Moscow: Chistaia pechat’, 1929. Single leaf, printed to recto and folded to form four panels. Measuring 17 × 51.5 cm. Lightly creased and rubbed; two columns of text struck through with a single line in blue ink; still about very good. An advertising leaflet or broadside with a list of..... More
Prague: Výbor výstavy "Za novou architekturu", 1940. Quartos (31 × 23.7 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; [2], 3–44 and [2], 45–86 pp. Photographs and plans. About very good. Two volumes published on the occasion of an important architectural exhibition held in May 1940 at the Museum of Decorative Arts in..... More
Tbilisi: T-vo Sogomonian i Siutch’ian, 1918–1919. Octavos (22.5 × 18 to 26.5 × 18 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 76 and 92 pp. Very good. Two issues (of three published) of the short-lived Georgian literary and arts journal, loosely affiliated with Tbilisi acmeists as well as visual artists. Edited by Anna..... More
![Book ID: P5216 Bilder, halb Mondschrift [Images, half moon journal]. Nos.1–3 with the...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/P5216_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695814442)
[Berlin]: Pegasus, Juli–August, 1977. Quartos (32 × 24.5 cm). Original staple-stitched self-wrappers; 23, [1] pp. (consecutive pagination). With numerous, partly full-page illustrations. About very good; one leaf with small tear. Extremely rare Neo-Dada magazine from Berlin, of which only two issues can be found in the Literature Archive in Marbach..... More
Prague: Český fond výtvarných umění, 1964. Octavo (20.5 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [12] pp. Very good; final leaf lightly creased. Exhibition catalog of Bohdan Lacina with seven reproductions, a prose poem by the surrealist writer Ludvík Kundera and a preface by Jan Tomeš. The artist was an early..... More
Prague: Bratří Šulcové, ca. 1928. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Single folded leaf, [4] pp. With striking photo-montage compositions to first and last page, and advertising text to pp. 2 and 3. Lower right corner very lightly creased; else very good. Scarce leaflet announcing BSA motorcycles, with urban streetscapes evocatively..... More
![Book ID: 52294 Ça ira: sommaire [We will make it: summary]. Title verso: Ça ira! Revue...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/52294.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1666273924)
Antwerp: Ça ira, January 1923. Octavo (22 × 14.1 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers; pp. 195-210, [4] pp. With full-page linocut print by Lajos Kassák titled "Bildarchitektür" [Image architecture] and 2 small linocut prints by Karel Maes. Rust to staples; wrappers detached, leaves slightly browned, last leaves with crease; else very..... More
Sofia: Proletizdat Alfa, 1931. Octavo (23.2 × 15.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers, signed "K. K."; 48 pp. Very light wear; small postal address label to rear wrapper; very good. Double issue of the Bulgarian socialist journal, which was initially subtitled a "monthly journal for workers' education, organization, and struggle." It..... More
Soviet Union (mostly Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine), ca. 1920–1933. Various sizes, roughly from 2 × 2 to 5 × 5 cm, with numerous larger stamps and pieces of ephemera. Printed on various colored paper stock and other materials, including two badges on raised rounded cardboard. Overall very good. A striking..... More
Various: 1965-1966. 52.5 x 35 cm. Original printed self-wrappers; first three issues are a single page, fourth is a special eight-page issue. Very good to fine condition. A rare complete set in four issues of the journal published in conjunction with four different exhibitions by Constant Nieuwenhuys, known as Constant..... More
Prague: Václav Petr, 1930. Octavos (21.5 × 14.8 cm). Original printed wrappers; 687, [1] pp. Light wear to wrappers; some dust-soiling; else very good, uncut and unopened copies. Complete second year of this Czech journal of the arts and literature. Contributions by Josef Čapek, Karel Čapek, Pavel Eisner, Otakar Fischer..... More
Cologne: Buero Olympia/Lidl Sport, 1970. Quarto (29.5 x 21 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; unpaginated (40 pp.), profusely illustrated throughout. Overall very good condition. The first and only issue of the magazine which dealt with the actions of the LIDL group during the 1970 German contemporary art exhibition, "Jetzt: Künste in..... More
Prague: Městský výbor Socialistická Akademie, 1966. Quarto (28.6 × 20.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; spine reenforced with cloth (as issued); 77 pp. of typescript to rectos. Owner signature (?) of Volek to front wrapper. Text lightly toned; about very good. Rare volumes of proceedings of a conference held in 1966..... More
