Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Frantisek Tichy (... Lot n° 159

PRIPAD PANA VALDEMARA 1948 Book format 8°, 20,5x12,5 cm. 102 numbered p., in Czech, translated by Jarina Haukova. Semi-leather binding with gold accented decor and gold letters on the spine. Marked - ex libris on front endsheet: "Nekolik vytisku teto knihy do kterych nebyly vtisteny drevoryty vyzdobil pro prazskeho sberatele Jana Fucika sedmi suchymi jehlami F. Tichy a podle navrhu Karla Vodaka svazal Alois Jirout" (Several copies of this book in which the woodcuts were not printed were decorated by F. Tichy with seven drypoints for the Prague collector Jan Fucik and bound by Alois Jirout according to the design of Karel Vodak). According to unverified information there should be 10 copies with illustrations by Tichy, each in individual binding. Without cover. Title page printed in red. Issued by Vaclav Pour in Prague-Vrsovice in 1948. First edition. 500 copies. Missing p. 43-46, instead of them wrongly bound two sheets: p. 93/94 and 91/92. Otherwise excellent condition, only few tiny spots and slightly curled corners.