Dumas Illustrated Leather Book Set: Three Musketeers, Monte Cristo, Queen Margot

DUMAS ALEXANDER

WORKS include:

THE THREE MUSKETEERS TRILOGY in 4 volumes:

*The Three Musketeers

*Twenty Years Later

*The Viscount of Bragelonne, Vol. I-II

with illustrations by Jerzy Skarzynski

Jerzy Skarzynski (born December 16, 1924, in Krakow, died January 7, 2004, in Krakow) was a Polish painter, theater and film set designer, book illustrator, and educator.

He was a member of the Second Krakow Group, a group of young artists centered around Tadeusz Kantor. Jerzy Skarzynski's paintings are held by the National Museum in Krakow, among others.

He participated in numerous group exhibitions and held solo exhibitions of set design (Krakow 1974, Szczecin 1975, Opole 1976, Zamosc 1979, Stockholm 1978).

He created a large number of book illustrations and press illustrations. He collaborated with the weekly Przekroj.

He designed film, theatre and cabaret posters, as well as occasional ones, such as for the 1st Jazz Music Festival in Sopot in 1956. Based on a script by Tadeusz Kwiatkowski, he created the 6-issue comic book Janosik.

 

2] THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO in 2 volumes

with illustrations by Antoni Unichowski

Antoni Uniechowski, coat of arms Ostoja (born February 23, 1903 in Vilnius, died May 23, 1976 in Warsaw) – Polish illustrator. From 1923 to 1930, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Karol Tichy (painting) and Wojciech Jastrzebowski (designing solids and surfaces). He worked in poster design, film and theater set design, and primarily in book illustration; he created light and free-form drawings in ink, watercolor washes, gouache, or tempera; he illustrated, among others. Philosophical Tales by Voltaire (1948), The Deluge by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1949), Monachomachia by Ignacy Krasicki (1953), Ashes (1954) by Stefan zeromski, The Doll (1962) and Emancypantki (1972) by Bolesław Prus, The Little Princess (1980) by F.H. Burnett. In the years 1945–1956 he collaborated with the weekly "Przekroj".

Warsaw 1956-59r., ISKRY; format 17x25

 

3] KROLOWA MARGOT / QUEEN MARGOT

Warsaw 1958, ISKRY, str. 594, format 17 x 24 cm

ilustracje - Janusz Grabianski

HARD COVER IN CONTEMPORARY POLISHED LEATHER, SPINES DIVISIONED INTO FIELDS, ANIMALS, AND GILDING, COVERS COVERED WITH HAND-DYED, MASS-COLORED MARBLE PAPER. PAGE TRIM DYED WITH THE SAME PATTERN.

VERY GOOD condition/gold-colored cover, strong wear in 1 volume, nevertheless a very nice set.