Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1932. Octavo (27 × 19 cm). Original embossed cloth over boards; 185, [2] pp. Lacking the pictorial dust jacket. Boards and corners lightly rubbed and scuffed; crease to front board; front hinge shaken; owner signature to title; occasional underlining in the text; else good. A celebratory overview of..... More

Prague: Melantrich, 1948. Octavo (22.5 × 15 cm). Original cloth-backed decorative boards; pictorial dust-jacket; 116, [4] pp. Very good; dust jacket very lightly discolored and age-toned to verso; in protective mylar. Second printing (2000-3000), the hardcover version, of the Czech translation of "La grande épreuve des démocraties. Essai sur les..... More

Prague: Odeon, 1926. Small octavo (17.5 × 11 cm). Original printed wrappers; 29, [3] pp. Very good or better. First edition of this short work on modern Russian music, by the Czech Devětsil-affiliated and Dadaist composer, poet, director, and musician, E. F. Burian (1904–1959). The essay focuses on composers including..... More

Magdeburg: Verein für deutsche Werkkunst, printed by W. Pfannkuch & Co., [1929]. Octavo (unfolded: 20.9 × 29.8 cm). Tri-fold prospectus, lithographed to recto and verso. Very good; in protective mylar. Original promotional leaflet for the Magdeburg stop of the international exhibition "Fotografie der Gegenwart" (Contemporary Photography), organized by the Folkwang..... More

Revel' (Tallinn): Knigoizdatel'stvo "Bibliofil", 1921. Octavo (22 × 15 cm). Original illustrated wrappers by A. Vabbe; 108, [4] pp. Publisher's ads. A fine copy; uncut and unopened. First edition of this play by Symbolist director and playwright Nikolai Evreinov, which was staged all throughout Europe during the 1920s and translated..... More

Brno: self-published, 1935. Oblong quarto (21.5 × 30 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 100, [1] pp. With fifty illustrations, mostly maps printed in blue, black, and red, a few reproductions from photographs. Additional graphs and charts throughout. Signed and inscribed by the author to Adolf Benš. Very good. A striking work..... More

Tokyo: Gyoseikaku, 1927. Small octavo (16.5 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers illustrated by Tomoyoshi Murayama; [4]; 89, [5] pp. with 6 plates of illustrations by George Grosz. An uncut copy with wide margins; wrappers and margins somewhat dust-stained and toned; good or better. Rare first Japanese edition of the..... More

Kharkiv: Mystetstvo, 1933. Large octavo (25.7 × 18.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Vasily Sedliar, decorative dust jacket; 20, [1] pp. of text, 41 leaves of plates to rectos, [2] pp. of text including list of reproductions. Small loss to corner of first leaf; pre-war stamps to title verso and..... More

Prague: Nákladem Československé grafické unie A.S. v Praze, [1934]. Quarto (29.3 × 20.8 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 28 pp. including wrappers. Thirteen pages with isotype graphics, including two in color. Lacking the twenty-nine leaves of isotype illustrations, which were apparently issued along with the pamphlet. Very good, save for light rust..... More

Prague: Aventinum, 1924. Small octavo (16.7 × 11.5 cm). Original typographically illustrated wrappers by Karel Teige; 106, [4] pp. Very good or better. First edition of this early systematic study of modern Russian (and Soviet) poetry, with chapters on the mysticism of the Revolution, Chaos and the mystery of matter..... More

Prague: Svaz českých skladatelů, 1968–1970. Large octavos (29.8 × 21 cm). Original decorative staple-stitched wrappers: 53, [2] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Very good. Two issues (of four published) of this rare periodical on electronic music edited by the musicologist and pioneer of electronic music Vladimir Lébl (1928–1987), and published by the Union..... More

Berlin-Paris: Izd-stvo A. E. Kogana "Russkoe iskusstvo", 1922. Small octavo (15.5 × 12.5 cm). Decorative wrappers by Boris Grosser; [6], 40 pp. Three mounted leaves of plates in color and nineteen black-and- white photographic reproductions on fine paper stock. Near fine. An attractive edition showcasing the work of Valentin Serov..... More

Bratislava and Prague: L. Mazáč, 1935. Octavo (18 × 13.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by A. V. Hrska; 90, [5] pp. In Slovak. A very good copy, in protective mylar. Second edition of two collections of poems by the Slovak poet, journalist, and later communist politician Laco Novomeský (1904–1976), which..... More