Search Results: Authors starting with A from Foldvaribooks

London: Published at the Admiralty, under the Superintendence of Captain W. J. L. Wharton, R. N : F. R. S : Hydrographer, Sold by J. D. Potter [...] (Engraved by Davies & Company), 1892. First edition. Engraved map. Scale 1:12,093 (E 55°29'/S 4°37'). With addition toponyms in pencil and ink, mathematical notes at the margins in pencil, and marks in red and yellow ink in Fauvel's hand. Folded, chipped at the edges. Some small closed tears at folding. Otherwise in very good condition.. First edition. Engraved map. Scale 1:12,093 (E 55°29'/S 4°37'). Size: ca. 100 × 70 cm. Scarce sea chart of Port Victoria and contiguous regions, published by the British Admiralty, with notes by Fauvel. Nautical chart of Port Victoria on Mahé Island of the Seychelles archipelago, with depths shown by bathymetric isolines and soundings, relief shown by spot heights, includes coastal profile, published by the British Admiralty, who produced nautical charts since 1795 under the auspices of the United Kingdom… Read More

A Versailles: De l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D- Pierres, Premier Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi, rue Saint-Honoré, 1789. First edition. In somewhat later blank wrappers. Shelfmark vignette of front cover. Edges dusted. Upper outer corner creased. Otherwise in fine condition.. First edition. In somewhat later blank wrappers. [4] 24 p. The extremely scarce first edition of the earliest version of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a draft by Abbé Sieyès. This first edition of the very first version of Abbé Sieyès' founding text, printed already in July (after the 22nd) 1789 in Versailles by the royal printer Philippe Denis Pierres, contains a preparatory and preliminary text of the Constitution and a 32-article draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The text was prepared between 16 and 19 July 1789 and presented twice to the Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly on the 20th and the 21st of the same month. This early version of the Declaration differs from the later… Read More

Kostantiniyye [Constantinople; Istanbul]: Mataa-yi mire, 1871. First edition. In publisher's green printed wrappers. Cover with light stains, damaged at bottom of the spine. Notes in ink on front and back cover. Light stains occasionally. Overall in very good condition.. 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 continent by the Ottoman navy. Abdurrahman Efendi was aboard on an Ottoman warship heading to the Persian Gulf in 1865. When the ship got lost in a storm, it arrived at the Brazilian coast instead, where to his surprise Abdurrahman met fellow Muslims, descendants of African slaves. He remained in Brazil to join and serve the local Islamic community. After six years he returned to the Ottoman Empire and wrote his travelogue about the journey and his years in Brazil. .

Cannes, 1972. 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 techniques dans la première quinzaine d'avril alors que venait s'y ajouter un projet inattendu - sur la demande écrite de Sa Majesté l'Impératrice Farah pour faire au cinéma l'Épopée de la Perse - depuis ses origines et dont elle désirait s'entretenir avec moi à Téhéran. [...] Dans la période si dramatique de l'histoire du monde que nous vivons en ce moment, je ne crois pas avoir reçu une prémonition chargée d'explosifs invisibles qui n'attendaient qu'un signal. Comment étais-je assez aveugle pour ne pas avoir compris dès votre proposition - qu'il n'y avait rien de plus important que cette rédaction d'une épopée du général de Gaulle - sans temporiser - ce n'est pas… Read More

Budapest: (Vészi Gerzson), 1925. In original paper. The spine repaired with new paper. Small missings on cover. In original paper. 19+(1) p. + 9 plate.

Budapest: Revay, 1906. In original cloth. In very good condition, top of the spine is little bit worn.. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. In original cloth. 334 p. William Andrew (Willy) Pogany was a native of Hungary and his first studies in Budapest and Paris were in engineering. Success in caricaturing led him to pursue and art career, first in London and then in America. His influences were the Oriental artists and illuminated books, and much of his career was devoted to book illustration.

Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Paper toned, due to ageing. Old price in ink to rear. Small damage at spine. Overall in fine condition.. With six photographic illustrations.. 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 actors of the day. Each pamphlet was published with striking constructivist cover, designed by different artists. The cover of this brochure was created by Konstantin Vyalov (1900-1976). Vyalov studied at the Stroganov Institute and at Vkhutemas under David Shterenberg, Vasily Kandinsky, Vladimir Tatlin and Aristarkh Lentulov. As a major artist of the time Vyalov's works were exhibited internationally during the 1920s and 1930s including Paris… Read More

Budapest: Klauber Ignácz, 1899. First edition of the first Hungarian book on cocktails. In publisher's printed paper. With numerous illustrations and advertisements. Artistically restored. In very good condition.. First edition of the first Hungarian book on cocktails. In publisher's printed paper. With numerous illustrations and advertisements. 96, IV, (12) p. An early compilation of recipes of cocktails, the first Hungarian cocktail book. It contains a section for the tools that are essential for a cocktail bar, a general description and recipes of cocktails, iced drinks (cobblers), punches and winter drinks. An extremely rare and interesting early book on long drinks. .

