It would be interesting for someone to invent stories/poems to go with these covers (with minimal knowledge of the actual contents of the books, of course).
Slovak books: 1970, Andrej Guľaški, Dobrodružstvo daždivej jesene 1961, Alexandrovič Michail Šolochov, Rozoraná celina II 1962, Jozef Horák, Lukavická škola 1962, Jannis Ritsos, Neboĺa to hra 1962, Karlludwig Opitz, ...v torbe maršalskú palicu 1962, Thomas Wolfe, Domov sa vrátiť nemôžeš 1963, František Hečko, Svätá tma 1963, K. H. Poppe, Banánová vojna 1964, Jacek Wolowski, Kryptonym bodliak 1965, Stendhal, Abatiša z Castra 1964, Juhan Smuul, Dobrodružstvo v Japonskom mori 1966, Alexander Ivanovič Kuprin, Jama 1966, Juan Garcia Hortelano, Letná búrka 1966, Katarína Lazarová, Trpaslíci 1967, Vladimír Germanovič Lidin, Odpadlík 1967, Heinrich Mann, Vážny život 1972, Arkadij a Georgij Vajnerovci, Razia na pravé poludnie 1972, Günter de Bruyn, Buridanov osol 1973, Joseph Conrad, Vyvrheľ z ostrovov 1974, Angel María de Lera, Stratili sme slnko 1974, Jerzy Broszkiewicz, Dlho a šťastne
Czech books: 1942, Luis de Camoes, Portugalské lásky 1954, Adolf Hoffmeister, illus. for Mark Twain, Yankee na dvoře krále Artuše 1956, Ludvík Aškenazy, Ukradený měsíc, illus. Helena Zmatlíková 1956, Pravoslav Sovák, illus., for Otakar Černoch, Španělská aréna 1959, Vladimír Neff, Třináctá komnata 1957, Josef Čapek, Umění přírodních národů 1960, Karel Čapek, Jak se co dělá - O lidech 1960, Liljana Alexandrovová, Jen takové štěstí 1961, Břetislav Truhlář, cover for Jilemnický Petr, O dvou bratřích z nichž první druhého vůbec neznal 1962, Ludmila Romportlová, Papoušek zmizel 1964, Adolf Hoffmeister, cover for Karlludwig Opitz, Můj generál 1964, Josef Škvorecký, Zbabělci 1966, Miroslav Hanuš, Slunce toho rána 1968, Sébastien Japrisot, Past na Popelku 1972, Svetoslav Slavčev, Ve znamení štíra 1973, Alojzy Twardecki, Hranice
I just noticed you also wonder about the book by Josef Čapek - it is book he wrote "Umění přírodních národů" literally "The Art of Natural Nations" which is an etnographic analysis about roots and rituals connected to tribal (natural) art and how the primitivism influence the modern art.
The "primitive art" mainly from Africa and Oceania is a subject he first encountered during his studies in Trocadéro in Paris and which deeply influenced him and he followed it his whole life.
It is not bad book - although niether it is great not talking about the fact that it is outdated. I have had it in my hands years back but do not recall much about the illustrations. But according to info available it is supposed to have 32 photograph pages + many illustrations in the text.
I believe the typo and cover of this book was done by Zdenek Seydl.
tigre, eternal thanks for supplying this info, which I'll add to the post. if you have a scanner and want to do some posts from your collection, please get in touch!
Do you know anything about the designer for the 1970 book by Andrej Guľaški (top image)? Quite a few of the binding illustrations -- in this series of three posts -- seem to be the work of one designer.
Hello Will and thank you for the offer - unfortunatelly I do not have a scanner (and my book collection is rather humble anyway). However if I will get one I will scan some - recently about the book covers I felt in love with one beautiful book I bought (a really lucky bargain) a christmas issue of L'Illustration from 1930 which has one of the finest examples of (not only) art deco book cover art inside.
The designer of the Gulaški's book is slovak painter Naďa Rappensbergerová it should also has a soft cover with an illustration that is missing.
Luis de Camoes, book #1 (1942) is a Portuguese renaissance poet. I'm really glad to see it here for I'm Portuguese :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your effort at posting these, they are so inspiring and I like to while away looking at them all. Very nice.
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Half of the books are really the czech ones.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting for someone to invent stories/poems to go with these covers (with minimal knowledge of the actual contents of the books, of course).
