Pesinou snu
by Geza Vcelicka
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Prague: Tramp, 1930 Octavo, wrappers, 61pp. No. 12 of 50 signed copies. Géza (pseud. of Antonín Eduard) Vcelicka (1901-1966) was a poet, journalist and wanderer. He was a driving presence in the journal Tramp, which he led for years. Tramp was a wild leftist publication, and extolled the virtues of living on the edge, avoiding conventional responsibilities and behavior, not buying into any system. Tramp was taken directly from the English, probably from Jack Londons writings. Tramping became rather widespread among the Czech and Slovak youth, taking freely to the woods and escaping the humdrum monotony of factory and bourgeois life. Vcelicka defended Tramping as a way of life throughout his career and up to his death. The present work (Footprints of Dreams) is a collection of poems from the previous two years of free wandering. Vcelicka designed the cover as well as a drawing of a guitarist to accompany his poems. The book has been republished over the years, but only one library holding found in North America of this first edition with graphics not included in postwar editions. This copy author signed on title page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4236
- Title
- Pesinou snu
- Author
- Geza Vcelicka
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Prague: Tramp
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- GEZA VCELICKA, CZECH TRAMP, TRAMPING,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Central European avant-gardes; Czech avant-garde;
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About the Seller
Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
Biblio member since 2020
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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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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