Three volumes of satirical epigrams (of four published total), 28, 60, and 63 pp., respectively, by the Estonian avant-garde teacher, journalist, and writer, taking aim at the literary, cultural, and political establishments within Estonia and throughout Europe, with a wide range of subjects and personalities addressed including Benito Mussolini and..... More

Moscow: Kinopechat' (Kino-Izdatel'stvo RSFSR), 1926-1928. Quarto (30.5 × 23.5 cm). Publisher's staple-stitched photo-illustrated wrappers (attributed to Gustavs Klucis); 39, [1] pp. Numerous photographs and illustrations. Very good. Early double issue of this important Soviet cinema journal, published by the Association of Revolutionary Cinematography, founded in 1924 with the objective of..... More

1924. Tartu: Propeller, 1924. Octavo (24.5 × 16.5 cm). Original wrappers with a constructivist design and typography by Jaan Vahtra; 109, [3] pp. One original woodcut print and fifteen smaller illustrations by Vahtra in the text. Printed on thick paper. A very good copy. One of the most striking publications..... More

6 pp. introductory text on the life and work of Wit Stwosz (c. 1445 - 1533), the Polish-born sculptor active in Germany, scholarly notes, and critical list, and 13 excellent gravure plates showing the etchings, a few with side-by-side views of different states. Sm. folio. Cloth-backed boards. Berlin (Bruno Cassirer)..... More

Moscow: Tip. kn-va "Koshnitsa," 1918. Octavo (17.4 × 12.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 64 pp. Very good; very minor loss to upper wrapper edge, not affecting text; in protective mylar. First volume of poems by Nikolai Sergeevich Berendgof (1902-1963), the Russian expressionist poet and later member of the "Nichevoki"..... More

Two volumes, 180, 152 pp. total, published in conjunction with the International Congress of Architects held in Budapest in 1930, the first volume collecting essays and lectures on historical and contemporary design with a special focus on 20th century architecture in Central Europe and especially Hungary, the second volume published..... More

Tbilisi: 1923. Octavo (17 × 12.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 32 pp. A very good copy; light rust to staple and old bookstore stamp to rear wrapper. First translation into Georgian of Alexander Blok’s famous 1918 long poem “The Twelve,” a poetic response to the October Revolution. The item also..... More

1925. Brno: [Grafický klub pro Moravu], 1925. Folio (44 × 32 cm). Recent gray portfolio with gilt-tooled title to front board; letterpress-printed title, introductory text, and seven plates of dry point etchings (one duplicate leaf!), some signed in the plate, and six prints signed in pencil by the artist (only..... More

1919. Ekaterinburg: Tip. Vr. Tsentr. Voenno-Prom. Komit, 1919. Octavo (18 × 11 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 16 pp. Unopened and uncut. Very good. This land reform pamphlet was published during the Russian Civil War (1918–1922) by revolutionary narodnik Anatolii Bonch-Osmolovskii (1857–1930). The author’s political activity began in 1876 when..... More

Prague: Alois Srdce, 1932. Octavo (20.2 × 13.5 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Jindřich Štyrský; 195, [2] pp. Very light dust-soiling to wrappers; else very good. Bohuslav Brouk (1912–1978) was a Czech psychoanalyst, philosopher, art theoretician, and writer. He was one of the first promoters of Freud’s work in Czechoslovakia..... More

611, (3) pp. history of Russian architecture, by numerous noted scholars, from the earliest examples to the 20th century, notes, indices, bibliographical material, hundreds of illustrations throughout showing photographs, ground plans, line drawings, elevations, folding maps, etc. Some water-staining throughout. 4to. Boards, shaken. Moscow (Gos. Izd-vo Litry po Stroitel'stvu i...... More

At head of title: Akademiia Nauk SSSR: Archiv. 372 pp. study of the history and development of architectural ensembles, or arrangements of buildings and complexes in spatial contexts, in Russia with particular attention to those in St. Petersburg, detailed scholarly notes, ext. bibliography, 86 illustrations in the text and on..... More

Leningrad: Nauchnoe knigoizdatel’stvo, 1925. Octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 154, [6] pp. With forty-nine smaller drawings in the text. Small nick to front wrapper; spine extremities very lightly frayed; text evenly toned; still about very good. First edition in Russian. This early film history, oriented toward industry..... More