Praha Jasem Okridlena¡ by Jenicek, Jiri - 1948

Nakladatelstvi Za Svobodu, 1111. Paperback. Good. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. Beige paper cover. Blue tie to binding. Contains black and white photographic plates. Croatian text. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with scuffing to edges and creasing. Scuffing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Some dark rubbing to surfaces with curling to corners. Minor blue marking to front cover.

nakladatelstviza, no date. Hardcover. Very Good. 12x9. Text in Czech, German, English, French, Croatian. Good off white boards with no lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Unpaginated Wear on corners, cover soiled. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

Praha - Prague: Vydal O. Vanek Kom. Spol. Nakladatestvi, 1930. Oblong quarto, wraps, ca. 100 pp, beautifully printed gravure photos with captions, deckled edges, about fine, with cord tied binding. Rare on the market and in institutions.

Nakladatelstvi za Svobodu, 1938. Very Good. 4°, Leinen. Altersgemäß angedunkelt, im Schuber (stellenweise angeplatzt)

Praze (Prague): Ministerstvo narodni obrany v nakladatelstvi Svazu cs. dustojnictva - VOK, 1938. Paperback. Very Good. 1938. Softcover, orange pictorial wraps. 80 pp. of illustrations. B&W photos showing military training. Czech text with captions in 4 other languages: Russian, German, French and English. Very Good copy: Wraps show light edgewear; minor wear to spine ends. Light straining to the binding at one area near the middle of the book; else, a clean, unmarked copy. Scarce. Published just before Czechoslovakia was annexed into Nazi Germany. Digital images available upon request.

Praha: Nase Vojsko, 1947. First edition. 1.-5000. Hardcover. g. 4to. Unpaginated (98pp). Original photographic paper-covered boards. Pictorial title-page. Rare photographic postwar account of a Czech Army ski-unit. Profusely illustrated with reproductions in photogravure of soldiers in practice and at play. Includes images of stunning landscape winter scenery. Photographs by Major Jiri Jenicek. Age wear, scuffing and some staining on boards. Minor rippling on lower part of front board. Small closed tear along head and tail of spine on back board. Text in Czech. "Fotografo val Major Jiri Jenicek. Text napsal Major Jiri Jenicek a Frantisek Modroch. Graficky upravil L. Starosta. Vydalo nase Vojsko, ustredni vojenske naklada. Telstvi, Jako II. Svazek Sbirky Bojovna Tvorba v Praze r. 1947. Vytiskly Umel. Graficke Zavody v. Neubert a Synove v Praze. Vydani I. Vytisk 1-5.000." Binding in fair, interior in very good to near fine condition. Scarce in hardcover.

Prague: v Praze, 1938. 234, [10] pages, 72 photographic plates. Original leather-backed cloth, dust-jacket, joints torn at spine foot, small amounts of chipping and bumping to extremities, presentation card slipcase, original publisher's box with paper label. This propaganda photobook, published just before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and World War II, is an interesting example of an avant-garde artist's turn towards national themes, and Jenicek also made short films for the military. Dedicated to the Czechoslovak army, it was published in May 1938 - in the last months of the existence of the First Republic, when the threat to national security was clearly felt. Paper label on box reads 'Bookstore and publishing house of the Czechoslovak Officers Union.' Scarce in Hardback [18558/782]. First Edition. Quarter Bound in Slipcase. Very Good/Very Good. 305mm. x 230mm.. Book.

V Praze: Ministerstvo národní obrany v nakladatelství Svazu cs. dustojnictva "VOK", 1938. Softcover. vg. 4to. Unpaginated (1,80,1,pp). Original pictorial wrappers protected by modern mylar. Published just weeks before Czechoslovakia was annexed into Hitler's Third Reich in 1938. During World War II, Czechoslovakia ceased to exist and was divided into the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia, and the newly declared Slovak Republic. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions in photogravure of various units of the Czech army at play, in training and in action. Photographs by Karel Hájek, Jirí Jenicek, Ján Kalvach, Jozef Trávnicek, Jan Smrt, and others. Minor creasing scuffing and staining on wraps. Text in Czech, captions in Czech, English, French, and Russian (in pre-Revolutionary spelling). Overall very good condition. Rare pictorial work looking at the Czech army before the German 'occupation'.