Az esztetikum sajatossaga (The peculiarity of aesthetics)
Budapest: Mgveto, 1969. In original cloth with wrappers. 779 p. Inscribed by Lukacs. More
Budapest: Mgveto, 1969. In original cloth with wrappers. 779 p. Inscribed by Lukacs. More
Budapest: AB Független Kiadó, 1985. Samizdat edition, first editon. Published in 1500 copy. In original paper. 66 p. Important book of poem by the iconic Hungarian poet. More
Budapest: Editio Musica, 1973. In original paper. 51 p. Printed in 40 copies for the 1973 Paris Tribune Internationale de Compositueurs. More
Ebelsberg (POW camp, America zone): 1945. Mimeograph with paper clip. No binding. 16 p. Poems by Gyula Kiss about the everyday camp life of prisoners of war, with caricatures by the Hungarian painter István Debitzky. It contains a separate poem about the banning of the Hungarian Prisoner of War newspaper..... More
Budapest: O. I. R. K., 1897. In contemporary half cloth. 178 p. First book by Krúdy. More
[Budapest]: Fotoélet Nagykönyvtárának kiadása, 1944. First edition. In publisher’s, photographically illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. Designed by József Németh. (64) p. Informative publication about nude photography. With 30 full page, black and white photographic reproductions of works by the leading Hungarian photographers among them József Németh, Kálmán Szöllősy..... More
Vienna: 1896. In original illustrated cloth. 22p. 9 t. The report was sent to the Agricalture ministry. Probably printed in a few copy. More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1929. First edition. Presentation copy. In publisher’s black cloth, title printed in yellow on front panel and spine. With the original photographically illustrated dust jacket. xviii, (2), 253, (7) p. The memoir of the Dayang Muda (1884–1954) née Gladys Milton Palmer, who married..... More
Warszawa: Drukarnia Policyjna, [1926]. First edition. Original, vintage, printed poster. 60 × 125 cm. A comprehensive and profound overview of the diversity of Jewish groups in Poland in the mid-1920s. The extensive and somewhat complex table, which was published by the Ministry of Internal Affair only for official..... More
Regiomonti (Königsberg): Litteris Reusnerianis (Reussner), 1741. First edition. With a woodcut initial. Papered spine. 16 p. Johann Bernhard Hahn (1685–1755) was professor of oriental languages, dean and rector of Königsberg University, Immanuel Kant’s professor. In 1745 he was appointed to inspector of the Synagogue of Königsberg. Extremely scarce. We..... More
[S. l.]: [S.n], 1973. Original, vintage poster. Printed in black-and-white. 205 × 289 mm. Signed poster by the Hungarian Neo-Avant-Garde artist, Károly Halász (1946–2016). The poster shows the black-and-white photographic reproduction of the documentation of Halász’s 1973 performance, “Museum”. His performance took place at a gathering of..... More
Tel Aviv: HaMachar, [1938]. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Cover by Pesach Ir-Shay (István Irsai). Modernist layout. 32 p. Pesach Ir-Shay’s cover design on this scarce pamphlet, a collection of Avigdor Hameiri’s essays. The cover design is identical to the covers of Hameiri’s political and social magazine HaMachar..... More
Tel-Aviv: Lev-Ḥadash, 1927–1931. Cover by Pesach Ir-Shay (István Irsai). Modernist layout. With small illustrations, and geometrical patterns, with 2 photographical portraits. First fourteen issues. First twelve issue with the original belly bands. Complete. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Issue 1–12: 32 p. No. 13: 39, (1); No. 14.: 47, (1) p...... More
A Paris: Chez Dannecun, Editeur, Imprimeur en taille-douce, rue de la Harpe, no. 149, à la Tête noire, [ca. 1803]. First edition. Oblong. In near contemporary half leather, gilt title on spine. Panels covered with marbled paper, edges tinted. [9] letterpress leaves, and 72 hand-colored engraved plates. An extremely scarce..... More
Kaunas: Tulpes, 1928. Cover and four text illustrations by Rimtas Kalpokas. First edition. In publisher’s yellow illustrated wrappers, printed in red and blue. 66 p. First Lithuanian edition of the novels of the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature. Illustrated by Rimtas Kalpokas (1908–1999)..... More
