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Karel Capek: In Pursuit of Truth, Tolerance and Trust (Signed By Author)
by Bohuslava R. Bradbrook
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1898723850
- ISBN 13
- 9781898723851
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Brighton, England: Sussex Academic Press, 1998. Inscribed to John (Dumbreck) on title page by author. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 257pp. Biography of the important, versatile Czech author Karel Capek whose novels created a sensation in London in the 1920s. His word 'robot' was introduced into the Oxford English Dictionary. Tucked in is a note to Professor Dumbreck by the author plus comments on other printed extracts about Capek. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.25 x 6.25 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019399
- Title
- Karel Capek: In Pursuit of Truth, Tolerance and Trust (Signed By Author)
- Author
- Bohuslava R. Bradbrook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1898723850
- ISBN 13
- 9781898723851
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Place of Publication
- Brighton, England
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Writer, Czech, 20th Century, Robot, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography - literary; Literature / Authors / Poetry;
- Size
- 9.25 x 6.25 inches
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