Swiat/The World by Czeslaw Milosz, Art by Jim Dine, Arion Press, Limited to 200

This is a signed limited edition of “Swiat/The World” published by the Arion Press in 1989 with a limitation of 200 copies. From the publisher, “Milosz, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote this sequence of poems in Warsaw in 1943, during the Nazi occupation, and it is considered among his greatest works. The English translation is his own. For the original Polish text, we ordered matrices to cast the special characters.”

Measuring 13.75” x 10” and containing 60 pages as well as an introductory essay by Helen Vendler and a portrait of the poet in dry-point engraving with chine collé by Jim Dine, the book is bound in boards with a brown cloth spine and yellow handmade paper for the sides. The types are Monotype Ehrhardt and handset Janson. The paper is Curtis Ruysdael with Intaglio printing by R. E. Townsend, Inc., Georgetown, Massachusetts.

Accompanying the book is the original prospectus.

The book is signed by Czeslaw Milosz on the half-title page and Jim Dine under his artist statement.

The book is in FINE condition with some minor surface wear to the front and back covers.

Photographs of the book and the cover of the prospectus appear in the photo section of the listing.

About the Arion Press

Since its inception in 1974, the Arion Press has published 118 deluxe limited editions that are breathtaking in their scope and artistry. Combining notable literature illustrated with original artwork from prominent artists, Andrew Hoyem and his team at the Arion Press have carried on the tradition of the livre d’artiste in spectacular fashion. Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times put it best when he wrote, "The Arion Press produces some of the most beautiful limited-edition, hand printed books in the world."