Very Rare, 1943, Signed, Woodcuts Spyros Vassiliou, Leonidas Triiris, M’ Agapas?, WW2, First Edition

This haunting and deeply personal literary work was self-published in 1943, during the height of the German Occupation of Greece (1941–1944). The book is an erotic and psychological meditation, bearing the signature of the author, Leonidas Triiris, who was tragically executed just months later, on November 26, 1943, along with his brother and 116 other resistance fighters in Monodendri, Lakonia.

The edition is further distinguished by eight powerful woodcuts by the renowned modern Greek artist Spyros Vassiliou (1903–1985), whose wartime engravings became emblems of national grief and resistance. Vassiliou, a Benaki Prize winner and recipient of the Guggenheim Prize for Greece, is internationally celebrated for his painting, illustration, and printmaking.

This publication is not only a rare WWII-era cultural artifact but also a testament to artistic and intellectual resistance under occupation.