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First edition of this rare publication, in which an attempt is made to "clear away the difficulties that were previously seen in the creation story described by Moses" (transl. from the preface). Johann Georg Klein, a preacher from Strasbourg (Meusel, Das gelehrte Teutschland, vol. 1, Lemgo 1824), wanted to produce nothing less than a "New System of Creation" with… Read more about this item

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[SOVIET AVANT-GARDE - PHOTO-MONTAGE - STALINIST PURGES] Ordenonostsy moskovskogo Komsomola [Medal-bearers of the Moscow Komsomol]

by Skalaban, E. S. (designer) and E. V. Povolotskaia (editor)

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A richly illustrated and apparently altogether unrecorded print album showcasing the work of the members of the Komsomol (Young Communist League), with photomontage illustrations throughout. A variety of industries are represented, from weaving, to building the Moscow Metro, from parachuting to Arctic exploration, highlighting the presence of the Komsomol members across Soviet labour and science, featuring individual workers' portraits… Read more about this item

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[AVANT-GARDE - SOVIET ART - EXHIBITION CATALOG] Krug: 2-ia vystavka 1928 [The circle. 2nd exhibition, 1928]

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Catalog of the second exhibition of the "Krug khudozhnikov" (Circle of artists) group, founded by graduates of Leningrad VKhUTEIN in 1926. Collectivism dominated the association's activities, and the exhibitions were preceded by numerous meetings and discussions of artworks and their social character. The group's charter opens the catalog, and pronounces realist painting as the highest point of artistic development,… Read more about this item

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[AVANT-GARDE - SOVIET ART - EXHIBITION CATALOG] Vystavka proizvedenii khudozhnikov gruppy "Bubnovyi valet". Mart 1927 [Exhibition of works of artists of the "Jack of Diamonds" group. March 1927]

by Midler, V[iktor Markovich], introduction

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A catalog of the Soviet exhibition of the avant-garde "Jack of Diamonds" group at the State Tretiakov Gallery, including the work of artists such as Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, and Aristarkh Lentulov, with the introduction by the artist and curator Viktor Midler (1888-1979). A retrospective exhibition showing nearly 70 works of 8 artists from 1910-1925, the exhibition was the… Read more about this item

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[UKRAINIAN LITERATURE - DNEPROSTROI - CONSTRUCTIVISM] Izbrannye stikhi [Selected poems]

by Sosiura, Volodimir

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First collected volume of poems in Russian of the Ukrainian poet Volodymyr Sosiura (1898-1965) with Constructivist wrappers (unattributed). The introduction to this volume calls Sosiura a proletarian writer composing lyrics about his native Donbas, and points to the special relevance of Sosiura's poetry to Dneprostroi. In fact, the collected volume in Russian was likely occasioned by the Dneprostroi project,… Read more about this item

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The Poem Company. Phase one. Collection of fifteen issues

by Anonymous

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Fifteen issues of the counter-cultural poetry and fluxus-inspired journal "The Poem Company." Richly illustrated with collages, typography, photographs, multi-colored printing. The issues are unnumbered and were sent all around the world from Vancouver in irregular intervals. Because they fit into a regular small format envelope, they would serve as inspiration for a similar German journal, Kleine Randlage, published by… Read more about this item

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[CUBA - ARMED ANTI-CASTRO RESISTANCE - COLD WAR] BoletÃn Semanal Informativo [Weekly informational bulletin]. Nos. 11, 13-16, 18-30, 32-37, 39-43 (altogether 28 issues of 45 published)

by Del Cerro, Angel, Dr. and Frente Revolucionario DemocrÃ¡tico (FRD)

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A substantial run (28 issues of 45 published) of this weekly publication of Frente Revolucionario Democratico (Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front; FRD), an anti-Castro revolutionary organization founded in May 1960 by an international coalition of Cuban exiles, with strong US government support. The short articles (uncredited) report on resignations within the Castro government, purges within the Castro administration, and false… Read more about this item

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[YUGOSLAVIAN NEO-AVANT-GARDE - FLUXUS - CONCEPTUAL ART - HAPPENING - ARTIST'S BOOKS] Neobjavljene stranice iz zapisa jednog umjetnika (Les pages non-publies des ecrits d'un artiste) 1968-1978 [Unpublished pages from the notes of an artist, 1968-1978]

by Trbuljak, Goran

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First edition of the artist book, printed in an edition of only 500 copies, which is part of a group of works by the Yugoslav conceptual artist Goran Trbuljak in which he critically examines the artist subject. Even the title reveals the program. Instead of the artist's name, the title page merely reveals that it is a drawing by… Read more about this item

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[EXISTENTIALISM - PICASSO AND THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION] Krizis iskusstva [The crisis in art]

by Berdiaev, Nikolai

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Scarce first edition of three articles by Berdiaev: "The crisis in art," originally held as a public lecture in Moscow on November 1, 1917; "Picasso"; and "An astral novel", about Andrey Bely's novel Petersburg. Berdiaev (or Berdyaev, 1874-1948) was an important Russian religious philosopher and one of the founders of Russian Existentialism. He was one of the first thinkers… Read more about this item

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[EARLY FEMINISM - WOMEN'S EDUCATION] KobiÃ¨ta czyli: Historyja Åzy i Åmiechu [Woman, or: A story of tears and laughter]

by G[oczaÅkowska], Julia

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First edition of this work on female emancipation by Julia GoczaÅkowska (1809-1888), the Polish writer and educator. The book opens with a call for raising the quality of education for girls and women in Poland, educated primarily at home and through the church in the nineteenth century. GoczaÅkowska writes: "Today women do not fulfil their vocation as they should;… Read more about this item

