![Zpáteční lístek [Return ticket: poems]. Vitězslav Nezval, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50556_1.jpg?v=1581695290)
Prague: Fr. Borový, 1933. Octavo (21.3 × 13.4 cm). Original photomontage wrappers and title page designed by Karel Teige; 234, [1] pp. A fine copy. First edition of this volume of poems, with overall design by Karel Teige. Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a...... More
![Most: básně [The bridge: verse] 1919-1921. Vítězslav Nezval](/pictures/thumb/P4528.jpg?v=1587488702)
Brno: Nakladatelství B. Kočí, 1927. Octavo (18.5 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers; 74, [4] pp. Frontis woodcut illustration by Arnošt Ráž. Spine faded; a few faint smudges throughout; a very good copy. First published book of poetry by Nezval (1900-1958), perhaps the most significant twentieth-century Czech poet. He was..... More
![Otvorené okná [Open windows]. Laco Novomeský, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50539.jpg?v=1583943900)
Bratislava and Prague: L. Mazáč, 1935. Octavo (18 × 13.3 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige. 62, [1] pp. In Slovak. A very good copy, in protective mylar. Third volume of poems by the Slovak poet, journalist, and later commnist politician Laco Novomeský (1904-1976) Karel Teige a typografie 445..... More
![Nezávislá scéna [The independent stage], vol. I, nos. 1–10 (complete run). Ludvík...](/pictures/thumb/P6057_1.jpg?v=1587489183)
Kroměříž: Nezávislá scéna v Kroměříži, [1931-1932]. Small octavos (19.2 × 14 cm). Original typographically illustrated self-wrappers (single folded leaves); 128, [1] pp. (continuous pagination). Very good or better, uncut and unopened issues. Complete first year run (of two volumes published) of this independent Czech theatre journal from Kroměříž, allied with..... More
![Antologiia russkoi poezii XX stoletiia [An anthology of twentieth-century Russian poetry],...](/pictures/thumb/P6558_1.jpg?v=1580327106)
1920. Prague: Nacha rech', 1920. Octavos (19.5 ×14 cm). Original printed wrappers in red and blue, with translucent protective covers; 70, [1] pp. and 123, [1] pp. Owner signature of the Russian-born American painter and graphic artist Louis Lozowick. Text evenly toned due to stock; some light underlining in pencil..... More
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1922. Quarto (28 × 22.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 107 pp., [30] leaves of plates, one folded; numerous illustrations throughout. With professional repair to spine; internally very good, save for stamp of a Berlin Russian book store. First monograph, containing a catalog of engravings for 1886-1921, on..... More
![Josef Istler. [Cyklus "hlav" od Josef Istlera. The cycle of "heads" by Josef Istler]....](/pictures/thumb/P5192_1.jpg?v=1580761923)
Ústí n. Orlicí: JZK ROH Klub prátel výtvarného umění, 1965. Octavo (21.3 × 13.9 cm). Single folded leaf, printed to recto only and apparently conceived as a poster. With four full-page reproductions of Istler's work. Signed by Istler to the front page. Fine condition. Ephemeral exhibition catalog, printed as a...... More
![Mednyi vsadnik: peterburgskaia povest' [The Bronze Horseman: a Petersburg tale]. A. S. Pushkin,...](/images/noimage.png)
Berlin: Knigoistavel'stvo Neva, 1922. Folio (32 × 24.5 cm). Original decorative quarter-cloth by Vasilii Masiutin; 39, [2] pp. Frontis and title printed in black and red. Eight full-page woodcut illustrations by Masiutin. Good or better; soil to front board two leaves lightly creased to lower corner. Scarce illustrated edition of..... More
), and the one of Kent State Uni Library (Ohio). Kaunas: "Sakalo" bendrovės leidinys, 1929. Octavo (18 × 12 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by J. J. Burba; 256 pp. Good or better; wrappers somewhat worn; small nicks and light soil. First edition of Remarque's (Remark) famous pacifist novel, published the same..... More
Vienna: Wilhelm Melzer, 1909. Oblong octavo (14.7 × 17 cm). Original white leather with gold, red, and black armorial stamping; all edges gilt; [2] pp., title, 1 pp. poem by Harmann Hangoo, followed by 11 fine chromolithographic plates showing an illustrated score by Haydn and scenes commemorating events in Vienna..... More
Rome: Le Edizioni d'Argo, 1950. Quarto (25.5 × 22 cm). Contemporary half-calf over laid paper with original wrappers bound at the back; frontispiece illustration by Josef Istler; 111 pp. Numerous photo-illustrations throughout. Gilt title to spine. A very good copy. First edition of this illustrated monograph on Czech poetry and..... More
![Kevad: armastusnovellid [Spring: short stories about love]. Panteleimon Romanov](/pictures/thumb/P003573_1.jpg?v=1597934824)
Tartu: Tapperi Kirjastus, 1928. Octavo (18.5 × 11.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Peet Aren; 125, [1] pp. Light general wear; rear wrapper somewhat stained, light abrasion to tail of spine; small owner inscription. Still about very good. Estonian translation of "Rasskazy o liubvi" ("Stories about love"), a collection of..... More
