The Illustrated History of Hungary From the Old Days Till Now (English Text)

Budapest: Magyar Konyvklub. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First English Edition. Hardcover. Glossy Laminated Illustrated boards with an identically Illustrated paper dustjacket. A presentation note from 'Daisy' on the front blank free endpaper o/w No Inscriptions or Marks. 247 pp + (1). Illustrated throughout with almost 700 illustrations in full colour and some b/w, and with illustrations on every page. Maps. Written by renowned Hungarian Historians. A Very scholarly and attractively set out book for easy reference and readability for the researcher and 'lay' person alike. Divided into 7 sections under the headings - 'The Origins of the Magyars, the Conquest and the foundations of the Hungarian State'; 'The Medieval Hungarian Kingdom'; 'From Partition to Unity'; 'Toward a bourgeois Hungary'; 'Defeat in Two World Wars'; 'Under Soviet Rule'; and 'Back to Europe'. Divided into 7 sections under the headings - 'The origins of the Magyars, the Conquest and the foundations of the Hungarian State'; 'The Medieval Hungarian Kingdom'; 'From Partition to Unity'; 'Toward a bourgeois Hungary'; 'Defeat in Two World Wars'; 'Under Soviet Rule'; and 'Back to Europe'. Divided into 7 sections under the headings - 'The origins of the Magyars, the Conquest and the foundations of the Hungarian State'; 'The Medieval Hungarian Kingdom'; 'From Partition to Unity'; 'Toward a bourgeois Hungary'; 'Defeat in Two World Wars'; 'Under Soviet Rule'; and 'Back to Europe'. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. Quite Scarce. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .