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- Books, Slavica
THEATER – YUGOSLAV BOOK DESIGN: Za vozom boginje Talije. Spomini potujočega igralca
- 95.00€
- [Behind a Chariot of the Goddess Thalia. Memoires of a Travelling Actor] 8°. 111 pp., with a full-size portrait and black and white illustrations within text, original yellow wrappers with illustrated cover (wrappers slightly stained and with minor foxing, internally with minor staining and tiny tears on the inner side of the portrait, otherwise in good condition).
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- Books, History, Slavica
Ukraine / Polish Press / Vilnius Publishing: O śmilańskim parafijalnym kościele na Ukrainie [About the Parish Church of Smila in Ukraine]
- 980.00€
- A rare Polish book on a Catholic church in Smila, at the time a part of the Russian Empire (today Ukraine), printed in Vilnius. Small 4°, 1 toned lithographic view and 1 colour lithography, later half claf with marbled paper boards and gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, marbled edges (minor age-toning, foxing and staining, old library…
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- Books, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, Slavica
UNDERGROUND PARTISAN PRINTING / THEATER: Srečanje [Meeting]
- 350.00€
- An unusual short theatre piece by an underground Partisan theatre group, depicting the first meeting between the Slovenian Partisans and the Soviet Red Army. 8°, [1 p.] title page, 6 pp. mimeographed text, [1 p.] blank page, original paper wrappers with mimeographed cover, stapled (Very Good, tiny tears in margins, with light foxing, old owner’s remark on the…
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- Books, Slavica
UNDERGROUND PARTISAN PRINTING: Zavezniške bombe na Nemčijo [Allied Bombs on Germany].
- 750.00€
- A rare pamphlet, printed by a Slovenian underground Partisan press, was made at the occasion of the first Allied flights over the country during WWII.
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- Books, Slavica
UNDERGROUND PARTISAN PRINTING: Zavezniške bombe na Nemčijo [Allied Bombs on Germany].
- 250.00€
- A rare mimeographed illustrated pamphlet, printed by a Slovenian underground Partisan press, was made at the occasion of the first Allied flights over north Yugoslavia during WWII.
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- Books, Slavica
UNDERGROUND PRINTING / WWII / YUGOSLAV PARTISANS: Delo
- 620.00€
- The final wartime issue of the most famous Slovenian Partisan newspaper, ‘Delo’, printed by an underground press in Italian-occupied Ljubljana, with a magnificently illustrated cover, was printed in a secret room in the building of the Fascist police station. 8°. 34 pp., original wrappers with illustrated cover printed in red, stapled (Very Good, staples slightly soiled, slightly stained, tiny…
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- Books, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, Slavica
UNDERGROUND PRINTING / WWII SLAVICA / ORIGINAL ARTWORK: Prešernova Zdravljica [Prešeren’s Zdravljica].
- 280.00€
- A 4-page pamphlet with a full page linocut, made by an underground Slovenian Partisan press, handed out to the resistance fighters on Christmas, 1944 8°, [4 pp.] with a full page linocut (tiny tears in margins, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Slavica, Turkica
UYGHUR – CHINESE – RUSSIAN DICTIONARY: 维-汉-俄词典 ئويغورچه ـ خه نوچه ـ روسچه لوغات Уйгурско-Китайско-Русскйи Словарь
- 920.00€
- [Uyghur – Chinese – Russian Dictionary] A rare, important Uyghur – Chinese - Russian dictionary was written in prison by a later Chinese politician Burhan Shahidi of Uyghur / Tatar roots, while serving a sentence for supporting Trotsky under the rule of the Chinese warlord Sheng Shicai. 8°. Title page, 9. pp (first 6 pages mispaginated with 2…
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- Books, History, Slavica
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising / Judaica: Getto walczy. Udział Bundu w obronie getta warszawskiego
- 420.00€
- [The Ghetto is Fighting. Participation of the Bund in the defense of the Warsaw Ghetto] Large 12°, 67 pp., original illustrated wrappers (wrappers slightly dusty and stained with small chips and lines in ink and pencil, sporadic annotations in pencil inside).
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- Maps and Prints, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, Posters, Slavica
WARSAW UPRISING UNDERGROUND PRINTING: Warszawa Walczy żołnierska gazeta scienna. [Warsaw Fights: Soldiers’ Wall Newspaper], Nr. 40, August 19th, 1944
- 950.00€
- A very rare issue of ‘Warszawa Walczy’ [Warsaw Fights], a large illustrated broadside ‘wall newspaper’ issued by the propaganda bureau of the ‘Armia Krajowa’ [Polish Home Army] during the Warsaw Uprising, one of the most popular works published within the barricaded city to inform both resistance fighters and local residents, an especially fine example in very good condition.
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- Books, Slavica
WHITE RUSSIAN PRINTING IN ISTANBUL: Православный Христіанскій Молитвословъ для мірянъ
- 420.00€
- [Orthodox Christian Prayer Book for the Laity] A rare pamphlet with prayers in Russian language, printed by the Orthodox Church at the Russian Embassy in Istanbul for the immigrants fleeing the revolution from Odessa. 12°, 42 pp. with black and white illustrations, original wrappers with lettering, stapled (minimal age-toning and staining, overall in a good condition, sporadic…
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- Books, Slavica
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Julij Caesar. Tragedija u pet činova [Julius Caesar]
- 120.00€
- A second edition of the most popular early translation of Julius Caesar, made by a Croatian writer and translator August Harambašić (1861 – 1911). 12°. 114 pp., original wrappers with lettering, later spine (used condition, cover with a light scratch and a paper stamp in the corner, old owner’s signature on the title page).
