Various authors

ANI LABUŤ ANI LŮNA. ANTHOLOGY ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF KAREL HYNEK MÁCHA

1936
Book format 8°, 21x14,2 cm. 76 numbered p., in Czech. 14 p. of black and white illustrations (2 p. missing). Edited by V. Nezval. Cover design by J. Štyrský. Typographic design by K. Teige. Contributors: K. Biebl, E. F. Burian, A. Hoffmeister, V. Makovský, Toyen etc. Paperback. Issued in Nová edice in 2000 copies, copy no. 804. Cover stamped: "Po konfiskaci II. opravené vydání,": "The second revised edition after the confiscation." The article by B. Brouk "Máchův kult" (pp. 77-81) was removed, as well as the afterword (pp. 82-83) and the colophon. The anthology Ani labuť ani Lůna was intended as a protest against the official interpretation of K. H. Mácha`s legacy. The lawsuit filed by Mácha researcher Karel Janský against one of the authors, Bohuslav Brouk, and the publisher Otto Jirsák for `an offense against the protection of honor committed by the press` (the collage by J. Štyrský was also objectionable) led in the summer of 1936 to the temporary confiscation of the remaining stock (152 out of 2000 copies) of the anthology. Based on an out-of-court settlement in November 1936, Jirsák removed the incriminated collage and Brouk`s article from the returned copies, as well as the subsequent afterword and colophon. The anthology was then sold with the stamp `Po konfiskaci II. opravené vydání` on the cover. https://www.slovnik-nakladatelstvi.cz/nakladatelstvi/nova-edice-o-jirsak.html The binding has come apart, torn spine, missing p. 77-83 and illustrations p. 11-12.