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Karel Teige a film. Úvodní studie Petra Krále [Karel Teige and film. With an introductory study by Petr Král]

Karel Teige a film. Úvodní studie Petra Krále [Karel Teige and film. With an introductory study by Petr Král]

by Karel Teige and Petr Král, editor

The first volume to gather Karel Teige's various articles on film, mostly published during the 1920s and 1930s, with a lengthy introductory essay by Petr Král (1941-2020), the surrealist-influenced writer and film scholar. Teige was a formative member of the avant- garde movement "Devětsil" and served as a key conduit for West European avant-garde and surrealist tendencies to the Czech Republic in the interwar period, in addition to his own prolific work as an editor, graphic designer, and... Read more about this item
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NZ$456.75
[CZECH CONCRETE POETRY] Lekce velkého A: konkrétní a vizuální poezie 1962-1993 [The lesson of the capital A: concrete and visual poetry 1962-1993]

[CZECH CONCRETE POETRY] Lekce velkého A: konkrétní a vizuální poezie 1962-1993 [The lesson of the capital A: concrete and visual poetry 1962-1993]

by Ovčáček, Eduard, Jiří Valoch, and Arsén Pohribný

This volume represents the first publication of various concrete and visual poetry cycles created in the 1960-90s by Eduard Ovčáček (born 1933), which could not be published during the Czech Normalization-period of the 1970-80s. Along with such figures as Jiří Valoch, Jiří Kolář, Josef Hiršal and Bohumila Grögerová, Ovčáček was one of the foremost practitioners of concrete poetry and lettrism in Czechoslovakia. "Ovčárek endeavoured to achieve a... Read more about this item
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NZ$228.38
Bohdan Lacina: knižní grafika. Srpen - září 1973 [Bohdan Lacina: book design. August-September 1973]

Bohdan Lacina: knižní grafika. Srpen - září 1973 [Bohdan Lacina: book design. August-September 1973]

by Bohdan Lacina (1912-1971)

Scarce catalog for an exhibition of the work of Bohdan Lacina (1912-1971), the Czech surrealist painter, illustrator, and graphic designer associated with the post-war Ra Group (Skupina Ra). The group's roots go back to the 1930s, but given the Nazi occupants' view of surrealism as a "degenerate art" its members were unable to publish during World War II. The post-war period saw a burst of activity, leading to the official creation of the group, which also included Josef Istler, Miloš Kořeček,... Read more about this item
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NZ$182.70
Karel Teige/1900-1951: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde

Karel Teige/1900-1951: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde

by Dluhosch (Ed.), Eric and Rostislav Svacha

Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 420 pages, illustrated with mostly b&w plates, 8 color pages. Small remainder stamp on bottom edge. "Tiege was at one and the same time both an agent provocateur and seismograph, at once provoking action and debate and yet simultaneously reacting with the utmost sensitivity to the shifting political spectrum of his time."--from the introduction by Kenneth FramptonKarel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the avant-garde of the 1920s... Read more about this item
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NZ$84.46
Básníci revolučního Ruska [The poets of revolutionary Russia].; Lidová knihovna Aventina [Aventinum popular library, series title], vol. 2

Básníci revolučního Ruska [The poets of revolutionary Russia].; Lidová knihovna Aventina [Aventinum popular library, series title], vol. 2

by Kubka, František and Karel Teige, design

First edition of this early systematic study of modern Russian (and Soviet) poetry, with chapters on the mysticism of the Revolution, Chaos and the mystery of matter, Proletarian poets, and others. Wrappers and title page designed by Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvička. The series device was designed by Teige. Vloemans 30 (vol. 7 of the series, with similar wrapper design). First edition of this early systematic study of modern Russian (and Soviet) poetry, with chapters on the mysticism of the... Read more about this item
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NZ$274.05
[ROSSMANN DESIGN] Peníze a banky v Sovĕtském Svazu; bankovní soustava SSSR [Money and banks in the Soviet Union. The banking system of the USSR]

