[Praha]: [S.V.U. Manes], [1914]. First edition. With an original price-list flyer. In publisher’s woodcut-illustrated wrappers by Oldřich Koníček. [28] p. Scarce catalogue of a 1914 international avant-garde exhibition in Prague, organised by the Czech artist association, S. V. U. Mánes. With original, inserted leaf of price list. The catalogue..... More

Wien (Paris): General-Vertretung für Österreich-Ungarn, Fritz Fürst (J. Barreau; J. de Masin), (1907). In original, illustrated paper in art nouveau style. With numerous illustrations, printed in sepia and black, typographical ornaments printed in green. (28) p., and 4 color plates. Introducing a car with single-cylinder engine (type: BG), four cars..... More

Helsingfors [Helsinki]: Centrallaget för Handelslagen i Finland m.b.t., [1936]. First edition. Text in Swedish. Pp. 3–79 with black and white photographs. In publisher’s photographically illustrated wrappers. 79 [1] p. Scarce publication on modern Finnish architecture with numerous black and white photographs. Published by a Finnish retailing cooperative, SOK (The..... More

[Jerusalem]: [The Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine], February 1946. Mimeographed typescript. Text in Hebrew. [2] 13 [1] p. Scarce bulletin about the situation of Jewish refugees in several European countries. The issue contains seven articles about the fate of the Jews during the Holocaust and among..... More

Em Lisboa [Lisbon]: Na Officina de Domingos Lopes Rosa. Acusta de Lourenço Liureiro do Estado de Bragança. Taxão este papel em 4 reis., Riberiro Menezes [Domingos Lopes Rosa], 23 de Junho de 1642. First edition. Papered spine. Woodcut illustration of dueling horsemen on the title page. Title page in a...... More

[Prague]: The Press Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, 1952. First edition. With 16 full-page photographic reproductions. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 34, (2) p., and 9 double plates. Scarce cold war document about the American terrorist activities in Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s. On October..... More

(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

Pesten: Petrózai Trattner J. M. és Károlyi István Könyvnyomtató-Intézetében, 1832. Stamp on cover and title page stating “from the estate of István Széchenyi”. Stamp of the Storno-Archives on the title page. In original wrappers. [2] 92 [2] p. Széchenyi’s copy of the book about horse racing related subjects. István..... More

Barcelona: Por D. Agustin Roca, impresor de Cámara de S. M., 1818. First edition. In contemporary grey wrappers. (1 [engraved frontispiece]), (6), 5–101, (1) and 1 folded plate. Report on the development and improvement of horse rearing in Spain. More

[Vienna]: Vídeň, [1913]. First edition. In original, green wrappers. 20 p. 1 plate. Czech publication, commemorating Marx on the 30th anniversary of his death. With a reproduction, depicting Marx. Extremely scarce, WorldCat locates only one copy, in the IISG, Amsterdam. More

Lyon: [R. P. J. Hervier, designer; J. A. Henry, fabricator, for A. Roux], mdccclxxxvi [1886(–1887)]. First edition. Illustrated book on silk, woven in silvery-gray and black threads. Four full-page illustrations, each page within a decorative border in various styles. Ornate initials throughout. Text in Latin and French. In somewhat later..... More

Vienna: Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, 1874[–]. First edition. Complete album. With 50 loose plates (etchings: 43, engravings: 5, photogravures: 2), each protected with tracing paper. In original green, printed half-cloth portfolio. 12 booklets (no. XII–XIII. published together), with the original covers. The printed covers of the portfolio indicate the content..... More

[Budapest]: 1939. Photo album with 18 cardboard leaves and 17 black and white photographs, separated with tissue paper. The printed version of the speeches (seventeen-leave brochure), and the original letter, on the official paper of the company with its letterhead and advertisement at the foot. Photo album and related documents..... More

Warszawa: Brathetwo–B’Nei-B’Rith, 1932. First edition. Limited edition, printed in 400 copies. With five photographic reproductions. In publisher’s grey wrappers. 89, (7) p, and 5 plates. Publication of the Warsaw lodge of B’nai B’rith, the world’s oldest Jewish service organization, published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the foundation..... More

