![Dějiny Spojených Států [Pocket history of the United States]. Allan Nevins, Henry Steel...](/pictures/thumb/50308_1.jpg?v=1592471305)
Prague: Meltantrich, 1947. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers; 376, [3] pp. Very good, in protective mylar. A late photomontage design by Karel Teige. Translated by St. Budin. A hardcover version was also published. See Karel Teige a typografie 5.2.1. More
![Tiché melodie: básně [Quiet melodies: poems].; Edice Skupiny literátů a výtvarníků "Slav"...](/pictures/thumb/P6432_1.jpg?v=1587490562)
Olomouc: Slav, 1934. Octavo (19 × 14.2 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 74, [6] pp. Very good. In protective mylar sleeve. Scarce regional avant-garde book of poems, with spare but attractive typographic design to wrappers and throughout (on title, section titles, etc.). Nezbeda (1912-2004) was a teacher and poet from Moravia..... More
![Monaco: román [Monaco: a novel]. Vítězslav Nezval, designer Jindrich...](/pictures/thumb/50540_1.jpg?v=1581695279)
Prague: Mánes, 1934. Octavo (19.2 × 13 cm). Original photomontage dust-wrapper over printed wrappers by Jindřich Štyrský; 147, [1] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to Vlastimil Fiala. Very good. Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a leading light of Czech poetism and, later..... More
![Ulice Gît-le-coeur [Rue Gît-le-coeur]. Vítězslav Nezval, designer Jindřich...](/pictures/thumb/50552_1.jpg?v=1636750427)
Prague: Fr. Borový, 1936. Octavo (21.3 × 13.4 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Jindrich Štyrský; 120, [3] pp. A fine copy. Photomontage cover designed by Jindrich Styrsky. Illustrated with eight photographs by Nezval, Jindřich Štyrský, and Jindřich Honzl. Poetic essays by Nezval on his stay in Paris and his companionship..... More
![Sklěnený havelok [A havelock of glass]. Signed and inscribed. Vítězslav Nezval,...](/pictures/thumb/P6863_1.jpeg?v=1647620405)
Prague: Fr. Borový, 1932. Octavo (19.4 × 11.7 cm). Original decorative beige cloth, printed in red and blue, by Karel Teige; 210, [1] pp. Signed and inscribed by Nezval in the year of publication. Lacking pictorial wrappers; boards lightly soiled and worn; internally very good. First edition. Nezval (1900–1958) was..... More
![Signál času: Panichida za Edisona [Signal of the times. A requiem for Edison]. Vitězslav...](/pictures/thumb/51733_1.jpeg?v=1647620403)
Prague: Fr. Borový, 1931. Octavo (21.5 × 13.7 cm). Original paper-covered card wrappers with typography by Karel Teige; 25, [2] pp. Decorative typographic title and half title designed by Teige. Housed in the original gray card slipcase. Slipcase worn and with tape repair; spine of book sunned; trace of tape..... More
![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
Bucuresţi (Bucharest): self-published (Studio grafic "Steaua Artei"), 1930. Quarto (32 × 23.8 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; [8] pp. Removed from binding, with tiny traces of sewing to left margin; else very good. Published from 1928 to 1932, first at Dorohoi and beginning with no. 10 in Bucharest, UNU was among..... More
Bucuresţi (Bucharest): self-published (Studio grafic "Steaua Artei"), 1932. Quarto (32 × 23.8 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; [8] pp. Old horizontal crease; light overall wear; trace of (mailing?) label to first leaf; some tearing to fold; still good to very good. Published from 1928 to 1932, first at Dorohoi and beginning..... 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
![Vakarų fronte nieko naujo [All Quiet on the Western Front]. E. M. Remarque, designer J. J. Burba](/pictures/thumb/50284.jpg?v=1642709971)
), 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..... 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
![Erna Rosenstein. Malarstwo [Painting]. Erna Rosenstein, Wanda Hackiewiczowa, Zachęta...](/pictures/thumb/51870_1.jpeg?v=1652890023)
[Warsaw]: Związek Polskich Artystów Plastyków: Centralne Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, [1967]. Oblong octavo (15.5 × 23.5 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers; [22] pp. Illustrations. Light soil to wrappers; block lightly creased. Still about very good. A catalog of the second post-war exhibition of the Polish-Jewish surrealist artist Erna Rosenstein (1913–2004), illustrated..... 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