50 Years of Tatra Automobiles in Kopřivnice. Commemorative History of Tatra Production, 1897–1947

50 Years of Tatra Automobiles in Kopřivnice. Commemorative History of Tatra Production, 1897–1947.

Od kočáru k automobilu. 50 let automobilky Tatra v Kopřivnici [From Carriage to Automobile. Fifty Years of the Tatra Automobile Works in Kopřivnice]. Prague: Tatra, národní podnik, 1947. Summaries in English, French, Russian and German. Texts by Adolf Tůma, František Štýdl, Karel Vyška, and František Svoboda. Designed with illustrations by František Kardaus and A. Sodoma; cover design by Buchar, Hrdina, Husník & Häusler.

4to. Ca. 90 pp. Original publisher's illustrated hardcover with pictorial pastedowns. Very good condition, light rubbing and wear to the boards.

An attractively designed commemorative publication issued to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Tatra automobile production (1897–1947), tracing the company's development from horse-drawn carriages to one of Europe's most innovative automobile manufacturers. Richly illustrated throughout with documentary photographs, drawings and reproductions from the Tatra archives.