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

Kostantiniyye [Constantinople; Istanbul]: Mataa-yi mire, 1288 AH [1871 AD]. First edition. In publisher’s green printed wrappers. [44] p. The only 19th century written record about the situation of Muslims in Brazil. This travelogue is the second of two known accounts of the first voyage ever made to the American..... 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

[Budapest]: [Privately published, printed at Világosság könyvnyomda], 1909. First edition. Limited, numbered (1/250/300). The artist’s father’s copy. In original, brown cardboard cover with blue title vignette, printed in black, bound with yellow ribbon. Illustrated title page, one plate with ex-libris illustration, eight lithographic plates, and two text plates in Hungarian..... 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

[St Albans]: [St Albans Press; Schoolmaster Printer], [1481/2]. Fragment of four incunable leaves. The leaves are mounted on the rear flyleaf of a copy of the facsimile edition of The Boke of Saint Albans (London, 1881) by a narrow paper stripe. The custom made half vellum binding was made in..... 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

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: A “Tér és Forma” kiadása, 1941. Photo-illustrated title page. Illustrated throughout. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (3), 2–24, (2) p. Photo-illustrated monograph presenting the reconstruction of the headquarters of National Savings Bank, that turned the Art-Nouveau building into a modern office building of international style. The..... More

Sevilla: Andrea Pescioni, 1582. First edition. With 35 woodcut illustrations, some recurring. Decorated with heraldic woodcut on the title page, numerous woodcut initials and a tailpiece, and woodcut printer's devices on 4¶4 and on the last leaf. Text printed in two columns. In 19th century, empire style, red morocco binding..... More

[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

[S.l.]: [S.n.], [n.d. but 1709]. First edition. In contemporary leather. Gilt spine with red title label. Edges of the panels gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tinted edges. (12), 308 p. Scarce publication related to the endgame of the Chinese Rites Controversy. Antoine Thomas (adopted the Chinese name of Ngan To..... More

Paris: Auguste Picard, 1939. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front cover in black ink. Text in French. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (2), 263–268 p. Inscribed copy of Stein’s report about his aerial archaeological survey of ancient Roman limes in Transjordan and Iraq which he carried out in 1938..... More

Wien: gedruckt mit Schulzischen Schriften, 1769. First edition. In contemporary leather. Spine gilt, with red title vignette. Edges tinted. Woodcut headpiece on A1. Pages ruled with woodcut frame. (*)1 [title page, verso blank], a–b8, c6 [i.e. (24) leaves] and 1 folded plate. A curious and scarce treatise on glassblowing and..... 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

Prága (Praha): Levá Fronta (Jav. Hoffmann), 1932. First edition. In publisher’s printed green paper. 32 p. First edition of Balázs’s essay. The printed version of a banned lecture on Marxism that he was to held in Bratislava in 1931. “Sarló” (Sickle), the publisher of this pamphlet, was a leftist Hungarian..... 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

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

Tallinn: Eldono de Esperanto-Asocio de Estonio en Tallinn, 1931. Cover and illustration by Jaan Vahtra. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with a full page linocut. Text in Esperanto. 78 [2] p., and a photographic frontispiece. Striking cover and a full page illustration by Jaan Vahtra (1882–1947), the chief..... More

Charlottenburg-Westend, New York: [Privately published (printed by August Scherl)], [1931]. First edition. “Ausgabe B”, one of the 14–300 numbered copies (complete edition: 1313 copies). The finely printed, colored plates are numbered: 1.1–1.13. In publisher’s half vellum folder, the spine is lettered in gold, front panel in black. The textual booklet..... More

[Paris]: Les Edition de Minuit, [1957]. First edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers, printed in blue and black. 122, (6) p. First edition of Becket’s second play, the Endgame, which was originally written in French and later translated into English by Beckett himself. More

A Amsterdam: Aux dépens de la Compagnie, M.DCC.XLV [1745]. First French edition. Half-titles, and title pages of both volumes printed in red and black. Woodcut device on title page and woodcut headpiece and initial to each part. Two volumes bound into one. In contemporary leather. Panels with gilt supralibros in..... More

Praha: [S.V.U. Manes], 1923. First edition. Illustrated with 58 full-page black-and-white reproductions. In publisher’s typographically illustrated wrappers, designed by Jaroslav Benda. 64 [48] [12] p. Richly illustrated, scarce catalogue of the 1923 exhibition of 19th and 20th-century French art in Prague, organised by the Czech artist association, S. V. U...... More

