Emil Zegadłowicz, Smile : a chronicle from the distant past

Piece clean, page 85 torn without damage to text, edge of page 445 glued, corner loss without damage to text on pages 525 and 569.

Binding in full brown leather with gilt embossing, gilt titlepage on leather signboard. Hand-marbled page edges. Binding made by hand in the bindery of the Polish Antiquarian.

Emil Erwin Zegadłowicz (1888-1941), Polish poet, novelist, art expert and translator.

The first of a two-part controversial autobiographical novel cycle, Żywot Mikołaja Srebrempisanego. Illustrated by Zbigniew Pronaszko.