University of Toronto Libraries
The Halcyon (no. 51, June 2013)
About the purchase of a collection of about seventy-five books. The works, all with decorative cloth covers and/or dust jackets, many of which include eye-catching graphic details and inspiring illustrations, represent, if not the most recognizable, then some of the more unusual examples of book design in Czechoslovakia during the 1920s and 1930s. Their design is characterized by the use of a variety of colours and types; flat, abstract, geometrical shapes; and photomontage.