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Very good condition.. Five compositions by Hungarian painter Alfréd Lakos (1870-1961). His works were shown at the OMIKE exhibitions (Országos Magyar Izraelita Közmüvelödési Egyesület/Hungarian Jewish Educational Association) founded in 1910. OMIKE played a major role in the Jewish cultural, educational and social life in Hungary until 1944. During the Holocaust Lakos served in the Force Labor Service. The five sketches were drawn after the end of the war from 1945-1947. 1. Ink Drawing, on cream colored, handmade paper (4 1/2 6 3/4"), depicting people hanged from trees with three Nazis in uniform looking on. Contains a handwritten caption: "Német náci banditák az orosz népet irtják" / German Nazi bandits murdering the Russians. The back side features a pencil drawing of a crowd of elderly and middle-age adults, and two children lead by a Hungarian gendarme in uniform with shouldered bayonet. The elderly man walking on crutches and and elderly woman with Stars of David on their clothing.… Read More

Basileae (Basel): E. & J. R. Thurnisios, Fratres, 1727. First Swiss edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 3/4"). [16], 816pp (Vol. 1); [8], 912pp (Vol. 2); [4], 767, [39]pp (Index) (Vol. 3). Contemporary full vellum. Marbled endpapers. All paper edges red. Title page of first volume in red and black lettering. Title vignette for each of the three title pages. Decorative initials and tailpieces. Originally published by Schoonenburg in Amsterdam between 1724 and 1726, this work is the first Swiss edition of Friedrich Adolph Lampe's three-volume commentary on the Gospel of St John. When published, scholars ranked Lampe's work as one of the best commentaries ever written on John. The author shows how "the Fourth Gospel contributes to biblical and systematic theology, and offers a consistent exposition of John as an evangelistic Gospel." Bindings partly darkened and age-toned. Ex-library stickers on spines, and bookplate on inside of each front cover. Previous owner's stamp at upper margin… Read More

Düsseldorf: Otto Fritz, 1926. First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg. Octavo. 60(1)pp. Original illustrated orange wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Jean Th. Lommen's intricate character sketch of Chaplin. This book was triggered by Lommen's viewing of one of Chaplin's momentous films, The Gold Rush. The film was written, produced and directed by Chaplin and the German writer Lommen had perceived this film to be one of the great grotesque movies of all times after viewing the first act in a movie theater. Watching the following acts Lommen's perception of Chaplin changed dramatically. He saw beyond the clown Chaplin and discovered the spokesman for true humanity, the philosopher, the man who used the comical as the means to make the people understand the tragic in our being on earth, the necessity of the painful in order to reach the heights of the matured human being, Chaplin's true moral mission. Text in German. Some light wear and discoloration along edges of wraps with minor stains on… Read More