Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Joannem Ruellium, sub intersignio Vulpis caudae, via ad D. Jacobum, 1548. First Paris edition. With woodcut initials. In lather leather. Gilt title on spine. Marbled endpapers. Tinted edges. a–b8, C–Z8, AA–HH8; ff. 247, (1). First Paris edition of Eck’s De Purgatorio. Johann Eck’s early anti-Protestant writing..... More about De purgatorio contra Lutherum hostesque Ecclesiae libri quatuor, nominibus vere Christianis...

[Paris]: Sorok Pervyj Gradus [Latitud cuarenta y uno / Le degré quarante et un]. First edition in this format. Signed, numbered and dated by the author in pencil. Limited edition up to 60 copies. One of the 30 copies on French rag paper. Text in Russian. In publisher’s cream, rough... More about In Russian]: Pismo. [Letter

A Paris: Chez Abel L’Angelier, au premier pillier de la grand Salle du Palais, M. D. LXXXVI [1586]. Second edition (first in 1585). With woodcut initials, woodcut and typographical headpieces. In 17th century leather. Spine with five raised bands with red, gilt title vignette, compartments richly gilt. Gilt turn-ins. Panels... More about Le guidon general des finances, Contenant La conservation & interpretation des droicts sacrez...

Leipzig: im Verlag der Breitkopf- und Härtelschen Musikhandlung [Breitkopf und Härtel], [1801]. 2 volumes, folio, oblong. Text in Italian and German. Engraved Italian title to the first volume, with oval vignette illustration by Bolt after Kinninger, showing the Commendatore and Don Giovanni in the supper scene. Additional printed, German title..... More about Il Dissoluto Punito osia Il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso in due Atti posto in Musica da Wolfgang...

Pécs: Jelenkor Kiadó, 2004. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. In publisher’s white cloth. In original photographic dust jacket. Illustrated with the author’s photos. 287, (1) p. Inscribed first edition of the short story Own Death, an account of Nádas’ heart attack, illustrated with 160 photos of a...... More about Saját halál. [Own Death

[Budapest]: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, [1979]. First edition. In publisher’s brown cloth with the original illustrated dust jacket. 217, (3) p. First edition of Péter Nádas’ book of short stories. First edition of the collection of ten short stories by Péter Nádas (b. 1942) the major contemporary Hungarian writer..... More about Leírás

[Guatemala (En Goatemala)]: [S.n. but José de Pineda Ibarra], [1664 (á treinta de octubre de mil y seiscientos y sesenta y quatro años)]. First edition. With a decorative, floral woodcut initial on the first page. In later leather. Title vignettes on spine. 42 p. First edition of the second book..... More about Caption title:] El maestro D. F. Payo de Ribera obispo de Goatemala, y de la Verapaz, representa...

Warszawa: Iskry, 1957. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated hard paper designed by Marian Stachurski. 257, (3) p. First edition of Stanisław Lem’s four short stories about the voyages of Ijon Tichy. The collection was later expanded with new stories and republished in 1966 and 1971. The English... More about Dzienniki gwiazdowe. [The Star Diaries

Po’sonyban [Bratislava]: Snischek Károly Gáspár költségével és betüivel. In 20th century green cloth, the original illustrated wrappers bound into. Title vignette on spine, lettered in gilt. (4), (1)–139, (1) p. First Hungarian edition of Kotzebue’s five act play, The Spaniards in Peru; or, The death of Rolla., originally published in..... More about A’ spanyolok Péruban vagy Rolla halála. Eggy gyönyörködtetö Szomorújáték öt...

Zagreb: Naklada Binoza, [ca. 1931]. First Croatian edition. In publisher’s orange cloth with the original, photomontage dust jacket, uncredited. Gilt letters on the cover and the spine. Patterned endpapers. 225, (15) p. Scarce, first Croatian edition of Ehrenburg’s (1891–1967) novel, with the original photomontage dust jacket. More about 10 HP. Kronika Našeg Vremena. [Life of the Automobile

Wien [Vienna]: Karl H. Bischoff Verlag, 1943. First edition. Association copy, inscribed to Siegfried Kasche, the Ambassador of the Nazi Germany to Croatia. In publisher’s leather. With red title vignette on spine, lettered in gilt. Gilt edges. 927, (1) p. Association copy of Mile Budak’s nationalist novel, inscribed to the..... More about Herdfeuer. Roman. [The Hearth

Budapest: Klauber Ignácz, [1899]. First edition of the first Hungarian book on cocktails. In publisher's printed paper. With numerous illustrations and advertisements. 96, IV, (12) p. An early compilation of recipes of cocktails, the first Hungarian cocktail book. It contains a section for the tools that are essential for a.... More about American-Bar. Utmutató az amerikai hűsítő és hevítő italok készitéséhez....

A Lyon: Chez Guillaume Rouille, [Imprime a Lyon par Estienne Roussin et Jean Ausoult], 1548. First Rouillé edition. First volume (complete in three). In 18th century leather. Spine with five raised bands. Spine and edges gilt. Title vignette on spine. Marbled endpapers. 8º: *–**8, a–z8, A–K8. [32], 527, [1] p...... More about Les oeuvres de Clement Marot, de Cahors, vallet de chambre du Roy