Main entry:

Havel, Václav.

Title & Author:

A word about words / Václav Havel ; with illustrations by Jiří Kolář.

Edition:

Bibliophile ed.

Publication:

New York : The Cooper Union, 1992.

Description:

55 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 44 cm

Notes:
"In 1989 Havel was awarded the International Peace Prize of the German Booksellers Association. It was presented in absentia at the Frankfurt Bookfair on October 15, 1989. Havel's acceptance speech was read by Maximilian Schell. His words, published here in the original Czech and its English translation ... celebrate Prague and the book. An exhibition at the Cooper Union, presented in cooperation with the Charter 77 Foundation and Pen American Center."
Translation originally printed in The New York review of books, January 18, 1990. Reprinted from Open letters, New York : A.A. Knopf, 1991.
Designed by George Sadek and Charles Nix, and printed in an edtion of 500 copies.
English and Czech on facing pages.
"In 1989 Havel was awarded the International Peace Prize of the German Booksellers Association. It was presented in absentia at the Frankfurt Bookfair on October 15, 1989. Havel's acceptance speech was read by Maximilian Schell. His words, published here in the original Czech and its English translation... celebrate Prague and the book. An exhibition at the Cooper Union, presented in cooperation with the Charter 77 Foundation and Pen American Center."
Designed by George Sadek and Charles Nix, and printed in an edition of 500 copies.
In Related Ephemera: autograph presentation card to Phyllis Lambert from John Jay Iselin, President, The Cooper Union.
Library copy: no. 127.

Subject:

Havel, Václav Illustrations.
Havel, Václav.
Language and languages.
Semantics.
Illustration of books 20th century Exhibitions.
Book design Exhibitions.
Langage et langues.
Sémantique.
Illustration des livres 20e siècle Expositions.
Livres Conception graphique Expositions.
language (general communication)
languages (study discipline)
semantics.
Book design.
Illustration of books.
Politics and government.
Czechoslovakia Politics and government 1968-1989.
Tchécoslovaquie Politique et gouvernement 1968-1989.
Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovakia Politics and government 1968-

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.

Added entries:

Kolář, Jiří, 1914-2002.
Sadek, George.
Nix, Charles.
Kolář, Jiří, 1914-
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 92738
Call No.: ID:93-B723
Status: Available