Prague, Czechoslovakia: Artia, (1965).. (1965).. Very good. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. White cloth titled in black on the spine with an illustration in black on the front cover, in a printed white dust wrapper. The corners of the covers are bumped, the top corner of the front cover especially so. The dust jacket is darkened and slightly creased along the edges. 145 & [2] pages, plus a folding list of illustrations. Profusely illustrated throughout. The edges of the pages are darkened. Very good. <p>The Czech humorist and satirical writer Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923) was a social anarchist best remembered for his novel "The Good Soldier Schweik".

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 24134
Title: HASEK THE CREATOR OF SCHWEIK
Author: (Hasek, Jaroslav). Frynta, Emanuel
Book Condition: Used - Very good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Prague, Czechoslovakia: Artia, (1965).
Date Published: (1965).
Keywords: LITERATURE; HUMORIST; SATIRIST; BIOGRAPHICAL; HASEK; THE CREATOR OF THE SCHWEIK; EMANUEL FRYNTA; PRAGUE; CZESCHOSLOVAKIA; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; SOCIALIST; POLITICAL; HUMOUR; HUMOR; BIOGRAPHY; THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK.

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...