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Karel Teige/1900-1951: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde

Karel Teige/1900-1951: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde

by Dluhosch (Ed.), Eric and Rostislav Svacha

Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 420 pages, illustrated with mostly b&w plates, 8 color pages. Small remainder stamp on bottom edge. "Tiege was at one and the same time both an agent provocateur and seismograph, at once provoking action and debate and yet simultaneously reacting with the utmost sensitivity to the shifting political spectrum of his time."--from the introduction by Kenneth FramptonKarel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the avant-garde of the 1920s... Read more about this item
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A$77.52
Galerie Hořejš. František Tichý. 16. X. - 30. X. 1945

Galerie Hořejš. František Tichý. 16. X. - 30. X. 1945

by František Tichý; Hořejš Gallery

Rare catalog. With an introductory essay by František Bárta and a poem by Vítězslav Nezval read at the vernissage. KVK, OCLC only show two copies in North America. Rare catalog. With an introductory essay by František Bárta and a poem by Vítězslav Nezval read at the vernissage. KVK, OCLC only show two copies in North America.
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A$124.66
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE - TEIGE DESIGN] Pozdrav Paříži: protifašistická lyrika [A greeting to Paris: anti-fascist lyrics]. With a preface by E. E. Kisch

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE - TEIGE DESIGN] Pozdrav Paříži: protifašistická lyrika [A greeting to Paris: anti-fascist lyrics]. With a preface by E. E. Kisch

by Lit-Brigáda Mladé Gardy [Young Guard Literary Brigade]

First and only edition of this rare "anti-fascist" anthology of poems, scarcer and less well-known than a more extensive 1936 anthology issued on the occasion of the Spanish Civil War. The present volume was apparently a reaction to the Nazis' rise to power in 1933, as well as Italian Fascism. Published by the "literary brigade" of the journal "Mladá garda" (Young guard), which included Ilja Bart, Jan Dolina, Milka Hašková, Milan Jareš, Franta Nečásek, and Jirka Solvin. among the poems... Read more about this item
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A$997.32
Sepie [Sepia]

Sepie [Sepia]

by Halas, František

Third, expanded edition of Halas' collection of verse (first published in 1927, then in 1938), here with wrappers illustrated using a drawing by Jan Smetana (1918-1998). Outside the Czech Republic, KVK, OCLC show fourteen copies. Third, expanded edition of Halas' collection of verse (first published in 1927, then in 1938), here with wrappers illustrated using a drawing by Jan Smetana (1918-1998). Outside the Czech Republic, KVK, OCLC show fourteen copies.
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A$124.66
Výkladní skříně: jejich význam, úprava a návod, jak se stanou úspěšnějšími [Shop window displays: their significance, design and instructions for greater success]

Výkladní skříně: jejich význam, úprava a návod, jak se stanou úspěšnějšími [Shop window displays: their significance, design and instructions for greater success]

by Atelier Henrych (Josef Henrych)

A remarkably well-rounded photo-illustrated anthology of research on all manner of questions related to shop windows and display cases. Preface by Miroslav Sutnar, followed by contributions by Jan Brabec ("On the significance of show windows"), Jaroslav Baborovský ("The history of the shop display"), Bohumil Häckl ("Shop windows and advertising"), Miroslava Horáková ("The consumer and shop displays"), Josef Hesoun ("The architect views a shop window"), Jiří Haller ("The philologist and... Read more about this item
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A$664.88
[HAND-COLORED TOYEN ILLUSTRATION] O Písni písní [About the Song of Songs]. Edice "Lis knihomilův" ["The bookworm's press" editions; series title]

