[Poland]: [Wydawnictwo Polskie], 1986. Octavo (21 × 15.5 cm). Original printed side-stapled wrappers; 104 leaves mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos. With nine photographs reproduced by xerox. Very good. Second edition (first published in 1984 by “Głos”) of this list of Polish political prisoners, published by the Confederation of Independent..... More

late 1970s or early 1980s. [Moscow]: late 1970s or early 1980s. Bound in hand-labeled paper folder (ink and pencil); [2], 3-42 leaves of easily legible carbon copy typescript to rectos, measuring ca. 29.7 x 21 cm). Folder chipped; text very good. Undated, but early samizdat edition (ca. 1980) of this..... More

[Krakow]: Wydawnictwo “Odnowa”, [1981?]. Original side-stapled pictorial wrappers; 47, [1] leaves of mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos. Small tear to rear wrapper; last page loose. Still about very good. A samizdat collection of critical and literary essays by George Orwell, translated by the Polish political philosopher and historian Marcin..... More

[Krakow]: Oficyna Literacka, 1985. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original illustrated side-stapled wrappers; 48 pp. of text and 10 leaves of color printed illustrations, glued to black thick paper stock. Very good. First samizdat edition of George Orwell’s classic “Animal Farm” illustrated by the Polish surrealist painter Jan Lebenstein (1930–1999)..... More

1985. Warsaw: Rytm, 1985. Octavos (21.7 × 14.5 cm). Staple-stitched printed wrappers; [3], 6-25 [1] and [1], 4-25 [1] pp. Illustrations throughout; publisher’s catalog to last page. Very good. First editions. These strikingly illustrated books of political satire were published by the independent publishing house RYTM (Rhythm), closely connected with..... More

[Prague]: Jazzová sekce (Jazz Section), 1979–1983. Quartos (30 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers; 19, [1] pp. per issue. Numerous black-and-white reproductions per issue, printed on better quality stock. Very good. The complete run of these fifteen catalogs of unofficial, conceptual Czechoslovak art from the Normalization era, semi-legally printed by..... More

[Moscow]: Self-published, [1989]. Octavo (15.5 × 11 cm). Original side-stapled and hand-labeled wrappers; 12 pp. of typescript to rectos?? rectos and versos?. Very good. A self-published collection of caustic, anti-Soviet poems by Aleksandr Trubin (b. 1961), apparently connected with the Arbat, a Moscow neighborhood known for its bohemian scene in..... More

[Soviet Union]: ca. late 1970s or 1980s. Quartos (ca. 30 × 22 cm). Original paper-covered boards with hand-written labels to front boards; see below for pagination. Varying condition, but generally very good. Group of nine volumes of carbon copy and original typescript, reproducing a number of spiritual, esoteric, and occult..... More

Soviet Union: self-published, ca. 1970. Quarto (28.5 × 20 cm). Original side-stapled hand-lettered wrappers on colored stock; typescript to rectos only; 3 pp. Very good. A selection of lyrics by the famous Russian pre-revolutionary Cabaret singer Aleksandr Vertinskii (1889-1957). Vertinsky began his musical career in 1915, after trying his hand..... More

Poland: Niezależna Oficyna Wydawnicza, 1984. Octavo (20 × 14.5 cm). Original side-stapled illustrated wrappers; 98, [1] leaves of offset-printed reduced typescript to rectos and versos. Light creases to wrappers, else very good. First Polish translation of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”, published with a preface Vonnegut wrote especially for this Polish..... More

Wydawnictwo im. Odwilży Pażdziernikowej, [1986?]. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original illustrated side-stapled wrappers; 167 leaves mimeographed to rectos and versos. Very good. An early Polish underground edition of the 1982 novel “Homo Sovieticus”, by the controversial thinker, philosopher, sociologist, novelist and political commentator Aleksndr Zinov’ev (1922–2006). A public intellectual..... More