Tbilisi: T-vo Sogomonian i Siutch’ian, 1918–1919. Octavos (22.5 × 18 to 26.5 × 18 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 76 and 92 pp. Very good. Two issues (of three published) of the short-lived Georgian literary and arts journal, loosely affiliated with Tbilisi acmeists as well as visual artists. Edited by Anna..... More

[Sofia]: "Narodna kniga", 1936. Octavo (18.5 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Pencho Georgiev; 128 pp. Two photographs on better stock. An uncut and unopened copy; wrappers lightly dust-soiled; tiny nick to upper right corner of front wrapper. This rare commemorative volume was published by the writer's friends on..... More

Moscow: V Senatskoi Tipografii [Aleksei Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin], 1800. Quarto (29 × 23 cm). Original unbound gatherings housed in recent decorative custom leather box; VIII, 46, [2] pages (pp. 47–48 blank); one folded leaf of plates (genealogical table). Lacking the errata leaf (which was possibly not present in this early state)..... More

Petrograd: biblioteka proletkul’ta, 1919. Octavo (21 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 56 pp. Unopened and uncut. Light moisture stain to lower right corner of front wrapper, else very good. First edition. A debut collection of short stories by one of the early members of Petrograd (St. Petersburg) Proletkult, the..... More

Harbin: N. P. Kobtsev; tip. "Zaria", 1934. Quarto (26.5 × 19.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 17 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to Vladimir Petrovich in Almaty, Kazachstan in 1959. One page with author's ink correction. About very good; covers with light soil and a few nicks and tears;..... More

St. Petersburg: Izdanie Petrogradskogo Sovieta Rabochikh i Krasnoarmeiskikh Deputatov, 1919. Octavo (21.5 × 14.75 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Extensive publisher’s catalog to front and rear wrapper. Small oval stamp of Marcel Bekus (“Ex-libris Marcel Bekus”). Some browning to wrapper, else very good. Early edition of Bednyi's satirical anti-religious..... More

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

Tbilisi: 1923. Octavo (17 × 12.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 32 pp. A very good copy; light rust to staple and old bookstore stamp to rear wrapper. First translation into Georgian of Alexander Blok’s famous 1918 long poem “The Twelve,” a poetic response to the October Revolution. The item also..... More

Moscow: V Universitetskoi Tipografii, 1826. Octavo (26 × 18.2 cm). Contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards; 184 pp. Binding somewhat rubbed; front hinge starting; wear to head of spine. The first volume this Russian-language textbook of Persian, published in two volumes, the first containing a selection of poems, tales, and historical..... More

Feldafing, Bavaria: Friedl Brehm, 1968–[1972]. Octavos (21 × 14.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 32 pp. per issue. With numerous illustrations. Neat private owner stamp to four of the front wrappers; else very good. Complete run of this journal, published in a small run, dedicated to the publication of young..... More

Tananarive (Antananarivo), Madagascar: Imprimerie B. Fourgs, November 1923 through December 1924. Octavos (20.1 × 15.4 cm to 21.3 × 15.7 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 20 pp. per issue (the final double issue 34 pp). Each issue typically illustrated with between one and three (one issue with eight illustrations, including..... More

Berlin: Die Aktion, 1918. Octavo (21 × 13.5 cm). Original wrappers with printed original cover label; 61, [3] pp. With 7 mostly full-page illustrations by Josef Čapek, one of them as frontispiece (all in pagination). Wrappers a bit discolored; spine with small tears; leaves somewhat toned; else good. First German..... More

[Soviet Union]: self-published, ca. 1975–85. Small folios (19–21 × 14–15 cm. each). Original cloth and patterned buckram bindings; [3], 212, [1]; [3], 143; [3], 216, [1]; 20, [1], 14, [1] 17, [2], 52, [1], 20, [2], 19, [3], 15, [2], 14, [2], 12, [2], 12, [2], 14, [2], 14, [2]..... More