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(Ceskych Budejovicich: Karel Fiala), 1946. paper wrappers, loose signatures. small 4to. paper wrappers, loose signatures. 37 pages. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Spine lightly faded. Edges showing light wear. Interior fine. Signed by the author on the title page in ink. Edited and illustrated by Karel Stech. Printed on Zerkal paper by the Karel Fiala printing house. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.
SVET ZVIEAT by KRICKA, PETR
by KRICKA, PETR
SVET ZVIEAT
by KRICKA, PETR
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LADA, JOSEPH. CZECHOSLOVAK. (LADA) SVET ZVIEAT [The World of Animals]. no publication information [Prague:B. Koci]] circa 1920. 8vo (6 5/8 x 7 1/2"), cloth backed pictorial boards, VG+. A charming board picture book, this is illustrated by noted artist JOSEPH LADA with pictorial covers plus 20 full page color lithographs of humanized animals. A few lines of verse by Czech poet Petr Kricka are below each picture. Hurlimann (p.226) says his "fresh and genuine vision is timeless" and notes that Jiri Trnka's work is "barely thinkable without the splendid popular tales and drawings of his predecessor Joseph Lada." .
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