Diary of a Lost Girl [Tagebuch Einer Verlorenen] original film program
Berlin/ Düsseldorf, 1929. In original paper. Original program for the legendary 1929 silent film. Directed by Pabst, George Wilhelm. More
Berlin/ Düsseldorf, 1929. In original paper. Original program for the legendary 1929 silent film. Directed by Pabst, George Wilhelm. More
Budapest: 1940. Gilded publishing folder decorated with the Hungarian coat of arms, with spiral lacing inside. 15 p. The catalogs was created by the Hungarian Hunia Filmgyár RT for its distribution partners, in which it presents current Hungarian films belonging to its own portfolio, as well as American (R.K.O. Radio..... More
Budapest: Mokep, 1981. 32 p. It was written and drawn by Ernő Zórád based on the novel of Pierre Boulle. More
Budapest: Projectograph, 1913. In original paper. 8 p. illustrated with 7 full page filmstill. Hungarian filmprogram for the italian silent movie. More
Budapest: Güttler Antal (Universum nyomda), (1941). 14 plates separated with coloured cellophane. First editon. In publisher’s cover, originally only front cover: a transparent plastic sheet with gilt title and publisher’s information, and two blue leaves. 14 plates. Antal Güttler was a Hungarian film producer and the director of Palatinus Film..... More
[Helsinki]: Otava, 1927. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 86 [2] p. Finnish cultural periodical including a 10-page article mentioning Metropolis, published the same year as Lang’s expressionist science-fiction drama was released. The article by Olavi Paavolainen includes a reproduction of the poster of Metropolis and a still from..... More
New York: Edward B. Davis, (ca. 1955). Original, vintage, black and white photograph. Davis’ imprint on verso. 205 × 255 mm. Portrait of Melchior Lengyel (1880–1974) the Hungarian writer, dramatist and film screenwriter, the author of several scripts for successful Hollywood movies. He was nominated for the Academy Award for..... 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
Poland: March 1949 to December 1950. In original papers. Each number approx. 50 pages, "In order to provide High School of Film students with a review of the most accurate works of foreign film press and book publishers, the Film Institute Publishing House began to edit the" Review "for the..... 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
Budapest: Mokep, 1982. All 3 is 32p. Star Wars comics were first published in Hungary in 1982 thanks to the legendary couple Tibor Cs. Horváth and Attila Fazekas. The Empire Strikes Back's Hungarian premiere was in January 1982, the Youth Publishing Company, brought out the comic versions of the first..... More
(Ca. 1920.). Original, vintage black and white photography. 215 × 155 mm. Vintage still from the legendary German Expressionist horror movie, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”. The image shows the scene when the scary looking, black clothed Cesare (Conrad Veidt) is kidnapping Jane (Lil Dagover) who is sleeping in..... More
Cannes: 1972.05.07. 6 p. ''Après plusieurs années de travail sur les deux plus grands sujets mémoriaux : Christophe Colomb et Voilà l'Homme (fresque moderne et biblique de mon oeuvre) [...] que je voulais réaliser avant de disparaître pour clore mon destin de cinéaste en apothéose - j'en terminais les découpages..... More
Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. With six photographic illustrations. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 14, (2) p. Early Soviet-Russian, illustrated biographical pamphlet on Konrad Veidt in constructivist cover. In the 1920s Kinopechat, the Soviet state publishing house for cinema, published a series of booklets focusing on the popular foreign film..... More
Budapest: Hungária Hírlapnyomda Rt, [1936]. First edition. Film advertisement published as a newspaper. Text in Hungarian. 3 [1] p. Extremely scarce advertisement for H. G. Wells’ film, Things to Come, published as a newspaper. The black-and-white science fiction film was released in 1936. The film sets out a future..... More
[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
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
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
