[Geneva]: Heroysgegeben fun dem Allgemeynem Idishen arbeyṭer Bund in Russland un Poylen, 1899. First Yiddish book edition. First edition of this translation. In somewhat later paper wrappers. First Yiddish edition in book form of the Communist Manifesto, the greatest piece of revolutionary propaganda, the first edition of Blumshteyn’s translation, prefaced..... More

Lyon: [R. P. J. Hervier, designer; J. A. Henry, fabricator, for A. Roux], mdccclxxxvi [1886(–1887)]. First edition. Illustrated book on silk, woven in silvery-gray and black threads. Four full-page illustrations, each page within a decorative border in various styles. Ornate initials throughout. Text in Latin and French. In somewhat later..... More

[Paris]: [S.n], [ca. 1920]. Two vintage hand-painted woodcut posters. Mounted on paper. 360 × 500 mm. Two original hand-painted Avant-Garde posters by Pedro Luiz Correia de Araújo. Correia de Araújó (1874–1955) was a Brazilian modernist artist who lived and worked in both Paris and Rio de Janeiro. More

Prague: Karel Synek, 1936. Complete set of 46 volumes. In publisher’s photographically illustrated wrappers, designed by John Heartfield. Cover of first volume printed in color. With numerous text illustrations by Josef Lada. [4] 249 [2] p. Jaroslav Hašek’s The Good Soldier Svejk, published in a series of forty-six pamphlets with..... More

Havana: [S.n.], 1934. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to José Ardévol. Limited, printed in 500 copies. Cover and six woodcut illustrations by Ernesto Gonzalez Puig and Domingo Ravenet. n original, illustrated wrappers. In protective cloth open case. [42] p. and 6 woodcut illustrations. Scarce, richly illustrated Cuban..... More

Bucarest: Unu, June 1930. First edition. Issue Nº 26 of the Romanian Avant-Garde journal, Unu. Photographically illustrated title page, additional illustrations and two pressed plant leaves. [8] p. Scarce issue of the important Romanian Avant-Garde periodical, Unu. The magazine was published between 1928–1932 and edited by Romanian poet Saşa..... More

Prague: I. L. Kobra, 1914. First edition. In publisher’s cloth binding. 387 [1] p. and 1 folding chart. First Czech edition of Darwin’s opus magnum, On the Origin of Species (1859), the foundation of evolutionary biology. The translator, František Klapálek (1863–1919) was a prominent entomologist, founding member and the..... More

London: Printed by W. Botham, for James Knapton, at the Crown in St Paul’s Church’s Church-yard, 1707. First edition. In contemporary (publisher’s?) leather, panels blind-tooled, spine gilt. Rebacked, later endpapers. Printed bibliographical note mounted on front pastedown. [24] 300 [i.e., 302] [18] p., and 10 engraved plates and 5 folding..... More

A Amsterdam: Chez Adrian Braakman, 1701. First edition. In later marbled paper. Double-page engrave frontispiece. [4 (blank pages)] [2 (a double-page frontispiece] [76 (letterpressed pages)] [80 (pages of engraved tables) [4 (blank pages)]. Extremely scarce early eighteenth-century merchant’s handbook. Henry Desaguliers scarce handbook for merchants with explanations and tables..... More

[Paris]: l’Union de Artistés Russes á Paris, 1925. Original avant-garde poster. With two illustrations by Henri Laurens and Mikhail Larionov. 325 × 495 mm. Scarce avant-garde poster for Bal de la Grande Ourse organized by the Union of Russian Artists of Paris. This costume ball was held annually by..... More

New York: New Directions, 1962. First edition. Association copy inscribed by Miller to his Polish translator. In publisher’s hard paper binding and original dust jacket. 127 [1] p. Inscribed to Miller’s Polish translator, Zygmunt Łanowski in 1965. Łanowski (1911–1989) was a Polish translator of English and Nordic languages..... More

[Budapest?]: [Rottler István], [1930s]. Six original black and white photographs. In fine condition. In different sizes: 190 × 180 mm, 200 × 145 mm, 235 × 135 mm, 225 × 170 mm, 195 × 170 mm, 190 × 168 mm. Six vintage advertisement photographs of Art-Deco shop window designs for..... More

Sofia: [S.n.], 1927. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. Woodcut cover design in blue and red, and 6 full-page woodcut illustrations in the text by Pencho Georgiev. 31 [1] p. Striking modernist cover and woodcut illustrations by Pencho Georgiev. Rusaliev’s poem about the Bulgarian April Uprising of 1876, with numerous..... More