Search Results: Titles starting with V from Foldvaribooks

[Basel or Geneva]: Vergelegt von: Dr. Rezső Kasztner, 1946. First edition. Mimeographed typescript. In original printed cardboard, bound with black string. Binding chipped at edges, with small tears. Foxing throughout. All over in very good condition.. First edition. Mimeographed typescript. In original printed cardboard, bound with black string. ff [1] XIII [1]-15 15a 16-191 [6]. Original copy of one of the most significant documents related to the Holocaust, and probably the most important document of the Hungarian Holocaust. The report of the Budapest Jewish Rescue Committee (Va'ada), compiled by its leader, Rudolf Kastner. Rudolf Kastner, the leader of the Zionist Rescue Committee, by negotiating with the SS in occupied Hungary, particularly with Adolf Eichmann, managed to save the life of 1,684 Jewish people, who instead of being deported to Auschwitz, in exchange for money, gold and diamonds could escape to Switzerland on 35 cattle trucks, became known as the Kastner train. After the War,… Read More

Tartu: Loodus (K. Mattiesen), 1927. First edition of the first book by Jakobson. In two volumes. In original, illustrated wrappers, designed by Jaan Vahtra. In fine condition.. First edition of the first book by Jakobson. In two volumes. In original, illustrated wrappers, designed by Jaan Vahtra. (8), 9-407, (1); (6), 415-760 p. Jaan Vahtra (1882-1947) was the leader of the 1923 found Estonian Artists' Group of Cubism and Constructivism. August Jakobson (1904-1963) won the literary award of the Loodus publishing-house with this work. He was the head of the Estonian Writer's Union between 1939-1940 and 1944-1946. .

1943. In original wrappers. 8 reproduction of Vajda works in the text.. 8 reproduction of Vajda works in the text. In original wrappers. 14 p. Inscribed to Andre Breton by Endre Balint. Endre Balint was one of the most important Hungarian painter of the 20. century and very good friend of Vajda the iconic Hungarian artist.

Romania, Vienna, 1860. Vintage albumen print. Small tear in the back paper. The print in fine conditon.. Vintage albumen print. Very early photo from the Banat. One of the first photographer who worked in Romania. Andreas Groll Born in 1812 in Vi­enna as a son of servants Anna and Joseph Paul Groll. I. In 1845-1853 he worked at the Viennese Polytechnic Institute as an assistant of professor Anton von Schroetter. At that time, the Polytechnic Institute was the most important place of photography in Austria since it was home institution to the pioneer photographers Joseph Prechtl, von Schroetter and particularly Anton George Martin. After early experiments , since 1852 he established himself as an independent photographer specializing in Austro-Hungarian architecture (besides Vienna also some of the first photographs of Prague, Plzeň, Krakow, Kutná Hora; although later he also photographed Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia or Egypt), monuments, factories and weapons. He received a prize at the Paris… Read More

[France], 1840. Album with 25 original pochoirs on thick paper, mounted on cardboard leaves, each separated with thin blank sheets. In contemporary dark blue maroquin with gilt frames and title on the panels and spine. Presentation copy, with an autograph inscription card mounted onto the second front fly leaf "à Monsieur Tiphaine en signe de reconnaissance et d'affection respectueuse. L'auteur artiste Beauvalet de St Victor. Binding with traces of light rubbing. Inside clean. Overall in fine condition.. Album with 25 original pochoirs on thick paper, mounted on cardboard leaves, each separated with thin blank sheets. In contemporary dark blue maroquin with gilt frames and title on the panels and spine. Presentation copy, with an autograph inscription card mounted onto the second front fly leaf "à Monsieur Tiphaine en signe de reconnaissance et d'affection respectueuse. L'auteur artiste Beauvalet de St Victor. ff [1 (title)] 12 [each twice, altogether 24]. A deluxe album of twenty-four exquisitely… Read More

Brno: [S.n.], 1956. First edition. Signed by both artists. With a photographic reproduction of the musicians. In fine condition.. First edition. Signed by both artists. With a photographic reproduction of the musicians. 4 p. Signed concert program of Władisław Szpilman and Tadeusz Wroński, for a performance in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Szpilman, the Polish-Jewish pianist, known for his memoir "The Pianist" about his survival of the Holocaust by the help of a Wehrmacht officer who hid and saved him. Szpilman's story was adapted to screen by Roman Polanski in 2002 with the same title. .