ReplyDeleteI agree with @loulou... I love poring over the covers in your posts. Even better if I have a mug of hot chocolate. :)
ReplyDeleteit is a mix of books - Czechoslovak :)
ReplyDeleteIt goes like this:
Slovak books:
1970, Andrej Guľaški, Dobrodružstvo daždivej jesene
1961, Alexandrovič Michail Šolochov, Rozoraná celina II
1962, Jozef Horák, Lukavická škola
1962, Jannis Ritsos, Neboĺa to hra
1962, Karlludwig Opitz, ...v torbe maršalskú palicu
1962, Thomas Wolfe, Domov sa vrátiť nemôžeš
1963, František Hečko, Svätá tma
1963, K. H. Poppe, Banánová vojna
1964, Jacek Wolowski, Kryptonym bodliak
1965, Stendhal, Abatiša z Castra
1964, Juhan Smuul, Dobrodružstvo v Japonskom mori
1966, Alexander Ivanovič Kuprin, Jama
1966, Juan Garcia Hortelano, Letná búrka
1966, Katarína Lazarová, Trpaslíci
1967, Vladimír Germanovič Lidin, Odpadlík
1967, Heinrich Mann, Vážny život
1972, Arkadij a Georgij Vajnerovci, Razia na pravé poludnie
1972, Günter de Bruyn, Buridanov osol
1973, Joseph Conrad, Vyvrheľ z ostrovov
1974, Angel María de Lera, Stratili sme slnko
1974, Jerzy Broszkiewicz, Dlho a šťastne
Czech books:
1942, Luis de Camoes, Portugalské lásky
1954, Adolf Hoffmeister, illus. for Mark Twain, Yankee na dvoře krále Artuše
1956, Ludvík Aškenazy, Ukradený měsíc, illus. Helena Zmatlíková
1956, Pravoslav Sovák, illus., for Otakar Černoch, Španělská aréna
1959, Vladimír Neff, Třináctá komnata
1957, Josef Čapek, Umění přírodních národů
1960, Karel Čapek, Jak se co dělá - O lidech
1960, Liljana Alexandrovová, Jen takové štěstí
1961, Břetislav Truhlář, cover for Jilemnický Petr, O dvou bratřích z nichž první druhého vůbec neznal
1962, Ludmila Romportlová, Papoušek zmizel
1964, Adolf Hoffmeister, cover for Karlludwig Opitz, Můj generál
1964, Josef Škvorecký, Zbabělci
1966, Miroslav Hanuš, Slunce toho rána
1968, Sébastien Japrisot, Past na Popelku
1972, Svetoslav Slavčev, Ve znamení štíra
1973, Alojzy Twardecki, Hranice
I just noticed you also wonder about the book by Josef Čapek - it is book he wrote "Umění přírodních národů" literally "The Art of Natural Nations" which is an etnographic analysis about roots and rituals connected to tribal (natural) art and how the primitivism influence the modern art.
ReplyDeleteThe "primitive art" mainly from Africa and Oceania is a subject he first encountered during his studies in Trocadéro in Paris and which deeply influenced him and he followed it his whole life.
It is not bad book - although niether it is great not talking about the fact that it is outdated.
I have had it in my hands years back but do not recall much about the illustrations. But according to info available it is supposed to have 32 photograph pages + many illustrations in the text.
I believe the typo and cover of this book was done by Zdenek Seydl.
I meant typo on the cover...
ReplyDeletethanks for all your kind comments.
ReplyDeletetigre, eternal thanks for supplying this info, which I'll add to the post. if you have a scanner and want to do some posts from your collection, please get in touch!
Do you know anything about the designer for the 1970 book by Andrej Guľaški (top image)? Quite a few of the binding illustrations -- in this series of three posts -- seem to be the work of one designer.
Will
Hello Will and thank you for the offer - unfortunatelly I do not have a scanner (and my book collection is rather humble anyway). However if I will get one I will scan some - recently about the book covers I felt in love with one beautiful book I bought (a really lucky bargain) a christmas issue of L'Illustration from 1930 which has one of the finest examples of (not only) art deco book cover art inside.
ReplyDeleteThe designer of the Gulaški's book is slovak painter Naďa Rappensbergerová it should also has a soft cover with an illustration that is missing.
Thanks tigre. Email me any time -- the offer is always open.
ReplyDeleteI will need to investigate Rappensbergerova!
Will
Will, these are stunning. Thanks so much for posting them.
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