6 out of a total of 7 issues published (lacking the first issue, each issue 8 pp.) of the short-lived Futurist journal dedicated to the new aesthetic of the Italian landscape and exploring art, architecture, and tourism, under the editorial direction of important Futurist figure Fillia, covering varied topics including..... More
Slim 24 pp. volume published anonymously but attributed to Bragaglia, which contains a brief background and biography of Aurelia as well as her prophecies for 1916. Two illustrations within the volume: a photographic portrait of Aurelia and a diagram of a palm with the lines on the hand and the..... More
![Iskusstvo kommuny [Art of the commune], nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 14 (January 19–March 9, 1919). Osip...](/images/noimage.png)
Petrograd: Izdanie Otdela Izobrazitel’nykh Iskusstv Komissariata Narodnogo Prosveshcheniia, 1919. Folios (64 × 45 cm). Original folded newsprint, printed to rectos and versos; 4–6 pp. Striking suprematist lettering in header. Leaves toned and somewhat brittle, as usual; old creases and nicks to folds, corners, and margins. Still good or better. Five..... More
Moscow: Izd-vo "Imazhinisty", 1920. Octavo (17.5 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 48 pp. Unopened and uncut. Wrappers detached; light foxing to wrappers; text evenly toned to stock, internally very good. First Russian language publication of Charles Vildrac (1882-1971) and Georges Duhamel’s (1884-1966) 1910 “Notes sur la Technique poétique,” translated..... More
![Gorod: stikhi [The city: verses]. Natalia Gontcharova, Aleksandr N. Rubakin](/pictures/thumb/50850_001.jpg?v=1604944962)
Paris: [Aleksandr Rubakin], 1920. Octavo (25.5 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Nataliia Goncharova; [6], 54 pp. and nine leaves of plates. Illustrated with full-page lithographs and vignettes by Goncharova. A very good copy, with the usual light wear to the overlapping wrapper edges, but else bright and apparently..... More
[Moscow]: SAAV, [1921]. Octavo (24.7 × 18 cm). Original printed wrappers; 46 pp. Light wear and staining to wrappers; else good or better. This polemical work offers a scathing critique of Imaginism, a movement in avant-garde Russian poetry that polemicized with Futurism (especially with Mayakovsky), and saw the creation of..... More
![Ohverdet konn [The sacrificed frog]. Erni Hiir, Albert Kivikas](/pictures/thumb/50686_1.jpg?v=1587552904)
Tartu: Odamees, 1919. Quarto (22 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers; 8 pp. Sun-tanning to front wrapper; else a very good copy of a rather fragile title. One of the few true Futurist books to be published in Estonia, a joint effort by Erni Hiir (1900-1989) and Albert Kivikas..... More
Istanbul: A. Halit Kitaphanesi, 1932. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers by Ali Suavi; 48 pp. Very good, save for very light wear to edges. Second edition of Hikmet’s first book of poetry, originally published in 1929, but issued with a striking cover designed by Ali Suavi (1910 or 1913-1994), who Suavi..... More
![Kafatası. Facia, 3 kısım 15 bap [The scull: a tragedy in 3 acts]. Nazim Hikmet, designer Ali...](/pictures/thumb/50664_1.jpeg?v=1586802188)
Istanbul: Orhaniye Matbaasi, 1932. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers by Ali Suavi; 103 pp and [9] pp. of advertisements. Very light wear and discoloration to wrapper edges; signature to title page; overall about very good. First edition of the play “The Scull” by Hikmet. With a striking cover designed by Ali..... More
![Portreler [Portraits]. Nazim Hikmet, designer Ali Suavi, 1910 or Suavi Sonar](/pictures/thumb/50665_1peg.jpeg?v=1591722724)
Istanbul: Yeni Kitapçi 1935. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers by Ali Suavi; 62, [2] pp. Very good; only very faint wear and discoloration to wrappers. First edition of this volume of poems by Hikmet, with a restrained, but clearly avant-garde-influenced wrapper sign by Ali Suavi. In this cycle of poems Hikmet..... More
![Nail: V. 1 + 1 = Bir [1 + 1 = One]. Nazim Hikmet](/pictures/thumb/50662_1.jpeg?v=1591722723)
