![Aventinský magazín [Aventinsky journal], vol. 5.](/pictures/medium/3800.jpg?v=1505045298)
Prague: Aventinum, 1932. Quarto (24.5 × 18 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 294 pp. Illustrations and photo-engraved plates, striking color advertisements. A very good copy. "Aventinský magazín" (1930-32) continued the earlier journal "Gentleman" and combined articles on culture, popular science, medicine and sports, aimed at a broad audience, with the aesthetics... More
![Celtne: žurnals literaturai, mākslai un zinatnei [Structure: a journal of proletarian history, literature, art, and theory] (varying subtitles), vol. 3, no. 1 (1931).](/pictures/medium/5833_1.jpg?v=1535388094)
Moscow: Prometei (Prometejs), 1931. Large octavo (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with lino-cut cover; 63, [1] pp. With numerous photographs throughout. Light wear to lower spine extremity; occasional underlining in pencil; else about very good. Single issue of this Latvian leftist literary, arts, and politics journal, published in... More
![Celtne: žurnals literaturai, mākslai un zinatnei [Structure: a journal of proletarian history, literature, art, and theory] (varying subtitles), vol. 4, no. 6 (1932).](/pictures/medium/5834_1.jpg?v=1535388094)
Moscow: Prometei (Prometejs), 1932. Large octavo (24.5 × 17.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with lino-cut covers; [1], 482-574, [2] pp. Numerous photographs throughout. Good to very good copies; occasional light wear to wrapper edges and spines; some light foxing. Single issue of this Latvian leftist literary, arts, and politics journal... More
![Domas: daiļliterātūras, mākslas un zinātnes mēnešraksts [Thoughts: a monthly review for literature, the arts, and science]. Vol. 9, nos. 1-10 (complete year).](/pictures/medium/4126_1.jpg?v=1535375324)
Riga: 1932. Large octavos (24.5 × 17 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with a lino-cut cover in varying colors (resulting in ten variant designs) by Kārlis Bušs; 707, [9] (approximately 80 pp. per issue). Several linocut illustrations throughout. Good to very good copies; occasional light wear to wrapper edges and spines;... More
![Geo Milev: Vuspominatelen sbornik [Geo Milev: a commemorative almanach].](/pictures/medium/3236.jpg?v=1499893244)
[Sofia]: 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 the eleventh... More
![Iskra: slezský literární měsíčník [The spark: an independent Silesian monthly], vol. I, nos. 1–10 (all published).](/pictures/medium/6105.jpg?v=1541185148)
Hrabyně: Iskra, 1932. Octavos (25 × 19 cm). Original typographically illustrated wrappers on differently colored paper; 151 pp. (continuous pagination). Very good or better copies. All published (ten issues) of this Silesian literary review, published in Hrabyně, near Ostrava. In prose and poetry, as well as countless reviews, book discussions... More
![Mezonin poezii, vypusk 1. Vernissazh [The Mezzanine of Poetry, no. 1. Vernissage]. WITH: Mezonin poezii, vypusk 1. Pir vo vremia chumy [The Mezzanine of Poetry, no. 2. The feast in the time of the plague]. Two of four issues published.](/pictures/medium/6141.jpg?v=1542134079)
[Moscow]: Knigoizdatel stvo Mezonin poezii, 1913. Octavos (21 × 14.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Léon Zack; [32] pp. each. Wrappers worn and lightly soiled; the wrappers of the first volume splitting along spine fold; still good (and the first issue somewhat better). First and second of altogether four almanachs... More
Prague: [1928]. Large quarto (34.5 × 24 cm). Original quarter-cloth with hand-written label to front board; fourteen bound-in folding maps, hand-colored, with official stamps, hand-written notes, and signatures, various sizes, approximately 49 × 85 cm. each. Boards rubbed and lightly distended; three of the maps have been removed from the... More
![Rodnaia zemlia, sbornik vtoroi [Native soil, volume two].](/pictures/medium/2211.jpg?v=1543078166)
