Search Results: Titles starting with U from Foldvaribooks

Poznan: Oswiata, 1921. First edition. Numbered, signed by the author. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Cover creased. Pages tanned, somewhat chipped at extremities. Altogether in very good condition.. First edition. Numbered, signed by the author. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 27 [5] p. Limited, signed copy of Zegadłovicz's work, with cover design by the expressionist painter, and graphic artist Władysław Skotarek. Both Zegadłowicza and Skotarka were members of Zdorj at the time of the publication..

Prague, 1935. In original illustrated paper. Cover is bit worn, inside in fine condition. In original illustrated paper, 31 p. Filled with photographs of UP designs. No text. Numerous Jindrich Halabala designs. Anon design. Stamp of noted Brno architect Lubor Lacina.

Moravská Ostrava: Bohuslav Krýsa - Soukromý tisk - Kacíř a spol, 1931. First Czech edition. Presentation copy, signed by the illustrator. Limited edition up to 250 signed copies. One of the first one hundred copies. Cornes slightly bumped. Overall in fine condition. In publisher's wrappers, with printed title vignette. Cornes slightly bumped. Overall in fine condition.. First Czech edition. Presentation copy, signed by the illustrator. Limited edition up to 250 signed copies. One of the first one hundred copies. Cornes slightly bumped. Overall in fine condition. In publisher's wrappers, with printed title vignette. 16 p. Apollinaire in Czech, inscribed and singed by Jan Sládek, the illustrator. Text is printed on his expressionist linocut designs. Scarce, WorldCat locates only two copies worldwide. .

(Budapest): Kosmos (Ginács), 1935. First edition. In original illustrated paper, printed in red and black. In fine condition.. First edition. In original illustrated paper, printed in red and black. 58, (2) p. With 8 full page linocuts by Lajos S. Szőnyi.

Leipzig: In der Johann Gottfried Muellerschen Buchhandlung (Müller), 1784. First edition. Printer's device on title page. In contemporary cardboard. Title vignette on spine. Bookplate of Poul Hage (1906-1984; Danish chess player) and "doublette" vignette of Lothar Schmid (1928-2013; German chess grandmaster) on inner pastedown. Collection stamp on title page verso and recto. Occasional foxing throughout. Overall in good condition.. With 5 illustrations of knight's tour and one engraved illustration of the speaking machine.. With 5 illustrations of knight's tour and one engraved illustration of the speaking machine. First edition. Printer's device on title page. In contemporary cardboard. Title vignette on spine. [11], 12-56 p. and 1 mounted plate (on p. 51). One of the earliest book on von Kempelen's chess automaton and his speaking machine, with the first picture of the machine ever printed, by Carl Friedrich Hindenburg (1741-1808) the German mathematician. Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1803) the… Read More

Budapest: Tündérujjak, Magyar Kézimunka Ujsag Kiadása, 1929. First edition. Album with six folded plates of patterns and ornaments, and twenty-four mounted coloured cardboard plates (25 mm x 35 mm). In publisher's folder with large illustrated title vignette on the cover. Cover edges rubbed at extremities. Corners slightly bumped. Tiny scratches on the rear panel of the folder. Side flap creased at lower corner. A light stain at cover. Index page chipped at edges. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. Album with six folded plates of patterns and ornaments, and twenty-four mounted coloured cardboard plates (25 mm x 35 mm). In publisher's folder with large illustrated title vignette on the cover. 4 pages of introduction in Hungarian, German, French and English; 1 leaf with index; 6 large folded plates with printed patterns; 24 cardboard plates with mounted coloured illustrations. [Complete]. Scarce collection of fine Hungarian patterns and ornaments in Art Deco style. István Gróh… Read More

Budapest: Dante - Bíró Mikló, 1931. First. In original paper. Small missing of corner of nr. 0 and nr . Some damage on spine of nr 2. Restored. Worn, some water stain. Good condition.. Cover by Sandor Bortnyik. Cover by Sandor Bortnyik. First. In original paper. 64 p. (Last 6 page is empty because of misprint, 48p. (missing the plate of Csinszka); (1) ,46 p. Among the contributors we also find the names of Róbert Berény, Lajos Gró, Iván Hevesy, Lajos Kozma and Farkas Molnár. Number 1 of the first year is pasted on some of the copies as a "stunt number", so our item is actually number 0/1. and I/2. song.

