Description
Vintage 1929 Langenscheidt pocket dictionary for the Czech and German languages, compiled by Dr. Bedřich/Friedrich Kabesch and published by Langenscheidtsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin-Schöneberg. This is the fifth edition, placing it firmly in the interwar period, when Czech-German bilingual reference works were especially important in Central Europe.
This compact but very thick reference volume has strong appeal as a historical language book, a Langenscheidt collectible, and a Czech/German cultural item.
Notable features include:
* Copyright 1929 Langenscheidt, Berlin-Schöneberg
* Fifth edition / Fünfte Auflage
* By Dr. Bedřich/Friedrich Kabesch
* Czech-German / German-Czech language reference format, with spine marked I/II
* Includes pronunciation and grammatical guidance using the Toussaint-Langenscheidt method
* Attractive vintage blue flexible binding with original orange and black spine labels
* Interwar-era Central European language and publishing history
Condition is vintage/antique with expected age and handling wear, including rubbing to the cover and spine, wear at the corners and spine ends, age-toned page edges, and soiling/spotting to the endpapers. The book remains a handsome and highly displayable early Langenscheidt reference volume with readable title and copyright pages.
A desirable 1929 Czech-German language reference for collectors of dictionaries, European history, Czech/German books, genealogy research, and vintage Langenscheidt publications. Please view all the photos.
