1978. [Zagreb]: 1978. Single leaf of white stock, A4, offset-printed to recto. Old horizontal crease; still very good, in protective mylar sleeve. Scarce flyer announcing the exhibition of A4, a series of mixed media works on paper by Stilinović, the Belgrade-born neo-avantgarde artist active in Zagreb. The works were created..... More
1988. Zagreb: Galerija Proširenih medija, 1988. Single leaf of white stock, A4, xerox-printed to recto. Old horizontal crease; still about very good, in protective mylar sleeve. Scarce flyer announcing the second exhibition of a famous installation by Stilinović, the Belgrade-born neo-avantgarde artist active in Zagreb, and associated with the "Group..... More
![Jen země (Rien que la terre) [Nothing but the earth]. Paul Morand, Jarmila Fastrova](/pictures/thumb/P6100_1.jpg?v=1580327097)
1928. Prague: Václav Petr, 1928. Octavo (23 × 13.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by C. Bouda; 116, [1] pp. Very good, in protective mylar. A Czech translation of a fictional travelogue, written in 1926 by the French modernist Paul Morand (1888-1976). The photo-montage cover design was done by the celebrated..... More
![Dějiny Spojených Států [Pocket history of the United States]. Allan Nevins, Henry Steel...](/images/noimage.png)
Prague: Meltantrich, 1947. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers; 376, [3] pp. Very good, in protective mylar. A late photomontage design by Karel Teige. Translated by St. Budin. A hardcover version was also published. See Karel Teige a typografie 5.2.1. More
![Ulice Gît-le-coeur [Rue Gît-le-coeur]. Vítězslav Nezval, designer Jindřich...](/pictures/thumb/50552_1.jpg?v=1581508628)
Prague: Fr. Borový, 1936. Octavo (21.3 × 13.4 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Jindrich Štyrský; 120, [3] pp. A fine copy. Photomontage cover designed by Jindrich Styrsky. Illustrated with eight photographs by Nezval, Jindřich Štyrský, and Jindřich Honzl. Poetic essays by Nezval on his stay in Paris and his companionship..... More
![Monaco: román [Monaco: a novel]. Vítězslav Nezval, designer Jindrich...](/pictures/thumb/50540_1.jpg?v=1581695279)
Prague: Mánes, 1934. Octavo (19.2 × 13 cm). Original photomontage dust-wrapper over printed wrappers by Jindřich Štyrský; 147, [1] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to Vlastimil Fiala. Very good. Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a leading light of Czech poetism and, later..... More
![Karneval [Carneval]. Vitězslav Nezval, designer Jiri Kroha](/pictures/thumb/50555_1.jpg?v=1581695288)
Prague: Odeon, 1926. Octavo (21.3 × 13.4 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Jiri Kroha; 103 pp. Signed by Nezval to half title. Good or better; light wear to lower spine and foreedge of wrappers. High Poetism in verse and cover design, with a cover photomontage signed "J. Don", thought to..... More
![Zpáteční lístek [Return ticket: poems]. Vitězslav Nezval, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50556_1.jpg?v=1581695290)
Prague: Fr. Borový, 1933. Octavo (21.3 × 13.4 cm). Original photomontage wrappers and title page designed by Karel Teige; 234, [1] pp. A fine copy. First edition of this volume of poems, with overall design by Karel Teige. Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a...... More
![Falešný mariáš [False poker]. Vitězslav Nezval, Štyrský, designers Toyen](/pictures/thumb/50554_1.jpg?v=1581695287)
Prague: Jan Fromek; Odeon, 1925. Octavo (19.6 × 13.8 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Jindrich Štyrský and Toyen (signed); 38, [3] pp. Signed by Nezval; very good. Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a leading light of Czech poetism and, later, surrealism, as well as..... More
Paris: self-published, 1921. Small octavos (11 × 7.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 16 pp. each. Very good. Two versions of the “Zemgor” (Russian Zemstvos and Towns Relief Committee) charter, printed in French and Russian. The pamphlets lay out the purpose and bylaws of this humanitarian organization. Founded in Paris..... More
Prague: Izdanie Prazhskogo Zemgora, 1931 (printed in France). Octavo (24 × 15.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 135, [2] pp. Light soil and foxing to wrappers, else very good. Jubilee publication marking ten years of the Prague “Zemgor” (Russian Zemstvos and Towns Relief Committee), a Czech branch of one of the..... More
Prague: Izdanie ekonomicheskogo kabineta, 1926. Octavo (23 × 15.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 26 pp. Very good. A five-year (1921–1926) account of the complex relationship between the League of Nations and the Russian refugee organizations during the period immediately following the Russian Civil War (1918–1922). The author advocates for..... More
St. Petersburg: XX Vek, 1902. Octavo (18.3 × 12.3 cm). Contemporary beige cloth; [4], 379 pp. Sixteen photographic portraits on separate leaves; numerous decorative head pieces and vignettes. Original wrappers perished; stamp of a non-existing lending library to title; else about very good. First and only edition of this sensationalist..... More
