[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
Geneva: Tipografiia "Soiuza", 1900. Octavo (15.5 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched self-wrappers; 32 pp. Light foxing to wrappers, else very good. This pre-revolutionary brochure records the workers’ struggle in the Ivanovo-Voznesensk region of Russia (modern day Ivanovo), which had a large textile industry in the late nineteenth century. The..... More
47 issues in 34 fascicules (16 to 64 pp. each), along with the supplemental Almanach der Freunde der Randlage (released between issues 9 and 10), comprising a complete set of the underground visual art, literature and poetry series co-published by Valentin Rothmaler and Reiwert Q. Tode through issue 24 and..... More
[South Germany], 1945. Broadsheet newsprint; first and last issues each 2 pp. (single folded sheet), the others 4 pp. Old creases; one issue with small tear; else very good copies. Complete run of this photo-illustrated informational newspaper published from May to July 1945 and aimed at French citizens in Germany..... 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
A complete run in 7 issues, each issue approx. 8 pages, of the anarchist Italian journal, containing alternative history stories which allude to real-life events, provocative stories, and essays on topics such as eroticism, homosexuality, and Dadaism. Illustrated profusely throughout. Some minor scattered toning, edgewear, minor chipping, marginal dampstaining to..... More
Single issue of the newsletter printed on board the S.S. Bardstown Victory, approximately 14 pages of typed and mimeographed text, including a list of the newsletter's staff, a letter in appreciation to the readers and to the crew of the ship, the ship's roster, a message from the Captain of..... More
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo MGSPS “Trud i kniga", 1925. Octavo (22.5 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with constructivist cover design by Elena Semenova; 62, [1] pp. With photomontage illustrations throughout. Owner inscription to title; wrappers beginning to detach at head of spine; else very good. Single issue (no. 10) of..... More
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo MGSPS “Trud i kniga", 1925. Octavo (22.5 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with constructivist cover design by Elena Semenova; 63, [1] pp. With photomontage illustrations throughout. Front wrapper and small portion of the block detached; spine extremities frayed; internally still good or better. Single issue (no..... More
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo MGSPS “Trud i kniga", 1925. Octavo (22.5 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with constructivist cover design by Elena Semenova; 90, [2] pp. With photomontage illustrations throughout. Wrappers detached from the block; internally about very good. Double issue (no. 23-24) of this periodical by “Siniaia bluza” (Blue..... More
Three issues of the newsletter distributed on board the S.S. Marine Serpent during its 5th voyage, the first two issues each a double-sided typed and mimeographed page, containing news stories, sports scores and news items, information on movies shown on board, voyage statistics, and maps, the third issue being the..... More
1990s. A complete archive of two interrelated publications housed in five volumes, chronicling the resistance and adaptations of Berlin's radical leftist literary, intellectual and visual arts communities between the early 1990s and the present day, comprised of 52 issues (ca. 30-65 pp.) of Sklaven and 12 issues (ca. 40-48 pp.)..... More
Small collection of 8 documents related to the short-lived Dutch counterculture movement, with topics covered including the Witte Scholenplan (White Schools Plan), a photography exhibition, protests, homosexuality, imperialism, the R.T.R. (Revolutionair Terroristische Raad), and animal activism, one with illustrations by Willem van Malsen. Five with illustrations from drawings, cartoons, and..... More
London: Union Deutscher Sozialistischer Organisationen in Großbritannien, [1945]. Octavo (20.4 × 16.6 cm). Five folded leaves, with mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos; unstapled as issued; 19 pp. Very light overall wear; very good. Scarce mimeographed publication, apparently issued shortly prior to the end of World War II, with the..... More
A complete run in 42 issues of the scarce French news and sound journal published with the assistance of the radio station Europe No 1 and edited by Cl. Claude-Maxe, Ithier de Roquemaurel, and Jean-Pierre Castel, each issue comprised of six record-style sound sheets related to the news, culture, and..... More
Munich: Institut po izucheniiu istorii i kul’tury SSSR (Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of the USSR), 1954. Octavo (22 × 16 cm). Original printed wrappers; 304 pp. Light stain to top corner of front wrapper; lower corner creased; wrappers toned; still about very good. A comprehensive..... More
Moscow: Tipografiia “Krasnaia zvezda”, 1969. Small octavo (13 × 10 cm). Original staple-stitched printed gray card wrappers; 16, [4] pp. Very good. Scarce phonebook which reflects the structure of a large Soviet publishing and printing venture, which provides valuable information on the size and structure of the editorial office, as..... More
Moscow: Reklamfil'm, 1974. Octavo (12.2 × 9.4 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 74, [6] pp. Good or better; numerous annotations in pencil inside covers and on final leaves. Scarce directory of phone numbers and positions of employees of Mostorg, the first Soviet department store created in the 1920s. The branches..... More
[Moscow]: Tip. UPP MID, 1960. Single leaf measuring 77 × 22.5 cm, printed in columns to recto only, folded several times to create a small pamphlet. About very good; a few creases; some corrections and additions in pencil. Printed for internal use of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this..... More
L'viv: Izdanie “Talergofskogo komiteta,” 1930–1932. Large octavo (23.7 × 18.3 cm). Later red cloth over boards with the original wrapper illustration affixed to front board; 156 and 158, [2] pp. Light foxing and toning to text due to stock; annotation in marker to first leaf; one leaf detached; occasional small..... More
Berlin: self-published, 1982. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched yellow printed wrappers; [6] pp. Very good. A camouflage brochure listing all squats, or illegally occupied houses, in Kreuzberg, Berlin in 1981-82, along with the number of occupants or apartments filled, as well as the owners of the buildings. The book..... More
Leningrad: Gublit, ca. 1925-1928? Various formats. Three small posters, printed to rectos in blue and red. About very good; small nicks and tears to edges. In protective mylar sleeve. Contains the following slogans: "Kazhdoe novoe sel’sko-khoziaistvennoe tovarishchestvo – zalog uluchsheniia krest'ianskogo khoziaistva (Every new agricultural cooperative plays its part in..... More
Gdańsk: n.p. 1989. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). A single leaf folded twice, with eight pages of photocopied text and collage to rectos and versos. Very good. A single issue of a Polish anarchist zine published irregularly in 1988–1989 by the pacifist Twe-Twa group. Part of the larger anarchist movement..... More
A scarce May 25, 1970, special edition of the Cuban newspaper Granma, the official organ of the Cuban Communist Party, 48 pp., chronicling the history of American aggression towards Cuba following the Cuban Revolution and the start of Communist rule in 1959, including coverage of the perceived and actual transgressions..... More