Pekar Jan Marhoul. Roman.
by Vancura, Vladislav (Toyen illus)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Prague: Druzstveni Prace, 1929, 1929 Octavo (18.5 x 13.5cm, 7-3/8 x 5-3/8in), decorated cloth. 138pp, in an edition of 1040. Publisher's cloth cover, with abstraction by Frinta, 5 full-page illustrations, title and 5 tail-pieces by Toyen. This cloth edition includes the trade paper wrapper. PEKAR JAN MARHOUL is considered to be Vancura's greatest novel. Vancura (1891-1942) is held as one of the most important Czech writers of the modern era; his novels are particularly distinguished, the most famous one being Pekar Jan Márhoul, which received many printings and was translated into many languages. He was involved in the Tvrdoíjní group from a young age and participated in the leading modernist developments in Czechoslovakia as a literary light and also as film director, playwright and screenwriter. He suffered the fate as one of the elite executed in response to the Heydrich assassination. Condition near fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-516803226
- Title
- Pekar Jan Marhoul. Roman.
- Author
- Vancura, Vladislav (Toyen illus)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Prague: Druzstveni Prace, 1929
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- TOYEN; CZECH AVANT-GARDE; AVANTGARDE; MODERNISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Czech avant-garde;
Terms of Sale
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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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