Dresden: 1930. Five original, vintage black and white photographs. Ca. 230 × 167 mm. A collection of five vintage photographs of the Second International Hygiene Exhibition. Photographic documentation of Fritz Tschakert’s Transparent Man, the main attraction of the 1930 Dresden exhibition, as well as the exterior and interior of the..... More
Budapest: József Csanak (Tolnai-nyomda), 1935. Illustrated title page. Photographically illustrated throughout. First edition. 16 p [wrappers included]. Photographically illustrated catalog of tubular steel furniture and prams. Hungarian tubular steel designs of hospital furniture, collapsible camp beds, infant beds, bathroom and garden furniture, riding toys and various prams and strollers..... More
(Budapest): (Tolnai nyomda), (ca. 1930). First edition. In original, illustrated wrappers. 14, (2) p. Catalogue of the Eichel Furniture who was one of the leading furniture manufactures in Hungary in the first half of the 20th century. More
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Graz: Leykam, [ca. 1870]. Original vintage lithograph poster. ca. 75 × 105 cm. Original advertisement poster for Ferdinand Keibl coachbuilder, showing 50 different coaches. Keibl opened his workshop in 1856 as saddler and manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles, later automobile bodies. More
3 original, vintage sepia photographs. Each labelled in ink on verso, two dated (1896). One with printed label in Hungarian on recto. Sizes: 180 × 130 mm and 190 × 150 mm. Collection of 3 photographs of the building of Transylvanian Railway Network between Mádéfalva and Gyimesbükk (today: Siculeni –..... More
1930s. Hand made book, with 42 album card leaves, most of them protected with tracing paper. Small damages on cover. Overall in very good condition. Unique, hand made Art deco pattern book. Ornaments for textile and wooden surfaces for interior design. More
Around 1904–1905. 11 original, vintage sepia photographs. Sizes: (6) 180 × 130 mm; (4) 140 × 90 mm; (1) 165 × 115 mm. Collection of 11 photographs taken during the building of Zakarpattia Oblast Railway Network between Nagyberezna and Uzsok (today: Великий Березний [Velikij Bereznij] – Ужок [Uzhok]). This 40..... More
[S.l.]: [Norta Tapetenhaus], [ca. 1930]. In original half cloth. With mounted colour illustration on the cover. Gilt embossed name and address of the Hungarian distributor on the front panel. With 8 reproductions of hand-drawn, colour, die cut interior designs, and 21 original wallpaper samples. 185 × 240 mm. Vintage Art..... More
Leporello album. With 15 original, vintage, black and white photographs. In original binding. Image size: 120 × 90 mm. Fifteen images of Sztálinváros (Stalin City; today: Dunaújváros). Showing industrial and residential buildings of the recently created industrial city, the centre of heavy industry in the Stalinist Hungary, ca. 1950. More
Warszawa, Krakowskie [Warsaw, Krakow]: Dom, Osiedle, Mieszkanie, [1932]. With one full page and a text illustration. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers printed in black and blue. 46, (2) p. Architectural guide for private builders, with modernist, photographic montage on the cover. Cover design uncredited. [Ref.: Rypson, P...... More
Budapest: A “Tér és Forma” kiadása, 1941. Photo-illustrated title page. Illustrated throughout. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (3), 2–24, (2) p. Photo-illustrated monograph presenting the reconstruction of the headquarters of National Savings Bank, that turned the Art-Nouveau building into a modern office building of international style. The..... More
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(Budapest): Kir. József Műegyetem (Kir. Magy. Egyetemi Nyomda). Illustrated panels. Pages ruled. With many lithographic, and offset illustrations, also mounted reproduction. First edition. Limited edition. One of 150 numbered copies. In publisher’s half leather. 95, (1) p. Richly illustrated yearbook of the students of architecture at the Royal Joseph Technical..... More
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Around 1888. Vintage leporello album with 17 mounted albumen prints (ca. 95 × 116 mm). Bound in red morocco. Unique, nineteenth-century photo album of explorations at the Maya site of Copán, dedicated to Francisco Menéndez, the President of El Salvador. Lead by the Salvadoran archaeologist, historian and lawyer..... More
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(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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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Madrid: Imprenta de Don Miguel de Burgos, 1829. First edition. [Atlas imprint: A Paris: Imp. Lith. de Engelmann & Cie. Lithographes de la Chambre et du Cabinet du Roi, 1829. (10 [desultorily numbered, but complete]), 11–118 p.]. Text volume: In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Atlas: In publisher’s printed wrappers. Lithographed throughout..... 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
Pesth (Pest): Gedruckt mit v. Trattner-Károlyischen Lettern (Herrenhasse Nro 612), 1836. First edition. Text in German. In publisher’s paper. Wrappers typographically ornamented. (7), 8–47, (1) p. and 4 lithograph and engraved plates. Early book on blind education. The “Blinden-Institut in Pest” was the fist institution for the blind in..... More
Baarn: A. G. van Agtmaal, [ca. 1940]. First edition. 12 postcards, housed in original folder. Twelve postcard, in original folder, the entire run, introducing the modern building of Utrecht’s city theater and the joint Café Restaurant Esplanade, the work of the Dutch modernist architect Willem Marinus Dudok. More
London: Architectural Association, 1983. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Goldfinger. First of the series of the Architectural Association “Works”. Richly illustrated. In publisher’s wrappers. 128 p. The book was published to coincide with the comprehensive exhibition, selected and designed also by James Dunnett and Dr Gavin Stamp at the..... More
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[Budapest]: Budapesti Magyar Királyi Állami Felsö Építö Ipariskola, [1927]. First edition. Text in Hungarian. With 43 single and 7 double plates of black and white reproductions. In publisher’s illustrated, yellow folder, printed in red. With a two-page insert of the publisher in German. [8] p., [2] p., and 43 plates..... More