THREE STORIES BY VITESLAV HALEK Three Stories. Under the Hollow Tree. Poldik the Scavenger. On Condition; or, Pensioned Off. Together with 28 lyrical pieces by the same author. Translated from the Czech by W.W. Strickland PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE TRANSLATOR First Edition 1886

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Published in York, England by J. Sampson in 1886 this is the First English translation of these three stories by Czech Author Viteslav Halek Vít?zslav Hálek ( 1835-1874) was a Czech poet, author, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the May School, along with Jan Neruda and Karolína Sv?tlá. the book is bound in the original cloth with bevelled edged boards, 7.5 inches tall approx., 221 pages this copy being a presentation copy from the Translator W.W. Strickland, with a small note in his hand pasted to the front cover. the covers have some marking and edge rubbing wear, with some splits to the cloth along rear spine edge, internally noticeable foxing to title page and opening few pages, else contents in good general condition THE VERY SCARCE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE TRANSLATOR. N° de ref. del artículo 002524

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