London: Printed and Sold for the Author, by Preston. 97. Strand, & to had of all the Music Sellers in the United Kingdom. [N.d. but 1803 or 1804. First edition. Engraved sheet music. Association copy: “From Mr Joseph Corfe to Jos.h Gear. Salisbury 1805.” presumably in Joseph Gear’s hand on..... More
Mexico: Around 1940. 10 x 16 cm. Photo made propably by Meyer. Provenience: Imre Kepes (Brother of György Kepes). More
Konigsberg: 1926. 2 p. Rare publication for the opening of Hanns Hopp's gallery in Konigsberg. The first exhibition was a Paula Modersohn- Becker exhibition. Otto dix, Christian Rohlfs, Emile Nolde, Paul Klee was mentioned in the brochure as the following ones. More
Budapest: AB Független Kiadó, 1986. Cover by László Rajk. First Hungarian edition. Printed in 1200 copies. In original, illustrated wrappers printed in red and black. 87, (3) p. Haraszti’s essay about the relation between art and artists and the totalitarian state, “the aesthetics of censorship, the symbiotic relationship between artists..... More
Budapest: Tolnai Nyomdai Müintézet és Kiadóvállalat R.-T. Kiadása, [1929]. First Hungarian edition. In two volumes. In original, illustrated green wrappers, printed in red and black. (5), 6–127, (1); (5), 6–127, (1) p. Scarce, first Hungarian edition of the German screenwriter, Thea von Harbou’s novel on which Fritz Lang’s 1927 iconic..... More
Warszawa [Warsaw]: Rój, 1927. First Polish edition. In original, illustrated wrappers, printed in blue and black. 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)..... More
Istanbul: Necm-i Istikbal Matbaasi, 1913 (1329). In contemporary half leather binding. 127 p. with a portrait of Darwin. The second work on Darwinismi n the Ottoman Turkish language. Tanslation of the work "Wahrheit and Irrthum im Darwinismus" ("Truth and Error in Darwinism") by the German philosopher Eduard Hartmann (1842-1906), which..... More
Prague: Karel Synek, 1936. Complete set of 46 volumes. In publisher’s photographically illustrated wrappers, designed by John Heartfield. Cover of first volume printed in color. With numerous text illustrations by Josef Lada. [4] 249 [2] p. Jaroslav Hašek’s The Good Soldier Svejk, published in a series of forty-six pamphlets with..... More
Budapest: Tolnai Nyomdai Műintézet és Kiadóvállalat Rt, [1938]. Cover and twenty text illustrations by Imre Sebők. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 126, (2) p. An early appearance of humanoid robot in science fiction novel, the first of such in Hungarian literature. The striking cover with the image..... More
(Prague): (S.n.), (1963). First edition. In original photographically illustrated wrappers. (12) p. Illustrated brochure for the first performance of Havel’s masterpiece of absurd drama “The Garden Party”, which was staged at the “Divadlo Na zábradlí” (Theatre on the Balustrade) by Otomar Krejča in the season 1963–1964. Text of..... More
Praha: Antonin Gubcevsky, Ca. 1930. Original, black and white photograph. 232 × 167 mm. Czech avant-garde architects, Josef Havlicek and Karel Honzik’s visual for their iconic modernist work, the building of the General Pension Institute in Prague. Josef Havlicek (1899–1961) and Karel Honzik (1900–1966) were representatives of functionalist..... More
[Budapest]: [S.n.], [1979]. First edition. Samizdat. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. With 40 illustrations. Háy’s second artist’s book. Published underground as samizdat. More
[Budapest]: Budapest Galéria, 1985. 27 postcards in folder. 116 × 166 mm. This publication accompanied Háy’s retrospective exhibition at Budapest Galéria, held in 1985. With a short introduction and Háy’s biography on the inner front and rear cover of the folder, that houses the 27 reproductions of..... More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, (1930). With numerous photographic reproductions of Kozma’s interiors, buildings, plans and furniture. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed to Alexander (Sándor) Lénárd. In original green paper. (26) p. Lajos (Ludwig) Kozma (1884–1948) was a graphic artist, designer and architect in modernist and art deco style. His furniture designs..... 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
