Jiří Stříbrný, editor, Josef Lada, illustrator, and Jaroslav Hašek, contributor.

[EARLY PROSE BY JAROSLAV HAŠEK – SATIRE] Karikatury [Caricatures], vol. II, nos. 1–61 (August 4, 1909–December 11, 1910). Complete second year.

Prague: Knihtiskárna národ. sociálního dělnictva, 1909–1911. Quartos (29.7 × 23.3 cm). Contemporary cloth-backed boards; hand-written title; original pictorial self-wrappers; typically 12 pp. per issue. Former owner's private stamp; else very good. Item #P003503

Complete second year of this Czech leftist satirical journal, the issues of which are full of shorter prose by Jaroslav Hašek and illustrations by Josef Lada, who was one of the editors. In 1911, after Lada took over the lead editorial role, the journal printed the first five shorter pieces featuring a certain "Švejk", who would become the famous protagonist of Hašek's later novel "Good Soldier Švejk." Other contributors include Karel Pikart, Karel Vika, Gedeon Motyka, Čeněk Lodyha, Karel Horký, Petr Johanes, and artists F. Naske, K. Rélink, F. Tratnik, L. Kalaunek, R. Adámek. Hašek's articles and stories were usually the reason for the journal's problems with the censors. A number of the issues feature the printed note "New corrected edition following confiscation" (Po konfiskaci nové opravené vydání).

Rare, with individual issues almost never encountered in commerce. As of June 2024, KVK, OCLC show copies at University of Chicago only.

Price: €650.00

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