from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Vereeniding tot Bevordering der Grafische Kunst: S. H. de Roos, 1930. First Edition. No. 5 of 100 copies printed. Octavo (26cm). Hand-sewn pamphlet in black and cream block-printed paper wrappers, titled on paper label on front, in original glassine jacket; [8]pp, printed on one side of the sheet only; large relief plate and relief title-page vignette by Nicolas Eekman.… Read more

New York: Venanzi Memorial Committee, 1921. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Later cloth, titled in gilt on spine; xxiii,304pp. Very Good, with mild wear to board edges and the rear board mildly pulled. Ex-libris Alfredo Verrico, Italian-American film producer and exporter, with his engraved bookplate and blind-embossed stamp. Memorial anthology of writings by Venanzi (1882-1920), an Italian-American anarchist-socialist… Read more

[Superior, WI: Tyomies Societyn Kirjapainossa, 1926]. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm); pictorial card wrappers; 101pp. Covers slightly shelf worn, rear wrapper a bit dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Text entirely in Finnish. Proletarian novel by Helmi Mattson, among the more prominent Finnish-American women leftists of the interwar period. Born in Finland, Mattson emigrated to International Falls, Minnesota, married,… Read more

Kunming: [Yunnan People's Publishing House], 1992. First Thus. Octavo (18cm); blue/color pictorial glossy paper wrappers; 137pp. Book is overall slightly warped, possibly from damping; wrappers mildly scratched and worn, spine creased. Interiors toned with light foxing. Very Good, sound. The title translates to: "Common Ground: Anthology of Contemporary Midwest Poetry"; a book of the same title and content… Read more

Chicago: Nákladem a tiskem Aug. Geringera, 1913. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm.); original color lithograph wrappers;338,[26](ads)pp.; illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities chipped with shallow one-inch loss to fore-edge of upper cover, spine crown chipped, a few interior leaves dog-eared, else Good to Very Good. Text entirely in Czech. Czech-American literary almanac, including a daily calendar, cartoons, poetry, jokes, short stories, and… Read more

Chicago: Tiskem a Nákladem Aug. Geringera, 1899. First Edition. Octavo (26cm.); original color lithograph wrappers; 240pp.; double frontispiece, illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities chipped and a bit dog-eared with loss at both spine ends slightly affecting upper cover, extremities a bit toned, else Good to Very Good. Text entirely in Czech. Czech-American literary almanac, including a daily calendar, cartoons, poetry,… Read more

[Superior, WI?]: Finnish Federation, 1936. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in green and yellow; 160pp. Extremities a bit toned and dusty, a few leaves dog-eared, else Very Good or better. Finnish language anthology of American proletarian short fiction, including pieces by William Rollins, Jr., Michael Gold, James T. Farrell, Jack Conroy, Erskine Caldwell, and… Read more

Astoria, OR: Western Workmen's Publishing Society, n.d., ca. 1920s. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm); publisher's olive printed wrappers; 94pp. Covers rather chipped and curled, faint soil to bottom textblock edge, spine cocked, else Good to Very Good overall. Text entirely in Finnish. Proletarian novel by Helmi Mattson, among the more prominent Finnish-American women leftists of the interwar period. Born… Read more

Elizabethville, PA: The Hawthorne Press, 1911. First Edition. Octavo (23pp); brown cloth, ribbed, stamped in gilt; VI, 192pp. Boards soiled, rubbed about extremities; lower corners bumped; spine creased. Textblock toned and foxed throughout; bindings slightly shaken. Overall Good. Harvey Monroe Miller—better known as Solly Hulsbuck—published four books of poetry and prose over his lifetime, as well as many… Read more

Superior, WI: Työmies Society Print, 1949. First Edition. Octavo. Printed, textured card wrappers; 111pp. Slight toning to text block, a bit of creasing to text at upper corner; still a sound, attractive copy, Very Good or better. A socialist novel of Finnish-American immigrant life -- the title translates literally as "Twisted Paul" -- by one of the leading Finnish-language… Read more

