Search Results: Authors starting with N from Foldvaribooks

La Haye, et a Dresde: Chez Pierre Gosse, Chez Georg Conrad Walther, 1745. Third (first in 1742), revised and enlarged edition. . In its first, blue hard paper binding. Third (first in 1742), revised and enlarged edition. . In its first, blue hard paper binding. [1] leaf frontispiece, [14 (last blank)] 126 [2 (with engraved musical notation and text on the first page] pages, and [2] leaves (with 2 pages of engraved sheet music). Important masonic text with Benjamin Franklin's musical compositions. A curious, anonymously published apology on behalf of the Masonic Order, one of the key texts on the exclusiveness of Christians in the lodges in the 18th century, supplemented with two early American Masonic songs by Benjamin Franklin. Both the text and the songs are erroneously attributed to different authors by many bibliographies, the text to François Felix Nogaret (1740-1831) probably because he also wrote masonic hymns, the songs to Jacques-Christophe Naudot, an unrelated French Masonic composer. In… Read More

Budapest. In fine condition.. 18x 26 cm. Inscribed on the back in 2008.

Budapest: Dokumentum, 1927. First edition. In original paper. Fine condition.. Cover by Lajos Kassak. Cover by Lajos Kassak. First edition. In original paper. 16 p. Rare Dokumentum edition.

Budapest: Cserépfalvi, 1940. First edition. In original half cloth. With the rare photographically illustrated dust jacket. The book is in fine condition./Dust jacket chipped on front at upper edges, and teared on the rear, otherwise fine.. Photographs and typography by Lajos Lengyel.. Photographs and typography by Lajos Lengyel. First edition. In original half cloth. With the rare photographically illustrated dust jacket. 60, (6) p., 9 plates (16 photographs). Contains four essays and two poems about the recently died dancer and three theoretical writings of her. Etel Nagy (1907-1939) was a pioneer of modern dance in Hungary. She was Lajos Kassák's adopted daughter. Studied at Gertrud Kraus' school in Vienna. Later she opened her own school in Budapest. Lajos Lengyel (1904-1978) graphic artist, typographer and photographer. In his early years he was involved in the modernist movements, member of Kassák's Munka-Circle. As typographer he won the Gutenberg-prize in 1965. .

Weilheim, 1948. Folded. Two holes. In very good condition.. Folded. 1 p. Document of Miklós Horthy, Hungarian statesman, regent of Hungary (1920-1944) and his family signing out from the address in Weilheim (Bavaria, Germany), where they were kept first by the Gestapo, then by the U.S. military police at the end of WWII The former Regent of the Axis country Hungary, Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (1968-1957), arrived at Ashcan on May 21, 1945, together with a group of politicians including Hitler's Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen and Richard Walther Darré the Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture, and became one of the eighty-six inmates of the Allied prisoner-of-war camp. Later on, Horthy was moved through a variety of detention locations in Germany, before getting interrogated in Nuremberg in late September 1945. Eventually, he got released in December 1945, and only returned to Nuremberg to testify as a witness at the war-crimes trials in 1948.

[London]: Andre Deutsch, 1975. First edition. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Theo Sontrop in 1982. In publisher's binding, with dust jacket. Dust jacket sunned on the rear. Otherwise in fine condition.. First edition. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Theo Sontrop in 1982. In publisher's binding, with dust jacket. 253, (3) p. An association copy, inscribed by Naipaul to the Dutch poet, Theo Sontrop (1931-2017).

Ulan Bator, 1961. In mongolian. In original cloth with wrappers. In very good condition. In mongolian. In original cloth with wrappers. 286 p. Inscribedto István Sarlós, President of the Hungarian National Assembly.

[Warsaw]: Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik" (Drukarnia Narodowa w Krakowie), 1946. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Cover yellowed, slightly chipped, bumped at corners. A tiny loss to the upper right corner of the front panel and brown stains to the rear. Pages also yellowed due to the acidic paper. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 87, (3) p. First edition of this masterpiece of anti-fascist literature. Eight short stories, written by Zofia Nalkowska who collected them from the victims of the Nazi atrocities in Poland and survivors of concentration camps, as a member of the special committee for the investigation of Nazi crimes in Poland. Zofia Nalkowska (1884-1954) was one of Poland's most distinguished feminist writers, member of the Polish PEN Club, the first female member of the Polish Academy of Literature. .

[New York], 1941. In original frame. In fine condition.. In original frame. 23 x 17 cm.

Basileae [Basel]: Henricum Petri, 1556. First edition. Printer's device on last page. In contemporary vellum. Title on spine lettered in ink. Binding stained. Title page restored. Foxing and waterstain throughout.. First edition. Printer's device on last page. In contemporary vellum. Title on spine lettered in ink. (6°; A1-Ss6), [8] p., 2 folding plates, 980 col., [2] p. Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymus was a French philospher and contraversialist of the 15th century. Came from the renowned Nathan family, which claimed it's descent from King David. He is the author of the first Bible concordance and the division of the Old Testament into verses is attributed to him. [Adams I. 188.] .

