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

Brno: Blok výtvarných umělců země Moravskoslezské, [1946]. Oblong octavo (15 × 21 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 14 pp. Old vertical crease; else very good. Catalog of a regional exhibition in Brno, Moravia, held jointly by various associations, such as SVU Aleš Brno, SVUM Hodonín, SOV Olomouc, SUS Opava, and MSVU..... 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

Prague: Družstevní práce, 1940. Octavo (20.4 × 13.4 cm). Original cloth with original pictorial dust jacket by Ladislav Sutnar; 139, [5] pp. With six leaves of plates, featuring photographs of animals to recto and verso, on somewhat thicker paper stock. Dust jacket dust-soiled, rubbed, and torn at fold; else good..... 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

Prague: Cin, 1927. Octavo (17.5 × 11.2 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Josef Čapek; 145, [2] pp. About very good; light overall wear to wrappers; in protective mylar. An interesting example of the prolific Czechoslovak book designer's work, unusual for the incorporation of photographic element. Josef Čapek (1887−1945) was a...... More

Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Kritiki-bibliograficheskogo instituta, 1935. Octavos (24.5 × 17 cm). Original decorative staple-stitched self-wrappers; 40 pp. per issue. Illustrations throughout. Very good. This illustrated review of Soviet visual culture offers a glimpse into the editorial criteria for Soviet poster art and Socialist Realist painting during the first five-year plan (1928–1932)..... More

L'viv: Naklad vydavnychoi spilky "Novi shliakhy", 1929-1932. Octavos (25.3 × 17 cm). Original decorative wrappers by Sviatoslav Hordyns'kyi; 208; 178-376, [4]; and 103, [1] pp. Occasional illustrations and caricatures. Extensive publisher's ads, for the journal "Novi shliakhy" as well as books published by the editors. Light wear to first two..... More

V Břeclavi na Moravě: 1929-1930. Octavos (23.5 × 17.5 cm). Publisher's typographically designed self-wrappers; 160, [2] pp. (consecutive pagination). All issues very good, excepting the first issue, with wear to spine and some chipping and soil to rear wrapper. Scarce complete second year of this Czech journal of the arts..... More

Prague: B. Stýblo, 1946. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 49, [3] pp. Illustrated with a drawing by Kamil Lhoták. About very good; wrappers lightly smudged; small chip to lower left corner; in protective mylar. First edition of a long poem composed by Kundera in September 1944. With..... More

Riga: “Kulturas Balss” izdevums, 1921. Octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Niklāvs Strunke; 47, [1] pp. This copy curiously reproduced the front wrapper design to verso as well, likely a printer's error. Occasional light pencil marks; small stains to front wrapper; else very good. First editon of..... More