[Tallinn: self-published, 1989]. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched self-wrappers; xerox-reproduced reduced typescript; 14 pp. Very good. An important, anonymously published brochure which summarizes the results of the first meeting of the Baltic Assembly on May 13-14, 1989 in Tallinn, a key step in the independence movement of the..... 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
Moscow: Izdanie vsesoiuznoi knizhnoi palaty, 1960–1961. Octavos (20 × 13 and 22 × 15 cm). Original printed wrappers and boards; 135 and 459, [1] pp. Spine extremities of one volume very lightly chipped; light moisture stain to rear wrapper, else very good. Printed by the publishing house of the Ministry..... More
Prague: 1977-1980. Original gelatin prints, measuring 23 × 16.5 cm. Very good; one image with light foxing to upper margin. NOWa [The Independent Publishing House], was Poland’s preeminent underground independent publisher; it was not run or regulated by the state and was not subject to state censorship. Established in 1977..... More
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Bibliotechka gazety “Sovetskaia moral’ka” [Small library series of the newspaper “Sovetskaia moral’ka”], no. 1. Moscow: Liga, 1989. A5 (21 × 14.5 cm). Single folded leaf, printed to rectos and versos, twice folded; 8 pp. Very good. First Russian appearance of Venedikt Erofeev’s brilliant satirical work, which had appeared in Paris..... More
![Doktor NO (James Bond – agent 007) [Dr. No]. WITH: Fleming, Ian and R. Vladimír Minařík....](/pictures/thumb/P6099_1.jpg?v=1585318693)
[Prague]: Svobodné slovo, 1968-1969. Small octavos (15 × 11 cm). Contemporary blind card wrappers; 204 and 292 pp. The second text with nine reproductions of original drawings, signed M. Novák. Text probably slightly resized to binding; else about very good. First appearance of any work by Ian Fleming in Czech..... More
late 1970s or early 1980s. [Moscow]: late 1970s or early 1980s. Bound in hand-labeled paper folder (ink and pencil); [2], 3-42 leaves of easily legible carbon copy typescript to rectos, measuring ca. 29.7 x 21 cm). Folder chipped; text very good. Undated, but early samizdat edition (ca. 1980) of this..... More
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Warsaw: Niezależna Oficyna Wydawnicza, 1979. Octavo (19.7 × 14.6 cm). Original side-stapled light blue printed wrappers; 79 pp. Light discoloration to wrappers; else very good. Samizdat reprint of Barańczak's translations of the Voronezh Notebooks of Osip Mandelstam, as well as several poems written in the early 1930s. With a preface..... More
![1001 Izbrannyi Sovetskii Politicheskii Anekdot [1001 Selected Soviet Political Jokes]. Soviet...](/pictures/thumb/P003755_1.jpg?v=1585567562)
ca. 1986-1989. [Soviet Union]: ca. 1986-1989. Ca. 110 leaves of computer-printed text to rectos and versos, measuring 29 x 20 cm, loose in unlabeled paper folder. First page creased to lower margin, else very good. Samizdat edition of this famous collection of Soviet political anecdotes and jokes, published in 1986..... More
Moscow: Sovetskii pisatel', 1937. Octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original gray buckram with blue title embossed to front board and spine; blind-stamped illustration based on a work by Frans Masereel; decorative endpapers; 171, [4] pp. Folding map of Czechoslovakia. Binding very lightly rubbed and worn; overall very good. First edition..... More