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Language: English
Published by Zatua, 1984
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Language: English
Published by Zatua, 1984
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine -. Shelf 513 Text clean; book tight; in Slavic language; DJ has a bit of edge wear; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS .…
Language: English
Published by Zatua, 1984
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine - As New. Shelf 513 Text clean; book tight; in Slavic language; DJ has a bit of wear to edges; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS .…

Published by dtv, München, 1976
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Condition: Gut. 0 Als Mängelexemplar gekennzeichnet. Ungekürzte Taschenbuchausgabe, 321 S. nur leichte Lesespuren, weißer Einband etwas gebräunt, teilweise löst sich die Kaschierung, E-3.
Published by Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, 1964
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Add to basketCondition: Befriedigend. Kein Schutzumschlag. 0 420 S., Lesebändchen, Paper (DDR) gebräunt, Altersspuren auch am Einband, kurzer Namenseintrag auf dem Titelblatt, BB-4.
Published by Berlin, Morgen (1984)., 1984
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Add to basket1.Aufl. (dt. Erstausg.). Übers. a.d. Tschech. v. Gustav Just. 259 S. OLwd. m. illustr. OSchutzumschl. (m. farb. Collage v. Helmut Mertens). Rücken leicht schief gedrückt; papierbedingt leicht gebräunt; Umschl.-ränder etw. angedrückt, oben min. rissig; gutes sauberes Expl.

Published by BB art, 2010
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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…
Published by Berlin, Morgen (1976)., 1976
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Add to basket1.Aufl. (dt. Erstausg.). Übers. a.d. Tschech. v. Gustav Just. 558 S. Illustr. OLwd. m. (zusätzl.) illustr. OSchutzumschl. (v. Hans Ticha). (= erster Band einer Trilogie, wird später fortgesetzt v. "Der Ring der Borgias" u. "Die schöne Zauberin"). Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, im Schnitt etw. stärker; schönes sauberes Expl. …
Published by Berlin, Morgen (1982)., 1982
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Add to basket1.Aufl. (dt. Erstausg.). Übers. a.d. Tschech. v. Gustav Just. 481 S. Illustr. OLwd. m. (zusätzl.) illustr. OSchutzumschl. (v. Hans Ticha). (= dritter Band einer Trilogie, Forts. v. "Königinnen haben keine Beine" u. "Der Ring der Borgias"). Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, im Schnitt etw. stärker; Umschl.-ränder leicht angedrückt u. min. berieben; gutes sauberes Expl. …
Published by Verlag Der Morgen Berlin, 1984, 1984
Seller: Verlag Traugott Bautz GmbH, Nordhausen, GermanyVerlag Traugott Bautz GmbH
Contact seller4-star seller259 Seiten, gebunden, Halbleineneinband, Seiten leicht angegilbt, leichte Gebrauchsspuren, sonst guter Zustand.
Published by Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, 1984
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- First Edition
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Add to basketGanzleinen. Condition: sehr guter Buchzustand. Guter Umschlag. 1. Auflage. 259 Seiten. Weißer Ganzleineneinband. Originalschutzumschlag.

Language: German
Published by Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, 1965
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Published by dtv Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag,, 1976
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Add to basket[TBs-N-R] 320 Seiten, 8°. Name auf Vortitel, stellenweise etwas angebräunt und fleckig, insg. jedoch durchaus noch gutes Exemplar. Illustrierter Original-Karton Taschenbuch.
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Published by Melantrich, Prague
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Fourth edition. Interesting avantgarde book cover. Book Cover with minor tears and abrasions, small areas taped with weak archival tape. Small pieces on the edges of the cover are missing. Book is in the good condition.

