Buy this book on-line THE BROTHER CAPEK (i.e. Josef and Karel Capek) : And so ad infinitum (The Life of the Insects). An Entomological Review, in Three Acts a Prologue and an Epilogue. Translated from the Czech by Paul Selver. Freely adapted for the English Stage by Nigel Playfair and Clifford BaxHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1923
The first English edition. Slim 8vo. 69pp. Lettered card wrappers, very lightly faded at several edges and with a tiny trace of chipping to the spine ends. A very good of the first English translation of the most famous of the four Capek Brothers stage plays. It premiered in 1922 at the National Theatre in Brno, Czechoslovakia entitled 'Pictures from the Insects' Life' and was followed by successful American (1922) and British (1923) productions. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced].. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of THE BROTHER CAPEK (i.e. Josef and Karel Capek) : And so ad infinitum (The Life of the Insects). An Entomological Review, in Three Acts a Prologue and an Epilogue. Translated from the Czech by Paul Selver. Freely adapted for the English Stage by Nigel Playfair and Clifford Bax. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, livres rares, incunabula, antiquarian books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |