Velká zkouska demokracií: La grande épreuve des démocraties : povaha, historie a filosofická hodnota demokratických zásad
by Benda, Julien; Karel Teige
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- Acceptable
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Praha (Prague): Klub Socialisticke Kultury, 1947. Acceptable. 23 cm; 116, [2] pages. Printed wraps designed by Karel Teige. Wraps beginning to separate from text block at spine; digits penned in ink in corner of upper wrap, and small abrasion to wrap on spine. Text unmarked and unblemished.
First edition in Czech of the French philosopher's 1942 essay on the principles of democracy. Cover design by avant-garde artist Karel Teige. After welcoming the Soviet army as liberators, Teige was silenced by the Communist government in 1948. In 1951 he died of a heart attack, said to be a result of a ferocious Soviet press campaign against him as a 'Trotskyite degenerate,' his papers were destroyed by the secret police, and his published work was suppressed for decades.
First edition in Czech of the French philosopher's 1942 essay on the principles of democracy. Cover design by avant-garde artist Karel Teige. After welcoming the Soviet army as liberators, Teige was silenced by the Communist government in 1948. In 1951 he died of a heart attack, said to be a result of a ferocious Soviet press campaign against him as a 'Trotskyite degenerate,' his papers were destroyed by the secret police, and his published work was suppressed for decades.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4554
- Title
- Velká zkouska demokracií
- Author
- Benda, Julien; Karel Teige
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Klub Socialisticke Kultury
- Place of Publication
- Praha (Prague)
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- French philosophers Eastern Europe Communism Karel Teige Political science
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Acceptable
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- 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....