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
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo "Trud i kniga", 1925. Octavo (26.7 × 18 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unattributed) printed in red and black; 206 pp. Frontis portrait of Lenin. Illustrated throughout from photographs, musical notation, and with drawn section dividers. From the collection of Marcel Bekus, with his small oval stamp (“Ex-libris Marcel..... 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
Bad Homburg: NTS sector vnutrennei raboty, 1953-1960. Quartos (30 x 21 1/2 cm). Original printed wrappers; 24, 62, 30, 58, and 44 pp., mimeographed text. Some rusting around staples, browning and slight mildew-staining to some first covers, first three issues with some minor chipping and small areas of paper loss..... 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
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
![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
A single 4-pp. issue of the newsletter distributed on board the SS Zanesville Victory, printed early on in its fourth voyage returning troops home from Europe, this one from Antwerp to New York, containing an article on atom bom testing, chaplain's notices, information on separation centers, a message from 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
![Krasnoarmeets [Red Army soldier], no. 21–22. Trudovoi nomer, posviashchaetsia mysliteliu,...](/pictures/thumb/51782_1.jpg?v=1641397453)
Moscow: Literaturno-izdatel’skii otdel Politicheskogo Upravlen. Revoliutsionnogo Voennogo Soveta Respubliki, 1920. Quarto (30 × 23.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs and drawings; with facsimile signatures of Soviet leaders. About very good; some creasing and fraying to edges. Special “labor issue” of this journal for Red..... 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
1914. Paris: Izdanie K. Vitenberga, 1914. Octavo (20.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed red wrappers; 78 pp. Supplement printed in gold on thick red stock; one photograph on coated stock. Wrappers worn and front wrapper beginning to detach; text toned due to stock; else good or better. This pamphlet was..... 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
Thérouanne, 1942-1944. Large octavos (23 × 18 cm). Contemporary marbled-paper covered boards; loosely inserted leaves of manuscript in red and blue ink to rectos and versos; very occasional small illustrations and affixed maps. Very good. A series of original handwritten single leaves, approximately 426 issues total, of a likely clandestine..... 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
![Chem bylo kazachestvo [What were the cossacks?]. Otdel'nyi ottisk statei iz nomerov 82-87 zhurn....](/pictures/thumb/P002968_1.jpg?v=1593515283)
Prague: Izd. red. zhurn. "Vol'noe Kazachestvo", 1931. 12mo (15 × 11.5 cm). Original staple-stitched blue wrappers; 48, [1] pp. Very minor soil to wrappers; very good or better. Rare Cossack-related publication, issued by the "Vol'noe Kazachestvo" (Free Cossacks) movement when Prague was still a key center of Russian emigre and..... More
First Russian edition. London: Edinburgh University Press, 1919. First Russian edition. Large octavo. Later cloth with decorative front wrapper preserved; 175, [1] pp. Eight leaves of color plates, one folded. Light soil to wrapper; first few pages slightly spotty; traces of moisture to gutter and lower edges; text and plates..... More
![Ai, ra uk'ves sakartvelos: p'ublitsist'uri nark'vevi [Voici ce qu'on a fait de la Géorgie]....](/pictures/thumb/P6002_001.jpg?v=1598366583)
Tbilisi: Sakhelgami, 1930. Octavo (17.6 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (signed "O. Bur" in Cyrillic); 278, [3] pp. Wrappers professionally restored preserving part of spine strip; light overall wear; stain to front wrapper; internally very good. First and only edition of the Georgian translation of Henri Barbusse's account of..... More
Riga: Kniga dlia vsekh, 1931. Octavo (19 × 12.5 cm). Original illustrated wrappers (unattributed); [4], 237 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Good or better; light wear to bottom of spine and light soil to front wrapper; internally very good. A rare autobiographical account by a Russian prisoner of war in Germany after..... More
Unpaginated photobook dedicated "allen noch lebenden Widerstandskämpfern des Dritten Reiches", comprised of approximately 29 black-and-white images from the funeral of three members of the RAF, each accompanied by a short explanatory text on the opposite page, with some pages of just text taken from contemporary newspaper reports, the images depicting..... More