Spain: 1933. The Son of Kong (also known and publicized simply as Son of Kong) is a 1933 American Pre-Code adventure monster film produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by Ernest Schoedsack and featuring special effects by Willis O'Brien and Buzz Gibson, the film stars Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack and Frank..... More

Netherlands. At Paul Citroen studio: 1936. Ink on paper. 14 x 12 cm. Moissey Kogan (1879-1943) was a Moldovan Jewish sculptor who lived int the Netherlands. The drawing is made when Moissey Kogan visited Paul Citroen's studio, who made some photo of him. More

Wien: Copyright by M. S. Vanderbilt, Eigenverlag d. Theater u. Kabarett “Fledermaus, 1908. Cover by Bertold Löffler. First edition. Musik von Sch. Konrad. In original paper. 31. With a beautiful advertising bookmark, illustrated by Löffler. Cover by Bertold Löffler. Bertold Löffler (1874-1960) began his studies at the..... More

Impresso en Cadiz: por Juan Lorenzo Machado, Año de 1670. First edition. In contemporary limp vellum. Title lettered on spine. ff. [6] [1 (engraved plate)] 245 [17]. A scarce Americana and Judaica, the life of a Portuguese converso who became a merchant in Lima. The life of Antonio de..... More

Impressa en Madrid: : en casa de Querino Gerardo Flamenco, a costa de Blas de Robles librero, Año de. 158. First edition with the narrative of the Espejo-expedition, first Madrid edition. In later vellum, with ties, title lettered in ink on spine. Collation: Sign.: ¶12, A-Z8, 2A-2Z8; ff.: [12], 268..... More

First editions. Printed scores between 1812 and 1817 by Giovanni Ricordi. In contemporary green half vellum binding. Title vignette on front panel. Scarce early manuscript copies and printed first editions of Rossini and Mayr’s opera excerpts, from Albertine, Baroness Staël von Holstein’s collection. First editions of excerpts from Rossini’s..... More

[France?]: [Around 1800]. Manuscript score. Unbound. Oblong. N. [24] p. An early manuscript copy of the string quartet for Haydn’s Keyboard Concerto in G major. Haydn composed this keyboard concerto during his time at the Esterházy court, probably around 1770. It was premiered on 28th April 1784 in Paris..... More

A Bordeaux: Chez Michel Racle, Imprimeur de l’intendance, & de l’Hôtel-de-Ville, rue Saint-James, 1771. First edition. Unbound as published. 137 [3] p. Unrecorded publication of a legal case of inheritance of a planter family in pre-revolutionary Saint-Domingue. This unrecorded legal brief contains the summary of an interesting and seemingly..... More

London: Stampa, 1800. Framed, behind black-lacquer passepartout & uniformly framed (behind glass). All ca. 26 x 21,5 cm. Alegorical representations of the major continents. The figure of America holds a flag and stands with an American Indian child in front of Niagara Falls, with her hand on a monument to..... More

Hungary: Around 1900. Vintage photo. 19*18 cm. Jenő Zichy ( 1837 -1906, ), was a Hungarian nobleman, writer, orientalist and politician. At his own expense, he organized and led several scientific expeditions in the Caucasus to find traces of the Hungarians' origins. More

Budapest: Stamp on the back, Around. 1920. Vintage print. 8 x 11 cm. József Pécsi (1889–1956) was a Hungarian photographer, known for his influential book “Photo und Publizität” (Photography and Publicity; 1930) wherein, by his own advertisement designs, promoted the blending of typography, design, and photography in avant-garde advertising. More

Kosice: Szlovák, 1922. First Hungarian edition. In contemporary halfcloth. 97 p. First Hungarian edition of this key work by Czech dramatist Capek, originally produced in Prague in 1921. The word “robot” was coined by Capek’s brother Josef, and the concept of the robot has its source in this play. More