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- Books, Slavica
WOMEN’S RIGHTS / POLAND: O prawach kobiéty [On Women’s Rights]
- 1,200.00€
- An early Polish book, supporting the women’s rights 8°. [4 pp.], 472 pp., contemporary three quarter grey linen binding with marbled boards, hand-written title on the spine, marbled edges (book plate of a Franciscan Library in Krakow with deaccessioned stamps on the inner side of the front board, stamps of the same library on the title page and inside…
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- Books, History, Slavica
WW I – MILITARY HISTORY AND POETRY: Српска Африкијада. Наши у Африци. Srpska Afrikijada. Naši u Africi [Serbian Africana. Our Solders in Africa].
- 380.00€
- An illustrated book, printed in Belgrade, gives a report on Serbian soldiers in Africa during WWI.
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- Books, Geography, History, Ottoman Books, Slavica, Turkica
WWI in Ukraine: اوقراينا، روسيا و توركيه : (مقالهلر مجموعهسى)
- 480.00€
- [Ukrayna, Rusya ve Türkiye. Makaleler Mecmuası / Russia, Ukraine and Turkey. A Discussion] A pamphlet on cultural and demographic connections between Ukraine and Turkey, printed in Ottoman, in Istanbul, during World War I 8°. 71 pp., folding map, later brown cloth binding with gilt lettering (light staining and foxing, small tears in the inner margin of the…
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- Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Slavica
WWII FEMALE POLITICAL PRISONERS / SLOVENIAN THEATRE PLAY PRINTED IN TRIESTE: Svet brez sovraštva
- 85.00€
- [World without Hate] 8°, 61 pp., [3 pp.] blank, original illustrated wrappers, stapled (wrappers with light foxing and tiny folds in margins, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, Maps and Prints, Slavica
WWII POLISH BOOK ON IRAQ: Irak, jego przeszłość i teraźniejszość [Iraq, Its Past and Present].
- 350.00€
- A rare book on the history and geography of Iraq was printed and published by the Polish Carpathian Rifle Division during their campaign in the country during WWII in 1943.
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- Bindings, Books, Slavica
WWII Underground Printing – Parachute Silk Binding: Kratka zgodovina Vsezvezne komunistične stranke (boljševikov)
- 420.00€
- [A Short History of All-Connected Communist Party (of Bolsheviks)] A rare book on the history of Communism, printed by the Slovenian underground press during World War II, bound in dyed parachute silk 8°, 296 pp., [4 pp.], original silk binding with lettering on the cover (good, used condition with minor foxing and annotations in pencil, old…
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- Books, Slavica
YUGOSLAV – SLOVENIAN GAY & PUNK POETRY / IRWIN DESIGN: Viks. Glasilo ŠKUCa in FOURMa
- 380.00€
- A fine example of the combination of the high-end 1980s punk lyrics and contemporary progressive book design by the IRWIN group. 4°. 29 pp. on printed brown marbled paper, original illustrated wrappers.
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- New Acquisitions: December 2020, Slavica
YUGOSLAV 1980s ART: Neue Slowenische Kunst. Problemi-6
- 220.00€
- An early publication on the art collective Neue Slowenische Kunst 4°. 64 pp. printed and xeroxed text with illustrations in black, purple and green, [24 pp.] text in purple and black and white with illustrations, [32 pp.] interleaved colour plates on thicker paper with illustrations on both sides, original silver wrappers with black lettering and illustrations (small dents, folds…
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- Books, Slavica
YUGOSLAV BOOK DESIGN – SOCIALISM – LABOR RIGHTS: Ljudje s ceste
- 95.00€
- [People from the Street] Original book design with photomontage 8°, 119 pp., illustrated wrappers (good, used example with minimal wear, old signature on the title page).
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- Books, Slavica
Yugoslav Book Design / Jules Verne: Skrivnostni otok [The Mysterious Island / L’île mysterieuse]
- 120.00€
- A fine example of the first Slovenian translation of Verne’s Mysterious Island with a highly decorative cover design by an academic painter Rudi Gorjup 8°, 585 pp. with black and white illustrations, [4 pp.], original illustrated wrappers (minor wear to the wrappers, otherwise in a good, clean, seemingly unread condition).
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- Books, History, Slavica
YUGOSLAV BOOK DESIGN / MARXISM IN YUGOSLAVIA: Naš véliki socijalni problem. Agrarna Reforma
- 120.00€
- [Our Large Social Problem: Land Reform] 8°. 135 pp. with two interleaved full page black and white photographs, original illustrated wrappers (very good, old signature on the title page, wrappers with minor staining, sporadic words underlined, but overall in a good clean condition).
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- Books, New Acquisitions: December 2020, Slavica
YUGOSLAV BOOK DESIGN / MID-CENTURY WINDOW DRESSING: Temeljni nauki o aranžiranju in dekoriranju
- 75.00€
- [The Basics of Window Dressing] A Slovenian / Yugoslav pioneering work on the mid-century window dressing 8°. 116 pp. with black and white illustrations and interleaved colour plate, printed from both sides, [4 pp.], original illustrated boards, linen spine (slightly bumped on the corners, otherwise in a good condition).
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