Invitation for Classic art night
Hungarian Railways, 1947. Illustrated with Mihály Biró’s (1886–1948) famous image of the “Red Man with Hammer”. More
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![Újguineai utazásom emlékei. [Memories of my travel to New Guinea]. Lajos Dr....](/pictures/thumb/1349.jpg?v=1513003053)
Újguineai utazásom emlékei. [Memories of my travel to New Guinea].
Budapest: Magyar Királyi Természettudományi Társulat, 1932. First edition. With 49 text illustrations, mostly full page photographic reproductions. Text in Hungarian. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (8), 260 p., and two plates. Richly illustrated travel memoir of the Hungarian zoologist and ethnologist, Lajos Bíró who travelled to Papua New Guinea at the..... More
Horthy. 20 dessins par Michael Biró.
[Wien]: [Anzengruber-Verlag, Brüder Suschitzky], [1920]. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated folder with strings. 20 loose large lithographs with printed titles in Hungarian, French, German, and English. 20 loose lithograph plates ca. 340 × 480 mm. The first edition of the Biró’s renowned Horthy-cycle, a graphical documentation of the White Terror..... More
![Miesiecznik literacki] Miesięcznik literacki. 1930 Luty numer 3. [Literary Monthly. 1930...](/pictures/thumb/1660.jpg?v=1563353654)
[Miesiecznik literacki] Miesięcznik literacki. 1930 Luty numer 3. [Literary Monthly. 1930 February. No. 3.]
Warszawa [Warsaw]: A. Chwat [Aleksander Wat] (Drukarnia Przemysłowa w Krakowie), 1930. First edition. In publisher's, printed, constructivist wrappers, designed by Władisław Daszewski. 121–168 p. First edition of the third number of this Polish avant-garde magazine, whose cover was designed by Władisław Daszewski. “Miesięcznik Literacki" was an unofficial organ..... More
![Vonal és forma. [Line and Form.]. Walter Crane](/pictures/thumb/1669.jpg?v=1563520763)
Vonal és forma. [Line and Form.]
Budapest: Lampel R. Kk. (Wodianer F. és Fiai) R.T. Könyvkiadóvállalata, 1910. First Hungarian edition. With numerous text illustrations partly designed by the author. In contemporary half-cloth. (2), 255, (1) p. First Hungarian edition of Crane’s Line & Form, originally published in 1900. More
![André Kertész Magyarországon. [André Kertész in Hungary.]. János Bodnár](/pictures/thumb/1653.jpg?v=1563280851)
André Kertész Magyarországon. [André Kertész in Hungary.]
[Budapest]: Föfoto, [1984]. First edition. Signed by Kertész. Text in Hungarian and French. Illustrated with reproductions of fifty photos by Kertész and more than thirty of him. In publisher’s cardboard with the original photographic dust jacket. 103, (1) p. A signed copy of the oeuvre of Kertész’s early photographs taken..... More
György Kepes portrait
1950s. 16,5 x 22 cm, Vintage photo, Stamp on the back: „Fotó: Vattay Elemér. Budapest IX, Közraktár u. 22/b. Hungary.”. More
Pierrot le Fou. (Production Photo.)
Original, vintage, black and white photo. 1965. Production photo of Jean Luc Godard on set of his 1965 film, Pierrot le Fou. Jean Luc Godard lays on camera dolly and checks the composition during the set of his 1965 movie “Pierrot le Fou”, starred by Anna Karina and Jean-Paul..... More
Arietta con 12 variazioni per il clavicembalo del Sig.r Giuseppe Haydn. No 1.
Vienna: Presso Artaria Comp. (1799). First edition. Engraved plates. Title page bears plate numbers 185 and 186. Plate number throughout: 185. Papered spine. (2), 7, (1) p. A rare first edition of Haydn’s Arietta con 12 variazioni, which was written in 1768, in the key of E flat major. It..... More
![Szombat este. Uj versek. [Saturday evening. New Poems.]. Lajos Kassák](/pictures/thumb/276.jpg?v=1420538622)
Szombat este. Uj versek. [Saturday evening. New Poems.]
Budapest: Kassák Lajos – Kelet Népe (Arany János Irodalmi és Nyomdai Műintézet), 1941. First edition. Signed. Limited, numbered edition (270/300). In original illustrated wrappers, by József Csáky. 60, (4) p. Book of poems by Lajos Kassák (1887–1967) the Hungarian poet, author, painter, theoretician of art and the main figure of..... More
![Glos pana.] Głos pana. [His Master's Voice.]. Stanislaw Lem, Stanisław Lem](/pictures/thumb/1648.jpg?v=1563184196)
[Glos pana.] Głos pana. [His Master's Voice.]
[Warsaw]: Czytelnik, [1968]. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated hard paper with the original dust jacket, both with Andrzej Heidrich‘s illustrations. 284, (4) p. First edition of Lem’s celebrated novel Głos pana (His Master's Voice). Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), the author of Solaris, was a Polish science fiction writer, the..... More
![Triple-Signed sheet of 6 Stamps.] Kosmicheskaya Fantastika. Alexey Leonov](/pictures/thumb/571.jpg?v=1437147065)
[Triple-Signed sheet of 6 Stamps.] Kosmicheskaya Fantastika.
Russia: Pochta SSSR, 1967. 75 ×125 mm. Soviet space program stamp sheet, with the picture of the spacewalk. Signed three times by Alexey Leonov the first human to conduct a spacewalk. More
Nyelvekrol jut eszembe... Apam emlekenek.
