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The Art of the Impossible: A Study of the Czech Resistance

The Art of the Impossible: A Study of the Czech Resistance

by Mayer, Milton

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1969
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Santa Barbara, CA: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1969. Pamphlet. 47p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, wraps shelfworn and soiled, address label on rear wrap, else very good condition. Focuses on the period between the liberalization of Prague's Communist government and the Russian occupation. A Center Occasional Paper, Vol. 2, No. 3.
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Poeschl Rudolphum university documents

Poeschl Rudolphum university documents

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1843
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Prague and Vienna: Universitate Pragensi [Charles University in Prague] and Vindobonensi Universitate [University of Vienna], 1843. Ephemera. 4 sheets. 12.5 x 8 in. Folded once vertically and once horizontally. Split at the folds, with some loss to text. Ink and embossed stamps. In Latin. Fair. Blank forms completed in manuscript. Rudolf Poeschl's progress report after his third year of… Read more about this item
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Listopadový uragán

Listopadový uragán

by Hrabal, Bohumil

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1990
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Prague: Tvorba ve vyd. Delta, 1990. Paperback. 141p. paperback; crease to rear cover, otherwise minor shelfwear. Originally published in a samizdat edition in 1976, this powerful novel was translated as "Too loud a solitude.
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And not a shot is fired: The communist strategy for subverting a representative government

And not a shot is fired: The communist strategy for subverting a representative government

by Kozak, Jan

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1962
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New Canaan, CT: The Long House, Inc, 1962. Pamphlet. 48p., softbound in 9x6 inch plain printed wraps executed with a stylized cover font. Nice copy: sound, clean and unmarked. Right-wing press' publication of what is described as a "communist blueprint" for undermining democracy, first printed in Czechoslovakia, finally obtained by accident--"by a member of Britain's House of Lords." From… Read more about this item
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Book scouting in Czechoslovakia: part one

Book scouting in Czechoslovakia: part one

by Howard, Peter

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1990
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[Berkeley]: Self-published by the author, 1990. Pamphlet. 9p., 8.5x11 inch corner stapled some slight soil on back wrap, else in very good condition.
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Morovy Sloup - The Plague Monument. by Jaroslav Seifert - translation by Lyn Coffin

Morovy Sloup - The Plague Monument. by Jaroslav Seifert - translation by Lyn Coffin

by Seifert, Jaroslav. Lyn Coffin, translator. Illustrated by Jiri Kolar

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1980
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9780936570006
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New York City [?]: SVU Press - possibly in conjunction with Columbia University, 1980. Paperback. 53p., decorated wraps, numerous b&w sketch illustrations (badly reproduced), 8.5x5.5 inches, very good condition. Text in facing English & Czech. First blank is an inscribed presentation in ink, in Czech, by 'Zerlina & Gwen', following which an ownership with contact info (a different handwriting).… Read more about this item
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Der Kommunismus eine reaktionäre Bewegung

Der Kommunismus eine reaktionäre Bewegung

by Kautsky, Benedikt

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1921
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Karlsbad: Volksbuchhandlung Ernst Sattler, 1921. Pamphlet. 41, [3]p., wraps. 9 x6 in. Stain on front cover; top left corner bumped; small tear up from foot of spine; Good. Printed at Graphia, the publishing arm of the German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic, founded and led by the bookseller Ernst Sattler. Benedikt Kautsky, a son of the… Read more about this item
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Whatever happened in Czechoslovakia

Whatever happened in Czechoslovakia

by Northern Neighbours Magazine

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1968
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Gravenhurst, Canada: Northern Book House, 1968. Pamphlet. 60p., colored wraps, 4x5.5 inches, very good condition. On the front cover: "Here you get the OTHER SIDE of the story...the only Report of its kind. The TRUTH that can help you answer vital questions to your own satisfaction. FACTS: in a fast-moving account of people and their actions...reads like a story.… Read more about this item
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Looking for Kafka [talk by Felstiner, Dept English]

Looking for Kafka [talk by Felstiner, Dept English]

by Felstiner, John, speaker; Franz Kafta, subject. Diana Auger, chair, annual meeting of Associates

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1990
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Stanford, CA: Cecil H. Green Library, Stanford CA, 1990. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, twelve pages, a finepress item (with all bells & whistles of luxury presswork) designed by Peter Koch and limited to 700 copies. Textured coverstock titled in black and cinnamon-brown, 10x6 inches. An unblemished exemplar with a cover letter by Auger. Find much detail on the production, proofing, and… Read more about this item
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Black hand

Black hand

by Bergmann, Petr

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nd
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Prague: Cultural Social Center of the Black Hand Foundation, nd. Pamphlet. Eight panel brochure advertising a social center in Prague that supports animal rights/vegan, anti-fascist, anti-racist, and anti-classist efforts among many others, 5.5x8.5 inches; in very good condition.
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Our odyssey towards freedom; the story of refugees from Communist ruled Czechoslovakia. The start in a new world and the desire to live in freedom

Our odyssey towards freedom; the story of refugees from Communist ruled Czechoslovakia. The start in a new world and the desire to live in freedom

by Teyrovsky, Georgina

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2004
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npl: Self-published by the author, 2004. Hardcover. 209 + [ii], b&w photos., illustrated boards; in very good condition.
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The minority of one,; independent monthly for an American alternative --dedicated to the eradication of all restrictions on thought; Vol. X No. 10, October 1968

The minority of one,; independent monthly for an American alternative --dedicated to the eradication of all restrictions on thought; Vol. X No. 10, October 1968

by Arnoni, M. S.

