first edition
[1920] · New York
by NOVÁK, Arch. V.
New York: Slovenského Pokroku, [1920]. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; 57,[7](ads)pp.; photographic illus. in text throughout. Wrappers rather dusty and a bit worn from handling, tiny chip at spine crown, else Near Very Good. Short biography of the Slovak politician and astronomer Milan Rastislav Štefánik, who became a pilot in the French army during World War I only to be killed in a crash landing after the war had ended. Includes local New York ads in Slovak in rear. (Inventory #: 34354)