12°, 79 pp. with black and white illustrations, original pink wrappers with illustrated cover (light foxing and staining, collector’s stamp on the verso of the title page, otherwise in a good condition).
A Slovenian novel with a stunning expressionistic design by an academic painter Tone Kralj was published by a Slovenian press in Trieste, which would in the next years became one of the centers of the Italian Fascism. 8°, 198 pp., later three-quarter dark red linen binding with marbled boards and original cover pasted on the front board (minor staining,…
An Azerbaijani translation of a Russian short novel by Alexander Neverov was published in Baku as a part of the program to introduce the Soviet proletarian literature to Azerbaijan in the 1920s. 8°, 18 pp., later brown cloth binding with gilt lettering (slightly age-toned and stained, old hand-written price in the inner side of the last board, old signature…
[Turkic-Russian and Russian-Turkic Dictionary of Political, Legal, Economic and Military Terms, Used in Press] An important early Tatar-Russian dictionary, written by a famous Azerbaijani playwright, composer and public figure Uzeyir Hajibeyov, who authored the Azerbaijani national anthem 8°, [4 pp.] title page and introduction, 94 pp., [2 pp.], 28, in Cyrillic and Perso-Arabic script, later brown cloth…
[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).
A rare mimeographed illustrated pamphlet, printed by a Slovenian underground Partisan press, was made at the occasion of the first Allied flights over the country during WWII.
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…
[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…
The first edition of a report on the life in the Warsaw Ghetto was published in Rome after the liberation in WWII by a member of the Polish 2nd Corps. 8°, 19 pp., [3 pp] blank, original wrappers with lettering, stapled (minor wear to the spine, otherwise in a good, clean condition).
A rare mimeographed newspaper in Polish language with patriotic short literary texts was printed in the first days of the Warsaw Uprising. Large 4°, mimeographed title page, 5 pp., [1 pp.] mimeographed text, stapled, old owner’s stamp on the lower corner of the title page (sightly stained, otherwise in a good condition).
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