Various authors

Toyen (1902-1980)

A COLLECTION OF 18 BOOKS FROM EDITION SYMPOSION

1930-1938
18 book from the edition Symposion designed (frontispieces, title pages, covers, illustrations, bindings) by Toyen. Book format 8°, 19x12,5 cm. Leather bindings with gilt décor and labels on the spines. Issued by Rudolf Škeřík in Prague in edition Symposion. Bound without covers. J. Wassermann: Kryštof Kolumbus. 227 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1930 in 400 numbered copies. Copy no. 67. J. Delteil: Don Juan. 160 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1931 in 400 numbered copies. Copy no. 32. A. A. Kuhnert: Paganini. 253 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1931 in 400 numbered copies. Copy no. 17. P. Rival: César Borgia. 250 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1932 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 38. J. Giono: Hlasy země. 202 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1933 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 46. With a two-color lithograph. O. Wöhrle: Baldamus. 347 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by V. Nechleba. Issued in 1933 in 300 copies. Copy no. 45. W. L. Comfort a Zamin Ki Dost: Zvířata a lidé v džungli. 271 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by Z. Vančura. Issued in 1933 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 41. C. Houghton: Helenina záhada. 273 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by Z. Vančura. Issued in 1933 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 32. A. Moravia: Lhostejní. 301 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by A. Felix. Issued in 1933 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 14. J. Giraudoux: Dobrodružství touhy. 201 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1934 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 5. M. O’Sullivan: Dvacet let se roste. 341 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by V. Vendyš. Issued in 1934 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 62. J. Laforgue: Legendární morality. 262 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1934 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 62. J. Giono: Země zpívá. 395 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1934 in 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 62. R. Güiraldes: Žhavá země. 244 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by Z. Šmíd. Issued in 1936 in 250 numbered copies. Copy no. 10. J. Giono: Kéž tonu v radosti. 372 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Zaorálek. Issued in 1936 in 250 numbered copies. Copy no. 26. G. Bernanos: Zločin. 267 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. Čep. Issued in 1937 in 200 numbered copies. Copy no. 11. L. Frank: Milenci ve snách. 243 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by L. Faltová. Issued in 1937 in 200 numbered copies. Copy no. 23. O. Duun: Bůh se usmívá. 222 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by M. Lesná-Krausová. Issued in 1938 in 200 numbered copies. Copy no. 49. Mostly very good condition, several slightly scratched bindings, tiny spots on several pages. Each book with an ex libris. Provenance: from the inheritance of Jaroslav Podroužek