N.p.: 1872. N.p., [1872], single folded leaves measuring 20.5 × 14 and 19 × 12.5 cm. Very good. Two holograph letters containing a polite request to be introduced to “Her Majesty the Queen” before Tolstoy’s return to St. Petersburg. “N’ayant pas eu le plaisir de vous trouver a à la..... More
Vienna: Ex Typographia Francisci Ludwig, 1833. Octavo (19 × 12 cm). Original blind paper wrappers; [2], 50 pp. Front wrapper smudged; else a very good, uncut and unopened copy. First and only edition of this scarce catalogue of the outstanding library of Johann Peter Cerroni, secretary of the court of..... More
London: 1902. Octavo (18 × 12 cm). Original staple-stitched self-wrappers; 16-48 pp. per issue. Good to very good, with one issue unopened and uncut. Five issues (of twelve published) of the political supplement to the literary and political journal “Zhizn’” (Life), founded in St. Petersburg in 1897. Literary works by..... More
[Geneva]: Tipografiia Russkikh Sotsialdemokratov, 1897. Octavo (15.5 × 10.5 cm). Original tan staple-stitched printed wrappers; 48 pp. Very good. A pamphlet discussing regulation of work hours in factories of the Russian Empire, with the new law of June 2nd 1897 limiting the work day to 11 hours for men and..... More
XVI, 438 pp. treatise on the life, works and miracles of St. Francis, the history of his order and treatment of St. Francis in art, introduction by Pope Leo XIII, bibliographic notes, profusely illustrated, 35 plates. Lg. 4to. Boards. Paris (E. Plon, Nourrit) 1885. More
Unpaginated (ca. 105 pp.) collection of documents originally issued as Oberbaum Blätter, an irregular weekly series of left-radical underground press broadsides and handbills, including contributions by Rudi Dutschke, Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Peter Handke, Peter O. Chotjewitz, the members of Kommune 1, and others, executed throughout with an experimental graphic style..... More
Vladivostok: Tipo-litografiia Iosif Korot, 1920. Octavo (17.5 × 12.5 cm). Contemporary quarter-cloth over boards, with original wrappers not preserved; 70 pp. 21 photo-illustrations. Ownership stamp to title page. Slightly resized, about very good. First edition. Filled with rare photographs of the destruction brought on by the Russian Civil War in..... More
2 vols., 654 pp. text on the ideas and works of the Humanist theologian, including discussion of his supporters, collaborators and illustrators, bibliography, index, profusely illustrated (many portraits). 8vo. Boards, slipcase. Cologne (Wienand) 1967. More
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Nizhnii-Novgorod: Izd. Vserossiiskoi chrezvychainoi komissii po likvidatsii bezgramotnosti, 1921. Large octavo (single folded sheet); 32 pp. A fine copy. Early provincial edition, and a fine copy, of the first mass-produced Soviet primer for illiterate adults, published by the newly formed All-Russian Emergency Commission for the Elimination of Illiteracy (Vserossiiskaia chrezvychainaia..... More
![Krest’ianskii vopros vo Frantsii i Germanii [The peasant question in France and Germany]....](/pictures/thumb/P6719_1.jpg?v=1592500703)
Geneva: Izdanie rossiiskoi sotsialdemokraticheskoi rabochei partii, 1904. Octavo (18 × 12 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 40 pp. Stamp of the Central Committee of the Russian Social-democratic Worker’s Party to title and front wrapper. Light fading to wrapper; wrappers starting to detach from block, still about very good. First edition..... More
2 vols., 331, 422 pp. text consisting of memoirs written during the Sun King's minority, supposedly written by François, duc de La Rochefoucauld and Edme de La Châtre, comte de Naucay, though at least the former repudiated his connection with the text, notes. Note in ink on title-pages, title-page of..... More
2 vols., 856, XXVI pp. alphabetical dictionary of the trades and professions practiced in Paris since medieval times, including an essay by M.E. Levasseur on the historical and social context of vocations in France. 4to. Wrpps. Paris/ Leipzig (H. Welter) 1905-1906. More
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[Munich?]: [Free Europe Press], [1954-1956]. Single leaf, measuring 14.5 × 57 cm, folded four times to create a pamphlet with ten pages of text and images. Very good. Scarce anti-communist flyer in Czech, printed in Germany by Free Europe Press and distributed over Czechoslovakia via balloon from 1954 to 1956..... More
