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(Bakalar-Stetina, Mikulas) Kohut, Leo DAS WERK DES WIEGENDRUCKERS MIKULAS BAKALAR-STETINA ZU PILSEN.
N.p n.p. n.d. (c1966) small 4to. pp. 116-128 (i.e. 13) pages.
Offprint from the 1966 Gutenberg-Jahrbuch. Discussion of Mikulás Bakalár-Stetina of Pilsen (active 1498-1513), the first Slovak printer known by name, who is probably responsible for 9 of 31 extant Czech incunabula. Considers typeface (Schwabach adapted to the Czech language), typography, design, illustration, and the general nature of his publications (popular translations (often by Bakalár), calendars, and religious tracts), and concludes that Bakalár, using minimal resources and a simple typographical repertory, succeeding in producing books for the general public.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 50120

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Baleka, Jan FRANTISEK BELOHLÁVEK.
Ostrava Profil 1971 wide 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 117+(1) pages
First edition. Biography of book illustrator and designer Frantisek Belohávek. Illustrated with examples of Belohávek's designs. With 82 reproductions of his bold, graphic work in several mediums including collage, woodcut, tempera, and linocuts; most in black-and-white. Dust jacket shows wear.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 74146

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CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1932
Praze Ceských bibliofilu 1932 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112, xix, (2) pages.
Volume Four. Letterpress printed in an edition limited to 550 copies. An important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Finely illustrated with many illustrations and title pages printed in color. Includes an article on Rockwell Kent. Two inch tear in wrappers along front and back hinge at bottom. Spots on spine.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 45574

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CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1933
Praze Ceských bibliofilu 1933 4to. cloth. 88, (6) pages and 12 separate plates.
Volume Five. Finely letterpress printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. (Ulrich & Kup, p.17). An important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Finely illustrated with many illustrations and title pages printed in color. With a table of contents in English in the back. Small hole in cloth along front hinge.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 59727

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CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1937
Praze Ceských bibliofilu 1937 4to. cloth. 116, (6) pages and 17 separate plates.
Volume Nine. Letterpress printed in an edition limited to 400 copies. An important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Finely illustrated with many illustrations and title pages printed in color. With a table of contents in English in the back. Spine faded.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 59726

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(Czech Design) THE CZECH AVANT-GARDE AND CZECH BOOK DESIGN: THE 1920S AND 1930.
AN EXHIBITION DRAWN FROM THE EMMA LINEN DANA CZECH AVANT-GARDE BOOK COLLECTION Madison, NJ Fairleigh Dickinson University n.d. (1996) 8.5 x 11.75 inches stiff paper wrappers. 50 pages, with a 5-page typescript index laid in the back.
The exhibition that formed the basis for this catalogue was commissioned by the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo in 1996 and drawn from the Fairleigh Dickinson University Library's Emma Dana Collection, as well as private collections. The exhibition and resulting catalogue examine one stream in Czech publishing between the wars - the work of the avant-garde. The examples on display demonstrate the links between Czech artists and the European avant-garde, which largely inspired them, and also make clear the Czechs' own special contributions to the international avant-garde movement. In addition, the exhibition places the work of the Czech avant-garde in context by the inclusion of a number of works by artists working in more traditional styles.

Includes a preface by James Howard Fraser and an introductory comment by Blanka Stehlikova, who also wrote an essay on "The Czech Avant-garde and Book Design: An Overview," and the catalogue of the exhibition. Includes full color reproductions of 89 items.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 104056

