Földvári Books

Hardback, Cloth, Perfect binding. 228 p. "All of us want to see Manhattan from above, but very few can do it from their own living room. Private Views is here to satisfy our incessant curiosity about a hidden elite world that we can only observe from outside, or occasionally, from an overpriced viewing point crowded with tourists. While posing as an apartment-hunting Hungarian billionaire, Andi Schmied accessed and documented Manhattan's most exclusive high-rise properties. For the duration of the project, she inhabited a fictional persona: Gabriella, a mother of one whose husband is an antique dealer. Dressing as Gabriella and acting as Gabriella, she prepared for the family's upcoming move to Manhattan by searching through listings of premium real estate agencies and requesting to view some of their most splendid properties. The book guides its readers through the sunset from Trump World Tower and dawn over Central Park from the private ballroom of the tallest residential tower on Earth, showcasing samples of the world's most luxurious materials, such as the Calacatta Tucci marble used in bathrooms overlooking the Empire State Building.'' Texts: Sara Emilia Bernat, f-architecture, Irena Lehkoivová, Ava Lynam, Peter Noever, Andi Schmied, Jack Self, Michael Sorkin, Samuel Stein, Barbora pi?áková, Anthony Vidler, Sharon Zukin. Hardback, Cloth, Perfect binding.

First Czech edition. First Czech edition. In publisher's illustrated blue cloth with the original photographical dust jacket. Text in Czech. 332, (4) p. First Czech edition of Sándor Márai's book, with the scarce photograpical dust jacket. Light stain at the upper edge of front panel. Dust jacket worn, chipped at edges. Inside clean. The book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is in good condition. In publisher's illustrated blue cloth with the original photographical dust jacket. Text in Czech.

In original cloth. Illustrated with photos. (illustrator). Second edition. Illustrated with photos. Second edition. In original cloth. 400 p. 32 t. Mária Fáy Béláné Mocsáry ( 18451917) was the first Hungarian woman traveller and an early feminist. After her husband's death in 1890 she started her travels, first shorter journeys to the Balkans, later longer trips to Asia and North-America. In 1904 she planned a tour around the world, but she gave it up because of the outbrake of the Russo-Japanese War. In good condition the, binding little bit worn,

Condition: In fine condition. Illustrations by Adolf Hoffmeister. Full page illustration on the verso of the half title. With numerous text illustrations and 25 full pages illustrations. (illustrator). Illustrations by Adolf Hoffmeister. Full page illustration on the verso of the half title. With numerous text illustrations and 25 full pages illustrations. First Czech edition. Illustrated, limited signed edition, one of 30 copies. In publishers red cloth. Gilt leather title vignette on spine. Printed on hand-made paper. 302, (4) p. First Czech edition of the Russian writer Ilja Erenburg's (18911967) novel, richly illustrated by Adolf Hoffmeister. Scarce, signed by the author. In publishers red cloth. Gilt leather title vignette on spine. Printed on hand-made paper First Czech edition. Illustrated, limited signed edition, one of 30 copies.

16 p. A collection of Hungarian laws about spies and saboteurs.

1 leaf, signature in ink. 1 leaf, signature in ink. 175 × 120 mm. Signature of János Kádár (19121989) the Hungarian communist leader, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Worker's Party.

Condition: In fine condition. Cover design and the linocut illustrations by Shraga Weil. (illustrator). Only edition. Cover design and the linocut illustrations by Shraga Weil. Only edition. In original illustrated hard paper. 216 p. One of the earliest book about the Hungarian Holocaust. Published by Hechaluc (Hehalutz), the Zionist resistant movement, whose legendary headquarters was located at the Üvegház (Glasshouse) in Budapest, a former glass-store. During the Holocaust about 3000 people found shelter there and it was the center for producing fake identification documents to save Hungarian Jews from persecution. Shraga Weil (Ferenc Ferdinánd; 19182009) was a Hungarian born Israeli painter. He studied at the Academy of Art in Prague and École des Beaux Arts in Paris. During WWII he was active in the Zionist underground movement in Budapest, working in the workshop for forging documents. After the war he sailed for Palestine on an illegal immigrant ship and became a member of Kibbutz Ha'ogen where he lived until his death. In 1959 Weil was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for painting. He created the doors of the main entrance to the Knesset building and the President's residence in Jerusalem. Weil painted the wooden panels in the Israeli Hall at the Kennedy Center. Sándor Groszmann (Alexander Grossmann, Ben Erec; 19092003) was a journalist and publisher, one of the main activists of the Hungarian Zionist movement and co-founder of "Hashomer Hatzair" in Hungary. He was one of the leaders at the "Glasshouse". "When the argument arose about whether to absorb more Jews into the 'Glass House' as they might endanger the lives of those already living there, he said: 'For the sake of one hundred thousand Jews it is worth to endanger our own lives'". (Gur, D.; 2007). After the liberation he was the secretary of JDC (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) in Budapest and member of the board of the Hungarian Zionist Association and of the "Eretz-Israel" office. In 1949 he left Hungary and after living in Austria and Israel he settled down in Switzerland where he started to publish books and the periodical "Jöv?" (Future). [Bibl.: Gur, D.: Brothers for Resistance and Rescue. The Underground Zionist Youth Movement in Hungary during Word War II. JerusalemNew York, 2007; Cohen, A.: The Halutz Resistance in Hungary, 19421944. New York, 1986.] . In original illustrated hard paper.

