Ku-Klux-Klan, Katowice R.1: 1925 No. 1 [Makuszyński, W. Grabski, St. Keller, RARA].

Ku-Klux-Klan. A weekly humor and satire magazine. YearI. Number 1. October 18. 1925 . Katowice.; Responsible Editor: Boleslaw Mieszkowski, Katowice; Published by B.J. Elgner; Printed by "People's Printing House" in Katowice.
Newsprint, 16 pp, cover - two-color print, brown and black, format: 29.4 x 22.3 cm.
Good condition: piece removed from staple, sewing marks on spine, lightly trimmed by bookbinder, paper yellowed.

The author of the illustrations is Stanislaw Keller, a graphic artist active in the interwar period. He collaborated with magazines: "Polonia", "Robotnik", "Przegląd Sportowy", "Wiadomości Sportowe", "Szczutek", "Wolna myśl i wolny żarty" and "Wróble na Dachu".

Contents include: on p. 1, an illustration by St. Keller titled Risky Operation showing Wladyslaw Grabski at the operating table, operating on the figure of a skinny man called "financial crisis" on the sheet covering it - a joke on politics, especially Wladyslaw Grabski's financial reform; rhyming congratulations to Kornel Makuszynski on the occasion of the awarding of the order "Polonia Restituta" to him; Coronation of the Polish King No. 44 (diary of a monarchist from 1950); p.8 all devoted to the fight against alcoholism; Terrible ballad about Miss Stella, the knight Wdaly and the weeping paw; on p.13/14 supplement: A little encyclopedia (in notebooks, here the first 8 pages, to be folded) Ku-Klux-Klan circulation and publication.

A rarity, Polish libraries do not record this title, perhaps the first and also the last issue!