![Exhibition Guide.] Exposition Dada. Georges Ribemont Dessaignes du 28 mai au 10 juin 1920 ouverte...](/pictures/thumb/1891.jpg?v=1603293368)
Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1920. First edition. [4] p. Scarce guide of the exhibition of the Dadaist artist, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes’ works at the gallery Au Sans Pareil in Paris. Two-page text by Tristan Tzara. The twenty-three exhibited artworks are listed on the last page. Exposition Dada was..... More
Paris: Éditions des Cahiers Libres, 1933. First edition. Association copy inscribed by the author to Hans Bellmer, decorated with a small drawing. Printed in 1215 copies, this remained unnumbered. Untrimmed. Unopened from page 146. In publisher’s wrapping. 190 [2] p. Association copy, inscribed by Tristan Tzara to Hans Bellmer. The..... More
Paris: Éditions Fourcade, [1931]. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to René Lacôte, decorated with a small drawing. Limited edition, numbered to 510, this copy remained unnumbered. In publisher’s wrappers. 158 [8] p. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to René Lacôte. The inscription reads: “A René Lacôte..... More
![Kafatasi. Facia 3 Kisim 15 Bap. [The Skull. Tragedy in 3 Acts.]. Nazim Hikmet, Ali Suavi](/pictures/thumb/1888.jpg?v=1603285105)
[Istanbul]: Semih Lütfü Sühulet Kütüpanesi, 1932. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Ali Suavi. 103 [9] p. Striking avant-garde cover and illustrations by Ali Suavı for Nâzım Hikmet’s play. Ali Suavı (Suavı Sonar, 1910 or 1913–1994), a modernist visual artist, designed most of Hikmet’s books’ avant-garde covers..... More
![Jokond Ile Si-Ya-U. [La Gioconda and Si-Ya-U.]. Nazim Hikmet, Cevdet](/pictures/thumb/1887.jpg?v=1603284791)
Istanbul: Akşam Matbaası, 1929. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Cover and two full-page illustrations by Cevdet. 40 p. Striking avant-garde cover by Cevdet for Nâzım Hikmet’s poems. Nâzim Hikmet (1902–1963) is one of the most well-known Turkish avant-garde writers. 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
[London]: [Corvinus Press], [1937]. First edition. Limited, one of 175 numbered copies. Printed in red and black, with a hand colored initial, designed by Lucia Joyce. In publisher’s orange vellum binding, lettered in gilt. Gilt upper edge. [40] p. Limited first edition of Joyce’s Storiella As She Is Syung, with..... More
![Exhibition Catalogue.] Obraz a Pismo. [Image and Letter.]. Jiri Padrta, Jiri Kolar, Adolf...](/pictures/thumb/1884.jpg?v=1603118285)
[Prague]: [Svaz čs. umělcuͦ v Praze], 1966. First edition. In original, illustrated wrappers. Text in Czech. Illustrated with nine black and white photographic reproductions, many full-page. [12] p., and the list of artworks on separate paper. Scarce exhibition catalog on Czech concrete art held at Galerie Václava Špály... More
Double-page, autograph postcard, written in ink. Dated on September 28, 1910. Addressed to Claude Monet in Giverny. Autograph postcard by Renoir to Monet. Renoir informs Monet that he’d like to visit him at his house in Giverny together with his wife and with Paul Durand-Ruel, one of the most..... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition. Limited, one of 500 numbered copies, printed in red and black on Holland Van Gelder Zonen (650 copies altogether). Provenance: the author’s grandson’s, Stephen James Joyce’s bookplate. Illustrated with the famous abstract portrait by Constantin Brâncuși. In publisher’s wrappers. In the original..... More
![Promotional Leaflet for MSA Magazine.] MSA – Mezinárodní Soudobá Architektura....](/pictures/thumb/1881.jpg?v=1603115365)
[Prague]: [MSA], 1929. With five black-and-white photographic reproductions and two architectural plans. First edition. Promotional leaflet for MSA, designed by Karel Teige. Text in Czech. 1 bifolio.18.5 × 23.5. Photographically illustrated leaflet by Karel Teige for the Czech modern architecture magazine, MSA. Reproduced photographs of buildings by Le Corbusier, Ivan..... More
A Leyde [Leyden]: Chez Jean Le Carpentier, 1665. First edition. In contemporary vellum. Woodcut device on the title page. Woodcut initials, head-, and tailpieces. [16] 143 [3] p. The very scarce first edition of the first book entirely dedicated to Tobago; one of the earliest emigrant guides to the New..... More
Paris: [S.n.], 1920. First edition. With two illustrations by Francis Picabia. The sixth issue of Tzara’s periodical. 1 bifolio. The sixth issue of the magazine of the Dada movement, edited by Tristan Tzara and illustrated by Francis Picabia. The Dada review was published in 8 numbers (7 issues) between..... More