In contemporary half cloth. Condition: In very good condition. In contemporary half cloth. 299 p. Inscribed. Interviews include Antal István, Endre László, Imrédy Béla, Szálasi Ferenc.

Condition: In fine condition. Signed by rámek. Signed by rámek. In contemporary gilt leather binding with inlaid geometric ornamentation. Original hard paper cover and illustrated dust wrapper by Hugo Böttigner bound to the rear. 390, (4) p. Frá?a rámek (18771952) was a Czech novelist, poet and playwright. Member of the anarchist group around the the magazine "Nový kult" (New Cult; published between 18971905) and later the literary circle around Karel ?apek. Hugo Böttinger (18801934) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, cartoonist, illustrator and puppeteer. . In contemporary gilt leather binding with inlaid geometric ornamentation. Original hard paper cover and illustrated dust wrapper by Hugo Böttigner bound to the rear.

First edition. (illustrator). First edition. Typography, bounding and cover design by Josef Kaplický. In original cloth with dust jacket, printed in pink and black. 107, (5) p. An early book by Kundera, one of his three books of poems. Milan Kundera (1929 ) the author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", the most recognized, translated and discussed living Czech writer. . Yellow tone due to aging on dust jacket. In original cloth with dust jacket, printed in pink and black Typography, bounding and cover design by Josef Kaplický.

Condition: Untrimmed. In fine condition. With a mounted expressionist linocut vignette. Cover and the linocut by Hulewicz. (illustrator). First edition. Numbered. With a mounted expressionist linocut vignette. Cover and the linocut by Hulewicz. First edition. Numbered. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 95, (1) p. Drama book by Jerzy Hulewicz (18861941) the Polish expressionist graphic artist and author. The expressionist cover design and the vignette on half title is also by him. In publisher's illustrated wrappers.

With several photographic illustrations. (illustrator). With several photographic illustrations. First edition. Wrappers not numberred but intended to count into the pagination of the brochure. In original photographically illustrated wrappers. 354 p. with a 12 page price list. Richly illustrated brochure for the Czech furniture manufacturer company "Skuherský". Cover slightly stained. Overall in fine condition. In original photographically illustrated wrappers First edition. Wrappers not numberred but intended to count into the pagination of the brochure.

In original cloth, the covers inside. 192 p. Complete year of the important Hungarian pericodiacal. In original cloth, the covers inside.

Front cover by Dezs? Fáy, on rear the reproduction of Géza Faragó's famous Törley advertisement poster. (illustrator). Front cover by Dezs? Fáy, on rear the reproduction of Géza Faragó's famous Törley advertisement poster. First edition (on the cover and title page "second edition" printed, for the better selling). In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 28, (4) p. Contains recipes of standard cocktails, flips, cobblers, hot drinks, long drinks and punches. Cover dog-eared with a few brown stains on the back. Spine rusted. Title page slightly dusted. Pages yellowed due to aging. Some pages creased, with no effect on legibility. Light stains here and there. Pp. 10 and 21 torn. Overall in good condition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers First edition (on the cover and title page "second edition" printed, for the better selling).

First Czech edition. First Czech edition. In original, illustrated wrappers. Untrimmed as published. With numerous head and tail pieces by Jan ír. 56 p. and 4 plates. First Czech edition of John Ruskin's book. Cover slightly dog-eared, dusted. Spine with a tiny damage at the tail. Otherwise in very good condition. In original, illustrated wrappers. Untrimmed as published. With numerous head and tail pieces by Jan ír.

