Paris: [Izdanie "Ob"edineniia russkikh pisatelei i artistov"], 1942. Octavo (26.5 × 18 cm). Original printed wrappers; 15, [1] pp. About very good. Rabidly anti-semitic pamphlet published during the height of World War II by a Russian exile in Paris, most likely published under a pseudonym, as we are unable to..... 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

Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo., 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 48, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Wrappers evenly toned; spine extremities lightly frayed. Still about very good. An early post-revolutionary attempt at creating a “Soviet Pushkin,” this collection of poems was edited by one of the founders..... More

Warsaw: Wydawnictwo “Prasa Wojskowa,” 1948. Octavo (21 × 13 cm). Original blind wrappers with photomontage wrappers; 75, [1] pp. Six photographic plates. Light wear to the fragile dust wrapper edges; else about very good. First and only edition of this pamphlet, a translation of the Russian original, a text partly..... More

Berlin: Parabola, [1936]. Octavo (21.5 × 15.5). Modern red quarter-leather binding over five raised bands, with gilt title to spine, with original printed wrappers preserved; 311, [1] pp. Frontis portrait of the author. Signed and inscribed by the author to Vera Nikolaevna and Ivan Aleksandrovich (Alekseevich) Bunin, “In memory of..... More

Unpag. (4 pp.) text and list, 42 plates of color reproductions of historic maps and prints of views, landmarks and events of the cities and towns of Provence, some folding. Folio. Box portfolio (box slightly water stained and corners worn). N.p. (Editions Hier et Demain) 1971. More

1882. Kostroma: Tipo-litografiia A. Fal'k, 1882. Small quarto (23 × 15.6 cm). Contemporary pebbled boards; gilt title to front board; 98 pp. Two folding maps, partially in color. Spine recently re-backed; corners scuffed; faint Soviet bookstore stamps to rear pastedown; still about very good. Rare provincial imprint, which argues against..... More

147 pp. text on the development and construction of the Italian national motorway system, a great source of pride for Mussolini and his Fascist regime, including introductory text, indices of relevant locations and people, and 142 fine photographic plates showing roads, bridges, and other infrastructure both under construction and completed..... More

[London]: Izdanie partii sotsialistov revoliutsionerov i agrarno-sotsialisticheskoi ligi, 1903. Octavo (16 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 31, [1] pp. Wrappers lightly chipped at corners; spine extremities frayed; evenly toned due to stock, else about very good. First edition. Published in the lead-up to the first Russian Revolution, this..... More

1924. Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1924. Octavo (18.5 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unattributed); 234, [3] pp. Light wear to wrappers; spine extremities frayed; text evenly toned due to stock, still about very good. Owner signature dated 1925 to title page. First edition. An early novel by the prolific Soviet..... More

Moscow: OGIZ “Molodaia gvardiia”, 1931. Octavo (16 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 15 pp. Chromolithograph illustrations throughout. Light overall wear; small nick to upper spine extremity; still about very good. Richly illustrated with chromolithograph prints, this children’s book describes an agricultural exhibition at the local collectivized farm, where..... More

[Paris]: Tipografiia Partii Sotsial.-Revoliutsionerov, [1905]. Small octavo (17.8 × 11.7 cm). Original printed wrappers; 3 leaves of plates on coated stock, with portraits of Kaliaev at various ages; 48 pp. Wrappers lightly discolored; still very good. Rare propaganda booklet celebrating the revolutionary terrorist Ivan Kaliaev. Kaliaev was a member of..... More

Prague: V. Rejmon, 1901-1948. Octavos (22.2 × 14.7 cm). Contemporary half-cloth; 192 pp. of consecutive pagination. Wrappers lightly worn; frequent annotations by the editor, with his owner inscription to the first page; else good or better. Complete early run of this long-standing Czech journal for socialist youth, with articles on..... More