Item #1301 Medaliony. [Medallions.]. Zofia Nalkowska.
Medaliony. [Medallions.]
One of the Earliest Masterpieces of Anti-Fascist Literature

Medaliony. [Medallions.]

[Warsaw]: Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza “Czytelnik” (Drukarnia Narodowa w Krakowie), 1946. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 87, (3) p. Cover yellowed, slightly chipped, bumped at corners. A tiny loss to the upper right corner of the front panel and brown stains to the rear. Pages also yellowed due to the acidic paper. Overall in fine condition.

First edition of this masterpiece of anti-fascist literature.

Eight short stories, written by Zofia Nalkowska who collected them from the victims of the Nazi atrocities in Poland and survivors of concentration camps, as a member of the special committee for the investigation of Nazi crimes in Poland.

Zofia Nalkowska (1884–1954) was one of Poland’s most distinguished feminist writers, member of the Polish PEN Club, the first female member of the Polish Academy of Literature.

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Price: €600.00

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