Malíř na frontě. Soča a Italie, 1917-18 (A Painter at the Front, Soča and Italy, 1917-18).
by Josef Váchal
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Quarto 24x16.5 cm., new bound wrappers, 403 (6)pp. 42 woodcuts, 1 linocut, 4 photos, unnumbered copy in an edition of 457. This copy uncut, in newly bound wrappers preserving the original cover illustration. Hand printed by his partner Anna Macková at her expense in a private edition under Vachal's press name Politika. An autobiographical memoir of Vachal's participation in WWI as a soldier on the front. The river valley Soča in modern Slovenia had a profound and lasting impact on Váchal, where its surrealistic beauty contrasted with the blood and gore of battle. As a soldier, Váchal drew and wrote prolifically under terrifying conditions where his visionary and spiritist temperament met with a gruesome charnal ground.. OCLC locates 3 holdings in North America (PA State, Univ IL, Indiana). Later printings lack original graphics. This copy fine.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4379
- Title
- Malíř na frontě. Soča a Italie, 1917-18 (A Painter at the Front, Soča and Italy, 1917-18).
- Author
- Josef Váchal
- Illustrator
- Josef Váchal
- Format/Binding
- New wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Politika
- Place of Publication
- Vršovice (Prague)
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 403 (6)
- Size
- 24x16.5 cm.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- josef vachal autobiography, josef vachal war experience, vachal wwI memoir,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Czechoslovakia;
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About the Seller
Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts
About Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
Private bookseller. Prearranged visits only.We specialize in modernist and avant-garde art and publications from 1910-1948. Emphasis is on the visual arts and architecture, and also the supporting literary cultures that interacted and supported them.
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