrappers with four flaps; twenty-three pictorial postcards loosely inserted, as issued. Very good or better. Rare complete set of Soviet postcards reproducing German Communist Party (K.P.D.) posters spanning the years 1919–1932, published by the Soviet Museum of the Revolution..... More
Leporello-style artist’s book, printed recto and verso, from Iannone’s exhibition of the same name at Haus am Lützowplatz in Berlin, containing an introductory essay by Karl Ruhrberg, a poem by Ben, quotes and blurbs from Mary Harding, Dr. Wolfgang Becker, Dr. Franz Meyer, Dr. Dieter Koepplin, Konrad Klapheck, Robert Filliou..... More
A complete run in 10 issues, each issue 36-64 pp., of "Europe's First Dope Magazine", edited by Lee Harris, John May, Max Handley, Jon Trux, Lee Torrey, and Don Irving, with contributions or interviews from Timothy Leary, Michael Hollingshead, George Andrews, Patti Smith, Steve Abrams, Peter Tosh, Harry Shapiro, George..... More
Two works of concrete poetry from the late 1960s by Jean-Claude Moineau, comprising an undated 12-page unrecorded work of Concrete Poetry done in collaboration with Christiane Frougny, "Textes à tester (Texts to Test)", and a 1968 work "Orléans mai-juin 1968 / La Bibliotheque Universitaire est occupee". Typed and mimeographed pages..... More
A complete run in two issues, each issue 16 pp., of the very short-lived Italian cultural journal edited by Rara Bloom, Dante Goffetti, Bruno Sanguanini, Riccardo Scarbi, and Mizio Turchet, covering topics in contemporary art and culture such as the work of John Cage, Lacan, Duchamp, video art, and international..... More
24 pp. comic book, comprising the first edition of the first and likely only issue of the landmark comic which ranks as one of the earliest Counterculture comic books (preceding Zap), containing a comic strip about the use of psychedelic drugs written by Greg Shaw, with artwork by Geoff Evans..... More
158-pp. volume with preface by Leon Bourgeois describing the social misery of women, with texts from a variety of contributors, including Paul Adam, Léonce Benedite, Eugene Brieux, Léon Frapié, Camille Lemonnier, Pierre Louÿs, Paul Margueritte, Victor Margueritte, Jean Richepin, and Gabriel Séailles, and original prints from Charles Cottet, André Devambez..... More
Shanghai: Sklad izdaniia: Russkaia tipografiia “Grafik”, 1933. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 371, [5] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to Viktor Porfir’evich Petrov in the year of publication. Wrappers worn to edges; spine with tape repair, retaining part of original spine strip; text toned; still..... More
Shanghai: Tipografiia izdatel’stva “Slovo”, 1937. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by M. Iafshits; 568, IV pp. Wrappers somewhat worn and with partial loss to cover illustration; text toned; else about very good. First and only edition of this idiosyncratic work on sociology and politics, by Vladimir Sheremetev..... More
![Molochnoe khoziaistvo na stroike MTF [Dairy farming in the construction of dairy product farms],...](/pictures/thumb/50828_001.jpg?v=1608206944)
Sel’kolkhozgiz, 1932. Octavo (25cm × 17.5cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers (not attributed); 48 pp. Very good; trace of mailing label to rear wrapper. Special issue of a long-standing journal on dairy farming, which was the continuation of a pre-revolutionary trade periodica. It was renewed in 1925 and covered such topics as..... More
Leningrad: Leningradskoe obshchestvo kollektsionerov, 1989. Octavo (21.5 × 16 cm). Original printed wrappers; 19 pp. Signed and inscribed by the compiler to a fellow collector. Very good. First edition of this directory, which lists Soviet collector circles by type (such as phalerists, numismatists, as well as collectors of postcards and..... More
Moscow-Leningrad: Moskovskii rabochii, [1928]. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 186, [1] pp. Illustrations throughout, including two maps. Private ownership stamp and inscription in Russian to title; else good or better. Second edition of a historical and cultural overview of Iran, which provides the Soviet take on the..... More
Moscow-Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatels'tvo, 1928. Octavo (19.5 × 13 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Light toning and creases to wrapper; stamp of a regional trade office of the state publisher; still about very good. Intended for party officials and organizations, librarians, as well as reading groups, this catalog provides..... More
