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Czech Book Covers

The images in the Czech Book Covers of the 1920's and 1930's collection from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library represent a broad selection of designers and styles from the many the avant-garde Czech books in the library's rare books collection. They were originally digitized in 2004 to accompany the online exhibition "Czech Book Covers of the 1920's and 1930's" available at http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/czechbooks/

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Book cover design and illustrations by Josef Čapek for Diktátorské boty (The Dictator’s Boots) by Josef Čapek....
Book cover design and linocuts by Josef Čapek for Zlatymi řetězy (With Golden Chains) by Konstantin Biebl. Praha,...
Book cover design and tyopgraphy by Zdeněk Rossman for Civilisovaná žena—Zivilisierte Frau (The Civilized Woman),...
Book cover design and typography by František J. Müller, engraving by Gustave Doré, for Jarmark umění (The Art Fair)...
Book cover design and typography by Jindřich Štyrsky for Sláva a bída divadel. Režisérův zápisník (The Glory...
Book cover design and typography by Karel Teige for Film by Karel Teige, volume 1 of the series “Radosti ze...
Book cover design and typography by Karel Teige for Skleněny havelok. Básně z roku 1931 (The Glass Inverness Cape:...
Book cover design and typography by Ladislav Sutnar for Nejmenší dům (The Smallest House) edited by Oldřich Stary...
Book cover design and typography by Zdeněk Rossman, illustrations by Walter Mehring, for Na vzdory jim… (In Defiance of...
Book cover design and typography by Zdeněk Rossmann for Jaroslavu Královi k padesátinám (For Jaroslav Král on...
Book cover design by Adolf Hoffmeister for Líčeni se odročuje. Detektivní komedie o 3 jednáních (Court is...
Book cover design by Adolf Hoffmeister for Piš jak slysšiš. Kniha interviewů (Write What You Hear. A Book of...
Book cover design by Antonín Smazík for Monogamie. Od Masaryka k Russelovi, od Russela socialismu (Monogamy: From...
Book cover design by František Muzika for R.U.R. by Karel Čapek. Praha, František Borovy, 1935.
Book cover design by J. Don for Karneval. Romaneto (Carnival: a Novella) by Vítězslav Nezval. Praha, Odeon, 1926.
Book cover design by Jindřich Štyrsky for Cesta na océan (Road to the Ocean) by Leonid Leonov. Praha, Sfinx...
Book cover design by Jindřich Štyrsky for Veřnjná růže. Básně (La Rose publique) by Paul Eluard. Praha,...
Book cover design by Jiŕí Kroha for Nová Oresteia. Tragedie o třech dějstvích (The New Oresteia. A Tragedy in Three...
Book cover design by Josef Hesoun for Rudy obchod hrozí ;(The Red Trade Menace) by Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker. Praha,...
Book cover design by Josef Šíma for Cholera by Joseph Deltaile. Praha, Jan Fromek; Odeon, 1926.
Book cover design by Karel Bedrna for Satirické verše. Z roku 1924 (Satirical Poems, 1924) by Karel Bedrna. Praha,...
Book cover design by Karel Šourek for Jazz by Emil František Burian. Praha, Aventinum, 1928.
Book cover design by Karel Teige for Mořsky půrvan (Sea Breeze) by Vladimir Germanovich Lidin. Praha, Aventinum,...
Book cover design by Karel Teige for Otvorené okná. Tretia sbierka poesie (Open Windows: Third Poetry Collection)...
Book cover design by Ladislav Sutnar for Obytny dům dneška (Residential Building of Today) by Jan Emil Koula....
Book cover design by Petr Pistelka (?) for Sborník Literární skupiny (Miscellany of the Literary Group) edited by...
Book cover design by Stanislav Odvarko for Almanach 1: pro poesil a život 1920-1930 (Almanac 1 of Poetry and Life...
Book cover design by Václav Mašek for Ulice noci (Streets of Night) by John Dos Passos. Praha, Čin, 1925.
Book cover design, typography, and illustrations by August Tschinkel for Romance počestného clowna. Sbírka milostné lyriky z let...
Book cover illustration and typography by Bohdan Lacina for Vzduch vody (L’Air de l’ Eau) by André Breton....
Book illustrations by Josef Šíma, typography by Vrastislav Hugo Brunner for Venuše s červenou parukou. Mysterium-revue o čtrnácti...
Cover design and six drawing by and Jindřich Štyrsky; typography by Karel Teige for Pantomima Verše 1922 - 1924 (Pantomine:...
Cover design and typography by Ladislav Sutnar; drawing on title page by Zdenĕk Kratochvíl for Obráceni kapitána Brassbounda ...
Designer unknown for Golet v údolí (The Golet in the Valley) by Ivan Olbracht. Praha, Melantrich, 1937.
Designer unknown for Závist (Envy) by lurii Karlovich Olesha. Praha, Melantrich, 1936.
Illustrations by Václav Mašek for 150,000.00 Revoluční epos (150,000.00: A Revolutionary Epic) by Vladimir...
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