CAPEK, KAREL. Válka S Mloky. [War With the Newts] * Bílá Nemoc. [The White Disease]. First title: 8vo, publisher's grey cloth stamped in red and black, some light rubbing to head and foot of spine, few faint stains on rear cover; contents unmarked. First edition. Capek's last novel, published in English in 1937 as War With the Newts. Scarce. Praha: Nakladatel Fr. Borovy, 1936 * Second title: Small 8vo, publisher's blue/grey cloth stamped in maroon and black, faint rubbing to spine tips and fore-edge of front board. First edition of Capek's play translated as "The White Disease." Signed by the author in black ink on prelim. Its immediate success led to seven editions being published within a year; this the true first. (Praha: Fr. Borovy, 1937). (2) Prague, 1936; 1937