Saturnin By Zdeněk Jirotka (1968) Very Rare Vintage Czech Language Satire Book

Description: NOTE: This is a Czech language book To improve the efficiency of listing items on eBay, we provide many photos with each listing of the exact product we’re selling, rather than writing out excessive details. We will make note of any potential issues that are not obvious from the photos. PLEASE visually inspect the photos for this item prior to purchase. 📖🔍👀 ***NOTES ON CONDITION***Publication’s overall condition: Good. No issues that affect readability. We love the rich and vibrant colors that have survived for so long with minimal fading or discoloration. Cover shows expected wear/fading/age discoloration and rubbing along edges and corners. The placeholder ribbon is still attached although the end is a bit frayed. This was printed by a state-run Eastern Bloc publisher and was limited to 62,000 copies. The fact that it survived at all is remarkable. See photos to visually inspect condition Type: hardcover Cover (overall): good; some wear and rubbing along edges and corners; a few blemishes and areas of fading and discoloration but nothing severe. Binding health: good; all pages attached Cigarette smoke damage: noneWater/moisture damage: none Paper health: good; expected age discoloration; colors still deep and vibrant Writing/highlighting: none detected ***REGINALD’S RULES*** You work hard for your money! Don’t risk purchasing from a seller who can’t be bothered to upload more than a stock photo, one or two poorly framed and blurry photos, or who drowns their images in filters to hide flaws. You deserve nice things! ✨📚✨ We ONLY upload original photos with every listing. We NEVER use stock images, photo filters, photoshop or AI. We NEVER adjust the contrast or colors to hide flaws or fading. We CAREFULLY package every purchase to ensure it arrives safe and sound ***SHIPPING & HANDLING*** We are a small business but we try to keep our shipping and handling expenses to a minimum. However, it is important to us that your book arrives safe and sound. To cut down on waste, we reuse CLEAN shipping materials to help secure and protect items. Handling: We make sure every item sold is safely secured in its envelope or box by using cushioning materials, such as padded envelopes or bubble wrap. For paperback or thin items, we use rigid cardboard to prevent it from being bent or folded. We also include instructions on our packages not to bend or fold, and specify the contents are a paper item. Shipping: We typically ship via USPS Media Mail or First Class Large Envelope. If neither of those options are available, we use USPS ground. Turnaround: Do you hate it when sellers print shipping labels to mark an order as shipped, but then it sits around for a week? So do we! We don’t print shipping labels until your product is ready to ship. We ship most orders within one business day but never more than two. —- Here’s part of a synopsis and review I put together based on info I found online: Written at a time of when Czechoslovakia was deep in the grip of the Nazi occupation: One form of resistance was to put the world created by invasion out of your mind and create another. A delicious dry humour and an imaginative flair that makes it much more than just the 'Czech Jeeves.' The writing is rich in homespun wisdom and casual asides that take on a life of their own, leading the reader up charming byways of irrelevance.... A surprising number of belly-laughs for a novel that is more than half a century old. On its initial publication in Czech in 1942, Saturnin was a best seller, its gentle satire offering an unexpected if temporary reprieve from the grim reality of the German occupation. In the years since, the novel has been hailed as a classic of Czech literature. The novel’s main character, Saturnin, a gentleman’s gentleman, wages a constant battle to protect his master from romantic disaster and intrusive relatives, such as Aunt Catherine, the Prancing Dictionary of Slavic Proverbs. Saturnin will warm the heart of any fan of literary comedy.

Price: 34 USD

Location: Salem, Oregon

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