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1968
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Passaic: the monthly, 1968. Magazine. 24p. self-wraps, softbound, magazine printed on matte alkaline paper, 12x9 inches, good layout, numerous illustrations. A good-only copy: covers bear several short marginal tears, corner-tips missing or bumped, faintly crimped with handling, but else sound; cleanly and unmarked within. Subjects treated in this issue include Arnoni's editorial policy was "No commercial ads," a principle… Read more about this item
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Jindrich Heisler, a Crystal in the Night. Surrealist Photographs Made Clandestinely in Nazi-occupied Prague, 1943/1944

Jindrich Heisler, a Crystal in the Night. Surrealist Photographs Made Clandestinely in Nazi-occupied Prague, 1943/1944

by Heisler, Jindrich

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1998
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New York: Ubu Gallery, 1998. Ephemera. 1 brochure (4 panels). 8.75 x 8 in. Heisler was a Czech Surrealist who clandestinely published poetry starting in 1939. Heisler would compose "poems" from objects which were arranged into lines and then photographed; he developed photographs in the bathroom of Toyen (Marie Cerminova). Moved to France after World War II and befriended… Read more about this item
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Svobodná Evropa [Free Europe], no. 21 [clandestine anticommunist publication, stapled to a packet containing an English translation]

Svobodná Evropa [Free Europe], no. 21 [clandestine anticommunist publication, stapled to a packet containing an English translation]

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1954
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n.p.: [Free Europe Press], 1954. Ephemera. Eight-panel leaflet on thin paper, folded from a single long sheet, small closed edge tear; stapled to an 11-page 8.5x11 inch packet offering a translation of this issue's contents. A CIA-backed publication written by Czech and Slovak exiles, printed in Germany for clandestine delivery (including balloon drops). Reminds the reader to be careful… Read more about this item
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Museum of Communism. [brochure] Dream. Reality. Nightmare

Museum of Communism. [brochure] Dream. Reality. Nightmare

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2002
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[Prague]: Museum of Communism, 2002. Pamphlet. Eight-panel brochure for the, now-closed, Museum of Communism, 4x8 inches; illus., photos., in very good condition. Complete with an ad for the Iron Curtain Restaurant & Bar. "...above McDonald's, next to casino
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Shantih: a quarterly of new international writings; vol. 3, no. 2 (Fall-Winter 1975), A celebration of surrealism

Shantih: a quarterly of new international writings; vol. 3, no. 2 (Fall-Winter 1975), A celebration of surrealism

by Friedman, John & Irving Gottesman, editors, John Sinclair, Richard Schechner, Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, T. Laks, Haim Finkelstein, Ko Won, Fujiwara Seiichi, Ueda Toshio, Kitazono Katsu, et al.

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1975
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New York: Morty Blechner, Publisher, 1975. Magazine. 52p., 8.5x11 inch staplebound journal. Poetry, prose, photos, ads, reviews, wraps a bit soiled, toned along spine, and mildly edgeworn, else very good.
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Statement of Policy of Mr. Gottwald's Government. Statement of policy of the third Government of the National Front of the Czechs and Slovaks, made by the Premier, Klement Gottwald, in the Constituent National Assembly, Prague, July 8, 2946

Statement of Policy of Mr. Gottwald's Government. Statement of policy of the third Government of the National Front of the Czechs and Slovaks, made by the Premier, Klement Gottwald, in the Constituent National Assembly, Prague, July 8, 2946

by Gottwald, Klement

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1946
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Prague: Czechoslovak Ministry of Information, 1946. Paperback. 71p., staplebound booklet paste-fastened into 8x6 inch plain printed wraps. Text stock is alkaline and bright, cover stock is acidic, its margins chipped and rear wrapper, a blank, detached. Item is entirely in the English language. Reading copy. FYI, the detached cover bears the neat little stamp of Hoover Library, attesting "Reviewed,… Read more about this item
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Abolishing the borders from below: anarchist courier from Eastern Europe [four issues]

Abolishing the borders from below: anarchist courier from Eastern Europe [four issues]

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2009
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Berlin: Abolishing the Borders from Below, 2009. Magazine. Four issues of the bi-monthly magazine, in very good condition. Last issue subtitle changes to "Anarchist Journal from Eastern Europe." Lot includes the inaugural issue as well as nos. 7, 9, and 34. Articles on anarchist activism in Eastern Europe, including Turkey and the Balkans.
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Detente and Papal-Communist relations, 1962-19788

Detente and Papal-Communist relations, 1962-19788

by Dunn, Dennis J.

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1979
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9780891581970
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Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1979. Hardcover. xii, 216p., very good condition. A Westview Replica edition (printed directly from the authors typescript).
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Kultur og censur i de slaviske lande

Kultur og censur i de slaviske lande

by Heltberg, Kristine, et alia: contributors

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1983
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9788758301747
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Viborg, Denmark: Centrum, 1983. Paperback. 160p., illustrated with charts and numerous period political cartoons, most reproduced as vignettes in the text. Softbound in 8x5 inch plainish printed wraps, mild signs of handling wear to covers, a sound copy that is clean and unmarked. Please note, text is entirely in the Danish language.
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