Vienna: Presso Artaria Comp. (1799). First edition. Engraved plates. Title page bears plate numbers 185 and 186. Plate number throughout: 185. Papered spine. (2), 7, (1) p. A rare first edition of Haydn’s Arietta con 12 variazioni, which was written in 1768, in the key of E flat major. It..... More
München: Gedruckt bey Franz Seraph Hübschmann, 1802. Bond together by a blue paper band, as published. 31, (1) p. A very early edition of the libretto of Haydn’s oratorio Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) which was premiered in Vienna in 1801. The libretto was prepared by Baron Gottfried van Swieten..... More
17 pages with Heidegger’s autograph notes in black, red, and yellow ink; 7 larger pages with Gadamer’s typed text, with Heidegger’s notes in black, red, and yellow ink. In a folder titled also in Heidegger’s hand. Dated: July 1965. In fine condition. An extensive file of..... More
Békéscsaba: Tevan, [1911]. Cover designed by Andor Tevan. First edition. Limited, one of 300 copies. Numbered in ink. In publisher’s illustrated cardboard. (4), 52 p. Scarce drama book, with coloured Art Nouveau illustration on title. Andor Tevan (1889–1955) was a Hungarian typographer, book artist and publisher in Békéscsaba..... More
[Budapest]: Révai, [1948]. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s half cloth with the original illustrated dust jacket, designed by Éva Kármán. 228 p. First Hungarian edition of Hemingway’s 1937 novel, To Have and Have not, with the scarce illustrated dust jacket. More
Budapest: Révai, 1945. First Hungarian edition. In two volumes. Translated by István Sötér. In publisher’s half cloth, with the original, illustrated dust jacket designed by Vera Csillag. 336; 378, (2) p. First Hungarian edition of Hemingway’s 1940 masterpiece “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. More
V Praze [Prague]: Nakldatel Adolf Synek, 1933. First Czech edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. 30, (2) p. First Czech edition of Hemingway’s 1927 short story, the Fifty Grand in the scarce illustrated jacket. More
Budapest: Révai Testvérek Irodalmi Intézet kiadása, [1934]. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Róbert Byssz. (4), (I)–VIII, (3), (4)–338, (2) p. First Hungarian edition of Hemingway’s masterpiece, in rare illustrated wrappers. Cover by Róbert Byssz (1899–1961) the Hungarian modernist graphic artist. More
Warszawa (Warsaw): Nakładem Zespołu Praesens, 1933. Photomontage cover designed by Bohdan Lachert. First edition. With numerous text illustrations. In publisher’s photographically illustrated wrappers. 70, (2) p. The photographical cover was designed by Bohdan Lachert (1900–1987) the Polish modernist architect, who was member of “Praesens”, the circle of avant-garde artists and..... More
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
1931. [4 pages], size: 19.1 x 15.1 cm. The Interior magazine, edited by Jerzy Sosnkowski, was published in 1931/32, 1933/34, 1936. Stażewski Henryk (1894-1988) - painter, set designer, interior designer, one of the most important Polish avant-garde artists of the interwar period Bibliography: Rypson P., 97 p. Extremely rare. More
Dessau: 1928. Herbert Bayer. In custom-made box. Folded: 10.5 x 15 cm); unfolded: 21 x 30 cm). Ephemeral advertising material for the Bauhaus magazine. - »The brochure provides concise, complete and factual information about the new face of the Bauhaus magazine that Bayer designed. It is extremely attractive, new and..... More
Salzburg: [1936]. In illustrated paper. 4 p. First edition of this leaflet, published to serve as a catalog for the Herbert Bayer exhibition organized by the Kunstverein in Salzburg, from July 23 to September 5, 1936. Text in German and English signed "I. B.". Rare catalog of this exhibition..... More
State of New York- Executive Chamber Albany: 1939. January. 17. 1 page in frame with a photo of Lehman. « I am just in receipt of your letter of January 14th. As I have previously advised you on several occasions, it is impossible for me to attend the Award of..... More
Budapest: Cserépfalvi, (1941). With 3 full page illustrations by Sándor Fenyves. First edition. Typography by Lajos Lengyel. In original wrappers. 63, (1) p. György Hercz was member of Kassák’s avant-garde circles together with Sándor Fenyves and Lajos Lengyel. More