Budapest: Magveto, 1992. In original paper. Mint condition. In original paper. 157 p. First edition. Inscribed. Adam Bodor's most important book.

1894. In contemporary half leather. Nice condition, with library stamps.. 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'.

Tartu: Noor-Eesti (J. Mällo), 1925. First edition. In original, illustrated paper, designed by Ado Vabbe. Spine tanned, rear cover slightly chipped at the extremities. Overall in fine condition.. 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 Pallas). Hendrik Adamson (1891-1946) was an Estonian poet, member of the Estonian Writers Union (Eesti Kirjanike Liit). .

Debrecen, 1942. First edition. In original paper. In very good condition.. First edition. In original paper. 22. p. Numbered, one of the 25 copy. Adler (1909-1965) was a Hungarian-Jewish graphic artist and painter, survivor of the Holocaust. In 1944 he was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and after the liberation he published this portfolio that presents partly his experiences and partly those episodes that he collected from survivors of Auschwitz. Adler was liberated by the Soviet Army in 1945, he went back to Hungary and in 1960 he moved to Israel. .

Debrecen: Pannonia, 1945. In original half cloth binding. Binding is little bit dirty. A few paper loose, but clean copy inside.. 9 woodcut by Miklos Adler.. 9 woodcut by Miklos Adler. In original half cloth binding. Printed in 500 copy. Adler (1909-1965) was a Hungarian-Jewish graphic artist and painter, survivor of the Holocaust. In 1944 he was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and after the liberation he published this portfolio that presents partly his experiences and partly those episodes that he collected from survivors of Auschwitz. Adler was liberated by the Soviet Army in 1945, he went back to Hungary and in 1960 he moved to Israel.

Vienna, 1896. In original illustrated cloth. In fine condition. In original illustrated cloth. 22p. 9 t. The report was sent to the Agricalture ministry. Probably printed in a few copy.

Budapest: Heisler. In contemporary half cloth. In very good conditon, on page with small missing but not effecting the text.. Illustrated with 38 photo. Illustrated with 38 photo. In contemporary half cloth. 157 p. Adolf Lendl (1862-1942) was Hungarian a zoologist. In this book he writes about his travel in South America specially in Argentina and about his travel in Anatolia and turkey.

Kharkiv: Proletaryi, 1930. First edition. In original paper. Rubbing and soiling of the cover,very good condition inside.. Photogravure plates and fold-out map, Text in Ukrainian, Russian, German and French. Publisher's two-color. Photogravure plates and fold-out map, Text in Ukrainian, Russian, German and French. Publisher's two-color. First edition. In original paper. MoMA 908. 4, pp. 101, [2], plates 15. Strakhov was one of the founders of the Soviet Social Realism art movement. But before he turned to the dark side, he produced this remarkable exercise in Constructivist book design. Its simplicity, grace and symmetry are worthy of El Lissitzky.

Etching on vellum. Vellum slightly tanned, with faint traces of creases. Otherwise in fine condition.. Etching on vellum. Plate: 133 × 113 mm, image: 113 × 89 mm, sheet: ca. 213 × 133 mm. Signed and dated, in plate, lower left of image: Rembrandt f. 1634.

Budapest, 1996. First editon. Made in 10 copies. In original plastic wrapper. Mint copy. First editon. Made in 10 copies. In original plastic wrapper. 20 p. Ágnes Eperjesi (b. 1964) is a Hungarian graphic artist and photographer. This work was her final project at the Hungarian Academy of Art and Design. Her first exhibitions were held in the 1990s in Hungary and Poland, many of the shows were together with her husband Tibor Várnagy.

[Hungary], 1900. Original, vintage drawing in ink, mounted on brown cardboard. Signed. Cardboard chipped at the extremities. Small trace of tacking at the lower left corner of the graphic, with no effect on the drawing. Otherwise in fine condition.. Original, vintage drawing in ink, mounted on brown cardboard. Signed. 140 × 134 mm. Original, Art-Nouveau ex libris design of the Hungarian graphic artist and painter, Attila Sassy, known under the pseudonym, Aiglon. Sassy is associated with the circles of modern artists in Paris and in Nagybánya, the cradle of modern Hungarian painting. He became known mostly for his graphic works, especially for his bookplate designs, many of which are in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Hungary. .

[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 and French. Title vignette slightly rubbed. Front and rear cover somewhat sunned, chipped at the edges. Small water stain at the upper right part of the cover. Small damage to the cover at the binding. Pages moderately dusted at the extremities with no effect on text or illustration. One page with two light stains. Overall in very good condition.. 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… Read More