SEMPER FIDELIS
Defense of Lviv in Contemporary Images
Lviv 1930, published by the Society for the Guarding of the Graves of Polish Heroes, pg. X, plates 236 (containing ca. 700 photogr.), pg. 4, color title page (lithographed), format 35x25 cm.
Documentary album of the defense of Lvov in 1918. Text of the book in Polish, French and English simultaneously. The main part of the work consists of very rich illustrative material, divided into the following thematic sections:
Introduction (likenesses of the main leaders and activists during the defense of Lviv)
6 sections
Wolves
Artillery
Cars
Armored train
Aviation
Hospitals
Editorial offices
Military
Poznan
Kitchens (Hoover Action)
War destruction
Missions
Staffs
Municipal Civic Guard
Women's Voluntary Legion
Virtuti Militari
Cemetery.
PUBLISHER'S HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING WITH GILT LETTERING, LVOV COAT OF ARMS AND VIRTUTIMILITARI ORDER ON THE FACE
Condition DB/back and corners of binding leather imitated from original, spot rubbing of canvas on front face, slight soiling of pages in places
