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Bohuslava R. Bradbrook

Karel Capek: In Pursuit of Truth, Tolerance and Trust (Signed By Author)

Sussex Academic Press, 1998

75.00 €

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Year of publication
1998
ISBN
1898723850
Place of printing
Brighton, England
Author
Bohuslava R. Bradbrook
Publishers
Sussex Academic Press
Size
9.25 x 6.25 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Writer, Czech, 20th Century, Robot, Biography
Cover description
Fine
Binding description
Hard Cover
Inscription description
Signed by Author
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
Yes
First edition
Yes

Description

Inscribed to John (Dumbreck) on title page by author. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 257pp. Biography of the important, versatile Czech author Karel Capek whose novels created a sensation in London in the 1920s. His word 'robot' was introduced into the Oxford English Dictionary. Tucked in is a note to Professor Dumbreck by the author plus comments on other printed extracts about Capek. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.