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
Gróf Széchenyi István lóháton, a háttérben a Láchíd pesti hídfője
Budapest: 1857. 32x 43 cm. Iconic lithograph of the Szechenyi. More
Emberi Hang (Human voice)
Kassa: Globus, 1921. First edition. In original paper. 164 p. The very rare first edition of Marai's second book. More
Noticias para servir de introducción á las representaciones del Ayuntamiento Constitucional de Santa Cruz de Tenerife al Congreso Nacional con fecha 10 de febrero y 28 de mayo último acerca de la division del territorio de aquella Isla y del pueblo donde debe fijarse la capitalidad de las Canarias.
Madrid: Oficina de don Francisco Martínez Dávila, Impresor de Cámara de S. M., 1821. In original blank wrappers. 12 p. Scarce pamphlet proposing Santa Cruz de Tenerife the capital of the Canary Islands. Appeared anonymously but written most likely by José Murphy y Meade (1774–1841) an ardent propagator of..... More
Azon a verofenyes nyari delutanon (On that sunny afternoon) Typescript with the author's own corrections
3 p. Any Nadas autograph or typescript is extremely rare. 3 pages of a short story. Péter Nádas (b. 1942), Hungary's major contemporary writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist whose works are compared to the books of Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag. More
![In Hebrew:] Lech im Ha-anashim. [Go with the Men. Seven Portraits.]. Shimon Peres](/pictures/thumb/712.jpg?v=1446005476)
[In Hebrew:] Lech im Ha-anashim. [Go with the Men. Seven Portraits.]
Jerusalem: Edanim Publishers; Yediot Aharonot edition, 1979. First edition. In publisher’s cloth. With dust jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed by Peres to Moshe Dayan. 170, (2) p. Inscribed by Peres to Moshe Dayan and his wife Rachel. “With friendship and good memories”. Dated in March 7 1979. Peres and..... More
Beobachtungen und Versuche zur Physiologie der Sinne von J. Purkinje, Doctor der Medizin und Professor der Physiologie zu Breslau. Erstes Bändchen. Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Sehens im subjectiver Hinsicht. Mit 1 Kupfertafel. Zweite unveränderte Auflage.
Prag: In commission der J. G. Calve’schen Buchhandlung [Johann Gottfried Calve], 1823. Second edition (identical to the first, only the title page changed). In contemporary hard paper. (11), 4–176, (1) p., and 1 folded, engraved plate. Purkyně’s doctoral dissertation on inner vision, a milestone in experimental psychology. This..... More
Shackleton az Antarktisz szívében 180 kilométerre a Déli Sarktól. [The Heart of the Atlantic.]
Budapest: Világirodalom Könyvkiadóvállalat, [1926?]. First Hungarian edition. With several photographic illustrations. In publisher’s, decorated half-cloth, printed in black and red. [2] 64 [2] 65–112 [2] 113–176 [2] 177–223 [1] p. First Hungarian edition of Shackleton’s journal of his attempt to reach the South Pole. During the Nimrod Expedition of..... More
![Tablice genealogiczne polskich koni arabskich czystej krwi. […]. Tabulated Pedigrees of Polish...](/pictures/thumb/1558.jpg?v=1554393172)
Tablice genealogiczne polskich koni arabskich czystej krwi. […]. Tabulated Pedigrees of Polish Pure Bred Arab Horses. […].
Warszawa: Towarzystwo Hodowli Konia Arabskiego, 1938. First edition. In publisher’s blue cloth. Gilt title on front panel. 32 leaves (many folding; 2 loose as published). First edition of the first pedigree charts of the pure-bred Polish Arabians. In this book, Edward Skorkowski, the first Secretary of the..... More
Raguaglio fedele, et breve del cavalier Ciro Spontone del fatto d'arme seguito nell'Africa tra D. Sebastiano Re di Portugallo, et Mulei Auda Malucco per riporre ne' Regni di Marocco, di Fetz, di Giafilet, et di Sus, Mehemet il Seriffo. Narrasi la morte de’ tre Rè: si riferiscono gli appariti prodigi non solamenre d'allhora; ma que’ di due mille anni, passati. Si racconta la favola dal principio fino ad hora, di colui, che sfacciatamente ancor hoggi si publica Re di Portugallo. Et si mostrano i disegni de’ sue esserciti; & della battaglia parimente.
In Bologna: presso Vittorio Benacci, 1601. Illustrated with two double-page engraved plates. Enriched with two recurring large woodcuts and woodcut and typographical head and tailpieces. First edition. In contemporary vellum. Coll: [𝜋]4; A–H4 ; [ 8], 64 p., and [2] engraved plates. One of the earliest reports of the decisive..... More
Tragiska poema. Ar prologu un epilogu veltita lellem. Sigismunda Vidberga grafika. / Tragiskā poēma. Ar prologu un epilogu veltīta lellēm. Sigismunda Vidberga grafika. [Tragic Poem. With a forword and Afterword for Puppets. Illustrated by Sigismunds Vidbergs.]
Rīgā (Riga): Autora Izdevums, 1929. Cover and illustrations by Sigismunds Vidbergs. First edition. In original illustrated paper. 45, (3) p. Cover, initial and 5 full page illustrations by Sigismunds Vidbergs (1890–1970) Latvian graphic artist. Studied in St. Petersburg, member of the Artist Group of Riga and the Graphic Association of..... More
A kettős spirál. Személyes beszámoló a DNS szerkezetének felfedezéséről. (The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA)
Budapest: Gondolat, 1970. In original cloth with the illustrated paper wrapper. 176 p. Signed Hungarian edition. More
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