![Megfagyott muzsikus 1926. [Frozen Musician 1926.]. János Barcsay, in chief](/pictures/thumb/678.jpg?v=1443499872)
(Budapest): Magya Királyi Egyetemi Nyomda, 1926. With numerous text illustrations. First edition. Printed in 400 copies. Text in Hungarian. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 56, (2) p. Yearbook of the students of architecture at the Royal Joseph Technical University. The first number was published in 1898 by Jenő Kismarty-Lechner, later Lajos..... More
Paris: Jean-Geofroy Nyon, 1721. First edition. Device on title page, a woodcut initial, and several head and tail pieces. In later blue card board. With leather title vignette on spine. (8), 300, (2) p. One of the most influential works in the history of modern double-entry book-keeping. Posthumously published..... More
Bratislava-Pozsony: (Angermayer Károly), 1929. With text illustrations. Frist edition. In photographically illustrated cover. 22 p. First issue of the leftist magazine. More
One page, typed letter. Signed by Bartók in ink. Dated: February 4, 1939, Budapest. 205 × 135 mm. Béla Bartók thanks to Pierre Jean Jouves for sending him the study wherein one of Bartók’s orchestral work is mentioned, thanks Jouves’ book of poem that has also been sent, and proposes..... More
![Bartók Béla hangversenye 1927. március 2-án. [Béla Bartók’s Concert on March 2, 1927.]....](/pictures/thumb/634.jpg?v=1439222914)
(Sepsiszentgyörgy): Jókai, 1927. 1 page printed document. Illustrated. Perforated at left edge. 237 × 157 mm. Beside the works of Mozart, Domenico Scarlatti, Azzolino Bernardino della Ciaja, Beethoven, Chopin and Kodály, Bartók played his own compositions from his collection of folk music of Transylvania, “An Evening in the Village” (BB..... More
Ca. 1900. Undated, uncredited, original, vintage black and white photograph. Size: 137 × 85 mm. Young Béla Bartók on the right in bow tie, winter coat and hat, sitting together with two unidentified persons. Such early portraits of the great musician are very scarce. From the collection..... More
Budapest: Fejér és Glatter, [1909.]. Illustrated with black and white photographs. In publisher's printed wrappers, with coloured photographic vignette on front cover. (20) p. Advertisement brochure of the first private sanatorium in Budapest. Sámuel Batizfalvy (1826–1904) was a Hungarian physician, a pioneer in Orthopedics in Hungary. He established..... More
![A kék madár. Magyar Színház. [The Blue Bird. Hungarian Theatre.]. Joseph Bato, József,...](/pictures/thumb/954.jpg?v=1470319626)
Budapest: Kunossy Vilmos és Fia Műintézete, [ca. 1915]. Original, vintage coloured print. 89 × 140 mm. Advertisement postcard for Maeterlinck 1908 play “The Blue Bird” that was premiered in Hungary in 1913 at the “Magyar Színház” in Budapest. The Art Nouveau image was created by Joseph Bato (József;..... More
![Das Geistreich. I. [Mappe I. 1–13.]. Rudolf Bauer](/pictures/thumb/1199.jpg?v=1500640547)
Charlottenburg-Westend, New York: [Privately published (printed by August Scherl)], [1931]. First edition. “Ausgabe B”, one of the 14–300 numbered copies (complete edition: 1313 copies). The finely printed, colored plates are numbered: 1.1–1.13. In publisher’s half vellum folder, the spine is lettered in gold, front panel in black. The textual booklet..... More
London: B. T. Batsford, [1948]. Cover illustration by Cecil Beaton. With text illustrations of drawings and 32 plates of photographic reproductions. First published in this present revised form in 1948. Originally published in 1938 under the title, 'Cecil Beaton's New York'. Association copy, inscribed to Mona von Bismarck. In publisher’s..... More
Paris: Gallimard, (1955). First edition. Limited, numbered one of 50 (of 56) copies. In publisher’s wrappers, printed in red and black, protected with tracing paper. 272, (8) p. Limited, first edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s collection of essays. According to Beauvoir the question “how the privileged may think about..... More
[Paris]: Les Edition de Minuit, [1957]. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers, printed in blue and black. 122, (6) p. First edition of Becket’s second play, the Endgame, which was originally written in French and later translated into English by Beckett himself. More
London: Partridge and Oakey, Paternoster Row, and 70, Edgware Road. Saunders & Otley, Conduit Street, 1852. In publishers green cloth. Front panel and spine with gilt illustrations and title, rear panel blind-tooled. Edges gilt. xiv, (2), 524, (4) p., and 16 illustrated plates (frontispiece and title page included), protected with..... More
![Strejcek Tom, cili Otroctviive svobodne Americe. [Uncle Tom, Or Slavery in Free America.] Povidka...](/pictures/thumb/1403.jpg?v=1524145398)