1930. Harbin: self-published (Khudozhestvennaia tipografiia), 1930. Octavo (17.6 × 13 cm). Contemporary buckram boards; original wrappers perished; 76, [2] pp. Frontis portrait of the author on better paper stock. About very good. [Eye Surgery for a Wounded Soldier of Ungern’s Army]. First and only Russian edition of this gruesome autobiographical..... More
![Otvorené okná [Open windows]. Laco Novomeský, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50539_1.jpg?v=1581695278)
Bratislava and Prague: L. Mazáč, 1935. Octavo (18 × 13.3 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige. 62, [1] pp. In Slovak. A very good copy, in protective mylar. Third volume of poems by the Slovak poet, journalist, and later commnist politician Laco Novomeský (1904-1976) Karel Teige a typografie 445..... More
![Armiia i flot: voennyi spravochnik [The army and the navy: a military directory]. V. V. Orekhov,...](/pictures/thumb/P6705_1.jpg?v=1580327115)
Paris: izd. Chasovoi, 1931. Octavo (18.5 × 13.5). Original printed wrappers; 170, [6] pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good. In protective mylar. Intended for White émigré military personel, the directory offers an overview of Russian imperial military history, lists the Russian army and naval organisatons operating abroad, their history, locations, and..... More
[Warsaw]: Rekontra, [1985]. Small quarto (27 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with a large drawing, printed in green and black; 44 pp. Offset-reproduced drawn comics to rectos and versos. One page supplied by the artist, Maciek Bialy in original ink. Text detached from lower staple; else about very..... More
![Antologiia russkoi poezii XX stoletiia [An anthology of twentieth-century Russian poetry],...](/pictures/thumb/P6558_1.jpg?v=1580327106)
1920. Prague: Nacha rech', 1920. Octavos (19.5 ×14 cm). Original printed wrappers in red and blue, with translucent protective covers; 70, [1] pp. and 123, [1] pp. Owner signature of the Russian-born American painter and graphic artist Louis Lozowick. Text evenly toned due to stock; some light underlining in pencil..... More
Lublin, Poland: Labyrinth Gallery, 1980. Double-sided offset-printed broadside containing the text of Partum's Animal Manifesto, in both English and Polish, comprising 15 bullet points in which he derides the arguments that human beings are superior to animals due to the existence of rational thought, and that progress can be made..... More
128 pp. study and report (in Hungarian and German) on archeological research undertaken at the western Hungarian village of Dunapentele, the location of an important Roman military camp and town called Intercisa during Roman times, including introductory material concerning the settlement on the banks of the Danube, scholarly descriptions and..... More
![Josef Istler. [Cyklus "hlav" od Josef Istlera. The cycle of "heads" by Josef Istler]....](/pictures/thumb/P5192_1.jpg?v=1580761923)
Ústí n. Orlicí: JZK ROH Klub prátel výtvarného umění, 1965. Octavo (21.3 × 13.9 cm). Single folded leaf, printed to recto only and apparently conceived as a poster. With four full-page reproductions of Istler's work. Signed by Istler to the front page. Fine condition. Ephemeral exhibition catalog, printed as a...... More
On half-title: Gosudarstvennia Inspektsiia po Okhrane Pamiatnikov Leningrada. 368 pp. study and inventory of historic buildings in Leningrad, including palaces, public buildings, churches, and other monuments, incl. detailed descriptions, notes, and hundreds of fine illustrations in the text and on plates showing photographs and ground plans. Large 4to. Cloth. Leningrad..... More
[Harbin]: Tip. N. A. Frenkelia, [1930]. Oblong quarto (19 × 26.5 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 26 pp. Spine repaired with tape, possibly re-stapled; a few small pen annotations in ink; small tear to front cover; overall still about very good. Scarce photo-illustrated volume gathering song lyrics of tunes popular among..... More
1985. Warsaw: Rytm, 1985. Octavos (21.7 × 14.5 cm). Staple-stitched printed wrappers; [3], 6-25 [1] and [1], 4-25 [1] pp. Illustrations throughout; publisher’s catalog to last page. Very good. First editions. These strikingly illustrated books of political satire were published by the independent publishing house RYTM (Rhythm), closely connected with..... More
!["Demokratyzm" Stalina ta ioho Kominternu [The "Democratism" of Stalin and his Comintern]. M....](/pictures/thumb/P5970_001.jpg?v=1580327093)
Saskatoon: Nakladom Ukrains'koho Natsional'noho Obiednannia Kanady, 1939. Octavo (21 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 31 pp. Fine. First and only edition of this brochure, which aims to expose Stalin's "Red" Russia as an extremely anti-democratic state and inhuman dictatorship. It describes the Ukrainian People's Republic, a most democratic..... More