Cologne: Pierre Marteau, 1682. First edition. Printer's device on title page, head-pieces and initials throughout. In contemporary leather. Spine gilt, with five raised bands, with red title vignette. Marbled pastedown. Notes in ink by unknown hand on verso of front pastedown from the 19th century. Overall a good copy.. First edition. Printer's device on title page, head-pieces and initials throughout. In contemporary leather. Spine gilt, with five raised bands, with red title vignette. Marbled pastedown. (24), 174, [In this copy pp. 107-110 bound here second time], (6) p. First edition of the earliest book about the Quakers to be published in French, a survey and critique of the movement by Philippe Naudé (1654-1729) the French mathematician and Huguenot theologian. Ref.: Sabin 66927.; Smith, J.: Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana, p. 26.; Bibliotheca Furliana 158. .

Budapest: Pantheon Irodalmi Intézet R-T (Globus), 1927. First edition. In modern half cloth, publisher's paper bound into. Owner's inscription on title page. In fine condition.. With several text illustration and many reproductions.. With several text illustration and many reproductions. First edition. In modern half cloth, publisher's paper bound into. 86, (2) p., and 27 plates. Theoretical and practical study on advertisement, with numerous text illustration and several reproductions of posters and other forms of advertisements.

3 p. Any Nadas autograph or typescript is extremely rare. 3 pages of a short story. Péter Nádas (b. 1942), Hungary's major contemporary writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist whose works are compared to the books of Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag.

Budapest: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1988. First edition. Inscribed by the author. In publisher's cardboard, with original illustrated dust jacket. Collectors stamp on title page and his brief about the inscription. Slightly chipped at edges, overall in very good condition.. First edition. Inscribed by the author. In publisher's cardboard, with original illustrated dust jacket. 115, (5) p. First edition of the the collection of seven short stories by Péter Nádas (b. 1942) the contemporary major Hungarian writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist. His works are compared to Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag.

Budapest: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1977. First edition. In publisher's illustrated hard paper, with the original illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly chipped at extremities. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. In publisher's illustrated hard paper, with the original illustrated dust jacket. 230, (2) p. First edition of Nádas' first novel. Péter Nádas (b. 1942) is Hungary's major contemporary writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist. His works are compared to Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag. .

Pécs: Jelenkor Kiadó, 2004. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. In publisher's white cloth. In original photographic dust jacket. Illustrated with the author's photos. In fine condition.. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. In publisher's white cloth. In original photographic dust jacket. Illustrated with the author's photos. 287, (1) p. Inscribed first edition of the short story Own Death, an account of Nádas' heart attack, illustrated with 160 photos of a single tree taken by the author. Péter Nádas (b. 1942) is a contemporary Hungarian writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist. His works are compared to Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag. .

Budapest: Magvetö Kiadó, 1983. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. In publisher's printed orange wrappers. Light stains on front cover. Leaves slightly dusted at the lover edges. In fine condition.. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. In publisher's printed orange wrappers. 188, (4) p. First edition of Péter Nádas' book of essays, inscribed by the author. First edition of a collection of fifteen essays by Péter Nádas (b. 1942), Hungary's major contemporary writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist whose works are compared to the books of Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag. .

[Budapest]: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1979. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. In publisher's brown cloth with the original illustrated dust jacket. Pages slightly yellowed due to aging. With light water stain to the lower edges of the last pages. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. In publisher's brown cloth with the original illustrated dust jacket. 217, (3) p. First edition of Péter Nádas' book of short stories, inscribed by the author. First edition of the collection of ten short stories by Péter Nádas (b. 1942) the major contemporary Hungarian writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist. His works are compared to Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag. .

[Budapest]: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1979. First edition. In publisher's brown cloth with the original illustrated dust jacket. In fine condition.. First edition. In publisher's brown cloth with the original illustrated dust jacket. 217, (3) p. First edition of Péter Nádas' book of short stories. First edition of the collection of ten short stories by Péter Nádas (b. 1942) the major contemporary Hungarian writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist. His works are compared to Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag. .

Budapest: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1967. First edition. With the original, illustrated dust jacket. In original black leatherette. Gilt title on spine. In fine condition./In fine condition.. First edition. With the original, illustrated dust jacket. In original black leatherette. Gilt title on spine. 201, (3) p. First edition of Nádas' first book. Contains two short stories: "A Biblia" (The Bible) and "A pince" (The Cellar). Péter Nádas (b. 1942) is Hungary's major contemporary writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist. His works are compared to Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, and to Thomas Bernhard by Susan Sontag. With two short novels in "A Biblia" Nádas recalls his childhood experiences. Many of the main motifs of Nádas' later works, that are represented the best in his masterpiece the "Emlékiratok könyve" in 1986 (in English: Book of Memories, 1997.), could be traced already in these early short stories: the garden, the dog, the "girl next door", the communist parents who work in the… Read More