(DESIGN / CZECH AVANT-GARDE.) Ceskoslovenska Fotografie. 12 volumes (of 13, lacking the supplementary volume for 1941). Photographic plates and reproductions by Josef Sudek, Jaroslav Krupka, Jindrich Styrsky, Jan Srp, Fr. Drtikol, Alois Zych, Jaromir Funke, Karel Plicka, Jaroslav Seifert, and others. 10 1/2x 8 1/4 inches. 4to, publisher's printed cloth or boards, light edgewear, unevenly toned. Constructivist style geometric cloth bindings of the first eight volumes designed by Karel Teige. Prague: Fotograficky obzor (first two volumes), Ceskoslovensky svaz klubu fotografu amateru (the remainder), 1931-49
a fine set printed by the best gravure printer of the period. Important Czech annual by Federation of Amateur Photographic Societies in Prague. The covers feature avant-garde typographic designs.
