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

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

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

[Prague]: Mánes, 1937. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 46 pp. of text and sixteen full-page reproductions in black and white. Very good. Catalog of an exhibition of French painting from Manet to 1937, held at the Mánes Building in Prague on April 2-25, 1937. With an introductory..... 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

Prague: self-published, 1936. Octavo (20.8 × 13.5 cm). Original typographically designed wrappers (anonymous); 28, [1] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author. Fine condition. In protective mylar sleeve. Scarce undocumented book of proletarian verse with a dominant mining theme, with a striking avant-gardistic wrapper design (unattributed). LIttle is known about..... More

Brno: Skupina výtvarných umělců v Brně, 1933. Large octavo (23.5 × 16 cm). Publisher's decorative light purple boards; 127 pp. Numerous black-and-white reproductions. Lacking the dust jacket; cloth lightly faded; else very good. Uncommon monograph on the development of modern visual art in Moravia, with a special focus on the..... 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

Prague: Odeon, 1927. Octavo (19.5 × 14 cm. Publisher's typographic wrappers, designed by Karel Teige; 123 pp. with 43 reproductions on 32 leaves of plates, on better stock. Signed by Teige to half title. Very good. First and only edition of Teige's reflections on his trip to the Soviet Union..... More

Berlin: Franz Schneider Verlag, [1924]. Small quarto (26.5 × 18.5 cm). Original gilt-ruled half calf; marbled paper-covered boards; top edge gilt; 123, [1] pp. Printed on thick wove paper, with six full-page original etchings and three vignettes, the former signed in pencil by the artist. With Masjutin's additional signature on..... 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

Moscow: 1920. Quarto (24.7 × 15.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 52 pp., [23] leaves of plates. About very good; front wrapper lightly stained and with nick to the right edge; one leaf loosened. Attractively produced catalog of engravings by the Russian artist Vasilii N. Masiutin (1884-1955), whose work blended symbolism..... More

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