Podgórski Tadeusz - U wrót zaklętego świata.Wybór baśni [Krakow 1943].

Kraków 1943/D.E. Friedlin's Bookstore, Rynek Podgórski 2/ p.317/dozen color illustrations on separate pages, numerous black and white illustrations in the text/ publisher's bindings/ good condition, rubbed bindings, linen spine faded, ownership stamps- on first and last pages, pages glued up, edges of several pages slightly torn.

Collected by Tadeusz Podgórski

The cover was designed and the book was illustrated by Stanislaw Raczynski

A collection of sixteen folk tales from the 19th century.Among the authors: R. Zmorski, A.J. Glinski, J. I. Kraszewski and K. Wł. Wójcicki. Among the tales: O królewna i grajku (The Princess and the Player); The Tale of Three Brothers; O dziewica z płowych łezkami (The Maiden with the Pearl Tears); The Nightingale and the Rose; Snow White.

Raczynski Stanislaw (1903-1982) - painter, graphic artist, stage designer; studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, supplemented his studies in Paris and Italy; was a stage designer for the theaters of Krakow and Poznan; worked mainly in woodcuts, remaining under the influence of W.Skoczylas; most often took up figural and architectural themes (numerous woodcuts depicting St. Mary's Church in Krakow), which he subjected to decorative stylization. Source: artlist.pl