[Hungary?]: [1940s]. Original, vintage photographic portrait. Singed by Balázs in blue ink. 48 × 60 mm. Signed photographic portrait of the elder Balázs. Béla Balázs (1884–1949) was a Hungarian-Jewish film critic and aesthete, also a writer and poet. He is known, besides for his film-theoretical writings, as the librettist..... More
Budapest: Balazs Bela Studio, 1977. Mimeograph (front wrapper printed with offset duplication). Rectos only. 54 p. Vintage post-production promotional script for the 1977 Hungarian film. This was the first film by Tarr. More
Budapest: Mokep, 1977. 16 x 23 cm. One page original film program for Bela Tarr's debut film). More
Faro: 1976. In original paper binging. 150 p. Original script. Provenance: Ingmar and Ingrid Bergman. (Ilsholmen estate in the Roslagen archipelago north of Stockholm, Sweden. Ingrid spent many summers on the large country estate in Roslagen that her father Selim Karlebo acquired in the 1930s. It also became one of..... More
Budapest: Thalia-Kultura, (1928). Original, vintage, printed movie poster. Printed in black on yellow paper. 85 × 21,5 cm. Printed poster of the “Omnia” cinema in Budapest, for Nils Olaf Chrisander’s 1927 movie, “The Heart Thief”, written by Lajos Biró starred by Josef Schildkraut and Lya de Putti. More
[Budapest]: [Chaplin Studió], 1958. Complete run. First edition. Carbon copy. An original black and white photographic image is mounted on the front cover of each issue. The first issue contains two photographic illustrations. 14; (13 [with text]), (3 [blank]) p. Semi-underground film magazine by the independent Chaplin Amateur Film Studio..... More
Lodz: [Privately Published], 1976. First edition. Text in English. With the brochure of the Polish translation. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 28 leaves. In this illustrated booklet Wojciech Bruszewski (1947–2009) the Polish video artist presented his latest projects and theoretical considerations on film and video making. More
Prague: 1940s. 2 p. More
Budapest: Magyar hirdeto, (1947). Origianl paper. 4 p. More
1923–1925. A collection of 6 abstract drawings in pencil on 5 leaves. 4 partly watercolored. Signed and dated 1923–1925. Sizes approx. 115 × 170; 115 × 175; 140 × 216; 135 × 205; 135 x 220 mm. 6 unique, Avant-Garde drawings. These Russian Avant-Garde drawings were created by the..... More
Budapest: Világosság Nyomda, (1919). Original printed poster. 415 × 610 mm. The legendary leftist, pro-Communist, pro-Russian political poem by Antal Farkas (1875–1940) which was adapted to short drama film by Michael Curtiz (as Mihály Kertész). “My Brother is Coming” is one of his earliest surviving films. More
(Budapest): Genius. (1923.). First edition. In publisher’s blue cloth. 132, (4) p. Novel-version of the screen adapted, legendary Austrian film “Sodom and Gomorrah” (1922), directed by Michael Curtiz. The book has a printed dedication to him. This is the most important work of Ladislaus Vajda (1877–1933), the world fame scenarist..... More
[Budapest]: Genius, [1923]. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Sándor Leidenfrost (Alexander Leydenfrost). 132, (4) p. Novel-version of the legendary Austrian film “Sodom and Gomorrah” (1922), directed by Michael Curtiz. The book has a printed dedication to him. Written by Ladislaus Vajda (1877–1933), the world fame scenarist and..... More
München: Drei Masken Verlag. First edition, published as manuscript, not for sale. Lil Dagover’s copy. In publisher’s wrappers. 87, (1) p. Lil Dagover’s copy of the script of the play “Die erste Frau Shelby”, she played the role of Mrs. Janet Selby, the main character of John Ervin’s play. More
Poland: 1984? Polish samizdat edition of the second novel in the Han Solo Adventures trilogy. Original pictorial wrappers; 111 p. of mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos. The book was published by the Polish Sci-fi fan club “Falcon”. with the words “for internal use of the organization” printed at the..... More
Poland: 1984? Original pictorial wrappers, with 2 stickers on the wrapper. 24 pp. of mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos. Polish samizdat edition of the first novel in the Han Solo Adventures trilogy. The book was published by the Polish Sci-fi fan club “Falcon”. With the words “for internal..... More
