Babicka by Nemcova, Bozena

Praze: I.L. Kober. Levne illustrovane vydani. Hardcover. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy. Very Good thus, with usual markings. Tight and clean overall. Low circulation. Octavo in dark blue-black polished cloth boards; 1 p. l., 240 p. illus. 19 cm. In Czech. Uncommon in this somewhat early undated edition. (Appears to be 1900s). Nemcova's most famous work, translated into English as: The Grandmother. Originally published in Czech in 1855. Autobiographical novel about a young girl growing up in the Bohemian country village of Ratiborice, along with her parents, siblings and her influential maternal grandmother Magdalena Novotna. || Women writers ; Bohemian Literature (Bohemia) ; Czech Literature ; Eastern European Literature of the late19th Century.