Prague: Odeon, 1928. Octavo (19.8 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers, printed in orange and brown on beige cover; 85, [2] pp. Very good. First edition of these war reflections by S. K. Neumann (1875-1947), the Czech poet, publisher, and journalist. Neumann was known for his anarchist leanings, and later..... More

St. Petersburg: V drukarniakh Tiblena i komp. i Kulisha, 1864. Large octavo (26 × 17 cm). Recent half-calf binding over five raised bands, with gilt title to spine and marbled edges; [VII], [1], 2-304, [1], [II-XVII] pp. Owner signature to title page (Zinovii Bilenko). Occasional markings in pen in the..... More

1930. Harbin: self-published (Khudozhestvennaia tipografiia), 1930. Octavo (17.6 × 13 cm). Contemporary buckram boards; original wrappers perished; 76, [2] pp. Frontis portrait of the author on better paper stock. About very good. [Eye Surgery for a Wounded Soldier of Ungern’s Army]. First and only Russian edition of this gruesome autobiographical..... More

Paris: izd. Chasovoi, 1931. Octavo (18.5 × 13.5). Original printed wrappers; 170, [6] pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good. In protective mylar. Intended for White émigré military personel, the directory offers an overview of Russian imperial military history, lists the Russian army and naval organisatons operating abroad, their history, locations, and..... More

Artist's book, unpaginated, published in conjunction with Oursler's 1975 exhibition of the same name, held at Rome's Galleria's Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, with foreword by Italo Mussa in Italian and English, the exhibition catalogue comprised of reproductions of appropriated black and white photographs, each accompanied by a reproduced handwritten caption in..... More

A beautiful and rare album comprising title page, a map showing the location of the naval battle of Kil-Bouroun (Kinburn), and 15 chromolithographic plates depicting mostly maritime scenes after the battle along the ice-bound Dnieper River, including inside the fort, disembarking onto the ice, and ruined fortifications, lithographed and colored..... More

St. Petersburg: pri Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk, 1770-1772. Small quartos (24.6 × 18.3 cm). Later polished calf with spine in six compartments and gilt titles; marbled endpapers; red edges; 460 and 438, a-e, 460 pp. (lacking pp. 461-763). Decorative initials, headpieces, and etched allegorical vignette with a small portrait of Peter..... More

XXIV, 104 pp. catalogue of 467 entries for manuscripts and letters by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, 17th century French clergyman, orator, monarchist and tutor to Louis XV, 14 plates of facsimiles. 4to. Wrpps. Paris (Emile-Paul Frères/Henri Darel) 1932. More

Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo., 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; 56, [1] pp. Unopened and uncut. Very good. Focusing on Pushkin’s political poetry, this collection is an early post-revolutionary attempt at creating a “Soviet Pushkin.” This volume was edited by one of the founders of Russian Symbolism..... 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

Sandberg. 15 pp. introduction to a presentation of 16 plates (many printed in red and black) by the German draughtsman and caricaturist (1908-1991) showing politically charged themes based on Marx and Engels' treatise. Small folio. Text and plates loose as issued and housed in cloth portfolio, hinges torn. Berlin (Henscheverlag)..... More

New York: American-Armenian Progressive Union, 1940. Octavo (22.8 × 15.4 cm). Numerous photographs and illustrations throughout. Original pictorial wrappers; 112 pp. Light wear to wrappers; about very good. Scarce work documenting the achievements of Soviet Armenian during its first twenty years, apparently issued by the American-Armenian Progressive League. The organization..... More