Masaryk vist of Fülek (Hungary) 1930 (Vintage photo)
1930. In fine condition. Tomas Garrigue Masaryk 1850 –1937) was a Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist, and philosopher. 11x17 cm. More
1930. In fine condition. Tomas Garrigue Masaryk 1850 –1937) was a Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist, and philosopher. 11x17 cm. More
[N.p. probably Szolnok or Budapest]: [s.n.], [1956]. 210 × 297 mm. Printed poster. A tall policeman in the cloth of the former State Protection Authority grasps a dumpy, resentful “profiteer” in his hand. The governmental poster was made by the Soviet-installed “Magyar Forradalmi Munkás-Paraszt Kormány” (Revolutionary Worker-Peasant Government..... More
Signed, typewritten letter, dated Budapest, 25 March 1939. Text in French. In original envelope with embossed stamp. 2 leaves, 2 p. 203 × 339. An official letter by the regent of Hungary, congratulating George II of Greece on his niece’s, Sophia’s birth. Sophia – later Sofía of Spain –..... More
Warszawa: [S.n.], 1907. First edition. Complete. 8 p. with 1 leaf of the financial report of the Union. The only issue of the official newspaper of the Polish Trade Union of Metalworkers. This worker’s organisation belonged to Rosa Luxemburg’s political party the “Socjaldemokracja Królestwa Polskiego i Litwy” (SDKPiL; Social..... More
[N.p. probably Szolnok or Budapest]: [s.n.], 1956. 210 × 297 mm. Printed poster. A welder works on tracks. The governmental poster was made by the Soviet-installed “Magyar Forradalmi Munkás-Paraszt Kormány” (Revolutionary Worker-Peasant Government of Hungary), led by János Kádár, that attempted to suppress the revolution in Hungary after..... More
[Budapest]: György Kapus (Budai-nyomda), [1937]. Original, vintage poster. Printed on green paper. Illustrated with the emblem of the Party. 475 × 315 mm. Original program poster of the United Hungarian National Socialist Party, a call for a workers’ congress, and the announcement of the speakers. The poster announces the..... More
[Spain]: [late 18th century]. Manuscript in ink on paper. In later buckram, . ff [44 (last blank)]. Scarce Spanish manuscript on the history of the Spanish Inquisition. Written in 1652 by José de Rivera, a secretary of the Council of the Supreme Inquisition. The treatise begins with a brief..... More
Budapest: Grünbaum, 1904. Map. 59x40 cm. More
Hungary: 1836. Mons Pannoniae 1836. In original frame. 62 x 65 cm. The Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey or Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma (lat. Archiabbatia or Abbatia Territorialis Sancti Martini in Monte Pannoniae) is a medieval building in Pannonhalma, one of the oldest historical monuments in Hungary. Founded in 996, it is..... More
Pesten: Petrózai Trattner J. M. és Károlyi I., 1833. Stamp on cover and title page stating “from the estate of István Széchenyi”. Stamp of the Storno-Archives on the title page. In publisher’s wrappers. 84 p. István Széchenyi’s copy of a publication listing the members and code of conduct of the..... More
48 original, vintage, black and white photographs. Image size: 55 × 40 mm. In original red cloth. 12 album card leaves. Unique photographic documentation of the 1919 May Day celebration in Budapest. Showing the parades, demonstrations, propaganda posters, buildings and statues that arose in the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic, a...... More
Auschwitz: April 16, 1967. [21], hardcover On the pages of the album, there are 28 black and white photos. from 17.4x12 to 17.5x23 cm. The first four photos show the official part of the ceremony (a commemorative plaque, monument, participants, Prime Minister J. Cyrankiewicz), a few more photos show the..... More
Hungary: Around 1916. In paper wrapper, with a Red Cross on the cover. 17 p. (37 photo). A very nice album of photos of soldiers in a hospital. More
1945. In the album are 83 photographs of airplanes, soldiers of the RAF (including photographs of their activities during leisure time) and war scenes, including nine photographs of Belsen (Bergen-Belsen) concentration camp shortly after its liberation (some of them are disturbing), photographs of destroyed buildings in Hamburg and of other..... More
Amateur photoalbum. More than hundred black and white, vintage photographs. Each image with typed label and in painted frames. In red leatherette binding with handmade illustration of front panel, the coat of arms of the Red Bicycle Infantry. 45 album card leaves, separated with tracing paper. The photoalbum was compiled..... More
Budapest: Radó, (1943 or 1944). Lithographic poster. Printed in black. Notes in blue pencil on the verso. 95 × 31 cm. Advertisement poster of the 1943 UFA film, the Titanic. Showing the letters of the word Titanic as if they were sinking into the deep dark, while bubbles of air..... More
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Oddzialu Propagandy, 1945. First edition. In original paper. 29 p. This work is an early account of the Warsaw Uprising, comprised of text reproducing newspaper and international radio reports during the period of the uprising. The final section contains a memorial speech in honor of the martyrs of..... More
Dated 9 December 1651. 8 parchment letters, 13 pages entered. The submission summarizes what happened in the estate lawsuit of Pál Erdődi Pálffy and informs the ruler about the installation. He refers to the Royal Majesty's earlier paper-based diploma, confirmed by a clause and a secret seal, which he gave..... 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
[S.l. (Spain)]: [S.n.], , [n.d., but ca. 1616?]. First edition. In modern green half leather, bound with several blank leaves. Armorial woodcut device on title page. [4] p. An extremely scarce battle report of the events related to the aftermath of the Capture of La Mamora in 1614... More
[Imprint from colophon:] En Madrid: Por Lucas Antonio de Bedmar y Baldivia, Imressor de los Reynos de Castilla, en la Calle del Carmen, 1683. First edition. In later half cloth. Scarce Spanish news tract, a contemporary account of the Battle of Vienna by the Turks, describes the act between July..... More
[S. l.]: [around 1639]. First edition. In modern half vellum. [8] p. First edition of this exceedingly rare account on the Swedish actions in Lower Silesia during the Thirty Years’ War. An extremely scarce source on the Swedish invasion of Lower Silesia in 1639. Not in WorldCat. Not in. More
[N.p. probably Szolnok or Budapest]: [s.n.], [1956]. 210 × 297 mm. Printed poster. A well-dressed man carries newspaper with headlines “Leaflet; Strike; Appeal”. A duck gaggles out of his shouting mouth as the symbol of fake news. The governmental poster was made by the Soviet-installed “Magyar Forradalmi Munkás-Paraszt..... More
[Prague]: [Historickym ustavem CSAV v Praze], 1968. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers, with the original black dust jacket. [Complete:] (6), IV, (1)–35, 37–54, (1 [blank]), 55–494, and 56 unnumbered pages with photographic reproductions scattered in 8-page gatherings. A contemporary collection of documents concerning the first week of the Warsaw Pact..... More
48 x 37 cm. A sign for a Swedish Red Cross Safe House in Budapest. . This is a sign demarcating the building in question as a safe house under the control and authority of the Swedish Red Cross. Stated: "This apartment is under the protection of the Swedish Red..... More