CAPEK, KAREL. Vec Makropulos. [The Makropulos Affair.] 8vo, modern 1/4 red calf-backed boards, cloth spine label. First edition of Capek's play that was first performed in Prague in 1922. Leoš Janácek adapted the play into an opera of the same name shortly thereafter. The first appearance at auction with no other copies traced on ABPC or Rare Book Hub. Praha: Aventinum, 1922