Kōbe (Japan), Meiji period, ca. 1890-1900. Original string-bound pamphlet in card wrappers, measuring 17.5 × 13.5 cm, with two printed labels affixed to front wrapper; twenty-five leaves containing 500 tipped-in matchbox labels, predominantly color-printed, measuring ca. 3.5 × 5 to 4.2 × 6.5 cm. Light soil and wear to wrappers;..... More
The last volume published of a short series of yearbooks from the Society of Austrian Architects, with cover and title page design by Emil Hoppe, comprised of 126 pp. of text followed by 72 pp. of advertisements related to architecture, interior design, and home furnishing. Profusely illustrated throughout from photographs..... More
[Titles, subtitles and numbering vary: Nos. 1-18 subtitled "Notiziario de Cultura Contemporanea"; nos. 56-62 alternately numbered as 1-7; no. 64/65 entitled "Marcazero" with cover title "Marca 3"; no. 66/67 entitled "Marcauno" with cover title "Marca 3"] 66 issues (publisher's serialization lacks a no. 63) in 25 fascicules (many showing multiple..... More
Bratislava: Odborné učilišťe štátnych pracovných záloh číslo 15, 1955. Large octavo (25 × 17 cm). Original embossed beige cloth; ca. 200 leaves of text to rectos. Title beginning to detach; else very good. Scarce and very appealing Slovak typographic specimen book, published by a state-run trade school in Bratislava, evidently..... More
Prague: Hynek Paul, ca. 1920. Quarto (29.5 × 21 cm). Original printed orange wrappers; [20] pp. Trace of rust to staples, else very good. Apparently undocumented catalog by a Prague manufacturer of furniture and other fittings for hair salons and barber shops. The offers include everything from seats to mirrors..... More
![Spojité nádoby [Communicating Vessels, originally: Les Vases communicants]. André...](/pictures/thumb/P5616_1.jpg?v=1591105863)
Prague: S.V.U. Mánes, 1934. Octavo (20 × 13.8 cm). Original printed light pink wrappers, pictorial dust jacket illustrated with a drawing by Toyen; 180, [2] pp. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper; the wrapper with dust-soiling and small nicks to upper edges and spine extremities. First Czech..... More
![Graficheskie iskusstva i reproduktsiia [Graphic arts and reproduction techniques]. Vladimir...](/pictures/thumb/P004283_001.jpg?v=1580327085)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1923. Octavo (22 × 17.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 171 pp, [15] leaves of plates, some tipped in. Wrappers dust-soiled; overlapping wrapper edges creased and with a few smaller tears; internally very good. Rare bibliophile publication which introduces readers to various forms of graphic reproduction and printing methods..... More
![Pesni Bor’by [Songs of struggle]. Pavel Arskii](/pictures/thumb/50619.jpg?v=1585251255)
St. Petersburg: Proletkul’t, 1919. Octavo (21 × 14.5 cm). Original illustrated, staple-stitched wrappers; 37, [2] pp. Wrappers very lightly chipped; paper restoration to spine extremities and wrapper edges. Still about very good. Fifth edition of the debut collection of poetry by one of the early members of Petrograd (St. Petersburg)..... More
![Sbornye dereviannye doma: konstruktsii [Wooden modular homes: constructions]. V. Ia. Belousov,...](/pictures/thumb/50498_1.jpg?v=1592471823)
Moscow-Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe nauchno-tekhnicheskoe izdatel’stvo, 1931. Oblong quarto (26 × 38 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers designed by E. N. Nekrasov; 206, [2] pp. Wear to spine extremities; light overall wear; still good or better. Rare work on the large-scale development of cheaply constructed wooden modular homes, which was undertaken by the..... More
![Velká zkouška demokracii [La grande épreuve des démocraties; the great trial of democracies]....](/pictures/thumb/P6865_1.jpg?v=1592580768)
Prague: Melantrich, 1948. Octavo (22.5 × 15 cm). Original cloth-backed decorative boards; pictorial dust-jacket; 116, [4] pp. Very good; dust jacket very lightly discolored and age-toned to verso; in protective mylar. Second printing (2000-3000), the hardcover version, of the Czech translation of "La grande épreuve des démocraties. Essai sur les..... More
![Bentuit treshti: provintsialna khronika [The dike thunders: a provincial chronicle]. G'oncho...](/pictures/thumb/P5848_1.jpg?v=1591104664)
Sofia: Narodna kniga, 1936. Octavo (18 × 12.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Veselin Staikov; 105, [3] pp. Light wear to spine and fraying to lower spine extremity; else about very good. First edition of this book of village-inspired short stories by G'oncho Bielev (1889-1964), the Bulgarian writer and translator..... More
Prague: [Architektura ČSR], 1946. Octavo (20.8 × 14.8 cm). Original card wrappers in photo-illustrated dust wrapper; 57, [2] pp. Unattributed photo-illustrated cover. Very good. First edition of this work by Czech psychoanalyst, philosopher, art theoretician, and writer Bohuslav Brouk, one of the first promoters of Freud’s work in Czechoslovakia. He..... More