[Superior, WI: Työmies Society Print, 1949]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's tan printed card wrappers; 111pp. Light shelf wear and very faint soiling to upper cover, else Very Good or better. A socialist novel of Finnish-American immigrant life -- the title translates literally as "Twisted Paul" -- by one of the leading Finnish-language left-wing literary voices in the United… Read more

Tokyo: Nihon Sekijuji-sha, 1958. Later printing. Heavy quarto (30cm); dark red cloth, stamped in white and gilt, slipcover presumed missing; pictorial endpapers; 269pp. Rubbing and material chipping to extremities, with very small gouges along lower rear edge; cloth "bubbled" on rear board; mild wear and soiling. Textblock edges soiled (especially top); interiors toned with some offsetting and light foxing… Read more

Peking: Xin Hua Publication Center, 1995. Second Printing. Square quarto (26cm); plain paper wrappers, in color pictorial dustwrapper w/ gilt; 71pp. Dustwrapper shows moderate toning; mild shelf wear, scratches and rubbing; lower rear edge bumped and chipped towards spine. Interior margins also lightly toned; handling wear, intermittent smudging; rear copyright page has small card w/ English distribution information tipped-in.… Read more

N.p. [Pennsylvania?], 1822. Broadside (36.5x19.5cm.) printed in blackletter within typographically decorative border. Faint folds, some spotting, else Very Good and sound. German-American murder poetry broadside recounting the life and death of the Prussian-Polish immigrant Joseph Müller, who eloped to Lebanon, Pennsylvania, with his upper-class wife. Destitute and homesick, Müller would eventually murder his pregnant wife and two children with… Read more

Shanghai: Tongji University Press, n.d. [1984]. First Edition. Quarto (26cm); plain paper wrappers in color pictorial dustwrapper; 59pp+106pp+[32 plates], English version bound dos-a-dos with Chinese version, with 32 illustrated plates between. General handling wear, with bumping and rubbing about spine hinges; wrapper toned in patches (English side), edges slightly rolled. Textblock edges also toned, otherwise clean and sound, Very… Read more

Paris: Hachette, 1972. First Edition. Thick octavo (22cm); printed paper wrappers, in color pictorial dustwrapper; 732pp. Mild soiling and dampstaining to boards and wrapper; extremities chipped w/ slight material loss in places; rear inner flap creased; wrapper verso foxed; textblock toned at margins, with light soiling throughout; ex libris embossed on half-title. Very Good or Better in Very Good… Read more

Beijing: China Youth Publishing House, 2003. First Edition. Quarto (31.5cm); red handmade paper boards, textured, flexible, with silver label tipped on; 104pp. Boards sunned, with some chapping to extremities; slightly detached from textblock in places; ffep has tear along bottom edge; interiors clean and sound. Overall Very Good, with Near Fine text. Masayuki Miyata (1926-1997) was a preeminent… Read more

Shanghai: Nishimura Company, 1939. Edition not stated. Quarto (26.5cm); black simulated leather, stamped in red and gilt, in brown paper slipcover; unpaginated photo-illustrated plates w/ rice paper overlays. Wear, minor scuffs and soiling to boards; toning and foxing intermittent throughout text (especially on overlays); some overlays creased or torn. Slipcover worn and chapped, with abrasions and two large (one… Read more

Brussels, Belgium: [SABENA], 1966. Quarto (27cm). Two-tone pictorial paper wrappers; 127pp. Spine creased and well-sunned; some bumping and rubbing to edges and leading corners; mild handling wear and soiling throughout. Very Good or better, a sound copy. A 1966 issue of the SABENA Revue, a biannual in-flight magazine produced by SABENA, Belgium's former national airline. This issue celebrates… Read more

Budapest: Helikon, 1996. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (29cm); burgundy paper-covered boards, no dustwrapper; 172pp. Some surface wear, mild scratches, dings to boards; interior clean and tight; Near Fine. A chronicle, in text and b/w photo-illustrations, of Austria-Hungary's newly formed capital city Budapest at the turn of the 20th century, and its development into a world city ("világváros")… Read more