Leningrad: Gublit, ca. 1925-1928? Various formats. Three small posters, printed to rectos in blue and red. About very good; small nicks and tears to edges. In protective mylar sleeve. Contains the following slogans: "Kazhdoe novoe sel’sko-khoziaistvennoe tovarishchestvo – zalog uluchsheniia krest'ianskogo khoziaistva (Every new agricultural cooperative plays its part in..... More
Paris: Izdanie soiuza Russkikh dvorian, 1936. Octavo (24 × 16). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 47, [1]. Portraits of Czar Alexander II and six activists of the serfdom reform. Stamps of Gallipoli Veterans in Brno to front wrapper, title and last page. Some soiling and wear to wrappers; vertical crease to..... More
Jíru, Václav. Unpaginated (circa 5 pp.) preface to a presentation of twelve 5" x 7" original photographic postcards showing works by the Czech photographer best known for his magazine work, including landscapes and streetscapes. 8vo. Postcards loose as issued in wrpps. portfolio. Prague (Edice Profily) 1963. More
Prague: Nakladatelství Pavel Prokop, [1935]. Small octavo (17 × 10.6 cm). Original printed wrappers on yellow stock; 74 pp. Wrappers and first leaf dust-soiled; else very good. An interesting memento of the pro-Soviet sympathies in the Czech interwar Republic, the present volume contains five short satirical plays, by Grigorii Gradov..... More
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo "Trud i kniga", 1925. Octavo (26.7 × 18 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unattributed) printed in red and black; 206 pp. Frontis portrait of Lenin. Illustrated throughout from photographs, musical notation, and with drawn section dividers. From the collection of Marcel Bekus, with his small oval stamp (“Ex-libris Marcel..... More
[Moscow]: A. Rerikh, ca. 1900-1903. Oblong folio (25.5 × 35 cm). Original embossed green cloth with gilt title to front board and 25 leaves of photographic plates. Inscription to marbled boards reads: “Presented to F. Lambert by acting Abbot of Solovetsky Monatery, Sept. 20, 1918.” Boards and corners lightly scuffed;..... More
Bad Homburg: NTS sector vnutrennei raboty, 1953-1960. Quartos (30 x 21 1/2 cm). Original printed wrappers; 24, 62, 30, 58, and 44 pp., mimeographed text. Some rusting around staples, browning and slight mildew-staining to some first covers, first three issues with some minor chipping and small areas of paper loss..... More
Czechoslovakia: Středočeská galerie, 1968. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched green printed wrappers; [16] pp. Six full-page reproductions. Very good. Exhibition catalog of Skupina 42, with an introduction by Jan Dvořák featuring biographical information on the artists and a list of works exhibited. The Czech post-war artist collective “Skupina 42”..... More
Opava: Galerie Zámek Hradec u Opavy, [1967]. Octavo (23.5 × 17 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers; 23, [1] pp. Nine black-and-white reproductions. Very good. Scarce exhibition catalog of the Fantasmagie group around Aubin Pasque and the C.I.A.F.M.A. (Centrale International de l’Actualité Fantastique et Magique). Held May-August 1967. Contains poems by..... More
Prague: Prague: Grafia dělnická knihtiskárna, 1928. Octavo (23 × 15.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 115, [40] pages of reproductions in black-and-white. Spine extremities frayed; wrappers lightly toned; still about very good. Divided into four sections on Czechoslovak art: painting, art on paper, sculpture and architecture. With an added German preface..... More
Moscow: “Vsekokhudozhnik”, 1932. Octavo (17.8 × 12.7 cm). Original printed wrappers; 39, [1] pp. interleaved with [11] leaves of plates on coated stock. Stamp of the “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. Very good. An illustrated catalog for an exhibition of artists who held residencies in Soviet factories and construction sites in..... More
Bratislava: Odborné učilišťe štátnych pracovných záloh číslo 15, 1955. Large octavo (25 × 17 cm). Original embossed beige cloth; ca. 200 leaves of text to rectos. Title beginning to detach; else very good. Scarce and very appealing Slovak typographic specimen book, published by a state-run trade school in Bratislava, evidently..... More
![Book ID: 52339 Wryj: miesięcznik [In the snout: a monthly magazine], nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 (of...](/pictures/thumb/52339_1.jpeg?v=1663704689)
Rzeszów: Wszechnica Zwiazkowa MKR NSZZ Solidarność, 1981. Quartos (30 × 21 cm). Original self-wrappers with 8–12 pp per issue of offset-reproduced typescript and photographic collages. Light soil to first issue, else very good. Four issues (of six published) of this short-lived satirical magazine connected with Solidarność in Rzeszów. The biting..... More
