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Beyond the Imaginable 240 Ways Of Looking At Czech

by Karen Von Kunes

Opus Magnum

by Vladislav ; Antonn, Lubo Zadrobilek

Czecho-Slovakian Embroidery

by Dmc

Tschechoslowakische Stickerein

by Dmc

P�Sne Petra Bezruce

by Petr, Jar E Sal�Ba-Vojan, and Vojtech Preissig Bezruc

Jak Se Vlastn D L� Film

by Karel and Otakar Mrkvicka, Designer Smrž

Ody a Variace

by Jiř� Kol�ř

Historico-Philosophica Descriptio Picturae Novae Bibliothecae Fornici Inductae In Canonia Strahoviensi Canonicorum Praemonstratensium Pragae In Monte Sion Ab Antonio Maulbertsch, Academiae Artium Vindobonensis Et Berolinensis Sodali, Cura Et Impendiis Wen

by Franz Anton Maulbertsch

Kresby Medijní

by Karel, Editor Sezemský

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[A SERBIAN FEMINIST IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC] FeministickÃ© Ãºvahy. K feministickÃ© problematice. FeministickÃ© aktuality. Z poslednÃch zjevÅ¯ ÄeskÃ© feministickÃ© literatury [Feminist reflections. On the feminist problem. Current feminist topics. Recent publications in Czech feminist literature]

by GjorgjeviÄ-ChlapcovÃ¡, Julka (DjordjeviÄ, 1882-1969)

Scarce book of essays by the little-known Serbian feminist writer, who was active in the Czech women's movement beginning in the 1930s. ChlapcovÃ¡-DjordjeviÄ was born in Serbia and studied in Slovenia, Austria, and Germany; she became the first woman to hold a doctorate in the Austro Hungarian Empire in 1906. She married a Czech citizen and lived in Czechoslovakia from 1918 onward. She published a shorter volume of speeches on the feminist movement in Czechoslovakia, as well as a volume of cultural... Read more about this item

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£303.56

[CZECH EROTICA] Posice: vÃnek znÄlek milostnÃ½ch, sloÅ¾enÃ½ch pro potÄchu ducha i srdce [Positions: wreaths of love jingles, composed for the pleasure of spirit and heart].; Knihovna "Fenix" ["Fenix" series], vol. 2

by Leo BroÅ¾, illustrator, and Oho, author

A scarce sample of the abundant Czech erotica of the interwar period, this was the second volume of the "Fenix" series published by M. D. Zelenka. Erotic sonnets by one Oho and pornographic illustrations by Leo (BroÅ¾). From the stated print run of 95 copies (an additional 32 numbered and hand-colored issues were also printed), although HÃ½sek notes the print run was significantly exceeded. HÃ½sek, ObrazovÃ½ knihopis ÄeskÃ½ch erotic, 370. As of April 2024, KVK and OCLC show two copies... Read more about this item

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£130.10

[CZECH SURREALISM] SvÄdectvÃ prÃ¡zdnÃ©ho ticha. LetÃ¡k skupiny Lacoste u pÅÃleÅ¾itosti ÄeskoslovenskÃ© vÃ½stavy paÅÃÅ¾skÃ½ch surrealistÅ¯ [Evidence of empty silence. Flyer of the Lacoste group, on the occasion of the Czechoslovak exhibition of the Paris surrealists]

by BudÃk, ArnoÅ¡t, JiÅÃ HavlÃcek, Josef KremlÃ¡cek, and VÃ¡clav Pajurek

An apparently unrecorded broadside by the Lacoste group, a Brno-based association of post-war Czech surrealist artists, who also issued a samizdat art periodical entitled Styx between 1966 and 1969. Signed February 1968, the text apparently voices protest against the first surrealist exhibition to be held in Czechoslovakia since 1947. The more liberal climate of the mid-to-late 1960s, which would soon culminate in the Prague Spring of 1968, allowed for an exhibit entitled "The Pleasure Principle"... Read more about this item

