ZLATY PRAMEN (GOLDEN SPRING) / STO LET CESKE POHADKY (A CENTURY OF CZECH FOLK TALES)

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ABOUT VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J. ILLUSTRATED BY SLAVOBOJE TUSARA (7 FULL COLOR TIPPED-IN PAGES ORIGINAL WITH BLACK AND WHITE FIRST LETTER STORY ILLUSTRATIONS QUARTER BOUND WITH GREEN PAPER COVERED THIN BOARDS AND MAROON CLOTH BACKED SPINE WITH LARGE PAPER PASTE-ON VERY COLORFUL AND ATTRACTIVE ILLUSTRATION ON THE FRONT COVER, PATTERENED ENDPAPERS, AND CHEAP PAPER STOCK. BOOK IS QUITE WORN AT THE CORNERS WITH GIILT SPINE TITLES DULLED AND MODERATE SOIL TO THE GREEN REAR COVER WITH TANNING TO THE TEXT. ALTHOUGH BROWNED AND FRAGILE THE PAGES ARE NOT BRITTLE AND ARE STILL QUITE FLEXIBLE. STILL A VERY NICE COPY OF A CHARMING AND DELICATELY PRODUCED BOOK AT THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND QUITE SCARCE. MARIE MAJEROVA (1882-1967) WHOSE NAME HAS BEEN GIVEN TO AN IMPORTANT CZECH AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS, HAS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING 28 STORIES IN THIS SCARCE COLLECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE CZECH FOLK TALES FROM 1818 THROUGH 1918, THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CZECH REPUBLICK'S SEPARATION FROM THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE: (E-MAIL FOR COMPLETE LIST OF THE 28 CONTRIBUTORS AND DATED CONTRIBUTIONS.). FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER. N° de ref. del artículo 010731

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