Single leaf, printed to recto, measuring 29.3 × 20 cm. Old crease marks; still very good. Soviet broadside in less-than-ideal Czech, issued during the days after the arrival of Russian troops on tanks on August 21, 1968, which heralded the onset of the so-called Normalization period, presided over by Gustáv..... More
Card stock broadside, letterpress-printed to recto, measuring 20.9 × 29.9 cm. Very good. Broadside celebrating the return on August 27, 1968 of leading Czechoslovak statesmen Alexander Dubček, Ludvík Svoboda, Oldřich Černík, Josef Smrkovský, and František Kriegel, following their deportation to Moscow and the forced signing of the Moscow Protocol, which..... 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
Various cities, mostly the Netherlands: various makers, circa 1960s. Assorted sizes, lengths of labels range from approximately 5 to 10 cm. Labels housed in a 4to album, 14 pp., each page with 11 strips of tissue paper to hold the labels without glue. Overall excellent condition. Collection of over 500..... More
Russia: 1915-1918. Original printed announcements; various sizes, max. 45 × 16 cm. Rather good, with occasional nicks to margins only. Seven announcements for concerts held during WWI in three famous resort cities of the North Caucasus, WWI: Piatigorsk, Essentuki, and Kislovodsk. These cities, made famous in the Romantic era of..... More
Milan: Galleria Pontaccio Brera, [1966]. Oblong card on glossy stock, measuring 21.2 × 10.4 cm, with rounded corners. Fine. Invitation for an exhibition involving works by Bariona, Budík, Borga, Cali, Cherchi, Chiales, D'Amore, Danlee, Eusebi, Faucon, Giltaix, Keunen, Martinetti, Meltzeid, Molinari, Nervo, Rastelli, Sanders, Scanavino, Turati. Among them is the..... More
[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
Prague: self-published, August 27, 1968. Large broadside, single leaf measuring 51 × 70 cm printed to recto only. Light soil; vertical and horizon creases; still about very good. Disguised as an issue of Pravda, the main Soviet newspaper, this anti-invasion broadside (apparently intended to mimic a wall newspaper) was one..... More
Moscow: Tipo-litografiia I.E. Shchekina E. A. Martynova, 1909. 12mo (15 × 11 cm). Original printed staple-stitched wrappers; 21 pp. Laid in are two folded tables. Very good. An ephemeral catalog of the Riabov paper manufacturing company, with a list of goods and their selling prices for the year 1909. The..... More
[United States]: Z drukarni "Ameryky", 1946. Octavo (20.3 × 14.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 31 pp. Text block lightly bent; else very good. Scarce overview of the goals and achievements of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee based in Philadelphia. Illustrated with photographs and from drawings, which show scenes..... More
Two postcards, each an original photographic print, measuring ca. 8.8 × 13.6 cm. Overall very good; one with text in pencil to verso, but not sent. In mylar sleeves. Two striking Czechoslovak postcards, each using photo-montage to depict a different theme, including the Báťa Hotel in Zlín and another Báťa-themed..... More
Havana, Cuba: Imp. "Marti", 1941. Octavos (23 × 15.5 cm). Single folded leaves, printed to rectos and versos; [4] pp. each. Very good. Three programs for performances in Cuba of the Original Ballet Russe, a ballet company established in 1932 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as successor..... More
Harbin: N. P. Kobtsev; tip. "Zaria", 1934. Quarto (26 × 18.5 cm). Staple-stitched pamphlet with paper spine strip; 23 pp. Rust to staples; last page discolored; else very good, printed on better paper. A short, but highly informative Russian-language description of the history and present makeup of the State Public..... More
[Berlin]: Bolsevik Partizan, 1985. Single leaf of yellow paper (21.5 × 30 cm), photocopied typescript to recto and verso (4 pp). Old vertical crease; edges lightly faded; still about very good. Rare flyer calling for solidarity during the hunger strike of imprisoned members of RAF in 1984-85 (involving, among others..... More
Moscow: Tip. “Sovremennaia kul’tura”, 1928. Single leaf printed to recto (with partial text to lower verso), once folded, measuring 35 × 21 cm. Very good. This prospectus, addressed to heads of public educational institutions and educational inspectors, announces the new subscription year of two chief publications of the League of..... More
![Book ID: 50929 Ostre sledovane vlaky [Closely Watched Trains]. Promotional leaflet for...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50929_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1596539884)
First edition. Prague: Propagační odd. Ústřední půjčovny filmů, [1966]. Quarto (29.7 × 20.8 cm). Single sheet, printed to recto and verso, folded three times to created a folding leaflet of [8] pp. Very good or better. Rare promotional brochure for one of the finest examples of Czechoslovak New Wave film..... More
![Book ID: 51192 Slovar’ rifm [A dictionary of rhymes]. Sergei Andreevich Kushel](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51192_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1612955583)
Moscow, 1920. Octavos (23 × 19 cm). Notebook comprising 46 pp, hand-written text in pencil and brown ink. Front wrapper signed and dated by the author. Light overall wear; still good or better. A unique manuscript of a Russian rhyme dictionary, organized according to syllable and rhyme types. The brief..... More
Paris and Wiesbaden: 1921-23. Eight single leaves, some folded. Very good, with exception of one letter, with tear and some loss to text. The son of Lev Tolstoy, Lev L’vovich Tolstoy was a firm believer in his father’s ideals in his youth, but later became increasingly opposed to his philosophical..... More
Leningrad: Leningradskoe obshchestvo kollektsionerov, 1989. Octavo (21.5 × 16 cm). Original printed wrappers; 19 pp. Signed and inscribed by the compiler to a fellow collector. Very good. First edition of this directory, which lists Soviet collector circles by type (such as phalerists, numismatists, as well as collectors of postcards and..... More
N.p. [Amsterdam]: Willy Scholte [Stempelplaats], 1970s-1980s. Various sizes, most cards approximately 10.5 x 15.5 cm. Loose, some cards with original mailing envelopes. Excellent condition. Willy (Wilhemina) Scholte was one of very few women working at the Stempelplaats workshop in the late 1970s and early 1980s, close to the heart of..... More
N.p. [Amsterdam]: [Stempelplaats], 1970s-1980s. Index cards measure approximately 10.5 x 14.5 cm. Housed in white cardboard box, cards loose. Very good. Willy (Wilhemina) Scholte was one of very few women working at the Stempelplaats workshop in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She became involved in the avant-garde mail art..... More
[Warsaw, 1944]. Single leaf, measuring 29.5 × 21 cm, printed to recto. Drawing signed "Mjölnir", V.[ölkischer] B.[eobachter] v. 25.08.1944." Stamp of private collection of Andrej Gołoś. Small insect damage, not affecting text; else about very good. A Nazi propaganda broadside by Hans Schweitzer, published by the Völkischer Beobachter, the official..... More