O. M. Theater, (1983). Copy nr. 1 of 50 copy. Signed by Nitsch. In original half cloth. 874 p. Nitsch’s most well-known work is the Orgien Mysterien Theater (1960s–ongoing), which he has performed over 100 times and which has provoked outrage since its inception. These bacchanalian performances include mock religious..... More
Leipzig (Naumburg): Johann Ambrosius Barth (G. Pätz’sche Buchdr. Lippert & Co. G.m.b.H.), 1921. First separate edition. Presentation copy. Offprint. Papered spine. (345)–363, (1) p. Early and scarce paper from Imre Hermann (1889–1984) the Hungarian psychoanalyst, renowned for his contributions to the Freudian theory of attachment. Hermann was the President of..... More
1950; 1958. Three works by Samuel Herrick. All first editions. Herrick, Samuel: Rocket Navigation. University of California Los Angeles. Astronomical Papers, No. 11. Vol. I, pp. 107–122. [Reprinted from Navigation. (Vol 2. pp. 259–272, December 1950.)] (S.l. S.n. 1950.) (2), 109–122 p. With: Herrick, Samuel –..... More
1964. Vintage. 19 x18 cm. Stamp on the back. More
Budapest: dr. Mihály Katona (Nyomdaipari Tanulóintézet), 1964. First edition. Printed in only 700 copies. In publisher’s, photographically illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. (16) p. Exhibition guide for Lucien Hervé’s early show that was held in Budapest. With quotations from Paul Valéry’s “Eupalinos ou l'architecte" More
Berlin: Sturm, 1917. First edition. One of the 10 copies of the special edition with the watercolor cover drawing by Georg Schrimpf. Endpaper signed by Walden. In original binding. 79 p. Cover drawing by Georg Schrimpf (1889 – 1938). He was a German painter and graphic artist. Along with Otto..... More
Budapest: A Jövőnk kiadása, [1919]. First Hungarian edition (published in the same year by Fekete in Sighetu Marmației). In publisher’s wrappers. 75 [5] p. First Hungarian edition of Herzl’s pamphlet, The Jewish State. One of the most important texts of early Zionism, by Theodor Herzl (1860–1904), the father of..... More
Budapest: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. (Offprint of the “Mathematikai és Természettudományi értesítő.), 1912. 664–672 p. George Charles de Hevesy (1885–1966) was a radiochemist, Nobel laureate. He earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1943 “for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes”. More
Leipzig: Leopold Voss, (1925). First edition. Presentation copy. With Kiss’ stamp of ownership. In original paper. Inscribed by Hevesy to Árpád Kiss chemist and the author of the first work in Hungarian on radioactivity in 1911. 69–74 p. Research on the solubility of double-fluoride of zirconium and hafnium in water..... More
Budapest: Amicus (Világosság), 1922. With title label on cover. Illustrated with 22 black and white photographic reproductions of paintings. In contemporary paper. With title label on cover. (4), 22, (10) p. First monograph on Tibor Boromisza’s art. Tibor Boromisza (1880–1960) was a Hungarian painter, member of the Nagybánya circle..... More
Budapest: MA - Táltos (Krausz J. és Társa), 1919. Contains full page illustrations in text by the most eminent avant-garde artists, like Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Derain and Mattis-Teutsch and reproductions on the plates by the Italian futurists like Gino Severini, Luigi Russolo, Ardengo Soffici, Carlo. First edition. In original illustrated..... More
Budapest: 1934. In the rare original photographically illustrated paper. Illustrated with Hevesy's photos. 112 p. (the 16 plates of photographic illustrations are included.). Iván Hevesy (1893-1966) was a Hungarain photographer, film-critic. From the end of the 1910s he engaged in the artistic disputes of the time, between 1917 and 1918..... More
[Istanbul]: Semih Lütfü Sühulet Kütüpanesi, 1932. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Ali Suavi. 103 [9] p. Striking avant-garde cover and illustrations by Ali Suavı for Nâzım Hikmet’s play. Ali Suavı (Suavı Sonar, 1910 or 1913–1994), a modernist visual artist, designed most of Hikmet’s books’ avant-garde covers..... More
[Prague]: [Privately published], 1921. With 8 plates of which 7 are photographic. Titles printed in red and illustrated with small beverage ads. First edition. Text in German. In publisher’s buckram with embossed, gilt title on front and white, embossed advertisement on the rear panel. Advertisements on front and rear pastedowns..... More
