Herbert Zbigniew, String of Light [Debut!][bound by J. Budnik].

Herbert Zbigniew, Strike of Light, publ. by Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik", Warsaw 1956, p. 82, [2], dimensions 12 x 18 cm. Paper binding made in the bookbinding workshop of Jerzy Budnik. Original booklet cover preserved.

Edition 1. The debut volume of poetry by Zbigniew Herbert!

Thevolume includes the following poems: Two Drops, Farewell to September, Three Poems from Memory, White Eyes, Red Cloud, Inscription, My Father, To Athena, On Troy, To Marcus Aureli, Epic, On the Rose, Warsaw Cemetery, Testament, Mama, Pantheist Verses, Winter Garden, Altar, Wawel, Parable of King Midas, Nike Who Wavers, Daedalus and Icarus, Salt of the Earth.

The cover was designed by Andrzej Radziejowski.

One of the most important post-war poetry volumes!