[London]: Izdanie partii sotsialistov revoliutsionerov i agrarno-sotsialisticheskoi ligi, 1903. Octavo (16 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 31, [1] pp. Wrappers lightly chipped at corners; spine extremities frayed; evenly toned due to stock, else about very good. First edition. Published in the lead-up to the first Russian Revolution, this..... More
![Peremena. Byl’ [Change. A true story]. Marietta Shaginian](/pictures/thumb/P6488.jpg?v=1580327102)
1924. Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1924. Octavo (18.5 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unattributed); 234, [3] pp. Light wear to wrappers; spine extremities frayed; text evenly toned due to stock, still about very good. Owner signature dated 1925 to title page. First edition. An early novel by the prolific Soviet..... More
Prague: V. Rejmon, 1901-1948. Octavos (22.2 × 14.7 cm). Contemporary half-cloth; 192 pp. of consecutive pagination. Wrappers lightly worn; frequent annotations by the editor, with his owner inscription to the first page; else good or better. Complete early run of this long-standing Czech journal for socialist youth, with articles on..... More
Paris: Oliver de Serres, 1930. Octavo (24 × 16). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 36, [1] pp. Stamps of Union Des Jeunes Russes Bibliotheke to front wrapper and first page. Front wrapper detached; some light markings in pencil throughout, else about very good. The first publication (one of only two published..... More
![Deshevye nesgoraemye postroiki [Affordable fire resistant housing]. N. S. Sviderskii](/pictures/thumb/50741_1.jpg?v=1589471233)
Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1926. Small octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers (signed L.D.?); 47, [1] pp. Illustrated with twenty drawings. Title page with clipped header (presumably to remove private ownership marks); else very good. Second edition of this pamphlet, not found in KVK or OCLC, which introduces..... More
XXVI, 392 pp. text discussing the city from its origins until the beginning of 19th century, with special attention paid to the city's notable buildings, notes, transcription of documents, indices, 118 plates showing drawings and images from photographs of buildings, street scenes, artwork, architectural details, etc. 4to. Signatures loose as..... More
London (actually: Geneva): Izdanie zhurnala "Nabat", 1879. Octavo (14.3 × 10.8 cm). Later black boards with gilt-tooled leather spine label, the fragile front and rear wrappers preserved; 78 pp. A near fine copy. First and only edition of this collection of anarchist revolutionary essays by Petr Nikitich Tkachev, the Russian..... More
Constantinople: Tipografiia Izd. T-va “Pressa”, 1921. Octavo (19 × 14). Modern quarter-cloth with paper over boards (original wrappers preserved?); 310, [2] pp, with foldout map, and illustrations by Aleksandr Cosmin. Light moisture stain and foxing to title and first few pages; first page beginning to detach; text toned due to..... More
1980. [Zagreb]: Galerija studentskog centra, 1980. Single leaf of white stock, A4, offset-printed to recto and verso; rubber-stamped opening date. Old crease; still very good, in protective mylar sleeve. Original poster announcing a collaborative work by Goran Trbuljak and Vlado Martek. Trbuljak (born 1948) is a Croatian conceptual artist and..... More
1986. [Zagreb]: Galerija proširenih medija, 1986. Single leaf of white stock, A4, offset-printed to recto. Red pen mark below artist's name; else very good, in protective mylar sleeve. Original poster announcing an exhibition of two works by Trbuljak in May 1986, at Galerija proširenih medija in Zagreb. Trbuljak (born 1948)..... More
1981. [Zagreb]: Galerija studentskog centra, 1981. Single leaf of white stock, A4, offset-printed to recto. Old creases; still very good, in protective mylar sleeve. Original poster announcing a work by Goran Trbuljak entitled "Umjetnik u krizi" (The artist in crisis), on October 16 to 31, 1981, at Galerija studentskog centra..... More
Geneva-Prague: 1929. Quarto (27 × 18 cm). Original staple-stitched orange wrappers; [2], 3-43, [13] pp. With sixteen black-and-white photographs. Rear wrapper soiled; rust to staple; internally very good. A furious appeal to the international community regarding the destruction of Ukrainian schools, cultural organizations, a bookbindery and a union building, supposedly..... More
![Rolnický kalendář Srp na rok 1929 [Worker's calendar "The Sickle" for the year 1929]. Josef...](/pictures/thumb/P6477.jpg?v=1587549544)
Prague-Karlín: Karel Borecký, [1928]. Large octavo (25 × 18.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 103, [9], 16 pp. Numerous full-page illustrations and smaller photo-montages. A few marks to front wrapper; else very good. Rare socialist anthology of art and literature (both original texts and works in translation), issued by Czech communists..... More
![Sovětská karikatura [Soviet caricatures]. Lev O. Varšavskij, Lubomír Linhart](/pictures/thumb/P5622_1.jpg?v=1587551524)
Prague: Knihovna Levé fronty (V. Palán), 1934. Octavo (19 × 12 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Karel Poličanský; 30, [2] pp. Very light repair to upper spine tip; very good. The first book on Russian, and especially Soviet, political caricatures to appear in the Czech Republic. It was issued as..... More
Prague: Nákladem vlastním (v komissi Cyrillo-Methodějského knihkupectví G. Francl), 1898. Octavo (21.5 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; [2], 398, [1] pp. About very good; light wear to spine extremities and wrapper edges. First edition of this extreme example of anti-Semitic Czech nationalist propaganda, by the priest, politician and journalist..... More
2 continuously paginated vols., 359 pp., providing an annotated scholarly account of the political career of John III, "the Pitiless," bishop of Liège from 1389 to 1418 and duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut from 1418 until his assassination by poisoning in 1425, including bibliographic notes, an..... More
Minsk; Vydavetstva Akademii Navuk BSSR, 1957. Small octavo (17 × 11.3 cm). Publisher's cloth-backed printed boards; 143, [1] pp. Very good. Uncommon anthology of anti-religious rhymed folk lyrics (known as "chastushki"), fairy tales, and shorter proverbs and sayings. The work appears to be the first thematic anthology on this topic..... More