Avantgarde Cover Art – Wierzynski, Kazimierz / Konwicki, Tadeusz / Maurer, Jadwiga / Lem, Stanislav / Janta, Aleksander and others.

Collection of 12 rare publications of polish 20th century literature. Some publications printed in exile, some with early 20th century typographic cover-art.

Londyn / Warsaw etc., Czytelnik and others, 1953-1977. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover edition, often with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some editions signed. Please ask for a full list.

8. [Bulhak, Jan Brunon] Grabowski, Lech.

Jan Bulhak.

Warszawa, Arkady, 1961. Octavo. 26 pages text plus a section called “Album Fotografii” with 58 pages of black-and-white photographs. Original illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookblock cleanly detached. Exlibris on endpaper.

1. Janta, Aleksander.

Linia Podzialu. Wstep napsial Artur Marya Swinarski.

Londyn, Oficyna Poetow i Malarzy, 1963. 8°. 40 pages. Softcover in protective Mylar. One corner bumped. Very good+ condition. No. 423 of the limited edition. Inscribed / Signed by Aleksander Janta to Rennie Silver.

6. Kolakowski, Leszek.

Rozmowy z Diablem (Conversations with the Devil).

First Edition. Warsaw, Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1965. Octavo. 120 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Original first polish edition. The work translated as “Conversations with the Devil”. A collection of witty incisive dialogues which cast moral and religious issues in a rather curious light. A tour de force. Kolakowski’s criticism of Marxism made him a focus of intellectual dissent in Poland from 1956 until his emigration to the U.S. in 1968. A very good+ copy with creasing to one page, in illustrated red self-wraps with wear to spinal extremities.

10. Konwicki, Tadeusz.

Kompleks Polski – Powiesc.

Lipiec, 1977. Octavo. 163 pages. Original illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Zapis 3]

11. Konwicki, Tadeusz.

Wniebowstapienie.

Warszawa, Iskry, 1967. Octavo. 248 pages. Original illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. Konwicki, Tadeusz.

Zwierzockzlekoupiór.

Warsaw, Czytelnik, 1969. Small Octavo. 276 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Original first polish edition of this important novel translated as “The Anthropos-Specter-Beast”. Illustrated by Danuta Konwicka. Konwicki’s nightmarish vision is shot through with a highly critical view of the Poland of his day; in 1976 his work was banned from publication (or republication) in his homeland. Near fine in wraps and illustrated dust jacket.

12. Lem, Stanislaw.

Wysoki Zamek. Wiersze mlodziencze.

First Edition / Polish Edition. Krakow, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1975. Octavo. 149 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Cover design / Dustjacket and typography by Barbara Konarzewska. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Number-Sticker on front flap pf the jacket. Exlibris on pastedown.

3. Maurer, Jadwiga.

Liga Ocalalych.

Londyn, Polskiej Fundacji Kulturalnej, 1970. 8°. 240 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Inscribed / signed by Jadwiga Maurer on the titlepage.

2. Terlecki, Tymon.

Krytyka Personalistyczna.

Londyn, Oficyna Poetow i Malarzy, 1957. 8°. 34 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Inscribed / signed by Tymon Terlecki. First Edition of the first publication.