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 about Celtne: žurnals literaturai, mākslai un zinatnei [Structure: a journal of proletarian history,...

Prague-Karlín: Komunistické nakladatelství a knihkupectví, [1928]. Large octavo (25 × 18.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers, most likely by Václav Mašek; 103, [9], 16 pp. Numerous full-page illustrations and smaller photo-montages. Nick to lower spine extremity (ca. 2 cm), else very good. Rare socialist anthology of art and literature (both original..... More about Dělnícký kalendář rodinný na rok 1929 [Worker's family calendar for the year 1929

[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 about Geo Milev: Vuspominatelen sbornik [Geo Milev: a commemorative almanach

Prague: Präsidium der k. k. Polizeidirektion Prag, [1916 or 1917]. Large quarto (33 × 24 cm). Attractively bound in recent gray boards; [1], 198 leaves of text to rectos only. Pink rubber stamp “Vertraulich” (“Confidential”) to first leaf. Introductory text followed by German-language wanted briefs and photographs. Very good. [Austria... More about James Joyce Hunted for Espionage]. Betreffend: Hochverräterische Umtriebe von österr. Čechen...

Berlin: Knigoizdatel'stvo pisatelei v Berline, [1922]. Octavo. Original decorative wrappers by Ivan Mozalevskii; 133, [1] pp. Fifteen titles and end decorations by S. Segal'. About very good; spine neatly repaired; hand-written label to spine strip; small stain to front wrapper. Contains prose by Gleb Alekseev, Aleksei Tolstoi, Vladimir Lidin, Savvatii... More about Odisseia: zarubezhnyi sbornik. Kniga pervaia [The Odyssey: an anthology of exile. Book 1] (all...

Prague: S.V.U. Mánes, 1946. Octavo (20 × 12 cm). Original pictorial dust-wrappers over blind wraps; [26] pp. and twelve unnumbered leaves of reproductions. Occasional underlining to last few pages; else very good. Catalog of the 361. exhibition of S.V.U. Mánes, held January 30 through February 23, 1946, and showing the... More about S. V. U. Mánes. Umění republikánského Španělska. Španělští umělci pařížské školy...

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 about Siuru I, II, and III (complete series

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 about Výstava soudobé kultury v Brně 1928. Československé výtvarné umění 1918-1928....

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 about Zbrojnice kadeřníků -- vyzbrojí lépe váš závod [The hair salon arsenal -- better equips...

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 about Oforty V. N. Masiutina. Polnyi katalog vsekh ofortov, sostavlennyi samim khudozhnikom. So...

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 about Lidé z Reklubu: satirické veršování s karikaturami Karla Matějíčka [People from the...

Prague: 1924-1932. Large octavo (26.2 × 17.5 cm). Publisher's typographically illustrated self-wrappers; [16] pp. including wrappers. Very good; stamp of the famous architect Václav Roštlapil; very faint vertical crease. Single early issue of this astonishingly rich -- in text, image, and typographic design -- satirical journal of the Czech avant-garde..... More about Trn: satirický časopis student [The thorn: a satirical student journal]. Vol. 3, no. 12 (1926

Prague: 1924-1932. Large octavo (25.4 × 17.7 cm). Publisher's pictorial wrappers; 16 pp. as well as text to wrappers. Very good or better. Single early issue of this astonishingly rich -- in text, image, and typographic design -- satirical journal of the Czech avant-garde period, which features uncredited typographic layout... More about Trn: satirický časopis studentů [The thorn: a satirical student journal]. Vol. 3, no. 1 (1926