(Warsaw): Gilosz & Azyl (Słowo), 1985. First edition, first issue (with price 120 zloty printed on rear cover). Oblong, format A5. Text in Polish. In publisher’s, illustrated wrappers. 31, (1) p. First edition of the comics based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Polish samizdat comics of Orwell’s Animal Farm..... More
Bulaq [al-Qāhira]: al-Matba'ah al-kubra, 1251 AH [1835 AD]. First edition. Printed in Arabic. Each page framed by double rules. Large woodcut vignettes on the opening pages of both volumes. Two volumes. In somewhat later half leather. Spine with five raised bands. Title, volume number, and edition lettered gilt on spine..... More
1958. Vintage photo. Black and white film still. Inscribed by Baker. 206 × 289 mm. Poss.: Ferenc Simon Gy. was a Hungarian journalist, collector of autographs. He was the editor of “Magyar Ifjúság” (Hungarian Youth), this photo was published in the magazine in the ‘50s, although the film was screened..... More
Issued and signed by Georges-René Le Pelley de Pléville, the Minister of Colonies. Dated on November 21, 1797 (1e Frimaire, an 6 de la République française). One page printed and written document with the headline of the “Marine et Colonies. Administration des Colonies”. Temporary citizenship is given to the Saint-Domingue..... More
![Слово о полку Игореве.] Szózat Igor hadjáratárul a palócok ellen....](/pictures/thumb/660.jpg?v=1439911528)
Prága és Lipcse [Prague and Leipzig],. I. L. Kober. (On cover: Pest. Lampel Róbert.) [Printed in Prague by Friedrich Rohlíček.], 1858. First Hungarian edition. Lampel’s vignette on cover. In publisher’s wrappers, printed in green. (9), 6–42 p., (14 [pages of advertisement of the publisher, printed by Jaroslav Pospešil in Prague;..... More
![Inimen. Luuletused. [Man. Poems.]. Hendrik Adamson](/pictures/thumb/1496.jpeg?v=1535981751)
Tartu: Noor-Eesti (J. Mällo), 1925. First edition. In original, illustrated paper, designed by Ado Vabbe. 62, [2] p. Ado Vabbe (1892–1961) was one of the most important and influential figures of the Estonian Avant-Garde, founder of the Estonian art society “Pallas” and tutor at “Korgem Kunstikool Pallas” (Higher Art School..... More
![Rinktinės zydu apysakos. O[zeris] Finkelsteinas, Ch[ackelis] Lemchenas, G[enrikas] Zimanas....](/pictures/thumb/1447.jpeg?v=1532099874)
Kaunas: Spaudos Fondo Leidinys, 1931. Illustrated with three black-and-white photographic reproductions of the authors’ portraits. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Untrimmed. 232, (2) p., and 3 plates. Scarce, Lithuanian edition of Yiddish literature. With modernist cover design. A collection of short stories by Yiddish authors, such..... More
Tartu: Odamehe [Odamees] (Postimehe), 1921. With an illustration by Rudolf Paris mounted on second leaf. First edition. In original illustrated paper, designed by Ado Vabbe. 94, [2] p. Ado Vabbe (1892–1961) was one of the most important and influential figures of the Estonian Avant-garde, founder of the Estonian art society..... More
![Üksinduse Saartele. [Desert Island.]. August Alle](/pictures/thumb/1498.jpeg?v=1535982534)
Tartu: Odamehe [Odamees] (Paalmann), 1918. First edition. In original illustrated paper by Balder Tomasberg. 80 p. Balder Tomasberg (1897–1919) was an Expressionist, Symbolist painter. More
![Gospodica. / Gospođica. [The woman of Sarajevo.]. Ivo Andric, Ivo Andrić](/pictures/thumb/1214.jpg?v=1501239175)
Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1945. First edition. Association copy, inscribed by Andrić to Zoltán Csuka. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 180 p. Association copy of Andric's 1945 novel “The woman of Sarajevo”, inscribed to his Hungarian translator, Zoltán Csuka. Ivo Andric (1892–1975) was a Yugoslavian writer who won the Nobel Prize in..... More
![Popiól i diament. Powiesc. (Klub Dobrej Ksiazki I.) [Ashes and Diamonds.]. Jerzy Andrzejewski](/pictures/thumb/1279.jpg?v=1503068730)
[Warszawa]: Czytelnik Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza, 1948. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 334, (2) p. First edition of Andrzejewski’s most famous novel, Ashes and Diamonds. Popiól i diament describes the political and moral conflicts between the Polish patriots of the Home Army and the evolving communist regime during the last..... More
![Viirastusi valges öös. Romaan. [The Phantoms of the White Night. Novel.]. Anvelt, eo](/pictures/thumb/285.jpg?v=1420607047)
Tartu: Loodus (G. Roht), 1928. First edition. In original illustrated paper, designed by Peet Aren. 221, (1) p., and an inset oder form of the publisher. Peet Aren (1889–1970) was an Estonian graphic artist, studied art in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Munich. Tutor at “Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas” (Higher Art School..... More
