Kratke Dejiny a Seznam: Cesko-Katolickych Osad ve Spoj. Stateck Americkych. Ku vzpominee na 25lete jubileum veledustp. farare by HESSOUNA, Josefa - 1890

St. Louis: Tisk Bratri Wandasu, 1890. Hardcover. Small 4to. Purple cloth with gilt lettering and extensive black decorative stamping. viii, 551, (1p). Numerous illustrations, patterned endpapers. Good plus. Binding edgeworn, mainly at head and tail of well-sunned spine; internal hinges bear old but discreet expert brown cloth tape gutter reinforcement, thus tight. Though worn, a quite decent and handleable first edition of this hefty study, entirely in Czechoslavakian, of this well-illustrated survey of Czech influence in the American Catholic church. Numerous full-page portraits of Czech-American clerics, churches, etc. A fascinating bit of Czech-Americana. Uncommon.