[CZECH INTERWAR COMMUNISM - AVANT-GARDE - FRANS MASEREEL] 1. Máj 1935 [May 1, 1935]

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Praha: Úst?ední d?lnické knihkupectví a nakladatelství (Ant. Sv?cený), 1935. Quarto (29.8 × 23 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; 13, [3] pp. Illustrations throughout. Light soil and foxing to wrappers, else very good. A single issue of this May Day jubilee publication of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Czechoslovakia, illustrated with reproductions of woodcuts by Frans Masereel (1889-1972) and political caricatures by Franti?ek Bidlo (1895-1945). Published by the Central Workers' Publishing House founded by Antonin Sv?cený (1871-1941), the socialist activist and eventual Senator in the Czechoslovak General Assembly representing the Social Democratic Workers Party. Frans Masereel's famous 1922 cycle Ballad of a Worker's Life is presented in the issue alongside inspirational speeches by Vaclav Patzak, a leading figure of the interwar Social Democratic Worker's Party, and an organizer of International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. The communist journalist and poet Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986) edited the issue. Seifert was also the founder of the avant-garde journal Dev?tsil (1920), and later a Nobel Laureate (in 1984). As of October 2025, KVK, OCLC show no copies of this issue in North America.…

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Title
[CZECH INTERWAR COMMUNISM - AVANT-GARDE - FRANS MASEREEL] 1. Máj 1935 [May 1, 1935]
Author
Seifert, Jaroslav, editor; Frans Masereel and Franti?ek Bidlo, artists
Binding
Soft cover
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Originally established in 2012, Penka Rare Books and Archives specializes in rare books and related materials on art, architecture, visual culture, and the European avant-gardes. A special focus is on Slavic-language and Eastern European materials. Our customers include private collectors, major research libraries, as well as museums in Europe, the United States, and beyond. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the Verband Deutscher Antiquare (VDA), and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).…

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