Search Results: Authors starting with H from Foldvaribooks

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. The book is in fine condition./Dust jacket slightly chipped at extremities, otherwise in fine condition.. 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 to Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke from the family of the White Rajahs who ruled Sarawak on Borneo. Dayang Muda was a colourful character who interacted with the high society in Europe and got involved in the movie industry by forming and directing the Big Four Famous Productions company in 1922. She converted to Islam at the Paris Mosque February 1932 (having previously been a Protestant, Christian… Read More

Warszawa: Drukarnia Policyjna, 1926. First edition. Original, vintage, printed poster. Folded. Some tears at the folding, no effect on legibility. Slightly chipped. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. Original, vintage, printed poster. 60 × 125 cm. A comprehensive and profound overview of the diversity of Jewish groups in Poland in the mid-1920s. The extensive and somewhat complex table, which was published by the Ministry of Internal Affair only for official use, lists, aligns and details, thus gives valuable and reliable information about the various Jewish groups existed in mid-1920s Poland. The publication was used by the police and the state administration for a better orientation in the political, cultural and social diversity of Polish Jewry, and to understand and know more about their history, affiliation toward Communism or Zionism, their relation to foreign movements, or youth organizations. This semi-annually updated table or guide was presumably created by Aleksander Hafftka… Read More

Regiomonti (Königsberg): Litteris Reusnerianis (Reussner), 1741. First edition. With a woodcut initial. Papered spine. Trimmed. In good condtition.. First edition. With a woodcut initial. Papered spine. 16 p. Johann Bernhard Hahn (1685-1755) was professor of oriental languages, dean and rector of Königsberg University, Immanuel Kant's professor. In 1745 he was appointed to inspector of the Synagogue of Königsberg. Extremely scarce. We could trace only one copy in institutional holdings in Poland. .

Budapest, 1982. First edition. In original paper. Small restauration on the cover. Later spin. In very good condition.. First edition. In original paper. 20 p. The samizdat periodical titled Sznob International [Snob International] had six issues altogether from 1981 and 1984. This issue was devoted to Tibor Hajas. It is illustrated by Júlia Szaniszló. and the cover photo. by János Vető. Printed in 500 copy.

[S. l.]: [S.n], 1973. Original, vintage poster. Printed in black-and-white. 205 × 289 mm. Signed in the upper right in pen. In fine condition.. Original, vintage poster. Printed in black-and-white. 205 × 289 mm. Signed poster by the Hungarian Neo-Avant-Garde artist, Károly Halász (1946-2016). The poster shows the black-and-white photographic reproduction of the documentation of Halász's 1973 performance, "Museum". His performance took place at a gathering of the Pécs Workshop, a collective of neo-avant-garde artists of the south-west Hungarian city, Pécs, which operated on the blind spot of the Hungarian art scene between the late sixties and the eighties. Halász kept track of Western European and American art and identified with international trends. He worked in several different media. His oeuvre included concept art, installation, performance art, body art, video, and film. In his 1973 work he "recreated" the most important locations of art from cardboard and created miniature… Read More

Tel-Aviv: Lev-Ḥadash, 1931. First fourteen issues. First twelve issue with the original belly bands. Complete. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Issue 13-14 former collection copies. Occasional foxing throughout issue 1-12. First pages discolored at edges of issue 5. Belly bands opened, first issue's torn. Overall in very good condition.. Cover by Pesach Ir-Shay (István Irsai). Modernist layout. With small illustrations, and geometrical patterns, with 2 photographical portraits.. Cover by Pesach Ir-Shay (István Irsai). Modernist layout. With small illustrations, and geometrical patterns, with 2 photographical portraits. First fourteen issues. First twelve issue with the original belly bands. Complete. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Issue 1-12: 32 p. No. 13: 39, (1); No. 14.: 47, (1) p. Scarce political and social magazine, with the motto on cover "Freedom of Speech is not an option, it is an obligation". Edited by Avigdor Hameiri (1890-1970) the Hungarian-Israeli Hebrew writer,… Read More

