![Evropa [Europe]. Iona Vakeli, Iraklii Gamrekeli](/pictures/thumb/51078_001.jpg?v=1612346360)
Tbilisi: Samkhedro stamba, 1924. Octavo (22.5 × 11.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 56 pp. Drawn cover design by Iraklii Gamrekeli. Good or better; wrappers somewhat worn; with fraying to spine extremities; old bookstore stamp to rear wrapper; internally very good. First and only edition. A rare collaboration between two big..... More
![Pekař Jan Marhoul: román [The baker Jan Marhoul: a novel]. Vladislav Vančura, Toyen, Marie...](/pictures/thumb/P003904.jpg?v=1587487803)
Prague: Odeon, 1929. Octavo (19.8 × 13.7 cm). Original decorative wrappers by Karel Teige; 134, [3] pp. This copy unnumbered, but signed and inscribed by the author and Toyen to Vitězslav Nezval. Very good or better; with very faint soil to wrappers. Third edition (but first illustrated) of the acclaimed..... More
![Sutemų skersgatviuos [I will die]. Antanas Venclova, designer Jonas J. Burbos](/pictures/thumb/50346_001.jpg?v=1585251243)
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
![Svítaní [Dawn]. Emile Verhaeren, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/50553_1.jpg?v=1581695286)
Second, corrected edition. Prague: Odeon, 1925. Octavo (19.5 × 13.5 cm). Original photomontage wrappers by Karel Teige; 103 pp. A good copy; wrappers somewhat discolored and worn; trace of private label to ffep. Photomontage cover design by Teige incorporating photographs of a toppled monument, a large crowd, and a funeral..... More
![Prokletí básníci [The cursed poets]. Paul Verlaine, Adolf Kroupa, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/P5521_1.jpg?v=1587551523)
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
![Prokletí básníci [The cursed poets]. Paul Verlaine, Adolf Kroupa, designer Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/P5522_1.jpg?v=1587551524)
Prague: Otto Girgal, 1946. Octavo (21.5 × 15.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers in protective mylar, over blind wrappers designed 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
Riga: Drukatava “Dzintars”, [1933]. Small square octavo (14 × 14.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Vilis Ciesnieks; [36] pp. Six black-and-white reproductions. Wrappers lightly soiled and toned; small chip to corner of rear wrapper; still about very good. Rare catalog for the “Green Crow” Art Association’s fifteenth exhibition, held..... More
![Průvodce Paříží a okolím [A guide to Paris and environs].; Malá edice Odeon, sv. 6....](/pictures/thumb/P5612_1.jpg?v=1587752476)
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
Tartu: Odamees, 1920. First edition. Octavo (17.8 × 13.0 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Natalie Mei (or Mey); 102 pp. Printed on thick wove paper; with a small frontis illustration printed in the flesh color used on the front wrapper, and nine small black and white illustrations in the text..... More
![V západu slunce: básně [In the sunset: verse]. Miloš Votík](/pictures/thumb/P5423_1.jpg?v=1587488465)
Plzeň: Nákladem Slovanského knihkupectví, 1929. Large octavo (24 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers, 47, [1] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to title. Hand-written title to spine; small tear to left edge of front wrapper; else about very good. Scarce book of Czech verse published in the Western..... More
![Golas į ateitį [Goal to the future]. Vytautas Sirijos Gira, Vytautas K. Jonynas](/pictures/thumb/51365_1.jpeg?v=1625658968)
[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
Tokyo: Hakubisha, 1933-34. Octavos (19.7 × 13 cm). Original blue cloth publisher's folding case with clasp and printed label to front board, housing a text booklet in printed wrappers (29 pp), two loose folded leaves with a total of four color plates, and six volumes of plates bound accordion-style in..... More
![Litíce: povídky o vojně [The Furies: stories about the war]. Signed and inscribed by the...](/pictures/thumb/P5011.jpg?v=1587488643)
Prague: Aventinum, 1928. Octavo (19.3 × 12.3 cm). Original printed wrappers; 159, [5] pp. Signed and inscribed by Weiner on the half title. Wrappers very lightly sun-toned and creased; still a highly attractive copy, very good or better. Second edition of Weiner's first book of prose, considered to be the..... More
Krakow: Antykwariat Artystyczny Franciszka Studzinskiego, 1929. Octavo (24 × 17 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 8 pp. With three photo-reproductions and a price list laid in. Light soil to wrappers; crease to lower corner of front wrapper. Still about very good. With three photo-reproductions and a list of 43 paintings in..... More