Brno: Rolnická tiskárna, 1928. Small octavos (17.3 × 12.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Rossmann; 11, [1] and 13, [1] pp. each. About fine. Two scarce booklets introducing the famous 1928 Exhibition of Contemporary Culture, an important display of progress made in all the arts in ten years of..... More
Olomouc: Index, [1938]. Single leaf, 30.5 × 21.2 cm, thrice folded to create a slim leaflet. Toned, else fine. Scarce promotional booklet, designed by Zdeněk Rossmann, for the Index publishing house in Olomouc, which also issued the eponymous modern art and architecture journal throughout the 1930s. With Rossmann's distinctly understated..... More
Prague: Linie, 1928. Octavo (19.2 × 14.2 cm). Original typographically designed wrappers (anonymous); 28, [1] pp. Spine extremities lightly chipped; text toned; still about very good. Scarce first publication of Edice Linie, with a striking avant-gardistic wrapper design (unattributed). Rozner (1905-1991) was a Czech poet, writer, and journalist from Liberec..... More
![Sarkastický smích [Sarcastic laughter].; Edice "Linie", svazek 3 [Linie Series, vol. 3]....](/pictures/thumb/P5850_1.jpg?v=1587489285)
Prague: Linie, 1930. Octavo (19.6 × 14.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 102, [8] pp. Fine, uncut and unopened copy. Scarce third volume published by Edice Linie (Linie Series), with a striking, unattributed avant-gardistic wrapper design. Rozner (1905-1991) was a Czech poet, writer, and journalist from Liberec, who published numerous books..... More
Prague: Reklamný klub československý, 1936. Octavo (18.5 × 12.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 42, [3] pp. Twenty caricatures by Karel Matějčik, most of them full-page. About fine, in protective mylar. A charming book of satirical verses and caricatures about leading figures of the pre-war Czechoslovak advertising world. In 1927, the..... More
![Grdemli: ork'vireuli suratebiani zhurnali [The anvil: a bi-monthly illustrated journal], no. 7...](/pictures/thumb/50529_001.jpg?v=1598365863)
Tbilisi, 1923. Quarto (29.5 × 22.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Kirill Zdanevich, a lithograph printed in black and red; 32 pp. Numerous illustrations throughout. About very good. Final issue of this rare and important Georgian avant-garde journal of literature and the visual arts, edited by Pavle (Pavel) Sakvarelidze (1885-1937)..... More
![Ocel a dým [Smoke and steel]. Carl Sandburg, František Gross](/pictures/thumb/P6492_1.jpg?v=1588746243)
Prague: Družstvo Dílo, 1946. Octavo (23 × 17 cm). Original pictorial wrappers over blind wraps; 61, [2] pp. Three drawings in the text. Pages bound folded Chinese-style. Wrappers very lightly dust-soiled; still a very good copy. First edition of these Czech translations of Sandburg, an urban poet of great importance..... More
![Devětsil: revoluční sborník [The nine powers: a revolutionary anthology]. Jaroslav Seifert,...](/pictures/thumb/P5531_1.jpg?v=1580761623)
Prague: Večernice, 1922. Large octavo (24 × 16 cm). Original decorative wrappers on dark green paper stock; 202, [6] pp. Numerous leaves of plates and reproductions in the text. A very good, entirely unrestored copy; light fading to left edge and tiny chip to lower right corner. A particularly handsome..... More
![Samá láska [Nothing but love: poems]. Jaroslav Seifert, designer Otakar Mrkvička](/pictures/thumb/50543_1.jpg?v=1581508626)
Prague: Večernice, 1923, Octavo (19.3 × 14 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Otakar Mrkvička. 61, [1] pp. A very good, uncut and unopened copy, with very faint discoloration to wrappers. First editon of the second volume of poems by Nobel Prize winning Czech writer and poet Jaroslav Seifert. In 1922..... More
Prague: Otto Girgal, 1929–1930. Small quartos (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; consecutive pagination, 135, [6] pp. Occasional illustrations. Small loss to lower right corner of first issue (not affecting text); the other issues in fine condition, in protective mylar. Complete run of this Czech avant-garde theatre journal, which..... More
![Pallas: Almanach estnischer Dichtung und Kunst [Pallas: an almanach of Estonian poetry and art]....](/pictures/thumb/P5183_001.jpg?v=1580327088)
1927. Tartu: Pallas-Verlag, 1927. Octavo (21.5 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (front and back), and one title vignette, by Jaan Vahtra; 120, [2] pp. Numerous reproductions, many full-page, and smaller vignettes. Light abrasions to overlapping wrapper edges; front wrapper with light creases and profesionally repaired tear; still about very..... More
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
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