Fritzi Mally: Deutsche Trachten aus den Sudetenlandern
Prague: Volk und Reich Verlag, 1943. Mally, Fritzi. Hardcover. Red library buckram. 8 pp + 38 color plates. Oversize. In German. 16x22 inches. VG- (minor wear and soiling to cover, with a bump and small tear on top edge. Toning to end papers and title page. Plates are in VG condition, except they all have library stamp across the bottom edge of the image.). Item #133015
Beautiful, full-color, full-page plates of examples of traditional dress from German-speaking areas of the Sudetenland (northern, southwestern and western regions of the Czechoslovakia with large populations of German speakers). Intro by the folklorist Hanika, who was a German nationalist. ( "Wir wollen, daß Deutsch bleibt, was Deutsch ist, und Deutsch wird, was Deutsch war!") Each plate is exquisitely detailed, showing a man, woman, or child in traditional dress. Each plate is titled and signed (reproduction signature) and each explained in detail in Hanika's text.
Price: $29.97