New York: Izd-vo Narodopravstvo, 1921. Octavo (20 × 13.5 cm). Decorative wrappers; [4], 5-64 pp. About very good; light soil to front wrapper and first page; unobtrusive tape repair to upper edge of front wrapper. The second volume of this anthology, which first appeared in 1919, continues to present carefully... More
Prague: Grafia, 1928. Octavo (23 × 15.2 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 85 pp. With a striking unattributed wrapper design. Very good. Scarce list of participants at a 1928 art education congress held in Prague, containing over two thousand names, addresses, and occupations of the delegates and visitors. Among the famous... More
Tallinn and Tartu: Kirjanikkude Ühingu, 1917-1919. Quartos (27 × 19.2 cm). Later buckram bindings, preserving original pictorial wrappers by Nikolai Triik and Ado Vabbe (front and back); 148, [2]; 115, [4]; and 134 pp. Three full-page illustrations by Triik (volume I), six full-page drawings, of which one in red and... More
![Styl. Měsíčník pro architekturu, stavbu měst, umělecký průmysl, vydává společnost architektů v Praze [Review for Architecture, Townplanning and Industrial Art. Published by the Society of Architects, Director Dr. Vilém Dvořák]. Vols. II (1921–22), III (1922–23), IV (1923–24), VI (1925–1926), XIII (1933), XIV (1934), XVI (1936).](/images/noimage.png)
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
![Výstava soudobé kultury v Brně 1928. Československé výtvarné umění 1918-1928. [Exhibition of the Czechoslovak arts in Brno of 1928].](/pictures/medium/4979_1.jpg?v=1518456987)
Prague: Prague: Grafia dělnická knihtiskárna, 1928. Octavo (23 × 15.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 115, [40] pages of reproductions in black-and-white. Spine extremities frayed; wrappers lightly toned; still about very good. Divided into four sections on Czechoslovak art: painting, art on paper, sculpture and architecture. With an added German preface... More
![Zbrojnice kadeřníků -- vyzbrojí lépe váš závod [The hair salon arsenal -- better equips your enterprise].](/pictures/medium/3886_1.jpg?v=1505063083)
Prague: Hynek Paul, ca. 1920. Quarto (29.5 × 21 cm). Original printed orange wrappers; [20] pp. Trace of rust to staples, else very good. Apparently undocumented catalog by a Prague manufacturer of furniture and other fittings for hair salons and barber shops. The offers include everything from seats to mirrors... More
![Zpěvy o Rusku [Songs about Russia]. From the Russian by Jaroslav Teichmann.; Van, edice krásné literatury, sv. 3.](/pictures/medium/5539_1.jpg?v=1526745142)
V Hlučíně: Slezské tisk., nakl. a knihk. družstvo, 1946. Octavo (21 × 15.3 cm). Original typographically designed wrappers by Zden k Rossmann; 43, [3] pp. About fine. Scarce undocumented regional, Silesian avant-garde publication with a striking, spare wrapper design by Zdeněk Rossmann, an important Czech architect and graphic designer who... More
![Oforty V. N. Masiutina. Polnyi katalog vsekh ofortov, sostavlennyi samim khudozhnikom. So vstupitel'noi stat'ei N. I. Romanova k vystavke graviur V. N. Masiutina v Graviurnom Kabinete Rumiantsovskogo Muzeia, odnoi graviuroiu na dereve i 13-iu vosproizvedeniiami [Etchings by V. N. Masiutin. Complete catalog of all eau-fortes, compiled by the artist himself. With an introduction by N. I. Romanov on the exhibition of engravings by Masiutin at the Print Cabinet of the Rumiantsev Museum, one original woodcut and thirteen reproductions]. Adariukov.](/pictures/medium/4520_1.jpg?v=1498730771)
Moscow: 1920. Quarto (24.7 × 15.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 52 pp., [23] leaves of plates. About very good; front wrapper lightly stained and with nick to the right edge; one leaf loosened. Attractively produced catalog of engravings by the Russian artist Vasilii N. Masiutin (1884-1955), whose work blended symbolism... More
![Lidé z Reklubu: satirické veršování s karikaturami Karla Matějíčka [People from the Reklub: rhymed verses with caricatures by Karel Matějíček]. Václav Šafr, Karel Matějíček, designer Stanislav Maršo.](/pictures/medium/5667_1.jpg?v=1531413867)
