Brno: Vladimír Matula, 1946. Octavo (22.5 × 13.8 cm). Original tan printed wrappers; [16] pp. of old laid paper. With an original frontis engraving by Václav Zykmund, signed in pencil, and his overall design. Signed by Halas to first page. Wrappers somewhat discolored and worn to upper spine; contents fine..... More

Prague: Fr. Borový, 1948. Octavo (21.2 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 65, [6] pp. Very good. Third, expanded edition of Halas’ collection of verse (first published in 1927, then in 1938), here with wrappers illustrated using a drawing by Jan Smetana (1918–1998). Outside the Czech Republic, KVK, OCLC show..... More

Slezská Ostrava: Tiskem a nákladem Aloise Šaška, [1923]. Oblong octavo (14.4 × 21.2 cm). Original decorative card portfolio, containing [8] pp. of introductory text and 60 numbered lithographed plates in black-and-white on card stock. The cards fine; the portfolio worn, with tape repairs and one flap detached. Portfolio of decorative..... More

Prague: Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum, 1985. Octavo (20.7 × 15 cm). Original yellow printed folder containing [6] + 38 leaves of Hoffmeister's humorous collages to rectos. Very good. Complete series of reproductions of humorous collages, or jokes in collage form, by Adolf Hoffmeister (1902-1973), an artist influenced by the Poetist style formulated..... More

Berlin: Izdatel'stvo Skify, 1920. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; [7], 8-80 pp. A very good, apparently unread copy; tiny stain to front free end paper and light soil to lower spine extremity. One of the first publications of this Socialist Revolutionary-allied publishing house, founded in 1920 by..... More

Prague: Jaroslav Motyčka, 1930. Octavos (23.5 × 16 cm). Publisher's pictorial wrappers; 440 pp. of consecutive pagination. Occasional light ear to wrapper edges; overall very good. Substantial first year run of this Czech interwar journal, which was associated with the Czech National Labor Party (Národní strana práce) and the Czech..... More

1947-1949. Brno: Blok výtvarných umělců země Moravskoslezské, 1947-1949. Quartos (28.6 × 20.7 cm). Original pictorial and photo-illustrated wrappers; 324, 352, and 364 pp. per volume (continuous pagination), and additional leaves of advertisement. The supplements, where applicable, are separately paginated, and between 16 and 24 pp. each, with additional illustrations and..... More

Prague: Filmový ústav, 1966. Octavo (20 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Jaroslava Veselá; 220 pp. of reproduced typescript to rectos and versos. Very good; in protective mylar. The first volume to gather Karel Teige's various articles on film, mostly published during the 1920s and 1930s, with a lengthy..... More

Krakow: Naklad Towarzystwa Wydawnictw Ludowych, 1906. Octavo (21.5 × 14.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Henryk Uziembło; 160 pp. Light overall wear to wrappers; spine sun-tanned; discrete owner signature to title; overall very good. First edition thus. Polish translation of the famous Erfurt Program of 1891 of the SPD (Socialist..... More

Tokyo: Ars, 1927–1930. Small quartos (27.5 × 19.5 cm). Original pictorial card wrappers, in the original printed cardboard slipcases; ca. 100–150 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. Some wear to wrappers and slipcases; one slipcase lacking; overall still very good. A remarkable compendium of international commercial and graphic art..... More

Prague: F. Svoboda, 1921–1922. Small quartos (28 × 18.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 144 pp (consecutive pagination). Numerous illustrations, some full-page. Overall very good; a few nicks to the fragile wrappers of issue one; only the special issue with some fraying and tears to wrappers. Rare Czech modernist and avant-garde..... More

Prague: Družstvo Dílo, 1945. Octavo (21.5 × 15.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers over blind wraps; 22, [2] pp. Signed and inscribed by Kolář on half title. A very good copy; very light nicks to outer wrappers. First edition of this book of poems by Kolář (1914–2002), the co-founder of the..... More

Prague: Československý spisovatel, [1968]. Quarto (29.5 × 18 cm). Original blind wrappers with typo-illustrated dust-wrappers; accordeon-bound leaves; [69] pp. With four full-page color lithographs ("graphic labyrints") by Zdeněk Sklenǎŕ and numerous pages of typographic compositions by Hlavsa. A very good copy. Bilingual edition, with text in Latin and Czech, of..... More