A kerék. 1937 nr 8-9 [The Wheel. 1937 nr 8-9]
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: 1937. Photographically illustrated throughout. 32 p. “A kerék” was a Hungarian magazine of automobiles and road transport, published between 1928 and 1948. More
Budapest: (Helios). 1919. Cover by Mihály Biró. In original paper. 16 p. In 1919, after the Hungarian Soviet Republic was formed, Biró became the leading propaganda artist: he created posters, festive decorations, sculptures, etc. After the fall of the short-lived soviet regime, Biró had to flee: he was invited to..... More
Budapest: Cserépfalvi, 1940. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. (56) p. Imre Pérely (1898–1944) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artists, who lived and work in Paris in 1930s, where he got introduced to the artistic scene, and got friend among others with the author, Georges Duhamel (1884–1966) who wrote the..... More
Budapest: Tolnai Nyomdai Műintézet és Kiadóvállalat Rt, [1938]. Cover and twenty text illustrations by Imre Sebők. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 126, (2) p. An early appearance of humanoid robot in science fiction novel, the first of such in Hungarian literature. The striking cover with the image..... More
Leipzig (Naumburg): Johann Ambrosius Barth (G. Pätz’sche Buchdr. Lippert & Co. G.m.b.H.), 1921. First separate edition. Presentation copy. Offprint. Papered spine. (345)–363, (1) p. Early and scarce paper from Imre Hermann (1889–1984) the Hungarian psychoanalyst, renowned for his contributions to the Freudian theory of attachment. Hermann was the President of..... More
Budapest: Foto Optika, 1970. First edition. In original paper. 32 p. Rare exhibition catalogue of , the two important Hungarian artist Bak and Konkoly. Printed in 500 copy. More
Paris. Montparnasse, (1922). With an illustration by Joseph Csaky. In original paper. 17 p. Inscribed to the post Lajos April. More
Budapest: Magveto, 1990. First editon, 195+[4] p. Inscribed copy for András Zoltán Bán, critic, translator and writer. Kertesz once remarked, "Ban is a literary pit bull." More
Budapest: 1939. With Kinszki's handwriting on the back. Lajos Lengyel (1904–1978) graphic artist, typographer and photographer. In his early years he was involved in the modernist movements, member of Kassák’s Munka-Circle. As typographer he won the Gutenberg-prize in 1965. More
Budapest: Magvetö, [2002]. Signed by Imre Kertész on title page in blue ink. In publisher’s cardboard with the original, typographically illustrated dust jacket, printed in color. 359, (1) p. Signed copy of Kertész’ 1992 fictional diary, Gályanapló (Galley Diary). Imre Kertész (1929–2016) was a Jewish Hungarian writer. In 2002..... More
Budapest: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1977. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated hard paper, with the original illustrated dust jacket, designed by István Engel Tevan. 218, (6) p. First edition of Kertész’s second book. Contains two short stories “A nyomkereső” and “Detektívtörténet”, published in English under the titles “The Pathseeker” and “Detective Story”..... More
Budapest: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1975. First edition. In original hard paper. With original illustrated dust cover. With Kertész’s photographic portrait on front flap. 291, (3) p. The chief novel of Imre Kertész (b. 1929), the Hungarian Holocaust survivor, who gained the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 for this novel... More
Budapest: Szepirodalmi, 1985. Second edition. In original illustrated paper. 293 p. The chief novel of Imre Kertész (b. 1929), the Hungarian Holocaust survivor, who gained the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 for this novel. “Fateless” is a quasi-autobiographical novel that describes a 15 year-old Hungarian boy’s tragic..... More
Leipzig: Kistner / Paris: Schlesinger [PN 996], 1930. First editon. In original paper, uncut. 505- 518 p. Illustrated by József Divéky, Hanna Dallos, Dezső Fáy , Lajos Kozma, Sándor Kolozsváry, Kálmán Gáborjáni Szabó, Lajos Csabai Ékes, Álmos Jaschik, Margit Fiora, Arnold Gara, Imre Pérely, László Reiter, Henrik Major. More
Sonderabdruck aus dem Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1930. First edition. With 12 full-page and numerous other illustrations of Lajos Kozma’s works. In publisher’s half-cloth binding. 32 p. Scarce publication of Kozma’s work by Kner Press. With Kozma’s bookplate and book cover designs and book illustrations. Lajos Kozma (1884–1948) besides being one..... More
Vac: Orszagos Grafikai Muhely, 1988. First edition. In original black, printed portfolio. Limited edition, numbered, one of 230. Text in Hungarian and English. Seventy-six mostly xerox art artworks by the Xertox artist group, that existed between 1982 and 1992, exhibited - besides the Hungarian shows - in Paris (1986, Galerie..... More
Budapest: Emich, 1863. In bit later half leather binding. 218 p. Second edition. Perhaps the most significant piece of Hungarian drama literature, it first appeared in January 1862 (on the title page dating back to 1861). János Arany, asked Károly Szász to make a detailed analysis and critique of the..... More
[Budapest]: Bartha Miklós Társaság kiadás, 1928. First edition. The eleven loose leaves are housed in publisher’s illustrated folder. 11 leaves. First edition of Simon’s five avant-garde poems, each illustrated with an expressionist woodcut by Imre Ladányi. Scarce book of poems by Andor Simon (1901–1986), the Hungarian avant-garde poet. He..... More
Budapest: Az Atheneum Részvénytársulat kiadása, 1897. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen full-page black-and-white photographic reproductions. Text in Hungarian. In somewhat later cloth with embossed horizontal lines running through. [6], 133, (1) p. and 16 plates. Richly illustrated travel memoir of the Hungarian vintner, hunter and writer, member of the parliament..... More
Budapest: 1946. In original black paper. 32 p. Catalogue of the first post-WWII Holocaust exhibition that was held in Budapest in 1946. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with 9 photomontages by Szots Jeno, 8 by Lorincz Gyula, as well as illustrations by Sraga Weil, Bán Edit, Blassberg János, A...... More