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Josef Čapek (1887-1945)

A COLLECTION OF 12 BOOKS WITH COVERS BY JOSEF ČAPEK

1920-1927
František Němec: Sebe i vás. Book format 12°, 17x10,5 cm. 57 numbered pages, in Czech. Original paperback. Cover design (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued by František Borový in Prague in 1920 as XV volume of edition Červen. Karel Čapek: Francouzská poesie nové doby. Book format 12°, 17x13 cm. 182 numbered pages, in Czech. Original paperback. Cover design (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued by František Borový in Prague in 1920. 2000 copies. Karel Štajgr: Presidentův posel. Book format 8°, 19,5x14 cm. 84 numbered pages, in Czech. Title page printed in black and red. Original paperback. Cover design (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued by Nová škola in Prague in 1926. Edited by Vojta Beneš and Pavel Sula, illustrations by Jaroslav Skrbek. Missing p. 71-82. Josef Hora: Probuzení. Book format 8°, 19,5x12 cm. 111 numbered pages, in Czech. Title page printed in black and red. Original paperback. Design and cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued in 1925 by Otakar Štorch-Marien in Prague as 106th volume of edition Aventinum. Jean Giraudoux: Siegfried a Limuzinsko. Book format 8°, 19,5x13,5 cm. 174 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by Růžena Thonová. Original paperback with paper cover. Cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued in 1927 by Otakar Štorch-Marien in Prague. Uncut sheets. Pierre Mac Orlan: Mezinárodní Venuše. Book format 8°, 19,5x13,5 cm. 131 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by Josef Hejduk. Original paperback. Cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued in 1926 by Otakar Štorch-Marien in Prague. Uncut sheets. David Garnett: Dáma v lišku. Book format 8°, 19x14 cm. 100 numbered pages, in Czech, traslated by Karel Kraus. Original paperback. Cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued by "ČIN" in Prague 1925. Published in: Alena Pomajzlová, Vidět knihu / Knižní grafika Josefa Čapka, Prague 2010, p. 147, picture no. 6.2.5. Henri Béraud: Měsíční vitriol. Book format 8°, 19,5x14 cm. 155 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by Bohumil Mathesius. Original paperback. Cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued by "ČIN" in Prague 1925 Josef Kopta: Hlídač č. 47. Book format 8°, 19x14 cm. 196 numbered pages, in Czech. Original paperback. Cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued by "ČIN" in Prague 1926. 2nd edition. Uncut sheets. Published in: Alena Pomajzlová, Vidět knihu / Knižní grafika Josefa Čapka, Prague 2010, p. 110, picture no. 4.5.15. Čestmír Jeřábek: Lidumil na kříži. Book format 8°, 19x14 cm. 166 numbered pages, in Czech. Paperback. Cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued by "ČIN" in Prague 1925. Published in: Alena Pomajzlová, Vidět knihu / Knižní grafika Josefa Čapka, Prague 2010, p. 184, picture no. 7.28. Miroslav Rutte: Skrytá tvář. Book format 8°, 20x13,5 cm. 256 numbered pages, in Czech. Original paperback. Cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued by František Obzina in Vyškov na Moravě in 1925. 750 numbered copies. Copy no. 129. Henry de Montherlant: Ráj ve stínu mečů. Book format 8°, 21x13,5 cm. 104 číslované s., in Czech, přeložil František Sedláček. Original paperback. Design and cover (linocut) by J. Čapek. Issued in 1926 by Otakar Štorch-Marien in Prague in edition Aventinum. 2000 copies. Very minor signs of wear on covers, text blocks in very good condition.


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