Budapest: Légrády Testvérek, [1893]. First Hungarian edition. In contemporary cloth. Marbled edges. (2), 328 p. Fist Hungarian edition of Mark Twain’s (1835–1915) 1892 novel, The American Claimant. More about Az amerikai örökös. Regény egy kötetben. Irta Twain Márk. Forditotta Győry Ilona. [The...
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Warsawa [Warsaw]: Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego, 1891. First complete Polish edition. In somewhat later half cloth. 1891. (4), 466, II, (2) p. The first complete Polish edition of Darwin’s Autobiography. The original book, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an Autobiographical Chapter was first published in 1887... More about The Autobiography of Charles Darwin.] Autobiografia Karola Darwina, życie i wybór listów....
Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1894. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 95, (1) p. First edition of the first monograph on Edvard Munch. The booklet was initiated, edited and co-authored by the notorious Polish intellect and outrageous writer, Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927), Munch’s close friend. Przybyszewski described their friendship... More about Das Werk des Edvard Munch. Vier Beiträge von Stanislaw Przybyszewski, Dr. Franz Servaes, Willy...
![Cisar Jones.] Císař Jones. Komedie o osmi scénách. [The Emperor Jones.]. Eugene O’Neill](/pictures/thumb/1662.jpg?v=1563357682)
[Prague]: Zátiší, Knihy Srdce i Ducha, 1925. First Czech edition. In original, illustrated wrappers. Cover designed by Vlastislav Hofman. 47, (5) p. First Czech edition of O’ Neill’s The Emperor Jones, originally published in 1920. The expressionist cover design was created by Vlastislav Hofman (1884–1964), the Czech graphic..... More about Cisar Jones.] Císař Jones. Komedie o osmi scénách. [The Emperor Jones
Paryż [Paris]: [W Drukarni L. Martinet], [1859]. First illustrated Polish edition. With four illustrated plates, protected with tracing paper. Illustrations made by Juliusz Kossak. In later half leather. The original yellow wrappers bound into. (13 [some misbound]), 4–89, (1) p., and 4 illustrated plates. First illustrated Polish edition of Byron’s... More about Manfred. Poemat Lorda Byrona. Przekład wolny na wiersz polski prez Michała Chodżkę. Wydanie...
![Miesiecznik literacki] Miesięcznik literacki. 1930 Luty numer 3. [Literary Monthly. 1930...](/pictures/thumb/1660.jpg?v=1563353654)
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 about Miesiecznik literacki] Miesięcznik literacki. 1930 Luty numer 3. [Literary Monthly. 1930...
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Buda: A Királyi Egyetem betűivel, 1833. First Hungarian edition. In three volumes. With 26 illustrations in the three volumes. In contemporary half cloth. Spine gilt. (2 [engraved title page]), XXXVIII, (2), 303, (1); (2 [engraved, colored title page]) (8), 5–330, (2); (2 [engraved title page]), (8), 5–323, (1) p. Scarce... More about Osian’ énekei. Az eredeti gael mértéken fordította Fábián Gábor. [The Works of Ossian
[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1975]. First edition. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Theo Sontrop in 1982. In publisher’s binding, with dust jacket. 253, (3) p. An association copy, inscribed by Naipaul to the Dutch poet, Theo Sontrop (1931–2017). More about Guerrillas
[Budapest]: Pantheon Kiadás, [1944]. Second Hungarian edition. In publisher’s half cloth with the original illustrated dust jacket. 302, (2) p. Scarce, Hungarian edition of Werfel’s Embezzled Heaven, with the original illustrated dust jacket. More about Az elsikkasztott mennyország. Második kiadás. Fordította: Juhász Vilmos. [Der veruntreute...
Helsingforsiae [Helsinki]: Ex Officina Typographica Frenckelliana, MDCCCXXXIX [1839]. First edition. Partly printed in Arabic. Unbound as published. Partly unopened. Untrimmed. 47, (1) p. First edition of Wallin’s dissertation on the differences between classical and modern Arabic. Georg Augustus Wallin (1811–1852) was a Finnish orientalist and explorer. He... More about De Praecipua Inter Hodiernam Arabum Linguam et Antiquam Differentia Dissertatio, quam Venia ampl....
Praha [Prague]: Jan Laichter, 1910. First Czech edition. With 18 partly photographic plates. In original wrappers, printed in two colors. XV, (1), 94, (2) p., and 18 (partly photographically) illustrated plates. First Czech edition of Otto Wagner’s book on modern architecture, illustrated with eighteen plates showing modern buildings... More about Moderni Architektura
![Nowa Poezja Rosyjska. (Książki Poetów.) [New Russian Poetry.]. Alexander Blok, Anna Akhmatova,...](/pictures/thumb/1654.jpg?v=1563282088)
Warsawa [Warsaw]: Nakład Towarzystwa Wydawniczego Watra, 1923. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Portrait of Alexander Blok on the front panel by Serge Chubine (Sergei Aleksandrovich Zalshupin). 95, (3) p. First edition of this collection of poems by modern Soviet-Russian authors, including Blok, Mayakovsky, Akhmatova, Yesenin and Ehrenburg. More about Nowa Poezja Rosyjska. (Książki Poetów.) [New Russian Poetry
![André Kertész Magyarországon. [André Kertész in Hungary.]. jános Bodnár](/pictures/thumb/1653.jpg?v=1563280851)
[Budapest]: Főfoto, [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 about André Kertész Magyarországon. [André Kertész in Hungary
New York: Simon & Schuster, [2004]. First edition. Association copy, inscribed by Thompson to his Hungarian translator, András Vágvölgyi B. In publisher’s binding, with the original dust jacket. XXI, (1), 246, (2) p. First edition of Hunter S. Thompson’s final book, inscribed to András Vágvölgyi B., who translated three of..... More about Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness. Modern History...
