Budapest: [Privately printed at “Fejér és Glatter”], [1923]. Photographically illustrated throughout. First edition. In publishers printed wrappers. 31, (1) p. First edition of this architectural album, the oeuvre of the firm of the two Hungarian architects Géza Bogdánfy and Gedeon Gerlóczy. The most part of the book, the forward..... More
[Budapest]: [Chaplin Studió], 1958. Complete run. First edition. Carbon copy. An original black and white photographic image is mounted on the front cover of each issue. The first issue contains two photographic illustrations. 14; (13 [with text]), (3 [blank]) p. Semi-underground film magazine by the independent Chaplin Amateur Film Studio..... More
![A nagy tragédia. [The Great Tragedy.]. Vilmos Böhm](/pictures/thumb/638.jpg?v=1439287051)
Wien - Leipzig: Eugen Prager, 1933. First edition. In original photographically illustrated wrappers. 77, (2) p. Vilmos Böhm (1880–1949) was a Hungarian Social Democrat politician, served as Minister of War in 1918 and during the Hungarian Soviet Republic as People’s Commissar of War. After WWII he served as the Hungarian..... More
London: Royal Society, 1909. First edition, offprint. Presentation copy. “N. Bohr” in red crayon on front wrapper. Inscribed in ink in Danish to "Hr. Prof. E. Biilmann ærbødigst fra Forfatteren." [Mr. Professor E. Biilmann respectfully from the author]. In original wrappers. Wrappers with folding mark, little soiling. Spine slightly damaged..... More
16 pages with sketches in color pencils. 1931. Ca. 125 × 195 mm. The binding is rubbed, inside in fine condition. Sixteen pages of sketches of various British design by Karl S. Bolander. The sketchbook starts with the interior design of the ocean liner RMS Empress of Britain, supposedly..... More
Bogota: April 12, 1828. 1 handwritten page. Signed by Bolívar. Written in brown ink. Signed letter of recommendation by Simón Bolívar to Marquis de Lafayette. Sent to Gilbert Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, a key figure in both the American and French Revolutions, regarded as the link between..... More
M.vásárhelyt [Marosvásárhely]: Nyomtattatott a’ Reform. Kollégyom betüivel Felsö Visti Káli Jó’sef ltal. 1830. First edition. In somewhat later half leather binding. The panels are covered with marbled paper. Spine with gilt title. XVI, [XVII–XX], [1]–162 p., and one folding plate. First edition of Farkas Bolyai's first mathematical publication. This work..... More
Budán [Buda]: A’ Magyar Kir. Egyetem’ Betűivel, 1834. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. VIII, 110 p. The first Hungarian dictionary for mathematical terms, with several contributions by Farkas Bolyai. Farkas Bolyai was one of the authors and editors of the present work, which is the first Hungarian..... More
Zagreb: Merkantile, 1929. First edition. In original Constructivist cover. 67, (1) p. Bonifačić (1901–1986) was a Croatian politician, émigré journalist and critic. After Word War II he emigrated to Brazil where he became the editor of Croatian émigré newspapers. He died in Chicago, USA. More
![Epistle of Rabbi Samuel]; [Epistola Samuelis]; [Title from incipit:] Hic Incipit Prohemium Unius...](/pictures/thumb/1098.jpg?v=1492097355)
Around the first half of the fifteen century. Manuscript in Latin. Large margins. Paper with unidentified watermark. Text in black ink, headings, initials and rubrications in red. With a note by later hand on title page, about Alfonsus: “Parisis per manum fratris Alfonciis”. In modern half vellum binding. 20 leaves..... More
Amsterdam: Kosmos, 1928. First edition. In publisher’s cloth, with the scarce original, illustrated dust jacket. 38, (2) p., and (64) illustrated plates. A profound overview of the art of modern Dutch woodcuts with 165 illustrations. More
(Budapest): (Királyi Egyetemi Nyomda), (1943). First edition. Limited, numbered in ink (one of 200). Presentation copy, inscribed to Gyula Ortutay. Each woodcut signed by the artist. In publisher’s cloth. (14) p. (each woodcuts protected with an additional sheet). Twelve elaborate woodcuts, by Ferenc Bordás (1911–1982) the outstanding graphic artist, student..... More
Printed visiting card. 90 × 50 mm. Borges’ visiting card with holograph greeting, reads “Te manda un beso Tio J” (Your uncle Jorge is sending a kiss), supposedly sent to his nephew Miguel de Torre Borges. On the verso a list of seven words, cities and places, some of them..... More