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£130.10

[KEY WORK OF THE CZECH AVANT-GARDE] DevÄtsil: revoluÄnÃ sbornÃk [The nine powers: a revolutionary anthology]

by Seifert, Jaroslav and Karel Teige, editors

A particularly handsome copy of this legendary first DevÄtsil publication (relatively cheaply printed and often encountered in poor condition), with typography by Karel Teige (the design using the black circle is repeated on the rear wrapper, with additional text, and on the ffep and title). The almanac was the result, in part, of Seifert and Teige's soujourn to Paris in 1922, where they met numerous key figures of the avant-garde world, such as Le Corbusier and Man Ray. The anthology reflects this... Read more about this item

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£1,561.14

[SURREALISM IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC] SpojitÃ© nÃ¡doby [Communicating Vessels, originally: Les Vases communicants]. Translated by JindÅich Honzl and VÃtÄszlav Nezval

by AndrÃ© Breton (author) and Toyen (illustrator)

First Czech edition of Breton's essay, originally published in 1932, which explores the relationship between reality and dreams, and which also includes a brief correspondence with Sigmund Freud. It was the first of Breton's texts to be translated into Czech. Toyen drew directly on Max Ernst for the design of the cover image, using his technique of making collages from nineteenth-century steel engravings. Official collaboration between the Parisian Surrealists and the Prague circle around Nezval, Toyen,... Read more about this item

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£303.56

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] OsudnÃ¡ vejce [The Fateful Eggs].; Knihovna dobrÃ½ch autorÅ¯ [Library of good authors], vol. 186

by Bulgakov, Michail

Rare first Czech edition of this bizarre tale by the master of Russian satire, translated by Lala ZnaÄkovskÃ¡-NeumannovÃ¡ and published by Kamilla NeumannovÃ¡. "The Fateful Eggs" was first printed in the Soviet journal Nedra (no. 6, 1925) and appeared in a collection of stories entitled The Diaboliad (also 1925). The wrappers are illustrated by a surrealist photomontage by a Vladimir Golovin. We can find no Czech or Russian avantgarde artist by this name, which is perhaps a pseudonym. The... Read more about this item

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£867.30

[MILAN GRYGAR DESIGN - GRUPPE 47] VÃ¡rovnÃ¡ znamenÃ [Warngedichte; Warning signs]

by Fried, Erich and Milan Grygar, designer

First editon of these translations into Czech by JiÅÃ GruÅ¡a of poems by Erich Fried (1921-1988), the Austrian poet and essayist, who lived in London and was a member of the Gruppe 47. The texts are taken from his collections Warngedichte, Ãberlegungen, und Vietnam und, and Anfechtungen. Front and rear cover, as well as front flap and frontispiece designed by Milan Grygar (born 1926) during his "rhythmic compositions" phase, in which he often combined visual with sound elements. Grygar also... Read more about this item

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£173.46

[CZECH SURREALISM] SouÄasnÃ¡ surrealistickÃ¡ kolÃ¡Å¾. AlÅ¡ova JihoÄeskÃ¡ galerie HlubokÃ¡ nad Vltavou, Ãºnor 1967. DÅ¯m umÄnÃ, ÄeskÃ© BudÄjovice [Contemporary surrealist collages. AleÅ¡ South Bohemian Gallery in HlubokÃ¡ on the Vltava, February 1967. House of Art, ÄeskÃ© BudÄjovice]. With an original printed invitation card

Scarce exhibition catalog of surrealist collages, evidently based on a similar exhibit the previous year, which was organized and curated by members of the short-lived Brno-based "Lacoste" Group of Czech surrealists. With an introduction by ArnoÅ¡t BudÃk and a short text in French by Hynek RulÃÅ¡ek. Graphic design of catalog and invitation by Karel Fiala. KVK, OCLC show a sole copy, at the Czech National Library. Scarce exhibition catalog of surrealist collages, evidently based on a similar... Read more about this item

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£86.73

[SIGNED BY TEIGE] SovÄtskÃ¡ kultura [Soviet culture].; Edice Odeon, sv. 31 [Odeon Series, vol. 31]

by Teige, Karel

First and only edition of Teige's reflections on his trip to the Soviet Union in 1925, in which he analyzes publishing and book design, the visual arts, contemporary architecture, theatre, Soviet everyday culture and government. With Teige's minimalist typographic design and the striking two-color title page. One of the first non-Russian publications comprehensively examining Soviet Constructivism, Teige's work contains the following five chapters: I. The book and printing in Soviet Russia, II. Cinema... Read more about this item

