Petrograd: [Suvorin], 1915. Octavo (20.7 × 13.6 cm). Original printed wrappers on orange stock; 56 pp. Very good. Second edition; first published in 1914, of a rare report on atrocities against Russian soldiers and civilians committed by German soldiers during WWI, and based on oral reports by victims and witnesses..... More

Łódź: Pomaranczowa Alternatywa Miasto, 1989. Octavo (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; [4] pp. Xerox-illustrated throughout. Very good. A pamphlet of the Łódź branch of Pomarańczowa Alternatywa [Orange Alternative], an artistic and quasi-political (anti-communist) movement which reached its peak of activity in Poland in 1985-1989. The pamphlet contains satirical..... More

Prague: Zdeněk Ballenberger, [1938]. Square 12mo (11.8 × 11.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; fifteen leaves of card stock, interleaved with text printed on very thin original Japanese silk paper ("Tengujo"). Four small woodcuts by V. R. Růžička. Loosely inserted, in the original publisher's envelope. Very good. Striking bibliophile edition containing..... More

Tartu: Tapperi Kirjastus, 1928. Octavo (18.5 × 11.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Peet Aren; 125, [1] pp. Light general wear; rear wrapper somewhat stained, light abrasion to tail of spine; small owner inscription. Still about very good. Estonian translation of "Rasskazy o liubvi" ("Stories about love"), a collection of..... More

Prague: Fenix, 1932. Small octavo (16 × 12 cm). Original brown card wrappers with "gilt" vignette to front wrapper; 34, [1] pp. Six anonymous full-page erotic drawings, and two smaller illustrations. Text printed in orange on better stock. Rear wrapper creased; else a very good, uncut and unopened copy. A..... More

Prague: Jaroslav Kohoutek, 1938. Oblong quarto (14.7 × 21.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 53, [3] pp. Wrappers beginning to detach from text block, but still intact; overall about very good. First edition of this study of various aspects of modern theater design, with many examples of historic theatrical constructions, a...... More

Praha: Vydal c. k. školní knihosklad v Praze [M. D. Zelenka], ca. 1930?. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original decorative wrapper on green stock; [7], 32, [8] pp. on loosely inserted folded leaves, as issued. Forteen full-page lithographs, each hand-colored using watercolors by the author, and one small additional colored..... More

Prague: Svaz československých dělnických turistů, [1934]. Octavo (18 × 12.1 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers by L. Šmíd; 145, [2] pp. About very good; light overall wear and nick to upper spine extremity. Scarce guidebook to Prague issued by the Czechoslovak Union of Proletarian Tourists, which sought to turn tourism, hiking..... More

Prague: self-published, 1936. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 109 pp. Seven illustrations and vignettes, by at least three different artists. About very good; light weaer to wrappers and front wrapper just beginning to detach along base of spine. Rare Czech publication of pornographic prose with bestiality content..... More

First edition. Prague: Propagační odd. Ústřední půjčovny filmů, [1966]. Quarto (29.7 × 20.8 cm). Single sheet, printed to recto and verso, folded three times to created a folding leaflet of [8] pp. Very good or better. Rare promotional brochure for one of the finest examples of Czechoslovak New Wave film..... More

Ekaterinburg and Irkutsk: Nákladem Informačně-Osvětového Odboru Ministerstva Vojenství v Rusku, January-September 1919. Folios (37 × 27 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers, 8 pp. each. Ornamental lithographed title pages; numerous photographs throughout. Very good copies. Complete run of this very uncommon, strikingly photo-illustrated large-format monthly, published by Czechoslovak Legion forces in Ekaterinburg..... More

Paris: J. Povolozky, [1921?]. Octavo (18.5 × 13.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers pasted over blind self-wrappers (as issued); 8 pp. Wrappers illustrated with a pochoir pattern (black and silver dots on yellow stock). Numerous small vignettes in the text. Very good. Russian fairy tale printed for children of Russian émigrés..... More

Warsaw: Wydawnictwo “Prasa Wojskowa”, 1950. Folio (35 × 24 cm). Original printed card portfolio housing eight leaves of plates reproducing the original woodcuts. Very light soil to wrappers; else very good. A portfolio of eight prints depicting the activities of Gwardia Ludowa (People’s Guard), an underground communist partisan organization founded..... More