Search Results: Regions-Eastern Europe from Quadrant Book Mart

Prague/ Praze: Bedricha Tempskeho, 1870. Hardcover. Good+/None. Modern binding, quarter mahogany-colored leather with marbled boards and marbled page edges, with gilt titling on spines. Lovely! Owner's name penned on title page in handsome brown script. First book's upper page edges were bumped in two places, making small dog ears. Interior is clean and unmarked. These are original books, not reprints or print-on-demand. 8vo. BOOK INFO: History of Czech Uprising, Summer 1618, Vols. I-II and III-IV in two books, 336 and 463 pp., respectively. Contains bibliographical references. Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--1526-1618

Omaha, Neb.: Nakladem Narodni Toskarny, 1907. Hardcover. Good/None. Light gray cloth boards with black titling on front and spine, lightly soiled and corners a bit bumped. Spine heel has a pinhole-sized tear. Back cover has a small tea-splash stain. Sewn binding is sound. Upper page edges are dust-dulled. Interior is clean and unmarked. 12mo. BOOK INFO: The memory of Czech emigrants in America. Illustrated by 18 B&W photographs and drawings. Contents include: I. Stehovani z Cech do Ameriky mezi r. 1633-1905, including J. A. Komenskemu, Augustin Herman, Bedrich Filip, Mestan Joris and other Moravians; II. Augustine Herman, First Lord of Bohemia Manor [who] was a Bohemian explorer, merchant and cartographer who lived in New Amsterdam and Cecil County, Maryland. III. Bedrich Filip, 'Frederick Philips, a Protestant exile from Bohemia, [who] arrived in New Amsterdam [in 1647]. Chroniclers refer to him as a 'Bohemian merchant prince'. He was one of the wealthiest men of his time in the… Read More