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R.U.R. Covers
Josef Čapek, in addition to painting and writing, was a noted book designer over the course of his career. Below are covers of multiple editions of R.U.R. that he produced for various editions. We cannot confirm that the Russian edition or the seventh Czech edition included here are a Josef Čapek covers (though the Russian, at least, seems a given.)
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| Josef Čapek First edition cover, 1920 |
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| Josef Čapek Artist print of cover, second edition variant, 1921 |
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| Josef Čapek Fourth edition cover, 1922 |
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| Josef Čapek German edition, 1922 |
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| Josef Čapek? Russian edition cover, 1924) |
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| Josef Čapek? Seventh edition, 1926 |
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| Seventh edition title page, 1926 |
Contributor’s notes: Karel Čapek
Contributor’s notes: Josef Čapek