(Prague): Československý spisovatel, 1953. First edition of Kundera’s first book. Wrappers and title page printed in red and black. In original illustrated wrappers. Woodcut illustration on cover by Bohdan Lacina. 69, (3) p. Milan Kundera (1929– ) the author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”, the most recognized, translated and..... More

[Prague] Hradec Králové: Prostor, 1988. Second Czech edition. Samizdat. In original wrappers. 171 [1] p. Samizdat edition of Kundera’s masterpiece, The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Milan Kundera’s (1929–) most well-known, widely translated work. Only samizdat editions could be published of the book in Czechoslovakia as it was banned until..... More

Bratislava: Tatran, 380 p. In publisher's cloth with the illustrated dust jacket. The first, banned and withdrawn Hungarian edition of Kundera’s The Joke. Kundera’s novel “The Joke” was first published in the time of the political liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1967, just prior to the Prague Spring. The book..... More

[Budapest]: Nova, [1925]. First Hungarian edition. Numbered, one of 100 copies, signed by the author. In publisher’s red cloth, front panel and spine with publisher’s ornament. 339 [1] p. Limited, first Hungarian edition of Aleksandr Kuprin’s book, Yama: The Pit, signed by the author. More

(Riga): Laikmeta Izdevums (Latvju Kultura), (1925?). First edition. In original paper, printed in red and black. 23 (recte 32) p. Book of poems by Andrejs Kurcijs (1884-1959) the Latvian poet, writer, literary critic and leftist politician. A major figure of Latvian artistic and political life of the time. He was..... More

Třebechovice pod Orebem: Antonín Dědourek (Bohumil Novotný), 1935. First edition. In original illustrated cover, printed in red and black, designed by Jiří Škorpil. 203, (1) p. Václav Kůrka (1902–1973) was a Czech leftist author, wrote mostly documentary stories about social environment. More

En Anveres [Antwerp]: En l’Oficina Plantiniana, Cerca la Biuda, Iuan Moreto [widow of Plantin and Jan Moretus], M. D. XC I. [1591]. Illustrated with an engraved title vignette of a knight on horseback with background and 20 full-page etchings, attributed to Pieter van der Borcht. First Plantin edition. In contemporary..... More

[Újvidék]: [Fórum Könyvkiadó], [1971]. First edition. Inscribed by the author. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Gábor Ifjú. Printed on differently colored papers. 89, (7) p. Inscribed first edition of Katalin Ladik’s book of surreal poems. Katalin Ladik (b. 1942) is a Yugoslavian-born (today Serbia) Hungarian radical female..... 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

Rigā (Riga): Vaiņaga (Latvijas Sargs), (1920). With a full page illustration. First edition. In original, illustrated cover. 125, (3) p. Cover and a full page illustration by Niklāvs Strunke (1894–1966) the most outstanding representative of the 20th century Latvian Avant-garde. Linards (Petrovich) Laicens (1883-1938) was a Latvian Expressionist writer..... More

Riga: Linards Laicens (Latvju Kultura), 1929. With several photographic illustrations and reproductions. First edition. Printed in 1200 copies. In publisher”s, constructivist cover. Printed in red and black. 47, (1) p. “Kreisā fronte” was the first substantial leftist Latvian-language journal with international aspirations. Its concept and format followed Vladimir Mayakovsky’s magazine..... More

Riga: Linards Laicens (Latvju Kultura), 1928. With photographic illustrations. First edition. Printed in 1400 copies. In publisher’s, constructivist cover with photographic illustration. Printed in lilac and black. 46, (2) p. “Kreisā fronte” was the first substantial leftist Latvian-language journal with international aspirations. Its concept and format followed Vladimir Mayakovsky’s magazine..... More

Riga: Latvju Kultura, May 28, 1931. First edition of the first issue. With 2 photographic reproductions. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 47, (1) p. Tribine was one of the major organs of Latvian avant-garde between 1931–33, only 10 issues were published. This issue contains a photographic reproduction of V. Sila’s painting..... More