Istanbul: İlhami Matbaası 1930. Small octavo. Original printed wrappers; 32 pp. Light wear to wrappers, especially to the spine; small pencil marks on p. 30; else good. First edition of this book of poems by Hikmet, written from 1921 on. Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) is considered the founder of modern Turkish..... More
Kaunas: Išleido “Vėtra” Studentų Literatų Ratelis, 1930. Octavo (17.5 × 12.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (unattributed); 71, [1] pp. About very good; very light staining and wear to overlapping wrapper edges and spine extremities. First and only book by the author, with a highly appealing understated typographic cover design, possibly..... More
![Nowa kultura: tygodnik [New Culture: a weekly], vol. II, no. 12 (27). Franciszka Kwiatkowska,...](/pictures/thumb/P004072_1.jpg?v=1587752476)
Warsaw: Franciszka Kwiatkowska, 1924. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers with cover and typography design by Mieczysław Szczuka; 24 pp. Wrappers very lightly creased; tear to upper edge of two leaves not affecting text; overall very good. Single issue of the important Polish modernist and avant-garde literary..... More
![Nowa kultura: tygodnik [New Culture: a weekly], vol. II, no. 14 (29). Franciszka Kwiatkowska,...](/pictures/thumb/P5811_1.jpg?v=1587752477)
Warsaw: Franciszka Kwiatkowska, 1924. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers with cover and typography design by Mieczysław Szczuka; 24 pp. Wrappers very lightly smudged; else very good or better. Single issue of the important Polish modernist and avant-garde literary and political journal, published from July 1923 to..... More
![Nowa kultura: tygodnik [New Culture: a weekly], vol. II, no. 18 (33). Franciszka Kwiatkowska,...](/pictures/thumb/P5812_1.jpg?v=1587752477)
Warsaw: Franciszka Kwiatkowska, 1924. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers with cover and typography design by Mieczysław Szczuka; 24 pp. Very good. Single issue of the important Polish modernist and avant-garde literary and political journal, published from July 1923 to September 1924 by the avant-garde artist Mieczysław..... More
![Nowa kultura: tygodnik [New Culture: a weekly], vol. II, no. 21 (36). Franciszka Kwiatkowska,...](/pictures/thumb/P5813_1.jpg?v=1587752478)
Warsaw: Franciszka Kwiatkowska, 1924. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers with cover and typography design by Mieczysław Szczuka; 24 pp. Very good. Single issue of the important Polish modernist and avant-garde literary and political journal, published from July 1923 to September 1924. "Nowa kultura" was a continuation..... More
![På Kanaanexpressen [On the Canaan Express Train]. Hagar Olsson, artist Olavi Paavolainen](/pictures/thumb/51201_1.jpg?v=1614697923)
Stockholm: Holger Schildt, 1929 (printed in Helsinki by F. Tilgmann). Octavo (19.5 × 16.5 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 231, [1] pp. Twelve black-and-white photographs, a few full-page. Light wear to spine extremities; discrete owner annotation in ink to title and ffep; else very good. First edition of this key work..... More
![Crème des Violettes (izbrannye poezy) [selected poesos]. Igor' Severianin, Igor' V. Lotarev](/pictures/thumb/P4359.jpg?v=1592503365)
Tartu: Odamees, 1919. Octavo (21.6 × 15 cm). Original printed wrappers; 124 pp. Wrappers worn and soiled; text block beginning to detach; internally very good. First edition of this volume of poems by the popular Russian Ego-Futurist writer, who settled in Estonia after the October Revolution, where he died during..... More
Unpaginated collection (61 pp.) of 27 love poems by Simoni, each poem accompanied by a bright and colorful Futurist-inspired illustration by Futurist artist Bruno Munari, the volume as a whole published as a promotional book for the liqueur and aperitif producer, Campari. 4to. Original illustrated cardstock wrrps., metal spiral binding..... More
![Imazhinistika [Imaginistics]. Ippolit Sokolov](/pictures/thumb/P6569_1.jpg?v=1580327108)
1921. [Moscow]: Odrnas, 1921. Large octavo (26.5 × 16 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 14 pp. Old Soviet bookstore stamp to rear wrapper; else very good. First and only edition of this treatise about Russian "Imaginism" (Imazhinism), a leading avant-garde movement that succeeded both Symbolism and Futurism, written by a...... More