Various authors

Josef Váchal (1884-1969)

TWO RARE BOOKS

1910, 1911
Slavík svatého Bonaventury. Book format 4°, 26,1x20,5 cm. 26 numbered p., in Czech, translated by Oldřich Novotný. Title page printed in black. Contains original woodcuts by J. Váchal (title page + 3 other full-page, c. 20 smaller and small in text - headers, initials, vignettes; typographically designed cover). Original paperback binding. Edited and issued by Vilém Bitnar in Prague in May 1910 in 250 numbered copies, copy no. 187. Loose binding, slightly creased edges of the cover and corners of the sheets, slightly torn spine. Antonín Macek: Dvě povídky. Robert ďábel / Přítel a milenec. Book format 8°, 20x14,9 cm. Unpaged, in Czech. Title page printed in black. Frontispiece, title page and 3 original woodcuts by J. Váchal. Soft sewn binding. Issued by Marie Kliková in Prague-Žižkov in 1911. Unnumbered copy and print run. Publ.: Arno Sáňka, České bibliofilské tisky, Brno 1923, p. 115, no. 504. Another copy is in the collections of The Moravian Gallery in Brno, inv. no. BF 1761. Slightly loose binding, yellowed paper, vacat pages glued to the cover, slightly frayed edges of the sheets. Provenance: from the collection of PhDr. Antonín Dufek.