Russia, 1910–1916. Various sizes, both posters and single folded leaves with [4] pp. of text, attractively set in a variety of decorative typefaces and printed on different stock. A sizeable collection of 125 handbills, small posters, and advertising programs for silent film theaters across the Russian Empire, which captures the..... More

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

St. Petersburg: Izdanie pravleniia Obshchestva arkhitektorov khudozhnikov, 1911. Quarto (30 × 20 cm). Original decorative wrappers; I– XLVIII; 181; XLIX–XCV pp. on coated stockj. Illustrations, some in color. Light soil to front wrapper; moisture stains to rear wrapper; spine shaken; starting at extremities; else good. One volume of a series..... More

Baku: Khayartun A. Miasnikova, 1925. Octavo (25 × 18 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (not attributed) affixed to somewhat later cloth-backed boards; 178, [3] pp. With thirteen leaves of plates and two pp. of musical notation bound at the back. Boards worn and rubbed; first few and last leaves somewhat finger-soiled;..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe uchebno-pedagogicheskoe izd-vo, 1931. Octavo (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers 47, [2] pp. Illustrations throughout. Chip to lower corner of front wrapper; small nick to spine. Still about very good. Notable for its striking photomontage wrappers, this English language magazine for Soviet student youth as well as..... More

Sofia: Proletizdat Alfa, 1931. Octavo (23.2 × 15.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers, signed "K. K."; 48 pp. Very light wear; small postal address label to rear wrapper; very good. Double issue of the Bulgarian socialist journal, which was initially subtitled a "monthly journal for workers' education, organization, and struggle." It..... More

Prague. Fr. Tichý, January–December, 1936. Quartos (26.8 × 21.4 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated wrappers by J. Bauer; ca. 20-24 pp. per issue (consecutive pagination totaling 252 pp. Illustrated from photographs throughout. About very good; occasional light discoloration or foxing. Complete first year run of this monthly journal for amateur cinematographers..... 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

Irkutsk: Nákladem Informačně-Osvětového Odboru Ministerstva Vojenství, 1919. Octavos (16.8 × 10 cm). Original printed self-wrappers on yellow, light green, and tan stock; 24, 23, and 22 pp. The first two issues very good, save for small private stamp (Bohuš Zavada), the third issue with light overall wear and stamp of..... 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: 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