Louis Delluc (1890-1924)

Josef Šíma (1891-1971)

LIDÉ Z BARU

1925
Book format 4°, 29x20,8 cm. 106 numbered pages, in Czech. Paperback binding. Title page printed in black. Translated by Jarmila Fastrová. Contains 9 full-page and 25 smaller illustrations within the text by Josef Šíma. Published by O. Štorch-Marien as the 114th volume of his Aventinum edition in Prague in 1925, with a print run of 1000 numbered copies, of which the first 30 are printed on French handmade paper "d`Algrée,", colored, and signed by Josef Šíma. This copy is numbered 964. Book block loose from the binding, losses on the spine, torn edges of the cover. Provenance: Galerie Maldoror.