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Prague, Czechoslavakia: Artia/Orbis. First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light brown cloth with brick-colored lettering on spine, and same color drawing of a rocking horse on the front board. Beautiful color illustrations on front and rear panels of dust jacket. The jacket spine is just slightly darkened. The publisher is given as Artia on the title page, but the copyright information following page 66 lists Orbis as the copyright holder. First 66 pages in English and French with 29 pen and ink drawings; then 175 numbered pages with beautiful color illustrations of toys (often with many toys on one page). A very well-preserved copy.

Jacket in mylar, heavily browned. Text in English and French

Prague, Czechoslavakia: Artia. 1951. First Edition (1951), unstated. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding remains square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernible imperfections. The DJ shows mild rubbing and a hint ot resultant soiling to the cream-toned background field of the panels; just a touch of wear to the extremities; unclipped; mylar-protected. Clean and intact; quite attractive. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Folio. (12.2 x 9 x 1.35 inches) . 68-page text followed by 176 pages of color-painted examples. 29 pen & ink drawings in the text. Bibliography. Dual English French text. Translated into English by Roberta F. Samsour. Translated into French by Louis Michaud.… Read More

Prague: Artia, 1951. First Edition . Oversize cloth with Dustjacket. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH. Stunning book on folk toys from all over the world , highlighted by 29 black and white pen and ink drawings in the text along with 176 beautiful delicate but vivid drawings of toys on plates. Includes text. This is a fine copy with just a small touch of soiling to the white dustjacket along with darkening to the spine. Fine/fine. Uncommon especially so in this condition.

Prague : Artia, 1951. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 66 pages; Physical description; 66 p : illus., 175 col. plates ; 31 cm. Subjects; Folk art-Czechoslavak Republic. Toys. Genre; Illustrated. Language; English and French. Other title; Ceskoslovenske lidove hracky.