Foreword by S. Składkowski, published by Główna Księgarnia Wojskowa, Warsaw 1936,
Printing House of Zakłady Wydawnicze M. Arct S. A. in Warsaw,
layout and author of illustrations: Stanisław Ostoja Chrostowski.
A publication treating the life of Jozef Pilsudski, beginning with his matriculation at the Vilna Gymnasium in 1885 and ending with his return to Vilna in 1892.
Attached to the work are 12 full-page boards (pencil, pen and pastel, seven-color boards), by Zdzislaw Czermanski: 1) Taiga; 2) Stage; 3) Evenings in Tunka; 4) On the Stage; 5) Irkutsk Prison; 6) Exile; 7) In Irkutsk Prison; 8) Landscape; 9) Street in Irkutsk; 10) Street in Tunka I; 11) Exiles; 12) Street in Tunka II; all boards in very good condition, some with minor damage. In addition, the publication includes numerous part-b. photos and drawings, and boards with part-b. woodcuts depicting views of cities by Chrostowski (author's signature on some); XII + 227 nlb. pages; extant condition: good, some pages have minor soiling and minor damage (glued with paper), hardcover, cloth, image of Józef Piłsudski on title cover, author's name, title and floral motif on spine; folio format.
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