Calcutta: Printed by Greenway and Co.; Hurkaru Press, 1812. First edition. In contemporary blue paper. (5), 4–85, (1) p. Scarce masonic book printed in Calcutta. Earl of Moire (Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, 1754–1826) has been appointed as Governor-General of India in 1812. This Constitution was probably..... More

Wien (Vienna): Verlag der “Neuen Glühlichter”, Druck von Johann N. Vernay, (ca. 1890). Chromolithograph. 140 × 90 mm. Considered the first May Day (Mai-Feier) postcards printed in Europe. May Day or International Worker’s Day is the commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre which was a demonstration that took place on..... More

Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. With six photographic illustrations. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 14, (2) p. Early Soviet-Russian, illustrated biographical pamphlet on Konrad Veidt in constructivist cover. In the 1920s Kinopechat, the Soviet state publishing house for cinema, published a series of booklets focusing on the popular foreign film..... More

[Prague]: [Privately published], 1921. With 8 plates of which 7 are photographic. Titles printed in red and illustrated with small beverage ads. First edition. Text in German. In publisher’s buckram with embossed, gilt title on front and white, embossed advertisement on the rear panel. Advertisements on front and rear pastedowns..... More

Personal letters and greeting cards from and to family and friends. Contains photographs by Kepes, a letter by James Prestini and Mario Montagnana. György Kepes (1906–2001) was a Hungarian born visual artist, painter and designer. Emigrated to the the U.S. in 1937 and taught design at the New Bauhaus..... More

[Köln (Cologne)]: [Komitee des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung Köln (M. Dumont Schauberg)], [1928]. Cover design, layout and the photographic illustration by El Lissitzky. First edition. In publisher’s red, illustrated wrappers. 111, (1) p. and a large folding plate of panoramic photomontage. The “Pressa Catalogue”, designed by El Lissitzky and..... More

[1970s]: [s.n.], [S.l.]. Samizdat edition. Carbon copy. In blue cloth folder. (2), 2–205 [p. 15 mis-paginated: 16.] leaves. (Printed only on the rectos). Early, uncredited, samizdat edition of Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty Four”. Bibliographically unknown, Czech samizdat edition of Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, “Nineteen Eighty Four”, which was banned to publish..... More

Riga: Domas, 1931. Cover and typographic illustrations by Strunke. With 5 illustrations. First edition. In original, typographically illustrated wrappers, printed in gray and red. (817)–895, (1) p. Domas was one of the most important and influential avant-garde, left wing cultural magazines in Latvia. Cover designed iby Niklāvs Strunke..... More

[Leipzig]: gedruckt, bey Christoph Friedrich Rumpffen [Rumpf], [1707]. First edition. First edition. In later half vellum binding, panels covered with marbled paper. Woodcut initials and a headpiece. Engraved frontispiece and plates (many folding). 1 [leaf (frontispiece)] 54 [2] p., and 35 engraved plates. An extremely scarce illustrated German Baroque carpenter’s-..... More

[Paris]: De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, rue Favart, no. 5, 1791. First edition, with the four-page addendum. In later cardboard, covered with marbled paper. Red leather, gilt title vignette on spine. (7), 4–31, (1) p. Tausia-Bournos’ letter to the Colonial Committee (pp. [3]–[5].) and his treatise about the..... More

Tartu: Loodus (H. Laakmann), 1928. First edition. In original, illustrated hard paper. 75, [2] p. Henrik Visnapuu (1890–1951) was one of the most important Estonian poet and writer of the 20th century. More

February 18, 1957: Budapest. Original manuscript on folded paper. Dated, signed. 1 page, in ink. Weiner (1885–1960; Hungarian composer and music educator) names Imre Lederer to represent him in the negotiation regarding the German translation of his works “Formenlehre” (A hangszeres zene formái; 1955) and the essay on Beethoven’s piano..... More