![Trn: satirický časopis studentů [The thorn: a satirical student journal]. Vol. 3, no. 11...](/pictures/thumb/P6256_1.jpg?v=1591812374)
Prague: 1924-1932. Large octavo (25.5 × 17.5 cm). Publisher's typographically illustrated self-wrappers; [16] pp. including wrappers. Very good; spine fold somewhat rubbed; very faint old vertical crease. Single early issue of this astonishingly rich -- in text, image, and typographic design -- satirical journal of the Czech avant-garde period, which..... More
![Trn: satirický časopis studentů [The thorn: a satirical student journal]. Vol. 3, no. 1...](/pictures/thumb/P6445_1.jpg?v=1591812381)
Prague: 1924-1932. Large octavo (25.4 × 17.7 cm). Publisher's pictorial wrappers; 16 pp. as well as text to wrappers. Very good or better. Single early issue of this astonishingly rich -- in text, image, and typographic design -- satirical journal of the Czech avant-garde period, which features uncredited typographic layout..... More
![Nagrudnye znaki russkoi armii [Medals of the Russian Military]. Andolenko, erge](/pictures/thumb/P6314_1.jpg?v=1592502243)
Paris: Tanais, 1966. Octavo (25 × 16.5 cm). Original decorative boards; 227, [5] pp. Illustrations throughout. Some hand coloring of medals (likely by Pavel Pashkov) on pp. 29–33, 45, and 199. Very good. First edition of Serge Andolenko’s work on Russian medals. The introduction to the text indicates that the..... More
![Ne ubii: drama v piati deisviiakh [Thou Shalt Not Kill: a drama in five acts]. Leonid Andreev](/pictures/thumb/P003856_1.jpg?v=1593527643)
Berlin: J. Ladyschnikow Verlag GmbH, [1913]. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 94, [4] pp. Added German title: Du sollst nicht töten … drama. About very good; text block lightly resized; owner inscription to ffep. Leonid Andreev (1871-1919) was a writer, reporter and photographer who enjoyed literary success..... More
![Graficheskie iskusstva i reproduktsiia [Graphic arts and reproduction techniques]. Vladimir...](/pictures/thumb/P004283_001.jpg?v=1580327085)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1923. Octavo (22 × 17.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 171 pp, [15] leaves of plates, some tipped in. Wrappers dust-soiled; overlapping wrapper edges creased and with a few smaller tears; internally very good. Rare bibliophile publication which introduces readers to various forms of graphic reproduction and printing methods..... More
Warsaw: Galeria Foksal PSP Books, 1971. Quarto (29.5 × 21 cm). Single leaf, printed to recto. Old horizontal fold, else very good. Exhibition announcement for an anonymous group show at the Foksal Gallery in Warsaw, with a poem printed in English and Polish. Foksal Gallery was founded in 1966 by..... More
Geneva: George & Cie, 1903. Octavo (19.5 × 12 cm). Original printed wrappers; 480 pp. Unopened and uncut. Light soil and moisture stain to wrappers; wrapper edges chipped. Internally very good. A socially and politically liberal philosophical tract, focusing on the reign of Alexander III in Russia (1881–1894), this text..... More
Two postcards, each an original photographic print, measuring ca. 8.8 × 13.6 cm. Overall very good; one with text in pencil to verso, but not sent. In mylar sleeves. Two striking Czechoslovak postcards, each using photo-montage to depict a different theme, including the Báťa Hotel in Zlín and another Báťa-themed..... More
![Taina zamka Zendy [The Prisoner of Zenda]. Perevod s angliiskogo N. P. V.; Biblioteka...](/pictures/thumb/P002558_1.jpg?v=1591527423)
Paris; Kaunas: La Source (Rodnik); BUR, 1927. Small octavo (17 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [3], 4-190, [1] pp. Uncut and unopened copy; wrappers neatly detached from text block and lightly soiled, with some creasing to overlapping edges; a handsome copy nevertheless. Rare translation of Anthony Hope's "Prisoner of..... More
Tallinn: ["Aktsiooni" Kirjastus], 1927-1933. Octavos (16.3 x 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Peet Aren, Märt Laarman and Jaan Vahtra; 28, [4]; 60, [4]; and 63, [I] pp. Very good or better. Antson (1899-1945) was an Estonian teacher, journalist, and writer who participated in the "Aktsioon" ("Action") literary group and..... More
Buenos Aires: Izd. Argentinskogo otdela Russkogo Obsche-voinskogo soiuza, 1957. Octavo (19 × 14). Modern quarter cloth over boards with original printed wrappers preserved; 117, [2] pp. Very good. This émigré commemorative volume is dedicated to General Mikhail Alekseev (1857-1918), founder of the White resistance movement. The volume celebrates Alekseev’s centenary..... More
![Puteshestvie. Proza, lirika, illiustratsii [The Journey. Prose, poetry, illustrations]. Aleksandr...](/pictures/thumb/50855_1.jpg?v=1593536104)
St. Petersburg: [self-published?], 1993. Octavo (20 × 14.5 cm). Original illustrated staple-stitched wrappers; 188, [2] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers; corners of front wrapper chipped. A good copy. Assembled in the tradition of “unofficial” Soviet literature, this self-published collection of short prose, poetry, and drawings reflects the transitional..... More
