Prague: Odeon, 1929. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 103 pp. About very good; light overall wear to wrappers. Uncommon anthology gathering translations of poems by Conrad Aiken, T. E. Hulme, Langston Hughes, Alfred Kreymborg, Amy Lowell, Ezra Pound, Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, Wallace Stevens, Sara Teasdale..... More

Prague: Český fond výtvarných umění, 1964. Octavo (20.5 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [12] pp. Very good; final leaf lightly creased. Exhibition catalog of Bohdan Lacina with seven reproductions, a prose poem by the surrealist writer Ludvík Kundera and a preface by Jan Tomeš. The artist was an early..... More

[Augsburg: Silvan Otmar, 1527]. Small quarto (19.2 × 15.5 cm). Modern half-vellum binding in the style of the period; [10] pp. First leaf expertly restored; leaves very slightly stained; small nick to final leaf; else about very good. Rare pamphlet describing the coronation celebrations of the first Habsburg on the..... More

Prague: Společnost architektů v Praze, 1921–26. Quartos (ca. 32 × 24 cm. each). Original decorative wrappers; 118, 172, 161 and 202 pp. each. With numerous plates on coated paper stock and illustrations in the text. One detached front wrapper; occasional light dust soiling; overall very good or better. Set of..... More

Brno: Pásmo, [1924]. Folio (47.5 × 31.5 cm). Original decorative self-wrappers; [6] pp. folded accordion-style. With illustrations and reproductions. Vertical and horizontal crease; expertly restored at the folds with japan paper; occasional light foxing; else very good. This issue contains a series of programmatic texts of the European avant-gardes. It..... More

Ostrava: Český fond výtvarných umění v Ostravě, 1965. Octavo (20.3 × 14.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [20] pp. Twelve reproductions. Very good; a few underlined words on p. 18. Scarce catalog of an exhibition of Czech concrete poetry and narrative art held in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in May 1965. With an introductory..... More

Irkutsk: Tiskem Informačně-osvětového odboru československéjo vojska na Rusi, 1920. Octavo (18.5 × 11.8 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 22 pp. Very good; text evenly toned. Scarce volume published for Czech Legion troops following their famous anabasis during the Russian Civil War, from 1915 to 1919, just prior to shipping out for..... More

Irkutsk: Tiskem Informačně-osvětového odboru československého vojska na Rusi, 1919. Octavo (17.2 × 10.5 cm). Publisher's printed wrappers; 32 pp. Very good. This pamphlet reproduces the (slightly abridged) stenographic report of the first parliamentary meeting of the free Czechoslovak National Assembly in November of 1918, after it had formally proclaimed independence..... More

Prague: Městský výbor Socialistická Akademie, 1966. Quarto (28.6 × 20.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; spine reenforced with cloth (as issued); 77 pp. of typescript to rectos. Owner signature (?) of Volek to front wrapper. Text lightly toned; about very good. Rare volumes of proceedings of a conference held in 1966..... More

Prague: Skupina surrealistů v ČSR, April 9, 1935. Quarto (29.7 × 21 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 12 pp. With reproductions of works by Makovský, Štyrský, and Toyen. Some light browning, minor chipping along bottom edge of first few pages and foreedge of first leaf; small loss to lower right corner..... More

Opava: Galerie Zámek Hradec u Opavy, [1967]. Octavo (23.5 × 17 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers; 23, [1] pp. Nine black-and-white reproductions. Very good. Scarce exhibition catalog of the Fantasmagie group around Aubin Pasque and the C.I.A.F.M.A. (Centrale International de l’Actualité Fantastique et Magique). Held May-August 1967. Contains poems by..... More

Prague: Čsl. rozhlas-Radiojurnal, 1937–1938. Quartos (28 × 22 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial and photo-illustrated wrappers; ca. 20–30 pp. per issue. Illustrations throughout. About very good; one issue with traces of moisture and general wear. Ten issues (including the first issue of this title) of a monthly radio magazine for young..... More

An interesting and uncommon group of publications documenting the evolution of Czechoslovak shop window and sales showcase design, including works on displaying books at bookshops. The earliest volume dates to 1937, the bulk are from the post-war period. As of December 2024, only one title is held in North America..... More