Prague: SČSVU, 1965. Octavo (21.5 × 16.5 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; [16] pp. Eight black-and-white reproductions. About very good. With a long introduction by literary and art critic Jindřich Chalupecký (1910–1990), a poem by Novák, artist biographies and lists of works exhibited. An important exhibition held at the Václav Špála..... More
[Sofia]: "Narodna kniga", 1936. Octavo (18.5 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Pencho Georgiev; 128 pp. Two photographs on better stock. An uncut and unopened copy; wrappers lightly dust-soiled; tiny nick to upper right corner of front wrapper. This rare commemorative volume was published by the writer's friends on..... More
Oldenburg, Germany: International Artists' Cooperation (I.A.C.), 1972-1977. Quartos (29.8 x 21 cm). Single sheets, most printed double-sided, loose as issued. Overall very good condition. A complete collection in 26 issues of the publication from the International Artists' Cooperation (I.A.C.), edited by Klaus Groh. Groh (b. 1936) is a German artist..... More
Paris: Marc-Gilbert Guillaumin, 1952. 22 x 17.5 cm. Original cardstock wrappers, light green front cover and black-and-white illustrated rear cover featuring a drawing by Gabriel Pomerand. 286 pp., scattered illustrations showing images from photographs. Some creasing to front cover, light browning and dust-staining to wrappers, minor wear along spine, slight..... More
Hrabyně: Iskra, 1932. Octavos (25 × 19 cm). Original typographically illustrated wrappers on differently colored paper; 151 pp. (continuous pagination). Very good or better copies. All published (ten issues) of this Silesian literary review, published in Hrabyně, near Ostrava. In prose and poetry, as well as countless reviews, book discussions..... More
Tbilisi: tipografiia Tarumova, 1919–1920. Quarto (29.5 × 21.8 cm). Original photo-illustrated self-wrappers; 16 pp. Several illustrations throughout. About very good. Single issue of this scarce Russian-language journal on theatre and related performing arts, published in Tbilisi. Altogether, six issues appeared in 1919 and another 9 in 1920. With an article..... More
![Book ID: P4821 Ispanskaia tantsovshchitsa [The Spanish Dancer]. Film promotional booklet...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/P4821_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1592501883)
Moscow: Kinopechat’, [1927]. 12mo (13.5 × 8.8 cm). Staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [7] pp. Wrappers lightly soiled; text browned to lower corners; stamp of Uzbekgoskino to rear wrapper. A scarce, fragile survival: this promotional prospectus was sold along with the newspaper "Kino" and the journal "Sovetskii ekran." It introduces and explains..... More
[1907]. St. Petersburg: Izdatel’stvo “Shipovnik”; tip. “Delo”, [1907]. Octavo (22.6 × 15.9 cm). Contemporary half-calf binding with gilt tooling and title to spine, original wrappers not preserved; 382, [1] pp. Twelve leaves of illustrations. Lacking the index (XXVIII pp.); binding rubbed at spine extremities; old Latvian bookstore stamp; still good..... More
Tbilisi: Zaria vostoka, 1930–1931. Quartos (33.8 × 22 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; ca. 16 pp. per issue. Overall wear; light stains; old creases and minor tears to edges; old repairs; still good or better. Karich was an Armenian satirical illustrated monthly journal, which was a supplement to the daily newspaper..... More
![Book ID: 50077 Karmil ts'iler: mankakan amsagir [Red sprouts: a children's magazine], vol....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50077_001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1580326912)
Tbilisi, 1931. Large octavo (25.6 × 17.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 66 pp. Text block somewhat curved; still very good. Single issue of the scarce Armenian communist children's journal, published in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1923 to 1941. A bibliography of the journal, as well as the books published by the..... More
![Book ID: 50079 Karmil ts'iler: mankakan amsagir [Red sprouts: a children's magazine], vol....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50079_001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1580326914)
Tbilisi, 1931. Large octavo (25.6 × 17.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 34 pp. Text block somewhat curved; still very good. Single issue of the scarce Armenian communist children's journal, published in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1923 to 1941. A bibliography of the journal, as well as the books published by the..... More
Moscow: Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet, 1928. Octavo (19.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 13, [1] pp. Trace of rust to staple; title with owner signature; faint trace of moisture to lower edges; still about very good. One of the last exhibitions of “Bytie” (Being), a society of “fellow traveler” artists..... More