Three rare issues of the sometimes humorous internal newsletter from by Company 1905 of the Civilian Conservation Corps of California, dated January 24, July 25, and August 31, 1936, put out by the Camp Hawkins Bar outpost, containing camp and company news regarding programming, promotions, and projects, anecdotes on camp..... 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
![Trn: Humoristický Občasník [The Thorn: A Humorous Periodical]. Vol. I, No. 1 (1966) through...](/pictures/thumb/48768_001.jpg?v=1580326727)
A complete run in 6 issues, each issue 32-48 pp., of the provocative satirical 60's Czech journal under the editorial direction of Jan Jirasek, published during the brief period of political liberalization leading up to the Prague Spring of 1968, with political satire, erotic and literary humor, and innovative typographic..... 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
Berlin: [Ukrains'kyi soiuz monarkhistiv-derzhavnykiv], 1943. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 67, [1] pp. Four leaves of plates on better stock (portraits of Skoropads'kyi, Khmel'nytskyi and two maps of Ukraine). A very good, apparently unread copy. The second of two volumes (1942-43) of this anthology, issued by Ukrainian..... More
Konstantinopol’ (Istanbul): self-published (printed by Brat’ia Zellich), 1920. Octavo (19.8 × 13.9 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 12 pp. Cancelled library stamp of the Russian State Lenin Library; else very good. A scarce and highly interesting manifesto by the “Ukrainian National Committee” in exile in Constantinople, which envisions Ukraine as..... More
[Prague]: self-published, 1926. Octavos (ca. 24 × 15.5 cm each). Original staple-stitched printed and mimeographed red wrappers; 15-24 pp. of mimeographed text to rectos and versos each. About very good; wrappers of one issue creased; faint library stamp with duplicate marks. The first three mimeographed bulletins published by the student..... More
[Moscow]: A. Rerikh, ca. 1900-1903. Oblong folio (25.5 × 35 cm). Original embossed green cloth with gilt title to front board and 25 leaves of photographic plates. Inscription to marbled boards reads: “Presented to F. Lambert by acting Abbot of Solovetsky Monatery, Sept. 20, 1918.” Boards and corners lightly scuffed;..... More
Prague: Umělecká beseda, 1938. Octavo (20.8 × 14.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 140, [16] leaves of black-and-white illustrations. Very good. Illustrated catalog for an exhibition of Czech baroque art, organized by Umělecká beseda and the city of Prague in 1938. Laid in is a plan of the exhibition grounds at..... More
95 large naval press photographs, each approx. 15 1/2" x 19 1/2", from the "Wings Over the Waves" exhibition in Leeds, UK, March 16-April 7, 1945, most annotated verso, documenting the role of the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the importance of the Swordfish, Barracuda, and Fulmar planes..... More
A complete run in 189 issues (lacking only 2 issues: Vol. I, No. 8 and Vol. II, No. 37) of the international Trotskyist political journal before its name changed to Intercontinental Press, under the editorial direction of Joseph Hansen, Pierre Frank, Livia Maitan, and George Novack, published under the auspices..... More
Frankfurt am Main-Sossenheim: Possev-Verlag, ca. 1955. 12mo (13.5 × 10 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Very good. Rare brochure advertising the clandestine radio station “Svobodnaia Rossiia” (Free Russia), published by the NTS (National Alliance of Russian Solidarists), an anti-communist organization of Russian émigrés. Small enough to fit into..... More
Moscow-Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatels'tvo, 1928. Octavo (19.5 × 13 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Light toning and creases to wrapper; stamp of a regional trade office of the state publisher; still about very good. Intended for party officials and organizations, librarians, as well as reading groups, this catalog provides..... More
![Zaklad pravoslavnago khrama v Zheneve [The founding of the Orthodox Church in Geneva]. WITH:...](/pictures/thumb/P6316_1.jpg?v=1593776822)