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(Czechoslovakia) BIBLIOGRAFICKY KATALOG CSSR - CESKE KNIHY.
2 volumes. Prague Státní Knihovna CSSR [State Library...] 1966 small 8vo. cloth. (vi),463,1323-1692; 81,465-1313+(1) pages.
Where the state is the only real publisher, the publisher's Catalogue is also a union catalogue of current titles. One year's cumulation in 2 volumes (52 weekly issues) of the Bibliographic catalogue of the CSSR, listing all the titles (6569+, including 917 govt. regulations) published in Czechoslovakia in 1966. Each issue lists new titles under headings given on the 1st page and taken from a general classification scheme which is printed in toto in issue no.1.) Entries (numbered) come under the appropriate heading and include a heading (name or 1st title word), the title, place, date & physical description, subject headings for the work, sometimes a summary of contents, and ID nos. Vol. 1 has the yearly indexes for authors, illustrators, pseudonyms, titles, translations & subjects loosely inserted. Vol. 2 has a half-year index bound in. A table of statistics for Czech publications in 1965 is tipped-in after p. 384 of vol. 1. 1st pages of issues are stamped. The binding of vol.1 is incomplete, the 1st half of it bound and attached to the front cover, and the other half loose (inserts). Vol. 2 is in fairly good condition. The paper is uniformly lightly browned.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 50240

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DRUHA SOUTEZ SPOLKU CESKYCH BIBLIOFILU NATRICET NEJKRASNEJSICH KNIH.
V. Praze Vydal Spolek Ceskych Bibliofilu 1930 4to. paper wrappers, printed paper dust jacket. 17, (5), x-xxx pages.
First edition. This book was published to accompany the II contest organized by the Czech Society of Bibliophiles in 1929. Each year the Society judged which Czech books reached the highest levels of beauty and originality. Included in this book are specimens from 30 of the competing books from 1929 and an introductory essay to the contest. Finely printed in red and black. Some pages unopened. Text in Czech with introduction translated into German, French, and English.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 60002

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Dvoracek, Jaroslav. DAS MUSEUM DES TSCHECHISCHEN SCHRIFTUMS.
Prag Orbis 1959 12mo. paper wrappers. 77, (3) pages, with 10 additional leaves of illustrations.
Second edition. On the Museum of Czech Literature. With a portfolio of 12 postcards relating to the museum. Wrapper creased with small tear.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 50798

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Feld, Friedrich MISTR Z MOHUCE
Dobrodruzny Pribeh Jednoho Vynalezu. Translated from the German (Die Meister von Mainz, Loewes: Baureuth, 1967) by Julie Hermanovà-Kohnovà. Edited by Jarmila Rosíkovà; design by, and illustrative material chosen by, Milan Hegar; art editor Olga Pavalovà. (Praha) Albatros (1972) large 8vo. cloth, decorated in gold on front board, gold lettering on spine, series of woodcuts of the period in red and white on black on endpapers. 211+(1) pages.
Translation into Czech of the German edition. A novel based on the life of Gutenberg. Newly illustrated with numerous woodcuts showing printing and papermaking processes, as well as samples of Gutenberg's work. Gold lettering on spine slightly rubbed, price stamp on colophon page.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 74180

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Hálka, Vítezslava PET BASNI
Drawings by Zdenek Guth. Vytiskl Stiebling. Praha (Alois Chvála) 1935 small 8vo. cloth, embossed on front board. (20) pages.
Number one in an edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Illustrations throughout. Finely printed in blue and black, wide margins, deckle edge. Slim volume of poetry ("The Poet Sings"), printed on the centenary of Hálka's birth.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 74318

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Bohatec, Miloslav ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS.
Artia, Prague Svoboda 1970 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 72 pages followed by the full color plates.
The manuscripts discussed come from the libraries and monasteries of Czechoslovakia. With 203 illustrations of which 124 are in color. Jacket chipped and age yellowed around edges.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 31343

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) DISPOSITIVES D'OEUVRES D'ART
Five boxed sets Paris Unesco 1963 8vo. plastic boxes
Five plastic boxes containing 150 color slides from the former collection of H.P. Kraus. Each box with 30 color slides and a descriptive pamphlet in French, English, and Spanish with historical background and description of each slide in each series. With Unesco, Series 4, which contains Iranian illuminated manuscripts from c. 1410-1596; Series 14, which contains slides of 12 Czech illuminated manuscripts from c. 1085-1364; Series 17, which contains slides of 6 Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts c. 1350-1450; Series 18, which contains slides of 11 Turkish illuminated manuscripts from c.1200-1730; Series 24, which contains slides of Austrian Medieval wall paintings from c. 1089-1280. All of the slides have faded and turned pink.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 76027