[Munich]: Oficyna Warszawska na Obczyznie, 1946. First edition. Numbered copy. In publisher’s illustrated cardboard. 212, (4) p. First edition of this accurate description of Auschwitz and other concentration camps and the brutality of daily life by three former Polish political prisoners. Dedicated to the U.S. Seventh Army, the liberator of..... More
Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag, [1929]. Cover design and layout by John Heartfield. With nearly two-hundred black-and-white photographic reproductions, including many photomontages. First edition. With Tadeusz Borowski’s ownership stamp on the front pastedown. In original yellow cloth, illustrated by Heartfield’s photomontage, printed in red, white and black. (8), 9–231, (5) p...... More
![Dreher sör. [Dreher Beer.]. Sándor Bortnyik](/pictures/thumb/1473.jpg?v=1557481655)
[Budapest]: [1930]. Designed by Sándor Bortnyik. Original lithographic small poster. Printed in shades of blue, red, and orange. 160 × 238 mm. Advertisement poster for the Hungarian beer brand Dreher, designed by Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976) the Hungarian painter and graphic designer. He was influenced by Cubism, Expressionism, Constructivism and the..... More
Budapest: Globus Rt. (1930). Graphic handbill. Designed by Sándor Bortnyik. Printed in green. 70 × 120 mm. Printed text on verso: “Those who consume not Hungarian goods are the cause of unemployment.” Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976) was a Hungarian painter and graphic designer. He was influenced by Cubism, Expressionism, Constructivism..... More
![Modiano. [Small Poster]. ca. 1930. Sándor Bortnyik](/pictures/thumb/888.jpg?v=1467214593)
Vintage, offset print. Printed in red, yellow and blue. 215 × 285 mm. Sándor Bortnyik’s design for Modiano cigarette paper advertisement poster. The Modiano cigarette paper was very popular in Italy and Hungary in the first half of the 20th century. The company was famous for it’s commercial advertisement..... More
(Budapest): Balogh József (Bruchstiener és Fia), (1931). Offset small poster. Designed by Sándor Bortnyik. Printed in red and black. 170 × 230 mm. Poster for the 1931 Budapest International Fair, designed by Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976) the Hungarian painter and graphic designer. He was influenced by Cubism, Expressionism, Constructivism and the..... More
Budapest: Dante, (1931). First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s red cloth. With the scarce, illustrated dust jacket, designed by Sándor Bortnyik. 248 p., and 8 plates with photographic reproductions. The book was published in the series of travelogues by the Dante publisher, and some of the dust jackets were designed by..... More
Budapest: Dante Kiadás. [1931]. First edition. In original half cloth. With mounted colour illustration on the cover. Spine gilt. Cover and illustrations by Sándor Bortnyik. Illustrated endpapers. With numerous text illustrations. 156, (4) p. A scarce Hungarian children’s book, richly illustrated by Sándor Bortnyik. Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976) was..... More
![A Gépember. [The Man Machine.]. Sándor Bortnyik, Miklós Korschelt,...](/pictures/thumb/772.jpg?v=1451493978)
Kispest: Miklós Korschelt, ca. 1940. Original, vintage, black and white photograph. Stamped by the photographer, Miklós Korschelt on verso. Title and date in pencil on verso. 180 × 240 mm. Extremely scarce original photograph of the robot, designed by Sándor Bortyik. The “man machine” was exhibited in Budapest at..... More
Kaunas: Zalia Vetra, 1927. Expressionist cover illustration by Jonas Juozas Burba. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 31, (1) p. First edition with expressionist cover illustration by the renowned Lithuanian graphic artist, Jonas Juozas Burba (1907–1952). More
[Budapest]: Árpád Oláh (Némethy és Tsai könyvnyomda), [1932]. Original, vintage poster. Printed in red and black. Illustrated with the emblem of the Party. Date from postmark. 317 × 472 mm. An original advertisement poster of the weekly magazine of an early Hungarian Nazi Party, illustrated with the Party’s emblem, similar..... More
Nürnberg (Nürmbergen): Johann Weißenburger (Joannem Weyssenburger), June 18, 1510. Woodcut on title by Wolf Traut, coloured by contemporary hand. First edition in German speaking territories, second in general (first in 1505, Paris, MarchantLaliseau). Papered spine. (32) p. a–b6, c4. Rare and curious book on sacerdotal celibacy. Geoffroy Boussard (1439–1522)..... More