NA VLNACH TSF (ON THE WAVES OF THE TELEGRAPH)

Praha., l925. Nasza Ksiegarnia, Warszawa. First Edition Two typed sheets in English from the publisher on flyleaf explaining the genesis and meaning of the book, with English index list of the illustrations tipped in over the Polish index in the back. 8 text pages in Polish followed by the full page color illustrations by Polish children. First edition on the English explanation stated as 1955 with 10,000 copies. However, title page states publication date of 1954; copyright page states 1955. Some of the drawings are from the German occupation, and others are post-WWII. Powerful and poignant drawings. DJ. 8vo. Ill. by K. Teige. Ill. Paper Wraps. 72pp. Tschechische Avant Garde 23, ill. 93. Worn and pages loose, poor condition.TEIGE, Karel.] SEIFERT, Jaroslav Na vlinach TSF. (On the Waves of the T(elegraphie) S(ans) F(il)) Octavo, 72pp (22.5 x 16.5cm). First edition of this early collection of verse by the Nobel Prize-winning Czech poet. With inventive and innovative typography and cover design by Karel Teige, founder and most prominent member of Devetsil, the dominant organization of artists and writers of the Czech avant-garde. Devitsil sought to balance the Purism of Ozenfant with he Constructivism of El Lissitzky and to mate this new form with modernist poetry. The volume at hand represents an unusual example of Dadaist tendencies in Teige's design.