Unpaginated (circa 208 pp.) reprint of the renowned Italian socialist journal, commenting on the political situation in Italy and around the world following WWI from a communist viewpoint. Lg. folio. 1/2 cloth and boards. Milan (Feltrinelli Reprint) 1966. During the course of its publication, Il Soviet was the official organ..... More
[1907]. St. Petersburg: Izdatel’stvo “Shipovnik”; tip. “Delo”, [1907]. Octavo (22.6 × 15.9 cm). Contemporary half-calf binding with gilt tooling and title to spine, original wrappers not preserved; 382, [1] pp. Twelve leaves of illustrations. Lacking the index (XXVIII pp.); binding rubbed at spine extremities; old Latvian bookstore stamp; still good..... More
[np, circa 1930]. Twelve postal envelopes measuring 9.2 x 16.5 cm each. Loose as issued. Very light occasional dust-staining, very good condition. This collection of twelve unused satirical postal covers comprise a complete series titled "Jury Report on Prohibition". Each envelope contains a caricature of a juror (eleven men and..... More
Moscow: „Vsekokhudozhnik”, 1934. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 28, [3] pp. interleaved with [9] leaves of plates on coated stock. Stamp of the “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. Light wear to overlapping wrapper edges and small chip to lower right corner; else very good. An illustrated catalog for..... More
Ljubljana: Milan Vrtovec, 1940. Octavo (24.5 × 16.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Wrappers toned and lightly discolored; else about very good. Scarce anti-communist pamphlet published in Slovenia, issued as part of the periodical "Za resnico" (For the truth), this being vol. 7 in the series. With an..... More
Kharkiv: Derzhavno vydavnytstvo Ukrainy, 1928–1932. Octavos (ca. 23 × 17 cm). Original decorative wrappers by Vadym Meller, printed in orange and red; ca. 120–220 pp. per issue. Most issues with several leaves of plates on coated stock. Good to very good, with some issues uncut and unopened; stamps of the..... More
The only issue published, 4 pp., of a rare Argentinean anti-Nazi newspaper from the time of the Second World War which denounced the Nazi infiltrations into portions of the Argentinean and Uruguayan goverments and unions. Not illustrated. Folio. Original self-wrpps. Slight browning, a couple of small closed tears. Buenos Aires..... More
Single 6-pp. souvenir edition of the newsletter printed aboard the USS General George O. Squier during its voyage of December 1945 and January 1946, transporting troops home from World War II, containing a letter to the troops about their return home and re-acclimating to life in the United States, the..... More
Unpaginated (circa 220 pp.) text documenting the life of the Soviet leader, including images of numerous letters and articles written by the leader accompanied by translations into English, the work is a remarkable example of political hagiography, featuring images from the moment of his birth through to his death, heavily..... More
Paris: Izdanie Tsentral’nogo Komiteta (A. Gnatovskii), 1909. Octavo (20.7 × 14.5 cm). Original orange printed wrappers; 484 pp. In later red cloth portfolio, with gilt title to front board. Wrappers somewhat discolored; tear to first leaf; else very good. First edition of speeches and other proceedings from the Congress, which..... More
![Book ID: 51224 Myszy bez Kota [Mice without a Cat]. Political pamphlet with woodcut...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51224_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1628712645)
[Warsaw]: self-published, [ca. 1928]. Small folio (17.5 × 22.5 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; 4 pp. Very good. A political caricature by an unknow artist promoting the rule of Jozef Pilsudski (1867-1935), the political leader of Poland in 1918-1922 and again as a de facto military dictator in 1926-1935. The pamphlet..... More
![Book ID: 51321 Nachrichten für die Truppe [News for the troops], nos. 12, 20, 34, 36, 43,...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51321_002.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1682714404)
N.p. [London]: [Psychological Warfare Division of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force], 1944. First six issues in this collection single leaves, others folded sheets, quartos (measuring 33 x 23.2 cm). Original self-wrappers; 2-4 pp. of text and images. Some very light toning and chipping, overall about very good. Collection of..... More
[West Berlin?], ca. 1970. Square octavo (14 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched blue printed wrappers; [24] pp. of text and image, combining reproduced typescript with ten full-page pornographic photographs. Very good. Scarce pamphlet containing an accessible introduction to questions of capitalism, alienated labor, and sexual repression, as well as criticism..... More