Tel Aviv: HaMachar, 1938. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Cover by Pesach Ir-Shay (István Irsai). Modernist layout. Partly unopened. Creased. Cover with light stains. Chipped at edges. Pages yellowed due to aging. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Cover by Pesach Ir-Shay (István Irsai). Modernist layout. 32 p. Pesach Ir-Shay's cover design on this scarce pamphlet, a collection of Avigdor Hameiri's essays. The cover design is identical to the covers of Hameiri's political and social magazine HaMachar (the published of the present edition). István Irsai (Pesach Ir-Shay or Pesach Irsai; 1896-1968) was a Hungarian-born modernist graphic artist, architect, and designer. He made aliyah in 1944 and became famous in Israel for his modernist-constructivist graphic designs and posters. Irsai also designed stage sets in theatres as well as Bauhaus style houses and is also known as the designer of the sans serif Hebrew typeface Haim… Read More

A Paris: Chez Dannecun, Editeur, Imprimeur en taille-douce, rue de la Harpe, no. 149, à la Tête noire, 1803. First edition. Oblong. In near contemporary half leather, gilt title on spine. Panels covered with marbled paper, edges tinted. Spine worn at edges, opened at tail. With 72 hand-colored plates, many of them with 4 colors (black, orange, yellow, red). Free endpapers creased. Light water stain to lower left corner throughout, not affecting the images. Letterpress explanations for plate no. XXXVII-XLVII not bound into. The last two leaves with double-page letterpress explanations were bound in reverse order.. First edition. Oblong. In near contemporary half leather, gilt title on spine. Panels covered with marbled paper, edges tinted. [9] letterpress leaves, and 72 hand-colored engraved plates. An extremely scarce copy, with 72 plates, of this unusual French version of Hamilton's Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases mostly of pure Greek workmanship. The original edition of the… Read More

Kaunas: Tulpes, 1928. First edition. In publisher's yellow illustrated wrappers, printed in red and blue. Ownership inscription on the title page. Small damage to the spine at the tail. Overall in very good condition.. Cover and four text illustrations by Rimtas Kalpokas.. Cover and four text illustrations by Rimtas Kalpokas. First edition. In publisher's yellow illustrated wrappers, printed in red and blue. 66 p. First Lithuanian edition of the novels of the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature. Illustrated by Rimtas Kalpokas (1908-1999), Lithuanian painter, and graphic artist.

London: Printed and Sold for the Author, by Preston. 97. Strand, & to had of all the Music Sellers in the United Kingdom, 1804. First edition. Engraved sheet music. Association copy: "From Mr Joseph Corfe to Jos.h Gear. Salisbury 1805." presumably in Joseph Gear's hand on the advertisement page in black ink. Illustrated with three mounted ink drawings also by Gear. In contemporary half leather, with gilt-stamped red maroquin ownership label mounted on the front cover. Panels covered with marbled paper. Spine and leathers with black embossed rules and ornaments. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine renewed, new endpapers. Gear's ownership stamp on title page. Lacking engraved portrait frontispiece. Two illustrations yellowed and slightly broken because of acidic reaction. Light foxing throughout. Title and advertisement page restored. Page 119-120 with a damaged corner with no effect on the sheet music. Volume one only of two. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. Engraved sheet music. Association… Read More

Konigsberg, 1926. In very good condition. 2 p. Rare publication for the opening of Hanns Hopp's gallery in Konigsberg. The first exhibition was a Paula Modersohn- Becker exhibition. Otto dix, Christian Rohlfs, Emile Nolde, Paul Klee was mentioned in the brochure as the following ones.