Tot Amsterdam: By Johan ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper tegen over het Oude Heeren Logement, inde Historischryver, 1695. First edition. In modern calf. Engraved frontispiece and two folding engraved plates. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. 4º: [𝜋]4 A–S4; engraved frontispiece and 3 preliminary leaves, [6] 139 [5] p., and [2] folded engraved plates..... More

Frankfurt am Main: Insel, 1983. In publisher’s cloth. Facsimile edition of the 1963 first edition. Printed in 1,000 signed, numbered copies. Signed and numbered in blue ink. 357, (3) p. Signed and numbered copy, of the facsimile edition of Bernhard’s 1963 debut novel. More

Boston: Printed, Typographically at Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Sold at their Bookstore, No. 45, Newbury Street; by said Thomas in Worcester; and by the Booksellers in Boston, and elsewhere, 1794. First edition of Billing’s last work. Letterpress pages. In contemporary paper boards, restored. xxxiv, (1), 36–199..... More

Boston: March, Capen & Lyon, 1836. First American edition. In publisher’s half cloth, with printed panels. [2], 151, [1] p. and [1] large folding plates. First American edition of this uncommon book about beet sugar manufacturing. A translation of L.-J. Blachette and Frédéric Salvator Zoéga’s Manuel du fabricant..... More

Po’sonyban (Bratislava): Wéber Simon Péter és fijának betűivel, 1816. With an engraved, folded map of Solar System Orbits. First Hungarian edition. In 20th century hard paper. (24), (1)–136, (2 [errata]) p., and 1 engraved, folded plate. First Hungarian edition of Bode’s “Allgemeine Betrachtungen über das Weltgebäude” (after the 1804, Berlin..... More

M.vásárhelyt [Marosvásárhely]: Nyomtattatott a’ Reform. Kollégyom betüivel Felsö Visti Káli Jó’sef ltal. 1830. First edition. In somewhat later half leather binding. The panels are covered with marbled paper. Spine with gilt title. XVI, [XVII–XX], [1]–162 p., and one folding plate. First edition of Farkas Bolyai's first mathematical publication. This work..... More

Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag, [1929]. Cover design and layout by John Heartfield. With nearly two-hundred black-and-white photographic reproductions, including many photomontages. First edition. With Tadeusz Borowski’s ownership stamp on the front pastedown. In original yellow cloth, illustrated by Heartfield’s photomontage, printed in red, white and black. (8), 9–231, (5) p...... More

[Budapest]: Árpád Oláh (Némethy és Tsai könyvnyomda), [1932]. Original, vintage poster. Printed in red and black. Illustrated with the emblem of the Party. Date from postmark. 317 × 472 mm. An original advertisement poster of the weekly magazine of an early Hungarian Nazi Party, illustrated with the Party’s emblem, similar..... More

Bukarest (Bucharest): Kriterion, 1980. In publisher’s cardboard. With the photographically illustrated dust jacket. First edition. Text in Hungarian. 181, (3) p., 28 t. First edition of this collection of 59 photos by Brassai and his correspondence with his parents. Brassaï’s (1889–19984) was a Hungarian-born French photographer, sculptor and filmmaker..... More

[France; Egypt?]: 1860s. Original, vintage hand-drawn and colored plan. Rolled. Large format, 4 sheets mounted together. Size: ca. 235 × 70 cm. Brune’s plan of the Great Temple at Karnak is the most detailed and precise 19th-century architectural plan of the monument. This large, exhibition size plan of..... More

Paris: GLM, 1938. With a full page illustration by Hans Arp. First edition. One of the first 20 numbered copies on normandy vellum. In publisher’s printed wrappers. [28] p. One of the first twenty numbered copy, with a full page illustration by Hans Arp. More

Imprimé à l’Arrivour Abbaye [Larrivour]: dudict Seign, Par Maistre Nicole Paris, 1547. First edition, later version (first in 1546). Title page in an ornate frame. Woodcut printer’s device on the last page. Woodcut initials throughout. Woodcut coat of arms of Jean de Luxembourg on S1r. In later paste paper. Gauffered..... More