148 - Svato Verlag - Svato Zapletal - Kurt Tucholsky. Eyes in the Big City. Hamburg, Svato 2016. Includes seven signed color linocuts by Svato Zapletal. Original red Oasen goatskin binding with color printing and embossing. In the original linen slipcase.

Svato Verlag - Svato Zapletal - Kurt Tucholsky. Eyes in the Big City. Hamburg, Svato 2016. Includes seven signed color linocuts by Svato Zapletal. Original red Oasen goatskin binding with color printing and embossing. In the original linen slipcase. Call time: approx. 1:25 p.m. (schedule subject to change) Book 69. — One of twelve Roman-numbered deluxe copies A in full leather (total print run: 36). Included (and thus exceeding the extras mentioned in the colophon) were: two colored-pencil drawings, three additional linocuts, and a proof—one of which is on a double sheet featuring another Tucholsky poem—all signed, as well as a linocut plate. - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - “Tucholsky was one of the great satirists and social critics of the 1920s and 1930s. In compiling the texts, I was interested in the breadth of his journalistic and literary work” (Svato Zapletal). - With a handwritten dedication by the artist to a previous owner, featuring a pencil drawing titled “Self-Portrait with Four-Day Stubble and Glasses, Looking Somewhat Skeptical.” 31.2 × 24.6 cm. 49, [3] pages, 8 inserts.