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![Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita - Warsaw 1969, [First edition, Artistic binding]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3314171_1w.webp)
![Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita - Warsaw 1969, [First edition, Artistic binding]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3314171_2w.webp)
Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita - Warsaw 1969 Czytelnik Publishing House, Nike Series First Polish edition—First printing Translated by Irena Lewandowska and Witold Dąbrowski Artistic hardcover, cloth spine with gilt lettering, decorative endpapers, and covers featuring a colorful illustration of the cat Behemoth against a backdrop of Moscow and the Kremlin. In very good conditi...
THE BOOK OF EXORCISMS. Demons, Witchcraft, and Possession. Manuscript in Latin and Polish. (Turn of the 18th/19th centuries) Book format . Dimensions: 19 x 14.5 cm, [266] pages, including about 50 blank pages, bound in period parchment.This is an extensive, handwritten collection of a religious and exorcistic nature, written in Polish and Latin, likely in the 18th century. It takes the form of...
Adam Ważyk - SEMAFORY - Warsaw 1924 Printed from a total run of 10 numbered pieces on handmade paper and 20 on coated paper at the Printing House of the Kresowa Guard Society, 8 Jasna Street, Warsaw, published by the Almanach Nowej Sztuki. Original Edition. — First debut poetry collection. The cover of this work is a textbook example of the Polish typographic avant-garde, which in the 1920s...
Diary / Journal—containing several dozen entries, Bielsko, Biała, Andrychów, Chrzanów, Oświęcim—1920s. Hardcover, loose covers, no spine, loose pages; condition of pages: good. Minor soiling. Numerous drawings. Format: 14 x 20 [cm]
![Kazimierz Wierzyński - *Sparrows on the Roof*, Warsaw 1921 [First edition, Skamander]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318989_1w.webp)
![Kazimierz Wierzyński - *Sparrows on the Roof*, Warsaw 1921 [First edition, Skamander]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318989_2w.webp)
Kazimierz Wierzyński - Sparrows on the Roof, Warsaw 1921 "Ignis" Publishing Society First Edition Softcover, publisher’s binding, in very good condition. Number of pages: 86 Format: 14 x 19 [cm] One of the first poetry collections by an outstanding Polish poet and member of the Skamander literary group.
![Homer - The Odyssey - Kraków 1873 [ THE ODYSSEY - From the Library of the Jax Bykowski Family of the Gryf Coat of Arms, illustrated edition ]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318308_1w.webp)
![Homer - The Odyssey - Kraków 1873 [ THE ODYSSEY - From the Library of the Jax Bykowski Family of the Gryf Coat of Arms, illustrated edition ]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318308_2w.webp)
Homer - The Odyssey - Translated by Lucjan Siemieński Leona Paszkowski Printing House, Kraków 1873 A unique 19th-century edition of Homer’s *Odyssey*, originating from the library of the Jax Bykowski family of the Gryf coat of arms. An illustrated edition, adorned with numerous woodcuts and a set of four color plates. The Jax Bykowski family made itsmark on Polish history through the activ...
![Samuel Bogumił Linde, Dictionary of the Polish Language, Vol. I–V, Lviv 1854–1859, [Ornate period binding, dedications to Potocki, Czartoryski, Ossoliński, Poniatowski, and Zamoyski]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3328162_1w.webp)
![Samuel Bogumił Linde, Dictionary of the Polish Language, Vol. I–V, Lviv 1854–1859, [Ornate period binding, dedications to Potocki, Czartoryski, Ossoliński, Poniatowski, and Zamoyski]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3328162_2w.webp)
Samuel Bogumił Linde, Dictionary of the Polish Language, Vol. I–V, Lviv 1854–1859, Second edition, revised and expanded. The Ossoliński National Institute. Bogumił Linde’s “Dictionary of the Polish Language”— a monumental and seminal work of Polish lexicography, ranking among the most important studies of the Polish language from the first half of the 19th century. The first edi...
Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna - *The Catch* - Warsaw, 1926 Jakub Mortkowicz Publishing House First edition. On the half-title page, a lengthy dedication by the author dated December 17, 1925—Warsaw Hardcover, bookbinder’s binding. Overall condition: very good. Number of pages: 127 Format: 23 x 16 [cm] Rarity.