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Drangularijum [Collection of curiosities]

by AbramoviÄ, Marina, et al, and RaÅ¡a TodosijeviÄ, designer

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A catalog for an exhibition of Yugoslav conceptual artists, featuring an early installation of Marina AbramoviÄ (b.1948), whose name has since become synonymous with performance art internationally. One of sixteen artists featured in the show co-curated by all the participants, the artists challenged themselves to exhibit an object that already existed and that "represented themselves and their own creativity"… Read more about this item

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[YUGOSLAV AVANT-GARDE - CONCEPTUAL ART - FLUXUS - HAPPENING - ARTIST'S BOOKS] In Another Moment. Conception: Nena and Braco DimitrijeviÄ

by Beuys, Joseph, Daniel Buren, Sol LeWitt, Lawrence Weiner, and others

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First and only edition of the extremely rare catalog of the first two important international exhibitions of conceptual art in Yugoslavia, which saw participation by renowned artists such as Robert Barry, Joseph Beuys, Daniel Buren, Sol LeWitt, and Lawrence Weiner. In April 1971, the exhibition "At the Moment" was shown in Zagreb and then continued in Belgrade under the… Read more about this item

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[RUSSIAN SYMBOLISM FOR CHILDREN - AVANT-GARDE] Koldun i uchenyi [The magician and the scientist]

by Skaldin, A[leksei] D[mitrievich] and Lapshin, N[ikolai Fedorovich], illustrator

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A collection of popular science short stories for Soviet teenagers, with the settings ranging from prehistoric times, to ancient Egypt, Renaissance Italy, and nineteenth-century Russia, by the symbolist writer Aleksei Skaldin (1885-1943), with illustrations by the avant-garde painter, stage designer, and illustrator Nikolai Lapshin (1891-1942). One of the youngest Symbolists, Skaldin was a friend and admirer of Viacheslav Ivanov,… Read more about this item

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[SOVIET CHILDREN'S THEATER - CONSTRUCTIVISM] "Na razvedki piatiletki": detskii samodeiatel'nyi teatr [On the Five-Year Plan: children's amateur theater]

by Preobrazhenskii, S[ergei Ivanovich] and Ðdol'f Shterngeim, illustrator

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A collection of plays and sketches for Soviet amateur children's theater, all on the subject of the first Five-Year Plan (1928-1932), with constructivist-inspired photomontage wrappers (unattributed). In true constructivist fashion, instructions for building a DIY theater set are included on the inside of the front and rear wrapper. Intended for Young Pioneers (Soviet children ages 9-14), the short plays… Read more about this item

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Rus'. Sbornik statei po russkoi istorii [Rus'. A collection of essays on Russian history.; Den' Russkoi Kul'tury. Russkomu Iunoshestvu

by Burnashev, o. M. (editor)

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The second volume of this rare almanac of literary and historical sources on the topic of Russia's national identity and history, published with the aim of helping parents educate their children in the emigration, far from home (a similar volume, entitled "Rodina: sbornik dlia detei i iunoshestva" was published in 1926). This volume gathers historical sources and articles on… Read more about this item

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[POLISH UNOFFICIAL ART] II Biennale Sztuki Nowej: malarstwo, grafika, performance, prezentacje autorskie, filmy, video, odczyty, etc., Zielona GÃ³ra 87 [II Biennale of New Art: painting, performance, graphic arts, author presentations, film, video, lectures etc., Zielona GÃ³ra 87]

by Polus, Zenon, editor

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A kind of who-is-who presentation of independent galleries throughout Poland in the late 1980s, this catalog includes information and reproductions of works from galleries such as the PoznaÅ based Galeria Akumulatory 2, Galeria At, the Lublin based Galeria BWI, "Foto-Medium-Art" from WrocÅaw, Galeria "po" in Zielona GÃ³ra, Galeria "Wschodnia" in ÅÃ³dÅº, Pracownia Dziekanka in Warsaw, and others, presenting twelve… Read more about this item

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AnarchistickÃ¡ morÃ¡lka [Anarchist Morality].; MezinÃ¡rodnÃ¡ knihovna, ÄÃs [International library, no.] 22

by Kropotkin, Petr

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The first Czech translation of this work by Kropotkin (followed only by a Prague imprint in 1919), and one of his earliest book-length publications in Czech. Issued as a supplement to the Czech anarchist journal "VolnÃ© Listy" (Free Pages), which was published in New York from 1890 to 1917. Kropotkin's 1892 essay presents a theory of morality according to… Read more about this item

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Rodina. Sbornik dlia detei i iunoshestva [The motherland. An anthology for children and youth].; Wrapper title: Den' Russkoi Kul'tury. Russkomu Iunoshestvu [Russian Culture Day. For the Russian youth]

by Burnashev, o. M. (editor)

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Rare collection of literary and historical sources on the topic of Russia's national identity and history, published with the aim of helping parents educate their children in the emigration, far from home. The publisher's preface indicates that funds were highly limited, but the editor nevertheless attempted to include examples of both medieval and modern Russian literature, as well as… Read more about this item

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[LE CORBUSIER IN POLAND] Modulor: system wymiarowania Le Corbusier [Modulor: the Le Corbusier measuring system]

by SoÅtan, Jerzy (and Le Corbusier)

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This study of Le Corbusier's anthropocentric "Modulor" measuring system was the first publication in this series by the Academic Circle of students of the Faculty of Interior Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poland. The author of the study was Jerzy SoÅtan (1913-2005), a Polish architect who worked with Le Corbusier and served as Professor of Architecture… Read more about this item

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[GDR-OPPOSITION - SAMIZDAT ] Urkunde. Vierzig Jahre (warten) [Certificate. Forty years (of waiting)]

by Bohley, BÃ¤rbel, Reinhard WeiÃhuhn, Rolf Henrich, and Katja Havemann

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