[dedication] CEPIK Jerzy - Vikings, 1st ed.

CEPIK Jerzy. The Vikings. Warsaw 1969; 1st ed. People's Cooperative Publishing. Pp. 426, [9], illustrations in text; 20cm.

Hardcover half cloth binding. Graphic design by Wiktor Chrucki. Good condition, rubbing of binding, small dampstain on margin of last few pages, stamp of author's brother Christopher Cepik.

On the pre-title page the author's dedication of 1969.

Includes three collections of stories: The Vikings, Prince Mieszko, The march of the Polans to the sea. "The story I submit to you here, arranged with diligent effort, covers a bite of time from the triumph of the graf Wichman over Mieszko to the victory of the army of the Polanian prince at Cedynia, to the infamous death of the boisterous graf, the capture of the mouth of the Oder River, the capture of the mighty and famous stronghold of Slavic merchants and sea robbers - Wolin, and the submission of Pomerania to Polish rule."