![Feliks JASIEŃSKI - A Guide to the Japanese Section of the National Museum [1906]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3258510_1w.webp)
![Feliks JASIEŃSKI - A Guide to the Japanese Section of the National Museum [1906]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3258510_2w.webp)
Kraków, 1906. Printed at the Jagiellonian University Press. 11.5 x 20.5 cm, 19 pages, softcover. Good condition (slight soiling, minor scuffs on the spine). Cover based on a painting by Suzuki Kiitsu. Jan Bukowski supervised the printing.
![Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz [WITKACY] — Farewell to Autumn, Warsaw 1927 [First edition, artist-designed binding]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3334531_1w.webp)
![Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz [WITKACY] — Farewell to Autumn, Warsaw 1927 [First edition, artist-designed binding]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3334531_2w.webp)
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz [WITKACY]—Farewell to Autumn, Warsaw 1927 F. Hoesick Publishing House First edition, printed using typefaces from the National Printing House in Kraków. Hardcover, with a contemporary artistic design referencing the author’s entire body of work. The book block has been restored and re-sewn; it features decorative endpapers with motifs from Witkacy’s painting...
Published by S. ORGELBRAND, bookseller at 496 Miodowa Street, printed at the Maxymilian Chmielewski printing house, with the permission of the government censorship authorities, Warsaw 1844, p. 1432, VIII, dimensions 15.5 x 22.5 cm, half-leather bookbinder’s cover, decorative spine with embossing and highlighted raised bands, good condition, minor scratches and scuffs on the cover, clean pag...
![Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy - Warsaw 1965 [illustrations by Mróz, Młodożeniec, Panek, Starowieyski, Toepfer, and others]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3314965_1w.webp)
![Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy - Warsaw 1965 [illustrations by Mróz, Młodożeniec, Panek, Starowieyski, Toepfer, and others]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3314965_2w.webp)
Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy - Warsaw 1965 State Publishing Institute Hardcover, deluxe edition. Cloth binding with gilding and embossing; slight water stain on the cover. Overall condition: very good. Illustrations: Otto Axer, Józef Czerwiński, Barbara Gawdzik-Brzozowska, Zbigniew Geppert, Józef Gielniak, Andrzej Heidrich, Maria Hiszpańska-Neumann, Jerzy Jaworowski, Barbara Pszczó...
Pan Tadeusz, or The Last Stop in Lithuania (from the library of Teodor Axentowicz). A nobleman’s tale from 1811 and 1812 in twelve books. Paris: Księgarnia Luksemburska; Kraków: Księgarnia Gebethnera i Spółki, 1878. Printed by Wł. L. Anczyc and Company [in Kraków]. 8, p. 363 [2]. On the endpaper and title page, a stamp featuring the Gryf coat of arms and the inscription around it: �...
![Bartoszewicz, K., THE HISTORY OF THE KOŚCIUSZKO UPRISING, 1913 [hardcover, numerous illustrations]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10108/3154427_1w.webp)
![Bartoszewicz, K., THE HISTORY OF THE KOŚCIUSZKO UPRISING, 1913 [hardcover, numerous illustrations]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10108/3154427_2w.webp)
Bartoszewicz, K., THE HISTORY OF THE KOŚCIUSZKO UPRISING, 1913 [hardcover, numerous illustrations]
56 EUR
Bartoszewicz, Kazimierz (1852–1930) The History of the Kościuszko Uprising / by Kazimierz Bartoszewicz. Alternative title: Polish Uprisings, 1794, 1830–31, 1863 Berlin; Vienna: published by Benjamin Harz [1913]. 2, 368 pp., [23] plates (some folded): ill.; 26 cm.; publisher’s hardcover, full navy blue cloth, with elaborate embossing and gilding on the spine and cover; good condition, a ...
Warsaw, 1935. “Rój” Publishing Society. 17x24.5 cm, 303 pages, black-and-white illustrations in the text and color illustrations on separate sheets, cloth binding. Very good condition (minor staining on the spine and title page). First edition. A remarkable collection devoted to Polish drinking culture and the language associated with alcohol consumption. The book consists of two parts: a...
