Tallinn: Eesti Vaimse Kultuuri Paevade Peakomitee (Uhistrukikoda), 1934. In original illustrated paper, designed by Peet Aren. 97, (5) p. Peet Aren (1889–1970) Estonian graphic artist. Aren studied art in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Munich, member of the “Tartu School”. In his early works he expressed national romantic and style of... More
![Ränikivi. [Flintstone.]. Henrik Visnapuu.](/pictures/thumb/1504.jpeg?v=1535984856)
Tartu: Loodus (H. Laakmann), 1928. First edition. In original, illustrated hard paper. 75, [2] p. Henrik Visnapuu (1890–1951) was one of the most important Estonian poet and writer of the 20th century. More
![Kaasaegsed. [Contemporary.]. Hoia Ronk, Karl August Hindrey.](/pictures/thumb/1503.jpeg?v=1535984468)
Tartu: Loodus (H. Laakmann), 1926. First edition. In original illustrated cover by Peet Aren. 147, (1) p. Cover and illustrations by Peet Aren (1889–1970) Estonian graphic artist. Aren studied art in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Munich, member of the “Tartu School”. In his early works he expressed national romantic and... More
Tallinn: Katlasepe (J. Zimmermann), (1923). In illustrated cover by Peet Aren. 32 p. Cover by Peet Aren (1889–1970) Estonian graphic artist. Aren studied art in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Munich, member of the “Tartu School”. In his early works he expressed national romantic and style of the “Mir Iskusstva”, later..... More
![Noiasormus. Fantastilised Novellid. [Sorcerer’s Ring. Fantastic stories.]. Aleksander Tassa.](/pictures/thumb/1501.jpeg?v=1535983504)
Tartu: Odamehe [Odamees] (Bergmann), 1919. First edition. In original, illustrated wrappers, designed by Ado Vabbe. (8), 7–160, (1), [1] p. Ado Vabbe (1892–1961) was one of the most important and influential figures of the Estonian Avant-garde, founder of the Estonian art society “Pallas” and tutor at “Korgem Kunstikool Pallas” (Higher... More
![Mikumärdi. Komöödia viies vaatuses. [Mikumärdi. Comedy in Five Acts.]. Hugo Raudsepp.](/pictures/thumb/1500.jpeg?v=1535983239)
Tartu: Noor-Eesti (J. Mällo), 1929. First edition. In original illustrated hard paper, designed by Peet Aren. 151, (1) p. Cover by Peet Aren (1889–1970) Estonian graphic artist. Aren studied art in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Munich, member of the “Tartu School”. In his early works he expressed national romantic and..... More
![Felix Ormusson. Romaan. [Felix Ormusson. Novel.]. Frie Tuglas, berg.](/pictures/thumb/1499.jpeg?v=1535982883)
Tartu: Noor-Eesti (K. Mattiesen), 1920. First edition. In original illustrated cover by August Roosileht. 207, [1] p. Cover, frontispiece and title page by August Roosileht (1887–1941) Estonian graphic artist. Studied in St. Petersburg and Munich. More
![Üksinduse Saartele. [Desert Island.]. August Alle.](/pictures/thumb/1498.jpeg?v=1535982534)
Tartu: Odamehe [Odamees] (Paalmann), 1918. First edition. In original illustrated paper by Balder Tomasberg. 80 p. Balder Tomasberg (1897–1919) was an Expressionist, Symbolist painter. More
Tartu: Odamehe [Odamees] (Postimehe), 1921. With an illustration by Rudolf Paris mounted on second leaf. First edition. In original illustrated paper, designed by Ado Vabbe. 94, [2] p. Ado Vabbe (1892–1961) was one of the most important and influential figures of the Estonian Avant-garde, founder of the Estonian art society... More
![Inimen. Luuletused. [Man. Poems.]. Hendrik Adamson.](/pictures/thumb/1496.jpeg?v=1535981751)
Tartu: Noor-Eesti (J. Mällo), 1925. First edition. In original, illustrated paper, designed by Ado Vabbe. 62, [2] p. Ado Vabbe (1892–1961) was one of the most important and influential figures of the Estonian Avant-Garde, founder of the Estonian art society “Pallas” and tutor at “Korgem Kunstikool Pallas” (Higher Art School..... More
