Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

František Tichý (1896-1961)

PŘÍPAD PANA VALDEMARA

1948
Book format 8°, 20,5x12,5 cm. 102 numbered p., in Czech, translated by Jařina Hauková. Semi-leather binding with gold accented décor and gold letters on the spine. Marked - ex libris on front endsheet: "Několik výtisků této knihy do kterých nebyly vtištěny dřevoryty vyzdobil pro pražského sběratele Jana Fučíka sedmi suchými jehlami F. Tichý a podle návrhu Karla Vodáka svázal Alois Jirout" (Several copies of this book in which the woodcuts were not printed were decorated by F. Tichý with seven drypoints for the Prague collector Jan Fučík and bound by Alois Jirout according to the design of Karel Vodák). According to unverified information there should be 10 copies with illustrations by Tichý, each in individual binding. Without cover. Title page printed in red. Issued by Václav Pour in Prague-Vršovice in 1948. First edition. 500 copies. Missing p. 43-46, instead of them wrongly bound two sheets: p. 93/94 and 91/92. Otherwise excellent condition, only few tiny spots and slightly curled corners.