Władysław Stanisław Reymont—Before Dawn. One Day. Justly [first edition]

Władysław Stanisław Reymont / Before Dawn. One Day. Justly / Warsaw, 1902 / Gebethner and Wolff/ half-cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine and colored page edges; endpapers made of machine-printed decorative paper/ p. 253, [2]/ good+ condition, ownership stamps and inventory notes on the title page and in places within the text, discoloration on the lower corners of the pages, crease on the edge of p. 43, occasional soiling on the pages, minor repairs to missing sections and tears (with slight damage to the text on p. 238), loose front title page, several sections partially loose

The volume contains the first printing of the novella *Before Dawn *, the first book edition of *One Day *,and the second edition of *Justly*. These works belong to the early period of Władysław Stanisław Reymont’s career and explore themes of everyday life, moral conflicts, and human choices, portraying the characters against the backdrop of realistically depicted settings.