Czechoslovakia was at the forefront of the European Avant Garde typography and design movement. As these three covers—top two by Ladislav Sutnar, 1929 and 1932; bottom by Karel Teige, 1925—reveal, the Czechs were modern when much of the world was commercial and decorative. These covers are but a small portion of what can be found online as gifts for the holidays.
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