NAŁKOWSKA ZOFIA
MEDALIONS
Warsaw 1946, co. "Czytelnik", pp. 188, format: 15x21cm
First edition of this masterpiece of anti-fascist literature.
Medallions - a series of eight short stories by Zofia Nałkowska, published in 1946 in Warsaw by the "Czytelnik" Publishing Cooperative, describing the fate of people who survived Nazi persecution during World War II. The stories report the events with calmness and restraint. Nalkowska collected materials for the series from victims of Nazi crimes while working at the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland.
Zofia Nałkowska (born November 10, 1884 in Warsaw, died December 17, 1954 there) - Polish writer, publicist and playwright, deputy to the National People's Council and to the Legislative Sejm and the Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland of the first term, member of the Polish Committee of Peace Defenders in 1949.
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER, MARBLED BOARDS, GILT PAGE EDGES. INTERIORS OF COVERS FINISHED IN GOLD ROLL. PUBLISHER'S SOFT COVER RETAINED
DB+ condition publisher's cover and pre-title k. tattered, a few stamps, nevertheless a NICE piece
