Czech Books from L'Estampe Originale

Prague., Aventina., 1924. 8vo. Rose colored decorative wrappers. In good condition. A study of the writer journalist Frantisek Kupka (Prague1894-1969) on soviet poetry . Type and cover design by Teige and Otakar Mrkvicka (1899-1957). Small repairs at the top and bottom of the spine, slight fading on spine. Some annotations on separate inserted pages.

KRAKATIT. 1928. Praha. Aventium. 372pp. 8mo. Cloth binding over boards with illustrated dust jacket in very good condition Jacket has Olaf Brouh, Stockholm on the rear of dust jacket, There are condition problems on front cover of book. Ask for photos.

Prague., Odeon., 1928. Number 465 of 550. Bound in paper wrappers. 104pp. 8vo.Sanka 2072. Karel Teige designed the type and the cover. Some pages uncut. In mint condition.

Praha., 1934. 4th Edition. 8 vo. Paper wraps. 216 pp. Uncut. With 6 illustrations by Marie Cerminova Toyen including the cover. Statni Cena Award in 1922. Very good condition. Toyen was the psudonymn of Marie Cermínová. An active designer within the Devetsil group, Toyen invented Artificialism, a later incarnation of Poetism which stressed the beauty of machines, with Jindrich tyrsky.… Read more about this item

Prague, Kropac A Kucharsky, 1944. 4to. Uncut. Very good condition. 52pp. One illustration by Toyen on the cover and two in text.

Prague., Evzen J. Rosendorf., 1926. Only edition. Paper Wraps. 8vo. Adolf Hoffmeister, illustrator. Music by Jaroslav Jezek. 112pp. Pages loose, condition is good.

Prague, 1931-1949. Czech Avant-Garde Photography) Editor: Augustin Skarda, et al. . CESKOSLOVENSKA FOTOGRAFIE. Complete in 12 volumes. Prague, 1931-1949, first editions of the complete set in 12 volumes; 10.75 x 8.5 inches, over 800 full page photo-engraved plates; short texts, all volumes in Czech, some with English, German and French. Early years with covers of avant-garde typographic designs by… Read more about this item

Prague, Odeon, 1928. 64pp.Czech. Avant Garde ill. 4, Kat.-Nr. 79, Dluhosch p. 81, pl. 8, p. 82, 9a-d., see Fairleigh Dickenson University catalog. Second editon of the text, but the first edition with cover design and typography by Karel Teige. The second of Bieble's works to be illustrated by Teige. 8vo. In blue wrappers. In excellent condition.… Read more about this item

Prague, Aventinum, 1925. From the limited edition, 385/ 600. Large 4to. 78pp. Bound in Black Paper Wraps without a Title. Deckled edges on 2 sides. With 14 illustrations by Joseph Sima. In near perfect condition.

Praha., l925. Nasza Ksiegarnia, Warszawa. First Edition Two typed sheets in English from the publisher on flyleaf explaining the genesis and meaning of the book, with English index list of the illustrations tipped in over the Polish index in the back. 8 text pages in Polish followed by the full page color illustrations by Polish children. First edition on the… Read more about this item

Prague, Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1963. 8vo. Cloth binding with original dust jacket. Signed and dedicated by the author.

Prague, Statni Naakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury A Umeni, 1964. 4to. 152, (3) pp., with 16 full page and one double page color collages by A. Hoffmeister. Original cloth with original dust jacket designed by A. Hoffmeister.

Prague, Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1958. 8vo. 284 pp. Contains a kontrolni kupon (control coupon). Cloth boards without dust jacket. In fine condition.

Warsaw, Poland., Nasza Ksiegarnia, 1969. 4to. 79, (2) pp., with numerous full page colour collages by A. Hoffmeister. Original cloth, designed by Oldøich Hlavsa, with original dust jacket, designed by A. Hoffmeister. In fine condition.

Prague, FR. Boroby, 1937. 2nd edition. Uncut in original wraps. NT|Primus, ill. 214, cat. 273. 150pp. small 4to. Typography and 2 photomontages by K. TeigeIn very good condition. With a card from the publisher Fr. Borovy. A new edition of Nezval's first book of poems from the period 1919-1921 (first ed., published in Brno, S.Koci,… Read more about this item

Prague, Odeon, 1925. 104pp. 4to. Czech Avant Garde 251 Kat. Nr. 315. (19,6 x 14 cm). 103 pp. Title page printed in red and black.Typography by KarelTeige. Original wrappers, with photomontage front cover by Karel Teige. (Odeon, 2).NT|Primus, ill. 183, cat. 24; Valencia, ill. p.34. Translated by St.K.Neumann. The photomontage cover printed in brown, black and red on… Read more about this item

Prague, Aventinum, 1928. Uncut. Czech. Avant Garde, illl. 258. Catalgoue 307. 4to. 207pp. With numerous illustrations by Adolf Hoffmeister. In very good condition with the exception of some loose pages.

Prague, Státní nakladatelství dìtské knihy, 1964. 4to. 105, (1) pp., with 8 full page, 2 half page, and 6 double page collages by A. Hoffmeister. Original cloth with original dust jacket designed by Karel Housek. Fine condition

Prague, Státní nakladatelství dìtské knihy, 1966. 4to. 166 pp., with numerous full page coloured illustrations by A. Hoffmeister. Original cloth with original dust jacket, designed by A. Hoffmeister. In fine condition.

Prague, Odeon, 1925. 4 to. 104pp. Czech Avant Garde 251 Kat. Nr. 315. (19,6 x 14 cm). 103 pp. Title page printed in red and black.Typography by Karel Teige. Original wrappers, with photomontage in red and black by Karel Teige. (Odeon, 2).NT|Primus, ill. 183, cat. 24; Valencia, ill. p.34. Translated by St.K.Neumann. The attractive photomontage cover printed in brown,… Read more about this item