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

Sel’kolkhozgiz, 1932. Octavo (25cm × 17.5cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers (not attributed); 48 pp. Very good; trace of mailing label to rear wrapper. Special issue of a long-standing journal on dairy farming, which was the continuation of a pre-revolutionary trade periodica. It was renewed in 1925 and covered such topics as..... 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

1825. Moscow and St. Petersburg: v Tipografii S. Selivanovskogo; N. Grech, 1825. Octavos (21 × 13.5 cm). Contemporary mottled calf with gilt borders, spine blind-stamped and with red label; marbled endpapers; LXVII, [1], 811, [6] and 17 pp. Front hinge starting; boards with light wear and soil; internally very good..... More

Odessa: DOTOB, 1929. Oblong octavo (13 × 22 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by H. S. Hural’nik; 64 pp. With two folding charts at the back. Light overall wear to wrappers; else about very good. Scarce documentation of the Odessa State Theatre and Ballet (DOTOB), which contains overviews and photographs..... More

Warsaw: “Arsenał”, 1955. Octavo (23 × 16.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 47 pp. with [47] leaves of photo-reproductions. Light soil to wrappers; spine extremities starting, a small chip to spine. Internally very good. A catalog of the famous “Arsenał 55” exhibition of young art, a landmark event for Polish art..... More

Berlin: Knigoizdatel'stvo "Slovo", 1924. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [4], 428 pp., with [3] pp. of publisher's ads. Very good; spine with a single crease; two small stains to rear wrapper; ca. 10 pp. affected by small scuff to lower (deckle edge) margin, else a very good..... More

Prague: [1928]. Large quarto (34.5 × 24 cm). Original quarter-cloth with hand-written label to front board; fourteen bound-in folding maps, hand-colored, with official stamps, hand-written notes, and signatures, various sizes, approximately 49 × 85 cm. each. Boards rubbed and lightly distended; three of the maps have been removed from the..... More

Warsaw: Paṅstwowe Wydawnictwo Literatury Politycznej, 1945. Octavo (20.3 × 14.8 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 50, [1] pp. Very good; small owner signature to title. Early volume documenting the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. The book was published shortly after the end of WWII in May 1945. Aside from numerous..... More

Prague: Izdanie gazety "Volia Rossii", 1921. Octavo (22.2 × 14.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [5], 183 pp. About very good; some wear to base of spine, with small loss to front wrapper; still an unusually well-preserved copy of a fragile book. Scarce early account of the Kronstadt Rebellion, an unsuccessful..... More

Geneva: Izdanie G. A. Kuklina, 1903. Octavo (17 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 14, [4] pp. Publisher’s catalog to wrappers and one leaf. Hoover Institute duplicate stamp to wrapper. Wrapper lightly discolored; wrapper edges chipped; some underlining in pencil throughout, still good or better. A pamphlet about the..... More

Moscow: Vserabis, 1931. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 23, [3] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the..... More

Moscow: Vserabis, 1928. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 20 pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good. Single issue of this journal of the Art Workers’ Trade Union (RABotniki ISkusstva), which united workers of the theater, cinema, the circus, music, photography, and the visual arts. The stated goal of..... More