Petrograd: Izdanie khudozhestvenno-graficheskogo zavedeniia "Union", [1916]. Octavo (23 × 17.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 60 pp. Light moisture damage, affecting margins of first and last few leaves; some wear to spine extremities; still good or better. Catalog of the forty-fourth exhibition of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions, known as..... More
Moscow: Tip. V. Gotie, 1863. Octavo (23 × 15 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 5 pp. Binding reinforced with paper; foxing throughout. About good. Geneva: Russkaia tipografiia, 1939. Octavo (20.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 16, [1] pp. Five leaves of illustrations. Light soil to wrappers, else very good. Two..... More
Warsaw: Państwowe Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych, 1971. Single leaf printed in color, with vertical and horizontal folds, measuring 60 × 48 cm. In Polish, Russian, French, English and German. Scale 1:1 500 000. Light soil to recto; still about very good. A stark pictogram map of Nazi atrocities and war crimes..... More
Prague: Správní rada elektr. podniků hl. m. Prahy, 1933. Quarto (29.5 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated self-wrappers; 16 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs (not attributed). About very good; old vertical crease from mailing; protective mylar cover. Single issue of the striking photo-illustrated periodical issued by Prague’s electricity works, as..... More
![Book ID: P5539 Zpěvy o Rusku [Songs about Russia]. From the Russian by Jaroslav...](/pictures/thumb/P5539_1.jpg?v=1585253403)
1946. V Hlučíně: Slezské tisk., nakl. a knihk. družstvo, 1946. Octavo (21 × 15.3 cm). Original typographically designed wrappers by Zdeněk Rossmann; 43, [3] pp. About fine. Scarce undocumented regional, Silesian avant-garde publication with a striking, spare wrapper design by Zdeněk Rossmann, an important Czech architect and graphic designer who..... More
[Warsaw]: self-published, 1984. Quarto (29.8 × 20.8 cm). Original side-stapled pictorial card boards; 16 pp. With additional text and image to recto and verso of front and rear wrapper. A very good copy. In the form of a comic book, this Polish samizdat publication presents the narrative of the first..... More
![Book ID: 51944 SA. Sovremennaia arkhitektura [CA. Contemporary Architecture], no. 4–5....](/pictures/thumb/51944.jpg?v=1655993835)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1927. Octavos (34 × 24 cm). Original decorative wrappers by A. Gan; [1], 111–156, [2] pp. Illustrations throughout. In Russian and German. Wrappers professionally restored; light wear and chipping to corners; good or better. A richly-illustrated anniversary issue of the leading journal of Constructivist architecture edited by..... More
![Book ID: 51823 Duglas Ferbenks [Douglas Fairbanks]. Populiarnaia kino-bibliotechka, vypusk...](/pictures/thumb/51823_1.jpg?v=1643295487)
Moscow; Leningrad: Kino-izdatel’stvo R.S.F.S.R., 1925. 12mo (14.5 × 11 cm). Original staple stitched pictorial wrappers (not attributed, but signed "MK"); 16 pp. Illustrations in the text. Store stamp and small ink markings to rear wrapper. Still about very good. First edition. A NEP-era fan booklet dedicated to the king of..... More
![Book ID: 51782 Krasnoarmeets [Red Army soldier], no. 21–22. Trudovoi nomer,...](/pictures/thumb/51782_1.jpg?v=1641397453)
Moscow: Literaturno-izdatel’skii otdel Politicheskogo Upravlen. Revoliutsionnogo Voennogo Soveta Respubliki, 1920. Quarto (30 × 23.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs and drawings; with facsimile signatures of Soviet leaders. About very good; some creasing and fraying to edges. Special “labor issue” of this journal for Red..... More
Moscow: Knigoizdatel’stvo “Tvorchestvo”, 1918. Quarto (31.5 × 24.9 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with a woodcut by Nikolai Kupreianov, printed in black and green; 15, [1] pp. About very good. First issue, of seven published, of this early Soviet journal of literature and the arts, which appeared in 1918–1922 and..... More
1978. Arnhem: Gemeentemuseum, 1978. Single leaf of white stock, A4, offset printed to recto. Old crease; still about very good, in protective mylar sleeve. Early announcement of a joint performance (four pieces) by Marina Abramović and her long-time collaborator Frank Uwe Laysiepen (Ulay), who lived and worked together from 1976..... More
Paris: self-published, 1935. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 62, [2] pp. Includes maps. Partially unopened and uncut. Light foxing to wrappers and along the fore edge, else very good. A WWI testimony, this pamphlet describes the devastating “victory” in the battle for Trysten’ of the Keksgol’m battalion..... More