![Rasskazy [Short stories]. Zapiski okhotnika [Notes of a Hunter]. Babushka [Grandmother].;...](/pictures/thumb/P003374_1.jpg?v=1591526643)
Prague: Melantrich, 1946-47. Octavos (17.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Karel Teige; 208, [3]; 275, [I]; and 614, [6] pp. Light wear to wrappers, not affecting title text; one volume uncut and unopened; an attractive set. Complete set of these three Russian-language publications, featuring two Russian and one..... More
Leningrad: Nauchnoe knigoizdatel’stvo, 1925. Octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 154, [6] pp. With forty-nine smaller drawings in the text. Small nick to front wrapper; spine extremities very lightly frayed; text evenly toned; still about very good. First edition in Russian. This early film history, oriented toward industry..... More
![Granitnyi lug [A granite meadow]. Second, expanded edition. Ivan Doronin](/pictures/thumb/P5292_1.jpg?v=1589982964)
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo "Krasnaia nov'", 1924. Octavo (19.4 × 13.3 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 150 pp. About very good; Soviet bookstore stamp to rear wrapper; text toned. Second (but only recorded) edition of this volume of proletarian poetry. Doronin was a member of the "Workers' Spring" [Rabochaia vesna] and "October" [Oktiabr']..... More
Revel' (Tallinn): Knigoizdatel'stvo "Bibliofil", 1921. Octavo (22 × 15 cm). Original illustrated wrappers by A. Vabbe; 108, [4] pp. Publisher's ads. A fine copy; uncut and unopened. First edition of this play by Symbolist director and playwright Nikolai Evreinov, which was staged all throughout Europe during the 1920s and translated..... More
![Kak rabotat’ nad plakatom [How to work on the poster]. Mit 3 Farbtafeln und 45 Illustrationen....](/pictures/thumb/50812_001.jpg?v=1593195007)
Moscow; Leningrad: OGIZ–IZOGIZ, 1932. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 81 pp. With 45 illustrations and three leaves of color plates. Wrappers lightly worn; owner inscription and old price stamp; very good. First and only edition. A richly illustrated manual on the making of the Soviet political poster..... More
Slezská Ostrava: Tiskem a nákladem Aloise Šaška, [1923]. Oblong octavo (14.4 × 21.2 cm). Original decorative card portfolio, containing [8] pp. of introductory text and 60 numbered lithographed plates in black-and-white on card stock. The cards fine; the portfolio worn, with tape repairs and one flap detached. Portfolio of decorative..... More
![V stolitse azarta [I hasardens huvudstad: Monte Carlo-noveller; In the capital of gambling]....](/images/noimage.png)
Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo “Mysl’,” 1926. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; [4], 189 pp. Wrappers lightly creased; small nicks to spine extremities; still good or better. First and only edition, one of many books by Frank Heller (pseudonym of Gunnar Serner, 1886–1947) published in the 1920s, to satisfy the..... More
36 pp. booklet on the clubhouse of the German coffee firm KaffeeHag based in Bremen, designed by architects and designers Alfred Runge and Eduard Scotland, containing an essay by Heymel on the benefits of exercise and sport, and two shorter essays on the Internatioal Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden and decaffeinated..... More
Prague: Ing. J. Bukovský & I. Kodžak, ca. 1920. Small folio (22.5 × 16 cm). Original decorative card boards; eight numbered thick leaves of product illustrations, each with glassine guard. Very good. Very attractively printed catalog showcasing a variety of imported condiments, preserved meats, fish, caviar, and fruits, Admiral sardines..... More
Prague: J. N. Jindra, 1932. Quarto (29 × 22.2 cm). Portfolio, consisting of text, in embossed cloth wrappers; viii, [1], 15, [2], 63, [2], 56, [4] pp., as well as 29 pattern papers and folding diagram in facing red cloth slipcase (boards measure 29.5 × 22.5 cm). Corners of case..... More
1905. Jochem. 5 volumes, each with a brief textual introduction (6, 3, 4, 4, 4 pp., respectively) prefacing a presentation of 54 total plates across the five booklets showing designs for five different private residences, each of which are excellent examples of the architectural applications of the Jugendstil style, including..... More
![Básníci revolučního Ruska [The poets of revolutionary Russia].; Lidová knihovna Aventina...](/pictures/thumb/P5519_1.jpg?v=1587488403)
Prague: Aventinum, 1924. Small octavo (16.7 × 11.5 cm). Original typographically illustrated wrappers by Karel Teige; 106, [4] pp. Fine, in protective mylar sleeve. First edition of this early systematic study of modern Russian (and Soviet) poetry, with chapters on the mysticism of the Revolution, Chaos and the mystery of..... More
Warsaw: Impr. de W. Lazarski, [1923]. Octavo (23 × 18 cm). Original letterpress limp wrappers with protective paper cover; 79, [1] pp. printed on special-made Holland paper by the Mirkow Paper Mill. Twenty-seven illustra- tions, most full-page some color. Very good. Issued on the occasion of the congress of librarians..... More