BRETON, André. THREE CZECH EDITIONS. - Lot 177

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BRETON, André. THREE CZECH EDITIONS. - Lot 177
BRETON, André. THREE CZECH EDITIONS. BRETON, André. *SPOJITÉ NÁDOBY*. Prague, S. V. U. Mánes, April 1934. In-8 paperback, dust jacket illustrated by Toyen and printed in black and red, 184 pages. First edition of the Czech translation of *Vases communicants* by Jindřich Honzl and Vítězslav Nezval. No mention of a larger-format edition. Beautiful dust jacket illustrated by Toyen. BRETON, André. WHAT IS SURREALISM? Brno-Husovice, Nakladatel Joža Jícha, spring 1937. In-8 paperback, illustrated cover printed in green on cream paper, 160 pages. First edition of the Czech translation by Vítězslav Nezval of *What Is Surrealism?*, *The Situation of the Surrealist Object*, and *The Political Position of Surrealism*. Afterword by Vítězslav Nezval. Cover illustrated by Karel Teige. Two bookplates; a few passages underlined in blue ink. BRETON, André. VZDUCH VODY. [Brno], Edice Ra, 1937. Large 8vo, paperback, gray cover printed in black, [48] pages. First edition of the Czech translation of *L’Air de l’eau* by Václav Zykmund and D. Šubert. One of 400 copies from the regular print run, following 50 numbered copies on handmade paper. Typography by Bohdan Lacina. First publication by the Czech surrealist group Ra. Autograph dedication signed by Václav Zykmund, dated 1946.
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