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Kneidl, Pravoslav Z HISTORIE EVROPSKÉ KNIHY
Po stopách knih, knihtisku a knihoven. Praha Svoboda 1989 small 4to. stamped cloth, dust jacket 143+(1) pages
First edition. A history of the production and distribution of books, from ancient heirogylphics and stone tablets to contemporary fine printing and private presses. Published in Czech with many illustrations, some in color.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 74140

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(Lovejoy) Kimball, Stanley B. SLAVIC-AMERICAN IMPRINTS
A Classified Catalog of the Collection at Lovejoy Library Edwardsville Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1972 4to. Stiff paper wrapper viii, 242 pages
An extensive inventory of texts related to the Slavic-American experience are cataloged here. Most items are in Slavic and non-Slavic Eastern European languages. Tears on spine.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 96867

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(Male Grafické Formy) MALE GRAFICKÉ FORMY
(Petites formes graphiques.) Medzinárodná Výstava Banská Bystrica Dom Umenia 27. Augusta-31. Októbra 1969, Slovenská Socialistická Republika. (Exposition internationale Bansk Bystrica Maison des Arts le 27 Août-31 Octobre 1969, République Socialiste Slovaque. N.P. n.p. 1969 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket (103) pages.
Exhibition catalogue of graphic arts, completely bilingual. Every other page is a black-and-white plate. Czech announcement loosely inserted.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 74056

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(Neugebauer, Friederich) Rilke, Rainer Maria VON EINEM DER DIE STEINE BELAUSCHT
Bad Goisern Graphik-Studio Neugebauer 1978 4to. stiff paper wrappers bound with twine not paginated
Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Austrian calligrapher Friedrich Neugebauer following the colophon. This text by Rilke (1875-1926) comes from his Geschichten vom Lieben Gott published by Insel Verlag in 1900. Printed on grey, deckle-edge, laid paper with "Romulus and Remus" Roma watermark. The exterior of this copy shows minimal shelf wear and soiling. The interior shows no signs of wear.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 91138

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Palivec, Josef and Jan Soucek NASLOUCHÁNÍ.
(Praha) Edice Sladké jádro srdce (1992) 4to. quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards in a slipcase with matching marbled paper. 28, (2) pages.
Limited to only 100 numbered copies. The full color illustrations are each signed by the artist in pencil. A stunning production.
Price: $ 375.00 other currencies Order nr. 102976

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Rambousek, Jan LITOGRAFIE A OFSET
(Praha) Prazské Nakladatelstvi v. Polácka 1948 small 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards 222 pages in addition to (18) leaves of plates tipped in, (32) pages of plates, (16) pages.
Published in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the invention of lithography and the 40th anniversary of offset printing. Wide-ranging color and black-and-white plates, including part of a doughnut box, showing mainly Czech examples. Many drawings of tools and machinery.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 74363

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Rambousek, Jan LITOGRAFIE A OFSET
(Praha) Prazské Nakladatelstvi v. Polácka 1948 small 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 222 pages in addition to (18) leaves of plates tipped in, (32) pages of plates, (16) pages.
Published in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the invention of lithography and the 40th anniversary of offset printing. Wide-ranging color and black-and-white plates, including part of a doughnut box, showing mainly Czech examples. Many drawings of tools and machinery.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 91349

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(Senefelder, Alois) Hasek, Josef SENEFELDER A PRAHA.
(Prague) n.p. (1959) 4to. cloth not paginated
Edition limited to 1000 copies. An essay on Alois Senefelder, the founder of lithography, and his travels in Prague. Illustrated with lithographs by Miloslav Troup. Includes facsimiles of letters written by Senefelder. The essay is followed by 14 full color plates demonstrating the extensive possibilities of contemporary mechanical reproduction.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 74153

