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Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First English Edition Capek studied philosophy in Paris, Berlin, and Prague. Becoming a journalist, Karel was firmly entrenched between mutual hatreds for the Nazis and the Communists; promoting a free and democratic Czechoslovakia and supporting those political figures of like mind. Capek's first major success came as a playwright when he created the robot in his 1921 play R.U.R., (Rossum's Universal Robots); intended as a satire against the Czech agrarian feudal system. Karel authored other less successful works but outstanding above them was the utopian type fantasy novel, War with the Newts, another political statement. Karel's brother, Josef, contributed to the early works but was also a painter and illustrated several of the books. Capek suffered from spinal problems almost all of his life, and that fraility of frame would help to overcome him in the end. When the Nazi scourge overtook Europe, Kapek was forced to surrender his dreams along with his spirit and, thereby, his life, when Czechoslovakia was abandoned by the Western nations in the pact made at Munich. He saw his world and time as lost, yet Kapek would not leave the country or his beautiful Prague, fully realizing that the decision to stay meant his death. But rather than death coming at the hands of his enemies, it came from pneumonia..in his home, in his bed, with his wife nearby. Others would not be so lucky. Karel Capek was the most famous author in Czechoslovakia in the first half of the 20th century, and his works inspired the ill fated revolt against Communist rule 30 years later. Translated by Dora Round. Rebound in strong library binding.

Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Good Hard Cover Third Impression Capek studied philosophy in Paris, Berlin, and Prague. Becoming a journalist, Karel was firmly entrenched between mutual hatreds for the Nazis and the Communists; promoting a free and democratic Czechoslovakia and supporting those political figures of like mind. Capek's first major success came as a playwright when he created the robot in his 1921 play R.U.R., (Rossum's Universal Robots); intended as a satire against the Czech agrarian feudal system. Karel authored other less successful works but outstanding above them was the utopian type fantasy novel, War with the Newts, another political statement. Karel's brother, Josef, contributed to the early works but was also a painter and illustrated several of the books. Capek suffered from spinal problems almost all of his life, and that fraility of frame would help to overcome him in the end. When the Nazi scourge overtook Europe, Kapek was forced to surrender his dreams along with his spirit and, thereby, his life, when Czechoslovakia was abandoned by the Western nations in the pact made at Munich. He saw his world and time as lost, yet Kapek would not leave the country or his beautiful Prague, fully realizing that the decision to stay meant his death. But rather than death coming at the hands of his enemies, it came from pneumonia..in his home, in his bed, with his wife nearby. Others would not be so lucky. Karel Capek was the most famous author in Czechoslovakia in the first half of the 20th century, and his works inspired the ill fated revolt against Communist rule 30 years later. Translated by Paul Selver.

Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First English Edition Capek studied philosophy in Paris, Berlin, and Prague. Becoming a journalist, Karel was firmly entrenched between mutual hatreds for the Nazis and the Communists; promoting a free and democratic Czechoslovakia and supporting those political figures of like mind. Capek's first major success came as a playwright when he created the robot in his 1921 play R.U.R., (Rossum's Universal Robots); intended as a satire against the Czech agrarian feudal system. Karel authored other less successful works but outstanding above them was the utopian type fantasy novel, War with the Newts, another political statement. Karel's brother, Josef, contributed to the early works but was also a painter and illustrated several of the books. Capek suffered from spinal problems almost all of his life, and that fraility of frame would help to overcome him in the end. When the Nazi scourge overtook Europe, Kapek was forced to surrender his dreams along with his spirit and, thereby, his life, when Czechoslovakia was abandoned by the Western nations in the pact made at Munich. He saw his world and time as lost, yet Kapek would not leave the country or his beautiful Prague, fully realizing that the decision to stay meant his death. But rather than death coming at the hands of his enemies, it came from pneumonia..in his home, in his bed, with his wife nearby. Others would not be so lucky. Karel Capek was the most famous author in Czechoslovakia in the first half of the 20th century, and his works inspired the ill fated revolt against Communist rule 30 years later. Translated by M. and R. Weatherall. Rebound in strong library binding.

DDR 1982. Gidlund. Ill. pappband. 159 s.

Häftad Gebers förlag, 1936. riss i bokryggen 348 sidor.

El Times Literary Supplement no vaciló en afirmar categóricamente que sería difícil imaginarse un desfile más ameno de los pormenores que forman la trama de las costumbres, las instituciones, la sensibilidad y el temperamento británicos. Col. Aristeo, 190 pp. Con dibujos del autor. Tapas y lomo con señales de uso.

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