First edition. First edition. In publisher's illustrated hard paper, designed by Kazimierz Ha?ajkiewicz. 164, (4) p. First edition of Lem's three short stories. Powtórka is a collection of Lem's three short stories, besides the eponymous prose it contains the script of two radioplays Godzina przyj?? profesora Tarantog, and Noc ksi??ycowa, all published first here. Stanis?aw Lem (19212006), the author of Solaris, was a Polish science fiction writer, the most celebrated SF author in the Communist world. . Binding rubbed at edges, slightly worn. Pages yellowed due to aging. Overall in very good condition. In publisher's illustrated hard paper, designed by Kazimierz Ha?ajkiewicz.

First Czech edition. With 18 partly photographic plates. In original wrappers, printed in two colors. XV, (1), 94, (2) p., and 18 (partly photographically) illustrated plates. First Czech edition of Otto Wagner's book on modern architecture, illustrated with eighteen plates showing modern buildings. Otto Wagner (18411918) was one of the most important figures in the early modernist architecture. He had a major influence on the landscape of Vienna by creating buildings combining usefulness with aesthetics and utilizing new constructional technologies and materials. . Ownership inscription on half-title. Cover bumped, with a small damage at spine. Gatherings loose as published. Untrimmed. Overall in very good condition. In original wrappers, printed in two colors First Czech edition. With 18 partly photographic plates.

Condition: In fine condition. Cover (front and rear), and eight full page illustrations by Jan Sawka. (illustrator). Samizdat edition. Cover (front and rear), and eight full page illustrations by Jan Sawka. Samizdat edition. In publisher's, illustrated wrappers. (4), 4(5), 5113, (1) p. Samizdat edition of Krynicki's illustrated book of poems. Ryszard Krynicki (b. 1943) is a Polish poet and translator. During the 19701980s he was strongly associated with the Polish oppositional movement, his books were banned and not published officially. This samizdat edition is a facsimile of the 1978 Paris edition, supplemented with the illustrations by Jan Sawka (19462012) the Polish-born American artist and architect, most famous for design of the 10-story tall set for The Grateful Dead's 25th Anniversary tour. . In publisher's, illustrated wrappers.

First Polish edition. First Polish edition. In publisher's illustrated hard paper. With the original dust jacket designed by Jan M?odo?eniec. 261, (3) p. First Polish edition of Salinger's cult book, The Catcher in the Rye, originally published in 1951. Bumped at the upper corner. Pages yellowed due to aging. Otherwise in very good condition. Dust jacket chipped, partly torn at foldings. In publisher's illustrated hard paper. With the original dust jacket designed by Jan M?odo?eniec.

First edition (later impression). First edition (later impression). In publisher's green cloth. With the illustrated dust jacket, designed by Frantiek Muzika. 222, (6) p. A fine copy of ?apek's Meteor, with the scarce, illustrated dust jacket, designed by Frantiek Muzika. Frantiek Muzika (19001974) was a Czech painter, illustrator, typographer and a well-known figure of the Czech Avant-garde. Karel ?apek (18901938) was a Czech novelist best known for his science fiction novels, and mostly for his play "R.U.R." that introduced the word "robot". . Dust jacket with a small stain on the rear, and a restored tear at the spine. Otherwise in fine condition. In publisher's green cloth. With the illustrated dust jacket, designed by Frantiek Muzika.

In publisher's wrappers. With several photographic illustrations by Emily Medkové. (illustrator). With several photographic illustrations by Emily Medkové. First edition. Signed and dated by Hrabal. In publisher's wrappers. 332, (4) p. Signed book of novels by Hrabal. Includes three novels among them the first official edition of the "Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále" (I Served the King of England), which was formerly published underground in samizdat editions. Hrabal's story has been adapted to movie by Ji?í Menzel in 2006. The two already worked together on the "Closely Observed Trains" (1965) that won the Oscar in 1968. . Cover slightly worn. Overall in fine condition. First edition. Signed and dated by Hrabal.

In original illustrated wrappers. 64 p. Hungarian edition of Ehrenburg essai. In original illustrated wrappers.

In contemporary half cloth. First Hungaraian edition. First Hungaraian edition. In contemporary half cloth. 166 p. Catholic Stories taken place in southern states of North America. In fine condition with some foxing.