![Muinaslood naervast inimesest. Ungari keelest tolkinud A. Murakin. (Looduse Universaal-Biblioteek, No 31.) [Tales About the Laughing Man.]. Dezsö Szabó.](/pictures/thumb/1495.jpeg?v=1535981498)
Tartu: Loodus (Bergmann), 1928. First Estonian edition. In original illustrated cover, designed by Peet Aren. 62, (2) p. The designer of the series was Peet Aren (1889–1970) Estonian graphic artist. Aren studied art in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Munich, and was a member of the “Tartu School”. In his early... More
![Metropolis. Przekład autoryzowany Witolda Zechentera. (Bibljoteka filmowa “Roju” 13.) [Metropolis. Authorized Translation by Witold Zechenter. (Roj Movie Library 13.)]. Thea von Harbou.](/pictures/thumb/1494.jpg?v=1535725309)
Warszawa (Warsaw): Rój, 1927. First Polish edition. In original, illustrated wrappers, printed in blue and black. 253, (3) p. and 8 plates. Authorized Polish edition from the same year of the premiere of the film. Cover design by Stefan Norblin (1892–1952), the Polish modernist, art-nouveau graphic artist. With 16 stills... More
Kostantiniyye [Constantinople]: Mekteb-i Bahriye-i Sahane Matbaasi, 1285 AH [1868 AD]. First edition. Text in Ottoman Turkish. In publisher’s half leather. The panels are decorated with floral ornamentation. (1), (1)–62, (1), (63)–81, (1) p. Extremely scarce, first edition of Mühendis Faik’s memoir about his adventurous travel from Constantinople to Basrah through..... More
![[Diskussionny Listok. No. 1–3.] Дискуссионный листок. Приложене къ центральному Органу “Соціальдемократ”. No. 1[–3.] 6/19 марта 1910[–29/12 мая 1911]. [Complete Set of Three Issues.]. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.](/pictures/thumb/1492.jpg?v=1535722459)
Paris: Rossiyskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya rabochaya partiya, 1910 (March)–1911 (June). First edition. Complete run. Text in Russian. 8; 30, (2) [blank]; 26 p. Scarce, complete set of all three issues of Diskussionny Listok, the bulletin of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party published in Paris in 1910–1911. With three articles by Lenin... More
Praha (Prague): Edice Expedice (Svazek 258), 1988. Samizdat. First Czech edition. Mimeographed typescript. In publisher’s black cloth. (4), 4, (1), 5–155, (3), 156–321, 323, 322, 324, (1) p. [Complete.]. Czech samizdat edition of the transcript of Claude Lanzmann’s monumental, 1985 documentary film, Shoah. The nine-hour long film presents... More
![Ulita evreiasca. Prefaja de Scarlat Callmachi. [The Jewish Street.]. Aurel Marculescu, Scarlat Callimachi.](/pictures/thumb/1490.jpg?v=1535721779)
Bucaresti: Colectia Orizont, [1946]. Illustrated with six full-page linocuts. First edition. Limited, numbered (1/290). Stamp on the first leaf (Servicu de presa). In publisher’s typographical wrappers, printed in red and black. Six striking linocuts by the Romanian expressionist artist, a survivor of the Holocaust, Aurel Marculescu (1900–1947). Each image is... More
![[Memoria relativa a la navegacion del Rio Tajo.] Memoria que tiene por objeto manifestar la posibilidad y facilidad de hacer navegable el Rio Tajo desde Aranjuez hasta el Atlántico, las ventajas de esta Empresa, y las concesiones hechas á la misma para realizar la navegacion. Por el Brigadier de infantería de los Reales ejércitos Don Francisco Xavier de Cabanes. Publícase de Real Orden. [Together with:] Planos que representan los reconocimientos de las riberas del Rio Tajo verificados en 1641, 1755 y 1828. Con objeto de arreglar la navegacion de este Rio. Francisco Javier de Cabanes, Agustín Marco-Artu, Giovanni Battista Antonelli, Luis Carduchi, Carlos Simón Pontero.](/pictures/thumb/1489.jpg?v=1535555389)
Madrid: Imprenta de Don Miguel de Burgos, 1829. First edition. [Atlas imprint: A Paris: Imp. Lith. de Engelmann & Cie. Lithographes de la Chambre et du Cabinet du Roi, 1829. (10 [desultorily numbered, but complete]), 11–118 p.]. Text volume: In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Atlas: In publisher’s printed wrappers. Lithographed throughout..... More
![Elvesztett Paraditsom Milton által. Fordította Frantziából Bessenyei Sándor Cs. és Kir. Lovas Kapitány. Első [Második] darab I.–VIII. [IX–XII.] Könyv. [És A’ visszanyert Paraditsom IV. Könyvekbenn.] [Paradise Lost. Paradise Regained.] [Paradise Lost. Translated from French by Sándor Bessenyei.]. John Milton, Sándor Bessenyei.](/pictures/thumb/1488.jpg?v=1535388225)
Kassán (Kassa): Ellinger János Cs. [Ts.] és Királyi privil. Könyv-nyomtatónál. 1796. First edition. In two volumes. In later, restored half leather binding. Spine with 7 raised bands, gilt ornaments, and yellow title vignette. Edges tinted in red. Ornamented endpapers. (32), 366; 388 p. First Hungarian edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost..... More
Impresso em Lisboa: na officina de Luys Estupina, Anno de M. DCVIII [1608]. First edition. In later leather. Panels, spine, inner edges richly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece (not cited by bibliographies). Woodcut initials, typographical head, and tailpieces. Woodcut printer’s device on last leaf. Pages framed by double-line. Housed in..... More
![[Martires del Japon] Gerarchia serafica. Propio de las festividades de la Orden de nuestro Padre S. Francisco, y común de los Evangelios de la Iglesia. […]. Va anadido en esta segunda impresión un elencho para los Evangelios comunes de los Santos. Jorge Antonio Riojano.](/pictures/thumb/1485.jpg?v=1535123376)
En Madrid: en la Imprenta Real (a costa de Gabriel León, Mercader de libros), Año de 1640. Scarce second edition (first in 1633). In contemporary vellum. Spine lettered in ink. (16), (1)–481, (15) p. Page 39 and 132 misnumbered. A scarce collection of Franciscan sermons, among them “Sermon de los... More
[Madrid]: [Se hallara à Imprenta de Don Pedro Joseph Alonso de Padilla, Impressor, y Mercader de Libros; vive en la Calle de Santo Thomàs, junto al Contraste], [around 1740]. In 20th century leather. Panels blind tooled, spine gilt with red title vignette. Marbled endpapers. 8º; (16) p. Extremely scarce edition... More
![Nasa Borba. [Our Fight.]. Nikolaj Pirnat, France Mihelic.](/pictures/thumb/1483.jpeg?v=1535120557)
[S.l.]: Izdal glavni stab NOV in PO Slovenije, 1944. With twelve linocut illustrations by Nikolaj Pirnat and Mihelic France. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. (36) p. Scarce Slovene partisan publication with twelve linocut illustrations by Nikolaj Pirnat and Mihelic France. Published in a limited edition by... More
Dresden: 1930. Five original, vintage black and white photographs. Ca. 230 × 167 mm. A collection of five vintage photographs of the Second International Hygiene Exhibition. Photographic documentation of Fritz Tschakert’s Transparent Man, the main attraction of the 1930 Dresden exhibition, as well as the exterior and interior of the... More
Francois Trottier, late 19th century. Vintage photographic map. Albumen print mounted on cardboard. With hand-painted altitude marks on the photograph in blue ink, and routes marked with black and red ink. Photographer and creator indicated in the lower right and left of the photograph in red ink. Title and scale... More
Paris: Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, around 1866. Vintage photographic map, with the names of the glaciers, peaks and altitude printed on the photograph in black. Albumen print mounted on cardboard sheets, comprises two sections. Folding strengthened with cloth. Item dimensions: 545 × 650 mm (in two parts). Photograph dimensions: 395 × 489... More