27.5 x 19cm, 244pp plus boards with tipped on motif label. First edition of this collection of Czech first world war war poems covering the period 1914 - 1918. Includes works by Neumann, Salda, Dyk, Sova amongst others and illustrated throughout by Kupka, Gotfreund, Bartos, Filla and others hors texte. Short essays by Novotny. Typography and design by Jindrich Styrsky. Paper slightly browned and the binding is slightly torn inside the boards showing a little of the inner spine but otherwise very good.