London: Kruh priatel'ov československej knihy (printed by S. Sidders & Son, Ltd., Kilburn), 1944. Octavo (18 × 12.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 117, [2] pp. About very good; very light overall wear and soil to wrappers. Second of two volumes of poetry from the Slovak anti-Nazi resistance during World War..... More
[Czech Republic]: [2004]. Single leaf, printed recto and verso, thrice folded. Fine. Documentation of an exhibit of the Czech "parasurrealist group Stir Up" founded in 1995 by younger artists as well as members of the Skupina Lacoste. With a text by Budík on the "far borders of the relationship between..... More
Hrabyně: Iskra, 1932. Octavos (25 × 19 cm). Original typographically illustrated wrappers on differently colored paper; 151 pp. (continuous pagination). Very good or better copies. All published (ten issues) of this Silesian literary review, published in Hrabyně, near Ostrava. In prose and poetry, as well as countless reviews, book discussions..... More
Tbilisi: tipografiia Tarumova, 1919–1920. Quarto (29.5 × 21.8 cm). Original photo-illustrated self-wrappers; 16 pp. Several illustrations throughout. About very good. Single issue of this scarce Russian-language journal on theatre and related performing arts, published in Tbilisi. Altogether, six issues appeared in 1919 and another 9 in 1920. With an article..... More
![Book ID: P4821 Ispanskaia tantsovshchitsa [The Spanish Dancer]. Film promotional booklet...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/P4821_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1592501883)
Moscow: Kinopechat’, [1927]. 12mo (13.5 × 8.8 cm). Staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [7] pp. Wrappers lightly soiled; text browned to lower corners; stamp of Uzbekgoskino to rear wrapper. A scarce, fragile survival: this promotional prospectus was sold along with the newspaper "Kino" and the journal "Sovetskii ekran." It introduces and explains..... More
[Soviet Union]: self-published, ca. 1965–1975. Single sheet of paper with typescript to recto, measuring 29 × 21.5 cm. Folded twice along the vertical and horizontal axis. Additional light creases to corners; edges lightly frayed; small tear along the vertical fold; one correction to the text in blue ink and two..... More
[1907]. St. Petersburg: Izdatel’stvo “Shipovnik”; tip. “Delo”, [1907]. Octavo (22.6 × 15.9 cm). Contemporary half-calf binding with gilt tooling and title to spine, original wrappers not preserved; 382, [1] pp. Twelve leaves of illustrations. Lacking the index (XXVIII pp.); binding rubbed at spine extremities; old Latvian bookstore stamp; still good..... More
Warsaw: Remont Gallery, [1976]. 8vo. (20.3 x 14.5 cm). Original side-stapled thick paper wrappers. 8 pp.; some extremely light soiling and browning, very light wear along spine, overall good condition. A slim exhibition catalog from the Remont Gallery, the contemporary art gallery in Warsaw established and run by photographer Henryk..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Izdanie Leopol'd Kassella i Ko., 1913. Small octavo (16.5 × 11 cm). Original brown cloth; XVIII, 428, [8] pp. Five photographs; illustrated from technical drawings and schemes throughout. Edges red. Very good; boards age-toned; private stamp of the Russian Commission of German Dye Producers in Berlin. First..... More
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Tbilisi, 1931. Large octavo (25.6 × 17.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 66 pp. Text block somewhat curved; still very good. Single issue of the scarce Armenian communist children's journal, published in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1923 to 1941. A bibliography of the journal, as well as the books published by the..... More
![Book ID: 50079 Karmil ts'iler: mankakan amsagir [Red sprouts: a children's magazine], vol....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50079_001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1580326914)
Tbilisi, 1931. Large octavo (25.6 × 17.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 34 pp. Text block somewhat curved; still very good. Single issue of the scarce Armenian communist children's journal, published in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1923 to 1941. A bibliography of the journal, as well as the books published by the..... More
Moscow: Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet, 1928. Octavo (19.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 13, [1] pp. Trace of rust to staple; title with owner signature; faint trace of moisture to lower edges; still about very good. One of the last exhibitions of “Bytie” (Being), a society of “fellow traveler” artists..... More