[Mykolaiv]: Izdanie Okruzhnoi Komissii po prazdnovaniiu 10-letiia Oktiabr'skoi revoliutsii, 1927. Octavo (25.5 × 17.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 86 pp. Seven leaves of plates. Wrappers chipped and frayed at spine extremities; private owner note to title verso; else internally about very good. Rare commemorative volume documenting the revolutionary upheavals in..... More
Valencia: Eldono de Grupo Laborista Esperantista, 1936–1939. Quartos (31 × 21.8 cm). Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards; 4–8 pp. per issue. Occasionally illustrated from photographs, drawings, and caricatures. About very good. Nearly complete run, lacking only six issues, of the rare Esperanto journal published in Valencia during the Spanish..... More
Buenos Aires: Porohy, 1952. Quartos (28.8 × 20 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. each. Illustrated from photographs. Text evenly toned; occasional stamps of a Ukrainian youth organization ("M. Y. H. Youth of CDWU, Inc., Branch in Minnesota); else very good. Complete yearly run in six double issues, of..... More
Warsaw: Paṅstwowe Wydawnictwo Literatury Politycznej, 1945. Octavo (20.3 × 14.8 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 50, [1] pp. Very good; small owner signature to title. Early volume documenting the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. The book was published shortly after the end of WWII in May 1945. Aside from numerous..... More
[Warsaw]: Wydawnictwo Oddzialu Propagandy Gl. Zarzadu Polityczno-Wychowawczego Wojska Polskiego, 1945. Octavo. Original side-stapled photo-illustrated wrappers; 29, [3] pp. Very good or better. One of the earliest, if not the earliest, volume documenting the Warsaw Uprising (August 1–October 2, 1944), the largest armed resistance campaign carried out during WWII and a...... More
Prague: Izdanie gazety "Volia Rossii", 1921. Octavo (22.2 × 14.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [5], 183 pp. About very good; some wear to base of spine, with small loss to front wrapper; still an unusually well-preserved copy of a fragile book. Scarce early account of the Kronstadt Rebellion, an unsuccessful..... More
Prague: self-published, August 27, 1968. Large broadside, single leaf measuring 51 × 70 cm printed to recto only. Light soil; vertical and horizon creases; still about very good. Disguised as an issue of Pravda, the main Soviet newspaper, this anti-invasion broadside (apparently intended to mimic a wall newspaper) was one..... More
![Book ID: 50148 Provokatie [Provocation], nos. 1–17. Includes the original edition of...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50148_001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1580326939)
Amsterdam: Provo, 1965-1966. Various sizes and formats, mostly 33.8 × 21.5 cm, some smaller. Xeroxed text and image, as well as mimeographed typescript. Very good. Complete series of these mimeographed and xerox-copied Provo tracts, distributed individually as well as part of the journal Provo (folded and inserted). The third issue..... More
[Geneva]: Izdanie "Soiuza Russkikh Sotsial'demokratov"; Mr. Rabkine, 1900. 12mo (16 × 11 cm). Original staple-stitched printed self-wrappers; 24 pp. Very good. A report on labor organizing in Ekaterinoslav (modern day Dnipr, Ukraine), an industrially rich region with a reported “25000 workers” engaged at “7 major factories” at the time of..... More
[United States]: Z drukarni "Ameryky", 1946. Octavo (20.3 × 14.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 31 pp. Text block lightly bent; else very good. Scarce overview of the goals and achievements of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee based in Philadelphia. Illustrated with photographs and from drawings, which show scenes..... More
Amsterdam: De Roje Pers, [1967]. Octavo (21.6 × 11 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (linocut); 26, [2] pp. of mimeographed text to rectos and versos. Very good. First and only edition. With a printed note indicating that the front wrapper is an original linocut print; with several mimeographed illustrations throughout the..... More
Petrograd: Izdanie Partii Narodnoi Svobody; Leshtukovskaia Parovaia Skoropechatnia "Svoboda", 1917. Octavo (20.5 × 14 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 44 pp. Stamp of Hoover Institution to front wrapper. Wrappers lightly discolored; lower spine extremity frayed; text toned due to stock; else about very good. Expressing support for Russia’s continued participation..... More