Edgar Allan Poe – The Man of the Crowd (1925), with Five Original Lithographs by Vladimír Silovský

Poe, Edgar Allan. Muž davu [The Man of the Crowd]. Prague: Sdružení českých umělců grafiků Hollar, 1925. 4to. 17 [5] pp.

With five original full-page monochrome lithographs by Czech artist Vladimír Silovský (1891–1974). Contemporary two-tone red and gray cloth binding with lettering to spine.

Published as the second supplement to the second annual volume of Grafický sborník Hollar, the journal of the Association of Czech Graphic Artists Hollar. Printed by Průmyslová tiskárna in Prague.

Silovský's lithographs depict the crowded streets, anonymous figures, and urban atmosphere of Poe's short story, first published in 1840. An example of Czech illustrated book production of the interwar period, combining American literature with original Czech graphic art.