OH, MY COUNTRY by Josten, Josef - 1949

Latimer House, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1949. First Edition. 255 pages. Signed by the author. Black and white photographic dust jacket over black cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. authors signature to the title page. Minor tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and noticeable rubbing to spine as well. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends as well.

London: Latimer House Ltd. [1949]. Very Good. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 255 pp., frontis; 8vo; black cloth, without dust jacket; map endpapers; black & white photographs, reproductions. Very minor wear along spine edge, leading corner tips; minor crease down spine; moderate foxing to foredge; occasional pencil marks, checks, brackets on approx. 5 scattered pages in the latter third of the volume. Signed by the author on title page. Also on title page, an oval rubber stamp for a private library "Anthony W. [Yulis], Received, with date in pen; a note in pen on lower right corner "Bought at Sokol Hall, 1960, J.J.B." Second rubber stamp lower right corner of last index page, 255. Jostin was an exiled Czechoslovakian official who worked with Jan Masaryk in Prague until just before Masaryk's death and the eventual takeover by Communists. The book presents the author's inside view of the Czechoslovakian crisis, which he attributes to careful planning done in… Read More

London: Latimer House, 1949. First printing. Inscribed in Czech and signed by the author on the title page, dated 1949. 255 pp. including index, plus photographs. Bumped on the spine tail. Shallow creases to the front board. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket is in two pieces, held together with transparent tape. Large chip around the spine head. Also chipped at the spine tail and corners. Punctured at the spine. The price, 12s. 6d., is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Latimer House. First Edition. Original black cloth. Near Fine in Good Dust Jacket with edge tears and chips. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1949.

Latimer House. Stated First Published. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, chips, edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1949.

London : Latimer House, 1949. 1st edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 225 pages, portraits, maps (some color), facsimile, 23 cm. Subjects; 1945-1992. Communism Czechoslovakia. Communism. Politics and government. Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia Politics and government 1945. Czechoslovakia History 1945-.

London: Latimer House Limited, 1949. 255 pages in good condition. Maps on endpapers. Bookshop stamp on title page. NPC. Black cloth cover in good condition. Wear on edges. Illustrated DJ in fair condition. Some tears and chips at spine and edges. GOOD+/FAIR. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Fair.