Budapest: 1947. First editon. In original paper. 36 p. Signed by Erno Gero. Ernő Gerő 1898 – 1980) was a Hungarian Communist leader in the period after World War II and briefly in 1956 the most powerful man in Hungary as the second secretary of its ruling communist party. 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

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

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

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

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

[Tel-Aviv]: [Tel Aviv Municipality], [1952]. Original, vintage poster. Text in Hebrew. Color lithograph printed by A Kofman and Co. 625 × 468 mm. Original, vintage advertising poster of the Tel Aviv Municipality, designed by Pesach Irsai. István Irsai (Pesach Ir-Shay or Pesach Irsai; 1896–1968) was a Hungarian-born modernist graphic..... More

Stuttgat: 1927. Blueprint on tracing paper, both 52x63 cm., titled and dated. Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud, known simply as J.J.P, was a leading Dutch architect, designer, and urban planner of the modern movement. Born in 1890, he was educated at the Quellinus Arts and Crafts School, Amsterdam, the Rijksnormal School..... More

Budapest - New York: Vajna, 1945. Photos by Kublin and Janos Manninger. First editon. In original half cloth. 80 p. Photos of Budapest right after the WWII with plans for the reconstruction. More

Budapest: Patria, 1910. First edition. Inscribed. In original paper. 34 p. 12 t. Csányi studied architecture at the Budapest University of Technical Sciences, graduating in 1896; nevertheless, in his career he moved beyond the confines of his academic qualification. He first attracted public attention in 1901 as one of the..... More

Budapest: Athenaeum, 1908. First separate edition. Offprint. Limited edition up to 300 copies. Numbered. Illustrated title page. Printed on thick paper in brown ink. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 42, (6) p. Elek Koronghi Lippich (1862–1924) was an early propagator of Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movement in Hungary..... More

(Budapest) Békéscsaba: Tevan Adolf, 1914. With numerous text illustrations. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 59, (13) p. Richly illustrated Art Nouveau yearbook of the students of architecture at the Royal Joseph Technical University. The first number was published in 1898 by Jenő Kismarty-Lechner, later Lajos Kozma, Károly..... More