Poldina Huť – 50 let Poldiny huti

Poldina Huť – 50 let Poldiny huti [Fifty Years of the Poldi Steelworks], 1889–1939. Prague: Poldina Huť, 1939.

4to. 82, [2] pp. Publisher's original gilt-stamped cloth. Profusely illustrated throughout with high-quality gravure photographs documenting the development, facilities, machinery, rolling mills, forges, laboratories, and products of the celebrated Kladno steelworks. Printed by V. Neubert a Synové, Prague.

Luxurious anniversary publication issued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Poldina Huť, one of the most important metallurgical enterprises in Czechoslovakia. The volume surveys the company's history from its founding in 1889 through the extensive modernization and expansion of the interwar period, illustrating both industrial architecture and heavy manufacturing processes with striking full-page photographic reproductions. An impressive example of late interwar Czech industrial book production and corporate self-presentation.

Very good condition. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Slight fading to spine and borders.