Washington: AFP Photo, 1963. Original, vintage black and white photograph. With AFP’s copyright and a piece of short news on verso. Text in French. 130 × 180 mm. Original photograph of Martin Luther King during his iconic speech, “I Have a Dream”. Attached to the photography, a note by..... More
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[India]: 1932. Original, vintage photograph and a handwritten letter by Tagore’s secretary, Amiya Chakravarty. A letter and a photograph, size ca. 90 × 137. Photograph of Rabindranath Tagore, “Bard of Bengal” with a handwritten letter by his secretary. The letter, dated India, 20 June 1932 was written by Tagore’s..... More
(Budapest): Erdélyi foto, (ca. 1930). 14 × 19,5 cm. Photo by Mór Erdélyi (1866–1936). Singed by him at lower right corner. Sir Marc Aurél Stein (1862–1943) was a Hungarian born British archaeologist, mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire”..... More
New York: Edward B. Davis, (ca. 1955). Original, vintage, black and white photograph. Davis’ imprint on verso. 205 × 255 mm. Portrait of Melchior Lengyel (1880–1974) the Hungarian writer, dramatist and film screenwriter, the author of several scripts for successful Hollywood movies. He was nominated for the Academy Award for..... More
[S. l. probably Austria]: Anno 1799. Manuscript on laid paper. Text in German. Written in black and red ink, the drawings colored in blue and yellow. In contemporary calf. Panels ruled with gilt waves, with floral stamps at corners. Spine with five raised bands, compartments richly gilt. Edges gilt. Paste-paper..... More
Liepaja (in Latvia): 1935. 50 х 65 cm. Poster for a mandolin concert, and the show of Don Alonso the magician. More
[Hungary]: [1940s]. ca. 160 × 105 mm. Unique, handmade, drawn and color painted booklet. Stitched. Private Popeye-themed, pornographic cartoon. Fifteen drawn and tinted images, showing Popeye in various pornographic scenes. More
Budapest: Interphoto MTI, 1960s. 17x 21 cm. Vintage picture of Lukacs. More
Budapest: Radó, (1943 or 1944). Lithographic poster. Printed in black. Notes in blue pencil on the verso. 95 × 31 cm. Advertisement poster of the 1943 UFA film, the Titanic. Showing the letters of the word Titanic as if they were sinking into the deep dark, while bubbles of air..... More
Dated 9 December 1651. 8 parchment letters, 13 pages entered. The submission summarizes what happened in the estate lawsuit of Pál Erdődi Pálffy and informs the ruler about the installation. He refers to the Royal Majesty's earlier paper-based diploma, confirmed by a clause and a secret seal, which he gave..... More
Waitzen (Vác): Anton Gottlieb, 1803. First edition. Text in German. Published unbound. 8, (8) p. The first publication of the first school for deaf children in Hungary, that has been opened in 1802. The founder of the institution was a Hungarian nobleman, András Cházár and the first director Antal Simon..... More
[Ca. 1928]. Promotional leaflet. Illustrated on verso. Text in German. 104 × 152 mm. Illustrated promotional leaflet for Hintergrund (Backdrop), a portfolio of17 prints by George Grosz. Consisting of 17 prints, the portfolio was based on Grosz’s designs for a staging of The Good Soldier Švejk at the Piscator-bühne..... More
Budapest: 1944. The letter is typewritten in German and Hungarian on the official stationery of the Department of Foreign Interests of the Swiss Embassy (Schweizerische Gesandtschaft, Abteilung für fremde Interessen), which was directed by the diplomat Carl Lutz, confirming that the name of its bearer was included in a collective..... More
Poland: March 1949 to December 1950. In original papers. Each number approx. 50 pages, "In order to provide High School of Film students with a review of the most accurate works of foreign film press and book publishers, the Film Institute Publishing House began to edit the" Review "for the..... More
Venetijs [Venice]: per Bonetum Locatellu[m] : impensis nobilis viri Octauiani scoti ciuis Modoetie[n]sis [Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus], M. CCCC. LXXXXIII. i3. kalendas Januarias [i.e. 20 December, 1493]. First edition of this collection (second overall, here enlarged). In its first binding, blind-stamped pigskin-backed wooden boards, with original clasps. Illustrated with..... More
En Çaragoça [Zaragoza]: Por Diego Dormer en la Freneria Vieja, Año 1638. Title page with woodcut illustration of a warship. First edition. In later marbled paper. [4] p. A bibliographically unrecorded, contemporary Spanish report on the Siege of Fuenterrabía of 1638. In 1638 June, as part of the operations..... More
[N.p. probably Szolnok or Budapest]: [s.n.], [1956]. 210 × 297 mm. Printed poster. A well-dressed man carries newspaper with headlines “Leaflet; Strike; Appeal”. A duck gaggles out of his shouting mouth as the symbol of fake news. The governmental poster was made by the Soviet-installed “Magyar Forradalmi Munkás-Paraszt..... More
Buenos Aires: Amigos del Arte, 1931. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. With 29 black and white photographic reproductions. [32] p. Scarce exhibition catalogue of important modernist artworks with 29 photographic reproductions. The catalogue was published for an exhibition held by Amigos del Arte in Buenos Aires. It includes the..... More
Warsaw: Instytut Propagandy Sztuki. 1936. In original wrappers. 83 p. 24 plate. Catalog of an exhibition organized in January 1936 in Warsaw. Exhibitors, among others: Henryk Berlewi, Leon Chwistek, Tytus Czyżewski, Karol Hiller, Konstanty Mackiewicz, Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Henryk Streng, Katarzyna Kobro. More
Riga: Ca. 1935. Printed poster in red and black. Text in Latvian and Yiddish. 50 × 70 cm. With the title and the dates of the shows of the theatre group "Ben-Ciona Vitlera" More
Scotland: 1890s. The 25 original photos were taken mainly in Orkney, Wight, Shetland, as well as Yorkshire, Edinburgh and Maeshowe. The pictures are of buildings (Kirkwall Hotel, St. Magus Cathedral, Walter Scott Memorial, Forth Bridge, Holyroad Palace interior, Rowlstone Hall, Ventnori); animals (dogs, Scottish horses, cattle, sheep); landscape and scenery..... More
[Prague]: [Historickym ustavem CSAV v Praze], 1968. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers, with the original black dust jacket. [Complete:] (6), IV, (1)–35, 37–54, (1 [blank]), 55–494, and 56 unnumbered pages with photographic reproductions scattered in 8-page gatherings. A contemporary collection of documents concerning the first week of the Warsaw Pact..... More
1958. Vintage photo. Black and white film still. Inscribed by Baker. 206 × 289 mm. Poss.: Ferenc Simon Gy. was a Hungarian journalist, collector of autographs. He was the editor of “Magyar Ifjúság” (Hungarian Youth), this photo was published in the magazine in the ‘50s, although the film was screened..... More
Issued and signed by Georges-René Le Pelley de Pléville, the Minister of Colonies. Dated on November 21, 1797 (1e Frimaire, an 6 de la République française). One page printed and written document with the headline of the “Marine et Colonies. Administration des Colonies”. Temporary citizenship is given to the Saint-Domingue..... More
Madrid: 1924. Original, vintage black and white photograph. Mounted on paper. Signed by Ramón y Cajal, with autograph note. Text under the photograph reads „Al Dr. Juan Leon – en testimonio de consideracion y de cordial estima S. Ramón Cajal. Madrid 31 de octubre de 1924.” (To Dr. Juan Leon..... More