KISIELEWSKI JOZEF
THE EARTH GATHERS ASHES
2nd edition Poznan this year, St. Adalbert's Bookstore, pp [2] 486, format: 17x25 cm
A reporter's account of a trip to the Third Reich. About the Slavicity of the eastern areas of Germany, about the struggle between the Germanic element and the Slavic element.
"I wanted to write a book about today's Germany, and the result was a work about Slavic affairs.
(...) when the history of central Europe began, at the beginning of the period of migration of peoples - the Slavic world reached beyond the middle Elbe, in places reaching the Rhine. (...)"
(from the introduction)
The publication was very carefully prepared from the graphic and typographical side.
The decorations of the book were worked on by Waclaw Boratyński, Gwidon Miklaszewski, Waclaw Boratyński, Roman Ulatowski, among others.
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. COVERS SURROUNDED BY INTRICATE BORDERING. SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILT. MARBLED LINING, PAGE EDGES MARBLED WITH THE SAME PATTERN. INTERIORS OF COVERS FINISHED WITH BLIND-STAMPED SLIPCASE. PRESERVED PUBLISHER'S CARDBOARD COVER
BDB-/ condition, parish mark in pencil on title page, a NICE piece in a LUXURY binding.
