Farmer Giles of Ham — Rudy Dżil i jego pies, first Polish edition, Iskry 1962

Maria Skibniewska’s Polish translation, with Pauline Baynes’ illustrations and cover and title-page design by Mieczysław Kowalczyk. Original pictorial hardcover.

Rudy Dżil i jego pies, the first Polish edition of Farmer Giles of Ham, translated by Maria Skibniewska. Iskry, Warsaw, 1962; 79 numbered pages with preliminary leaves, approximately 13 × 20.5 cm. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, with cover and title-page design by Mieczysław Kowalczyk.

Bibliographical details

Author of the principal work: J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: Iskry, Warsaw
Publication year: 1962
Edition / binding series: First Polish edition
Binding: Original pictorial hardcover
Language: Polish
Illustrator: Pauline Baynes; cover and title page by Mieczysław Kowalczyk
Translator: Maria Skibniewska

Binding

Original pictorial hardcover. This offering retains its illustrated publisher’s binding rather than a later leather rebinding.

Condition and photographs

Very good overall. A handwritten inscription is present on a preliminary leaf, as shown in the photographs. See all four photographs for the offered copy and its illustrated boards.

Availability

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The first Polish Farmer Giles of Ham, with Baynes’ illustrations and Kowalczyk’s original cover design.

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