Moravská Ostrava: Bohuslav Krýsa - Soukromý tisk - Kacíř a spol. 1931. First Czech edition. Presentation copy, signed by the illustrator. Limited edition up to 250 signed copies. One of the first one hundred copies. Cornes slightly bumped. Overall in fine condition. In publisher's wrappers, with printed title vignette. 16..... More
Budapest: Parnasszus, 1947. First edition. Limited, numbered, one of the 100 copies printed on Japan paper. In publisher’s wrappers. 35, (1) p. Limited, numbered edition of a collection of Aragon’s poems, and with a detail of his wife Elsa Triolet’s novel. The present collection was published on the..... More
![Dve Basne.] Dvě básně. [Two Poems.]. Hans Arp, Ludvik Kundera, Frantisek Kalivoda](/pictures/thumb/1745.jpeg?v=1586358651)
[Brno]: [Privately published], [1961]. Illustrated by Hans Arp, designed by František Kalivoda. First edition. Signed by the Ludvík Kundera. 1 bifolio. Ludvík Kundera’s signed New Year card, with two poems by Hans Arp in Kundera’s translation, and two reproductions of Arp’s images. The card was typographically designed by František Kalivoda..... More
![Én, a robot. [I, Robot.]. Isaac Asimov](/pictures/thumb/1378.jpg?v=1522166518)
[Budapest]: Kossuth Könyvkiadó, 1966. With ten full-page text illustrations, designed by Anna Tedesco. First edition. In publisher’s coloured illustrated wrappers. 267, (5) p. First Hungarian edition of Isaac Asimov’s collection of science fiction short stories, I, Robot, first published in 1950. The book contains nine of the ten..... More
![Cover Title:] Schlauraffenland. 9 linoschnitte und Schrift. Heinz Baden](/pictures/thumb/1407.jpg?v=1524845350)
[Germany]: [Self-published by the artist.], [1921]. Limited, numbered. 11 linocut plates printed on tracing paper in black. Each plate mounted on cardboard. 9 plates of illustration, 1 plate of double-page and 1 plate of single-page text. Last plate signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. In original illustrated folder..... More
Budapest: Fővárosi Könyv- és Lapkiadó R.-T. [1921.]. First edition. In publisher’s ornamented wrappers, printed in red and black. 48 p. The first Hungarian monograph on Tagore. Ervin Baktay (1890–1963) was a Hungarian scholar of Oriental studies, Indologist, a pioneer in popularizing Indian culture in Hungary. More
Budapest: Benkő Gyula (Rovó Aladár), 1918. First edition. With printed dedication to Georg (György) Lukács. In original paper. 47, (1) p. Balázs’ theoretical book on theatre, an antecedent to his books about film. This treatise was originally written to be lectured on a series of public talk that was..... More
![Printed, and Crossed in ink:] Embermesék és tündérmesék. [In Handwriting:] Emberen innen...](/pictures/thumb/113.jpg?v=1406866883)
Budapest: Márkus Samu Nyomdája, 1911. Press proof of an unpublished book. Printed only on rectos. With corrections in ink on several versos and on almost every printed pages. Numerous inset leaves with holograph corrections. Balázs’s name and address in ink on flyleaf by his hand. In original green cloth. 179..... More
Moszkva (Moscow): Idegennyelvű Irodalmi Kiadó (Foreign Languages Publishing House), 1944. First edition. In original paper. 43, (1) p. Béla Balázs’ book of poems about homesickness, patriotism and the praising of the Red Army and Stalin. Written during his emigration in the Soviet Union. Béla Balázs (1884–1949) was a...... More
Gyoma: Kner Izidor, 1916. With 6 full page illustrations. Cover and illustrations by József Divéky. First edition. In publisher's half cloth. Illustrated front panel, printed in red and black. 154, (6) p. Balázs was fighting in WWI as a volunteer, but after a year he became seriously ill and also..... More
![Csodálatosságok könyve. [Book on Wonders.]. Béla Balázs, Thomas Mann](/pictures/thumb/620.jpg?v=1438834978)
Budapest: Révai, 1948. First edition. Inscribed by Balázs. In publisher’s half cloth with original, illustrated dust jacket designed by Vera Csillag, the addressee of the dedication. 163, (1) p. The collection of Balázs’ Chinese short stories, contains partly the same stories as his earlier book “Der Mantel der Träueme” (München..... More
London: Michael Joseph, (1974). Presentation copy. First UK edition of Baldwin’s fifth novel. In original blue cloth. 229, (3) p. with (2): Baldwin, James; (Malcolm X) One Day, When I Was Lost. A Scenario Based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X. London, (1972). Michael Joseph. 166, (2)..... More
![Katastroofid. (1919–1920). [Disasters. (1919–1920).]. Johannes Barbarus, Vares](/pictures/thumb/655.jpg?v=1439568313)
Tallin: Auringo (Mattieseni), 1920. First edition. With publisher’s vignette on half title. In original, illustrated wrappers, designed by Aleksander Mülber. 63, (1) p. Johannes Vares (1890–1946) was an Estonian avant-garde poet and politician. More