NUMISMATIC CATALOGS FROM THE LUCOW COLLECTION, Jerzy Koziczyński – Polish Paper Money, The Lucow Collection, Volume II (1916–1923), Warsaw 2002, ISBN 8391336115; 320 pages, hardcover with leather binding, embossing, and gilding, A4+ format, illustrations and rarity ratings in the text, excellent illustrations; a very rare and sought-after work comprising the second part of the largest col...
![Count Aleksander Fredro—Works, Volumes I–V, complete set. Lviv, 1897 [Edited by Henryk Biegeleisen; decorative binding; ex libris by Stanisław Jakubowski]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318841_1w.webp)
![Count Aleksander Fredro—Works, Volumes I–V, complete set. Lviv, 1897 [Edited by Henryk Biegeleisen; decorative binding; ex libris by Stanisław Jakubowski]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318841_2w.webp)
Count Aleksander Fredro—Works, Volumes I–V, Complete Set. Lviv, 1897 Published by Henryk Biegeleisen, printed by Księgarnia Polska Ornate binding with embossing and gilding. The volume includes a portrait and a sample of the poet’s handwriting. Ex libris on the front endpapers by Stanisław Jakubowski (1885–1964) ✤ for W. Morawski. Volumes I–V (in 3 parts). Volume I (“Mr. Geldha...
![Julian Tuwim—Collected Poems, Vol. I–II, complete set, Warsaw 1971 [graphic design by Andrzej Heidrich]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3314352_1w.webp)
![Julian Tuwim—Collected Poems, Vol. I–II, complete set, Warsaw 1971 [graphic design by Andrzej Heidrich]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3314352_2w.webp)
Julian Tuwim—Collected Poems, Vol. I–II, Complete Set, Warsaw 1971 Graphic design by Andrzej Heidrich Published by Czytelnik Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good condition. A nicely preserved set. Number of pages: 547 + 383 Dimensions: 13 x 20 [cm]
![Stefan Żeromski - *Before Spring*, Warsaw 1925 [ First printing, first edition, artistically designed binding ]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3334518_1w.webp)
![Stefan Żeromski - *Before Spring*, Warsaw 1925 [ First printing, first edition, artistically designed binding ]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3334518_2w.webp)
Stefan Żeromski - *Before Spring*, Warsaw 1925 J. Mortkowicz Publishing House, Publishing Society in Warsaw. First edition, printed at the W. L. Anczyc & Co. printing house in Kraków on Mirowski wood-free paper. Numbered piece. Hardcover, contemporary artistic binding reflecting the work’s content, with a cloth spine featuring the title. The book block has been conserved and re-sewn; t...
The Light Cavalry of the Guard. Vol. 1–2. Historical novel . (1st ed.). Warsaw 1910. Published by K. Trepte’s Bookstore. 8vo (small), pp. 254, [2]; 238, [2], in a period cloth binding. In good condition. Slight wear on the binding; K. Borowiejski’s ex libris on the endpapers.
Pan Tadeusz, or The Last Inn in Lithuania. A Nobleman’s Tale from 1811 and 1812 in Twelve Books, in Verse, by... Edited by Alexander Jełowicki, with a bust of the author. Volumes 1–2 (in 1 vol.). Paris 1834. (1st ed.) Printed by A. Pinard. 8vo, 253 pp., [3]; 300, [4], woodcut vignettes (including a portrait of Napoleon), a steel engraving of the author’s bust, in a contemporary cloth bi...
![[postcard] Warsaw. Adolf Hitler in front of the Saxon Palace](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3309676_1w.webp)
![[postcard] Warsaw. Adolf Hitler in front of the Saxon Palace](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3309676_2w.webp)
Munich. Photo-Hoffmann. Size: 14.8 x 10.5 cm. Good condition (slight staining on the reverse, minimal creases in the paper). A German photographic postcard depicting Adolf Hitler driving through Piłsudski Square in an open-top car. Visible in the background are the monument to Prince Józef Poniatowski and the Saxon Palace. Hitler arrived in Warsaw on October 5, 1939, to review a parade of Ge...