[Budapest]: (Offset), [1966]. Designed by Árpád Darvas. Original, vintage poster. Offset color print. ca. 40 × 60 cm. Original Hungarian movie poster for the 1964 British-Greek comedy-drama film Zorba the Greek, based on Nikos Kazantzakis’ 1946 novel of the same title. It was premiered in Hungary in 1966..... More
Budapest: Dialog, 1979. In original paper. 136 p. Hungarian-Polish film. More
Riga: Valtera un Rapas akc. sab. izdevums, 1935. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. Illustrated with most photographic reproductions. 110, (2) p. First edition of the scarce, Latvian, informative, richly illustrated booklet about the achievements of the contemporary cinemas and films. More
Budapest: Löbl D. és Fia, 1913. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Géza Faragó. (4) p. With Faragó’s colour image on the cover of this scarce movie program. Movie program for 1913, the cinema played the German movies “Mephisto - Ein Maskenbild”, “Der Arzt wider Willen" and..... More
Haifa: A-T Könyvkiadó, [1963?]. First Hungarian edition. In original illustrated wrappers. 201, (1) p. Extremely scarce, first Hungarian edition of Ian Fleming’s seventh James Bond Novel, Goldfinger, which was originally published in 1959. More
[Prague]: Taken by Miroslav Hucek (with his stamp on verso), probably in 1971. Original, vintage, black and white photograph. 205 × 300 mm. Photograph of the two great Czech New Wave film directors Milos Forman and Jirí Menzel in their homeland. The picture was taken at the Prague airport..... More
Brno: 1931 or 1932. Two original, vintage, black-and-white photographs. 230 × 300 mm. Two original stills from Martin Fric’s 1931 movie, Dobry vojak Svejk (The Good Soldier Schweik), starring Sasa Rasilov as Svejk. More
Spain: 1933. 1p. Very rare Spanish advertisement for the Fritz Lang movie. More
Spain: 1933? 1 p. Very rare Spanish advertisement for the Fritz Lang movie. More
Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. With four photographic illustrations. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 14, (2) p. Early Soviet-Russian, illustrated biographical pamphlet on Buster Keaton in constructivist cover. In the 1920s Kinopechat, the Soviet state publishing house for cinema, published a series of booklets focusing on the popular foreign film..... More
1918. In original paper. 29 p. Filmprogram for the Italian silent movie masterpiece by Pastrone. Very rare. More
Original, vintage, black and white photo. 1965. Production photo of Jean Luc Godard on set of his 1965 film, Pierrot le Fou. Jean Luc Godard lays on camera dolly and checks the composition during the set of his 1965 movie “Pierrot le Fou”, starred by Anna Karina and Jean-Paul..... More
New York: The Epoch Producing Corporation, 1915. First edition. In publisher’s, illustrated wrappers. Bound with string. (16) p., and 8 plates (one double). Illustrated motion picture program for the 1915 American silent epic drama film, directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The United..... 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
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
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
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
(Prague): MF, 1965. First edition. Inscribed and dated by Hrabal (3. 12. 90.). In publisher’s printed cloth, with original printed dust jacket. 94, (2) p. An inscribed first edition of an early collection of seven short stories. Jiří Menzel adapted the book to screen under the title “Skřivánci na..... 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
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
Berlin: Phoebus-Film A.-G. (1923). Each leaf with a mounted photographic (11) or textual (5) printed sheet. First edition. Text in German. In publisher’s black buckram, printed in red. (16) cardboard leaves. Official movie scrapbook of the 1923 silent film Scaramouche, illustrated with 11 stills from the movie. Scaramouche is..... More
