Zagreb, 1966. (59.5 × 42 cm). Single leaf folded five times horizontally and once along the vertical axis. With numerous small reproductions. In English and Croatian. Very good. An exhibition poster for the SC (Student Center) Gallery in Zagreb in 1966, illustrated with the work of seventeen Yugoslav artists including..... More
Slovenia and Croatia: various, 1942-1945. Octavos (ca. 15.5 × 11.3 to 21.5 × 17.2 cm). Original staple-stitched printed and mimeographed self-wrappers and wrappers; varying pagination, typically no more than 32 pp. Overall about very good; a few items with wear to wrappers or toning. Group of seventeen clandestine publications by..... More
[Ljubljana, ca. 1944]. Octavo (22 × 16 cm). Single folded leaf with full-page drawing to first page; 7, [1] pp. A very good, uncut and unopened copy. Anonymously published pamphlet on the dangers of Bolshevism, with a striking cover drawing showing a Red Army Commisar enslaving a group of farmers..... More
Ljubljana: Milan Vrtovec, 1940. Octavo (24.5 × 16.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Wrappers toned and lightly discolored; else about very good. Scarce anti-communist pamphlet published in Slovenia, issued as part of the periodical "Za resnico" (For the truth), this being vol. 7 in the series. With an..... More
Zagreb: Drz̆avni Izvještajni i Promičbeni Ured, 1942. Octavo (20.3 × 15.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers illustrated from an original linocut; 40 pp. of mimeographed typescript and six drawings and vignettes to rectos and versos. Very good. Single issue of a scarce periodical issued by young Yugoslav partisan fighters in..... More
[Zagreb]: [Dravni Izvještajni i Promibeni Ured], 1942. Octavo (20.3 × 15.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers, largely mimeographed and with one original linocut design; 14–40 pp. of mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos. Occasionally illustrated with mimeographed drawings and vignettes. Removed from later binding (present), with trace of glue to..... More
[Slovenia: self-published, 1944]. Octavo (21 × 17.2 cm). Original side-stapled pictorial wrappers; 23 pp. of mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos. Trace of rust to staples; light wear to spine; still very good. First and only edition of this overview of womens' rights prior to, during, and after the 1917..... More
[Kočevski Rog]: Agitprop pri Izvršnem odboru Osvobodilne fronte [Slovenije], 1944. Small octavo (16.7 × 12 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 32 pp. Very good. Scarce Slovenian-language overview of the development and feats of the Soviet Red Army during World War II, with chapters on Soviet artillery, airforce, navy, young partisans..... More
![Partizani. 20 crteža Đ. Andrejevića-Kuna [Partisans. 20 drawings by Đ. Andrejević-Kuna]....](/pictures/thumb/51146_1.jpg?v=1610543192)
[Belgrade-Zagreb]: Kultura, 1946. Oblong quarto (21.5 × 28.5 cm). Original pictorial card portfolio with three folding flaps; contains twenty leaves of plates reproducing drawings by the artist. Light wear and one partial tear to flaps; else very good. Twenty striking photozincographic reproductions of drawings reflecting the Yugoslav Partisan experience during..... More
![Bentuit treshti: provintsialna khronika [The dike thunders: a provincial chronicle]. G'oncho...](/pictures/thumb/P5848_1.jpg?v=1591104664)
Sofia: Narodna kniga, 1936. Octavo (18 × 12.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Veselin Staikov; 105, [3] pp. Light wear to spine and fraying to lower spine extremity; else about very good. First edition of this book of village-inspired short stories by G'oncho Bielev (1889-1964), the Bulgarian writer and translator..... More
Beograd: Nezavisno autorsko izdanje, 1970. Quarto (26 × 26 cm). Original string-bound decorative wrappers; 104 pp. Illustrations throughout. Very good; in protective mylar. An influential neo-avant-garde pro-Fluxus volume of writing and collages by the Serbo-Croatian and Yugoslav writer, translator and dissident Bora Ćosić (b.1932). Starting with his translation of the..... More
![Naše pjesme: svezak II [Our songs: volume II]. Natko Devčić, Vladimir Popović](/pictures/thumb/51142_1.jpg?v=1612278663)
[Split?]: Izdanje Kulturno-umjetničkog odjela Ministarstva prosvjete Narodne vlade Hrvatske (Štamparija Oblasnog N.O.O. Dalmacije), 1945. Small octavo (14.7 × 11.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 39, [1] pp. Fifteen small in-text vignettes. Signed and inscribed by one female partisan to a friend in July of 1945. Very good or better. Scarce..... More
![Almanakh Literaturen Glas [Almanach Literary Voice]. Dimitar B. Mitov, designer Georgi Atanasov](/pictures/thumb/P003199_1.jpg?v=1591011062)