Brussels: Galerie Regard 17, [1972]. Single leaf of coated stock, folded three times to create a leaflet, [4] pp. of text and one large color reproduction to recto. Very good. An apparently unrecorded program for an exhibition of works by Arnošt Budík, an important younger-generation Czech surrealist who was a...... More
![Pesni Bor’by [Songs of struggle]. Pavel Arskii](/pictures/thumb/50619.jpg?v=1585251255)
St. Petersburg: Proletkul’t, 1919. Octavo (21 × 14.5 cm). Original illustrated, staple-stitched wrappers; 37, [2] pp. Wrappers very lightly chipped; paper restoration to spine extremities and wrapper edges. Still about very good. Fifth edition of the debut collection of poetry by one of the early members of Petrograd (St. Petersburg)..... More
![Zritel': ezhenedel'no [The Spectator: a weekly], nos. 2, 3, 10, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,...](/pictures/thumb/P004272_1.jpg?v=1590053885)
St. Petersburg: Tip. "Sever", 1905-06. Quartos (ca. 33 × 23 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; 8-16 pp. each. Each issue with numerous black-and-white, and some color, cartoons and drawings and a color title illustration. About very good to very good issues, with the occasional light wear, dust-soiling, and light stamps; only..... More
![Gromy o mramor: stikhi 1924–25 goda [Thunder against marble: poems written in 1924–1925]....](/pictures/thumb/50738_1.jpg?v=1589471227)
Kharkov: Izdatel’stvo “Proletarii”, 1926. Octavo (16.3 × 14.6 cm). Original sewn pictorial wrappers by Aseev (?); 102, [1] pp. Light wear to spine and corners; overall about very good. First and only editon of these poems by Aseev, which includes three cycles, entitled “Romantsero,” “Dni,” and “Pesni.” Although best known..... More
![Poemy [Poems]. Aseev, Leonid Khizhinskii, ikolai](/pictures/thumb/P5853_1.jpg?v=1589471239)
Leningrad-Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1925. Octavo (17 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Leonid Khizhinskii; 87, [2] pp. About very good; private owner stamps of A. J. Liutkevicius; wrappers lightly worn. First and only editon of this collection of narrative poems by Aseev, which includes six cycles, entitled “Avtobiografiia Moskvy,”..... 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
Prague: Bedřich Kočí, [ca 1900]. Quarto (28 × 20 cm). Original drawn pictorial wrappers with publisher's device to rear wrapper; XVI pp., 38 leaves of plates on heavy paper stock. Signed and inscribed by Anna Kuberová-Muchová, sister of Alfons Mucha. Good or better; wrappers lightly discolored; binding somewhat shaken. Issued..... More
![Katsaveiki: vizual’nye ritm/into (stikhi) [Katsaveiki: visual rhythm/into (verse)]. Avtograf...](/pictures/thumb/P5374_1.jpg?v=1589982451)
[New York]: George Reavey (The Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc.), 1968. Oblong octavo (14 × 20 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [48] pp. Signed and inscribed to title: "Dorogoi Nine s bezotvetnost’iu v liubvi (samoi druzheskoi!), noiabr' 10, 1984, NYC (To Dear Nina, with unrequitedness in love (the most platonic..... More
Moscow: Detskii drug, 1905. Octavo. Staple-stitched pink printed wrappers; [3], 25 pp. Light wear and fading to front wrapper; oxidation around staples; small stain to rear wrapper. Originally distributed as a free supplement to the children's journal Detskii drug, this booklet is divided into two parts and contains advice on..... More
[Paris]: Société nouvelle de librairie et d'édition, 1905. Octavo (19 × 12.5 cm). Contemporary half-leather with gilt-tooled red leather spine label; 978, [8] pp. Lacking original wrappers, title, and a first leaf with preface; second leaf with restauration; else a very good copy with wide uncut margins in an attractive..... More
Leningrad: Leningrad: Narkomzdrav SSSR, Medgiz, Leningradskoe otdelenie, 1941. Octavo (19 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers; 104 pp. With 102 anatomical drawings. Some wear to spine extremities and spine stop; diagonal creases and light soil to front wrapper. Erased inscription in blue ink to top of title page. Internally very..... More
Špilberk Castle, Brno: between 1841 and 1855. Wooden box, measuring 27 × 18.5 × 10 cm. A contemporary manuscript paper ticket (3 × 7 cm), mounted to interior of lid, reads: “Eine Sträflings-Arbeit von dem berühmten Räuber Babinskӱ (früher Wachtmeister bei den Uhlanen) verfertigt. Er wurde wegen seinen Mordthaten und..... More
Berlin: Slovo, 1921. Octavo (19 × 12.5 cm). Original cloth with paper-covered boards; 209, [5] pp. With a facsimile introduction by the author. Very good. A collection of Russian translations by the Silver Age and Symbolist poet Konstantin Bal'mont (1867-1942), who became famous for his highly experimental, sonorous and musical..... More