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Stefan Ołpiński (Chwilowo Niemowa), “Let’s Raise It High.” Vol. I: Our Neighbors’ Preparations and Our Military Potential [1938]
Title: Let’s Raise It High. Volume I: Our Neighbors’ Preparations and Our War Potential.
Author: Chwilowo Niemowa [pen name; Stefan Ołpiński (1898–1944)—journalist and correspondent for the Europ-Presse agency, described in the Polish Biographical Dictionary as a “swindler”].
Publisher: Kraków, published and printed by the “Powściągliwość i Praca” Printing House; edition for Poland based on a subscription campaign; main distributor for all countries: Agence Librairie Française et Étrangère, Paris XV, 2 Square Léon Guillot.
Year of publication: [1938].
Format: 24 cm.
Number of pages: 447.
Binding: publisher’s cloth.
The first and only published volume of an anonymous work on the armed forces of Poland’s neighbors and Poland’s military potential, published in 1938 under the pseudonym “Chwilowo Niemowa” and attributed to Stefan Ołpiński. Subsequent volumes were never published. The table of contents includes, among others, chapters on the Red Army of the USSR, its commanders, and the behind-the-scenes details of the Tukhachevsky trial; on the army of the Third Reich and its armaments; on the modern military capabilities of Poland’s neighbors; and the question “Will Germany attack Poland?” According to the Polish Biographical Dictionary, the book was a mixture of patriotic rhetoric and information about European military forces; it was confiscated by the authorities, and part of the print run—without title pages—made its way onto the market. It was printed by the Kraków printing house of the Catholic publishing house “Powściągliwość i Praca” (Restraint and Work), distributed from a warehouse in Paris, and in Poland via subscription.
Stefan Eugeniusz Ołpiński (1898–1944) also used the names Stephan von Olpinsky, von Osten-Olpinsky, and Stefan Eugeniusz Osten. He published in Polish, German, and French, and in French he published *La Pologne et son destin*; he is also the author of the novel *Polipy*. He served as a correspondent for the Europ-Presse agency on behalf of the German Foreign Ministry and, according to some sources, as editor-in-chief of the Berlin-based Europa-Press news agency. He died in 1944.
Provenance: The title page bears inventory number 1210, indicating an organized book collection; the inscription is legible, but the owner’s identity remains unknown. The piece is free of institutional stamps from the People’s Republic of Poland era.
A valuable resource for researchers of Polish military thought and political journalism of the 1930s, as well as for collectors of military memorabilia and Kraków and émigré publications from the interwar period. This piece retains its title page, which is missing from many known pieces of this title.
Each piece is complete and the bibliography is intact. The block is compact and mechanically stable; the original stitching is strong, with only the first, blank endpaper loose. The paper has the proper stiffness; it is clean and bright, free of water stains, mold, underlining, and annotations (except for the inventory number described in the provenance section), with a natural patina and slight acid-induced yellowing of the margins. The original cloth publisher’s binding is preserved in very good condition, with no losses of cloth, stains, or discoloration; the corners and edges are straight and stiff.
Catalog ID: 12762-24-A-X
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Title: Let’s Raise It High. Volume I: Our Neighbors’ Preparations and Our War Potential.
Author: Chwilowo Niemowa [pen name; Stefan Ołpiński (1898–1944)—journalist and correspondent for the Europ-Presse agency, described in the Polish Biographical Dictionary as a “swindler”].
Publisher: Kraków, published and printed by the “Powściągliwość i Praca” Printing House; edition for Poland based on a subscription campaign; main distributor for all countries: Agence Librairie Française et Étrangère, Paris XV, 2 Square Léon Guillot.
Year of publication: [1938].
Format: 24 cm.
Number of pages: 447.
Binding: publisher’s cloth.
The first and only published volume of an anonymous work on the armed forces of Poland’s neighbors and Poland’s military potential, published in 1938 under the pseudonym “Chwilowo Niemowa” and attributed to Stefan Ołpiński. Subsequent volumes were never published. The table of contents includes, among others, chapters on the Red Army of the USSR, its commanders, and the behind-the-scenes details of the Tukhachevsky trial; on the army of the Third Reich and its armaments; on the modern military capabilities of Poland’s neighbors; and the question “Will Germany attack Poland?” According to the Polish Biographical Dictionary, the book was a mixture of patriotic rhetoric and information about European military forces; it was confiscated by the authorities, and part of the print run—without title pages—made its way onto the market. It was printed by the Kraków printing house of the Catholic publishing house “Powściągliwość i Praca” (Restraint and Work), distributed from a warehouse in Paris, and in Poland via subscription.
Stefan Eugeniusz Ołpiński (1898–1944) also used the names Stephan von Olpinsky, von Osten-Olpinsky, and Stefan Eugeniusz Osten. He published in Polish, German, and French, and in French he published *La Pologne et son destin*; he is also the author of the novel *Polipy*. He served as a correspondent for the Europ-Presse agency on behalf of the German Foreign Ministry and, according to some sources, as editor-in-chief of the Berlin-based Europa-Press news agency. He died in 1944.
Provenance: The title page bears inventory number 1210, indicating an organized book collection; the inscription is legible, but the owner’s identity remains unknown. The piece is free of institutional stamps from the People’s Republic of Poland era.
A valuable resource for researchers of Polish military thought and political journalism of the 1930s, as well as for collectors of military memorabilia and Kraków and émigré publications from the interwar period. This piece retains its title page, which is missing from many known pieces of this title.
Each piece is complete and the bibliography is intact. The block is compact and mechanically stable; the original stitching is strong, with only the first, blank endpaper loose. The paper has the proper stiffness; it is clean and bright, free of water stains, mold, underlining, and annotations (except for the inventory number described in the provenance section), with a natural patina and slight acid-induced yellowing of the margins. The original cloth publisher’s binding is preserved in very good condition, with no losses of cloth, stains, or discoloration; the corners and edges are straight and stiff.
Catalog ID: 12762-24-A-X
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