Emil Zegadłowicz - MOTORS Volume I - II in 1 vol.
Portrait of the Author, Publisher's emblem, Punctuation on title pages, Initials - drawn by Stefan Żechowski
Novel. Krakow-Warszawa-Lwow 1938. publishing house "Sirinks", pp.359, 413; dimensions.19x15cm.Binding contemporary-semi leather, stained upper cut of pages. Edition 1. confiscated by the sentence of the District Court in Krakow in 1937.About 200 pieces survived, hidden by the author in Gorzeń Górny and distributed to friends. The book, considered the most scandalous work of the time and rejected by several publishing houses (including J. Przeworski and F. Hoesick), was published only thanks to the financial support of the painter Marian Ruzamski (1889-1945), in the ephemeral publishing house "Sirinks" founded by him (after "Motors" two more works were published in the publishing house, including one confi rmed). Contents, 558 E. Zegadłowicz. Motors. 1938. edition 1. 560. S. Żeromski. Intermorality. 1924. 1st ed. Braided from autobiographical threads and references to real events, it is a unique literary projection of the sexual obsessions of the writer, who "at the age of only forty-something, used the most sophisticated means of sexual excitement, and in this lies the inexhaustible source of these erotic drives" (E. Kozikowski). The book is decorated with sensual drawings by Stefan Zechowski (an artist from the "Szukalszczyk" circle), which contribute to the atmosphere of the novel. "Motory" remains one of the most daring and avant-garde creative experiments in Polish literature of the interwar period. Stamps, traces of stamp removal, understamping, dampstaining on the edges of the pages of volume 1; a few soiling. rare!