[ROSSMANN DESIGN] Peníze a banky v Sovĕtském Svazu; bankovní soustava SSSR [Money and banks in the Soviet Union. The banking system of the USSR]

by V. M. Batyrev and M. M. Usoskin; Zdeněk Rossmann, designer

A late, but striking design by Zdeněk Rossmann for this title on the Soviet banking system. The title of the original Russian work is "Bankovskaia sistema SSSR." Rossmann was an important avant-garde and constructivist-inspired graphic designer and typographer, a Brno-based member of the Devětsil group, and illustrator of many important publications of the Czech interwar avant-garde. As of January 2024, Outside the Czech Republic, KVK, OCLC only show the copy at Nanterre (Harvard holds a copy of... Read more about this item
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NZ$365.40
Galerie Hořejš. František Tichý. 16. X. - 30. X. 1945

Galerie Hořejš. František Tichý. 16. X. - 30. X. 1945

by František Tichý; Hořejš Gallery

Rare catalog. With an introductory essay by František Bárta and a poem by Vítězslav Nezval read at the vernissage. KVK, OCLC only show two copies in North America. Rare catalog. With an introductory essay by František Bárta and a poem by Vítězslav Nezval read at the vernissage. KVK, OCLC only show two copies in North America.
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NZ$137.02
Říjnová revoluce a československo-Sovětskě vztahy v československých tiscích 1918-1924; bibliograficko-dokumentární sborník k 50. výrocí Velké říjnové socialistichké revoluce připravila Státní knihovna ČSSR [The October Revolution and Czechoslovak-Soviet relations in Czechoslovak printing, 1918-1924]

Říjnová revoluce a československo-Sovětskě vztahy v československých tiscích 1918-1924; bibliograficko-dokumentární sborník k 50. výrocí Velké říjnové socialistichké revoluce připravila Státní knihovna ČSSR [The October Revolution and Czechoslovak-Soviet relations in Czechoslovak printing, 1918-1924]

by Vávra, Jaroslav, Karel Kozelek, and Bohumil Pelikán, editors

Uncommon bibliography and visual documentation issued on the fifty-year anniversary of the October Revolution. The work was compiled by the Czechoslovak State Library and issued as a not-for-sale special commemorative portfolio. An introduction in Czech and Russian is followed by extensive reproductions of front wrappers of communist literature and other books about Soviet Russia printed between 1918 and 1924, many of them in color. The are grouped by categories such as "Books about Vladimir Lenin,"... Read more about this item
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NZ$730.80
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] U modrého kohouta: román [At the wise rooster: novel]

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] U modrého kohouta: román [At the wise rooster: novel]

by Tilschová, Anna Maria (author) and František Muzika (artist)

Although less well-known than Teige, Štyrský, and Sutnar, Muzika (1900-1974) was a key representative of the Czech avant-garde and a founding member of Devětsil. Active in a wide range of media and other endeavors, including painting, graphic design, set design, illustration, directing, and teaching, Muzika also created a range of experimental book covers beginning in the late 1920s. He served as art director of the publishing house "Aventinum," adding his own covers which "in their simplicity... Read more about this item
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NZ$219.24
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Mladá Jalna [Young Jalna]

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Mladá Jalna [Young Jalna]

by Roche, Mazo de la (author) and František Muzika (artist)

Second Czech edition of the novel by the Canadian writer. Although less well-known than Teige, Štyrský, and Sutnar, Muzika (1900-1974) was a key representative of the Czech avant-garde and a founding member of Devětsil. Active in a wide range of media and other endeavors, including painting, graphic design, set design, illustration, directing, and teaching, Muzika also created a range of experimental book covers beginning in the late 1920s. He served as art director of the publishing house... Read more about this item
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NZ$274.05
[SURREALISM] Rudolf Haus. Dům umění města Brna [House of Arts, Brno], 19.4.-9.5.1967

[SURREALISM] Rudolf Haus. Dům umění města Brna [House of Arts, Brno], 19.4.-9.5.1967

by Budík, Arnošt and Petr Ivo, editors

Scarce exhibition catalog for the little-known Polish-born surrealist painter Rudolf Haus (1879-1977), a member of C.I.A.F.M.A. With a list of 30 exhibited paintings, created 1961-1965. As of February 2024, KVK, OCLC locate only one copy worldwide, in Germany. Scarce exhibition catalog for the little-known Polish-born surrealist painter Rudolf Haus (1879-1977), a member of C.I.A.F.M.A. With a list of 30 exhibited paintings, created 1961-1965. As of February 2024, KVK, OCLC locate only one copy... Read more about this item
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NZ$137.02
[CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION IN SIBERIA] Nezabiješ: k svědomí vládnoucích [Though shalt not kill: a note for those in power]

[CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION IN SIBERIA] Nezabiješ: k svědomí vládnoucích [Though shalt not kill: a note for those in power]

by Lauseger, Emanuel Eugen (1890-1940)

First edition of this collection of fictionalized accounts of the Czech Legion soldiers' suffering during their Siberian anabasis, issued as a powerful indictment of the immorality of the powerful by Emanuel E. Lauseger (1890-1940). The author wrote numerous other works on the same topic. The illustration on the front wrapper, as well as the overall design throughout, is not attributed. Signed by Lauseger to half title verso. KVK and OCLC only show the copies at the Czech National Library and Nanterre;... Read more about this item
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NZ$182.70
[CZECH SURREALISM] Vodnář v blížencích [Aquarius in Gemini]

[CZECH SURREALISM] Vodnář v blížencích [Aquarius in Gemini]

by Zdeněk Lorenc and Josef Istler

Scarce early publication of the Czech post-war surrealist group Skupina Ra (Group Ra), containing poems by Zdeněk Lorenc and a frontispiece illustration by Josef Istler. Lorenc (1919-1999) was a noted Czech surrealist writer and a co-founder of Skupina Ra. The group's roots go back to the 1930s, but given the Nazi occupants' view of surrealism as a "degenerate art" its members were unable to publish during World War II. Unsurprisingly, the years immediately following the war saw a burst of activity,... Read more about this item
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NZ$730.80
[CZECH SURREALISM] Bohdan Lacina 1948. Title from colophon: Texty Františka Halase, Zdenka Lorence, Ludvíka Kundery, Jana Tomeše k výstavě Bohdana Laciny v Praze, Brně, Bratislavě roku 1948 [Texts by ... for the exhibition of Bohdan Lacina in Prague, Brno, Bratislava in 1948]

[CZECH SURREALISM] Bohdan Lacina 1948. Title from colophon: Texty Františka Halase, Zdenka Lorence, Ludvíka Kundery, Jana Tomeše k výstavě Bohdana Laciny v Praze, Brně, Bratislavě roku 1948 [Texts by ... for the exhibition of Bohdan Lacina in Prague, Brno, Bratislava in 1948]

by Halas, František, Zdeněk Lorenc, Ludvík Kundera, and Jan Tomeš

Scarce booklet accompanying what appears to be the first solo exhibit of works by Lacina, following just one year after the first legal exhibition of the Skupina Ra group, an important Czech post-war surrealist group which sharply distinguished itself from pre-war Czech surrealism. Accompanied by short essays by three founding members of the Skupina Ra, as well as the noted modernist poet František Halas. With fourteen reproductions of Lacina's surrealist paintings, a list of previous exhibitions,... Read more about this item
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NZ$228.38
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Zně na Jalně [Whiteoaks of Jalna]

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Zně na Jalně [Whiteoaks of Jalna]

by Roche, Mazo de la (author) and František Muzika (artist)

Third Czech edition of the novel by the Canadian writer. Although less well-known than Teige, Štyrský, and Sutnar, Muzika (1900-1974) was a key representative of the Czech avant-garde and a founding member of Devětsil. Active in a wide range of media and other endeavors, including painting, graphic design, set design, illustration, directing, and teaching, Muzika also created a range of experimental book covers beginning in the late 1920s. He served as art director of the publishing house... Read more about this item
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NZ$274.05
[CZECH CONCRETE POETRY AND CONCEPTUAL ART] Jiří Valoch: Die Bedeutung der Worte. Bücher. 27. April - 6. Juli 1997