[HAND-COLORED TOYEN ILLUSTRATION] O Písni písní [About the Song of Songs]. Edice "Lis knihomilův" ["The bookworm's press" editions; series title]

by Miloslav Novotný and Toyen, artist

Rare promotional brochure (prospectus) for this translation of the Old Testament "Song of Songs" with one hand-colored illustration by Toyen. The book itself, which also appeared in 1931, would contain four larger hand-colored illustrations by Toyen. The translation was prepared by Jan Blahoslav Čapek. Simultaneously, the prospectus also serves as an advertisement for the newly-founded fine press series "Lis knihomilův" (Bookworms' press) by F. J. Müller The painter and illustrator Toyen (the... Read more about this item
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A$1,662.20
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE - PHOTOMONTAGE] Z duševní dílny lidstva: Co dalo lidstvu. Výsledky práce lidstva XX: věku. Díl VII. [From the intellectual workshop of humanity: The Twentieth Century. What it gave to humanity. The results of the work of mankind of the Twentieth century. Volume VII]

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE - PHOTOMONTAGE] Z duševní dílny lidstva: Co dalo lidstvu. Výsledky práce lidstva XX: věku. Díl VII. [From the intellectual workshop of humanity: The Twentieth Century. What it gave to humanity. The results of the work of mankind of the Twentieth century. Volume VII]

by Páta, František and Josef (redaktion)

Compendium of the intellectual, artistic and architectural history of the early twentieth century. Important literary figures are discussed in detail, and their work is presented and classified. For example, the literary critic Bedřich Václavek, who was later murdered in Auschwitz, writes extensively about Czech literature. Another chapter deals in depth with Russian literature, yet another with Yugoslav, French, etc. There are also several extensive chapters devoted to modern architecture, based... Read more about this item
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A$415.55
Bohdan Lacina, Obrazy 1945-1964. Exhibition held at Galerie Václav Špála in November 1964

Bohdan Lacina, Obrazy 1945-1964. Exhibition held at Galerie Václav Špála in November 1964

Exhibition catalog of Bohdan Lacina with seven reproductions, a prose poem by the surrealist writer Ludvík Kundera and a preface by Jan Tomeš. The artist was an early member of the Czech post-war artist collective "Skupina 42" (Group 42), which was formally founded in 1940, during the German Protectorate. The group was forbidden by the Communist government in 1948, but its members and artists continued to work and impact the Czech art scene well into the 1970s. "Skupina 42" was significantly... Read more about this item
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A$166.22
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Zně na Jalně [Whiteoaks of Jalna]

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Zně na Jalně [Whiteoaks of Jalna]

by Roche, Mazo de la (author) and František Muzika (artist)

Third Czech edition of the novel by the Canadian writer. Although less well-known than Teige, Štyrský, and Sutnar, Muzika (1900-1974) was a key representative of the Czech avant-garde and a founding member of Devětsil. 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... Read more about this item
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A$249.33
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Na vzdory jim... písně, songy, balady, chansony, poesie [Und euch zum Trotz: Chansons, Balladen und Legenden]

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Na vzdory jim... písně, songy, balady, chansony, poesie [Und euch zum Trotz: Chansons, Balladen und Legenden]

by Mehring, Walter and Jiří Taufer, translator

First Czech translation of Mehring's first publication in exile, which appeared in Paris in 1934, and contains poems from his books burned by the Nazis, as well as some recent texts. Mehring (1896-1981) was a Jewish German writer and noted satirist of Weimar Germany, who was barely able to escape abroad after Hitler's rise to power. Designed throughout by Zdeněk Rossmann, for the left-leaning Index publishing house in Olomouc, which also issued the eponymous modern art and architecture journal... Read more about this item
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A$664.88
[TEIGE DESIGN] Předpoklady slohu: úvahy, kritiky, polemiky [The premises of style: essays, criticism, polemics]

[TEIGE DESIGN] Předpoklady slohu: úvahy, kritiky, polemiky [The premises of style: essays, criticism, polemics]

by Kubišta, Bohumil and Karel Teige, designer

Late work by Karel Teige, who also edited this series (Orloj: mezinárodní knihovna theorie umění), of which this is volume 1. The book contains reprints of 27 articles by the painter and art critic written between 1909 and 1914, discussing stylistic trends of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With extensive notes, some text illustrations, and sixteen plates, including works by Kubišta, but also other Czech artists and foreign painters such as Léger. Bohmuil Kubišta... Read more about this item
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A$332.44
Výstava grafiky Skupiny 42. Z fondů Středočeské galerie. Catalog of a traveling exhibition of Skupina 42 organized by the Středočeská galerie (Central Bohemia Gallery) in Prague

