Vladislav Vančura (1891-1942)

Josef Čapek (1887-1945)

ROZMARNÉ LÉTO AND IN MEMORIAM JOSEFA ČAPKA

1926
Rozmarné léto. Book format 8°, 19x13 cm, 102 numbered pages, in Czech. Title page printed in black and red. Illustrations, design, and binding design by Josef Čapek. Full cloth publisher’s binding in red with red lettering and blue and red decoration. The cover is bound at the end. Published in Prague in the autumn of 1926 by Družstevní práce. The binding is slightly worn, with two bent corners. Published: Alena Pomajzlová, Vidět knihu / Knižní grafika Josefa Čapka, Prague 2010, p. 164. In Memoriam Josefa Čapka. July 20 - August 31, 1945, Alšova síň Umělecké besedy, Prague. Book format 8°, 21,5x15,5 cm. Unnumbered, with illustrations. Contains two linocuts: Levana a matky žalu on the title page and G. Apollinaire: Pásmo from 1919. Catalogue design by Karel Šourek. Original paperback binding, cover slightly worn.