1954 The Spring of China lithographs

Jarmila Glazarová – The Spring of China (Jaro Číny) Prague: Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy, 1954. 4to. 202, [4] pp. Illustrated throughout with vivid color plates after original Chinese revolutionary prints. Decorative floral-patterned cloth boards with printed endpapers; Original patterned wrappers featuring portrait illustration of Mao Zedong. Mid-century children’s book celebrating the “new” China of the 1950s. The production quality is unusually high, with bold lithographic color illustrations and richly patterned binding evoking Chinese textile design. Text in Czech. Condition: Very Good overall. Wear to top border of wrappers; binding clean and bright with minimal handling. A handsome copy of a visually compelling Cold-War era children’s propaganda book. Inv. Ho10