Výstava grafiky Skupiny 42. Z fondů Středočeské galerie. Catalog of a traveling exhibition of Skupina 42 organized by the Středočeská galerie (Central Bohemia Gallery) in Prague

Exhibition catalog of Skupina 42, with an introduction by Jan Dvořák featuring biographical information on the artists and a list of works exhibited. The Czech post-war artist collective "Skupina 42" (Group 42) was formally founded in 1940, during the German Protectorate. The group was forbidden by the Communist government in 1948, but its members and artists continued to work and impact the Czech art scene well into the 1970s. "Skupina 42" was significantly shaped by the experience of war and the... Read more about this item
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A$124.66
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Prokletí básníci [The cursed poets]

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Prokletí básníci [The cursed poets]

by Verlaine, Paul, Adolf Kroupa, and Karel Teige, designer

Karel Teige designed the cover and wrote a postscript to this translation of Verlaine's essays "Les Poètes maudits" (1883-1884), from a text published in Paris in 1900. Both the cover and the appendix contain erotic surrealist photomontage imagery by Teige, highlighting his continued artistic connection with Surrealism and the Western art world even as Czechoslovakia came firmly under the Soviet sphere of influence after WWII. Surrealism was seen as standing in opposition to Socialist Realism, the... Read more about this item
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[CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION IN SIBERIA] Nezabiješ: k svědomí vládnoucích [Though shalt not kill: a note for those in power]

[CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION IN SIBERIA] Nezabiješ: k svědomí vládnoucích [Though shalt not kill: a note for those in power]

by Lauseger, Emanuel Eugen (1890-1940)

First edition of this collection of fictionalized accounts of the Czech Legion soldiers' suffering during their Siberian anabasis, issued as a powerful indictment of the immorality of the powerful by Emanuel E. Lauseger (1890-1940). The author wrote numerous other works on the same topic. The illustration on the front wrapper, as well as the overall design throughout, is not attributed. Signed by Lauseger to half title verso. KVK and OCLC only show the copies at the Czech National Library and Nanterre;... Read more about this item
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[CZECH EXHIBITION ON NAZI ATROCITIES - PHOTO-MONTAGE] Výstava "Zločiny nacismu" ["Crimes of nazism": exhibition] (untitled catalog)

[CZECH EXHIBITION ON NAZI ATROCITIES - PHOTO-MONTAGE] Výstava "Zločiny nacismu" ["Crimes of nazism": exhibition] (untitled catalog)

Rare catalog for an exhibition on the crimes and atrocities committed by the Nazis throughout Europe, which sought "not to make a spectacle out of horror, but to define the concept of 'war crimes', which is often vaguely understood." With a map of the exhibition rooms, divided into sections on the origins of Nazism, Hitler's rise to power, the Gestapo, looting and theft, concentration camps, and several sections on Nazi terror in France. According to the catalog of the Czech National Library, the... Read more about this item
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A$1,579.09
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE - PHOTOMONTAGE] Země pruhů a hvězd, díl I-II [The land of stripes and stars, part I-II]. In two volumes

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE - PHOTOMONTAGE] Země pruhů a hvězd, díl I-II [The land of stripes and stars, part I-II]. In two volumes

by Ženatý, Berty

Second edition of the two-volume work on the USA. The photomontage by Antonín Chlebeček uses the skyscrapers, which have become iconic, to make it clear at first glance to the European audience that the volumes are about North America. Numerous photomontages of this period use the architecture of the skyscrapers as an image signal, as it were, referring to American culture. Worth mentioning, for example, are some covers Heartfield designed for the German editions of Upton Sinclair's novels. The... Read more about this item
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A$747.99
[SLOVAK AVANT-GARDE - PROLETARIAN POETRY] Čierň na palete: verše [Black on the palette: verses]

