Prague: Nakladatelství V. Vortel a R. Rejman, 1925. Octavo (19 × 12.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by the author; 48, [3] pp. Very good or better; in protective mylar. A fine copy of this volume of satirical poems, which make light of numerous publications and political tendencies of the period..... More

Paris: Izdanie avtora (self-published), 1937. Large octavo. Recent navy cloth boards, original front and back wrappers bound in; pp. IV-VII, 1-157, [1]. Three folding maps; charts and tables. Slightly resized; expert archival repairs to lower and upper wrapper edge and one folding map; very light smudge to front board; internally..... More

1927. Prague: R. Rejman, 1927. Small octavo (16 × 11.4 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [40] leaves. A very good copy. Scarce collection of good-natured, but witty parodies of contemporary Czech political life, including the communists, fascists, republicans, workers and bourgeois, as well as leading figures of the Czech avant-garde, such..... More

Moscow: "Nikitinskie subbotniki", 1927. Octavo. Original illustrated wrappers by S. Telingater; 249, 1] + [2] pp. publisher's ads. Uncut and unopened copy; very light dust-soiling to wrappers; crease to lower right corner of front wrapper. Part one of the novel Moscow, published as a trilogy from 1926 to 1931. Andrei..... More

Paris: YMCA-Press, [1933]. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers, 23 pp. Unread copy in fine condition. Berdiaev here presents a vigorous rebuttal to Soviet anti-religious propaganda, in particular the claim that Christianity breeds passivity and submission. In an interesting take, he deconstructs the supposed "activity" underlying Soviet industrialization..... More

Prague: "Nasha rech'", 1922. Small quarto. Original decorative wrappers; 62 pp. [9] leaves of plates featuring black-and-white reproductions of individual actors. With a full-color reproduction of Valentin Serov's portrait of Stanislavsky. Wrappers worn; rear wrapper beginning to detach; private owner stamp to title. A scarce Russian monograph on the Russian..... 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

Prague: self-published (Vytiskla knihtiskárna Antonína Lapáčka), [1930]. Octavo (19.7 × 13.8 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 56 pp. Wrappers lightly worn and rubbed, especially along spine. Not in Toman, Photo/Montage in Print. As of August 2020, KVK and OCLC show only two copies, at the Czech National Library and SLUB Dresden..... More

Výškov na Moravě: Nákladem F. Obziny, 1923. Quarto (26 × 20.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 110, [3] pp. Numerous plates, some full-page on coated stock, some tipped-in. Light wear and fraying to lower spine; very minor moisture stains to overlapping wrapper edges; overall still a very good copy. First and..... More

Berlin: “Slovo,” 1922. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm). Original quarter cloth with pictorial paper over boards; 345, [3] pp. Cover illustration by N.D. Millioti. Very good. An émigré publication of collected lyrics of the symbolist poet Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921), published shortly after his death. The second volume of a three-volume..... 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

Jersey City: Nakladom tov. "Pros'vita" v Ameritsi, 1914-1915. Octavos (18 × 12.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers on variously colored stock; ca. 60 pp. per issues. About very good. Six of eleven issues for the first year of this Ukrainian educational journal, with information on Ukrainian history, literature, and general knowledge..... More

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 duplicate..... More