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Prague: J. Otto, 1917. First edition, first printing. 201, [3] pp., text in Czech. Bound in half plum leatherette over printed paper-covered boards, blue topstain, patterned endpapers. Near Fine with light rubbing to covers, contents lightly toned. The scarce first edition of this collection of short stories by the Czech..... More
Praha [Prague]: Aventinum, 1924. First edition, first printing. 254, [2] pp., text in Czech. Bound in publisher's printed wrappers. Very Good+ with moderate wear to covers and toning to contents, some thumbing to lower corners. Final page gathering detached. The first edition of Karel Capek's prescient science novel about..... More
Prague: Nakladatel Fr. Borovy, 1936. First edition, first printing. [viii], 349, [3] pp. Text in Czech. Bound in publisher's grey cloth stamped in dark red and black. Very Good+ with toning and light staining to spine, rubbing at extremities and slight bumping to corners. Toning to contents with the occasional..... More
Brno: Polygrafie, 1922. First edition, preceding the English-language edition by five years. Signed by Karel Capek on the second leaf. 219, 4 pp. with 20 full page illustrations in black and white. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Good with heavy wear and discoloration to covers, moderate toning to contents. Many..... More
Ljubljana, Slovenia: Natisnila om Zalozila Zvezna Tiskarna, 1921. First Slovenian edition. Signed by Karel Capek on the title page. [vi], 77 pp. Bound in publisher's decorative paper boards with green leather title inset stamped in gilt; inclusion paper endsheets. Near Fine with slight loss at extremities, trivial toning to spine..... More
London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1923. First British edition. 102, [1, ad], [1, blank] pp. Bound in publisher's black wraps lettered in red. Small chip in top of front wrap near head, else Near Fine with typical slip pasted over cast on copyright page and associated wrinkling. This..... More