MITCHELL - GONE WITH THE WIND 1948. [complete]

MARGARET MITCHELL

GONE WITH THE WIND

Volume I-II [complete].

Mieczyslaw Fuksiewicz & s-ka, 1948 pp. 722+734; format 15x21.5 cm

HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER, GILT, EMBOSSED AND EMBOSSED ZWIEZY ON THE SPINE, RICH LINEAR AND FLORAL DECORATIONS ON BOTH FACES, PAGE EDGES STAINED. POCKETS OF HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER.

BOTH VOLUMES HAVE PRESERVED CARDBOARD COVERS CONTAINING WOODCUTS BY EDMUND BARTLOMIEJCZYK.

Edmund Ludwik Bartłomiejczyk (born November 5, 1885 in Warsaw, died September 2, 1950 in Warsaw) - Polish graphic artist.

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (1906-1909) under Jan Stanislawski and Wojciech Weiss and at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1910-1913). He taught at the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology (1917-1930). He was a professor at the School of Fine Arts (from 1932 at the Academy of Fine Arts) in Warsaw, where he chaired the Department of Applied Graphics from 1930. After World War II, he organized the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, was a professor there until 1950, and was vice-chancellor in 1945-1946. He was a founding member of "Rytu" (1925-1939), founder of the Circle of Advertising Graphic Artists (1933-1939) and co-organizer of the Block of Professional Artists (1934). He worked mainly in book graphics and woodcuts, as well as lithography, and after 1945 in metal techniques.

In 1932, his woodcut Skiers was entered in the Olympic Art and Literature Competition at the Los Angeles Games, but did not receive an Olympic medal.

The book - a legend, whose enduring popularity was brought by the excellent film adaptation and the unforgettable character of the main character, which has no equal in the entire history of literature. The year 1861 - the time of the Civil War - America is undergoing a profound internal transformation that will forever change its image. The world of the South, the great plantations, the mighty masters and the black slaves is passing away, swallowed up by the industrial, industry-oriented reality. Scarlett O`Hara, the daughter of a wealthy Georgia cotton planter, is only sixteen, but her pride, stubbornness and energy seem to know no bounds. When her beloved Ashley Wilkes becomes engaged to another woman, Melania, the girl, to spite him and herself, marries her brother. However, her marriage does not last long, her spouse dies imminently, while Scarlett has to cope with the overwhelming reality alone....

BDB condition/BEAUTIFUL pieces