Krakow: [Krakowska Spólka Wydawnicza.] Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza, 1924. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Lucjan Kobierski. 238, [2] p. The leading piece of Polish 1920s film criticism, featuring Lucjan Kobierski’s expressionist cover design. Karol Irzykowski’s Dziesiąta Muza is considered as the “first original work and the crowning..... More
Budapest: November 19, 1968. One page, typed letter. Signed by Jancsó and Hernádi. With manuscript supplement by Jancsó, signed twice. 205 × 290 mm. Signed letter by Miklós Jancsó and Gyula Hernádi sent to the Artist’s Copyright Office, with handwritten supplement by Jancsó. Jancsó and Hernádi urges the Hungarian..... More
Budapest: Mafilm, 1979. In original paper. 134 p. Title page not present, presumably as issued. Very rare. More
Budapest: 1963. In original cloth. 127 p. Extremely rare original screenplay for Cantata. This is the favorite Jancso film of the Foldvaribooks's staff. Provenience: Ferenc Lohr's copy who was the film's sound engineer. More
(1958). Original, vintage, black and white photo of the staff of Jancsó’s movie. Title and date on verso in pencil. 143 × 90 mm. “A harangok Rómába mentek” was Jancsó’s first feature film, a classical realistic story about children pressured to join the army during WWII, but they refuse to..... More
1965. Ink. Singed at upper right edge. Date and official stamps on verso. 82 × 58 cm. The original design of the poster for Miklós Jancsó’s (1921–1914) 1965 movie, “Szegény legények” (The Round-Up), which was the director's first film that received international acclaim. The image of the published poster is..... More
1964. Collage. Signed and dated at lower left corner. With official stamps on the verso. 82 × 58 cm. The original design of the poster for Miklós Jancsó’s (1921–1914) 1965 movie, “Így jöttem” (My Way Home), which is considered his first masterpiece. Designed by András Máté (1921–2000) the leading graphic..... More
Bécs (Vienna): Ferenc Jankó, 1922. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Sándor Bortnyik. 32 p. Illustrated weekly magazine. With several photographic reproductions. Contains the portraits of the directors Micheal Curtiz, Alexander Korda and Stefan Lorant and frames from their films, Frau Dorothys Bekenntnis (Mrs. Dane's Confession; 1921), Prinz..... More
Paris: La Nouvelle Edition, (1946). Published in the series of "Les classiques du cinéma français”. Association copy, inscribed by Jeanson to Marcel Idzkowski. 238 p. Henri Jeanson’s (1900–1970) book that was adapted to screen by Marc Allégret in 1938 (English title: The Curtain Rises), inscribed to the actor Marcel Idzkowski..... More
Hungary: 1940. Designed by Malomvizi. 29 x20,5 cm. Directed by John Ford. This design was used for the printed poster. More
[Budapest]: Offset-nyomda, [1969]. Designed by György Kemény. Original vintage poster. Offset color print. ca. 40 × 58 cm. Original Hungarian movie poster for Truffaut’s 1966 science fiction film “Fahrenheit 451”. Based on Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel under the same title. The film was premiered in Hungary in 1969 August..... More
Tel Aviv: United Film Service (Palestine) Ltd. (Achduth), [1941]. First edition. Printed on yellow and pink papers. Text in English and Polish. 155 × 235 mm. Movie program of the Latrun military camp cinema for the Polish Army in Palestine, on two subsequent weeks in March, 1941. The Polish..... More
1919. Original, vintage, black and white, sepia photograph. 140 × 177 mm. Original still from Alexander (Sándor) Korda’s 1919 silent drama film “Yamata”. Showing Ila Lóth as Ninette and Gábor Rajnay as Yamata on the street, under an ornamented iron gate. The film intended to be a support..... More
Budapest: Magvető, 1989. First edition. Printed in only 500 copies. In publisher’s illustrated cardboard. 385, (3) p. “An inexorable, visionary book by the contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse who inspires comparison with Gogol and Melville. Krasznahorkai’s novel is both an anatomy of desolation, desolation at its most appalling, and a...... More
Budapest: Magvető, 1985. First edition of Krasznahorkai’s debut novel. Title page printed in red and black. In original cloth, with illustrated dust jacket, designed by Pál Deim. 333, (3) p. "Devastating, enthralling for every minute of its seven hours. I'd be glad to see it every year for the rest..... More
