[np, circa 1930]. Twelve postal envelopes measuring 9.2 x 16.5 cm each. Loose as issued. Very light occasional dust-staining, very good condition. This collection of twelve unused satirical postal covers comprise a complete series titled "Jury Report on Prohibition". Each envelope contains a caricature of a juror (eleven men and..... More
A complete run in 25 issues of the Swedish underground satirical magazine created and edited by a group of visual artists including Lars Hillersberg, Åke Holmqvist, Leif Katz, Karl-Erik Liljeros, and Lena Svedberg, the content consisting of poems, songs, diatribes against politicians, travel journals, and graphic art and cartoons. Illustrated..... More
Prague: Nakladatelství Pavel Prokop, [1935]. Small octavo (17 × 10.6 cm). Original printed wrappers on yellow stock; 74 pp. Wrappers and first leaf dust-soiled; else very good. An interesting memento of the pro-Soviet sympathies in the Czech interwar Republic, the present volume contains five short satirical plays, by Grigorii Gradov..... More
![Book ID: 51239 Poster: “Abbildung der Wirklichkeit” [The depiction of reality]....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51239_2.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1614718669)
[Germany, 1972]. Original silk-screened poster, partially painted, measuring 86 × 61 cm. Trace of glue to corners, else about very good. Satirical political poster issued to coincide with the documenta 5, held in 1972 in Kassel. The contemporary art fair's theme during the 1972 iteration revolved around the concepts of..... More
1927. Prague: R. Rejman, 1927. Small octavo (16 × 11.4 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [40] leaves. A very good copy. Scarce collection of good-natured, but witty parodies of contemporary Czech political life, including the communists, fascists, republicans, workers and bourgeois, as well as leading figures of the Czech avant-garde, such..... More
![Book ID: 51555 V kraini rabstva i smerty [In the land of slavery and death]. Biblioteka...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51555.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1666992784)
Chicago: Nakladom Vydavnytstva "Samostiina Ukraina", 1951. Octavo (19 × 13.7 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 100 pp. Very good. First separate edition of these autobiographical essays about life under Bolshevik rule and in particular the persecution by the ChK and the NKVD, with eyewitness reports on interrogations, camps, and life..... More
London: Nakladatelství Nová Evropa, 1945. Oblong octavo (13.6 × 22 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 62, [2] pp. Publisher's ads for a series of translations into Czech. Printed on thicker paper. Very good or better. Czech exile edition of David Low's anti-fascist caricatures, which rank among the best known and most..... More
Munich-Brazzaville: self-published ("Logos"), 1970. Octavo (21 × 14.5 cm). Original decorative card wrappers; [76] pp. Illustrations. Small title inscription in pink ink to spine. Occasional markings in red ink to text. Else very good. A famous cycle of political jokes about the Soviet system, with wrapper design and introduction by..... More
1985. Warsaw: Rytm, 1985. Octavos (21.7 × 14.5 cm). Staple-stitched printed wrappers; [3], 6-25 [1] and [1], 4-25 [1] pp. Illustrations throughout; publisher’s catalog to last page. Very good. First editions. These strikingly illustrated books of political satire were published by the independent publishing house RYTM (Rhythm), closely connected with..... More
Prague: Reklamný klub československý, 1936. Octavo (18.5 × 12.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 42, [3] pp. Twenty caricatures by Karel Matějčik, most of them full-page. About fine, in protective mylar. A charming book of satirical verses and caricatures about leading figures of the pre-war Czechoslovak advertising world. In 1927, the..... More
Buenos Aires: Vydavnytstvo Iuliiana Serediaka, 1959. Octavo (19.9 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 128 pp. With numerous caricatures and illustrations. Light spotting to spine; else very good. Scarce almanach issued as a supplement to the Ukrainian satirical periodical by the same name, which means "The Broom", issued in Buenos..... More
Buenos Aires: Vydavnytstvo Iuliiana Serediaka, 1961. Octavo (19.9 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 128 pp. With numerous caricatures and illustrations. Wrappers detached; stamp of the UVAN Ukrainian Museum in New York; else good or better. Scarce almanach issued as a supplement to the Ukrainian satirical periodical by the same..... More
Buenos Aires: Vydavnytstvo Iuliiana Serediaka, [1951]. Octavo (23 × 15.7 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 128 pp. With numerous caricatures and illustrations, as well as countless adverts for Ukrainian businesses in Argentina. Some wear to corners and spine; still good or better. Scarce almanach issued as a supplement to the Ukrainian..... More
Paris: Sidoratsky, Imprimeur-Editeur, ca. 1890–1900?. 12mo (11.4 × 7.1 cm). Original printed wrappers on gray stock; [32] pp. on gray stock. About very good. This volume contains the censored poems of Vasily Ivanovich Tumansky, an official of the Russian Empire and a poet of the Romantic era. Born into a...... More
![Book ID: 52244 Sluchai s Dzhordzhem [The Truth About George]. Perevod s angliiskogo E....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png)
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
Other titles: Narrhalla. Mainzer Carnevalszeitung, and: Narrhalla. Mainzer Carnevals-Zeitung. Ein Organ für die Mainzer Karnevalsbestrebungen [Mainz carnival paper: an organ for the Mainz carneval effort]. Vols. I–VI (of VII published), bound in two volumes. Mainz: Wirth, 1841–1846. Octavos (22.5 × 16 cm). Later brown calf over four raised bands; spine..... More
Karlovac: Drz̆avni Izvještajni i Promičbeni Ured, 1942. Octavo (22 × 16 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers on blue stock; 30 pp. Seven drawings in the text. Some light creasing to text block; still very good. Anonymously published pamphlet on the dangers of Bolshevism, with harshly anti-semitic content and seven anti-semitic..... More
![Book ID: 51191 Thermidor: hebdomadaire illustrée [Thermidor: an illustrated weekly], nos....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51191_001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&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
![Book ID: P5622 Sovětská karikatura [Soviet caricatures]. Lev O. Varšavskij,...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/P5622_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1587551524)
Prague: Knihovna Levé fronty (V. Palán), 1934. Octavo (19 × 12 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Karel Poličanský; 30, [2] pp. Very light repair to upper spine tip; very good. The first book on Russian, and especially Soviet, political caricatures to appear in the Czech Republic. It was issued as..... More
![Book ID: 51212 Խաթաբալա, e.g. Khatabala [Trouble], complete runs for 1907 (nos....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51212_010.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1614711122)
Tbilisi, 1906-1916, 1922, 1925-1926. Large quartos (34.5 × 27 cm). Contemporary maroon and blue cloth, with title embossed to boards; 474 and 599 pp. per issue. About very good; one volume with recent repair to hinge, some wear to spine. Two very rare complete yearly runs of the important Armenian..... More