![Marjan Łodyński - Pro Memoria - Catalog of the Library Exhibition at the Central Military Library / A Brief Overview of the Current State of Military Librarianship, Warsaw 1926 [Military Library, Bibliophiles’ Convention]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3329347_1w.webp)
![Marjan Łodyński - Pro Memoria - Catalog of the Library Exhibition at the Central Military Library / A Brief Overview of the Current State of Military Librarianship, Warsaw 1926 [Military Library, Bibliophiles’ Convention]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3329347_2w.webp)
Author: Dr. Marian Łodyński, then director of the Central Military Library. Pro Memoria – Catalog of the Library Exhibition at the Central Military Library / Brief Information on the Current State of Military Librarianship, Warsaw 1926 A gift to the members of the Bibliophiles’ Convention from the Printing Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Print run: 400 numbered pieces, Direct...
![[postcard] Warsaw. Adolf Hitler in front of the Brühl Palace](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3309668_1w.webp)
![[postcard] Warsaw. Adolf Hitler in front of the Brühl Palace](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3309668_2w.webp)
Munich. Photo-Hoffmann. Size: 14.8 x 10.5 cm. Very good condition. A German photographic postcard depicting Adolf Hitler driving past Brühl Palace in Warsaw in an open-top car, surrounded by saluting soldiers. Hitler arrived in Warsaw on October 5, 1939, to review a parade of German troops on Aleje Ujazdowskie following the city’s surrender.
Examples of Medieval and Renaissance Art through the End of the 17th Century in Former Poland. Monuments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Former Poland: From the Earliest Times to the End of the 17th Century. Published by ... Series I–II. (2 vols.). Warsaw–Paris 1853–1855. M. Fajans Chromolithographic Workshop. J. Unger Printing House. (29 x 23 cm), pp. [127], 48 chromolithograp...
Corporate Yearbook 1828–1928. Warsaw (1928). Published by the Presidium of the Union of Polish Academic Fraternities. Drukarnia Techniczna Sp. Akc. 8, p. 210, VIII, [4], 80, [2], illustrations on separate plates, period cloth binding, gilt on the front. Scuffs on the binding, owner’s signature, yellowing, and traces of staining on the upper edges of the pages. The work is divided into two...
J.I. Kraszewski - The King and Bondarywna / Today and Three Hundred Years Ago - Warsaw, 1879 Selected Writings, Volume IX Printed by J. Ungra Hardcover, period half-leather binding. Seals. Cover scuffs. Overall condition: + good. Number of pages: 399 Dimensions: 13 x 18 [cm]
New Athens, or the Academy of All Sciences, comprising various disciplines, divided into classes—for the wise as a memorial, for fools as instruction, for politicians as practice, and for melancholics as entertainment. Established… Part Three, or Supplement… That is, X… Dean Rohatyński, Firleiowski, and Podkámieniecki’s Shepherd. (Vol. 3, 1st ed.). Lviv 1754. Printed by J. K. Mci C...
Elżbieta Jaraczewska, née Countess Krasińska - National Novels, Vol. I–IV, complete set Published by Księgarnia Zagraniczna, Leipzig 1845 A new edition by J.N. Bobrowicz, published with the authorization of the author’s family. Volume I—Zofia and Emilia, with a portrait and biography of the author. Volume II—An Advent Evening. Volume III – Early Youth, First Feelings. Part 1 Volu...
![Oscar Wilde - Short Stories - Warsaw 1905 [Translated by Maria Feldman, First Edition]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3329396_1w.webp)
![Oscar Wilde - Short Stories - Warsaw 1905 [Translated by Maria Feldman, First Edition]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3329396_2w.webp)
Oscar Wilde - Short Stories - Warsaw 1905 [Translated by Maria Feldman] Published by G. Centnerszwer & Co. Hardcover with bookbinding, original publisher’s cover panels preserved. Pages intact, clean, overall in good condition. Number of pages: 242 Format: 19 x 23 [cm] Stories included: The Infanta’s Birthday, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Happy Prince, ...
