Partisans Drawings (1 results)

Softcover. Condition: fair to vg. First edition. 1/5000. Oblong quarto (8 1/2 x 11 1/4"). 20 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original illustrated stiff paper portfolio, with black lettering to both covers, and on inside of front cover (List of plates). Splendid collection of 20 b/w charcoal drawings by Serbian artist D. Andrejevic Kuna depicting the daily struggles of life and death fought by the Yugoslav partisans during the Nazi occupation of their land (1941-1944). Led by Yugoslav revolutionary Josip Broz Tito, the Yugoslav Partisans or the National Liberation Army, was Europe's most effective anti-Axis resistance movement during World War II, often compared to the Polish and French resistance movements. Each plate measures either 8 1/4 x 10 7/8" or 10 7/8 x 8 1/4". Some age wear to portfolio with right inside flap detached but present, head and tail of spine chipped, and minor and sporadic creasing and sunning. Plates slightly and evenly age-toned. Captions in Serbian. Portfolio in overall fair to good-, interior in very good condition.