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Saveth Press, 2012-09-20. Paperback. Good.

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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London UK: Hutchinson and Co 191 pages. The dust jacket is a bit worn and frayed, with patches of discolouring. The page edges are lightly foxed. The front inside cover is signed by a previous owner. There is no publication date provided however it appears to have been published in the first half of the 20th century. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm).

London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Limited, 1929. A collection of nine stories by the great Czech modernist, most famous for "R.U.R." and "War with the Newts." This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition. Maroon cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 192 pages; red topstain; lovely bright laid paper. There is no publication date, but 1929. Slight lean; faded at the margins, more so on the spine, which has a tear to the head. Light spotting, mainly to the prelims. Lacking the dustwrapper.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Brentano's, 1930. First American edition. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, black spine and cover titles, cover board gilt decoration, no dust jacket, 279 pp. Very good book, spine soiled, cloth boards worn, front paste down owner inscription. Capek's first published collection of short stories translated from the Czech by Francis P. Marchant, Dora Round, F.P. Casey, O. Vocadlo with introduction by John Galsworthy.

London: Hutchinson. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. N.D.. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled red cloth, red topstain. No date (1929) . Slight edgewear/bumping, pages lightly toned. Firm binding. The DJ in mylar is sunned to spine, lightly soiled, chipped. Interior tape to spine ends/points. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .

New York:: Brentanos,, 1930.. First edition.. publisher's red cloth in dust jacket.. Insect damage at the front fold of the dust jacket at the top of the jacket spine, affecting the word "Money;" otherwise a very nice copy. . 8vo,.

New York: Brentano's, 1930. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus / Good. Small octavo, 7.7 in. x 5 in., pp. 279. Red cloth-covered boards with angled gilt lines and black title to front, and horizontal gilt lines and black title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Several stains to front board. Age-toning to pages. Rubbing, age-toning, and some stains to dustjacket. Small chips to top/bottom of dustjacket spine and front corners. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Karel apek (1890-1938) is generally considered the greatest Czech author of the first half of the twentieth century. He was Czechoslovakia's leading novelist, playwright, story writer, and columnist, and the spirit of its short-lived democracy. His plays appeared on Broadway soon after their debut in Prague, and his books were translated into many languages. apek expressed himself in the form of accessible and highly enjoyable writing, which works on many levels. (from Catbird Press).