Eastern Bloc Print & Archives - Decadence Books Knygos

A curated vault of rare technical manuals, cold war ephemera, and emergency underground prints from behind the Iron Curtain.

- Eastern Bloc Print & Archives, Historical & Archival
- Fotografie Magazine – Issue 12 (Dezember 1975) – Rare East German GDR Vintage Art & Nude Photography Periodical
- 25.00€
- A highly collectible, original December 1975 issue of the legendary East German art periodical Fotografie, published by VEB Fotokinoverlag Leipzig. Celebrated for its striking graphic covers and avant-garde layouts, this vintage GDR publication features breathtaking, high-contrast monochrome portfolios, technical film reviews, and exquisite examples of 1970s European fine art nude photography (Aktfotografie).
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- Rare Baltic Graphic Design & Packaging Archive “Ex(40) an exponent of opacity” – 2008 Brutalist Monograph
- Original price was: 125.00€.Current price is: 70.00€.
- An exceptionally rare, limited-edition avant-garde monograph, Ex(40) an exponent of opacity (Vilnius, 2008). Documenting forty years of structural packaging engineering, industrial design layouts, and technical geometry behind the Iron Curtain and into the post-Soviet era, this heavy, matte-black embossed volume serves as an elite architectural statement piece for high-end modern shelves.
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- Lithuanian Photography & Art, Eastern Bloc Print & Archives
- Rare Aleksandras Dapkevičius Exhibition Catalog – Vintage Baltic Noir Photography Booklet
- 69.00€
- An exceptionally rare vintage photography exhibition catalog by the prominent Baltic minimalist master Aleksandras Dapkevičius. Featuring his signature haunting, heavy-contrast texture plates and dark conceptual layouts, this scarce, collective booklet serves as a sharp architectural statement piece for high-end modern shelves and studies.
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- Eastern Bloc Print & Archives, Underground & Subculture
- Extreme Rarity: “Lietuva 1991.01.13” Underground Press – Published Under Soviet Occupation Conditions
- 120.00€
- An exceptionally scarce, historically vital 1991 landscape photography booklet documenting the bloody January Events in Vilnius. Explicitly printed "under conditions of occupation" (išleista okupacinėmis sąlygomis) during the Soviet military blockade of Lithuania, this rare guerrilla-press artifact features gritty, front-line documentary plates capturing the struggle for Baltic liberation.
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- Eastern Bloc Print & Archives, Historical & Archival
- Rare Soviet 1974 Edition “Modern Ship Design” Thomas C. Gillmer – Cold War Naval Architecture Book
- 49.00€
- An exceptionally scarce 1974 Soviet Russian translation of US Naval Academy Professor Thomas C. Gillmer's definitive textbook "Modern Ship Design". Published in Leningrad by the specialized Sudostroenie press, this vintage engineering monograph features technical schematics, hull designs, and formulas wrapped in an iconic, striking brutalist graphic cover displaying a high-contrast naval warship silhouette.
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- Eastern Bloc Print & Archives, Lithuanian Photography & Art
- Rare Soviet Cinema Magazine Set “Ekrano Naujienos” (1961–1964) – Yuri Gagarin & Sci-Fi Graphic Covers
- 210.00€
- A pristine, exceptionally rare set of 6 vintage Lithuanian cinema magazines "Ekrano naujienos" (1961–1964). Featuring spectacular, high-contrast period graphic design, including the iconic 1962 issue celebrating Yuri Gagarin and Soviet sci-fi cinema, alongside abstract, theatrical themes. A premier, authentic mid-century design accent for sophisticated brutalist and modernist spaces.
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- Eastern Bloc Print & Archives, Lithuanian Photography & Art
- Soviet Basketball Photography Album “Žalgirio Vyrai” (1987) – Romualdas Požerskis & Romualdas Rakauskas
- 59.00€
- With pen marks. A rare 1987 vintage first-edition sports documentary photography album, Žalgirio vyrai (The Men of Žalgiris). Captured by the legendary duo of the Lithuanian photography school, Romualdas Požerskis and Romualdas Rakauskas, this high-contrast monochrome volume records the intense, historic golden era of Kaunas Žalgiris basketball. A powerful, energetic graphic statement piece for modern workspace styling and libraries.
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- Eastern Bloc Print & Archives, Lithuanian Photography & Art
- 1980s Soviet Lithuania Pocket City Album Set (5 Volumes) – Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Trakai, Elektrėnai
- 65.00€
- A rare, complete 5-volume curated set of vintage 1980s pocket photography albums capturing the architectural and urban essence of late-Soviet Lithuania. Features individual volumes for Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Trakai, and the modernist/industrial energy of Elektrėnai. A perfect, unified rhythm-driven styling accent for mid-century modern and brutalist shelving.
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