[Prague-Ostrava]: Slezská literárni skupina, [1946]. First edition. In original wrappers. Loose, as issued. With 5 plates and 2 full-page illustrations. 32, 32 p., 5 plates. The only issue of Čislo, a Silesian, illustrated art periodical. Originally proposed as a bimonthly, but only the first issue of this post-war art..... More
[Ca. 1928]. Promotional leaflet. Illustrated on verso. Text in German. 104 × 152 mm. Illustrated promotional leaflet for Hintergrund (Backdrop), a portfolio of17 prints by George Grosz. Consisting of 17 prints, the portfolio was based on Grosz’s designs for a staging of The Good Soldier Švejk at the Piscator-bühne..... More
![Leaflet with Press Reviews of Klimt’s Exhibition.] Ew. Hochwohlgeboren beehren wir uns einige...](/pictures/thumb/2031.jpg?v=1614185387)
Berlin: Keller & Reiner, 1907. First edition. 15 [1] p. Scarce publication of two articles on an exhibition of Klimt’s probably most debated work, the University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings. Originally published in Die Zeit and in the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, the two articles review an exhibition of the..... More
![Domaci Ukoly, Uvahy a Rozhovory. [Homework: Contemplations and Interviews.]. Bohumil Hrabal](/pictures/thumb/2030.jpg?v=1613990664)
Praha: Proti všem, 1986. Samizdat edition. In original, stapled wrappers. 53 [2] 54–103 [2] p. Samizdat edition of Hrabal’s book, of which the first edition, published in 1970, was banned and destroyed. Published by Proti všem (Against All), the copies were made by Miloš Volák, who had access to..... More
Vienna: Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, 1874[–]. First edition. Complete album. With 50 loose plates (etchings: 43, engravings: 5, photogravures: 2), each protected with tracing paper. In original green, printed half-cloth portfolio. 12 booklets (no. XII–XIII. published together), with the original covers. The printed covers of the portfolio indicate the content..... More
Vienna [Wien]: Eder & Schrämbl, 1800–1822. With more than 1000 hand-colored engraved plates of illustration and 10 engraved frontispieces of which the first two are also hand-colored. First edition. Ten volumes (of eleven, wanting vol. 2.). In uniform, 19th century half leather binding. A fine uniformly-bound copy of this profusely..... More
![Photograph of Rabindranath Tagore. [With:] an Autograph Letter by Amiya Chakravarty](/pictures/thumb/2026.jpg?v=1612886114)
[India]: 1932. Original, vintage photograph and a handwritten letter by Tagore’s secretary, Amiya Chakravarty. A letter and a photograph, size ca. 90 × 137. Photograph of Rabindranath Tagore, “Bard of Bengal” with a handwritten letter by his secretary. The letter, dated India, 20 June 1932 was written by Tagore’s..... More
[Paris]: The New York Times, [1935]. Original, vintage black and white photograph. Printed on paper of “Service photographique New York Times”. 152 × 178 mm. Original photograph of the Nobel Prize winner couple, Iréne and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. The photograph depicts Marie Curie’s daughter, Iréne Joliot-Curie (1897–1956) and her husband..... More
London, New York, Melbourne: Hutchinson & Co. on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs [Cornwall Press, London], [1943]. First edition. Unbound as published. Title printed in red. 16 p. One of the earliest official reports on the Holocaust by Count Edward Raczyński (1891–1993) the Polish Foreign Minister in..... More
1956. A portrait in charcoal, signed and dated. 270 × 330mm. A signed portrait in charcoal by Boris Vian. The drawing depicts a middle-aged man, in a hat and with a cigarette in his mouth. Signed “Boris 56” on the left and the name “Carouzo” written on the right..... More
[St Albans]: [St Albans Press; Schoolmaster Printer], [1481/2]. Fragment of four incunable leaves. The leaves are mounted on the rear flyleaf of a copy of the facsimile edition of The Boke of Saint Albans (London, 1881) by a narrow paper stripe. The custom made half vellum binding was made in..... More
1923–1925. A collection of 6 abstract drawings in pencil on 5 leaves. 4 partly watercolored. Signed and dated 1923–1925. Sizes approx. 115 × 170; 115 × 175; 140 × 216; 135 × 205; 135 x 220 mm. 6 unique, Avant-Garde drawings. These Russian Avant-Garde drawings were created by the..... More
![Leaves of the Book Dummy of:] [In Yiddish:] Di hun vos hot gevolt hoben a kam. [The Hen that...](/pictures/thumb/2020.jpg?v=1612779154)