![Free Europe Press Czech Propaganda Leaflet]. "V jednotě síla. Všem členům Československé...](/pictures/thumb/P6877_1.jpg?v=1580327120)
[Munich?]: [Free Europe Press], [1954]. Single folded leaf, measuring 20.8 × 14.6 cm, printed to recto and verso, and when folded resembling a US airmail envelope. With one duplicate copy; laid in is a small flyer depicting the Czechoslovak and US flags, with the text "The American people greet the..... More
Unpaginated (29 leaves) album including introductory text on the conference and promoting and explaining the planned-for International Exposition scheduled to be held in Tokyo in 1940, printed list of contents, and 31 mounted original photographs(most approx. 4 1/2" x 6") showing international delegates (both Asian and Caucasian) to the conference..... More
Berlin: Izdatel'stvo "Slovo", 1922. Second edition (izdanie vtoroe). Large octavo (24 × 19.2 cm). Publisher’s decorative printed wrappers; 225, [3] pp. Text toned due to paper stock; else about else very good. Volume two of the important and scarce compendium of materials pertaining to the Russian Revolution, published by White..... More
Paris: Gide, 1861. Octavo (24.5 × 16 cm). Later cloth with original front and rear wrappers preserved; [4], 61, [1] pp. The wrappers lightly chipped, else very good. This effusive memoir about Empress Alexandra Fedorovna (nee Charlotte of Prussia 1798–1960), wife of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, was written by..... More
Moscow: Tip. “Sovremennaia kul’tura”, 1928. Single leaf printed to recto (with partial text to lower verso), once folded, measuring 35 × 21 cm. Very good. This prospectus, addressed to heads of public educational institutions and educational inspectors, announces the new subscription year of two chief publications of the League of..... More
![Pravda o Tiflise [The truth about Tiflis]. Iakov Gogebashvili](/pictures/thumb/P6354_1.jpg?v=1591346943)
Tbilisi: Tipografiia M. Sharadze, 1897. Octavo (20 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers; 32 pp. Rear wrappers with an extensive list of the author's other published works. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title. Light soiling and wear to wrappers; restoration to spine. Faint trace of a pre-1917..... More
Unpaginated booklet (approx. 23 leaves, most printed recto only), comprising a single-page introduction by Jean Cassou, a brief two-page introduction to the Republican movement in Spain, and a series of 20 bold and graphic black-and-white woodcut illustrations by Gómez, each image captioned in Catalan, the images depicting agricultural workers, families..... More
2 vols., XXXII, 454, XIII, 291 pp. text documenting the history of guilds in Barcelona, mainly during the 15th and 16th centuries, including the apothecaries, silver-makers and book sellers, list of members, transcriptions of documents, extensive scholarly notes, 19 plates. Slight foxing on opening pages. Lg. 8vo. Wrpps. Barcelona (Libreria..... More
Moscow-Leningrad: Molodaia gvardiia, 1930. Octavo (17 × 12.3 cm). Original typographically formatted printed wrappers; 136, [8] pp. Very good. A guidebook for guides of the Russian Pioneer movement, in charge of the physical and athletic development of children and young adults. While acknowledging biological differences between the two sexes, the..... More
![Umiraiushchee obshchestvo i Anarkhiia [The Dying Society and Anarchy]. Jean Grave, Zhan Grav](/pictures/thumb/P5563.jpg?v=1591525479)
[New York]: Izd. A.K.G.S.Sh., 1921. Octavo (20 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 178, [2] pp. Cover lightly worn; cancelled library stamps from the University of London; still about very good. This text by the French anarchist Jean Grave was published in Russian in the United States (most likely in..... More
![Španělský lid bojuje [The Spanish people are fighting]. Grünwald, eopold](/pictures/thumb/50519.jpg?v=1583179743)
Prague: Nákladem Frant. Nedvěda, [1936]. Octavo (21 × 15.2 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated wrappers; 31, [1] pp. Left margin of front wrapper rubbed, with partial loss to illustration; internally very good. First and only edition of this fragile yet visually striking pamphlet, which contains numerous shorter articles about the Spanish..... More