Paris: Izd-vo "Mech", 1937. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 42 pp. Wrappers lightly creased and spotted; still about very good. First and only edition of this harsh polemic by a pro-Ukrainian member of the Russian diaspora, writing under the pseudonym A. Chigirin. The book critiques the..... More

Prague: Svaz československých dělnických turistů, [1934]. Octavo (18 × 12.1 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers by L. Šmíd; 145, [2] pp. About very good; light overall wear and nick to upper spine extremity. Scarce guidebook to Prague issued by the Czechoslovak Union of Proletarian Tourists, which sought to turn tourism, hiking..... More

Prague: Klub socialistické kultury ("Práce"), 1947. Octavo (22.8 × 14.8 cm). Original decorative wrappers by Karel Teige; 156, [2] pp. Front wrapper with light dust soil; else very good, in protective mylar. First edition of this translation by M. Haluza, with an understated but effective late typographic wrapper design by..... More

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

Moscow: Gramatizdevneeciba "Prometejs", 1931. Octavo (22 × 15 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [2], 237 pp. Very good. Rare example of Latvian modernist publishing in Moscow, Russia. The design of the Latvian first edition resembles the Russian original (Fabrika Rable, 1928), which also features a vertical red rectangle abutted by two..... 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

New York: Izdanie Pervogo Izdatel'stva v Amerike (First Russian Publishing Corporation), [1918]. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 123 pp. Good or better; recent expert repair to spine; light soil to wrappers. First edition of this classic novel in Russian translation, published by the émigré community in New..... More

Prague: Česká grafická unie, 1930. Octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Josef Hesoun; 342, [1] pp. About very good; erased ownership signature to title and light wear to front wrapper. First edition of this translation from the French, with striking photomontage wrappers by Hesoun (1903-1965), a modernist..... More

Sofia: Azbuka, 1931. Octavo (23 × 17 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Georgi Atanasov; 112 pp. Decorative head piece by Em. Rakarov and typographic dividers between contributions. Wrappers somewhat worn; some fraying to spine extremities; lower right corner of first three pages creased; still good or better, in protective mylar..... More

Tbilisi: tip. izd-va "Tekhnika da Shroma", 1936. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original pictorial; 23, [3] pp. One leaf of illustration. Front wrapper chipped; else about very good. Libretto for the first Georgian opera buffa composed by the Georgian and Ossetian composer Victor Dolidze (1890-1933), who also wrote the libretto..... More

Berlin: Izdatel'stvo Ol'ga D'iakova, [1929]. Octavo (20.3 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with publisher's mark to rear wrapper; 218, [1] pp. Wrappers worn and creased; tape repair to spine; internally good. Nikolai Rominskii (1868-1943), who used the pseudonym Donets, was a Russian painter, graphic artist, pedagogue and writer who..... More

Moscow: I. D. Sytin, 1903. Octavo (27.5 × 17.5 cm). Contemporary half calf with gilt tooling and title to spine; 438 and 199, [2] pp. With numerous photographs and illustrations throughout. Binding rubbed at spine extremities; corners somewhat scuffed; light foxing and discoloration throughout due to stock; good or better..... More

Belgrade: S. B. Cvijanović, 1928. Octavo (26 × 19 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Mihailo Petrov; 35, [1] pp. Front wrapper lightly toned to upper edge; else very good. Scarce work by Rade Drainac (real name Radojko Jovanović, 1899–1943), a founding member of the Yugoslav Surrealist group and editor of..... More