Zeme A Lide. (The Land and the People). Kniha fotografi. Preface by Jan Drda. Translation of foreword by Edwin Muir.

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(Prague): Melantrich (1946). 4to. Orig. qtr. cloth over boards. Illust. dustjacket (chipped and shelf-soiled). With b/w photographs most of which full page and some double page. Inscription from previous owner on half title-page. End-papers and dedication page toned. 1st edition. Text in Czech. NOTE: Jan Lukas was a Czech photographer whose photos captured large and small events in Czech life. He was exiled from Communist Czechoslovakia and lived in the United States for many years.