Budapest: Széphalom Könyvműhely, 1993. Inscribed second edition. In publisher’s illustrated cardboard. Pál Deim’s illustration on cover. 333, (3) p. Inscribed edition of Krasznahorkai’s debut novel. It was originally published in 1985, and became the source of Béla Tarr's 415-minute black and white masterpiece of the same title which is considered..... More
Budapest: Singer es Wolfner, 1927. In original illustrated wrapper. 79 p. Biro wrote the Hotel Imperial, upon which the 1927 American silent film was based. The screenplay was written by Jules Furthman. The film was directed by Mauritz Stiller in 1927, and starred Paola Negri, James Hall, George Siegmann, Max..... More
[Kassel]: Leidykla Zvilgsniai, [N.d. but 1947]. Layout design by Vytautas Leonas Adamkevicius. First edition. Limited edition of 80 copies. Mimeographed typescript. Saddle-stitched, in publisher’s printed wrappers. With decorative section titles and red initials. 104, (2) p. A selection of Lithuanian post-war novels, including one of the earliest literary works of..... More
Wien: Filmpropaganda, (1931). Each page with photographical illustrations, montages of stills from the movie. First edition. (4) p. Advertisement brochure for Fritz Lang’s first sound film, the 1931 drama-thriller, "M - A City Looks for a Murderer”. More
Berlin: Ross Verlag. 1929. Original, vintage photographic postcard. Signed by Gerda Maurus. 135 × 90 mm. A still from Fritz Lang’s 1929 film, the Frau im Mond (The Girl in the Moon; or Women in the Moon), with Gustav von Wangenheim and Gerda Maurus. With the signature of the latter..... More
Pécs: Pécsi Tempó Rota, 1972. First edition. Offset rotaprint. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (40) p. First edition of one of the earliest exhibition catalogues of the collective of neo-avant-garde artists of the south-west Hungarian city Pécs. The “Workshop” was active between 1970 and 1980, and their media were..... More
Praha (Prague): Edice Expedice (Svazek 258), 1988. Samizdat. First Czech edition. Mimeographed typescript. In publisher’s black cloth. (4), 4, (1), 5–155, (3), 156–321, 323, 322, 324, (1) p. [Complete.]. Czech samizdat edition of the transcript of Claude Lanzmann’s monumental, 1985 documentary film, Shoah. The nine-hour long film presents..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., [1987]. First edition. Signed by the author. Advance uncorrected proof copy. In publisher’s red printed wrappers. (4), 363, (5) p. A scarce, signed uncorrected proof copy. The present book reveals the creative and production process behind Lee’s first breakthrough in the film..... More
[Czechoslovakia]: [1959]. The upper third of each page is painted black, that serves as background to the actual storyboard. Handmade leporello book. Lehký’s name as scriptwriter indicated on the title page, probably by his hand and the title of the script in pencil by different hand. 72 [illustrated] + 8..... More
Budapest: Nyugat (Jókai), 1910. Second edition. In original coloured cloth, designed by Elek Falus. Illustrated flyleaves. 135, (1) p. The original script of the film Typhoon that became a worldwide success, and has been adapted to screen twice soon after it was published (1911; 1914). Melchior Lengyel (1880–1974) was..... More
Mainz: B. Schott's Schöne, 1967. Ed. 6303. First edition. In original soft cover. 40 p. Ligeti finished to compose his Requiem in 1965 and planned to write an additional part, that resulted in the piece Lux Aeterna in 1966. This composition is Ligeti’s most sophisticated micropoliphonic work. Lontano is Lux..... More
Frankfurt, London, New York: Henry Litolff’s Verlag, C. F. Peters. (1965). VN 30285. Edition Peter’s Nr. 4841. First edition. Study score. In original paper. (2), 49, [1] p., (4) p. supplement. Ligeti was already interested in the text of the Requiem especially in Dies Irae when he got the commission..... More
Colour print. Signed by Ligeti in pencil. 1 page. 360 × 455 mm. With notes on verso in pencil, saying that it was a gift from the composer on June 30, 1993. Ligeti was already interested in the text of the Requiem when he got the commission from the..... More