Published by the “Philological Circle” in Lviv: printed by Józef Styfi in Przemyśl, Lviv 1909, 88 pages, dimensions: 24 x 15.5 cm, softcover, with handwritten notes by Professor Tadeusz Ulewicz on separate sheets and in pencil in the margins of the pages, contains two plates with illustrations, printed on ribbed paper; a small note on the cover; the title handwritten on the spine; slight...
Size: 15.7 x 13 cm. Good condition (fold marks). A propaganda leaflet (donation appeal) depicting a member of the Volunteer Reserve of the Citizens’ Militia (ORMO) and a firefighter from the Volunteer Fire Department (OSP).
![Paweł Jan BIRETOWSKI - An Interesting Treatise, of Great Use to Everyone, on the Effects and Powers of All Grains, Vegetables, and Various Herbs, Both Garden and Field (...) [Łowicz 1769]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3322123_1w.webp)
![Paweł Jan BIRETOWSKI - An Interesting Treatise, of Great Use to Everyone, on the Effects and Powers of All Grains, Vegetables, and Various Herbs, Both Garden and Field (...) [Łowicz 1769]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3322123_2w.webp)
Łowicz, 1769. Printed at the Press of His Excellency the Primate, Archbishop of Gniezno. 10x16 cm, pp. (2), 184, (6), contemporary replacement paper cover. Good condition (pages 51–58 and 67–76 missing; soiling, isolated stains, and tears). Full title:An Interesting Treatise, Highly Useful to Everyone, on the Effects and Powers of All Grains, Vegetables, and Various Herbs, Both Garden and...
Ephemeridiarium Anni Christi 1536 by Master Michael of Wislicza, carefully compiled at the renowned university of Krakow. Kraków 1536. Maciej Szarffenberg, [probably printed in late 1535]. (11.5 x 8 cm), pp. [32], portrait of Sigismund the Old on the title page and 12 woodcuts in the text, secondary cardboard binding. Not listed by Estreicher. Until recently, the only known piece was held at ...
Pen-and-ink sketches. (France, 1940–1944). (1st ed.). Volumes 1–2. Paris , 1957. Literary Institute. 8, p. 302, [1]; 440, [1], paperback cover. Biblioteka Kultury. Volume XXII. Slight discoloration on the spines; otherwise, in very good condition. Uncut copy. The diary consists of four parts: Paris before the evacuation (May 20–June 11, 1940). The evacuation and stay in Carcassonne and G...
![Stanisław Jachowicz—Fairy Tales and Short Stories, Illustrated Edition, Kraków 1890 [woodcuts by Juliusz Kossak, Wojciech Gerson, Henryk Pikard, and Henryk Pilati]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3329327_1w.webp)
![Stanisław Jachowicz—Fairy Tales and Short Stories, Illustrated Edition, Kraków 1890 [woodcuts by Juliusz Kossak, Wojciech Gerson, Henryk Pikard, and Henryk Pilati]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3329327_2w.webp)
Stanisław Jachowicz - Fairy Tales and Short Stories, Illustrated Edition, Kraków 1890 Published by Walery Chaberski With 24 woodcuts by J. Kosak, W. Gerson, H. Pikard, and H. Pilaty One woodcut plate is missing. p. 17 Hardcover, scuff marks and soiling on the cover; the block is intact; overall condition: fair. Number of pages: 180 Format: 14 x 18 [cm] A rare edition with woodcuts by Juliusz...
An Economic and Technical Herbarium, that is, a description of trees, shrubs, and plants growing wild in the country, as well as those introduced, illustrating their uses in the economy, handicrafts, manufacturing, and home remedies, with a list of poisonous and harmful species, as well as those suitable for decorating gardens and rural homes, compiled for farmers and housewives. Vol. 1–2. V...
