WALICKI LESZEK Wspomnienia Samotnika z Krakowskiego Rynku (Memories of a Loner from the Cracow Market Square) (Dedication by the Author)

Krakow 2009, Society of Slovaks in Poland, p. 124, form. 14.5 x 20.5, an occasional piece of 100 pieces, booklet binding, dedication to Barbara Nawratowicz on the title page. Attached to the book are 2 postcards written to B. Nawratowicz with reproductions of Leszek Walicki's watercolors, and Leszek Walicki's ex libris.

From the text: "At 3 Jana Street on the second floor Wieslaw lived with Barbara Nawratowicz, the star of Piwnica pod Baranami, and his great love [...] we all courted her. She was the original girl with tiger eyes..."

From the cards attached to the book: " Dear Basia! I found out by accident about your stay in Cracow. Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to see you. I leave my 'booklet' - where it is about you and Wiesek...", "...maybe you will visit Krakow again? Let me know, write! Our meetings worthy of remembrance. OUR YOUTH WAS BEAUTIFUL, WE WERE GREAT..."

From Leszek Walicki's farewell in February 2022: "An outstanding painter, art critic and theoretician, author of numerous publications and songs. He was a great artist, a master of words , afriend to all art lovers ,a man of deep faith, great nobility, kindness and extraordinary kindness, endowed with many talents and a wonderful sense of humor."