[Praha]: [Nakladatelství Pavel Prokop], [1936]. First edition. Illustrated with numerous photographic reproductions. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Jiri Friml, printed in red and blue. 40 p. Scarce publication about the Soviet film industry with modernist cover, designed by the Czech architect and typographer Jiri Friml. Illustrated with..... More
Zürich-Leipzig: Orell Füssli (Dr. Emil Schaeffer), 1929. First edition. In publisher’s half cloth, photographic front panel protected with the original cellophane wrapper. 16 p., 36 plates. Early and important book of the Russian Revolutionary cinema, emphasis on the early films of Eisenstein and Pudovkin. Contains 74 photos of the early..... More
Budapest: Magyar Téka (Ladányi). [1946]. First Hungarian edition. In half cloth with the publisher’s illustrated dust jacket designed by Tibor Toncz. 262, (2) p. First Hungarian edition of Klaus Mann’s 1936 novel. With the scarce illustrated dust jacket. More
Budapest: Pantheon (Hungária), (1930). First edition. In original illustrated paper, designed by Róbert Berény. 348, (4) p. More
Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. Cover by V. Surian. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. First edition. Oblong. In publisher’s photo illustrated wrappers, printed in orange and black. 8 p. Soviet film prospectus with avant-garde, photomontage cover. Script by I. Bei-Abai, directed by Boris Mikhin, starred by Vladimir Bestaev and Alexander Takaishvili. Abrek Zaur..... More
Budapest: Franklin-Társulat, (1907). First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. 248 p. Romantic novel by Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952) that has been adapted into an early sound film by William A. Seiter in 1929, featured Corinne Griffith, Ian Keith and the pre-Dracula Bela Lugosi. More
New York: Nickolas Muray, (ca. 1923). Original, vintage black and white photograph. With the embossed seal of the photographer to lower right corner. Titled in pencil on verso. 200 × 250 mm. Nickolas Muray’s photographic portrait of the American actor Boyd Marshall. Nickolas Muray (1892–1965) was a Hungarian-born American..... More
Warszawa (Warsaw): E. Gitlin, 1923. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated blue cloth, printed in gold. 313, (7) p. Polish translation of Opatoshu’s iconic novel “In poylishe velder” originally published in Yiddish in 1921 in New York and adapted to screen twice (1929, 1971). Joseph Opatoshu (1887–1954) was a Polish-born..... More
Warszawa (Warsaw): Maryéa Połoniewicz, Helena Olszewska i Jan Baumritter (Zakłady Graficzne “ARS”), December 1925. Photographically and graphically illustrated throughout. First edition. Cover printed in red. Text in Polish. Printed in brown, blue and red. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, with graphical scene from the movie. 26 p., and an inset magenta..... More
Praha [Prague]: Raik (Zmatlik a Palička), 1925. Original, vintage, illustrated advertisement poster. ca. 275 × 380 mm. Illustrated vintage poster for the Czech premier of the 1925 silent fantasy monster adventure film, “The Lost World”. “The Lost World” is an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of..... More
Budapest: Kodak, Limited Budapesti Fiókja, 1929. First edition. 6 brochures, complete season. In publisher’s photographically illustrated wrappers. Each issue: 15, (1) p. “A müterem” was an informative magazine and advertisement brochure of Eastman Kodak Company, for professional photographers, published in Hungary between 1927 and 1930. Each number was illustrated with..... More
[Budapest]: Gabriella Jancsó -Budapest Film, [1988]. First edition. In publisher’s photographically illustrated wrappers. Printed in 1000 copies. Text in Hungarian and English. 24 p. Program and catalogue for the screening of Erdély’s films at Kossuth Cinema. Miklós Erdély (1928–1986) was a Hungarian avant-garde artist, writer, poet, architect and..... More
Berlin: Hermann Reckendorf, 1929. First edition. Presentation copy to Erwin and Maria Piscator. In original cloth, with the original photographically illustrated dust cover. 125, (3) p. Inscribed to Erwin Piscator the German Avant-garde theater director and his wife Maria-Ley Piscator the dancer and modernist choreographer. Richter's influential study on..... More