Problems Lieutenant Knap by Mucha (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Translated from the Czech by E. Osers. Publication of 158 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. The first few blank pages have skillfully been repaired, there were minor tears. There is foxing on the early and last few pages. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Octavo, original orange cloth stamped in gold. First edition, first impression. Linked stories about life during wartime. A very good copy (pulpy paper browned) in good pictorial dust jacket with shelf wear at edges, closed tear at lower rear spine fold, and and some tanning and staining to spine panel. (#117526).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 2nd Imp., hard cover orange cloth bds, Good+, no dust jacket, contents clean and tight, no names etc., some pge tips folded at top at rear, pp158. A nice sound reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. First Edition. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards with lightly rubbed edges. Small crayon check mark to front endpaper. Pages age toned. Dust jacket with shallow chipping at head and heel with a few small stains along spine, spine sunned. A clean and tight copy.

2nd impression, January 1946. Light foxing on page edges and endpapers. Inscription on front free endpaper. Dust jacket not price-clipped; browned on spine; protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Erstausgabe; OLWd. mit Rückentitel u. OUmschlag, 158 Seiten, 8° (13 x 19 cm), Umschlag an den Rändern berieben, ausgeblichen, Seiten innen gedunkelt, sonst sauber, insgesamt guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First English Edition. Dust jacket shows chipping at top and bottom of spine, small closed tear along bottom edge on back; book itself shows bumped bottom tip on back board; orange boards, pages show light age toning, text unmarked, 138 pages; former owner's name rubber stamped on first page, and a gift inscription written in ink, translated from the Czech by E. Osers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. DJ worn, Text tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Mucha, Jiri . The problems of Lieutenant Knap / translated from the Czech by E. Osers ; jacket designed by Michael Ayrton. Second impression. London: The Hogarth Press, 1946. Hardback, Good, in unclipped dustjacket, sunned to spine, with shelfwear to edges, a small nick to back top, held in protective transparent sleeve. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. 158pp., lightly tanned. Contents clean and bright. Jiri Mucha (12 March 1915 in Prague 5 April 1991 in Prague) was a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter and author of autobiographical novels. Following the fall of France, Mucha made his way to the United Kingdom, where he joined the Royal Air Force before becoming a war correspondent for the BBC, where he was known as George Mucha. He returned to Prague in 1945, when he wrote this book, a sequence of interconnect short stories loosely based on the author's experiences. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Library re-bind. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Without Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Translated from the Czech. 158 pages in clean condition-slightly yellowed. Foxing on endpapers and few first and last pages. Orange cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Light wear on corners and edges. Green DJ with red titles - jacket designed by Michael Ayrton. One inch chip at tail of spine, small chip at head. Corners worn, covers faded and stained. Illustration is bright and clean. Binding nice and tight. GOOD+/FAIR Size: 5 x 7 1/2. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of Jiri Mucha's series of connected stories, translated by E. Osers. A first edition of Jiri Mucha's 'The Problems of Lieutenant Knap', translated from the original Czech by Ewald Osers, collects a sequence of connected short stories with a warm human touch and morals. Mucha was a journalist and writer, becoming a war correspondent for the BBC during the second world war, and was sentenced to hard labour in the Jachymov uranium mines after being arrested in Prague by the communist government in 1951. First edition, with dustwrapper. Stamped with 'Ronald P. Pelsinger' to the front free end paper and title page, and faded 'H' stamp to the front free end paper and half title page and front cover of the dustwrapper. A fine example of work from a master writer and a master translator, 'The Problems of Lieutenant Knap' was critical appreciated upon publication in this English edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart, with some shelfwear to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with some minor handling marks to the boards. The dustwrapper has some chipping to the head and tail of the spine, shelfwear to the extremities, with some age-toning, and a faded 'H' stamp to the front cover. 'Ronald S Pelsinger' stamp to the front endpaper and to the title page. Monogram 'H'' stamp to the front endpaper and half-title. Internally, generally firmly bound. The pages are age toned, as is common with the paper used. Some spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. book.