V Praze: Jaroslav Pospisil, 1853. First Czech edition. Text in Czech. Translated by Josef Vojacek. With two plates of full-page illustrations. In somewhat later half leather binding. Originally published in two volumes, bound together. The panels are covered with blue paper. 229, (1) p., and two engraved plates. First Czech..... More
A Amsterdam: Aux dépens de la Compagnie, M.DCC.XLV [1745]. First French edition. Half-titles, and title pages of both volumes printed in red and black. Woodcut device on title page and woodcut headpiece and initial to each part. Two volumes bound into one. In contemporary leather. Panels with gilt supralibros in..... More
![Caption Title:] Belley, de Saint-Domingue représentant du peuple, a ses collégues. [6 fructidor...](/pictures/thumb/450.jpg?v=1432094541)
(Paris): Imprimerie de Pain, (1794). First edition. Published unbound. 7, (1) p. Statement of Belley, the first black deputy of the French National Convention, respecting the affairs of Saint-Domingue on August 23, 1794. Jean-Baptiste Belley (1747–1805) was born in Senegal, and as a child transported to Saint-Domingue where..... More
Praha [Prague]: R. Rejman, 1927. First edition. Inscribed by the author. In original patterned wrappers. Cover design by Stanislav Roch. Untrimmed as published. Some gatherings are loose as customary for Czech paperbacks of the time. (80) p. Scarce, inscribed collection of satirical epigrams and poems. A collection of..... More
Italy: 1518. Manuscript document on paper. Only the second half of the document. 13 lines, chancery script, probably written by Ludovico degli Arrighi. Signed by Pietro Bembo as Papal Secretary. Two lines filled by a different hand. With the residue of the papal red wax seal and cord. Papal brief..... More
Budapest: Amicus (Biró Miklós), 1928. Typography, illustrations and binding by László Reiter. First edition. In original half cloth, panels with coloured lithographic hard paper. Title vignette on front panel. 78, (2) p. and 6 colored plates. László Reiter (1894–1945) was a Hungarian graphic artist, book designer and the director of..... More
![Raccolta di vedute e monumenti antichi della città di Verona [...]. Recueil des vues et des...](/pictures/thumb/65.jpg?v=1406348427)
Verona: Gabinetto Lettario, Aristide Testori, 1832. First edition. Oblong. Text in Italian and French. In original paper wrappers. 16 p., and 12 aquatint plates. Twelve elaborate aquatints of antique and medieval monuments and views of Verona: Arena, Porta Borsari, Castelvecchio Bridge, Basilica of San Zeno, Portoni della Bra, San Fermo..... More
![International Fair Budapest,1932. [Advertisment.]. Róbert Berény, Rudolf Balogh,...](/pictures/thumb/1242.jpg?v=1502097653)
[Budapest]: Athenaeum, [1932]. With graphical and photographic illustrations. Illustrated flyer, one sheet folded twice. Printed in blue and black. 325 × 193 mm. Illustrated flyer for the 1931 Budapest International Fair, with Róbert Berény’s graphic on front and Rudolf Balogh’s photos inside, montage by György Nemes. More
![Balaton. [Advertisement.]. Róbert Berény, Sándor Bortyik, Tibor Gebhardt,...](/pictures/thumb/1241.jpg?v=1502097230)
Budapest: Magyar Királyi Balatoni Intéző Bizottság (Klösz Gy. és fia), [1930s]. Graphically illustrated. Illustrated, color flyer. One sheet folded three times. ca. 278 × 222 mm. Illustrated flyer, advertising tourism around Lake Balaton. Designed by Róbert Berény and Sándor Bortnyik. Inner graphic created by Tibor (Gönczi) Gebhardt. More
![Einladung zur Vernissage] Enzo Cacciola. Evoluzioni Progressive 1971. [Mittwoch, 3., 11. 18–22...](/pictures/thumb/633.jpg?v=1439267176)
Genova: Masnata, (1971). Contains original artworks: 2 silkscreens, both signed and a mounted metal plate. First edition. Signed, numbered (one of 150 copies). In original wrappers. Front panel with mounted metal sheet with printed geometric forms by the artist. (36) p. The first publication of Cacciola contains the first study..... More
![Irlande; Irish Melodies.] Neuf Mélodies. Imitées de l’Anglais (Irish Melodies). Pour Une &...](/pictures/thumb/1528.jpg?v=1546971833)
Paris: Schlesinger, (1830). First edition. Signed and inscribed on title page by Berlioz in brown ink: “To my dear fried Robert”. (2), 33, (1) p. Inscribed copy of the first edition of Berlioz’s nine songs on Irish poetry. The nine poems of the Neuf Mélodies taken from Thomas..... More
Warszawa [Warsaw]: Nakładem Tow. Wydawniczego Biblion, 1931. First Polish edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Photomontage cover designed by Mieczysław Berman. 280 p. With a striking cover design by Mieczysław Berman. Mieczysław Berman (1903–1975) was one of the most significant Polish graphic designers. His artistic style was influenced by..... More