Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe uchebno-pedagogicheskoe izd-vo, 1931. Octavo (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers 38, [2] pp. with 41-47, [1] pp. With an 8-pp. dictionary supplement folded and laid in as issued. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers; some chipping to corners of wrappers; still about very good. Intended for the..... More

Prague: Dr. Ed. Grégr a syn, ca. 1925. Octavo (20 × 14.6 cm). Original card wrappers with publisher's mark to front wrapper; 108, 161–192 pp. of specimens to rectos and versos. Minor wear and discoloration to wrappers; spine title largely faded; internally with pen marks to two pages; else about..... More

Prague: Svoboda, [ca. 1945–1952]. Quarto (29.2 × 20.8 cm). Original spiral-bound printed card wrappers; [63] leaves of typographic specimens printed to rectos only. About very good; light soil and creasing to wrappers. Typographic specimen book issued by the nationalized Svoboda concern, a publisher specializing in works in the social sciences..... More

Moscow: Trud i Kniga, 1924–1930. Quartos (31.5 × 23.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 16–36 pp. per issue, with continuous annual pagination. Issues for 1924–1925 housed in original card portfolio. Issues for 1926–1927 bound in contemporary half-cloth album, with original wrappers preserved, trimmed to measure 30 × 21.7 cm. Wear..... More

Moscow: OGIZ–Moskovskii Rabochii, 1932–1938. Octavos (25 × 17.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers in various colors; ca. 80 pp. per issue (continuous annual pagination). Illustrations throughout from photographs, drawings, and technical plans. About very good; a few issues with light fraying and nicks to wrappers; occasional wear to spine strip;..... More

Leningrad: Nauchno-issledovatel'skii Institut Knigovedeniia, 1928. Octavo (22.3 × 17.6 cm). Original printed wrappers; 58, [2] pp. Title in French and Russian. Color illustrations throughout. Book store stamp to rear wrapper and inventory numbers in blue ink to inside rear wrapper. Light soil to wrappers; chipped along wrapper edges and spine..... More

Prague: Československý kompas, 1949. Octavo (20.9 × 14.9 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [161] pp. of specimens to rectos and versos. Wrappers with light soil and wear; owner inscription inside front wrapper; else very good. Appealing specimen book of the publishing and printing concern "Československý kompas" (Czechoslovak compass), founded in 1919..... More

Berlin: Club der Kulturschaffenden "Johannes R. Becher", 1988. Slim octavo (22 × 13 cm). Original printed four-panel folder, printed to recto and verso; fourfold leporello [8 pp.], 30 loose leaves printed to both sides, 1 folded gathering of [4] pp., all printed on coated paper, with numerous reproductions of visual..... More

Prague: Dr. Ot. Štorch-Marien, 1926. Octavo (21.4 × 14.3 cm). Original red crushed half morocco binding over five raised bands (unsigned); 36, [3] pp. Original signed multi-color ink and water color frontis drawing by Toyen. Fine. Original ink and water color frontis drawing by Toyen, for Jaroslav Durych's collection of..... 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

Leipzig, [ca. 1886] (printed in Stuttgart by Kast & Ehinger). Octavo (26.5 × 17.5 cm). Original blue cloth by Hübel & Denck, with elaborate polychrome floral decoration in red, gold, and light blue (signed L. Theyer); marbled edges; [8] leaves including frontis showing the factory building and the title page..... More

Prague: MÍR, ca. 1965 to 1975? Square octavo (20.3 × 20.5 cm). Original gray cloth with embossed title to front board in blue and gold; 116, [3] pp. of specimens to rectos and versos. Very good. Appealing specimen sampler of Mír, a large state-run printing concern that was created in..... More

Leipzig: J.G. Schelter & Giesecke, [1902 or 1903]. Quarto (28.3 × 22.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers on tan card stock, printed in blue and red; pp. 655–674, 653–654, 667–672 (new series), 651-652 [i.e. 30 pp.] of specimens on heavy stock of light orange, green, and blue color. Very light fading..... More