[Algeria / France]: 1888–1889. 141 original, vintage sepia-toned albumen prints on blue cardboard mounts with red frames (some of the images appear in more than one copy). Some images are labeled in French in ink or pencil. Mount size: ca. 255 × 210 mm; image size: ca. 170 × 120..... More
Paris: Simon de Colines apud Arnoul L'Angelier et Charles L'Angelier, 1541. First edition. With 13 full-page woodcut illustrations. A woodcut coat-of-arms on the verso of the title page, woodcut initials throughout. In contemporary, blind-stamped leather binding. Coll.: aa4 a-k8 l6 (l6 blank). Pag.: ff. [4] 85 [1]. First edition of..... More
![Promotional Brochure.] Telehor mezinárodni casopis pro visuálni kulturu. Frantisek Kalivoda](/pictures/thumb/1875.jpg?v=1601990711)
Brno: [Telehor], [1936]. First edition. Promotional brochure for Kalivoda’s Telehor. Photographically illustrated using Moholy-Nagy’s artworks. 1 bifolio. 21×15cm. Extremely scarce promotional brochure for Frantisek Kalivoda’s important magazine, Telehor, illustrated with Moholy-Nagy’s artworks. The brochure includes the manifesto of Telehor and a list of the magazine’s collaborators, among them chief..... More
![Caption title:] Lettre de M. Washington, Président des États-Unis, a M. le Président de...](/pictures/thumb/1873.jpg?v=1601976033)
[Paris]: [De l’Imprimerie National], [1791]. First edition. Text of Washington’s letter printed in English and French in parallel columns. With the letter of the President of the Assemblée Nationale, dated 20 June 1790. .Papered spine. 7 [1] p. The extremely scarce first edition of Washington’s letter to the French National..... More
Paryż [Paris]: Librairie Ghio, 1889. First Polish edition. In contemporary half leather. 111, (1) p. Pisma Pomniejsze, the first Polish translation of the essay The Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, appeared in the series of “Biblioteka dzieł treści społeczno-ekonomicznej”, an early series of social economical works, initiated and..... More
![La poetica d’Horatio tradotta per Messer Lodovico Dolce. [bound with:] Stanze di M. Lodovico...](/pictures/thumb/1871.jpg?v=1601905521)
In Vinegia [Venezia / Venice]. And: Romae [Rome]: per Francesco Bindoni, & Mapheo Pasini compagni. [S.n.], Del mese di Agosto, MDXXXV [1535]. [Del mese Settembrese l’anno] MDXXXV [1535]. First editions. Woodcut device on the title page of the first book. In later vellum, title lettered on front panel and spine..... More
Budapest: A Pesti Lloyd-Társulat Könyvsajtója, 1920. First separate edition. Offprint of Természettudományi Közlöny. In publisher’s printed wrappers. [2] 19 [1] p. First Hungarian edition of Einstein’s Über die spezielle und allgemeine Relativitätstheorie (Braunschweig, 1917), published as an extract. Offprint of Természettudományi Közlöny. One of the earliest Hungarian publications of..... More
Budapest: Pallas Irodalmi és Nyomdai Részvénytársaság, 1886. First edition. In somewhat later half leather, gilt spine. [4] XV [3] 258 [2] p. First Hungarian edition of David Hume’s selected essays on economy. Partial translation of Political Discourses (Edinburgh, 1752). One of the earliest Hungarian publications of Hume’s works. More
Tallinn: Eldono de Esperanto-Asocio de Estonio en Tallinn, 1931. Cover and illustration by Jaan Vahtra. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with a full page linocut. Text in Esperanto. 78 [2] p., and a photographic frontispiece. Striking cover and a full page illustration by Jaan Vahtra (1882–1947), the chief..... More
Budapest: Népszava Könyvkereskedés kiadványa, [1911]. Original vintage postcard. Printed at Seidner Plakát és Cimkegyár. Designed by Mihály Biró. Litograph. 91 × 138 mm. Anti-war, labour movement propaganda postcard of the Social Democratic Party of Hungary, designed by Mihály Biró (1886–1948). More
![The Tales of One Thousand and One Nights.] .סיפורי אלף לילה ולילה [In Hebrew:...](/pictures/thumb/1866.jpg?v=1601390543)
Jerusalem: Turgeman (or Turgemon), 672 [1919 or 1920]. First Jerusalem edition (second overall; first in Odessa, 1912). In publisher’s printed wrappers. Illustrated. [6] 3–161 [3] p. The first translation of the Arabian Nights into Hebrew, consists of sixteen selected stories. This scarce collection of sixteen selected stories is the first..... More
Stockholm: Tryckt hos Carl Delén; C. F. Marquard, 1802; 1800. First editions.Two books in one volume. In 19th-century half leather, gilt spine. Binding artistically restored. [11] 10—180; [2] 178 p. First Swedish edition of Dubroca’s Les femmes celebres de la revolution, bound with an unrelated translation. Dubroca’s book includes..... More