HAFA Hatschek and Farkas photography, optics, 1937-8
Budapest: Tolnai, 1938. Cover by Sandor Bortnyik. In original paper. 19, 12 p. Cover by Sandor Bortnyik. More
Budapest: Tolnai, 1938. Cover by Sandor Bortnyik. In original paper. 19, 12 p. Cover by Sandor Bortnyik. More
Budapest: Ferenc Vadas (Globus Nyomdai Műintézet RT.), 1929. Photographically illustrated throughout. First edition. With a printed advertisement sheet of “Firestone Tire”. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Róbert Berény. 32 p. Hungarian automobile magazine with Róbert Berény’s cover design. Róbert Berény (1887–1953) was a Hungarian avant-garde painter and..... More
Warszawa: A. Chwat [Aleksander Wat] (Drukarnia Przemysłowa w Krakowie), 1930. First edition. In publisher's, printed, constructivist wrappers, designed by Wladislaw Daszewski. 569–616 p. First edition of the thirteenth number of this Polish avant-garde magazine, whose cover was designed by Władisław Daszewski. “Miesięcznik Literacki" was an unofficial organ of the..... More
Budapest: 1937. Photographically illustrated throughout. 32 p. “A kerék” was a Hungarian magazine of automobiles and road transport, published between 1928 and 1948. More
Budapest: Athenaeum, (1930). Cover designed by Victor Vasarely. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. 157. (3) p., and 6 photographic plates. Cover by Victor Vasarely, the Hungarian-French op art artist. More
Warszawa [Warsaw]: A. Chwat [Aleksander Wat] (Drukarnia Przemysłowa w Krakowie), 1930. First edition. In publisher's, printed, constructivist wrappers, designed by Władisław Daszewski. 121–168 p. First edition of the third number of this Polish avant-garde magazine, whose cover was designed by Władisław Daszewski. “Miesięcznik Literacki" was an unofficial organ..... More
Moscow: Der Shtrom, The Moscow School for Yiddish Printers, 1922. Cover design by Marc Chagall. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 80 p. The second number of the first Soviet Yiddish literary-cultural periodical, featuring a cover designed by Marc Chagall. Shtorm was founded and edited by a literary and..... More
[Paris]: [I. Grodzensky], [1927]. First edition. Text in French and Yiddish. In publisher’s wrappers, bound by string. Cover design by Marc Chagall. [4] text plates, and [19] album card plates with mounted photographic reproductions. Scarce book with Chagall’s cover design. With Marc Chagall’s image on the front cover. Before..... More
Budapest: Lampel R. Kk. (Wodianer F. és Fiai) R.T. Könyvkiadóvállalata, 1910. First Hungarian edition. With numerous text illustrations partly designed by the author. In contemporary half-cloth. (2), 255, (1) p. First Hungarian edition of Crane’s Line & Form, originally published in 1900. More
Amsterdam: Michel, 1747. Second edition. In contemporary paper. 206 p. Second edition of this tale formerly attributed to Mme de Vieuxmaison. Provenance : Jacques Lacan. More
[Lleida]: [Art], [1933–1934]. First edition. 5 issues of the Avant-Garde magazine. With numerous graphic illustrations and photographic reproductions in each issue. Text in Catalan. [8]; [8]; [8]; [8]; [24] p. Five issues of the extremely scarce, richly illustrated Avant-Garde journal, Art. The magazine was published in ten issues between..... More
Budapest: Franklin, 1914. In original paper-. 92 p. +21 pl. More
Budapest: “Pátria” Irodalmi Vállalat és Nyomdai R.-T. 1929. With more that 80 photographic reproductions. First edition. Text in Hungarian and German. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 112, (4) p. and XXXIX [39] photographic plates. Catalog of the extensive exhibition of oriental art in Budapest in 1929. The material of the..... More
1972. In frame. An outstanding piece of Hungarian pop music history. Provenience :László Gyurkó. More
Budapest: Hungária Hirlapnyomda és Részvénytársaság, 1928. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Bound with string. (10) plates. Cselényi Walleshausen’s scarce expressionist portfolio of ten images showing urban scenes. Zsigmond Cselényi Walleshausen was a Hungarian Expressionist painter, graphic artist and author. Studied painting in Hungary and in Paris. Participated in..... More
Budapest: (N. p.), 1932. First edition. In original illustrated folder. 6 signed plates. This publication contains six engravings (Winter Night, Night at Lake Balaton, Night at the Puszta (Plain), Budapest by Night, Paris by Night, Christmas Eve) all signed by the artist. Zsigmond (Sigismond, Sigismund Anton) Cselényi Walleshausen (1887..... More
Budapest: Dante (Hungária), 1929. With 25 full page illustrations. First edition. In original illustrated paper. 95, (1) p. Zsigmond (Sigismond, Sigismund Anton) Cselényi Walleshausen (1887 or 1888 – after 1957) was a Hungarian Expressionist painter, graphic artist, author and puppeteer. Studied painting in Budapest and Paris. Participated in numerous exhibitions..... More
(Budapest): Antal Scheitel (Athenaeum; Bánó Fotó), (ca. 1930.). First edition. Original, vintage graphical poster. Printed in red, blue and black. 63 × 95 cm. Modernist advertisement poster for the “Bocskay” radio reciever of the “Telefongyár” (Telephone Industry) with photomontage-like image of the radio and a palm with coins in it..... More
[Budapest]: Magyar Ruggyantaáru Gyár, 1936. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers by Tihamér Csemizcky. Numerous illustrations throughout. 36 p. Modernist illustration by Tihamér Csemiczky on the cover of a Hungarian automobile magazine. The magazine was published between 1928–1950 by the manufacturer of Cordiatic tires, containing articles about developments in..... More
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1923. Illustrated with 8 photographic plates. First Edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 42 p., and 8 plates. A rare copy of this important catalog for the iconic and first major exhibition of African art in America. In 1903, Stewart Culin (1858–1929) became the founding curator..... More
A Paris: Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de L’Assemblée Nationale, rue du Foin Saint-Jacques, No. 31. 1789. First edition. Published unbound. 15, (1) p. Curt’s proposal to establish a committee of twenty members, who composes constitutions for the French colonies. Louis de Court (1722 or 1752 – ca. 1805) who..... More
Budapest: Világosság Nyomda, (1919). Original printed poster. 415 × 610 mm. The legendary leftist, pro-Communist, pro-Russian political poem by Antal Farkas (1875–1940) which was adapted to short drama film by Michael Curtiz (as Mihály Kertész). “My Brother is Coming” is one of his earliest surviving films. More
(Budapest): Genius. (1923.). First edition. In publisher’s blue cloth. 132, (4) p. Novel-version of the screen adapted, legendary Austrian film “Sodom and Gomorrah” (1922), directed by Michael Curtiz. The book has a printed dedication to him. This is the most important work of Ladislaus Vajda (1877–1933), the world fame scenarist..... More
[Budapest]: Genius, [1923]. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Sándor Leidenfrost (Alexander Leydenfrost). 132, (4) p. Novel-version of the legendary Austrian film “Sodom and Gomorrah” (1922), directed by Michael Curtiz. The book has a printed dedication to him. Written by Ladislaus Vajda (1877–1933), the world fame scenarist and..... More
(Budapest): (Országos Magyar Királyi Iparművészeti Iskola), (1913). With numerous illustrations many coloured, and mounted coloured vignettes. First edition. In original, blind stamped wrappers. 29, (3) p., and 26 plates. The yearbook of the School of Applied Art, with numerous Art Nouveau and Art Déco graphic illustration. The list of the..... More