REYMONT - ZIEMIA OBIECANA vol. 1-2 [complete in 2 volumes] 1st ed. of 1899

REYMONT Władysław Stanisław

PROMISED LAND

vol. 1-2 [set in 1 volume].

Warsaw - Krakow 1899, Gebethner and Wolff, pp [6], 441, [1]; [2], 410; format 13x19.5 cm

First book edition of one of the most important Polish novels of the 20th century.

The Promised Land - a panoramic novel by Władysław Reymont published in 1897-1898 in the daily newspaper "Kurier Codzienny", published in two volumes in 1899 in Warsaw in the publishing house "Gebethner and Wolff".

"An excellent novel about the birth of capitalism in the Polish lands. In it, Reymont fabricated observations he made in 1896 in Lodz, then a thriving industrial city. The main character of the book is precisely the city - multicultural, changing from day to day, ruthless to the weak, and giving the strong and determined almost unlimited opportunities. Fortune is at hand here. Three friends, Karol Borowiecki, Maks Baum and Moryc Welt, want her. They know that she determines one's place in society and gives independence." Source: Ossolineum Publishing House

Very rare!

HARDCOVER FULL LEATHER CONTEMPORARY REFERRING IN STYLE TO THE LAVISH COURT BINDINGS OF THE PERIOD. COLORED DECORATION AND GILT ON THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE COVERS. FLAT SPINE WITH EMBOSSING AND GILDING. HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER ON THE ENDPAPERS, PAGE EDGES STAINED WITH THE SAME PATTERN. INTERIORS OF COVERS FINISHED WITH INTRICATE GILT EMBOSSED STENCILING. PRESERVED FRONT BOOKLET COVER OF ONE VOLUME.

BDB condition/booklet cover after conservation, BEAUTIFUL Piece.