Moscow; Leningrad: OGIZ–IZOGIZ, 1931. Octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 78, [2] pp. With eleven full-page reproductions. Light soil and foxing to wrappers; still very good or better. Showcasing anti-imperialist posters by Soviet and European artists, this catalog was published for the first exhibition organized by the short-lived..... More

Moscow-Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1927. Octavo (23.5 × 16 cm). Original printed wrappers; 163 pp. Light wear to wrappers; about very good. Uncommon volume reflecting the shift of bibliography from the sphere of personal collecting to a matter of key importance for the young Soviet state and its libraries, trade union..... More

251 pp. history of book illustration and printing in Zurich from the time of Sigmund Rot and Hans Ruegger at the turn of the 16th century through the first half of the 19th century, notes, bibliography, indices, 230 nice illustrations. 4to. Dec. boards. Zurich (Schweizerische Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft) 1952. Limited edition... More

357 pp. catalogue from the venerable firm, fully describing over two hundred items for sale, including illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, letters from notable people (John Boswell, Robert and Elizabeth Browning among others), and manuscripts, illustrated on plates throughout. Lg. 4to. Wrpps., covers slightly discolored, ex-library copy with bookplate inside front cover..... More

(12) pp. introductory material including illustrated title, preface, and list of plates with historical notes by Enrique Ramirez y Ramirez and Alberto Morales Jimenez, 144 plates with original full-page prints (many printed in color, most on colored paper stock) that reflect the independent and revolutionary spirit of the Mexican people..... More

Unpaginated (32 pp.) psychedelically illustrated children's book with lithographed illustrations and text by Claire Moore, which tells the story of a little spaceman who comes to Earth and experiences food, drink, and interactions with humans and animals. 4to. Original lithographed wrpps., very light soiling to covers. New York (Children's Underground..... More

Unpaginated (circa 18 pp.) sample from the prominent French printer, displaying samples of his capabilities in phototype or photolithography printing, including work produced for postcards, souvenir viewbooks, trade catalogues, menus, and other items, including images of landscape views, building façades, decorative tiles, sculpture, a church interior, and light fixtures. Folio..... More

3 vols.: I. A-D. II. E-M. III. N-Z. 230, 276, 176 pp. critical and descriptive catalogue of nearly 2,000 items, incl. embroidered bindings, illustrated books, a substantial fragment of a Gutenberg bible, etc., ca. 100 plates throughout showing leaves, bindings, etc. Sm 4to. Cloth, d.j. New York (Parke-Bernet) 1941. Three..... More

Petrograd: Knigoizdatel’stvo kooperativnoi literatury Mysl’, 1918. Octavo (21 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 64 pp. Wrappers lightly stained; still a very good copy. Scarce guide on establishing and maintaining smaller libraries as part of local co-operative societies, which were popular through the Soviet Union in the 1910s and 1920s..... More

3 vols: I. Precieux Manuscrits a Miniatures, Livres à figures des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles, Riches Reliures Anciennes Armoriées. II-III. Livres des XVe, XVIe, XVIIe, et XVIII Siècles, Riches Reliures Anciennes Armoriées. 120, 136, 166 pp. critical and descriptive auction catalogue of nearly 1,000 items, 124 nice plates showing..... More

2 vols. in 1, 365 pp. commentary on ten works from late 15th century France, including translations of some, bibliographies, index, text illustrations; 309 pp. facsimiles of the ten works, including Molinet, Temple de Mars, Pfettisheim, Guerres de Bourgogne, Traité d'Arras and De La Marche, Le Chevalier Délibéré, illustrations from..... More

Berlin: Verlag des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure, 1920. Quarto (29.5 × 23.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 108 pp. Laid in is a folded greeting card of Porstmann's firm, measuring 10.5 × 7.5 cm. About very good; light wear to title; a few pages with light spots. First and only edition of..... 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