New York: Hurd and Houghton: (Cambridge: Riverside Press), 1869. First edition. In later half leather, publisher's illustrated paper wrappers bound into. With an illustrated plate, and 12 text illustrations. Front and read cover restored, title page torn at the gutter, some pages lightly spotted, paper brittle, otherwise in fine condition.. First edition. In later half leather, publisher's illustrated paper wrappers bound into. With an illustrated plate, and 12 text illustrations. [5] iv-v [2] 8-107 [5] p., and 1 plate. Pioneering book in English written on bicycles, and the first American book to be published on the subject. Prefaced as early as March 20, 1869, and claims to be the first book on this machine: "So far as we can learn, there has been no book written upon the Velocipede, either abroad or in this country" (p. iv). The velocipede, the pedaled bicycle was invented by Pierre Lallement in the 1860s in France. This was the first of such machines to be mass-produced, and it immediately… Read More

[Paris]: [Imp. Pillet], 1867. First edition. In publisher's half cloth, with printed title on front panel. Endpaper and first leaves discolored due to the acidic paper. Notes in ink on front panel, by a contemporary neat hand. Prices added by the same hand in ink to each item. In fine condition.. First edition. In publisher's half cloth, with printed title on front panel. [3] IV-V [4] 10-23 [1] p. Scarce catalogue of on of the earliest posthumous sale of Ingres's works. The sale was held on April 27, 1867, and included sixteen works belonging to Ingres's widow, as well as the Odalisque with a Slave, owned by Charles Marcotte d'Argenteuil's heirs. All prices indicated in ink by a contemporary hand. .

Madrid: Diego Diaz de la Carrera, 1655. First edition. In later half cloth. Text in two columns./Traces of foldings. Some light stains. Discoloration at foldings on the last page. Overall in fine condition.. First edition. In later half cloth. [4] p. Scarce contemporary report on the Battle of the Dardanelles, 1655. The Battle of the Dardanelles, on 21 June 1655, was an act of the Cretan War, the fifth Ottoman-Venetian war, that took place at the Dardanelles, the Strait of Gallipoli and ended with the victory of Venice. An extremely scarce 17th-century Relacion, IB (121600) lists only 4 surviving copies, each in Mardid at the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

[Budapest]: Franklin, 1898. In later half cloth, publisher's illustrated wrappers bound into. Ownership inscriptions in pencil on title page. Four leaves stained. Overall in very good condition.. In later half cloth, publisher's illustrated wrappers bound into. 99, (1) p. Guide to Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin's (1842-1904) 1898 exhibition in Budapest. The catalogue lists and partly describes the 154 exhibited paintings, particularly the pieces of the "1812" series on Napoleon's Russian campaign. .

Budán; Pest: Magyar Kir. Egyetem betűivel; Beimel József betűivel, 1845. First edition. In somewhat later half leather binding. Notes in pencil here and there. Foxing throughout. In very good condition. // Első kiadás. Korabeli félbőr kötésben. 192; 188 [4] p. Korábbi tulajdonos ceruzás bejegyzéseivel. Nagyon jó állapotú könyv.. First edition. In somewhat later half leather binding. 192; 188 [4] p. The two earliest editions of Sándor Petőfi's poems. The first volume was published after Mihály Vörösmarty's recommendation, making Petőfi known in the whole country. Petőfi két legkorábbi versgyűjteményének első kiadásai. Előbbit Vörösmarty Mihály ajánlására a Nemzeti Kör adta ki és országos ismertséget szerzett vele Petőfinek. Folytatása egy évvel később jelent meg, valószínűleg az alacsonyabb példányszámnak tudható be, hogy a piacon ritkábban bukkan fel. .

Berlin: Rainer, 1981. First edition of 600 copy. Signed. With an original hand drawing with text. Softcover in publisher's printed wrappers, with pages mostly printed in black, some in black and red. In fine conditio. First edition of 600 copy. Signed. With an original hand drawing with text. Softcover in publisher's printed wrappers, with pages mostly printed in black, some in black and red. An artists' book of Endre Tót's joyous drawings, most of which are paired with texts.

