Sliwinski Artur- Kościuszko Uprising[first edition][numbered pieces].

Śliwiński Artur/ Powstanie Kościuszkowskie/ Warsaw 1917/ M.Arcta Publishing House/ first edition/ numbered pieces, this one no.336/ cloth binding/ p.[4],215,[5]/ black and white illustrations on chalk paper/ period provenance entry/ book block a little displaced, titulaature on spine a little worn out, slight yellowing in text in places, otherwise very good condition.

Publisher's red cloth, pastedown of Tadeusz Kosciuszko's likeness on the front, titling on the front and spine.

The book by Artur Sliwinski, a prominent Polish historian and social activist, attempts to provide an answer as to why the once mightyPolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lost not only its power, territories, but also its national identity. The charisma and determination of the great Commander-in-Chief of the uprising did not help, for it was incapable of "replacing the virtue and will of one man with the will and virtue of the collective".