The Czech Avant Garde

Translation of Apollinaire into Czech by Milos Hlávka.

Collection of poems by Stanislav Kostka Neumann with 2 woodcuts by Jaroslav Benda.

Text illustrations by Fr.

The cover design, a functionalist typographical composition, is printed in orange and blue on yellow stock.

The second, expanded edition of Biebl's surrealistic poems from the years 1923-1928, published here for the first time with Teige's typographical compositions.

First Czech edition.

Important study of avant-garde music by Burian, a member of Devetsil; the cover and typography are by Vit Obrtel, his first efforts in the field.

A fine example of book design by Josef Capek (1887-1945), who was a significant figure of the Czech avant-garde movement.

Cover conceived by Karel Teige and O.

Original wrappers, with linocut cover, in red, on off-white stock by Josef Capek.

First edition of the book which coined the word 'Robot'.

Exhibition of photographs by Václav Jirů, Jan Lukas, Josef Sudek, Tibor Honty, and others, held between October 24th and November 15th, 1959.

Wrappers and typography by Stanislav Kohout.

First edition in Czech, unopened.

 

Survey of Czech photography.

Edition limited to 220 numbered copies; signed by the author on the half title.

Exhibition catalogue, Kabiinet Fotografie J.

First Czech edition of Tzara's 'Une Route Seul Soleil'.

Haldane's text was first published in Britain in 1938.