![COMPANY BOOKS -- [HIPMAN, Vladimir, attributed to.] Skoda. Prague: Unie [c.1939]. 2° (290 x 250mm). 38 gravures on cardstock each with printed tissue guards. (A very few corners a little bumped.) Original photo-illustrated card covers tied with a purple silk ribbon (some wear, expert repairs).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05476_0262_000(company_books_--_hipman_vladimir_attributed_to_skoda_prague_unie_c1939043516).jpg?w=1)
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COMPANY BOOKS -- [HIPMAN, Vladimir, attributed to.] Skoda. Prague: Unie [c.1939]. 2° (290 x 250mm). 38 gravures on cardstock each with printed tissue guards. (A very few corners a little bumped.) Original photo-illustrated card covers tied with a purple silk ribbon (some wear, expert repairs).
RARE: one of probably about 50 copies in English, from an edition of about 200 copies: 50 each in English, German, French and Czech. Almost certainly photographed by Vladimir Hipman, who at the time was the leading photographer of industrial subjects working for Unie. Here he turns his lens on Skoda's Locomotive Workshop, and his photographs are printed in rich gravure on cardstock. Skoda began as an arms manufacturer in 1859 before branching out into trains. Bookseller Vaclav Klement founded the bicycle manufacture, and later motorcycle- and car-maker, which was eventually acquired by Skoda.
RARE: one of probably about 50 copies in English, from an edition of about 200 copies: 50 each in English, German, French and Czech. Almost certainly photographed by Vladimir Hipman, who at the time was the leading photographer of industrial subjects working for Unie. Here he turns his lens on Skoda's Locomotive Workshop, and his photographs are printed in rich gravure on cardstock. Skoda began as an arms manufacturer in 1859 before branching out into trains. Bookseller Vaclav Klement founded the bicycle manufacture, and later motorcycle- and car-maker, which was eventually acquired by Skoda.