Language: German
Published by Berlin : Buchverl. Der Morgen, 1963
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Add to basketCondition: Gut. 1. Aufl. 462 S. ; 8 Schnitt und Seiten alters/papierbedingt gebräunt, Buch gut erhalten LIEFERZEITEN / DELIVERY TIMES: DEUTSCHLAND 5 - 14 Tage EUROPA/EUROPE: 7 - 30 Tage/Days USA/WELTWEIT/WORLDWIDE: 14 - 60 Tage/Days (!!!) +++ Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 450 gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen ohne Schutzumschlag. …
Published by Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, 1982
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Add to basketGanzleinen. Condition: guter Buchzustand. Zufriedenstellender Umschlag. 1. Auflage. 481 Seiten. Grauer Ganzleineneinband. Originalschutzumschlag.
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Published by Berlin : Buchverlag Der Morgen, 1984
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Add to basketLeinen. Condition: Befriedigend. 1. Aufl. 259 S. ; 21 cm Schutzumschlag fehlt, Buch: Kanten bestossen, starke papierbedingte Seitenbräunung /// Standort Wimregal FLK4-5052 WITHIN THE EU: shipping only to GERMANY and AUSTRIA due to the new EPR regulations. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 271.
Published by Berlin:, Der Morgen,, 1982
Seller: Antiquariat B - Steffen Böttcher, Wernigerode, GermanyAntiquariat B - Steffen Böttcher
Contact seller4-star seller0. 1. Auflage, 481 S., 8°, Ln. mit SU. SU beschädigt. (LVR6). Band.

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Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1955
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Ohne Schutzumschlag; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Wasserschaden. Prvni libreto Tajemstvi krve, podle ktereho byl natocen film, chce aspon castecne splatit dluh minulych let vynikajicimu ceskemu lekari dr. Janu Janskemu - objeviteli 4 krevnich skupin. Druhe libreto: Divadlo pro chude - se vraci svym nametem do doby obrozenecke a kresli postavu nadseneobetaveho buditele Vaclava Thama, jednoho ze zakladatelu ceskeho divadla. Treti libreto: Zelene pochodne - je polozeno do 70. let min. stol. a jeji ustredni postavou je Josef Rezler, ktery spolu s L. Zapotockym, J.B.Peckou a dalsimi predstavoval avantgardu delnickeho hnuti v nasich zemich.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1955
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Ohne Schutzumschlag; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Prvni libreto Tajemstvi krve, podle ktereho byl natocen film, chce aspon castecne splatit dluh minulych let vynikajicimu ceskemu lekari dr. Janu Janskemu - objeviteli 4 krevnich skupin. Druhe libreto: Divadlo pro chude - se vraci svym nametem do doby obrozenecke a kresli postavu nadseneobetaveho buditele Vaclava Thama, jednoho ze zakladatelu ceskeho divadla. Treti libreto: Zelene pochodne - je polozeno do 70. let min. stol. a jeji ustredni postavou je Josef Rezler, ktery spolu s L. Zapotockym, J.B.Peckou a dalsimi predstavoval avantgardu delnickeho hnuti v nasich zemich.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1967
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Ohne Schutzumschlag; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Verformung des Buches. Romanova kronika z doby poslednich Premyslovcu a Jana Lucemburskeho, zachycujici zivot slechty a poddaneho lidu v kraji mezi Sazavou a Vltavou. Na osudech tri generaci smyslenych panu ze Srpna - Odolena, Epika, Kristana je vylicena bourliva doba nemecke kolonizace, doba najezdu a valek o ceskou a cisarskou korunu se vsemi zvyky, obyceji, zpusobem zivota i mysleni a s celou politickou a hospodarskou situaci. Dilo, ve kterem autor zamerne nechava splyvat historii s legendou, dolozene skutecnosti s vymyslem a ktere v tomto pojeti je historickym romanem a soucasne jeho ironickou imitaci.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1975
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Verschmutzung; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Starke Gebrauchsspuren; Einriss uber 1 cm. Druhy dil romanove trilogie Vladimira Neffa - Prsten Borgiu - prinasi po knize Kralovny nemaji nohy dalsi pribehy rytire Petra Kukane z Kukane, syna prazskeho alchymisty z doby Rudolfa II. Tentokrat se odehravaji v rudolfinske Praze, v renesancni Italii a take na carihradskemdvore tureckeho sultana a parizske Bastile. Neohrozeny Petr Kukan opet prochazi na sve dobrodruzne ceste za spasenim sveta mnoha podiv budicimi nebezpecenstvimi a protivenstvimi, nebot jeho uslechtile nazory a chvalyhodne zamery se znovu tvrde stretavaji s realitou mocenskych zajmu v tehdejsi Evrope, stojici na prahu tricetilete valky. Ze vsech nastrah a lecek vsak znovu s pomoci autorova fabulacniho mistrovstvi a jemne ironickeho nadhledu stastne vyvazne. Jak tomu bude priste.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1981
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Starke Gebrauchsspuren; Einriss uber 1 cm. Satiricko-humorny pribeh z umeleckeho prostredi. Pod vlivem tohoto plaste se puvodne skromny clovek stane pozitkarem, zatouzi po snadnem zbohatnuti, po uspesich u zen. Jen jeho vlastni tvurci cinnost zustava stranou. Prozije radu trapnych a grotesknich situaci.…
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Published by Sfinx, Bohumil Janda, 1940
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1969
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Einriss uber 1 cm. Uvodni svazek rozmerneho cyklu o osudech dvou prazskych mestanskych rodu od poloviny 19. stoleti az do poloviny stoleti dvacateho. Autor lici Prahu jako ospale mesto, ktere se teprve probouzi a pomalu zacina konkurovat Vidni. V techto podminkach vznikaji dva rody, jejichz osudy autor sleduje v celem cyklu. Zakladatelem prvniho je Jan Born, majitel obchodu s umeleckymi predmety. Druhou rodinu zaklada Martin Nedobyl, zbehly student, ktery otcovo formanstvi premeni na prvni ceskou zasilatelskou firmu. Obe rodiny jsou zprizneny a oba muzi ztraceji sve manzelky pri zeleznicnim nestesti. Born snasi ztratu dustojne, ale v Nedobylovi nestesti znicilo vsechno, co v nem bylo lidskeho.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1975
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Kralovskym vozatajem Vladimir Neff svou petidilnou romanovou epopej o nastupu, rozmachu a upadku prazske burzoazie uzavira. Tomuto poslednimu svazku zbylo preklenout velky casovy oblouk, sahajici od prvnich dnu narodni samostatnosti v osmnactem roce az do kvetnoveho povstani roku petactyricateho dvacateho stoleti. Leta, jez v tomto mezidobi uplynula, a pohnute udalosti, ktere je naplnovaly, ucinily konec nekdejsimu vdovskemu veseli Marie Nedobylove. Zaroven se tu i konci dlouholety svar mezi Nedobyly a Pecoldy, ziveny po tri generace.…
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Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1972
