Happy Times in Czechoslovakia (1940) musicFirst Edition of Happy Times in Czechoslovakia, 1940, With a Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt Bartusek, Libushka. Bures, Yarka, illustrator. Happy Times in Czechoslovakia. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Octavo. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition of this delightful children's book about a year in the life of a mid century Czechoslovakian family, published after the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia and with a foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. Part of a
Bell offers a lesser-known nursery rhyme illustrated with a pop-up of a boy saving a kitten from a well
Dust jacket among the nicest I have ever seen for this title
as well as details about the incredible distances nurses traveled and their experiences in foreign lands
Boston: Houghton Mifflin
This wonderful 19th-century Christmas book for children discusses Christmas traditions in different parts of the world from Norway to Egypt
Wartime Edition
New York: Institute of Jewish Affairs
This travel guide presents the golden era of Krakow
The Women's Land Army
While often criticized by other writers for his perceived pro-Soviet bias
First edition of this knowledgeable contemporary work on the Allied invasion of France
dust jacket with a bit of wear to extremities