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Uchebno-Pedagogicheskoe Izdatel'stvo, 1931. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 48 pp. About very good; light wear to wrappers. Single issue of the scarce art education periodical allied with the "Iskusstvo v massy" group, which saw its task as acquainting readers with "political questions in the..... More
![Tsvety Vozstaniia [The flowers of the uprising]. Aleksandr Pomorskii, born Linovskii](/pictures/thumb/P5765_001.jpg?v=1608208564)
St. Petersburg: Biblioteka proletkul’ta, 1919. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers on orange stock; 30, [2] pp. Unopened and uncut. Light rust to staples; wrapper edges slightly frayed, else very good. First edition. A collection of “worker poetry” by one of the “key organizers of the first..... More
914 pp. volume comprising a posthumous publication of sermons by Reverend Samuel Willard, an early American-born Boston minister who served as the pastor of the Old South Church and Vice President of Harvard College, some pages misnumbered, complete as issued. Small folio. Contemporary leather with raised spine, abrasions, soiling, edgewear..... More
Two volumes: 191 pp. text volume with 20 reproductions from photographs, together with plate volume with secondary title page "Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome, Volume XIV", comprising list of plates and 32 32 full-page plates displaying outlines of Greek moulding designs. Text volume: 8vo., cloth boards..... More
2 volumes, 76 and xxiii pp., collecting 317 etchings from the famous French artist, diplomat, and the first Director of the Louvre Museum as appointed by Napoleon, the works comprising copies by Denon after works of the masters including Giotto, Masaccio, Murillo, Velazquez, Breughel, Le Brun, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Vasari..... More
78 pp. descriptive monograph on the Pinturicchio fresco cycle in the lavish 15th century Borgia Apartments, heavily annotated, lists, numerous text illus. (1 with color) after portraits, drawings, medals, signatures, etc., 133 fine plates (4 color, many in tones), bound out of order, showing maps, interior views, details of the..... More
xv, 206 pp. catalogue and description of the paintings in the new Vatican art gallery, heavily annotated, with index, 63 text illustrations, 126 fine plates including 10 in full color. Folio. Leather-backed boards, front cover separated from volume, leather spine missing, some edgewear and chipping, losses to rear board, contents..... More
180 pp. volume on the Dutch painter, with photogravures scattered throughout the text, accompanied by full of list of plates with page numbers and owners of the works noted, half-title, photogravure portrait by M. Van der Maarel. Folio. Vellum with gilt and blindstamp decoration. Edgewear, soiling, abrasions, some warping. London..... More
Brief introductory text on the Bridgewater House Collection of Pictures followed by 120 full-page plates reproducing artwork in the Bridgewater House collection, each plate accompanied by a brief contextual caption and each artist represented by a thorough biography. Oversized folio. Full leather with raised spine, edgewear, abrasions, some small splitting..... More
![Tiuremnye “volynki” [Prison “bagpipes” (strikes)]. Along the head of the title: Deshevaia...](/pictures/thumb/51074_001.jpg?v=1608140500)
Moscow: Izdatel’stvo vsesoiuznogo obshchestva Politkatorzhan i SS.-Poselentsev, 1928. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original illustrated staple-stitched wrappers; 24 pp. Light soil to wrappers; slight wear to wrapper edges else very good. A brief history of political prisoner protests staged in Czarist Russia in the lead up to the 1905 Revolution..... More
![Dom, osiedle, mieszkanie: kwartalnik [Home, housing estate, cooperative apartment: a quarterly]....](/pictures/thumb/50834_001.jpg?v=1607528943)
Warsaw: "Rój" (Drukarna Artystyczna and Drukarnia Techniczna Sp. Akc), 1929–1933. Octavos (ca. 22.5 × 16.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; ca. 32–64 pp. per issue. Numerous photographs and several pages of advertisements. Occasional light soil and wear to wrappers; a few issues with somewhat more significant wear, but overall about very..... More