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
Moscow; Leningrad: OGIZ-IZOGIZ, 1931. Octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 78, [2] pp. Illustrations. Light soil and foxing to wrappers else very good. Showcasing anti-imperialist posters of Soviet and European artists, this catalog was published for the first exhibition organized by the short-lived Federation of Associations of Soviet..... 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
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
![U-10. Malowanka dala niegrzecznych dzieci [A coloring book for naughty kids]. G. Griot](/pictures/thumb/51346_1.jpg?v=1622805376)
Kraków: Wyd. “Hutnik”, [1985]. Octavo (21 × 14.8 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [12] pp. of illustrations. Very good. A samizdat collection of irreverent caricatures of Jerzy Urban (b. 1933), the press secretary of the Polish Council of Ministers during the period of Martial Law (1981–1983), subsequently dubbed the “Goebbels..... 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
Paris: Izdatel'stvo redaktsii gazety "Kazak", 1957-1959. Octavos (23.5 × 16 cm). Original printed wrappers; 330 pp. (continuous pagination). Illustrated. Good to very good. A detailed illustrated history of the Cossack communities from antiquity until the Middle Ages and beyond written by Don Cossack and a historian of Cossack antiquity, Georgii..... More
Erevan: Committee of Armenia's Trade (Labor) Unions, 1925. Quarto (33 × 25.3 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; 24 pp. About very good; a few small tears to margins. Single issue of the Armenian trade union journal allied with the Social Democratic Party, with a drawn cover design bhy Hakob Kojoyan (1883-1959)..... More
London: Vol'naia Russkaia Tipografiia, 1861. Octavo (19 × 12.5 cm). Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt-tooled red leather spine label; original wrappers not preserved; XII, 413, III pp. A very good copy, with wide uncut margins in an attractive contemporary binding and with an important provenance. First part of the first..... More
![Komunistický kalendář na rok 1926 [Communist calendar for the year 1926]. Josef Hora](/pictures/thumb/P6478.jpg?v=1587549544)
Prague: Nákladem Komunistického knihkupectví a nakladatelství, [1925]. Large octavo (25 × 18.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (not attributed); 106, [22] pp. Numerous illustrations, some full page. Very good. Single issue of this rare communist almanac, edited by the poet Josef Hora. It was associated with the Czech Proletkult organization, a...... More
![Bibliograficheskoe delo: sbornik [Bibliography: an anthology]. N. F. Ianitskii](/pictures/thumb/P4983_1.jpg?v=1590179207)
Moscow-Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1927. Octavo (23.5 × 16 cm). Original printed wrappers; 163 pp. Light wear to wrappers; about very good. Uncommon volume reflecting the shift of bibliography from the sphere of personal collecting to a matter of key importance for the young Soviet state and its libraries, trade union..... More
Moscow-Leningrad: Moskovskii rabochii, [1928]. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 186, [1] pp. Illustrations throughout, including two maps. Private ownership stamp and inscription in Russian to title; else good or better. Second edition of a historical and cultural overview of Iran, which provides the Soviet take on the..... More
[Warsaw, but actually Moscow?], 1981. Broadside, measuring 60 × 43 cm., printed to recto. Folded along the horizontal and vertical axis. Very light wear to edges; still about very good. An original poster announcing the introduction of Martial Law in December 13, 1981, which was hung in the streets and..... More
Chicago: National Alliance of Czech Catholics, 1949. Octavo (26 × 14.5 cm). Publisher's stapled pictorial wrappers; 88, [1] pp. Small tear to wrapper; pencil note to title (gift of author); else very good. English translation of this anti-communist account of the 1948 takeover, which appeared in Czech the same year..... More
![Odna ili dve palaty? [One or two chambers?]. Svobodnyi narod, no. 14. N. A. Kabanov](/pictures/thumb/P4635_1.jpg?v=1592501343)
Moscow: Tip. T-va “Zadruga”, 1917. Octavo (22.5 × 14.8 cm). Original sewn printed wrappers; 14 pp. Wrappers lightly soiled and creased; damp stains to margin; good or better. One of at least two pamphlets published on the issue of whether the future Soviet legislative system should consist of one or..... More
Leningrad: Gosudarstvennyi antireligioznyi muzei, byvshii Isaakievskii sobor, 1941. 12mo (14 × 10.3 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 10, [2] and [5] pp. of announcements and ads. Possibly lacking the first leaf. The pamphlet is an example of Soviet anti-religious propaganda, issued by the "State Anti-Religious Museum" established at what had..... More
Moscow: Universitetskaia tipografiia, 1887. Octavo (22 × 15.5 cm). Quarter calf over pebbled cloth, with gilt title to spine; 662 pp. Vol. 1 of 3. Spine and corners corners scuffed; small nicks and a closed tear to top left of title page not affecting text; Soviet bookstore stamp and Soviet..... More
Krakow: Naklad Towarzystwa Wydawnictw Ludowych, 1906. Octavo (21.5 × 14.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Henryk Uziembło; 160 pp. Light overall wear to wrappers; spine sun-tanned; discrete owner signature to title; overall very good. First edition thus. Polish translation of the famous Erfurt Program of 1891 of the SPD (Socialist..... More
![Na putiakh k konfederatsii Kavkaza [Towards a confederation of the Caucasus]. Vano Kavtaradze](/pictures/thumb/P6904.jpg?v=1580327122)
Warsaw: self-published (P. Szwede), 1937. Octavo (24 × 17 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; XIII, 133, [1] pp. Light wear to wrappers and overlapping edges; front wrapper beginning to tear along spine extremities; first chapter with pencil annotations in Russian; overall still about very good. First and only edition of a...... More
![Stolitsa Anglii. Progulki po Londonu [The capital of England. London walks]. V. Kerzhentsev,...](/pictures/thumb/P6416_1.jpg?v=1591346883)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1919. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 141, [1] pp. Light soil and foxing to wrappers; original spine strip lacking and sections of the text beginning to detach; text evenly toned; still good or better. First edition. This curious mix of the history and ethnography..... More
![Tiuremnye “volynki” [Prison “bagpipes” (strikes)]. Along the head of the title: Deshevaia...](/pictures/thumb/51074_001.jpg?v=1608140500)
Moscow: Izdatel’stvo vsesoiuznogo obshchestva Politkatorzhan i SS.-Poselentsev, 1928. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original illustrated staple-stitched wrappers; 24 pp. Light soil to wrappers; slight wear to wrapper edges else very good. A brief history of political prisoner protests staged in Czarist Russia in the lead up to the 1905 Revolution..... More
![Žena vojnik [Women soldiers]. Ana Konjović](/pictures/thumb/51358_1.jpeg?v=1625751188)
Zagreb: Izdanje glavnog odbora AFŽ Hrvatske, 1945. Small octavo (14.6 × 11.2 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrapper; 62 pp. With seven black-and-white photographs of Yugoslav women soldiers. Wrappers lightly dust-soiled; else very good. First and only edition of this account of the many achievements of women fighters in the Yugoslav..... More