SZPILMAN- SMIERC MIASTA. DEATH OF THE CITY Diaries On Szpilman. 1939-1945. Pianist, first edition
SZPILMAN WŁADYSŁAW
SMIERC MIASTA / DEATH OF THE CITY
Diaries On Szpilman.
1939-1945
First edition of the original narrative which formed the basis for Roman Polanski's The Pianist.
The autobiographical account tells the story of a Polish Jewish pianist who survived the Holocaust with the help of Poles and a Nazi officer after he escaped the Warsaw Ghetto.
Edited by Jerzy Waldorff
The cover was designed by M. Hiszpanska
Spoldzielnia Wydawnicza"Wiedza", Warsaw 1946r., pp. 204[4]; format 14,5x20,5cm
HARDCOVER FULL LEATHER. COVERS SURROUNDED BY A GOLDEN BORDURE. RIDGE WITH CONVEX TIES, EMBOSSING AND GILDING.
MARBLED PAPER ON STICKERS. CARD CUTS GILDED.
INSIDE PRESERVED FRONT BROCHURE COVER
VERY GOOD CONDITION/ yellowing of cards, fold of brochure cover, NICE COPY