Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 41pp. Colour illustrated. Small amount of loss the the bottom of the spine. Light wear to boards. Very good clean sound copy.
Miroslav Sasek (born Miroslav Šašek) (1916-1980) was an author and illustrator from the Czech Republic. He is best known for a series of books for children titled This Is...
This is one of my favorite books from when I was a child. It is a pictorial tour of the Lesney factory in England where matchbox cars are (make that were) made in the 1960s and 1970s. The book is illustrated in classic Sasek style that most will recall from his more famous portraits of a variety of famous cities. Those books are quite worthwhile but this book was my hands down favorite of his and my over all favorite for a good many years of my youth.