[CZECH CONCRETE POETRY AND CONCEPTUAL ART] Jiří Valoch: Die Bedeutung der Worte. Bücher. 27. April - 6. Juli 1997

by Schraenen, Guy and Jiří Valoch

A conceptual artist book-cum-catalog, conceived for an exhibit jointly curated by Jiří Valoch and Guy Schraenen, containing work by Valoch and H. J. Kocman, the Czech book artist. With an introductory essay by Schraenen and a biography and bibliography of works by Valoch. Published in a print run of 1000 copies. As of January 2024, KVK and OCLC show three copies in North America. A conceptual artist book-cum-catalog, conceived for an exhibit jointly curated by Jiří Valoch and Guy... Read more about this item
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NZ$137.02
[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Pekař Jan Marhoul: román [The baker Jan Marhoul: a novel]. Edice Odeon 4 [Edition Odeon 4, series title]

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE] Pekař Jan Marhoul: román [The baker Jan Marhoul: a novel]. Edice Odeon 4 [Edition Odeon 4, series title]

by Vančura, Vladislav

Second edition (and first edition in this design) of the acclaimed novel by Vančura (1891-1942), an early member of the Devětsil avant-garde group and co-formulator of the Poetism movement. Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvička began their intensive collaboration as book designers and also stage designers in 1924. Two publishing houses had a significant influence on them: they designed the first ten volumes of the Aventinum People's Library in its clearly constructivist form. Above all, however, it... Read more about this item
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NZ$182.70
[CZECH POST-WAR SURREALISM - LACOSTE GROUP] Merlin ars - Ars Merlina - Merlin. Lacoste separat 5

[CZECH POST-WAR SURREALISM - LACOSTE GROUP] Merlin ars - Ars Merlina - Merlin. Lacoste separat 5

by Havlíček, Jiří and Milada Svozilova

Rare bibliophile edition of eight original etchings by Jiří Havlíček and Milada Svozilova. Evidently one of 48 copies, all prints numbered 3/48. "Ce tirage bibliophile concernant les metamorphoes de l'etre legendaire du magicien Merlin, edite par Jiří Havlíček avec Milada Svozilová en fevrier 1968 a Brno, presente prolegomena d'une serie preparee des revues thematiques "MERLIN ARS" dediees a l'art fantasque de Brno et destinees a quelques amis du Fantastique chez nous et a... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,096.20
[CZECH CONCRETE POETRY AND LETTRISM] Písmo a obraz: Ladislav Novák. Eduard Ovčáček. Miloš Urbásek. Výstavní síň Dílo v Ostravě [Letter and image ... Gallery Dilo in Ostrava]. May 1965

[CZECH CONCRETE POETRY AND LETTRISM] Písmo a obraz: Ladislav Novák. Eduard Ovčáček. Miloš Urbásek. Výstavní síň Dílo v Ostravě [Letter and image ... Gallery Dilo in Ostrava]. May 1965

Scarce catalog of an exhibition of Czech concrete poetry and narrative art held in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in May 1965. With an introductory essay by Arsen Pohribný, artist biographies and lists of work exhibited. The exhibiting artists included Ladislav Novák, Eduard Ovčáček, and Miloš Urbásek. As of December 2023, KVK, OCLC only show one copy worldwide. Scarce catalog of an exhibition of Czech concrete poetry and narrative art held in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in May 1965. With... Read more about this item
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NZ$411.08
Monaco: román [Monaco: a novel]

Monaco: román [Monaco: a novel]

by Nezval, Vítězslav and Jindrich Štyrský, designer

Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most outstanding twentieth-century Czech poets, a leading light of Czech poetism and, later, surrealism, as well as an early member of the avant-garde group Devětsil. He was famous both for his energy as an organizer of the Czech avant-garde and for his prolific output of highly lyrical and associative verse. This copy was inscribed by Nezval during the German occupation to Vlastimil Fiala (1920-1993), a young poet, painter and art historian, who was evidently close... Read more about this item
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NZ$639.45
[A RADICAL JESUIT - FOUNDER OF CZECH 'BIBLIOGRAPHY'] Index bohemicorum librorum prohibitorum, et corrigendorum ordine alphabeti digestus, reverendissimi, celsissimi S.R.I. principis domini domini Antonii Petri dei Gratia, et sedis apostolicae archi-episcopi pragensis jussu collectus, atque editus. WITH: Broadsheet providing rules for distinguishing between good and unacceptable translations of the Old and New Testament: Facilis methodus agnoscendi: an Biblia seu Testamentum permitti, corrigi, vel tolli debeat, aut possit? ... (Cum Licentia Ordinarii. Vetero-Pragae impressum in Aula Regia, apud Franciscum Carolum Hladky, Archi-Episcopalem Typographum, 1747)

