Leśmian Bolesław- Przygody Sindbad Żeglarza [opr.graf.Mieczysław Piotrowski].

Warsaw 1950/ Czytelnik/ publisher's binding, booklet/ 18x26cm/s.211/ color illustrations in the text/ very good condition, slight folding of the edges of the covers, pieces partially uncut.

Cover and illustrations by Mieczyslaw Piotrowski

Mieczyslaw Piotrowski - Polish writer, author of novels, film scripts and children's books; visual artist, author of satirical drawings and book illustrations; lecturer and rector of the Film School in Lodz.
A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts (1934), he previously studied at the Higher School of Journalism, but discontinued his studies before graduating. He debuted as a cartoonist in the weekly Pobudka in 1926, and in turn drew for the magazines "Cyrulik Warszawski" and "Szpilki." After the war, he continued to work with "Szpilki" and collaborated with "Kultura" and "Literatura." During World War II, he taught advertising techniques at the Commercial Gymnasium in Siedlce.
From 1945 he was a member of the Polish Workers' Party, from 1948 of the Polish United Workers' Party. He made his debut as a writer in 1956 with the novel The Gardeners.Buried at Powązki cemetery.