WIATROWSKI Antoni - Ilustrowany przewodnik po Ziemi Olkuskiej [z mapką] [Olkusz 1938] [pieces from Ksawery Swierkowski's book collection].

Olkusz 1938. published by the Board of the Olkusz District of the Polish Scouting Association. 12.5x18 cm, pp. 134, black and white illustrations in the text and photographs on separate pages, fold-out black and white map of Olkusz County on paste-down, contemporary hardcover binding. Condition: stains and traces of dampstaining on most pages, stains and understaining of title page, understaining [at spine] of several pages, ex libris on pastedown.

Piecefrom the book collection (ownership entry from 1944) of Ksawery Swierkowski (1897-1979), librarian and library scientist, head of the evacuation of the collection of the Public Library of the City of Warsaw during World War II. In 1945-1951 he worked at the National Library, in 1947-1948 he served as director and deputy director. He also took part in securing abandoned and deported book collections.

The contents describe Olkusz, Boleslaw, Krzykawka, Slawkow, Klucze, Ogrodzieniec, Pilica, Strzegowa, Dluzec, Wolbrom, Imbramowice, Zarnowiec, Cieślin, Bydlin, Raclawice, Kosmolow, Pieskowa Skała, Ojców, Smardzowice, Braciejówka, among others.