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£1,040.76

[CZECH SURREALISM - SKUPINA RA] p.f. 1947 ["Pour fÃ©liciter", private publication issued as a New Year's greeting]

by Istler, Josef, et al. and VilÃ©m Reichmann, designer

Overall typographic design by VilÃ©m Reichmann. With five black-and-white reproductions of works by Skupina Ra members Josef Istler, VÃ¡clav Zykmund, Bohdan Lacina, VilÃ©m Reichmann and VÃ¡clav Tikal and two texts by LudvÃk Kundera and ZdenÄk Lorenc. The wrapper incorporates a fotokalk by KoreÄek. Between 1943 and 48, and again after 1971, KoreÄek developed the technique of the "Fokalk", an acronym combining "photography" and "dÃ©calcomanie." Inspired by VitÄzslav Nezval's... Read more about this item

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£433.65

Hlos hrudy [Voice of the soil]

by [POETRY IN THE LACH DIALECT - SUTNAR DESIGN] Åysohorsky, Ãndra (Erwin Goj, 1905-1989)

Scarce third book of poems by this Silesian poet, who became famous for defending the rights of speakers of the so-called Lach dialects, a group of dialects situated between the Czech and Polish languages. Although Åysohorsky grew up speaking German and initially published in German, he later refused to write in standard Czech, publishing numerous works in Lachian. A scholar of Slavic studies, he systematized the grammar of Lachian and created the first published works using this dialect. Claiming... Read more about this item

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£130.10

[ILLEGAL ANTI-HABSBURG PAMPHLET PRINTED IN BERLIN] PlÃ¡Ä Koruny ÄeskÃ© Äili upÅjmnÃ¡ slowa Staro-Äecha propowÄdÄnÃ¡ milÃ½m kraganum lÃ©ta bjdy 1866 [Lamentation of the Bohemian Crown or heartfelt words of an Old-Czech, held forth to his dear compatriots in the year of sorrow 1866]

by [Kotik, Anton]

Illegally published pamphlet urging Czech independence from Austro-Hungary. Published anonymously in Berlin during the Austro-Prussian War (1866), it was written by Anton Kotik (1840-?) and reflects the political ambitions of Czech journalist and writer Josef F. FriÄ and Count Rudolf von Thurn und Taxis. After a long list of injustices the Czech people have suffered at the hands of Austria, Kotik argues for a radical divorce from the Austrian government and an independent Czech state under Prussian... Read more about this item

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£520.38

[CZECH PHOTOMONTAGE BOOK DESIGN - TEIGE] NeÅ¾ se rozednÃ [Until the Day Breaks]

by Bromfield, Louis and Karel Teige, artist

First Czech edition of Bromfield's novel, translated by Hana BÃlkovÃ¡ and with a late photo-montage cover design by Karel Teige. Karel Teige a typografie, 505 (p. 203). As of September 2020, KVK and OCLC only show one copy outside the Czech Republic. First Czech edition of Bromfield's novel, translated by Hana BÃlkovÃ¡ and with a late photo-montage cover design by Karel Teige. Karel Teige a typografie, 505 (p. 203). As of September 2020, KVK and OCLC only show one copy outside the Czech... Read more about this item

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£173.46

VÃ½tvarnÃ© dÃlo. DÅ¯m kultury OrlovÃ¡ 4. Äerven 1980 [The work of Eduard OvÄÃ¡Äek. Culture House OrlovÃ¡ 4. June 1980]

by Eduard OvÄÃ¡Äek

Scarce provincial catalog of an exhibition of OvÄÃ¡Äek's visual works at OrlovÃ¡ near Ostrova, including graphic art, painting, and sculpture, structured around letters and words. Held in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in June 1980. With a detailed and very useful chronology of the artist's work and exhibitions. As of December 2023, KVK, OCLC show only a copy in Germany. Scarce provincial catalog of an exhibition of OvÄÃ¡Äek's visual works at OrlovÃ¡ near Ostrova, including graphic art,... Read more about this item

