Beschreibung
WINDER, Ludwig; ŠTYRSKÝ, Jindřich; SUTNAR, Ladislav: Upír. [Vampires]. Roman. Prelozil [Translated by ] J. Grmela. Dust wrapper design by Jindřich Štyrský. Cover design by Ladislav Sutnar. Typography by F.[rantišek] J. Müller. (= Pyramida, 3). Prague: Sfinx – Janda (Müller) 1929. 8vo. 290, [2] p. Original publisher’s cloth with decorative title printing on front board and spine, in original publisher’s pictorial dust wrapper (with printed sign. „Štyrský“).
First Czech edition of this novel of Prague based German writer Ludwig Winder, a prophetical “anticipation of the totalitarian leader” to come (Killy, vol. 12, p. 350), originally published in 1927. Štyrskýs striking design for the dust wrapper shows a »picture poem«, typical for the style of the »Devětsil« group, consisting of contrastive photomontage (e.g. a portrait of Winder), typographic arrangement and geometric background elements.
Spine of jacket slightly bleached, edges slightly bumped, book block somewhat tilted, otherwise fine copy.
Vloemans: 2012, cat. no. 166 (coloured ill.)
