Kveten 1945.: Album 10 fotografii
by Jiri Taufer
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Quarto 30.5x26.5 cm., embossed canvas folio, (2), holding ten original albumen prints. 3400 copies. Book design by Stanislav Kohout, bibliophile printing by Josef Prošek. A retrospect after fifteen years ending WWII in Prague, when hostilities ceased in May 1945. Jiří Taufer provides a short essay, with a visual essay of original photos by Jaroslav Pacovský, Slava Štochi,Václav Chochola, Karel Ludwig, František Ondrášek, Tibor Honty (2), František Illek, Miroslav Hák, and Jiří Jeniček. They were taken at the time of liberation and show the state of exhaustions and exultation. The photographs are full size, each 20x26 cm. An important photobook of high quality from the time when life in Czechoslovakia were thawing. Refs: Heiting, Czech and Slovak Photo Publications 1918-1989, 2018, No. 261. Scarce, with only two institutional holdings outside the Czech Republic (Oxford, Northwestern). Near fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5159
- Title
- Kveten 1945.
- Author
- Jiri Taufer
- Illustrator
- Miroslav Hak, Tibor Honty, Jaroslav Pacovsky, Vaclav Chochola, Karel Ludwig, Frantisek Ondrasek, Frantisek Illek,
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First and only
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- SNKLKU
- Place of Publication
- Prague
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- (2) 10 leaves
- Size
- 30.5x26.5 cm.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Czech wartime photography, Prague 1945 photos, Czechoslovakia 1945 photos,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Czechoslovakia;
Terms of Sale
Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
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