![SZPILMAN, Wladyslav (1911-2000). Smierc Miasta. [The Death of a City.] Warsaw: Spoldzielnia Wydawnicza, 1946. 8° (220 x 155mm). Original illustrated wrappers (extremities lightly rubbed with small chips). Provenance: '424' (stamp on verso of front wrapper).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04802_0111_000(szpilman_wladyslav_smierc_miasta_the_death_of_a_city_warsaw_spoldzieln110553).jpg?w=1)
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SZPILMAN, Wladyslav (1911-2000). Smierc Miasta. [The Death of a City.] Warsaw: Spoldzielnia Wydawnicza, 1946. 8° (220 x 155mm). Original illustrated wrappers (extremities lightly rubbed with small chips). Provenance: '424' (stamp on verso of front wrapper).
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. An excellent copy of a fragile book.
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. An excellent copy of a fragile book.