Petrograd: Tip. Fleitmana, 1915. Octavo (16.2 × 12 cm). Original printed wrappers; 28 pp. Wrappers lightly soiled; tiny Soviet bookstore mark to rear wrapper; still a very good copy. Scarce exhibition catalog of the Russian Imperial Society of Watercolor Painters, held in wartime Petrograd. The exhibition included a wide range..... More
Scranton, PA: Ukrainian Book Store, 1919. Duodecimo (14.8 × 11.6 cm). Original printed wrappers; 30 pp. About very good; light dust-soiling. Contains various mostly humorous poems, anecdotes, and short stories about Sinti and Roma, which draw on a variety of mostly negative stereotypes. Published for the Ukrainian community in North..... More
[Regensburg]: Vydavnytstvo “ukrains’ke slovo", 1946. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with vignette to rear wrapper; [4], 192 pp. illustrations and portraits. Wrappers lightly worn; text toned due to paper stock; front and rear wrappers beginning to detach along crease. [Hemingway’s “Killers” in Ukrainian]. A literary anthology of..... More
Moscow: „Vsekokhudozhnik”, 1934. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 28, [3] pp. interleaved with [9] leaves of plates on coated stock. Stamp of the “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. Light wear to overlapping wrapper edges and small chip to lower right corner; else very good. An illustrated catalog for..... More
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Kraków: Wydawnictwo Myśli Nieinternowanej, 1985. Octavos (19.5 × 14 cm). Original illustrated staple-stitched self- wrappers; 12 pp. per issue with numerous illustrations in black and one color (red and blue) throughout, as well as one larger two-page illustration per issue. Light soil to edges; very good. Two issues of this..... More
Kharkiv: Derzhavno vydavnytstvo Ukrainy, 1928–1932. Octavos (ca. 23 × 17 cm). Original decorative wrappers by Vadym Meller, printed in orange and red; ca. 120–220 pp. per issue. Most issues with several leaves of plates on coated stock. Good to very good, with some issues uncut and unopened; stamps of the..... More
Unpaginated (circa 220 pp.) text documenting the life of the Soviet leader, including images of numerous letters and articles written by the leader accompanied by translations into English, the work is a remarkable example of political hagiography, featuring images from the moment of his birth through to his death, heavily..... More
Paris: Izdanie Tsentral’nogo Komiteta (A. Gnatovskii), 1909. Octavo (20.7 × 14.5 cm). Original orange printed wrappers; 484 pp. In later red cloth portfolio, with gilt title to front board. Wrappers somewhat discolored; tear to first leaf; else very good. First edition of speeches and other proceedings from the Congress, which..... More
Year 35, No. 1 (January 1923) through Year 35, No. 12 (December 1923), 12 issues bound in 1, 228 pp. serial devoted to numerous aspects of the Hungarian printing industry, including advertising posters, book cover design, print ads, etc., heavily illustrated throughout, many images in excellent color, some tipped-in. 4to..... More
Prague: Český fond výtvarných umění, 1965. Octavo (18 × 12 cm). Staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [16] pp. Very good. Scarce exhibition catalog of František Hudeček, with six full-page reproductions and a list of works exhibited. Introductory article by Eva Petrova and artist biography. The artist was an early member of the..... More
Prague: B. Martos, 1922–1928. Octavos (23 × 15.4 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers on dark blue stock; 31, [1] and 35, [1] pp. Owner inscription of A. A. Granovsky to front wrappers; else very good. Two single issues of this Ukrainian journal published in Prague for seven years. Contributions by..... More
Moscow: Upravlenie glavnogo nachal’nika snabzheniia R.K.K.A., 1922. Octavo (22 × 18 cm). Contemporary brown cloth, with original decorative wrappers preserved; 147 pp. with 13 leaves of illustrations to rectos and 5 fold-out patterns, some in color. Catalog to inside rear wrapper. Pre-war library stamp of a military book store to..... More
Berlin: Knigoizdatel'stvo pisatelei v Berline, [1922]. Octavo. Original decorative wrappers by Ivan Mozalevskii; 133, [1] pp. Fifteen titles and end decorations by S. Segal'. About very good; spine neatly repaired; hand-written label to spine strip; small stain to front wrapper. With Gleb Alekseev, Aleksei Tolstoi, Vladimir Lidin, Savvatii, O. Savich..... More