Budapest: Uj Föld, 1927. First edition. In original typographically illustrated cover, printed in red, blue and black. Artistically restored. In fine condition.. First edition. In original typographically illustrated cover, printed in red, blue and black. 71, (1) p. Cover by Sándor Bortnyik (1893-1976) the Hungarian painter and graphic designer. He was influenced by Cubism, Expressionism, Constructivism and the Bauhaus. Hungarian translations of Valéry's, Rimbaud's, Apollinaire's, Cendrars', Cocteau's, Tzara's, Eluard's, etc. poems. .

Bratislava-Pozsony: (Angermayer Károly), 1929. Frist edition. In photographically illustrated cover. Artistically restored. In fine condition.. With text illustrations.. With text illustrations. Frist edition. In photographically illustrated cover. 22 p. First issue of the leftist magazine.

Budapest: Fiatal Magyarország kiadása, 1941. First edition. Estate of Fanni Gyarmati. In publisher's wrappers. Unopened. Cover chipped. P. 27-33 torn with loss. Altogether in very good condition. // Első kiadás. Kiadói papírkötésben. 49 [7] p. Felvágatlan példány. A borító szélein kissé töredezett. 27-33. oldal lapszélei szakadtak. Nagyon jó állapotú példány. First edition. Estate of Fanni Gyarmati. In publisher's wrappers. 49 [7] p. First edition of Radnóti's poems from his widow's, Fanni Gyarmati's estate. Radnóti verseskötetének első kiadása, özvegye, Gyarmati Fanni hagyatékából. .

Budapest: Budai Szépmüvészeti Társulat (Centrum), 1932. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Upper edge chipped. Pages yellowed. Otherwise in very good condition.. Cover and 4 illustrations by András Csikós-Tóth.. Cover and 4 illustrations by András Csikós-Tóth. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 47, (1) p., and 4 illustrated plates. First edition Ernő Számadó's illustrated book of folksy poems.

Brno: Vil'na Hromada, 1928. First edition. In publisher's typographically illustrated wrappers. Edges and spine are slightly chipped. Tanned. Some pencil marks on p. 1 and 10-11. Altogether in fine condition.. First edition. In publisher's typographically illustrated wrappers. 24 p. Striking typographically illustrated cover for essays about Ukraine's political situation. The publication includes two articles in Czech about the political situation and social movements in Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th century. The authors are Emil Strauss (1866-1960) and Vincenc Charvát (1889-1947). Emil Strauss was a German writer, who in the first decades of the 20th Century turned increasingly to the radical right and in 1930 he joined the NSDAP and became an active member of the party. He was also the author of the banned play, Vaterland (1924). Vincenc Charvát was a Czechoslovak publicist and politician. He was the editor of the magazine Čechoslovan v Kyjevě (Czechoslovak in Kyiv) and was also a… Read More

Bucaresti: Colectia Orizont, 1946. First edition. Limited, numbered (1/290). Stamp on the first leaf (Servicu de presa). In publisher's typographical wrappers, printed in red and black. Paper yellowed due to aging. Wrappers artistically restored. Overall in fine condition.. Illustrated with six full-page linocuts.. Illustrated with six full-page linocuts. First edition. Limited, numbered (1/290). Stamp on the first leaf (Servicu de presa). In publisher's typographical wrappers, printed in red and black. Six striking linocuts by the Romanian expressionist artist, a survivor of the Holocaust, Aurel Marculescu (1900-1947). Each image is titled on the opposite page (in Romanian): Ghetto, Talmudist, Singer of Sadness, Menachem Mendel, After Preyer, and Sukkot. The preface was written by Scarlat Callimachi (1896-1975) the leftist, futurist poet.

(Budapest): Nova Irodalmi Intézet, 1947. First Hungarian edition. In two volumes. Printed in only 1000, numbered copies. This copy is unnumbered. In original half cloth, gilt title on front panel and spine. With the original dust jackets. Dust jackets of both volumes chipped . with small damage to the lower edges and the spine. First Hungarian edition. In two volumes. Printed in only 1000, numbered copies. This copy is unnumbered. In original half cloth, gilt title on front panel and spine. With the original dust jackets. (4), III, (1), 310, (2); (4), 294, (2) p. First Hungarian edition of the famous modernist novel. With a foreword by the translator and a graphic portrait of Joyce.

