[Ca. 1928]. Promotional leaflet. Illustrated on verso. Text in German. 104 × 152 mm. Illustrated promotional leaflet for Hintergrund (Backdrop), a portfolio of17 prints by George Grosz. Consisting of 17 prints, the portfolio was based on Grosz’s designs for a staging of The Good Soldier Švejk at the Piscator-bühne..... More

Budapest: Dante Kiadás. [1931]. First edition. In original half cloth. With mounted colour illustration on the cover. Spine gilt. Cover and illustrations by Sándor Bortnyik. Illustrated endpapers. With numerous text illustrations. 156, (4) p. A scarce Hungarian children’s book, richly illustrated by Sándor Bortnyik. Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976) was..... More

[S.l.]: [S.n.], [N.d. ca. 1985]. Samizdat edition. In original black cloth with gilt-embossed title on the spine. Upper edge tinted in orange. Carbon copy text. 1 6–11 11–21 23 23 25–140 [2] p. Complete. Scarce, Czech samizdat edition of Bob Dylan lyrics. The publication includes the Czech translation of..... More

Wien: Carl Pietzner, (late 1800s). Vintage photographic portraits mounted on two cardboard plates (175 × 245 mm and 155 × 245 mm) with the embossing of the coat of arms of Austria-Hungary. 330 × 245 mm. Scarce vintage photographic portraits of Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916) and Empress Elisabeth..... More

New York: Gaer, 1949. In original cloth with wrapper. 342 p. Inscribed to Mátyás Rákosi. „To Deputy Premier Rakosi with many thanks for the interviews - and my best wishes George Seldes nov. 1. 1949”. The last chapter in the book (Appendix 6): Rakosi Speaks on Tito, Russia, the U.S...... More

Budapest: Kozgazdasagi es Jogi Konyvkiado, 1980. First edition. In original cloth with paper wrapper. Inscribed. Important analysis of the socialist economy by. János Kornai (1928-2021) was the first economist behind the Iron Curtain who published critical studies on the Soviet-style command economics of Eastern Europe. Kornai studied philosophy in..... More

Budapest: Athenaeum, 1908. First separate edition. Offprint. Limited edition up to 300 copies. Numbered. Illustrated title page. Printed on thick paper in brown ink. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 42, (6) p. Elek Koronghi Lippich (1862–1924) was an early propagator of Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movement in Hungary..... More

A Constantinople [but Paris]: De l’Imprimerie d’Ibrahim Pacha (Et se vend a Francfort, Chez J. G. Eslinger), First edition. In contemporary marbled paper. Typographic and woodcut head and tailpieces. 100, - 700, 60, 15 [1775]. [4] 212 p. First edition of Lancelin de Laval’s stories about Muhammad's private life and..... More

Kovno [Kaunas], Berlin: Farlag Idish, 1921. . Spine opened at bottom. Bookplate removed from inner front cover. Pages yellowed due to aging. Overall in very good condition. 22 p. First edition. In publisher’s ochre wrappers, with illustrated publisher's devices on the front cover and printed publisher's ads on the back..... More

A Bonn: chez N. Simrock, 1803]. PN. 292 (535);. Early edition. Oblong. Engraved throughout. Paper slightly toned due to aging. Sporadic foxing, affecting only the edges. Overall fine condition. [1] 4–11 [1] p. Mozart composed this piece probably after June 26, 1788 in Vienna, and it was first published by..... More

Budapest: Reichel Gyula (Weiss L és F.), 1921. With lithographically printed text and illustrations. 8 full page color lithographic illustrations. First edition. Presentation copy. Text in Hungarian. In original lithographic hard paper wrappers. Pages jointed with white string. 20 p. More

Budapest: Sachs Frigyes, 1904. In modern half leather. First Hungarian edition. 128 p. Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya ( 1850 – 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. She was a pioneer for women in mathematics around the world – the first woman..... More