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BOHUSLAVA R. BRADBROOK - Karel Capek: In Pursuit of Truth, Tolerance and Trust (Signed By Author)

Title: Karel Capek: In Pursuit of Truth, Tolerance and Trust (Signed By Author)
Description: Brighton, England, Sussex Academic Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1898723850) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 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. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

Keywords: Writer, Czech, 20th Century, Robot, Biography Biography - Literary 1898723850

Price: GBP 75.00 = appr. US$ 107.10 Seller: Godley Books
- Book number: 019399

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