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung; Einriss bis 1 cm. Sedesata leta 19. stoleti - doba prvniho rozbehu emancipacniho hnuti i vyhlaseni dogmatu o papezske neomylnosti, doba valky prusko-francouzske, povestneho krachu na videnske burze a bourani prazskych mestskych hradeb - promitaji se ve druhem dile Neffova romanoveho cyklu do osudu Bornu a Nedobylu, ovlivnuji jejich citove i majetkove vztahy. Pokrokare a vlastence Jana Borna tu zastihujeme na vrcholu spolecenskeho vzestupu, zbohatleho odvaznou burzovni spekulaci i pohotovym prodejnim napadem s francouzskym parfemem, jehoz znacka se stava jakymsi symbolem nahle obrovske prosperity ,prvniho slovanskeho obchodu" na Prikope. Take Martin Nedobyl, prozirave ukladajici zisky ze sveho zasilatelstvi do pozemku za hradbami, neprestava financne mohutnet ani po smrti nezapomenutelne pani Valentiny, a v touze po dedici sveho doposud bezcilne hromadeneho majetku uzavira po Bornove prikladu novy snatek - tentokrat nikoli z rozumu, ale z lasky. Mezi postavy kypive zivotni plnosti, do jejichz osudu jsme uz zacteni a jejichz charaktery zde autor, znaly hlubin i melcin lidskeho nitra, dal rozviji, pronikaji tak s novymi rodinnymi svazky ustrednich hrdinu nove pozoruhodne spolecenske typy tehdejsi doby, jejiz romanovou analyzu Neffova kniha podava.…
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten. Vstupni svazek autorovy petidilne rodove sagy Bornu a Nedobylu je znamenitym reliefem Prahy padesatych let devatenacteho stoleti, Prahy ztuha strezene Vidni, jejiz svetackost vyrazne kontrastuje s ospalosti ceskeho provincniho mesta, vegetujiciho jeste v zavetri stredovekych hradeb, ktere teprve nedavno prolomila nejvetsi udalost te doby - zeleznice. Praha, vyrazena z ucasti na politickem deni, oziva vlivem technickeho pokroku a rozvojem prumyslu hospodarsky. Domaci zivel, podporovan siricim se patriotismem, zvyka si na riziko podnikani a uspesne soutezi s nemeckou konkurenci. Typ reprezentanta teto nove vedouci spolecenske vrstvy modeluje nam tu autor do dvou profilu: vzajemne sprizneni vyhodnymi snatky, jimiz zakladaji svuj provozni kapital, vyvijeji se Martin Nedobyl a Jan Born ve dve odlisne kapitalisticke individuality. Zatimco nezrizena hrabivost deformuje Nedobyla v penezni zok bez vyssich zajmu, uhlazeny a spolecensky panslavista Born oddava se vsestranne vlastenecke cinnosti, pro niz se posleze ocita na cas i mezi politickymi vezni pod Novomestskou vezi. Udalosti prvniho dilu, bohate situacemi velke dramaticke intenzity (vyliceni prubehu bitvy u Hradce Kralove patri k vrcholnym strankam knihy), vyustuji zeleznicni katastrofou na plzenske trati roku 1868.…
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Ctvrta kniha pentalogie Snatky z rozumu. Historie Nedobylu a Bornu pozbyva ve ctvrtem dilu jiz nadobro charakteru grunderstvi, ktery dodaval zakladatelum obou rodu urcite socialni opodstatneni. Ke slovu se dostava druha generace, ktera nepoznala tvrde zivotni podminky svych otcu, nesdili ani jejich idealy a jen lehkomyslne tyje z ovoce jejich prace. Osou tohoto romanu je pribeh Nedobylovy vdovy a jejich dospivajicich deti - rodiny dusledne nevsimave ke svetu narodnostnich a socialnich trenic, jimiz je zmitana rakousko-uherska monarchie v 90. letech a v prvnim desetileti dvacateho veku. Blahobytny rodinny poklid narusi nestastny konec prvorozeneho Metodeje, jenz se shlukem nahod stava jednou z obeti omladinarskeho procesu. Ani z druheho syna, do jehoz osudu je promitnut vzrusujici zivotopis Emy Destinnove, ani z mladsich dvou chlapcu a dcery nepodari se matce vypestovat osobnosti, jak si po smrti sveho prizemniho a praktickeho manzela predsevzala. Rovnez Jan Born, grundersky vrstevnik stareho Nedobyla, nenachazi u svych dedicu vlastnosti nezbytne k uspesnemu obchodnimu podnikani. Dustojne starnouci Hana Bornova a vesela Nedobylova vdova stmeluji sve rody rozumovymi snatky deti, pritom bezdeky prejimaji donucovaci metody vlastnich rodicu, proti nimz kdysi zoufale hajily pravo na svobodnou volbu zivotniho partnera.…