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£130.10

[CZECH SURREALISM AND PSYCHOANALYSIS] Racionalisace spotÅeby: zÃ¡kladnÃ problÃ©my projektovÃ¡nÃ [The rationalisation of consumption: basic problems of projecting]

by Brouk, Bohuslav

First edition of this work by Czech psychoanalyst, philosopher, art theoretician, and writer Bohuslav Brouk, one of the first promoters of Freud's work in Czechoslovakia. He was a close friend of Karel Teige and a co-founder of the Czech Surrealist Group in 1934. Considered one of the most original minds of the Czech avant-garde, he was also seen as its enfant terrible. Brouk's postscript for Å tyrskÃ½'s "Emily Comes to Me in a Dream" (1933), a defense of erotic literature, revealed his great... Read more about this item

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£303.56

[CZECH MODERNISM - JOSEF VÃCHAL] KuriosnÃ revue [A curious review], nos. 1, 2, 3-4 (all published)

by HruÅ¡ka, E. A

Complete run of this bibliophile periodical with contributions by Karel VotlucÌka, Josef VÃ¡chal, Leo BroÅ¾, Koro Otei, Anna MackovÃ¡, Emmerich Alois HruÅ¡ka, and others. Edited by a relatively unknown Czech writer, artist, publisher, and cabaret artist who was a student of the famous woodcut illustrator and artist Josef VÃ¡chal. HruÅ¡ka (1895-1957) was a prolific, yet marginal figure in Czech culture of the 1920-30s, who published countless books, often with his own typographic design... Read more about this item

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£867.30

[HIGHLIGHT OF THE CZECH AVANT-GARDE] SÂ lodÃ jeÅ¾ dovÃ¡Å¾Ã Äaj a kÃ¡vu: poesie [With the ship which brings tea and coffee: poetry]

by Biebl, Konstantin and Karel Teige, designer

The rare second edition of Biebl's work, but the first with Teige's constructivist typographic "montages" printed in black and pink. With an original "collage" of colored paper and printed text, also designed by Karel Teige for the limited preferential run of 115 copies, signed by the author and printed on Van Gelder paper. This is copy no. 89 (1-20 were hand-colored and hard-bound, 21-45 were colored and in a similar binding, 46 to 100 were issued as described above, and an additional 15 issues "hors... Read more about this item

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£4,336.50

[THE ARCHITECTURE OF PUBLIC BATHS AND POOLS] LÃ¡znÄ: stavba lÃ¡znÃ, koupaliÅ¡t'a plovÃ¡ren jejich Ãºprava a zaÅÃzenÃ [Public baths, swinning pools, and saunas: their design and construction]

by Hofbauer, Alexander and VÃ¡clav KolÃ¡tor

Important Czech monograph on the design of swimming pools and related bathing facilities, including locker and bathing areas. Illustrated with photographs of the facilities, drawings of plans for filtration systems, slides, diving platforms, photos of thermal baths, various international spas, beaches, indoor pools with viewing stands such as those at Madison Square Garden, Harvard University, and others. VÃ¡clav KolÃ¡tor (1899-1983) was a swimmer and architect famous for pioneering the field of... Read more about this item

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£650.48

DvanÃ¡ct: revoluÄnÃ epos [The Twelve: a revolutionary epic]

by Blok, Aleksandr; Bohumil Mathesius, translator

This 1925 Czech translation of Russian poet Aleksandr Blok's "The Twelve" ("Dvenadtsat'") features illustrations by the Czech avant-garde artist and illustrator VÃ¡clav MaÅ¡ek (1893-1973). Blok's epic poem (written in 1918) is translated by Bohumil Mathesius, a prolific translator from a number of European languages. DvanÃ¡ct is an example of the flourishing avant-garde print culture in 1920s Prague, when artists and writers radically re-thought the aesthetics of the book, experimenting with cover... Read more about this item

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£390.28

[CONCRETE POETRY PORTFOLIO] Konkrete poezie uit Tsjechoslowakije [Concrete poetry from Czechoslovakia]

