Berlin: Slovo, 1921. Octavo (19 × 12.5 cm). Original cloth with paper-covered boards; 209, [5] pp. With a facsimile introduction by the author. Very good. A collection of Russian translations by the Silver Age and Symbolist poet Konstantin Bal'mont (1867-1942), who became famous for his highly experimental, sonorous and musical..... More

Tartu: Odamees, 1920. Octavo (21.8 × 17.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Natalie Mei; 69, [1] pp. Wrappers very lightly worn and discolored; very good. First and only volume of this important publication of Estonian modernist art and literature, which marked a radical break with the “Siuru” movement around Marie..... More

Prague: Slavianskoe izdatel'stvo, 1921. Large octavo (23.5 × 15.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unsigned); 119, [2] pp. An uncut and unopened copy; wrappers dust-soiled and frayed along spine, small chip to upper right corner of front wrapper. First and only volume of this intended series published by members of the..... More

Moscow: Poligrafichesko-kartonazhnaia F-ka Frunzenskogo Raipromtresta, 1948. Octavo (20 × 16 cm). Original pictorial card wrappers; a single leaf printed to rectos and versos, folded into 12 pp. and tipped into rear wrapper. Text and illustrations on each page. Very good. The first and only children’s book by Nikolai Sergeevich Berendgof..... More

Sofia: Narodna kniga, 1936. Octavo (18 × 12.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Veselin Staikov; 105, [3] pp. Light wear to spine and fraying to lower spine extremity; else about very good. First edition of this book of village-inspired short stories by G'oncho Bielev (1889-1964), the Bulgarian writer and translator..... More

Výškov na Moravě: Nákladem F. Obziny, 1923. Quarto (26 × 20.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 110, [3] pp. Numerous plates, some full-page on coated stock, some tipped-in. Light wear and fraying to lower spine; very minor moisture stains to overlapping wrapper edges; overall still a very good copy. First and..... More

Tbilisi: 1923. Octavo (17 × 12.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 32 pp. A very good copy; light rust to staple and old bookstore stamp to rear wrapper. First translation into Georgian of Alexander Blok’s famous 1918 long poem “The Twelve,” a poetic response to the October Revolution. The item also..... More

Prague: Nakladatel Fr. Borový, 1916. Octavo (22 × 13.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Hofman; 122, [6] pp. With fourteen smaller and three full-page drawings by Hofman. Very good; in protective mylar. The first book publication by the Čapek brothers (Karel and Josef Čapek), this collection of experimental prose works..... More

Hamburg: bei August Campe (printed by Friedrich Vieweg, Braunschweig), 1815. Octavo (16 × 10.5 cm). Publisher's pink printed wrappers with decorative border; X, 95, [1] pp. Text within ornamental floral border printed in red; title page set within black ornamental border and double-ruled border in red. A very good copy..... More

Berlin: Petropolis, 1929. Octavo (19.8 × 14 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 223, [1] pp. About very good; spine sun-tanned; owner inscription to ffep; light wear to wrapper edges. First edition of Erenburg's documentary novel about the development and peak of the age of the automobile (it was translated as "The..... More

Bibliotechka gazety “Sovetskaia moral’ka” [Small library series of the newspaper “Sovetskaia moral’ka”], no. 1. Moscow: Liga, 1989. A5 (21 × 14.5 cm). Single folded leaf, printed to rectos and versos, twice folded; 8 pp. Very good. First Russian appearance of Venedikt Erofeev’s brilliant satirical work, which had appeared in Paris..... More

Sofia: Musala, 1932. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Georgi Atanasov; 143, [1] pp. Light wear to overlapping wrapper edges; chip to rear wrapper; still about very good. Bulgarian translation of Soviet writer Aleksandr Fadeev's (1901-1956) important early novel about the Civil War, which chronicles the decimation..... More

Moscow: Izdatel' i knigoprodavets Klavdii Kuz'mich Shamov, 1888. Octavo (25 × 17 cm). Quarter-calf over four raised bands; gilt title to spine; pebbled cloth boards; 996 pp. Frontis portrait. Boards and spine rubbed and sun-tanned; a few small nicks to leather; occasional light foxing, else internally very good. Denis Fonvizin..... More