Oct 14, 2010 - Sale 2225

Sale 2225 - Lot 316A

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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
(SZYK, ARTHUR.) Tuwim, Julian. Rewolucja w Niemczech. Polish text. Illustrated by Szyk. Oblong 8vo, original brown wrappers printed in red with punched hole and cord tie on spine, a bit creased, joints starting; thin dampstain to upper margin of some leaves. Warsaw and Lodz: Ksiazka i Sztuka, 1919

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scarce first edition of the first work completely illustrated by szyk. Tuwim's satirical commentary on post-World War I Germany. During this period Szyk was Artistic Director of the Department of Propaganda for the army in Lodz and served in the Polish Army as an officer in the war against the Russian Bolsheviks. OCLC lists only 2 copies.