Moscow: Tip. V. Gotie, 1863. Octavo (23 × 15 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 5 pp. Binding reinforced with paper; foxing throughout. About good. Geneva: Russkaia tipografiia, 1939. Octavo (20.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 16, [1] pp. Five leaves of illustrations. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Two..... More
Kiev: 1920. Newsprint, measuring 35 × 27 cm; 8 pp. Illustrations throughout. Small discard stamp of the Warsaw Public Library to front page. Spine fold with small tears; old horizontal crease; still about very good. One issue (of ten published) of a communist Polish-language weekly, intended for distribution among the..... More
[Geneva]: Tipografiia partii Sotsialistov-Revoliutsianerov, 1903. Octavo (16.5 × 11.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 54 pp. Light soil to wrappers; spine extremities frayed; bottom left corner of front wrapper chipped, still good or better. First edition. А critical pamphlet about agrarian reform proposed by Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDRP)..... More
Paris: self-published, 1935. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 62, [2] pp. Includes maps. Partially unopened and uncut. Light foxing to wrappers and along the fore edge, else very good. A WWI testimony, this pamphlet describes the devastating “victory” in the battle for Trysten’ of the Keksgol’m battalion..... More
Geneva: self-published (Tipografiia Bunda), 1905. Octavo (18.7 × 11.2 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 56 pp. Wrappers lightly faded; spine beginning to split; private stamp to title ("Shukman Collection"); else internally very good. First edition of this impassioned treatise on the role of women in the Russian liberation movement, which..... More
![Nagrudnye znaki russkoi armii [Medals of the Russian Military]. Andolenko, erge](/pictures/thumb/P6314_1.jpg?v=1592502243)
Paris: Tanais, 1966. Octavo (25 × 16.5 cm). Original decorative boards; 227, [5] pp. Illustrations throughout. Some hand coloring of medals (likely by Pavel Pashkov) on pp. 29–33, 45, and 199. Very good. First edition of Serge Andolenko’s work on Russian medals. The introduction to the text indicates that the..... More
![Partizani. 20 crteža Đ. Andrejevića-Kuna [Partisans. 20 drawings by Đ. Andrejević-Kuna]....](/pictures/thumb/51146_1.jpg?v=1610543192)
[Belgrade-Zagreb]: Kultura, 1946. Oblong quarto (21.5 × 28.5 cm). Original pictorial card portfolio with three folding flaps; contains twenty leaves of plates reproducing drawings by the artist. Light wear and one partial tear to flaps; else very good. Twenty striking photozincographic reproductions of drawings reflecting the Yugoslav Partisan experience during..... More
Geneva: George & Cie, 1903. Octavo (19.5 × 12 cm). Original printed wrappers; 480 pp. Unopened and uncut. Light soil and moisture stain to wrappers; wrapper edges chipped. Internally very good. A socially and politically liberal philosophical tract, focusing on the reign of Alexander III in Russia (1881–1894), this text..... More
Shanghai: Sklad izdaniia: Russkaia tipografiia “Grafik”, 1933. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 371, [5] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to Viktor Porfir’evich Petrov in the year of publication. Wrappers worn to edges; spine with tape repair, retaining part of original spine strip; text toned; still..... More
[Paris]: Société nouvelle de librairie et d'édition, 1905. Octavo (19 × 12.5 cm). Contemporary half-leather with gilt-tooled red leather spine label; 978, [8] pp. Lacking original wrappers, title, and a first leaf with preface; second leaf with restauration; else a very good copy with wide uncut margins in an attractive..... More
Špilberk Castle, Brno: between 1841 and 1855. Wooden box, measuring 27 × 18.5 × 10 cm. A contemporary manuscript paper ticket (3 × 7 cm), mounted to interior of lid, reads: “Eine Sträflings-Arbeit von dem berühmten Räuber Babinskӱ (früher Wachtmeister bei den Uhlanen) verfertigt. Er wurde wegen seinen Mordthaten und..... More