Search Results: Authors starting with E from Foldvaribooks

[France / Africa], 1949. Contemporary photo album in leather binding. More than 210 black and white photos, the majority captioned with typewritten labels. Picture size varies, the majority are 65 × 90 mm; some are up to 180 × 130 mm. One photo was removed. Otherwise in fine condition.. Contemporary photo album in leather binding. More than 210 black and white photos, the majority captioned with typewritten labels. Picture size varies, the majority are 65 × 90 mm; some are up to 180 × 130 mm. . 19 album card leaves with photographs (and 5 blank). 13 unpublished photos of Amelia Earhart in Saint-Louis, Senegal, and a photo of Anita Conti, the pioneer French female oceanographer. Interesting private photo album of a French Colonial commissioner in Africa (Mr. Moiret), with more than 210 contemporary black and white photographs taken mostly in French West Africa. Among them thirteen unpublished photos of the aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in Saint-Louis; an inscribed photo of Anita Conti the… Read More

Paris: Le Rouge, 1777. Sticked on strong paper. Strong brown spots due to glue. Sticked on strong paper. Strong brown spots due to glue. "The interest in accurate information about Philadelphia was seemingly as great with the French as with the English. George Louis le Rouge, the royal geographer, published a small adaptation of the Clarkson-Biddle map in Paris, omitting all frills. Apparently he followed Dury's reissue rather than the American original" (Snyder).

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. Four blank pages bound before the title page, with handwritten bibliographical notes by two different hands in ink and pencil. With Victor Léonard Charner's (1797-1869; French Navy Admiral) bookplate on the inner front panel. Spine with small damages at the hinge. Slightly over trimmed, with occasional effect on the first or last letters of printed margin notes, but no effect on legibility. Title page with contemporary or somewhat later crossed ownership inscriptions. BB5 torn at the side edge. Few pages lightly browned. Otherwise in very good condition.. 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… Read More

1947. Letter: 1 folio, typewritten letter, text on both sides, signed in ink as "Ilona H.", dated on May 1, 1947, presumably in Weilheim in Oberbayern. Size: ca. 210 ×145 mm. On watermarked, untrimmed letter paper. Folded once. Traces of creases, and a closed tear to the side edge. Otherwise in fine condition. / New Years Card: 1 folded leaf, oblong. Size: ca. 170 × 120 mm. With an original b/w panorama of Budapest (before war destruction; size: 128 × 76 mm), mounted onto the embossed rectangle on the front. Printed title "Unvergeßlich Budapest", signed with printed "L". Printed best wishes-text inside. In fine condition. Letter: 1 folio, typewritten letter, text on both sides, signed in ink as "Ilona H.", dated on May 1, 1947, presumably in Weilheim in Oberbayern. Size: ca. 210 ×145 mm. On watermarked, untrimmed letter paper. Folded once. Traces of creases, and a closed tear to the side edge. Otherwise in fine condition. / New Years Card: 1 folded leaf, oblong. Size: ca. 170 × 120 mm. With an… Read More

Budapest: Magyar Jovo, 1920. In original paper. Spine with small missing, cover in good condition. Inside very good condition.. In original paper. 116 p. Selection of Hungarian born poets.

Budapest: Ifjuszocialisták Munkaközössége - Lajos Lengyel (Hungária Hirlapnyomda), 1929. First edition. In publisher's constructivist, typographically illustrated wrappers, printed in blue and black. A light brown stain to front cover at spine. Corners bumped. Inside clear, overall in fine condition.. With two illustrations.. With two illustrations. First edition. In publisher's constructivist, typographically illustrated wrappers, printed in blue and black. 290-319, (230) p. The tenth issue of Kassák's important and his longest run avant-garde magazine Munka (Work), with illustrations by Alexandre Trauner and Dezsö Kornis. This issue is dealing with mostly economic, social, political and philosophical questions, however, it also contains the abstract of Thomas Mann's essay on Freud and an essay on the relation of socialism and fable by Lajos Gro. Illustrated by Alexandre Trauner and Dezsö Kornis drawings. Lajos Kassák was the chief figure and organizer of the Hungarian avant-garde… Read More

