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(AVANT-GARDE, CZECH MODERNIST.) Group of 43 volumes with photomontage covers by Frantisek Musika and some designed or with typography arranged by him. 8vo, cloth or illustrated wrappers, several with illustrated dust jackets. Condition varies but generally very good. Mostly Prague, 1930s
Mostly translations of major American and European novels of the day including works by Willa Cather, Sinclair Lewis, Christopher Morley, William Faulkner, André Maurois, and numerous others. The covers showcase Musika's understanding of all the major modernist trends current in Eastern Europe; his images playfully mix floating geometric forms of Constructivism with accents of Dada and Surrealism. A fun and intriguing lot.