Leipzig: In der Johann Gottfried Muellerschen Buchhandlung (Müller), 1784. With 5 illustrations of knight’s tour and one engraved illustration of the speaking machine. First edition. Printer’s device on title page. In contemporary cardboard. Title vignette on spine. [11], 12–56 p. and 1 mounted plate (on p. 51). One of the..... More
Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Verlag die Wochenschrift Die Aktion (Franz Pfemfert), 1919. With 22 full page illustrations. First edition. In publihser’s wrappers with printed title vignette on front cover. 55, (5) p. Twenty-two full page expressionist drawings by Karl Jakob Hirsch (1892–1952) the German painter, graphic artist and author. More
Boston: 1896. 10 unnumbered album card leaves, each protected with tracing paper. Calligraphed manuscript in ink, by H. C. Kendall (signed on the verso of the first leaf). In original black leather by Frank J. Barnard (signed on the recto of the last leaf), with clasp, gilt title on front..... More
Budapest: 1942. Original half cloth binding. 159 p. with photographic illustrated plates. Inscribed. Autobiography of a Hungarian-Jewish circus clown, acrobat and comedian. Zoltán Hirsch (1885-1944), popularly known as “Zoli”, he was circus performer, born a dwarf, who become tremendously popular throughout Hungary. He issued this book (and personally sold copies..... More
New York: Farlag Matones, 1925. Cover and illustrations by Aharon Gudlman. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. 24 columns (on 6 leaves). First edition of Peretz Hirschbein’s Yiddish children’s book illustrated by Aharon Gudlman (1890– 1978). Peretz Hirschbein (1880–1948) was a Russian-born (Grodno Governorate)..... More
New York: Farlag Matones, 1925. With six illustrations and numerous initials by Boris Aronson. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. Folded. 40 columns (on 10 leaves). First edition of Peretz Hirschbein’s Yiddish children’s book illustrated by Boris Aronson(1898– 1980), the Ukrainian-born American graphic artist and..... More
Original, vintage black and white still. Signed by Hitchcock. Credits at lower edge in French. 250 × 235 mm. Signed still from the 1960 psychological thriller-horror, Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. More
Berlin-Leipzig: Verlag von Julius Beltz (Langensalza), [N.d., but ca. 1935]. Association copy, inscribed to Adolf Hitler by the author. With Hitler’s bookplate, bears his name, "Ex Libris", and shows a national eagle, swastika, and oak leaves, designed by Willi Knabe, mounted on the front pastedown. With a lengthy inscription to..... More
[Rohnstock?]: 1772–1774. Original manuscript index and hand painted watercolor maps. Many signed by E. G. Mütz and Gottfried Riedel. Sizes vary, the single sheets are ca. 400 × 250 mm, the folded maps are ca. 400 × 530; 640 × 260; 360 × 460 mm. Maps are titled in German..... More
1962–1978. 1962–1978. Typewritten letters (1962) and 2 other texts on A4 sheets. A 4-pages photostat copy Hofmann’s report of his experiments on LSD in 1943 ( 1962?). 2 offprints of Hofmann’s articles on LSD (1970; 1978). Printed reproduction of Hoffman’s photo-portrait, labeled in pen on the verso. The photocopy is..... More
Budapest: Pán Könyvkiadó, 1922. Illustrated by Dezsö Fáy. Second Hungarian edition. Limited (1/700/710). In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in red and grey. 33, (3) p. Limited edition of Der Tor und der Tod (Death and the Fool) from Hugo von Hofmannstahl (1874–1929), illustrated by the Hungarian graphic artist and painter..... More
[N.p.]: [S.n.], [N.d., 1980?.]. First edition. Samizdat. Carbon copy. In original, illustrated, grey cloth. (24) leaves. Samizdat edition, published probably to commemorate the death of Vladimír Holan. With symbol of mourning and remembrance on front panel: a black flower growing from a large capital “H”. Contain details of Holan’s poems..... More
Budapest: Fasiszták Által Elhurcoltakat Segítő Bizottság. (1945). First edition. In original paper. Text in Hungarian. (16) p. With numerous photographic illustrations showing the horror of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, and Buchenwald concentration camps and the ghetto of Budapest. Includes the famous and controversial photo of the Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel in..... More
