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About this Item
First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. In Czech. Near Fine with light wear at extremities, minor creasing to spine and light soiling to covers. Light toning and foxing to contents. Housed in a modern custom slipcase. Karel Capek (1890-1938) was a Czech writer best known for his play R.U.R. (1920), which first introduced the world to the word robot. First published in Capek's native Czech, this novel explores man's abuse of power through scientific invention. This work seemingly predicted the atom bomb over two decades before The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project. It was first published in English in 1925. Seller Inventory # 140946339
Bibliographic Details
Title: Krakatit
Publisher: Aventinum, Praha [Prague]
Publication Date: 1924
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition.
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