This is Poland (31)

This is Poland. Softcover book published by Interpress Publishers Warsaw 1972, 216 pages with colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. All text is in English.

Fantastic scene: earth plumes up into the sky

Ceskoslovenska mesta (7)

Ceskoslovenska mesta (Czechoslovak Towns) by Jiri Hruza. Hardcover book published by Olympia Praha 1976, 211 pages with black and white and colour photographs.

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Magyarorszag (4)

Magyarorszag. Hardcover book with pictorial boards published by Corvina 1972. All text is in Hungarian.

New China (22)

New China. Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press 1953, unpaginated with black and white photographs. All text is in English.

The 1054-metre sluice gate is part of a vast project built in only 75 days in the middle reaches of the Yangtse River.

Sputnik: Digest of Soviet Press: 1 January 1978. (12)

Sputnik: Digest of Soviet Press: 1 January 1978. Paperback magazine published by Novosti Press Agency. All text is in English.

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (10).

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan, compiled by China International Travel Service, Guangzhou Branch and Editorial Department of the Guangdong People's Publishing House. Paperback book published by Guangdong People's Publishing House 1977, 112 pages. All text is in English.

The lychee has long been known as “a delicious fruit from the Nanling Mountains”. Since the establishment of the people's communes, the commune members have used their collective strength to transform the old orchards, build new ones and plant large numbers of lychee trees, bringing about a sharp increase in the output.

A bumper harvest of organges at Luogang.

The pineapple adapts well to different soil conditions. Commune members turn barren hills to use by planting them with pineapples.

To meet the needs of the city, the suburban communes of Guangzhou are striving to grow more and better vegetables and ensure a more balanced supply.

A fruit store.

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia) (12)

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia). Hardcover book published by Riga Avots 1985, 215 pages with colour photographs throughout.

The parks and the city can of Riga

The house of Politcal Education of the LKP Central Committee.

Hotel “Ridzene”