Krkavci: Komedie o Trech Dejstvích [The Ravens]
by BARTOŠ, Jan; [Jindrich Štyrsky, cover design]
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
[Praha: Vydal Devetsil, 1924]. Second Edition. Slim octavo (22cm.); publisher's white pictorial wrappers, yapp edges; 61pp. Wrappers rather chipped and worn, especially along spine, repaired shallow loss at bottom edge of upper cover, general dust-soil, some foxing to rear cover, textblock slightly toned, else Good to Very Good. Earliest edition of the author's first play to be issued by the leading Czech avant-garde publishing house Devetsil, upper cover designed by the prolific Surrealist artist Jindrich Štyrsky. OCLC locates one copy in the United States as of November, 2018, at the NYPL.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42953
- Title
- Krkavci: Komedie o Trech Dejstvích [The Ravens]
- Author
- BARTOŠ, Jan; [Jindrich Štyrsky, cover design]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Vydal Devetsil
- Place of Publication
- [Praha
- Date Published
- 1924]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Eastern Europe / Soviet Bloc; Modern Drama;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...