![Mushky [Flies]. Natalia Zabila](/pictures/thumb/51424_1.jpeg?v=1628181846)
Khar’kiv: Derzhavne vydavnytstvo Ukraini, 1929. Octavo (21 × 14 cm). Original illustrated wrappers by ; [8] pp. Illustrated throughout. Light soil and wear to wrappers; lacking staples; wrappers beginnig to split along fold; still about good. A playful poem for children about a pesky fly, written by the well-loved Ukrainian..... More
![Baian: khudozhestvenno-istoricheskii zhurnal [Baian: an art-historical journal]. Ten issues in...](/pictures/thumb/51207_001.jpg?v=1614799991)
Moscow: Tov. “Obrazovanie”, 1914. Octavo (27 × 18 cm). Original decorative card wrappers; ca. 70 pp. per issue. About very good; wrappers somewhat fragile; one issue with recent professional repair to spine. Complete set of a “National Revival” art history journal, which aimed to bring Russian artistic and architectural heritage..... More
Prague: Grafia, 1928. Octavo (23 × 15.2 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 85 pp. With a striking unattributed wrapper design. Very good. Scarce list of participants at a 1928 international art education congress held in Prague, which lists over two thousand names, addresses, and occupations of the delegates and visitors. Participants..... More
Kraków: Instytut wydawniczy "Niezależnych," 1922. 12mo (14 × 11.3 cm). Original staple-stitched typographically illustrated peach-colored wrappers; [30] pp. Text printed in green. Fifteen drawings incorporating typographic elements. Fragile wrappers beginning to separate along lower spine; else very good. First edition of this work of Futurist poetry by Tytus Czyżewski (1880-1945)..... More
Budapest: Magyar Müvészeti Tanács, 1947–1948. Quartos (30 × 24 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 41 to 68 pp. per issue. Numerous full-page illustrations, including some in color. About very good; light wear to edges of wrappers. Complete run of this significant Hungarian post-war journal of modern and avant-garde art and culture..... More
![Globusnyi chelovechek: skazochnoe puteshestvie [Global fellow: a fairytale journey]. Natal'ia...](/pictures/thumb/51347_2.jpg?v=1625754242)
Paris: self-published, 1954. Quarto (27.5 × 21 cm). Original pictorial card boards; 67, [1] pp. Five full-page color lithographed plates and numerous smaller tri-color illustrations. Light scuffing to rear board and light overall toning; a very good copy. First and only edition of this delightful children's book for Russian émigrés..... More
![Svedocanstva: knizevni casopis [Testimonies: a literary journal]. Vol. I, nos. 1-8 (all...](/pictures/thumb/50805_001.jpg?v=1614625984)
Belgrade: self-published (Štamparija "Rodoljub"), 1924-1925. Large octavos (24 × 17 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers printed on variously colored stock; 16 pp. each. Vols. 5, 7, and 8 with illustrations to rear wrappers. One issue with detached wrappers; else very good, partly uncut and unopened copies. Complete run in eight..... More
![Thermidor: hebdomadaire illustrée [Thermidor: an illustrated weekly], nos. 1-160 (all...](/pictures/thumb/51191_001.JPG?v=1614109444)
Lyon: Henri Rojeas, 1901-1904. Folio (50 × 34 cm). Contemporary half calf with gilt-stamped title to spine; 2 leaves (4 pp.) per issue. Boards rubbed and scuffed, with some wear to leather spine; the first two issues with old creases and some fraying to edges; occasional light stains; overall about..... More
![Proekty rabochikh zhilishch [Projects of workers' housing]. Projekte der Arbeiterwohnungen....](/pictures/thumb/50121_001.jpg?v=1615996563)
Moscow: Tsentral'nyi bank kommunal'nogo khoziaistva i zhilishchnogo stroitel'stva, 1929. Quarto (32.5 × 26 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 264 pp. 82 leaves of plates and numerous additional drawings in the text. Wrappers professionally reattached; owner inscription to ffep; else very good. Rare monumental work on large-scale workers' housing projects in the..... More
Zagreb, [1932]. Octavo (22.8 × 15.3 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; [16] pp. With thirteen black and white reproductions. About very good. Rare catalog of the "Soil" (Zemlja) group, a Croatian artists' group of mostly peasant origin which is thought to have initiated one of the most influential tendencies in modernist..... More
Prague: Umělecká beseda v Praze, 1937. Quarto (30 × 21.2 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers over blind card wrappers; 71, [1] pp. Illustrations thoughout, some full-page, some in color, many tipped-in. About very good; a few nicks to the wrappers; a few pages with stain to lower corner, barely affecting text..... More