London 1964 by B. Swiderski. Series: London Literary Library, Volume XIX. 12.5x18.5 cm, pp. 221, hardcover with wrapper. Very good condition (minimal rubbing of the wrapper).
Title vignette by Tadeusz Terlecki. The wrapper was designed by Edward Warchałowski.
First edition.
"A novel of two generations between the wars. It is set in the Coal Basin, but its trail goes far beyond its borders and hooks into Goetl's old novels of the First War and the Russian Revolution. "Anaconda" is the name of an American "holding company" taking trial steps in Poland. The momentum and ruthlessness of big capital encounters resistance from the Polish engineer managing the mine. The resulting conflicts end in the defeat of one side and the other." [excerpt from publisher's note]