Budapest: AB Független Kiadó, 1986. First Hungarian edition. Printed in 1200 copies. In original, illustrated wrappers printed in red and black. In fine condition.. Cover by László Rajk.. Cover by László Rajk. First Hungarian edition. Printed in 1200 copies. In original, illustrated wrappers printed in red and black. 87, (3) p. Haraszti's essay about the relation between art and artists and the totalitarian state, "the aesthetics of censorship, the symbiotic relationship between artists and the modern socialist state". The book has been published in German (Die Staatskünstler; 1985) and in English too in 1987. Miklós Haraszti (b. 1945) is a Hungarian writer, journalist and human rights advocate, during the socialist time he was one of the most prominent opposition intellectuals and the editor of the samizdat periodical "Beszélő". Samizdat editions, mostly political pamphlets, appeared in Hungary in the 1970s in the poor form of carbon copies of typescripts. Later in the 80s the… Read 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. Front cover with a light stain, somewhat dusted, chipped towards extremities. A small damage to the spine. A few pages slightly chipped. Overall in very good condition.. 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), the Polish modernist, art-nouveau graphic artist. With 16 stills from the movie. [Ref.: Lichodziejwska, F.: Twórczość Władysława Broniewskiego. Monografia bibliograficzna. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. Warszawa, 1973.; Rypson, P.: Nie gęsi. Polskie projectowanie graficzne. Karakter. Kraków, 2011. (p. 56.)] .

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. Spines tanned, with small damages to the tail and the head. Cover moderately yellowed and slightly chipped towards the extremities. Pages yellowed due to acidic paper. Overall in very good condition.. 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 movie is based. Extremely scarce, WorldCat locates no copies of this edition. .

Istanbul: Necm-i Istikbal Matbaasi, 1913. In contemporary half leather binding. In contemporary half leather binding. 127 p. with a portrait of Darwin. The second work on Darwinismi n the Ottoman Turkish language. Tanslation of the work "Wahrheit and Irrthum im Darwinismus" ("Truth and Error in Darwinism") by the German philosopher Eduard Hartmann (1842-1906), which was first published in Berlin in 1875. It is here translated from Georges Guérolt's French version by the scholar Memduh Süleyman, who also added a commentary and critical apparatus. - Very rare; only two copies traced in library internationally (Library of Congress; Leiden University Library). Özege 3637. OCLC 67050243.

Prague: Karel Synek, 1936. Complete set of 46 volumes. In publisher's photographically illustrated wrappers, designed by John Heartfield. Cover of first volume printed in color. With numerous text illustrations by Josef Lada. Untrimmed. Cove of vol. 23 is loose. Some volumes slightly creased at edges. Otherwise in fine condition.. Complete set of 46 volumes. In publisher's photographically illustrated wrappers, designed by John Heartfield. Cover of first volume printed in color. With numerous text illustrations by Josef Lada. [4] 249 [2] p. Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk, published in a series of forty-six pamphlets with John Heartfield's montage on the cover. Heartfield (1891-1968) created his montage with the use of the iconic drawing of Švejk by the book's illustrator, Josef Lada (1887-1957).

Budapest, 1877. First edition. In contemporary half cloth. In near fine condition.. First edition. In contemporary half cloth. 150. Péter Hatala (1832 - 1918) proselytizer, linguist, orientalist, doctor of theology, university professor.

Berlin/ Düsseldorf, 1875. In original paper. In very good condition.. In original paper. 47 p. Very rare and early technical manual on various methods of photographic reproduction, i.a. aniline prints, cyanotype and Burnett's uranium salt prints.

Prague: Grosmann a Svoboda, 1919. In original wrappers. In very nice condition.. In original wrappers. 93 p. Cubist cover.

Berlin: Hans Haustein, 1938. Original, vintage photo. Worned. Original, vintage photo. Inscribed by Charlie Rivel and signed by Hans Haustein. 29,5 × 23 cm. Charlie Rivel (Josep Andreu Lasserre; 1896-1983) was a Spanish circus clown, one of the few who gained international recognition.