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
[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
![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
![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
48 pp. type specimen catalogue from the landmark type foundry, presenting numerous examples of the various uses of typefaces in a range of commercial printing applications, including stationary, magazine ads, notices, and trade catalogues, plus two folding plates including a replica of a large newspaper ad for a clothing store..... 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
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
Booklet of twelve numbered and colored lithographs, printed recto only, depicting Art Deco designs for various types of stamped or embossed metal objects such as a cigarette case, a cake plate, a hair clip, and a candy tray, each image signed within the plate. Some very minor toning, some rust..... More
Letterpress poster (38" x 25"), designed by Duchamp, printed in black and orange on white ground, acting as both notice for and as a catalogue of works shown at the landmark DADA exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York, April 15 to May 9, 1953, with the texts..... 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
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
Unpaginated (12 pp. and five laid in plates, four with original tissue paper overlay) volume from the Belgian printer containing a brief essay on his thoughts on the printing of art, followed examples of various types of reproductions, or "Spécimens de Différents Procédés de Reproduction", including an etching after Bruegel..... More
![V stolitse azarta [I hasardens huvudstad: Monte Carlo-noveller; In the capital of gambling]....](/pictures/thumb/50291_1_001.jpg?v=1598366762)
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
(1), 145, (5) pp. volume on 19th century German garden design and landscaping, including instructions on how to create or beautify gardens of various sizes and the uses of kitchen gardens, and 4-page publisher's directory, with 24 lithographed plates on 21 pages (first 21 plates with hand-coloring, 6 folding) depicting..... 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
![Dom, osiedle, mieszkanie: kwartalnik [Home, housing estate, cooperative apartment: a quarterly]....](/pictures/thumb/50834_001.jpg?v=1607528943)
Warsaw: "Rój" (Drukarna Artystyczna and Drukarnia Techniczna Sp. Akc), 1929–1933. Octavos (ca. 22.5 × 16.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; ca. 32–64 pp. per issue. Numerous photographs and several pages of advertisements. Occasional light soil and wear to wrappers; a few issues with somewhat more significant wear, but overall about very..... 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