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Title: Vaižganto raštai. Pragiedruliai. Pirmas tomas. Gondingos kraštas I.
Author: Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas, published here under the literary name Vaižgantas, an important figure in Lithuanian fiction and cultural life.
Format: Vintage mid-century Lithuanian literary hardcover volume in a quarter red cloth binding with textured tan paper-covered boards and matching paper corners, issued without a dust jacket.
Publisher: Aistija.
Publication details: The imprint on the title pages notes publication by Aistija in Kassel-Mattenberg, Germany in 1948, as approved by the Švietimo Valdybos Knygų Leidimo Komisija.
Language: Lithuanian.
Subject/Genre: Lithuanian literature and fiction; classic novel cycle; émigré and diaspora publishing in post-war Germany.
Illustrations: Includes a frontispiece halftone portrait of a subject associated with the work, along with a decorative Aistija publisher device on the title page.
Contents: Presents the first volume of Vaižgantas's celebrated Pragiedruliai cycle, opening with an introductory essay Vaižgantas ir jo Pragiedruliai and continuing into the narrative section Gondingos kraštas, with chapters following characters such as Valerijus, Napalys, Gintautas, and others in a richly described Lithuanian setting.
Interior: Text is set in a single-column layout in dark serif type on cream to tan paper stock, with running page numbers at the outer corners and traditional Lithuanian orthography throughout.
Special attributes: 1948 Aistija Kassel-Mattenberg Lithuanian émigré hardcover edition of Vaižgantas's Pragiedruliai cycle, of interest to collectors of Lithuanian literature, Baltic diaspora history, and post-war German Lithuanian-language printing.