Five text leaves of the original book dummy of The Hen that Wanted a Comb, with text bands mounted on the pages. Stamp (in Yiddish) of the "Idisher Folks Farlag, Kooperative Gezelshaft" and handwritten inscription (in Yiddish) "Lissitzky, Di hun vos hot gevolt hoben a kam" in ink on the..... More
![Book Dummy and Trial Proofs of Illustrations for:] [In Yiddish:] Der milner, di milnerin, un di...](/pictures/thumb/2019.jpg?v=1612371669)
Original book dummy and a collection of 34 trial proof illustrations by El Lissitzky for The Miller, his Wife and their Millstones. The trial proofs include all 12 illustrations of the book, in 2–4 different versions. Handwritten text band with an unpublished version of the Hebrew translation mounted on some..... More
Budapest: 1904. Handwritten note in ink, signed in Budapest: 26 January 1904. Text reads “Szíves emlékül” (“As a pleasant memory”). Ca. 18.5 × 11.5 mm. A signed, autograph score detail from Schumann’s Album für die Jugend Op. 68 No.12 Knecht Ruprecht by Béla Bartók. Around 1903–1904, Bartók gave numerous..... More
Madrid: Imprenta de I. Sancha, 1827. First edition.Text in Italian and Spanish. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. In contemporary half leather. 71 [1] p. The first Spanish edition of the libretto for Rossini’s Otello, an imitation of Shakespeare's drama by Francesco Maria Berio di Salsa. The story of..... More
[Uruguay]: [S.n., Chute y Brooks(?)], [ca. 1880]. Vintage photo album. In burgundy pebbled cloth, gilt title, and ornament on the front panel. 22 albumen prints mounted on album card leaves with printed decorative border and printed caption beneath. 22 albumen prints. Plate size: ca. 385 × 320 mm; Image size..... More
Budapest: Vida Miklós, [ca. 1949]. First edition.Loose, as issued. Title and table of contents in Hungarian and English. In publisher’s green paper portfolio. 32 plates. 32 lithographs by István Zádor, depicting the work of the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Hungary, after WWII. István Zádor (1882–1963) was a...... More
![Animal Farm.] Zvířecí farma. George Orwell](/pictures/thumb/2014.jpg?v=1611670388)
[Brno?]: [S.n.], [1984?]. Samizdat. First edition. Text only on rectos. In original cloth binding. [1] 52 [5] 7 ff. [f. 6 twice.]. Scarce Czech samizdat edition of Orwell’s Animal Farm. The publication includes Jacques Charpier’s 1984 article George Orwell a ‘Tory anarchist’ both in English and Czech. It..... More
Budapest: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1972. First edition. Inscribed by the author. In publisher’s hard paper binding with original dust jacket. 80 [2] p. First edition of Pilinszky’s work, inscribed to his close friend, the well-known photographer Elemér Vattay. János Pilinszky (1981–1981) is known as one of the greatest Hungarian poets..... More
Budán: A’ Magy. Kir. Egyetemi Nyomda betűivel, 1847. First edition. In later cloth binding. 80 [2] p., 1 folding plate. The first Hungarian work on copper engraving. István Majer (1813–1893) was a Hungarian theologist, bishop, writer and graphic artist. He learned copper engraving and created several popular icons with..... More
![Naptár. [Calendar.]. Miklós Radnóti](/pictures/thumb/2010.jpg?v=1611142846)
Budapest: Hungária, 1942. First edition. With 12 illustrations in color. In publisher’s wrappers. [12] p. The most scarce publication by Miklós Radnóti. The calendar includes twelve short, illustrated poems, one for each month. Radnóti Miklós legritkább kötete. A Naptár az év tizenkét hónapját átölelő, színes rajzzal illusztrált..... More
Zagreb: 16. June 1492. Latin manuscript on vellum. With John Corvinus’ signature and wax seal. John Corvinus’ land grant charter, granting the lands of Lomnica (today: Donja Lomnica) to Gáspár Corenich (later: Lomnicai). John Corvinus (1473–1504) was the illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary who intended him..... More
Budapest: Kortárs, 1930. First edition. Limited, numbered up to 500. In publisher’s wrapping. 48 p. Limited first edition of Miklós Radnóti’s first collection of poems. From the estate of the author’s widow, Fanni Gyarmati. Radnóti Miklós legelső verseskötetének számozott első kiadása. Felesége, Gyarmati Fanni hagyatékából. More
Budapest: Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, 1931. First edition. 74 [2] p. Szentkuthy’s first published work. Szentkuthy doktori értekezése, egyben első, nyomtatásban megjelent munkája. A disszertáció a Pázmány Péter Tudományegyetem Angol Philológiai Intézetének 4. füzeteként látott napvilágot. More