Budapest: Grimm Gusztáv, 1880. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. XIV [2] 160 p. First complete Hungarian translation of the German orientalist, Friedrich von Bodenstedt’s most important work, Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy (The Songs of Mirza Shafi). This extremely successful book has gone through 160 editions in Germany, and..... More
New York: John W. Lovell Company, [1887]. First English edition. In publisher’s brown cloth, with gilt title and gilt rules on spine. Bevelled boards. Top edge gilt. (4), (I)–VI, (3)-199, (1), (I)–IX, (I)–II, (1) p. Extremely scarce, first English edition of Friedrich Engels’ first book, Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse..... More
Hamburg: Verlag von Otto Meissner, 1891. First edition. Tinted edges. In somewhat later half cloth binding. [4] 75 [1] p. Scarce first edition of Engels’ pamphlet about the conflict between Karl Marx and Lujo Brentano. “In 1872, an anonymous attack was launched in the Berlin Concordia: Zeitschrift für die..... More
Budapest: Nepszava, 1946. In original paper. 306 p. First Hungarian separate edition. More
Wien: Secession, 1899. Postcard by Olbrich. Very special and rare Wiener-Werkstaette item. Postcard sent to a Hungarian lady. More
Budapest: Europa, (1932). Second Hungarian edition. In original paper. 62 p. More
Wien: Europa, 1922. First Hungarian edition. In original paper. 80 p. More
Budapest: Nepszava, 1897. First Hungarian edition. In original paper. 55 p. Extremely rare Hungarian first edition of Engels. More
Budapest: Hartleben, 1860. First Hungarian edition. In contemporary half cloth. 151 p.; 144 p.; 146 p.; 135 p. Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816-1872), was a German novelist and travelogue, went to North America in 1837, where he lived an adventurous life as a hunter in the primeval forests, and then traveled around..... More
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(Arolsen): (1767). 4 printed pages. (4) p. The fact that commercial passports were not issued to Jews in the principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont resulted in flourishing black markets. By this decree that forbade the trade of foreign Jews, Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1743–1812) tried to..... More
Budapest: Magyar Tudós Társaság, 1836. First Hungarian edition. In contemporary half leather. 201 p. Name entry of István Kovács Nábrádi (1839-1919) actor, theater director, chief accountant of the actors' association. More
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1847. First edition. In contemporary half leather. Spine with four raised bands, gilt ornaments and title. (6); (1)–317, (1) p., and a folding map, with hand coloured frontiers. A tale of German immigrant life in the lower Mississippi Valley with an accurate map of the United..... More
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London: Printed and Sold for the Author, by Preston. 97. Strand, & to had of all the Music Sellers in the United Kingdom. [N.d. but 1803 or 1804. First edition. Engraved sheet music. Association copy: “From Mr Joseph Corfe to Jos.h Gear. Salisbury 1805.” presumably in Joseph Gear’s hand on..... More
Leipzig: In der Johann Gottfried Muellerschen Buchhandlung (Müller), 1784. With 5 illustrations of knight’s tour and one engraved illustration of the speaking machine. First edition. Printer’s device on title page. In contemporary cardboard. Title vignette on spine. [11], 12–56 p. and 1 mounted plate (on p. 51). One of the..... More
Kőszegen [Kőszeg]: Nyomatott Reichard Károlynál, 1843. First Hungarian edition. Three volumes bound in one. Contemporary buckram binding with tooled panels and gilt title on the spine. Marbled edges. [9] VI–XXX [2] 209 [3]; 269 [3]; 139 [5] p. First Hungarian edition of List's seminal work, Das nationale System der politischen..... More
[Geneva]: Heroysgegeben fun dem Allgemeynem Idishen arbeyṭer Bund in Russland un Poylen, 1899. First Yiddish book edition. First edition of this translation. In somewhat later paper wrappers. First Yiddish edition in book form of the Communist Manifesto, the greatest piece of revolutionary propaganda, the first edition of Blumshteyn’s translation, prefaced..... More
[New York]: [Greeley & McElrath], 1852. First edition. With the article Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany on pp. 7–8. 12 p. The ultimate article of the series of Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany, written by Engels and published under the byline of Marx. Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany was..... More
Londres [London]; Hambourg [Hamburg]: A. Darson; Otto Meissner, 1873. First edition. The original printed wrappers bound into later half cloth. (4), 137, (1) p. A scarce copy of the renowned Alliance Pamphlet, whose conclusion was written by Karl Marx. This report, the so-called Alliance Pamphlet is a collection..... More
Bruxelles: Imprimerie de Deltombe, 1847. First edition. In later wrappers. [5] 2–211 [1] p. Rare printed proceedings of the first international congress of economists in Brussels, featuring Karl Marx's attendance and his early engagement in public economic debates. This volume documents the proceedings of the first-ever international conference of..... More
Stuttgart: F. Brandseph, (1864?). Original vintage photograph. Albumen print cabinet card. 62 × 98 mm. Portrait of the German Romantic poet, Eduard Mörike (1804–1875) with book in hand resting on lap. More
Halle: Litteris Hendelianis, [1771]. Device on title, head and tailpiece and an elaborate woodcut initial. First edition. Papered spine. 12 p. Stroth treatise of biblical text criticism. Printed to celebrate the occasion of Johann Jakob Griesbach’s (1745–1812; biblical text critic) appointment as “privatdozent” at Halle. Friedrich Andreas Stroth (1750–1785)..... More