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(Steiner-Prag, Hugo) Hadamowsky, Franz & Josef Mayerhöfer HUGO STEINER-PRAG, 12. DEZEMBER 1880- 10. SEPTEMBER 1945.
Festgabe anlässlich der Gedächtnisausstellung zum 75. Geburtstag. Wien Gesellschaft der Freunde der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek 1955 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 69+(1) pages
First edition. Biography of Hugo Steiner-Prag, the Czech artist and book illustrator. Illustrated with reproductions of his lithographs, watercolors, and tempera paintings. Frontispiece portrait of the artist. With a comprehensive bibliography (p. 49-70). Wrappers begining to detach from spine.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 74541

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STEREOTYP
Obrázkový vzorník, oborných a reklamních, stocku a podtisku [Illustrated sample book, specialty and advertising, engraving and background printing]...specielní odborný závod stereotypérsky, rozmnozování sazeb. stocku, drevorytu, matric atd. [specialty professional stereotype establishment, duplication rates, engraving, xylography, matrices, etc.] Vinohrady (Praha) Stereotyp n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages.
The style of the examples suggests the 1920's or '30's. Paper wrapper lightly soiled, chip at bottom mended with tape, small tear to last page and wrapper, water stain at bottom right corner.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 74365

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Tobolka, Zdenek KNIHA
[The Book]. Její vznik, vyvoj a rozbor. Praha Orbis 1949 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, 243+(4) pages, 203 pages of plates.
Study on the history and technical aspects of the book. Extensive black-and-white and color illustrations of virtually every aspect of book production: manuscripts, papermaking, various fonts, watermarks, types of early printed books, proofreaders' corrections, graphic illustrative techniques, maps, music printing, bookplates, elaborate bindings, to name only the most obvious. Index. Spine slightly torn, bottom edge rubbed. Some pages loose.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 74333

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Zíbrt, Cenek BIBLIOGRAFIE CESKÉ HISTORIE
5 Volumes Prague Ceské akademie cisare Franktiska Josefa 1900-1912 large 8vo. later cloth library binding with original stiff paper wrappers bound in xvi, 674+ (1); xi,1216 + (1); 240, vii + (i), 241-480, vi + (1), 481-737; iv, vi +(1); 240, vi + (i), 241-480, iii + (i), 481-720, (2); iv, ii + (i); 320, iv + (i), 321-640, iv + (i), xiii, 641-960 + (1) pages
First edition. A five-volume bibliography of Czech history, published in Prague between 1900 and 1912 (Besterman 1555). Despite the series strangely trailing off at the end of the seventeenth-century (perhaps because of the complicated historical and political circumstances in the Czech Republic at the beginning of the last century), it purports to present a fairly complete bibliography of Czech history for the years represented. Volume one contains general citations on a variety of topics, including printers and booksellers. Volume two contains citations on Czech history for the period leading up to the year 1419, when an age of religious upheaval and conflict with the Hussites was inaugurated with the death of King Wenceslaus IV. Volume three treats the years 1419-1600, an era that saw various foreign kings ruling, the introduction of the Hapsburg dynasty and continued religious controversy/schism with Catholic and Utraquist rites, breaking inexplicably before the end of the rule of Rudolf II in 1611. Volume four deals with the period from 1600 to 1632, when four different Hapsburgs held the throne and when important historical events like the Defenestration of Prague and the Battle of the White Mountain punctuated intense periods of debate, machination, and intrigue. Volume five, the last produced, contains the years 1632-1679, with one portion specifically devoted to Johannes Comenius, the seventeenth-century Czech scholar. Volumes three through five were originally issued in individual parts, covered in stiff paper wrappers, as is evidenced by their pagination, and were subsequently bound together. The content in those volumes is not treated as one monolithic unit, but broken down into smaller subdivisions, as noted on the original stiff paper wrappers bound into the later cloth. Volumes one and two have slice in cloth spine. Dark discoloration on lower right corners of pages of the five volumes. Ex-library set with markings.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 77296

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