[Au Cap François]. [Antoine Marie], [1764]. First edition. Sewn bound. 17, (3) p. Very early, unrecorded Saint-Domingue imprint. Printing in Saint-Domingue origins in the second half of the 18th century. The first printer who established himself on the isle was Antoine Maria (Cabon, 1919). Marie was born in Nantes..... More

Paris: Au Sans Pareil, [1920]. Second edition. Singed by both authors. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 111, [9] p. Signed copy by both authors of the first work of literary Surrealism. More

(Budapest): Athenaeum, (1942). First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. With original photographic dust jacket. 260 p. Ethnographic study on Hungarian rural communities. With photographic cover by Miklós Müller (Nicolas; 1913–2000) the Hungarian born photographer who lived most of his life in Spain. He was involved in researches and documentation of folk..... More

(1958). Original, vintage, black and white photo of the staff of Jancsó’s movie. Title and date on verso in pencil. 143 × 90 mm. “A harangok Rómába mentek” was Jancsó’s first feature film, a classical realistic story about children pressured to join the army during WWII, but they refuse to..... More

Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, (1906). 3, (1) p. 1 folding plate. Patent description of a three-phase electric motor by Koloman (Kálmán) Kandó (1869–1931) the pioneer in development of electric railway traction, known as “the father of electric train”. He gained his diploma as mechanical engineer in Budapest. As junior engineer he worked..... More

A Paris: Chez Tuossainct du Bray, rue Sainct Jacques, aux Epics-meurs, M. DC. XXIIII [1624]. First edition. In 18th century leather. Spine with five raised bands, compartments with gilt ornament and title. Edges tinted in red and brown. Woodcut initials and headpieces. (16), 1115, (3 [last 2 blank]) p. Collation..... More

Budapest: Napkelet (Magyar Földrajzi Intézet), (1931). With hand coloured lithographs on each pages. First edition. Limited, numbered edition up to 50. Printed on hand made paper. Leaves bound together with green string. Signed by Jaschik. 31, (1) p. Álmos Jaschik (1885–1950) was a graphic artist, scenic designer and pioneer of..... More

Bochum: Museum Bochum, 1974. First edition. Association copy, inscribed to Gyula Ortutay. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. (50) p., and 58 plates. The Hungarian-born Swedish surrealist artist, Endre Nemes’ (1909–1985) inscribed exhibition catalogue to Gyula Ortutay (1910–1978) a Hungarian ethnographer and politician. During the Communist régime he served as Minister of..... More

Dresden: [S.n.], 1926. First separate edition. Presentation copy. Offprint edition. Unbound as published. 61–71, (1) p. Inscribed copy of Stein’s paper on Alexander the Great’s campaign on the Indian North-West frontier. The rewritten English version was published a year later in the “The Geographical Journal”. Sir Marc Aurél Stein..... More

Tartu: Odamehe [Odamees] (Bergmann), 1919. First edition. In original, illustrated wrappers, designed by Ado Vabbe. (8), 7–160, (1), [1] p. Ado Vabbe (1892–1961) was one of the most important and influential figures of the Estonian Avant-garde, founder of the Estonian art society “Pallas” and tutor at “Korgem Kunstikool Pallas” (Higher..... More

Budapest: Táltos (Világosság), 1917. With 16 full page illustrations. First edition. Title page in red and black. Initials printed in red. In original illustrated hard paper. Presentation copy. 12 p. and 16 plates. This work of Toroczkai-Wigand starts with a short poem, the national epic of the Székelys (Hungarian people..... More

[Lyon]: [Around 1840–1.]. [140] p., [2] loose large designs; [3] silk brocade samples (around 130 ×190 mm; 180 × 270 mm; 200 × 280 mm). Over 600 hand-colored, silk-pattern designs on paper in various dimensions (of which a dozen full-page, and two double-page), mounted onto plain sheets of a book..... More