Author: Hašek, Jaroslav: (Lada, Josef, illus.:)
Title: The Good Soldier Svejk and his Fortunes in the World War.
Description: London: William Heinemann in association with Penguin Books, 1974. First UK edition, third printing. 8vo., pp.xxii, [x], 752. Maps and illustrations in the text. Bright yellow cloth, red title to spine and small illustration to upper board. Endpapers very slightly toned, top edge a little dusty, near fine. Dust jacket a little yellowed with a few tiny marks, price-clipped, very good. Illegible ownership inscription to ffep. Unabridged translation by Cecil Parrott. Hašek had originally envisioned a total of six volumes of Švejk. By the time of his death in 1923 he had completed the first three and was partway through the fourth, which was later finished at the request of the publisher by the journalist Karel Vanek. The volumes are as follows: Behind the Lines (V zázemí, 1921); At the Front (Na fronte, 1922); The Glorious Licking (Slavný výprask,

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