Budapest: Stádium Sajtóvállalat Részvénytársaság, [1930]. First edition. In publisher’s decorated wrappers. 79 [1] p. The only book published by the Hungarian poet, Ferenc Homoki (1903–1965), with striking avant-garde cover. More
V Praze (Prague): Fr. Borovy, 1922. Cover and illustrated frontispiece designed by Vaclav Spala. First edition. The gatherings are unstapled and pages loose as customary for Czech paperbacks of the time. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 61, (3) p. First edition of the Czech poet, Josef Hora’s (1891–1945) book of poems..... More
[Camp Ashcan, Luxembourg]: [1945]. Original, filled and signed information form and fingerprint card from Camp Ashcan POW camp (annotated CC PWE #32). Size: ca. 200 × 200 mm. Miklós Horthy’s signed prisoner of war preliminary record from Camp Ashcan. The former Regent of the Axis country Hungary, Miklós Horthy..... More
Budapest: 1948. (with original photographs glued to one side, illustrated). Manuscript, painted cover, typewritten introduction and captions. In original cloth. 101 p. Made in 9 copy. With: Horvath, József: Rendőrségünk krimináltechnikai feladatai és intézménye. (The forensic tasks and institution of our police.) 91+ [28] pp. + 6p. (foldable) +6..... More
Burgdorf: Langlois, 1837. First edition of this exceedingly rare 19th-century Swiss-Americana. 107 p. Briefe aus Nordamerika consist of four letters by the Swiss immigrant Johann (Hans) Hostettler. Hostettler, born in 1805, was a deaf-and-dumb teacher in Kalchstätten near Guggisberg, in Schwarzenburg District, and, together with her wife, emigrated to the..... More
New York: Ellison B. Greenstone (Litho USA), (1939). First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 18 p. Illustrated motion picture program for the 1939 romance film, “Gone with the Wind”. Adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, directed by Victor Fleming and starred by Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard..... More
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
(Praha): (Jazz Petit, Jazzová Sekce.), (1982). First (semiofficial) edition. In original, illustrated paper. 301, (1) p. Hrabal finished this story already in 1971, but at that time he was under censorship, so the story could be spread only as samizdat. “Jazzová Sekce” that published first in 1982, was a civil..... More
Praha: Československý Spisovatel, 1970. Illustrated edition, with stills from the movie. Inscribed and dated by Hrabal (3. 12. 90.). In publisher’s cloth with photographic illustrations, with the original folding dust jacket also illustrated by an image of the movie. 99, (5) p., and a large folding photpraphic plate. Signed copy..... More
Říjen - listopad - prosinec: 1986. Samizdat first edition. Signed. Dated on 1985 however the copyright (which is printed reversed beneath) is dated to 1986. In contemporary paper. (4), 4–285, (1) [p. Inscribed An semi-autobiographical story that tracks Hrabal’s life from 1963 until the 70s. Dealing with the times..... More
Praha: Československý Spisovatel, 1989. With several photographic illustrations by Emily Medkové. First edition. Signed and dated by Hrabal. In publisher’s wrappers. 332, (4) p. Signed book of novels by Hrabal. Includes three novels among them the first official edition of the “Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále” (I Served the King of..... More
Ceskoslovensky Preoisovatel, 1989. In original printed wrappers. Samizdat edition. Limited edition, printed in only 10 copies. Text printed as a carbon copy, the cover and the illustrated title pages are handprinted. [2], 007–016, 016–40, 042–058, [2] leaves, and [2] hand printed title leaves. Limited, samizdat edition of Hrabal’s two short..... More
Maribor: Izdal OOOF, 1945. Second edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by France Cegnar, printed in red and black. Saddle-stitched. 31, (1) p. Scarce, first-hand account of the Mauthausen concentration camp, written by the Slovenian Partisan survivor, France Hribar, also known under his nom de guerre Savinjsek. In..... More
