London: Secker & Warburg, 1947. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Polish translator. First UK edition. In publisher’s blue cloth, with the original printed dust jacket. 292 p. Inscribed association copy of Miller’s memoir, originally published in 1945. Inscribed to Miller’s Polish translator, Zygmunt Łanowski “who has..... More

Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Contact, [December 1947]. First edition, second impression. In original cardboard, printed in orange. With the scarce, illustrated dust jacket. ix [1] 252 [2] p., (1) photographic frontispiece and (2) photographic plates. First edition second impression of The Diary of Anne Frank. “One voice speaks for six million..... More

V Praze [Prague]: Nakladem Musea Kralovstvi Ceskeho, V kommissi u Fr. Rivnace, 1866. First edition in this format. In late 19th-century, tooled, burgundy buckram, spine gilt. Ribbon marker. [8], [1]–94, [2], [4], [1]–96, [4], [1]–100, [4], [1]–102, [4], [1]–66, [5], 72–163, [1] p. Six first or early Shakespeare editions in..... More

V Praze [Prague]: Nakladem Musea Kralovstvi Ceskeho, V kommissi u Fr. Rivnace, 1858. First edition in this format. In late 19th-century, tooled, burgundy buckram, spine gilt. Ribbon marker. [8], [1]–112, [2], [4], [1]–120, [4], [1]–111, [1], [4], [1]–120, [4], [1]–115, [1] p. Five first or early Shakespeare editions in Czech..... More

V Praze [Prague]: Nakladem Musea Kralovstvi Ceskeho, V kommissi u Fr. Rivnace, 1864. First edition (in this format). In publisher’s printed green wrappers. [1]–164, [1] p. A first poetic translation and an early edition of two Shakespeare-comedies in Czech. 1. Komedie plná omylů [The Comedy of Errors]: The Comedy..... More

Budapest: Franklin-Társulat, [n.d., around 1905]. Fourth edition. In publisher’s red cloth, with ornate spine and front panel. [2], [1]–96, [I]–VII, [1], [1]–204, [2], [I]–VII, [4], 6–133, [1] p. Contains three translations 1. A szent-iván éji álom [A Midsummer Night's Dream]. This is the first Hungarian translation directly from English..... More

Pest: Ráth Mór Bizománya, 1867; 1870. First edition. Two volumes bound into one. In contemporary half cloth. Gilt title on spine, panels covered with marbled paper. Edges marbled. [4], [1]–226, [2]; [4], [1]–259, [1] p. Contains four first or early Hungarian translations and editions of Shakespeare’s works. 1. Athéni..... More

[S.l.]: [N.p], [N.d. ca. 1985]. Samizdat edition. In original black cloth with gilt-embossed title on the spine. Upper edge tinted in orange. Carbon copy text. 1 6–11 11–21 23 23 25–140 [2] p. Complete. Scarce, Czech samizdat edition of Bob Dylan lyrics. The publication includes the Czech translation of..... More

Madrid: Imprenta Nacional, 1859. First edition. In somewhat later half leather. Spine with gilt embossed title and ornamental decorations. Marbled endpapers. 242 [4] p., and one folding plate. First edition of Emilio Lafuente y Alcantara’s influential treatise on the Arabic inscriptions of the Alhambra in Granada, including the poems of..... More

[S.l.]: [S.n.], [no date, but 1690?]. Unbound, protected with later marbled paper cover. [8] p. Scarce Spanish Golden Age poem on bullfighting. Published anonymously, but written by Manuel de León Marchante (1631–1680), poet and playwright of the Spanish Golden Age. This humorous poem about the bullfight of Meco Relación..... More

[S.l.]: [S.V.M.], 1985. Samizdat edition. Carbon copy text with handprinted linocut illustrations and title leaf designed by Viktor Karlík. With a vintage, black-and-white photograph of the author mounted on the cover’s verso. In original cardboard cover with stamped title vignette on the front panel. Spine covered with cloth with the..... More

En Córdoba: en la Imprenta de Don Rafael Garcia Rodriguez, Calle de la Libreria, [1805–44]. First edition. In publisher’s blank, blue wrappers. 40 p. A scarce first edition of this early adaptation of Gulliver’s first voyage into Spanish. An early translation, or rather an adaptation of Gulliver’s first voyage..... More

Paris: Jouve & Cie, Éditeurs, 1928. Illustrated with 17 reproductions of Branko Ve Poljanski’s works. An association copy, inscribed to André Salmon. In publisher’s printed wrappers, with the original printed bellyband. 5 preliminary leaves, 13-154, [6] pages including plates. An association copy of this scarce book, inscribed to André Salmon..... More