Prague, 1967. Quarto (20.5 × 14 cm). Original decorative paper wrapper containing five side-stapled pamphlets of mimeographed text to rectos and versos; ca. 20–24 pp. each. Wrappers lightly worn; internally about very good. Scarce transcript of a radio series, only issued for a small circle of readers, which reintroduced Czechs..... More

Leningrad: Gazetno-zhurnal’noe i knizhnoe izdatel’stvo ispolnitel'nogo komiteta leningradskogo gorodskogo soveta deputatov trudiashchikhsia (Lenizdat), 1940. Octavo (26 × 20 cm). Original card wrappers; 641; 248 pp. Some wear to wrappers; still good or better. A listing of over 20,000 “organizations, institutions and enterprises” of Leningrad for the year 1940, from public..... More

Moscow: Izdanie upravleniia moskovskoi gorodskoi telefonnoi seti, 1940. Octavo (26 × 20 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 550, 106 pp. Good or better. A Moscow telephone book with alphabetical listings of private and business subscribers, including many famous personalities. The book also includes a page titled “Kuda zvonit’” (Where to call?”)..... 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

Moscow: Tea-kino-pechat', 1930. Small octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 121, [2] pp. Wrappers with corners creased; upper spine splitting; else about very good. A popular science text on contemporary film technology based on a visit to the Kiev film studios, written by the “pioneer of Soviet..... More

St. Petersburg: Pri imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk (Imperial Academy of Sciences), 1794. Second edition (“Vtorym tisneniem”). Large 12mo (15.3 × 9.8 cm). Contemporary full calf, spine tooled in black and with red title label; edges red; 1–124 and 125–249 pp. (consecutive pagination). Professional restoration to edges of boards; small paper repairs..... More

Warsaw: Niezależna Oficyna Wydawnicza, 1979. Octavo (20.2 × 14.5 cm). Original decorative side-stapled card wrappers; 116 pp. Light soil to wrappers; spine extremities chipped; still about very good. First edition of this “roman-a-clef of the 1979 political-intellectual scene in Poland” in which the narrator is absurdly invited by fellow dissident..... More

Shanghai: Sklad izd. Russkoi Tip. “Grafik”, 1932. Octavo (18 × 12.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers by N. K. Sokolovskii; 165, [6] pp. Signed and inscribed by Skopichenko to Viktor P. Petrov. Wrappers chipped; tape repair to spine; still good or better. First edition of this book by Russian émigré poet..... More

[Munich, ca. 1946]. Oblong 12mo (12 × 18 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [10] leaves of plates, mostly color, with printed legends in Ukrainian. Private gift inscription to first page; wrappers lightly creased; else about very good. Rare illustrated work on the largest women’s concentration camp, by Olena Vityk-Voitovych, a Ukrainian..... More

Erevan: OGIZ “Molodaia Gvardiia”, 1934. Small octavo (16.5 × 12 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 34, [1] pp. Nine illustrations, some full page. Good or better; light wear to spine; private ink inscription to title; a few pencil annotations. Originally published in 1927, this popular book offers a historical overview..... More