Hannover: Merzverlag, 1923. First edition Printed on pink paper. In publisher's printed gray wrappers, typographic composition by Schwitters. Lower corner bumped. Trace of folding. Scratches on the front panel around letter "E" from the title. Stain to upper left corner of front cover and at the center of the rear panel. Light stain to lower edge of two leaves (pp. 35-36 and 45-46). Otherwise clean. Overall in very good condition.. With several photographic illustrations throughout.. With several photographic illustrations throughout. First edition Printed on pink paper. In publisher's printed gray wrappers, typographic composition by Schwitters. 33-48 p. [=16 p.]. The fourth number of Kurt Schwitter's illustrated journal, the magazine of the Dada in Hannover. The 21 numbers of Merz was published between 1923 and 1932. The present 4th number, with the subtitle "Banalitäten", appeared in July 1923. This issue contains nine illustrations, among them by Picasso (Sacipos), Hans Arp, László… Read More

Budapest: Grill, 1935. First edition. Signed by Romola Nijinsky on half title. Limited up to 150, numbered in ink. The numbered copies printed on hand made paper, and bound into leather with gilt figural ornament on front panel and gilt title on spine. In fine condition.. First edition. Signed by Romola Nijinsky on half title. Limited up to 150, numbered in ink. The numbered copies printed on hand made paper, and bound into leather with gilt figural ornament on front panel and gilt title on spine. 223, (1) p. and 8 plates. The famous Russian ballet dancer, Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky's memoir, edited by his wife, the Hungarian countess Romola Nijinsky (born de Pulszky). They lived in Hungary between 1913-1945. With photographic illustrations of Nijinsky and reproductions of his graphics and paintings. .

Kharkov [Kharkiv]: [S.n.], 1923. First edition. Printed in only 100 copies. In publisher's illustrated wrapper, designed by Aris. In custom-made, cloth-covered, hardpaper box. Cover artistically restored. Pages yellowed due to aging. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. Printed in only 100 copies. In publisher's illustrated wrapper, designed by Aris. 32 p. Extremely scarce literary anthology of young Hebrew poets, with striking, avant-garde cover. A literary anthology featuring works by young Hebrew writers and poets, including Yosef Matov, Gershon Hanovitch, Avraham Kariv, Gershon Fried and others. The anthology was printed in one hundred copies only and constitutes a rare example of a Hebrew publications in Soviet Russia. After the October Revolution, the Russian government implemented a policy of suppressing the Hebrew language, which was proclaimed a "reactionary [anti-revolutionary] language". Hebrew language instruction was banned and limitations were placed on Hebrew… Read More

[Brno]: Edice Ra - Rovnost, 1946. First edition. In publisher's hard paper. With illustrated dust jacket, designed by Vaclav Zykmund. With a tiny damage to the tail of the spine. Otherwise in fine condition.. Illustrated with 24 full page photographic reproductions.. Illustrated with 24 full page photographic reproductions. First edition. In publisher's hard paper. With illustrated dust jacket, designed by Vaclav Zykmund. 60, (4) p. First postwar publication of the Czech surrealist RA Group with several full page photographic reproductions. The Ra Group evolved from the circle of the younger surrealist artists around Karel Teige in the pre-war Czechoslovakia. Their first publication - though not yet as "RA" - is considered the 1942 photo book "Roztrhané panenky" (The Dismembered Dolls) by Josef Istler, Milos Korecek, Ludvík Kundera, Vilém Reichmann and Vaclav Zykmund. Their next publication was another book of photographs, the recordings of their private events and happenings, the "Vyhruzny… Read More

Prague, 1929. In original paper. In great conditon only, small rust stains on the spin.. In original paper. 22 p. Rare issue of this avantgarde periodical with Moholy-Nagy's photo on the cover.

Beograd: Marsias, 1922. First edition, proof copy. Ristić's ownership inscription on the front cover and the stamp of Putevi's editorial (also on the rear cover). Notes, corrections, deletions (however the magazine was published with the here crossed paragraphs) and doodles in Ristić's hand in ink and blue pencil. "црвени круг" (Red Circle, probably in relation to the 1922 British silent drama film Vanity Fair) inscription twice on first and last pages. With two separate notes on small papers, one with the list of corrections, the other with further notes. Pp. 15-18, including Ristić's article, are missing. Cover and a few leaves are somewhat chipped at edges. Spine worn. Three moderate stains that affect the margins of the last four leaves, the mounted advertisement-leaf, and the rear cover.. First edition, proof copy. Ristić's ownership inscription on the front cover and the stamp of Putevi's editorial (also on the rear cover). Notes, corrections, deletions (however the magazine was… Read More

