19 photo taken at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936
Berlin: 1936. All photo taken in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. More
Berlin: 1936. All photo taken in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. More
1917. The shot was taken on the Italian front at a ruined building. The recipient is Hajós' wife, Vilma Blockner. More
New York: A. A. U. (C. J. O’Brien, Inc.), 1932. First edition. The Olympic issue of the periodical. Inscribed by 3 Olympic champions: Georgia Coleman, Eleanor Holm and Helene Madison. 23, (1) p. Georgia Coleman (1912–1940) American diver, competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and in the 1932..... More
Pesten: Petrózai Trattner J. M. és Károlyi István Könyvnyomtató-Intézetében, 1832. Stamp on cover and title page stating “from the estate of István Széchenyi”. Stamp of the Storno-Archives on the title page. In original wrappers. [2] 92 [2] p. Széchenyi’s copy of the book about horse racing related subjects. István..... More
Liepaja (in Latvia): 1935. Ca. 70 × 100 cm. Advertisement poster for a football match. More
Amateur photoalbum. More than hundred black and white, vintage photographs. Each image with typed label and in painted frames. In red leatherette binding with handmade illustration of front panel, the coat of arms of the Red Bicycle Infantry. 45 album card leaves, separated with tracing paper. The photoalbum was compiled..... More
(Budapest): (Képzőművészeti Alap), (ca. 1953). First edition. The black and white plates could be used as postcards, therefore all perforated. In original, illustrated paper, printed in brown and black. Plates and cover joined with green string. 20 plates. Contains photos of the opening of the Népstadion (People’s Stadium; opened in..... More
Sevilla: Andrea Pescioni, 1582. First edition. With 35 woodcut illustrations, some recurring. Decorated with heraldic woodcut on the title page, numerous woodcut initials and a tailpiece, and woodcut printer's devices on 4¶4 and on the last leaf. Text printed in two columns. In 19th century, empire style, red morocco binding..... More
Budapest: Athenaeum Irodalmi és Nyomdai Részvénytársulat, 1923. Illustrated. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. 188, (4) p. Early Hungarian book about skying by István Déván (1891–1977) the Hungarian track and field athlete and cross-country skier. More
Port-de-France [Nouméa]: Imprimerie du Gouvernement. 1865. Two separate sheets. Printed on silk. Framed with light blue silk ribbon frame (papered on verso). Silk sheet size: ca. 33 × 44,5 cm; frame: 2 cm. The programme and the results of the first horse races in New Caledonia took place on August..... More
Budapest: Hornyánszky, 1932. First edition. Printed in 100 copy. Numbered. In original hal leather. 382 p. Very rare. More
Budapest: Sportpropaganda, May 25, 1954. Illustrated title page, and photographically illustrated throughout. First edition. (16) p. The second number of “Képes sport” the sports magazine of the Communist Hungary. Almost entirely dedicated to the 1954 association friendly football game between the so-called Golden Team (Aranycsapat) Hungary national football team..... More
Budapest: Stephaneum, 1928. In original paper. 78 p. More
New York: Hurd and Houghton: (Cambridge: Riverside Press), 1869. First edition. In later half leather, publisher’s illustrated paper wrappers bound into. With an illustrated plate, and 12 text illustrations. [5] iv-v [2] 8–107 [5] p., and 1 plate. Pioneering book in English written on bicycles, and the first American book..... More
Berlin: Phot. Gesselschaft, (1886). Only edition. In original cloth folder. 1 p., 10 plate. The portfolio contains 10 reproductions of paintings by Julian Falat representing a bear hunt given in honor of the King of Prussia. Julian Falat, (1853–1929) was one of the most prolific Polish painters of..... More
(S.l.): (S.n.), (1948). First edition. In newspaper format. 16 p. Pamphlet of the program of the 1948 Summer Olympics that was held in London after 12 years of hiatus. Edited by Károly Kárpáti (1906–1996) the Hungarian olympic wrestling champion, who won his gold medal in the Lightweight Freestyle class in..... More
Budapest: Pannonia-verlag, 1956. In original cloth. 408 p. with photos. Inscribed. Ferenc Mező, won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "History of the Olympic Games" More
Budapest: 1907. First edition. In original paper. 141 p with 72 illustration. The first Hungarian book on Judo. At the end of April 1906, the Japanese master Sasaki Kichisaburo came to Hungary to introduce the Hungarians to ju-jitsu and its modernized form, judo. His trip was initiated and paid..... More
Budapest: 1955. In original binding. Inscribed to Gyula Mandi. Gyula Mándi was Sebes' assistant with the Hungarian Golden Team. From 1959 to 1964, he was a federal captain in Israel. More
31 original, vintage, black and white photographs. In different sizes: 90 × 120 mm; 115 × 85 mm; 140 × 90 mm. In different sizes: 90 × 120 mm; 115 × 85 mm; 140 × 90 mm. Thirty-one original, vintage photographs of the construction of the People’s Stadium (Népstadion)... More
Pesten: Heckenast Gusztáv’ tulajdona, 1838. First edition. Gilt spine, tinted edges. In publisher’s cloth binding. [2] 240 p. First edition of István Széchenyi’s fundamental work on horse racing. István Széchenyi started to engage in the subject of horse racing after a field trip to England and was planning to..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [2004]. First edition. Association copy, inscribed by Thompson to his Hungarian translator, András Vágvölgyi B. In publisher’s binding, with the original dust jacket. XXI, (1), 246, (2) p. First edition of Hunter S. Thompson’s final book, inscribed to András Vágvölgyi B., who translated three of..... More
Budapest: (1941 ?). In original paper. 179 p. Inscribed by the author. Selvarajan Yesudian arrived in Hungary from India in 1937 and founded Europe's first yoga school in Budapest with Elisabeth Haich (in Hungarian: Haich Erzsébet) in 1941. After World War II in 1948 they had to close their..... More