Paris 1953 Literary Institute. Series: Library of "Culture", volume XXI. 13.5x21.5 cm, pp. 340, softcover. Good condition (slight rubbing and soiling of the cover, minor paper loss on the spine, uncut pages, on the first page out-of-date stamps of S. Marko and the Society for Knowledge of Poland in Adelaide and pasted-in small black and white portrait of the author, most likely cut from a newspaper).
First edition of the first volume of Witold Gombrowicz's famous Diaries , which are the sum of his thoughts, readings and correspondence.
The first volume of Gombrowicz's "Diaries" written for "Kultura" of Paris. A fascinating record of reflections, polemics, readings, correspondence of the greatest provocateur in 20th century Polish culture.