[Prague]: [Topicuv salon], 1947. First edition. With 10 full-page black-and-white reproductions. Together with an 8-page brochure of the list of exhibited works. In publisher's typographically illustrated wrappers. Saddle-stitched. Cover slightly dusted with light traces of creasing. Pages yellowed due to ageing. Overall in fine condition.. Graphic design by Zdeněk Seydl.. Graphic design by Zdeněk Seydl. First edition. With 10 full-page black-and-white reproductions. Together with an 8-page brochure of the list of exhibited works. In publisher's typographically illustrated wrappers. Saddle-stitched. [44] p. Catalogue of the 1947 Prague exhibition, Mezinárodní Surrealismus that took place at Topičův salon, re-staging the famous Paris exhibition Le surréalisme en 1947. The catalogue includes essays by André Breton and Karel Teige, three poems by and Hans Arp, Jindřich Heisler and Benjamin Péret, as well as the black-and-white reproductions of the works of Max Ernst, Victor Brauner, Enrico… Read More

Budapest: Grill, 1935. First edition. Signed by Romola Nijinsky on half title. In publisher's wrappers, with illustrated dust jacket, designed by Sándor Fenyves. Dust jacket chipped, slightly worn. Paper yellowed. Inside clean. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. Signed by Romola Nijinsky on half title. In publisher's wrappers, with illustrated dust jacket, designed by Sándor Fenyves. 223, (1) p. and 8 plates. An account of the life of Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (1889-1950), the famous Russian ballet dancer by her wife, the Hungarian countess Romola (born Pulszky). They lived in Hungary between 1913-1945. With photographic illustrations of Nijinsky and reproductions of his graphics and paintings.

[Budapest]: Föfoto, 1984. First edition. Signed by Kertész. Text in Hungarian and French. Illustrated with reproductions of fifty photos by Kertész and more than thirty of him. In publisher's cardboard with the original photographic dust jacket. Front panel of the dust jacket with a light stain. Pages yellowed at extremities. Otherwise in fine condition.. First edition. Signed by Kertész. Text in Hungarian and French. Illustrated with reproductions of fifty photos by Kertész and more than thirty of him. In publisher's cardboard with the original photographic dust jacket. 103, (1) p. A signed copy of the oeuvre of Kertész's early photographs taken in Hungary.

Budapest: Athenaeum, 1927. First edition. In original cloth. In fine condition.. First edition. In original cloth. 59 p. Exhibitors included: Jozsef Pécsi, Nicola Perscheid, Kankovszky, Purin, John Helders, Drtikol, John Skara, Flodin, Szekely, Albert Renger Patzsch.

Budpest, 1914. In original cloth, the covers inside. In vey good condition. In original cloth, the covers inside. 192 p. Complete year of the important Hungarian pericodiacal.

Budapest: Sportpropaganda, 1954. First edition. Very slightly chipped and dog-eared. A small damage with loss to final leaf. Overall in very good condition.. Illustrated title page, and photographically illustrated throughout.. Illustrated title page, and photographically illustrated throughout. First edition. (16) p. The second number of "Képes sport" the sports magazine of the Communist Hungary. Almost entirely dedicated to the 1954 association friendly football game between the so-called Golden Team (Aranycsapat) Hungary national football team and England national football team, as return fixture from the 1953 game at the old Wembley Stadium, where Hungary had beaten England 6-3, however, England was defeated again, with the result of Hungary 7 England 1. During the cold-war era, the sport was also part of the propaganda which could be easily traced in this number of the Hungarian state sports magazine. .

Budapest: ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar, 1984. First edition. Printed in only 550 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor László Beke to László Baránszky-Jób. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, designed by Imre Bak. In fine condition.. Richly illustrated.. Richly illustrated. First edition. Printed in only 550 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor László Beke to László Baránszky-Jób. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, designed by Imre Bak. 139, (1) p. Scarce Hungarian neo-avant-garde art anthology. The contributors were (among many others): Péter György, Miklós Almási, Imre Bak, János Vető, Bernáth(y) Sándor, Katalin Keserű, Miklós Erdély, Ágnes Háy, Lóránt Méhes, János Szirtes, Ildikó Enyedi, Dixi Gémes, András Wahorn, Attila Grandpierre, Péter-Iván Müller, László feLugossy and István efZámbó. .

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. Covers artistically restored. In fine condition.. 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 movement in Hungary. Despite that only Fülep is credited as editor, according to his memoirs Lukács acted as the coeditor of the review. Two essay by Lukács were published here first and also the commemorative essay about his former professor in Heidelberg, Wilhelm Dilthey. Beside the essays by the Hungarian contributors György Lukács, Lajos Fülep, Béla Zalai and Sándor Hevesi, the journal published studies by Émile Boutroux, G. K. Chesterton, Hegel and a short… Read More