[A RADICAL JESUIT - FOUNDER OF CZECH 'BIBLIOGRAPHY'] Index bohemicorum librorum prohibitorum, et corrigendorum ordine alphabeti digestus, reverendissimi, celsissimi S.R.I. principis domini domini Antonii Petri dei Gratia, et sedis apostolicae archi-episcopi pragensis jussu collectus, atque editus. WITH: Broadsheet providing rules for distinguishing between good and unacceptable translations of the Old and New Testament: Facilis methodus agnoscendi: an Biblia seu Testamentum permitti, corrigi, vel tolli debeat, aut possit? ... (Cum Licentia Ordinarii. Vetero-Pragae impressum in Aula Regia, apud Franciscum Carolum Hladky, Archi-Episcopalem Typographum, 1747)

by Koniáš, Antonín (1691-1760)

Second edition of this index of Protestant and anti-Catholic literature meant to be confiscated and burned. The book is a continuation of the radical Jesuit priest's earlier works, such as the famous "Clavis haeresim claudens et aperiens. Kljč Kacýřské Bľudy K rozeznánj otwjragicý | K wykořeněnj zamjtagicý..." [A key to identifying and eradicating heretical mistakes. Or Index of certain heretical, scandalous, suspicious or prohibited books...], first published in 1729. This... Read more about this item
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NZ$2,192.40
[INSCRIBED BY TOYEN AND VANČURA TO NEZVAL] Pekař Jan Marhoul: román [The baker Jan Marhoul: a novel]

[INSCRIBED BY TOYEN AND VANČURA TO NEZVAL] Pekař Jan Marhoul: román [The baker Jan Marhoul: a novel]

by Vančura, Vladislav and Toyen (Marie Cermínová), illustrator

Third edition (but first illustrated) of the acclaimed novel by Vančura (1891-1942), an early member of the Devětsil avant-garde group and co-formulator of the Poetism movement. This edition was the first to feature the illustrations by Czech surrealist artist Toyen (Marie Cermínová, 1902-1980). An important, outstanding association copy, warmly inscribed by Vančura and Toyen to Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958) in the year of publication, "for his passionate praise." Nezval was another... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,461.60
František Gross. Ladislav Novák. Špálova galerie, listopad 1965

František Gross. Ladislav Novák. Špálova galerie, listopad 1965

With a long introduction by literary and art critic Jindřich Chalupecký (1910-1990), a poem by Novák, artist biographies and lists of works exhibited. An important exhibition held at the Václav Špála Gallery, a hugely influential gallery in the relatively liberal mid-1960s, where Chalupecký also created many international links in his programming (among others, Chalupecký arranged a Duchamp retrospective in 1969 and supported young Czech performance artists). The liberal period... Read more about this item
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NZ$182.70
[TEIGE DESIGN] Předpoklady slohu: úvahy, kritiky, polemiky [The premises of style: essays, criticism, polemics]

[TEIGE DESIGN] Předpoklady slohu: úvahy, kritiky, polemiky [The premises of style: essays, criticism, polemics]

by Kubišta, Bohumil and Karel Teige, designer

Late work by Karel Teige, who also edited this series (Orloj: mezinárodní knihovna theorie umění), of which this is volume 1. The book contains reprints of 27 articles by the painter and art critic written between 1909 and 1914, discussing stylistic trends of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With extensive notes, some text illustrations, and sixteen plates, including works by Kubišta, but also other Czech artists and foreign painters such as Léger. Bohmuil Kubišta... Read more about this item
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NZ$365.40
Colloquial Czech.

Colloquial Czech.

by NAUGHTON, James

London: Routledge, 1987. P/b., 303 pp.. 12 x 19.5 cm.. Book only, no cassettes. A very nice bright copy. Paper a little browned from age. Clean and tight. Appears unused. Interactive with lots of dialogues and exercises, clear pronunciation guide and grammar notes, useful vocabulary, answer key.
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NZ$12.78