Group of six books on Czechoslovak shop window design, decoration, arrangements, and typographic design.
An interesting and uncommon group of publications documenting the evolution of Czechoslovak shop window and sales showcase design, including works on displaying books at bookshops. The earliest volume dates to 1937, the bulk are from the post-war period. As of December 2024, only one title is held in North America (no. 1, at Providence Public Library), the rest are not recorded in North America. Item #54541
1. Něměček, Zdeněk. Písmo ve vykladní skříni [Lettering for display windows]. 1962. Prague: Vydavatelství obchodu, 1962. Octavo (20.5 × 15 cm). Publisher's decorative portfolio, containing a printed booklet of 36, [2] pp. and 22 loose folded leaves, measuring 29 × 20.3 cm, printed to rectos and versos with typographic and lettering samples. About very good; light wear to folds. As of December 2024, KVK, OCLC only show one copy in North America, at Providence Public Library.
2. Živný, Jan, Josef Henrych, Antonín Hronek, and others. Výkladní skříně a knižní výstavky: Určeno pracovníkům knižního obchodu [Výkladní skříně a knižní výstavky: Určeno pracovníkům knižního obchodu]. Prague: SNTL, 1956. Octavo (20.5 × 15 cm). Publisher's pictorial dust-jacket over white printed wrappers; 99, [4] pp. One third of the book consists of photographic plates showing sample display cases. About very good. As of December 2024, KVK, OCLC only show the copy at the Czech National Library and two copies in Europe, with none in North America.
3. Liegert, Antonín. Slavnostní výzdoba výkladní skříně [Festive decoration of shop windows]. Prague: ROH, 1948. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 31, [1] pp. With 23 illustrations, including from drawings and photographs. Very good. As of December 2024, KVK, OCLC only show the copy at the Czech National Library.
4. Reichentál, František. Aranžování výkladních skříní [Arranging shop windows]. Prague: Státní ústav pro učebné pomůcky škol prům. a odbor, 1937. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 105 pp. With 176 illustrations throughout from photographs and drawings. Very good. As of December 2024, KVK, OCLC only show the copy at the Czech National Library.
5. Balák, Jaromir and Zdeněk Dvořáček. Výkladni skřin [Show windows]. Prague: Merkur, 1967. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 225, [3] pp. Very good. The bulk of the volume consists of 198 photographic plates showing sample showcase designs and arrangements. As of December 2024, KVK, OCLC only show the copy at the Czech National Library and one copy in Germany.
6. Náčrty výkladných skříní: aranžérský skicář [Sketches of shop window designs: a sketchbook for arrangers]. Jihlava: Ústřední propagační komise Českého svazu spotřebních družstev, [1978?]. Oblong quarto (20.5 × 30 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 51, [1] pp. A brief introduction is followed by approximately forty drawings of show window arrangements, with some sample fonts and samples of various decorative elements, such as hammer and sickle. The drawings and wrapper design are by Zdeňka Štěpánková. As of December 2024, not in KVK, OCLC (not at the Czech National Library).
Price: €950.00