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

Second edition. Prague: F. Svoboda, 1925, Octavo (21.2 × 13.5 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Vojtěch TIttelbach (signed); 66, [3] pp. Signed and inscribed by Biebl in 1928. Lower spine with light wear; else about very good. Second editon of this volume of poems by the Devětsil poet Konstantin Biebl..... More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1920. Large octavo (26 × 21 cm). Original orange paper-covered boards, incorporating an illustration by Mikhail Larionov; 26 pp. With six illustrations by Larionov throughout. Recent professional repair to spine; moisture damage to boards; very light traces of moisture to plates; still good or better. First..... More

[Prague]: Ministerstvo Školství a Kultury, 1957. Octavo (21 × 14.5 cm). Original pictorial dust-wrappers over staple-stitched printed wrappers; [28] pp. With twelve full-page reproductions and two smaller plates. Very good. Catalog of a major exhibition of the works of Bohumír Dvorský (1902-1976), a Czech painter of the Academy who created..... More

Prague: self-published, 1941. Small octavo. Original illustrated card wrappers; 20, [1] pp. Some underlining in blue ink in text. Striking photo-illustrated design by Karel Černý. A fine copy. Bohuslav Brouk (1912–1978) was a Czech psychoanalyst, philosopher, art theoretician, and writer. He was one of the first promoters of Freud’s work..... More

Prague: Melantrich, 1946. Large octavos (25 × 18 cm). Publisher's decorative wrappers; 633, [5] pp. of consecutive pagination. Numerous black-and-white reproductions on better stock. Wrappers lightly dust-soiled; else very good. Complete first year run of this important Czech postwar journal, edited by the literary and art critic Jindřich Chalupecký (1910-1990)..... More

Tbilisi: Tip. Gaz. “Zaria vostoka”, 1927. Octavo (22.8 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 30 pp. Cover illustration by Kirill Zdanevich. Very discrete repairs to wrappers, with professional paper restauration; text evenly toned due to stock; still about very good. First edition of the only collection of poems by Nikolai..... More

Prague – Prešov: Ceskoslovenská grafická Unie, 1935. Octavo (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 13 pp. of text, color frontis, 29 black-and-white and three more color plates. Very good. The first monograph on Ľudovít Fulla (1902–1980), the Slovak painter and graphic artist. Fulla's work was crucial to the development..... More

Tbilisi: Gosizdat Gruzii, 1930. Octavo (19 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Irakli Gamrekeli; 79 pp. With photographs showing Gamrekeli's designs for the stage. Light overall wear to wrappers; front wrapper somewhat spotted; rust to staple; still about very good. First and only edition of this Russian-language monograph on..... More

Prague: self-published, 1920. 12mo (12 × 12 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 32, [1] pp. Very good; very light wear to wrappers. Scarce anthology of aphorisms on the topic of love, marriage, women, and sex by the still relatively unknown Czech writer and cabaret artist, who was a student of the..... More

Sofia: Musala, 1932. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Georgi Atanasov; 143, [1] pp. Light wear to overlapping wrapper edges; chip to rear wrapper; still about very good. Bulgarian translation of Soviet writer Aleksandr Fadeev's (1901-1956) important early novel about the Civil War, which chronicles the decimation..... More

Prague: Melantrich a.s., 1933-1934. Small quartos (26 × 20 cm). Original printed wrappers; 640 pp. (continuous pagination). Overall very good; occasional light wear to wrappers. Complete first year, comprising twenty issues, in the original printed wrappers, of this Czechoslovak journal for the arts, literature, and criticism. The first two years..... More

Tbilisi: 1925. Quarto (30.5 × 22.5 cm). Original illustrated wrappers with a cubist-inspired portrait by Iraklii Gamrekeli; 23, [1] pp. Numerous photographs. Disbound from volume, with small nicks to spine and some resizing; else about very good. Issue 22 of the second iteration of the most influential and well-respected Georgian..... More