Prague: Neubert for VOK, 1938. First Edition. Quarto. Photographs by Jiri Jenicek and Karel Hajek and others. Book design by Ladislav Sutnar. 80 lush gravure plates of battle and countryside. Incredibly this book about war - with images of artillery, destruction, plumes of smoke, and soldiers crawling through trenches - feels devoid of conflict, as if the battle has been staged for the camera. This is because the bulk of the images were taken during manoeuvres rather than actual battle.