Prague: Reklamný klub československý, 1936. Octavo (18.5 × 12.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 42, [3] pp. Twenty caricatures by Karel Matějíček, most of them full-page. About fine, in protective mylar. A charming book of satirical verses and caricatures about leading figures of the pre-war Czechoslovak advertising world. In 1927, the... More
![Nahá krása [Naked beauty].; Edice Vzkříšení, sv. 13. Alois Vojkůvka.](/pictures/medium/5543_1.jpg?v=1526749302)
Moravská Ostrava: Lidová knihtiskárna O. Štěpanek a spol. 1934. Octavo (21.3 × 15 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 20, [1] pp. Very good. In protective mylar sleeve. Scarce undocumented regional avant-garde design, with a striking title page and appealing typographic design throughout (continued on front and rear wrapper flaps). Signed by... More
![Trn: satirický asopis student [The thorn: a satirical student journal]. Vol. 3, no. 1 (1926). Zden k. An ík.](/pictures/medium/6125_1.jpg?v=1541439944)
Prague: 1924-1932. Large octavo (25.4 × 17.7 cm). Publisher's pictorial wrappers; 16 pp. as well as text to wrappers. About very good; lower wrapper edge foxed and stained. Single early issue of this astonishingly rich -- in text, image, and typographic design -- satirical journal of the Czech avant-garde period... More
Moravská Ostrava: Kroužek přátel vědy, literatury a umění, 1930. Octavo (24 × 16 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 25, [6] pp. About very good; text block loosened; light wear to wrappers and spine fold. Scarce undocumented regional avant-garde design (unattributed), incorporating angular typography on a newpaper background. First edition of the... More
St. Petersburg: Tip. 1905-06. Quartos (ca. 33 × 23 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; 8-16 pp. each. Each issue with numerous black-and-white, and some color, cartoons and drawings and a color title illustration. About very good to very good issues, with the occasional light wear, dust-soiling, and light stamps; only one... More
![Shutka metsenata: iumoristicheskii roman [Maecenas' joke: a humoristic novel]. Arkadii Averchenko.](/pictures/medium/4712.jpg?v=1503571294)
Prague: Izdatel'stvo Plamia, 1925. Octavo (18 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 193, [4] pp. About very good; front wrapper with crease and a few small nicks to edges. First separate edition of Averchenko's only satirical novel, which was writtten in 1923 and first issued in the émigré newspaper “Ekho” in... More
![Kaleidoskop: epigramy, satiry a smutky z let 1923-27 [Caleidoscope: epigrams, satires and regrets from 1923-1927]. Bedřich Bělohlávek.](/pictures/medium/5137_1.jpg?v=1518455472)
Prague: R. Rejman, 1927. Small octavo (16 × 11.4 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [40] leaves. A very good copy. Scarce collection of good-natured, but witty parodies of contemporary Czech political life, including the communists, fascists, republicans, workers and bourgeois, as well as leading figures of the Czech avant-garde, such as... More
![Iz mirovoi poezii [From the world of poetry]. Konstantin Dmitrievich Bal'mont, Balmont.](/pictures/medium/3853.jpg?v=1543677359)
Berlin: Slovo, 1921. Octavo (19 × 12.5 cm). Original cloth with paper-covered boards; 209, [5] pp. With a facsimile introduction by the author. Very good. A collection of Russian translations by the Silver Age and Symbolist poet Konstantin Bal'mont (1867-1942), who became famous for his highly experimental, sonorous and musical... More
![Pod novym serpom: roman v trekh chastiakh [Under the new crescent a novel in three parts]. Konstantin Dmitrievich Bal'mont, Balmont.](/pictures/medium/3854.jpg?v=1543677389)
Berlin: Slovo, 1923. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 381, [3] pp. Very good copy, with edges slightly resized. An autobiographical novel by the Russian Silver Age and Symbolist poet Konstantin Bal'mont (1867-1942), who became famous for his highly experimental, sonorous and musical verse from the 1890s onward... More