![Antologja Poezji Spolecznej 1924–1933. [Anthology Of Social Poetry 1924–1933.]. Czeslaw...](/pictures/thumb/1651.jpg?v=1563202906)
Wilno [Vilnius]: Wydawnictwo Koła Polonistów Słuchaczy Uniwersytetu Stefana Batorego, 1933. First edition. With the scarce errata leaf. In publisher’s wrappers printed in red and black. 53, (3) p. First edition of this anthology of poems, co-edited by Czesław Miłosz. This anthology collects a number of poems based on social..... More about Antologja Poezji Spolecznej 1924–1933. [Anthology Of Social Poetry 1924–1933
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[Nymburk]: [M. Hrádek], [1945]. First edition. In publisher’s colored, illustrated portfolio, with the list of the titles of the 12 illustrated plates. 1 sheet of one page printed foreword. 12 plates of which five are printed in red and black. Scarce Czech portfolio with twelve anti-fascist cartoons. Published... More about Cover title:] Kreatury "Nové Evropy” 1945. 12 politických karikatur. Akad. Mal. H....
Warszawa [Warsaw]: Iskry, 1979. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated hard paper, designed by Kazimierz Hałajkiewicz. 164, (4) p. First edition of Lem’s three short stories. Powtórka is a collection of Lem’s three short stories, besides the eponymous prose it contains the script of two radioplays Godzina przyjęć profesora..... More about Powtórka
![Glos pana.] Głos pana. [His Master's Voice.]. Stanislaw Lem, Stanisław Lem](/pictures/thumb/1648.jpg?v=1563184196)
[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 about Glos pana.] Głos pana. [His Master's Voice
![Rodzinna Europa. [Native Realm.]. Czeslaw Milosz, Czesław Miłosz](/pictures/thumb/1647.jpg?v=1563182176)
Paryż [Paris]: Instytut Literacky, 1980. Signed and dated by the author (in 2002) in ink on the flyleaf. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 246, (2) p. A signed copy of Miłosz Czesław’s autobiographical novel. Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004) was a Polish poet, novelist, essayist, and translator. He received the Nobel..... More about Rodzinna Europa. [Native Realm
![Jedním dechem. [In a Single Breath.]. Ilya Ehrenburg, I. Erenburg](/pictures/thumb/1646.jpg?v=1563181704)
V Praze [Prague]: Odeon, 1935. First Czech edition. Signed by the author in pencil on title page. In original blue cloth. Silver tree ornament on the cover. Spine lettered in silver. 207, (1) p. Signed first Czech edition of Ilya Ehrenburg’s novel Не переводя дыхания (1935), published in German under the title Ohne Atempause (1936). More about Jedním dechem. [In a Single Breath
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[Stuttgart]: [Hans Jörg Mayer], [1967]. First edition. Limited edition, up to 130 copies, numbered and signed by Roth. With an original drawing in felt-tip pen on p. (33). Captioned, signed and dated by Roth in 1968. In publisher’s hardpaper, title printed in purple. Printed on pink paper. (34) p. First... More about Poetrie 2.] 301 kleine Wolken in Memoriam big J und big G. Ein fingierter Bericht aus der inneren...
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[Darmstadt]: Jürgen Dahl Krefeld, [1959]. First edition. Published in a run of 200 copies. In publisher’s black wrappers, bound with two clasps. A white title band clipped to the binding. ff. (32). Rare first edition, one of only 200 copies of Dieter Roth’s artist book, Ideograme. More about Cover Title:] Ideograme. Material 2. Vertrieb Passagebuchhandlung Jürgen Dahl Krefeld
London: Gordon Fraiser, [1977]. First edition. Signed by André Kertész. With 97 photographic reproductions. In publisher’s photographic cover. 95, (1) p. A signed copy of this fine selection of André Kertész’s photos. More about André Kertész. (The History of Photography Series No. 6
Berlin-Leipzig: Verlag von Julius Beltz (Langensalza), [N.d., but ca. 1935]. Association copy, inscribed to Adolf Hitler by the author. With Hitler’s bookplate, bears his name, "Ex Libris", and shows a national eagle, swastika, and oak leaves, designed by Willi Knabe, mounted on the front pastedown. With a lengthy inscription to..... More about Peter Fröhlich. Ein fünfjähriger Dorfjunge Von Agnes Gewecke-Berg. Fünfte Auflage. (Aus...
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Warszawa [Warsaw]: Iskry, 1961. First Polish edition. In publisher’s illustrated hard paper. With the original dust jacket designed by Jan Młodożeniec. 261, (3) p. First Polish edition of Salinger’s cult book, The Catcher in the Rye, originally published in 1951. More about Buszujacy w zbozu.] Buszujący w zbożu. Przełożyła Maria Skibniewska. [The Catcher in the...