Prague: Izdatel'stvo "Nasha rech'", 1921. Octavo (19.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Aleksandr Arnshtam (signed A. A.); [6], 191, [1] pp. A very good, uncut and unopened copy; wrappers lightly dust-soiled and upper spine extremity with small chip. Uncommon collection of theatre and literary criticism and essays on..... More

Prague: Levá fronta, 1930-1933. Octavos (22.2 × 14.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 16–32 pp. each (consecutive pagination). Two issues with small nicks to wrappers; occasional underlining; overall about very good issues. Significant run of this scarce Czech leftist journal of art, literature, and politics, associated with the eponymous group..... 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

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

Prague: Odeon, 1925. Octavo (19.6 × 13.9 cm). Original decorative card boards by Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvička; 136, [4] pp. Wrappers dust-soiled and rubbed; else good. Second edition (and first edition in this design) of the acclaimed novel by Vančura (1891-1942), an early member of the Devětsil avant-garde group..... 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

Prague: Otto Girgal, 1946. Octavo (21.5 × 15.5 cm). Original cloth boards with title to spine; pictorial dust wrappers by Karel Teige; 130, [2] pp. With many illustrations throughout the text and a sixteen-page appendix of plates reproducing the artworks of Desbordes-Valmore, Manet, Gauguin, Matisse, Renoir, and Teige among others..... More

Unpaginated volume consisting of 6 pages (three leaves printed recto and verso) of musical notation by Malipiero, written presumably for the piano in standard treble and bass clefs, in 14 brief sections, followed by 14 plates depicting three-color abstract line and geometric drawings by Veronesi, in which one can see..... More

Prague: Jan Fromek, 1927. Octavo (17.5 × 11 cm). Original blind orange wrappers with photo-illustrated dust-jacket by Štyrský and Toyen; 802 pp. With fourteen plans and twenty-two black-and-white photos. Dust-wrappers slightly discolored and with foxing; still good or better. Scarce guidebook to Paris of the 1920s which, aside from practical..... More

Moscow-Leningrad: "Zemlia i fabrika", 1927. Octavo (17.2 × 13.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Konstantin Eliseev; 30, [2] pp. Light wear to wrappers; stain to front wrapper; still about very good. According to the preface, which situates Wodehouse in the traditon of Swift and Dickens, this is the first..... More

Kharkov: Derzhavne Vydavnytstvo Ukrainy, 1928. Octavo (17.7 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by L. Kaplan; 17, [2] pp. Good; light overall wear with some chipping to spine; stains along wrapper edges; internally clean and unmarked. First edition thus of four humorous short stories by the popular Ukrainian Jewish writer..... More

[Kaunas]: ERa (Klaipėda: "Ryto" B-vė), 1931. Octavo (23.5 × 15.4 cm). Original decorative wrappers with a constructivist design by V. K. Jonynas in red and blue; 40 pp. A very good copy; light foxing to wrappers; tiny hole to rear wrapper affecting last two pages. First edition of the author’s..... More