Steed henry wickham introduction (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. First English Edition. Octavo, xii, 132 pages; VG; bound in blue cloth, gilt titling to spine and front cover; spine faded; mild wear, including rubbing to extremities, white specks to top edge of rear board; pages mildly brittle; with one folding map; ownership name to ffep, title page; extremely scarce; shelved case 9. Worldcat shows 3 copies in France and 2 in Switzerland.; One copy is found at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, two are shown in the Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico, and four in the National Library CR; Benes was Secretary of the Czechoslovak National Council in Paris and Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Czechoslovak government from 1916-1918. He was the 2nd & 4th President of Czechoslovakia, as well as leading the Czechoslovakian government-in-exile from 1939 to 1945.; "If Europe to-day groans under the German-Austro-Magyar brutality, it must not be forgotten that the Czecho-Slovak nation has suffered under it for twelve hundred years" (page 3); As the book was published in London and intended primarily for English readers, a chapter was written on the relations of England and Bohemia.; 1335806. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. …