In publisher's wrappers. First edition. First edition. In publisher's wrappers. 60 p. Yearbook of the first kindergartens of Hungary, founded by one of Pestalozzi's students. The first kindergarten was founded in 1828 by Teréz Brunszvik, a former student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Within 11 years there were 370 kindergartens all around the country, all members of the Hungarian Association of Kindergartens. The association had several prominent Hungarians on the board, such as Miklós Wesselényi and Count Leó Festetics. Present yearbook includes names of the members and representatives, the budget and the constitution of the association. A kis füzet az 1836-ban alapított, számos fiókintézménnyel b?vült, Kisdedóvó Intézeteket Magyarországban Terjeszt? Egyesület költségvetését, a pesti és vidéki egyesületek tagjainak és képvisel?inek névsorát, illetve rangját, valamint az intézmény alapszabályát tartalmazza. Ahogy a kiadványból kiderül, a Pestalozzi-tanítvány Brunszvik Teréz által 1828-ban alapított els? kisdedóvójából tizenegy év alatt valóságos, az egész történelmi Magyarország területét behálózó intézményrendszer lett. Az egyesület 1839-re már háromszázhetven tagot számlált, egy év alatt öt új intézet csatlakozott hozzá, választmányi munkájában pedig olyan neves személyiségek vállaltak részt, mint Wesselényi Miklós, Festetics Leó gróf vagy maga Brunszvik Teréz. . Spine somewhat worn. Library stamp on cover and on free endpaper. Overall in fine condition. // Els? kiadás. Kiadói papírborítóban. 60 p. A könyv gerince kissé kopott. Könyvtári bélyegz? a borítón és a véd?lapon. Kiváló állapotú példány.

In original wrappers. In original wrappers. 297 p. Inscribed, first Hungarian edition of the cult book by the Nobel Prize winner. Wrappers worn, small water stains, inside in ok conditon.

Condition: In fine, near mint condition. First edition. Text in Hungarian and English. In publisher's half cloth. Title vignette mounted on front panel. 72 p. First edition of this architectural album, the oeuvre of the Olgyay brothers. The Olgyay brothers, Victor and his identical twin brother Aladar were Hungarian-born American architects, city planners, who formalized bioclimatic or passive solar design as a discipline within the field of architecture in the 1950s. They practiced architecture as partners in the firm Olgyay & Olgyay Architects and designed residential, commercial, and exhibition structures. Victor had and academic career too and teaching at several U.S. universities, including the University of Notre Dame, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and was an associate professor in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at Princeton University. This bilingual, Hungarian-English album was published soon before the Olgyay brothers left Hungary, most likely as a preparation for their career overseas, and the book has been republished in the US in 1947 with a letter of introduction by Marcel Breuer (The work of architects Olgyay + Olgyay. New York: Reinhold, 1947). . In publisher's half cloth. Title vignette mounted on front panel First edition. Text in Hungarian and English.

In original cloth. Condition: In fine condition. With 4 woodcuts, all 15.5 x 11 cm, all signed. PD Se (illustrator). Samizdat edition. With 4 woodcuts, all 15.5 x 11 cm, all signed. PD Se. Samizdat edition. In original cloth. 79 p. Samizdat book. in the Azyl poetry edition, Published by ?eská expedice (Samizdat edition focused on Czech poetry, historical, philosophical and literary works).

Cover design by Franz von Bayros. (illustrator). Cover design by Franz von Bayros. First edition. Presentation copy. Printed on handmade paper. Title page and titles printed in green. In contemporary red half leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt title. Original wrappers bound into. 109, (3) p. Erotic cover design by Franz von Bayros (18661924) the Austrian Art Nouveau graphic artist. Árpád Pásztor (18771940) was a journalist, poet and translator. He translated first Walt Wittman's poems into Hungarian. . Owner's inscription and old bookseller's vignette on title page, bookplate pasted to inner front panel. Bookbinder's vignette on flyleaf. In good condition. In contemporary red half leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt title. Original wrappers bound into First edition. Presentation copy. Printed on handmade paper. Title page and titles printed in green.

With illustration on each page. (illustrator). First Hungarian edition. With illustration on each page. First Hungarian edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, printed in blue. 44 p. History of Kukryniksy, the group of three anti-fascist graphic artists, illustrators of the satirical magazine "Krokodil", the most important propaganda cartoonists of the USSR. The name Kukryniksy is an acronym formed from the artists names (Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, Nikolai Sokolov). Written by their friendly competitors, the cartoonist Boris Yefimov, and the graphic artist and art critic Mark Lvovich Ioffe who was their fellow student at VKhUTEMAS. Chipped at corners, overall in fine condition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, printed in blue.

First Hungarian edition. Text in Hungarian. In original half cloth, with illustrated cardboard. (12) p. and two pop-ups. Frantiek Skla? and Jaroslav Béza were the two designers of this book, and the series of the "Arabian Nights" that contained two more pop-up books beside this one. The book has two large pop-ups they also serve as the front and rear endpapers, in between there is the twelve page story with four full page colour illustrations and six text illustrations. . The pull up of the front pop-up torn, one of the staples of the text-part missing. Overall in good condition. In original half cloth, with illustrated cardboard First Hungarian edition. Text in Hungarian.