Warszawa: Brathetwo–B’Nei-B’Rith, 1932. First edition. Limited edition, printed in 400 copies. With five photographic reproductions. In publisher’s grey wrappers. 89, (7) p, and 5 plates. Publication of the Warsaw lodge of B’nai B’rith, the world’s oldest Jewish service organization, published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the foundation..... More

A Amsterdam: Aux dépens de la Compagnie, M.DCC.XLV [1745]. First French edition. Half-titles, and title pages of both volumes printed in red and black. Woodcut device on title page and woodcut headpiece and initial to each part. Two volumes bound into one. In contemporary leather. Panels with gilt supralibros in..... More

Budapest: Kiadja a M. K. Természettudományi Társulat, 1884. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s red buckram, with gilt title on spine, and front panels blind stamped, in two volumes. LXXI, (1), (1)–542, (2); VII, (5), (1)–436 p. First Hungarian edition of Darwin’s 1871 book on human evolution and sexual selection, “The..... More

Maribor: Izdal OOOF, 1945. Second edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by France Cegnar, printed in red and black. Saddle-stitched. 31, (1) p. Scarce, first-hand account of the Mauthausen concentration camp, written by the Slovenian Partisan survivor, France Hribar, also known under his nom de guerre Savinjsek. In..... More

Lipsk [Leipzig]:, E. Ł. Kasprowicz, 1884[–1886]. First Polish edition. In contemporary half leather, blind and gilt lettering on spine and front panel. Tinted edges. [5], VI–VII, [1], [1]–325, [1] p. Scarce first Polish edition of Marx’s “Das Kapital”. Kapitał, the first Polish edition of Marx’s opus magnum was..... More

Budapest: Magvetö, [2002]. Signed by Imre Kertész on title page in blue ink. In publisher’s cardboard with the original, typographically illustrated dust jacket, printed in color. 359, (1) p. Signed copy of Kertész’ 1992 fictional diary, Gályanapló (Galley Diary). Imre Kertész (1929–2016) was a Jewish Hungarian writer. In 2002..... More

1983: [Kató Lomb (Egyetemi Nyomda)], [Budapest]. First edition. Inscribed by the author in English. Text in Hungarian. In publisher’s wrappers. Inscribed first edition of the book by the famous Hungarian polyglot Kató Lomb, simultaneous interpreter. More

Praze II [Prague]: Nakladatelství “Obelisk”, [1922]. First Czech edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers designed by Vaclav Spala, printed in red and black. 99, [1] p. First Czech edition of Marinetti’s futurist play, the Fire Drum, with Václav Špála’s striking cover design. The publication accompanied the Czech premiere of the..... More

Kraków: [Sigmund Grim, Marx Wirsung], August 4, 1518. Second edition. In later paper. Title in figural woodcut border. Woodcut initials throughout. (58) p.; a6, b-g3 [last blank not present]. The first accurate geographical historical and ethnographical description of Eastern Europe. Miechowa’s work provides the first systematic description of..... More

(Paris): (Bailly?), (1834). First separate edition, reprinted from Annales de Chimie et de Physique, LVI (pp.: 371–386.). Inscribed by the author. In blue wrappers. 16 p., and one plate. This paper describes the later called Peltier effect, the presence of heating or cooling at an electrified junction of two different..... More

Budapest: Táltos, 1916. With two full-page illustrations and numerous initials and astrological illustrations printed in blue and black. First edition. Limited and numbered edition up to 100, this copy holds number 26. In original illustrated hard paper. With a full-page manuscript inscription by the author on half-title in ink, dated..... More

Brno: Moravský legionář, 1926. With expressionist cover, designed by Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová. With 21 photographic illustrations and a map of Eurasia. In publisher's illustrated paper. 155, (9) p. Oldřich Zemek’s (1893–1967) WWI novel with Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová’s expressionist cover. Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová (1894–1980) was a Czech graphic artist, influenced by Frans Masereel..... More