![Na úskalí [On the Rocks]. George Bernard Shaw, designer Ladislav Sutnar](/images/noimage.png)
Prague: Družstevní práce, 1936. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers by Ladislav Sutnar; 203, [1] pp. About very good. First edition of the scarce paperback version with Sutnar's photomontage-illustrated wrapper. One of 900 copies printed. A hardcover edition with the bound-in cover was also published and is encountered more frequently. Translated by..... More
![Smeshno o kino [About the cinema with humor]. Vadim Shershenevich, designer unattributed](/pictures/thumb/50314_001.jpg?v=1580327010)
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1928. Octavo (16.7 × 11.5). Original pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Very good. First edition of this rare collection of cinema-themed feuilletons by Shershenevich, one of the co-founders of the Ego-Futurist group and later a noted theoretician and propagator of Russian Futurism, who edited numerous almanacs and collections of..... More
1933 or 1934. Prague: 1933 or 1934. Small octavo (17 × 12 cm). Original pictorial wrappers, 50, [17] pp. Numerous photographs, adverts. Very good. [Catalog of an Important Czech Glass Exhibition]. Scarce catalog of an exhibit of modern glassware, including architectural uses of glass, which was curated and designed by..... More
St. Petersburg: Izdanie "Kol'tso Poetov," 1922. 12mo (13.8 × 11 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 31, [1] pp. About very good; private inventory stamp to front wrapper verso; small Soviet bookstore stamps to rear wrapper. Third volume of poems by Boris Viktorovich Smirenskii (1900-1970), who would go on to become..... More
Second edition. Prague: Nakladatelstvi Šolc a Šimáček, 1928. 12mo (17 × 12 cm). Original illustrated wrappers in the constructivist style by Otakar Mrkvicka; 119, [9] pp. With twenty-four drawings by Mrkvicka in the text. Very good. Interesting introduction to the history and production of film by Smrž, an instructor at..... More
![Imazhinistika [Imaginistics]. Ippolit Sokolov](/pictures/thumb/P6569_1.jpg?v=1580327108)
1921. [Moscow]: Odrnas, 1921. Large octavo (26.5 × 16 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 14 pp. Old Soviet bookstore stamp to rear wrapper; else very good. First and only edition of this treatise about Russian "Imaginism" (Imazhinism), a leading avant-garde movement that succeeded both Symbolism and Futurism, written by a...... More
1930. Kharkiv: "Proletaryi", 1930. Octavo (25 × 18.2 cm). Original decorative wrappers with a constructivist design by Adol'f Strakhov; [4], 47 pp. and [15] leaves of photogravures on better stock, of the one fold-out. Very light wear; else a very good copy, preserving the bright colors of the wrappers. Scarce..... More
![Muž divokých krajů [L'homme de la pampa]. Jules Supervielle, Karel Teige, designers Otakar...](/pictures/thumb/50551_1.jpg?v=1581695285)
Prague: Odeon, 1927. Octavo (19.8 × 13.7 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvicka (signed MaT); 88, [2] pp. Very good. Very scarce example of the ongoing collaboration on photomontage book design between Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvička, here incorporating hand lettering and an image of a...... More
Prague: Odeon, 1927-1931. Octavos (ca. 21.8 × 17.3 cm). Later full calf with titles to spines; in cloth-covered card slipcase; preserving all front and rear wrappers; approx. 32–40 pp. per issue. Numerous photographs and illustrations per issue. Wrappers resized with very slight loss to right and lower margin of wrappers..... More
1927. Prague: Spolek Typografia v Praze; Orbis, 1927. Octavo (25 × 17 cm). Original printed card folder, with thirty-four bookplates mounted on black card stock and loosely inserted; string-bound text part (14 pp.) laid in. Signed and inscribed by the editor, Rudolf Hála. Folder lightly worn; largely lacking green tie..... More
![Pastorałki [Pastorals]. Drzeworyty Tadeusza Makowskiego [Woodcuts by Tadeusz Makowski]. Tytus...](/pictures/thumb/50136_1.jpg?v=1580326930)
Paris: Polskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Książki, 1925. Quarto (26 × 21 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with a woodcut by Makowski; twelve woodcuts, of which six full- page; 34, [3] pp. Wrappers and first blank leaf with professional paper restoration; occasional foxing; else very good. Considered one of the most beautiful Polish..... More
![Sutemų skersgatviuos [I will die]. Antanas Venclova, designer Jonas J. Burbos](/pictures/thumb/50346_001.jpg?v=1585251243)
Kaunas: self-published (printed by S. Joselevičiaus), 1926. Octavo (18.7 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Jonas J. Burbos; 31 pp. A fine copy, apparently unread. Debut publication of Venclova (1906-1971), the Lithuanian and Soviet poet, writer, and politician. Venclova was the founder and editor of the most important Lithuanian..... More
![Svítaní [Dawn]. Emile Verhaeren, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50553_1.jpg?v=1581695286)
Second, corrected edition. Prague: Odeon, 1925. Octavo (19.5 × 13.5 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige; 103 pp. A good copy; wrappers somewhat discolored and worn; trace of private label to ffep. Photomontage cover design by Teige incorporating photographs of a toppled monument, a large crowd, and a funeral..... More
![Zrazená zeme [Betrayed earth: poems]. Jaroslav Zatloukal, designer Jaroslav Rossmann](/pictures/thumb/50249_1.jpg?v=1580326983)
Bratislava: Podkarpatoruské nakladatelství, 1938. Octavo (21 × 14.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 73, [3] pp. With publisher's announcement laid in. Fine. One of only four titles we can trace by this publishing house based in Bratislava and focused on the literature and culture of Carpathian Ruthenia. It was led by..... More