Petrograd (St. Petersburg): Izdanie pravleniia Obshchestva arkhitektorov khudozhnikov, 1914. Quarto (30 × 20 cm). Original decorative cloth-backed wrappers; 1–52; 156; 53–100 pp. on coated stock. Illustrations, including some color plates. Light soil and fading to wrappers; spine shaken and starting at lower left corner; else good. Single volume of a...... More

[Tallinn]: Teedesministeeriumi Ehitusosakonna väljaanne, 1939. Quarto (30 × 22.8 cm). Original printed wrappers; 30, [3] pp, 71 leaves of photographs and plans on better paper. Two plates in color. Light wear to wrappers; tear along lower front hinge; overall about very good. This monograph captures twenty years of independent Estonia..... More

Prague: S.V.U. Mánes, 1934. Octavo (20 × 13.4 cm). Original printed light pink wrappers; pictorial dust jacket illustrated with a drawing by Toyen; 180, [2] pp. A very good copy in very good dust wrapper; very minor nicks to spine extremities. First Czech edition of Breton's essay, originally published in..... More

Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1932. Octavo (27 × 19 cm). Original embossed cloth over boards; 185, [2] pp. The original pictorial dust jacket rather worn and chipped; title toned and with pencil owner note; else very good. A celebratory overview of Western modernist architecture, with detailed analysis of the works of architects..... More

Warsaw: Wydawnictwo "Prasa Wojskowa", 1949. Large octavo (26.4 × 18.3 cm). Original photo-illustrated staple-stitched self-wrappers; 31, [1] pp. First leaf with recent tape repair to upper corner; a few nicks; still about very good. Surprisingly scarce account of the Battle of Stalingrad, photo-illustrated and with numerous striking photomontages by Mieczysław..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo po stroitel’stvu i arkhitekture, 1956. Octavo (22 × 17.5 cm). Original quarter cloth over boards; 217, [3] pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs, artistic drawings, and technical drawings. Boards lightly soiled and scuffed to edges. Still about very good. The first monograph by prominent Soviet theoretician of architecture..... More

Bern: Hoch-Oberkeitliche Druckerei, 1715. Small quarto (19.9 × 15.6 cm). Later colored paper wrappers; 44 pp. with a title woodcut of the Bern coat of arms. Toned and slightly fox-stained, with punched hole along the top edge and a silk ribbon threaded through. Early printing of this Bernese regulation on..... More

Moscow: Mossovet, 1934–1936. Quartos (29 × 22 cm). Ten volumes in original printed card wrappers, numbered 1–12 (with vols. 8 and 9 never printed and thus complete); ca. 80 pp per volume, with numerous illustrations (some in color) including photographs, plans, maps, and technical drawings. Vols. 4–12 in original embossed..... 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

Heerlen, Amsterdam and Loenersloot: Cubic Construction Center, Stedelijk Museum and others, 1965–1971. Octavos (17.5 × 17.5 cm.) and calendar boards measuring 35 × 17.8 cm. Calendar boards somewhat toned, else good or better. William Graatsma and Gerrit Jan Slothouber had a formative influence on Dutch design in the post-war period..... More

Prague: Nákladem ministerstva veřejného zdravotnictví a tělesné výchovy (Ministry of Public Health and Physical Education), 1935. Large octavo (24.5 × 17.3 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 199, [13] pp. With 180 illustrations, mostly reproductions from photographs and architectural drawings. Spine restored; front wrapper with foxing; text toned; else about very good..... More

Moscow: Tea-kino-pechat’, 1930. Octavo (22 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 110, [2] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers; minor fraying to spine extremities; still about very good. First edition. A pioneering work of set design by a major artist of early Soviet cinema, Sergei Kozlovskii (1885–1962), with wrappers..... More

Warsaw: Impr. de W. Lazarski, [1923]. Octavo (23 × 18 cm). Original letterpress limp wrappers with protective paper cover; 79, [1] pp. printed on special-made Holland paper by the Mirkow Paper Mill. Twenty-seven illustrations, most full-page some color. Very good. Issued on the occasion of the congress of librarians and..... More