[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
Budapest: Magyar Szocilaista Munkáspárt, MTA, 1971. 24 x 33 cm. Obituary of important philosopher. More
Budapest: Interphoto MTI, 1960s. 17x 21 cm. Vintage picture of Lukacs. More
1891-1894. In contemporary half leather. 367, 234, 414, 404 p. In four volume. The very rare first Hungarian edition of Adam Smith's work 'Wealth of Nations'. More
Warsaw: 1816. In contemporary half leather. 54 p., 1 plate. First polish edition. More
Warsaw: Nakladem, 1822. In contemporary half cloth. 194 p. First polish edition of Alexander Pope. More
Budapest: 1841-1843. In modren halfcloth. [4] VI, 7-359, [2] p. 1 map, [4] 412 [1] p., IV, 5-230 [1] p., 252 [1] p. First Hungarian edition of the Democracy in America. Extremely rare. An early translation of Tocqueville's classic. More
Roma: Per Luigi Perego Savioni Stampator Vaticano incontro la fabbrica de S. Agostino, [1789]. First Italian edition. In contemporary green blank wrappers. Scarce Spanish proto-feminist work in contemporary Italian translation. Born into a family of physicians on his father's side in 1749, and received an unusual education for a...... 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
[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
Estampades en Valencia: en casa de Joan Mey, Venen se en casa de Sanahuja Librer [Juan Mey], any. M. D. Lxvi, [1566]. First edition. Woodcut initials. In modern vellum, title lettered in ink on the spine. ff. [16]. Collation: a–b8. “The first catechismal work directed expressly at the instruction of..... More
Koethen (Leipzig). A. Wiede (Ernst Keil). 1849. First Polish edition (second overall). Papered spine. Light foxing. 40 p. The proclamation was first published in German, in December 1848 and it followed, presumably in a few weeks, the Polish edition. Early, scarce and important work of the founder of anarchism... 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
Paris: Gallimard, (1955). First edition. Limited, numbered one of 50 (of 56) copies. In publisher’s wrappers, printed in red and black, protected with tracing paper. 272, (8) p. Limited, first edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s collection of essays. According to Beauvoir the question “how the privileged may think about..... More
Akademiai, 1952. In original cloth. 187 p. Inscribed to Lajos Fulep. Lajos Fülep, (1885-1970) - Hungarian philosopher, art historian. One of the dominant, though partly forgotten, figures in 20th century Hungarian art philosophy and art history. Both Fogarsi and Fülep were a member of Sonntagskreis (“Sunday Circle”), an intellectual discussion..... More
Zagreb: Merkantile, 1929. First edition. In original Constructivist cover. 67, (1) p. Bonifačić (1901–1986) was a Croatian politician, émigré journalist and critic. After Word War II he emigrated to Brazil where he became the editor of Croatian émigré newspapers. He died in Chicago, USA. More
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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
(Paris): Gallimard, (1958). Presentation copy. In publisher’s paper. 221, (1) p. Inscribed by the French author Roger Caillois (1913–1978) to Iván Boldizsár (1912–1988) the Hungarian poet and writer. Boldizsár was the president of the Hungarian PEN Club from 1970 and President of the International PEN Club in 1984..... More
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[S.i.]: [S.n.], [ca. 1980]. First edition. Samizdat. In somewhat later cloth binding. Xeroxed. 173 [1] p. Extremely scarce samizdat on Marcel Duchamp by Chalupecký. The Czech art critic and art historian, Jindřich Chalupecký (1910–1990) was first introduced to Marcel Duchamp’s works in 1934 and later he published essays and..... More
Budpest: 1914. In original cloth, the covers inside. 192 p. Complete year of the important Hungarian pericodiacal. More
W Warszawie [Warsaw]: u. N. Glucksberga, Księgarza i Typografa Krolewskiego Uniwersytetu [N. Glücksberg], 1819. First edition. In contemporary hard paper, with title vignette on spine. [4], [1]–199, [1] p. First edition of this scarce Polish work concerning women’s rights and their role in society. "Discourse of the Chinese Mandarin..... More
Amsterodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium [Elzevier], MDCXLIII [1643]. First edition. In later red maroquin. Gilt panels, spine, and inner edges. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edges. Woodcut device on the title page. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. [12] 282 p. The scarce first edition of this fundamental text for the history of philosophy..... More
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Coloniae [Köln]: apud Peter Quentel, Anno XXXIII [1533]. With two large woodcut illustrations, the Virgin and Child on verso of title and woodcut of the author at end. Woodcut initials. First edition. In later gilt burgundy maroquin. Gilt floral ornaments and title on spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edges. Green silk..... More
Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Joannem Ruellium, sub intersignio Vulpis caudae, via ad D. Jacobum, 1548. First Paris edition. With woodcut initials. In lather leather. Gilt title on spine. Marbled endpapers. Tinted edges. a–b8, C–Z8, AA–HH8; ff. 247, (1). First Paris edition of Eck’s De Purgatorio. Johann Eck’s early anti-Protestant writing..... More
Budapest: ifj. Nágel Ottó, 1911. First edition. Complete run. The first issue printed by the Kner private press in Gyoma, the second by “Garai Mór és Fia” in Budapest. In publisher’s printed paper. 129, (3); (3), 134–256, (2) p. Scarce and important Hungarian philosophical review. The cradle of the progressive..... More