Paris: GLM, 1938. First French edition. Limited, numbered (1/400/445). In publisher's printed wrappers. Spine very slightly worn. Overall in fine condition.. Frontispiece illustrated by Max Ernst.. Frontispiece illustrated by Max Ernst. First French edition. Limited, numbered (1/400/445). In publisher's printed wrappers. (36) p. First French edition of a selection of writings from Beschreibung eines Kampfes (Description of a Struggle) by Franz Kafka (1883-1924), with an illustrated frontispiece by Max Ernst (1891-1976).

London: Partridge and Oakey, Paternoster Row, and 70, Edgware Road. Saunders & Otley, Conduit Street, 1852. In publishers green cloth. Front panel and spine with gilt illustrations and title, rear panel blind-tooled. Edges gilt. Binding rubbed at extremities, bumped at corners. Spine worn at head and tail. A light water stain to the gutter, affects the first three leaves. A few gatherings somewhat loose, discolored. Few pages dogeared. The protective paper of one plate is partly missing. Overall in very good condition.. In publishers green cloth. Front panel and spine with gilt illustrations and title, rear panel blind-tooled. Edges gilt. xiv, (2), 524, (4) p., and 16 illustrated plates (frontispiece and title page included), protected with tracing paper. An attractive English illustrated edition of Stowe's classic, published the same year as the American first edition.

Paris: Théatre Edouard, 1922. First editon. In original wrappers. Little bit folded but in good condition.. With the reproduction of a Picasso drawing depicting Huidobro. Foreword by Maurice Raynel; texts by Josephson, Waldemar George, Peipre, Romoff, and a calligram by Huidobro entitled Paysage dedicated to Picasso.. With the reproduction of a Picasso drawing depicting Huidobro. Foreword by Maurice Raynel; texts by Josephson, Waldemar George, Peipre, Romoff, and a calligram by Huidobro entitled Paysage dedicated to Picasso. First editon. In original wrappers. 8 p. . Catalog of the exhibition organized by the Manuel Frères Gallery in Room XI of the Edouard VII theater, in 1922, in which thirteen visual poems by Huidobro were exhibited, intended as paintings. The exhibition will be closed early because it is deemed too avant-garde. On the first page and on the last two handwritten corrections probably by the hand of Huidobro.

Bruxelles: Meline, Cans et Compagnie. Libraire, Imprimerie et Fonderie, 1844. First edition. Three volumes, bound into two. In contemporary black half maroquin, gilt rulings and ornaments at joinings, gilt title on spine. With striped silk bookmarks. In fine codition.. First edition. Three volumes, bound into two. In contemporary black half maroquin, gilt rulings and ornaments at joinings, gilt title on spine. With striped silk bookmarks. (4), 287, [1]; (4), 272; (4), 215, [1] p. Written in collaboration with August Maquet. Regarded as a companion story to the "Le Chevalier d'Harmental". First appeared as a serial, ran through the columns of "Le Commerce" in Paris, Reed (in: A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas père) claims this pirate edition as the original and the 1845 Paris, Cadot as the first French edition.

Paris: Auguste Picard, 1939. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front cover in black ink. Text in French. In publisher's printed wrappers. Cover moderately tanned towards the extremities. Pages yellowed due to acidic paper. Lower right corner dog-eared throughout. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front cover in black ink. Text in French. In publisher's printed wrappers. (2), 263-268 p. Inscribed copy of Stein's report about his aerial archaeological survey of ancient Roman limes in Transjordan and Iraq which he carried out in 1938. Transcript of his lecture at the 1939 annual meeting of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Sir Marc Aurél Stein (1862-1943) was a Hungarian born British archaeologist, mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of "The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire" as Knight Commander (KCIE), and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in… Read More

Leipzig: Kistner / Paris: Schlesinger [PN 996], 1930. First editon. In original paper, uncut. In fine conditon.. First editon. In original paper, uncut. 505- 518 p. Illustrated by József Divéky, Hanna Dallos, Dezső Fáy , Lajos Kozma, Sándor Kolozsváry, Kálmán Gáborjáni Szabó, Lajos Csabai Ékes, Álmos Jaschik, Margit Fiora, Arnold Gara, Imre Pérely, László Reiter, Henrik Major.