[SLOVAK AVANT-GARDE - PROLETARIAN POETRY] Čierň na palete: verše [Black on the palette: verses]

by Kráľ, Fraňo and Josef Zamazal (design)

Scarce first volume of poems by the Slovak avant-garde poet Fraňo Kráľ, published as vol. 7 of Edícia Stan, a publication series by the eponymous publisher and journal of the arts, literature, and social thought published in South Moravia, on the border with Austria and Slovakia. Kráľ (1903-1955) was born in Barton, Ohio but returned to his parents' native Slovakia - then part of Austro-Hungary - as a small child. Suffering from lung disease much of his life, he worked as a teacher in... Read more about this item
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[CZECH LEGION PUBLISHING IN SIBERIA] Pervaia godovshchina chekhoslovatskoi respubliki [The first anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic].; Chekhoslov. biblioteka, vyp. 6 [The Czechoslovak library, no. 6]

[CZECH LEGION PUBLISHING IN SIBERIA] Pervaia godovshchina chekhoslovatskoi respubliki [The first anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic].; Chekhoslov. biblioteka, vyp. 6 [The Czechoslovak library, no. 6]

by Kudelia, I

Rare publication in Russian about the Czechoslovak Legion, which introduces predominantly Siberian readers to the newly founded Czechoslovak Republic, established following WWI. After the treaty of Brest-Litovsk effectively closed the Eastern Front, the Legion forces found themselves on the side of the imperiled Tsarist troops as they moved East to Vladivostok and to transport ships bound for home. At one time, the Czech Legion controlled the majority of the Trans-Siberian Railway and significantly... Read more about this item
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A$997.32
[A RADICAL JESUIT - FOUNDER OF CZECH 'BIBLIOGRAPHY'] Index bohemicorum librorum prohibitorum, et corrigendorum ordine alphabeti digestus, reverendissimi, celsissimi S.R.I. principis domini domini Antonii Petri dei Gratia, et sedis apostolicae archi-episcopi pragensis jussu collectus, atque editus. WITH: Broadsheet providing rules for distinguishing between good and unacceptable translations of the Old and New Testament: Facilis methodus agnoscendi: an Biblia seu Testamentum permitti, corrigi, vel tolli debeat, aut possit? ... (Cum Licentia Ordinarii. Vetero-Pragae impressum in Aula Regia, apud Franciscum Carolum Hladky, Archi-Episcopalem Typographum, 1747)

[A RADICAL JESUIT - FOUNDER OF CZECH 'BIBLIOGRAPHY'] Index bohemicorum librorum prohibitorum, et corrigendorum ordine alphabeti digestus, reverendissimi, celsissimi S.R.I. principis domini domini Antonii Petri dei Gratia, et sedis apostolicae archi-episcopi pragensis jussu collectus, atque editus. WITH: Broadsheet providing rules for distinguishing between good and unacceptable translations of the Old and New Testament: Facilis methodus agnoscendi: an Biblia seu Testamentum permitti, corrigi, vel tolli debeat, aut possit? ... (Cum Licentia Ordinarii. Vetero-Pragae impressum in Aula Regia, apud Franciscum Carolum Hladky, Archi-Episcopalem Typographum, 1747)

by Koniáš, Antonín (1691-1760)

Second edition of this index of Protestant and anti-Catholic literature meant to be confiscated and burned. The book is a continuation of the radical Jesuit priest's earlier works, such as the famous "Clavis haeresim claudens et aperiens. Kljč Kacýřské Bľudy K rozeznánj otwjragicý | K wykořeněnj zamjtagicý..." [A key to identifying and eradicating heretical mistakes. Or Index of certain heretical, scandalous, suspicious or prohibited books...], first published in 1729. This... Read more about this item
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A$1,994.64
[AMERICA THROUGH CZECH EYES] Ze země mrakodrapů: obrazky a dojmy [From the land of skyscrapers: pictures and impressions]