Sofia: Azbuka, 1931. Octavo (23 × 17 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Georgi Atanasov; 112 pp. Decorative head piece by Em. Rakarov and typographic dividers between contributions. Wrappers somewhat worn; some fraying to spine extremities; lower right corner of first three pages creased; still good or better, in protective mylar..... More
![Mulchalivi geroi [Silent heroes]. Two parts in one (all published). Dora Gabe, designer...](/pictures/thumb/P6005_1.jpg?v=1591102877)
Sofia: Khemus, [1931]. Octavo (22.3 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Sirak-Skitnik (?); 109, [3], 110, [3] pp. Wrappers rebacked; restorations; a few nicks to wrappers; still good or better; in protective mylar. First edition of this account of the life of Soviet military leader and veteran of the..... More
![Vietrove: stikhotvoreniia [The winds: poems]. Andrei Kamengradov, 1905- pseud. of Andrei I. Manev](/pictures/thumb/P6014_1.jpg?v=1591104664)
Sofia: Novo izkustvo, 1929. Octavo (22 × 14.5 cm). Original typographically designed wrappers; 46, [2] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to title in the year of publication. Very good. First edition of the second book of poems by Kamengradov (i.e. Andrei Manev), the Bulgarian poet and prose writer..... More
![Žena vojnik [Women soldiers]. Ana Konjović](/pictures/thumb/51358_1.jpeg?v=1625751188)
Zagreb: Izdanje glavnog odbora AFŽ Hrvatske, 1945. Small octavo (14.6 × 11.2 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrapper; 62 pp. With seven black-and-white photographs of Yugoslav women soldiers. Wrappers lightly dust-soiled; else very good. First and only edition of this account of the many achievements of women fighters in the Yugoslav..... More
![Avtomati: neveroiatni razkazi [Machines: incredible stories]. Svetoslav Minkov](/pictures/thumb/P6374_1.jpg?v=1593514683)
Sofia: Izdanie Kazanlushka Dolina, 1935. Second, expanded edition. Small octavo (17.5 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Sirak Skitnik; 133, [3] pp. Wrappers with light overall wear; front wrapper beginning to detach; some ink stains to upper edge and rear wrapper; bookstore stamps; still good or better. Second edition..... More
Sofia: Azbuka, [1932]. Small quarto (22.3 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Max Metzger; 109, [3] pp. Poor condition; wrappers worn and chipped; traces of four strips of clear tape across spine; possibly lacking title; in protective mylar. First and only edition of a Bulgarian anthology, containing sixteen essays..... More
Sofia: Pechatnitsa "Doverie", 1932. Octavo (20 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (by the author?); 132 pp. Largely uncut and unopened copy; text toned; small repair to lower right corner; a few nicks to rear wrapper; overall about very good. First work by Rusev (1902-?), a Bulgarian psychologist who was..... More
![Nova pantologija pelengirike [New Panthology of New Serbian Pelengyrics]. Stanislav Vinaver](/pictures/thumb/50538_1.jpg?v=1602571218)
Belgrade: Biblioteka "Misao"; Stamparija "Mirotocivi", 1922. Small octavo (16 × 12 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 176 pp. Stain to rear wrapper; else a very good copy. First edition of a volume of literary parodies by Vinaver, the translator, literary critic, and poet, who was the author of a "Manifesto of..... More
Essegg (Osijek) and Hanau a.M.: self-published (C. Naumann's Druckerei and B. Dondorf in Frankfurt a.M.), [1871 or 1872]. Table of contents and 20 chromolithographed plates, loose as issued in the original publisher's pictorial wrappers. With a text booklet comprising 26 pp. and one wood-engraved plate, in the original publisher's printed..... More
![Svedocanstva: knizevni casopis [Testimonies: a literary journal]. Vol. I, nos. 1-8 (all...](/pictures/thumb/50805_001.jpg?v=1614625984)
Belgrade: self-published (Štamparija "Rodoljub"), 1924-1925. Large octavos (24 × 17 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers printed on variously colored stock; 16 pp. each. Vols. 5, 7, and 8 with illustrations to rear wrappers. One issue with detached wrappers; else very good, partly uncut and unopened copies. Complete run in eight..... More
![Pop Express: muzičke novine [Pop Express: music news], nos. 1–23. Darko Stuparić](/pictures/thumb/51713_1.jpg?v=1642603684)
Zagreb: Centar za kulturnu djelatnost omladine Zagreba, 1969–1970. Folded newsprint, measuring ca. 32 × 28.5 to 42 × 29.5 cm per issue; 16-24 pp. per issue. Profusely illustrated from drawings and photographs. Light toning; a few issues with minor foxing, particularly nos. 10-12 and 17; else about very good. Complete..... More
Zagreb, [1932]. Octavo (22.8 × 15.3 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; [16] pp. With thirteen black and white reproductions. About very good. Rare catalog of the "Soil" (Zemlja) group, a Croatian artists' group of mostly peasant origin which is thought to have initiated one of the most influential tendencies in modernist..... More