Petr Bezruč (1867-1958)

Karel Svolinský (1896-1986)

PĚVCI SLEZSKÝCH PÍSNÍ

1955
Book format 4°, 29,2x20,5 cm. Loose sheets in a paper cover, unpaged, in Czech, printed as a facsimile of Bezruč`s manuscript. Title page printed in brown, with the signature of P. Bezruč in the lower right corner. Introductory poem "Pozdrav Petru Bezručovi," signed by its author J. Seifert. Cover and graphic design by K. Svolinský. Colored illustrations by V. Beneš, M. Švabinský, C. Bouda, V. Sedláček, J. Zrzavý, and others, all of whom signed their illustrations in pencil. Published in 1955 by oblastní výbor ROH Svazu zaměstnanců železnic in Olomouc for the 88th birthday of P. Bezruč, in an edition of 800 numbered copies, this copy is number 36. Very good condition, only the first blank sheet has bent corners. Lit.: Dr. František Bubla, Československé bibliofilské tisky V., 1945-1970, Prague 1971, p. 215, no. 6756.