A striking suite of twelve sheets of concrete poetry works, published in Amsterdam during the period of Normalization in communist-ruled Czechoslovakia, when concrete poetry was often difficult to publish. The portfolio showcases the work of eleven Czech poets and artists, among them such leading lights of Czech concrete poetry as Bohumila GrÃ¶gerovÃ¡, JiÅÃ KolÃ¡Å, Josef HirÅ¡al, and JiÅÃ Valoch, as well as lesser known artists (in the West) as Dana KonecÅÃ¡ and Josef Honys.... Read more about this item

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£693.84

[CZECH REGIONAL AVANT-GARDE] ZpÄvy o Rusku [Songs about Russia]. From the Russian by Jaroslav Teichmann.; Van, edice krÃ¡snÃ© literatury, sv. 3

Scarce undocumented regional, Silesian avant-garde publication with a striking, spare wrapper design by ZdenÄk Rossmann, an important Czech architect and graphic designer who taught and worked primarily in Bratislava. Rossmann had studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau. Contains translations of poems by V. Piast, Fedor Sologub, Sergei Esenin, Alexander Blok, Khodasevich, Akhmatova and many others. Published for the Klub revoluÄnÃ kultury (Club for Revolutionary Culture) in Ostrava, Moravia. With... Read more about this item

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£173.46

[SURREALISM] Leherb. DÅ¯m umÄnÃ mÄsta Brna. Prosinec 1966 [House of Art, Brno, December 1966]

by BudÃk, ArnoÅ¡t, editor

Ephemeral catalog for an exhibition of works by Helmut Leherb (1933-1997), the Viennese artist and surrealist, a representative of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Held in Brno in December 1966 and organized by the Czech surrealist writer and artist ArnoÅ¡t BudÃk, a member of the short-lived "Lacoste" Group active in Brno in the 1960s. With a short introductory text and an interview with Leherb on surrealism, eroticism, etc., as well as a list of works exhibited. Not in KVK, OCLC. Ephemeral... Read more about this item

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£65.05

[A VISION FOR CZECH POST-WAR ART] VelikÃ¡ pÅÃleÅ¾itost: poznÃ¡mky k reorganisaci ÄeskÃ©ho vÃ½tvarnictvÃ [A great opportunity: notes on the reorganisation of Czech art]

by ChalupeckÃ½, JindÅich and FrantiÅ¡ek HudeÄek (artist)

First and only edition of this important but apparently largely unknown and un-referenced manifesto on the opportunities for revitalizing Czech art following the devastation of World War II. Published in the brief interlude before non-Marxist visions of cultural rebirth were squashed by the Communist coup of 1948. ChalupeckÃ½ (1910-1990) was an influential heoretician, critic, curator, and essayist, and director of the VÃ¡clav Å pÃ¡la Gallery in Prague, which he turned into a major site of... Read more about this item

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£216.82

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE - MUZIKA DESIGN] Vesnice spÃ: romÃ¡n [The village sleeps: a novel]. JihoslovanskÃ¡ knihovna, svazek 5 [South Slavic Library, volume 5, series title]

by PetroviÄ, Petar S. (author) and FrantiÅ¡ek Muzika (artist)

Although less well-known than Teige, Å tyrskÃ½, and Sutnar, Muzika (1900-1974) was a key representative of the Czech avant-garde and a founding member of DevÄtsil. Active in a wide range of media and other endeavors, including painting, graphic design, set design, illustration, directing, and teaching, Muzika also created a range of experimental book covers beginning in the late 1920s. He served as art director of the publishing house "Aventinum," adding his own covers which "in their simplicity... Read more about this item

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£86.73

Do you want to speak Czech? I. Chcete mluvit cesky? 1. Díl. (Czech for Beginners). 4th edition. 4 vyd.

by REMEDIOSOVÁ, Helena, CECHOVÁ, Elga, PUTZ, Harry

Liberec, Cz: Harry Putz, 2002. H/b., 414pp. 17 x 22.5cm., 800g.. With b/w in-text illustrations, marker. A very good hardback copy in excellent condition. Crisp and clean, appears barely used. A modern communicative textbook of contemporary Czech for foreigner learners. 15 lessons: for beginners to intermediate.

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£25.00

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