[Budapest]: Athenaeum R.-T. kiadása, 1920. First Hungarian edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. Illustrated cover. Cover somewhat discoloured with waterstains at extremities and a few brown stains. Pages moderately chipped, occasional small brown stains and fingermarks. Pages yellowed due to aging. Owerall in good condition.. First Hungarian edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. Illustrated cover. 45, (3) p. Scarce, first Hungarian edition of Artur Conan Doyle's (1859-1930) short story "Danger!", written in 1914.

Impresso en Cadiz: por Juan Lorenzo Machado, 1670. First edition. In contemporary limp vellum. Title lettered on spine. Binding discolored, worn, loose. Endpapers damaged. Title page, f. 60 and 206 torn, restored, no effect on legibility. A small hole on f. 224 affection the text. Open tear on f. 131 at the outer edge. F. [6] torn at the lower edge, with some missing text. Engraving trimmed, restored at the lower edge and the lower outer corner. Many pages chipped, dented, dogeared, discolored stained. Water stains, foxing occasionally. Possible provenance inscription of f. [246]v, indecipherable. Otherwise in good condition.. First edition. In contemporary limp vellum. Title lettered on spine. ff. [6] [1 (engraved plate)] 245 [17]. A scarce Americana and Judaica, the life of a Portuguese converso who became a merchant in Lima. The life of Antonio de San Pedro (1570-1622), a Portuguese New Christian, a converso who was sent to Lima by his parents, in fear of the inquisition. In Lima, he became a… Read More

Madrid: en la Imprenta Rea, 1805. First Spanish edition. In contemporary leather, gilt spine. Marbled endpapers. Darker blots on binding. Pages tanned. Wormholes to the lower margin, throughout signature G, no effect to the text. Otherwise in fine condition.. First Spanish edition. In contemporary leather, gilt spine. Marbled endpapers. [4] [1]-132. p. The first Spanish translation of the first biography of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the first ruler of an independent Haiti. First edition in Spanish of Jean-Louis Dubroca's La vie de J. J. Dessalines originally published in French, in Paris, 1804. Considered the first biography of Jean-Jacques Dessalines (c. 1758-1806) a former slave, one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, the only successful slave rebellion in history, which culminated in the elimination of slavery and the founding of the Republic of Haiti, the first independent black republic and the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere in 1804. Dessalines became the first… Read More

Bucharest, 1856. Fine condition. 23 x 29 cm. One of the earliest photo of Bucharest, showing parts of the city before they were redeveloped during the late 19th century. Ludwig Mária Mauritius Angerer was a 19th-century pharmacist and photographer. He belonged to the most important Viennese photographers of his time, along with Emil Rabending, Josef Löwy, and his brother Victor Angerer. He was Franz Joseph I's court photographer, and introduced and popularised carte de visite photography in Vienna.

Tartu: Loodus (G. Roht), 1928. First edition. In original illustrated paper, designed by Peet Aren. In good condition.. First edition. In original illustrated paper, designed by Peet Aren. 221, (1) p., and an inset oder form of the publisher. Peet Aren (1889-1970) was an Estonian graphic artist, studied art in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Munich. Tutor at "Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas" (Higher Art School Pallas) member of the "Tartu School". His early works had the characters of the national romantic style and of the "Mir Iskusstva", later he turned to Expressionism and Art Deco.

Vienna: Ban Verlag, 1921. First edition. In original paper. Near fine condition.. First edition. In original paper. 145 p. Cover by Bortnyik.

Budapest: Zipser és König, 1919. First edition. Title printed in red. Title page stained, chipped at edges, overall a good copy.. First edition. Title printed in red. 3, (1) p. Propaganda music of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. The title "Workers Of the World, Unite!" is the famous slogan of communism, the quotation from the "Communist Manifesto". The Red Soldier Soirée's were the official cultural events of the short lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. .

(Budapest): Lichtmann Miksa, 1929. First edition. In publisher's wrappers. In very good condition.. First edition. In publisher's wrappers. 78, (2) p. Book of poems by Andor Simon (1901-1986), the Hungarian avant-garde poet. He joined to Kassák's "MA" circle in 1919, and published his Activist poems in Kassák's magazines. In the 1930s he gave up his literally carrier and worked as a bookbinder together with his wife. This book is his last publication. .