Phaedra (First Hungarian edition)
Kecskemet: 1851. In later cloth. 105 p. First Hungarian edition. More
Kecskemet: 1851. In later cloth. 105 p. First Hungarian edition. More
(Prague): Česká Expedice, 1982. First edition. Samizdat. In original, illustrated, brown cloth. 65, (1) leaves and 25 leaves with mounted illustrations (2 coloured) [Recte: 64 leaves, 25 leaves with mounted illustrations (2 coloured) and 2 (title and one full page, coloured) plates. Samizdat edition of 50 political poems and 27..... More
Budapest: Revai, 1884. With 4 illustration. Early Hungarian edition. In later paper. With collection stamp. 136 p. More
Naples: Borel et Bompard, 1841. With a contemporary gouache paint of Mount Vesuvius erupting, with four vessels in the sea in the foreground (10.5 × 7 cm) on p. (7). First edition. In contemporary half leather. Gilt spine. (9), 10–61, (1) p. The painting is depicting probably the eruption of..... More
V Praze [Prague]: Nakladatelství Jos. R. Vilímek, 1933. First Czech edition. In publisher’s photographically illustrated wrappers. 303, (1) p. First Czech edition of Dubliners, a collection of fifteen stories by James Joyce, originally published in 1914. More
(Budapest): Nova Irodalmi Intézet, (1947). First Hungarian edition. In two volumes. Printed in only 1000, numbered copies. This copy is unnumbered. In original half cloth, gilt title on front panel and spine. With the original dust jackets. (4), III, (1), 310, (2); (4), 294, (2) p. First Hungarian edition of..... More
prague: Präsidium der k. k. Polizeidirektion, 1917. In contemporary half cloth. The alphabetical directory includes the brief biographies and portraits of people accused of engaging in treasonous activities against the Austro-Hungarian Empire during WWI. The list features two of the future presidents of the First Czechoslovak Republic, Tomáš Garrigue..... More
In frame. 12 x 16 cm. Rendkívüli irodalomtörténeti értékkel is bíró műalkotás. Radnóti 1941 tavaszán lett szerelmes Beck Juditba. Az apa, Beck Ö. Fülöp szobrász, és a testvérek, András és Márta is Radnótiék baráti köréhez tartoztak. Utóbbi Radnóti felesége, Gyarmati Fanni gimnáziumi osztálytársa volt. Gyarmati Fanni naplójából tudható, hogy végig..... More
Paris: GLM, 1938. Frontispiece illustrated by Max Ernst. First French edition. Limited, numbered (1/400/445). In publisher’s printed wrappers. (36) p. First French edition of a selection of writings from Beschreibung eines Kampfes (Description of a Struggle) by Franz Kafka (1883–1924), with an illustrated frontispiece by Max Ernst (1891–1976). More
Warszawa: Czytelnik, 1982. First edition. In publisher’s hard paper binding, designed by Andrzej Heidrich. 179, (6) p. First edition of Kapuscinski’s novel, a personal reflections as well as a historical perspective on the 1979 Iranian revolution, the analysis of the decline and fall of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of..... More
Budapest: Atheneum, 1916. In original paper. 126 p. First edition of the Karinthy book. More
Budapest: Atheneum Irodalmi és Nyomdai R.-T. (1929). First edition. In publisher’s blue buckram, with gilt ornaments on front panel. Gilt title to spine. 326, [2] p. First edition of the short story “Láncszemek” (Chain-Links; pp. 85–91), the origin of the concept of the six degrees of separation, the theory that..... More
Budapest: 1930. First edition. Published without binding. 146-152 p. Inscribed to Antal Szerb. The friendships between Károly Kerényi ( 1897– 1973), classical philologist, religious historian, and Antal Szerb was a legendary artist friendship. The scholar's works on religious history and novel theory had a great influence on Szerb's writings..... More
(ca. 1947.). Vintage photo. With the stamps and title vignette of “Camera Press”. 136 × 170 mm. The original portrait was created in 1943. Karsh was the first photographer recruited to Camera Press in 1947. More
Budapest: Pantheon, 1935. First edition. In original cloth. 228 p.; 231 p. Kassák's autobiography. Inscribed to his wife Jolán Simon. More
Budapest: Hungaria, 1940. In original illustrated wrappers. 52 p. With the preface of Lajos Kassák, thirty poems and six drawings. Published in 300 copies, it is unnumbered. It was typographized and the cover was designed by Lajos Lengyel. Inscribed to the Cserepfalvi family. Imre Cserépfalvi, born Imre Deutsch (1900 -..... More
(Budapest): Munka (Hungária Nyomda), 1931. Five full page illustrations. First edition. In original photographically illustrated paper, printed in red and black. (52) p. Cover photo (portrait of Kassák) by Árpád Szélpál the avant-garde poet and photographer who, together with the painter Ernő Schubert and the (later Oscar winner) scenic designer..... More
Budapest: Pantheon (Globus), (1929). First edition. In original, photorgraphically illustrated cover, designed by Kassák. 356, (4) p. Novel by Lajos Kassák (1887–1967) the Hungarian poet, author, painter, theoretician of art and the main figure of the Hungarian Avant-garde. In 1915 he founded the anti-militarist, activist periodical “A tett” (The Deed)..... More
Budapest: Grill Cs[ászári]. és Kir[ályi]. Könyvkereskés; Benkő Gyula (Világosság), 1912. First edition. In original illustrated paper. 155, (5) p. Kassák’s debut book, a collection of short stories. The cover was designed by Béla Uitz, a close associate of Kassák. From 1916 they co-edited the major Hungarian avant-garde magazine “MA”... More
Budapest: Grill Csász. és Királyi Könyvkereskedés – Benkő Gyula (Jakab M. H.), 1914. First edition. In original illustrated cover, printed in red and black. Designed by Lajos Gulácsy. 71, (1) p. Early work by Lajos Kassák (1887–1967) the Hungarian poet, author, painter, theoretician of art and the main figure of..... More
Budapest (Szeged): Pantheon (Délmagyarország), (1932). First edition. In original photographically illustrated cover. 338, (2) p. Novel by Lajos Kassák (1887–1967) the Hungarian poet, author, painter, theoretician of art and the main figure of the Hungarian Avant-garde. In 1915 he founded the anti-militarist, activist periodical “A tett” (The Deed) in the..... More
Wien (Vienna): Bécsi Magyar Kiadó (Johann N. Vernay), 1920. In pubisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Sándor Bortnyik. 159, (1) p. The Vienna edition of Kassák’s first novel that has originally published in Budapest, 1918. Cover by Sándor Bortnyik the avant-garde painter and graphic artist, the co-editor Kassák’s magazine “MA”. More
Budapest: Lajos Kassák (Helikon-Biró-Nyomda), (1933). First edition. In original illustrated paper. 191, [1]; 205, [1] p. Cover by Lajos Lengyel(1904–1978) the Hungarian graphic artist and photographer. In his early years he was involved in the modernist movements and became member of Kassák’s Munka-Circle. More
Budapest: Kassák Lajos – Kelet Népe (Arany János Irodalmi és Nyomdai Műintézet), 1941. First edition. Signed. Limited, numbered edition (270/300). In original illustrated wrappers, by József Csáky. 60, (4) p. Book of poems by Lajos Kassák (1887–1967) the Hungarian poet, author, painter, theoretician of art and the main figure of..... More