The Absolute at Large

Three covers by Josef Čapek from the Japanese book Čapek’s Bookshelf, which collects 120 of his covers:

Josef Čapek, cover design for The Absolute at Large by Karel Capek, 1922
Josef Čapek, cover design for The Absolute at Large by Karel Čapek, 1922

Josef Čapek, cover design for Wandering on Credit by A.C.Nor, 1927
Josef Čapek, cover design for Wandering on Credit by A.C.Nor, 192

Josef Čapek, cover design for Perch by Emil Vachek, 1954
Josef Čapek, cover design for Perch by Emil Vachek
(date given as ’54, though Čapek died in ’45)

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