Between the Covers

Hardcover. Samizdat (first?) edition (dated on 1985 however the copyright, which is printed reversed beneath, is dated to 1986). Octavo. 285pp. Buff cloth, over photomechanically reproduced leaves, author’s name in pencil to spine. Text in Czech. Slight rubbing, else near fine. Signed by Hrabal on title page. A semi-autobiographical story that tracks Hrabal’s life from 1963 until the 70s. Dealing with the times when his first book “Perli ka na dn ” (*Pearl on the Bottom*) was published through the seventies when he was banned as an author. “Proluky” is the last part of a trilogy. An early Samizdat edition, Hrabal was considered one of the great Czech writers of the 20th Century. Exceptionally uncommon. *OCLC* locates four copies with similar, but not exact (283pp. or 284pp.) pagination. Any Signed samizdat editions are uncommon.

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