Praha: Ed. Grégr a syn, 1945. With several photographic illustrations, and diagrams. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (4), 3–37, (1) p. Early, illustrated post-war book on landscape architecture. Emanuel Hruska (1906–1989) was a Czech architect, urbanist, educator, founder, pioneer of urbanism in Slovakia. More
Kiskunhalas: Brecska Antal könyvnyomdája, [1939]. Original, vintage poster. Printed in red and green. 315 × 475 mm. One of the earliest documents of the Arrow Cross Party, a political poster for the campaign of the May 1939 national elections. Coloured, printed poster with the symbol of the Nyilaskeresztes Párt..... More
Paris: Aux Editions des Cahiers Libres, 1933. In original paper. Inscribed to Victor Brauner. Victor Brauner (Romanian, 1903 – 1966) was a Romanian painter and sculptor of the surrealist movement. More
Around 1918. 3 photo (23x13, 22x17, 22x17 cm). The 3 photographs are with the photographer's ballet stamp. Album prints. All three are glued to cardboard also with Erfurth's stamp. From Max Brod's archive. More
Paris: Théatre Edouard, 1922. With the reproduction of a Picasso drawing depicting Huidobro. Foreword by Maurice Raynel; texts by Josephson, Waldemar George, Peipre, Romoff, and a calligram by Huidobro entitled Paysage dedicated to Picasso. First editon. In original wrappers. 8 p. . Catalog of the exhibition organized by the Manuel..... More
Kościanki: (S.n.), 1922 (on cover: 1923). With a mounted expressionist linocut vignette. Cover and the linocut by Hulewicz. First edition. Numbered. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 95, (1) p. Drama book by Jerzy Hulewicz (1886–1941) the Polish expressionist graphic artist and author. The expressionist cover design and the vignette on half..... More
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1823. First edition. Text in German, English and French. In contemporary hard paper. XXII, (2), 388 p. Scarce book, an analysis of the political history of the United States, and the American democracy through the eye of an Austrian statesman, who found it as a threat..... More
Budapest: Pallas Irodalmi és Nyomdai Részvénytársaság, 1886. First edition. In somewhat later half leather, gilt spine. [4] XV [3] 258 [2] p. First Hungarian edition of David Hume’s selected essays on economy. Partial translation of Political Discourses (Edinburgh, 1752). One of the earliest Hungarian publications of Hume’s works. More
Paris: Chez Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, quai des Augustins, à l’Immortalité, 1786. First edition in French. Text in French and English. In later cardboard. Tinted edges. Printed on thick paper. 66 p. First French translation of Humphreys’ A poem, addressed to the armies of the United States of America. First..... More
Varshe [Warsaw]: Brider Levin-Epshteyn un shotfim, 1923. First edition. Illustrated throughout. In publisher’s half cloth. Front panel with uncredited avant-garde illustration. 123 [1] p. Avant-garde cover design; a scarce zoology book for children by Byelorussian-and Ukranian-born Yiddish educators. More
Budapest: Schramm Gyula (Kunossy R.T.), 1922. Lithograph poster. Printed in blue, grey and orange. 63 × 95 cm. Election poster of the Social Democratic Party for the 1922 parliamentary election. A half naked young worker with his hammer that rests on the anvil in the front, with a...... More
[Budapest]: Pantheon Kiadás, [1934]. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s blue cloth. Guilt publisher’s stamp on cover. Gilt title on spine. Publisher’s stamp on half tilte. Flyleaf torn out. 256 p. Scarce first Hungarian edition of Aldous Huxley’s (1894–1963) novel, the “Brave New World”, which was originally published in 1932. More
En Madrid: en la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, MDCCLXVIII [1768]. First edition. In 19th century, printed, yellow paper. [8] XXVIII, 172 p. Scarce first edition of this important text related to the suppression of the Jesuits in South America, a collection of documents illustrating the history of the last..... More
Budapest: MTA Könyvkiadó Vállalata, 1881. First edition. In original half cloth. 412 p. Ignaz Goldziher, was a Hungarian scholar of Islam. Along with the German Theodor Nöldeke and the Dutch Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, he is considered the founder of modern Islamic studies in Europe. More