[AMERICA THROUGH CZECH EYES] Ze země mrakodrapů: obrazky a dojmy [From the land of skyscrapers: pictures and impressions]

by Osička, Antonín, Lidka Osičková, and Ladislav Süss, illustrator

Osička (1888-1949) was a Czech scholar and writer who earned his Ph.D. at Northwestern University and wrote a number of books about life and culture in the United States. This book, co-authored with his wife, is a light-hearted series of impressions about American daily life, many of them with a left-leaning orientation, with titles such as "The noon break of an American worker," "How they drank in America," "The American movies" or "Central Park in the winter." With five delightful drawings by... Read more about this item
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A$498.66
František Gross. Ladislav Novák. Špálova galerie, listopad 1965

František Gross. Ladislav Novák. Špálova galerie, listopad 1965

With a long introduction by literary and art critic Jindřich Chalupecký (1910-1990), a poem by Novák, artist biographies and lists of works exhibited. An important exhibition held at the Václav Špála Gallery, a hugely influential gallery in the relatively liberal mid-1960s, where Chalupecký also created many international links in his programming (among others, Chalupecký arranged a Duchamp retrospective in 1969 and supported young Czech performance artists). The liberal period... Read more about this item
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A$166.22
[CZECH SURREALISM] Trojstěžník [The schooner]

[CZECH SURREALISM] Trojstěžník [The schooner]

by Zdeněk Lorenc and Josef Istler

One of the earliest publications of the Czech post-war surrealist group Skupina Ra (Group Ra), containing nine poems by Zdeněk Lorenc and a frontispiece illustration by Josef Istler (reproduction of a painting). Lorenc (1919-1999) was a noted Czech surrealist writer and a co-founder of Skupina Ra. The group's roots go back to the 1930s, but given the Nazi occupants' view of surrealism as a "degenerate art" its members were unable to publish during World War II. Unsurprisingly, 1945 thus saw a burst... Read more about this item
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A$747.99
Prague : Traveler's Literary Companion

Prague : Traveler's Literary Companion

by Paul Wilson

Whereabouts Press, 1995. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$10.59
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Průvodce Paříží a okolím [A guide to Paris and environs].; Malá edice Odeon, sv. 6

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Průvodce Paříží a okolím [A guide to Paris and environs].; Malá edice Odeon, sv. 6

by Vincenc Nečas, Jindřich Štyrský, and Toyen

Scarce guidebook to Paris of the 1920s which, aside from practical information for travelers, provided such information as the addresses of poets and artists and their studios, Paris nightlife and "Czech Paris" with its numerous writers and artists then living in French exile, an overview of French theatre, film, music, ballet and other artforms, as well as introductions to a wide range of restaurants. It also contains a complete list of Paris movie theatres and art-related periodicals and newspapers.... Read more about this item
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A$1,246.65
[CZECH PHOTOGRAPHY JOURNAL] Fotografický obzor: obrazový měsíčník přátel fotografie, vydává svaz čs. klubů fotografů amatéřů [Photographic revue: an illustrated monthly of photography enthusiasts, published by the Union of Czechoslovak Clubs of Amateur Photographers], vol. XLVIII, nos. 1-12 (complete year)

[CZECH PHOTOGRAPHY JOURNAL] Fotografický obzor: obrazový měsíčník přátel fotografie, vydává svaz čs. klubů fotografů amatéřů [Photographic revue: an illustrated monthly of photography enthusiasts, published by the Union of Czechoslovak Clubs of Amateur Photographers], vol. XLVIII, nos. 1-12 (complete year)

by Svaz čs. klubů fotografů amatéřů [Union of Czechoslovak Clubs of Amateur Photographers]

Complete yearly run of the longest-running Czech journal of amateur photography, which was published under various titles from 1893 to 1944 (an earlier title was 'Rozhledy fotografa amatéra'). The issues of this year are illustrated with numerous photographs by Josef Sudek, František Drtikol, Jaromír Funke, Josef Ehm, Evžen Wiškovský, Jiří Jeníček and others. Issue three (March) focuses on portraits and includes samples by masters of the genre, such as Sudek, Drtikol,... Read more about this item
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