![Tomasz Mann - *The Magic Mountain*, Volumes I–II, complete set - Warsaw 1965 [graphic design by Miklaszewski, a nice piece]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3314326_1w.webp)
![Tomasz Mann - *The Magic Mountain*, Volumes I–II, complete set - Warsaw 1965 [graphic design by Miklaszewski, a nice piece]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3314326_2w.webp)
Tomasz Mann - The Magic Mountain - Warsaw 1965 Published by Czytelnik Graphic design by Jan S. Miklaszewski Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: nearly perfect, collector’s quality. Slight dust on the edges of the pages. Number of pages: 459 + 515 A rarity in such good condition.
Książnica Polska, Society of University Teachers, G. Freytag & Brendt, Vienna, Lviv, 1916, p. 8, dimensions: 12.5 x 16 cm; map size when unfolded: 33 x 30.5 cm; softcover; map is clean and in good condition; slight soiling on the cover; cloth spine following a modern bookbinding repair.
EVDOKIMOV, PAUL, Orthodoxy. Translated by Rev. Jerzy Klinger. Dedicated to Zofia and Jerzy Nowosielski by the translator, Jerzy Klinger. PAX Publishing Institute, Warsaw 1964, 1st edition. Number of pages: 396; dimensions: 24.5 cm x 17 cm. Cloth-bound cover, no dust jacket. Minor soiling and scuffing on the cover. Pages are clean. Good condition. Illustrated publication.
Notitia Bibliothecae Thorunensis, in which its origins and growth, as well as its manuscripts and other noteworthy items, are briefly and succinctly described. Jena, 1723. Johann Philipp Haas. (19 x 16 cm), p. 56, in a contemporary parchment binding. (Estr. Vol. 18). The work also includes a speech by Jaenichen in honor of Godfried Krivesius. Piotr Jaenichen (1679–1738), rector of the Academ...
Roman Dmowski. Warsaw, 1920. Published by Perzyński, Niklewicz & Co. Bookstore. 8, p. 81, [1], original paperback cover. Scuffs, soiling, and creases on the cover; yellowing pages; handwritten numbering on the title page.
Whirlpools. A Novel. Vol. 1–2. Warsaw, 1910. Published by Gebethner and Wolff. 8vo, [4], 294 pp.; [4], 305 pp., in a contemporary half-leather binding. Good condition, slight wear on the binding, rust-colored spots in places, owner’s signature on the front title page. Sienkiewicz’s least-known contemporary novel. It is the author’s response to the 1905 revolution, which he condemned. ...
WE WERE in Oświęcim. 6643 Janusz Nel Siedlecki. 75817 Krystyn Olszewski. 119198 Tadeusz Borowski. Oficyna Warszawska Na Obczyźnie, 1946. Copyright by A. Girs, J. N. Siedlecki, K. Olszewski, and T. Borowski. 8, p. 212, [4], hardcover, cardboard binding. Scuffs on the binding, spine missing, interior in good condition. The cardboard cover imitates a prison striped pattern. On the front cover...
Wiedza Powszechna, Warsaw, 1971, p. 596, contains 132 illustrations, half-leather bookbinder’s cover, underlined stitching on the spine, minor discoloration and wear on the edges of the cover, pages clean.
![Melchior Wańkowicz - On the Trail of Smętka, Warsaw 1936 [ Decorative binding, woodcuts by St. Ostoja Chrostowski ]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318277_1w.webp)
![Melchior Wańkowicz - On the Trail of Smętka, Warsaw 1936 [ Decorative binding, woodcuts by St. Ostoja Chrostowski ]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318277_2w.webp)
Melchior Wańkowicz - In the Footsteps of Smętka, Warsaw 1936 Published by Biblioteka Polska Decorative binding, decorative half-leather with a title label. The block is intact, pages are clean. Overall condition: very good. A woodcut by St . Ostoja Chrostowskiis pasted in before the main text . A map at the end; the text includes numerous plans, charts, drawings, and photographs. Number of p...
The Third Reich Is Growing. With illustrations. Warsaw (193?). Michalik Co. 8, 202 pp., [4], illustrations (photomontages) on plates, original paperback cover. Photomontages designed by L. Chejfec.The paperback cover is soiled. Cover reinforced. On the title page, a personal stamp: Copy No. 610. This is a widely discussed volume of reportage. The book was written after the author traveled appr...
![[map] Map of Warsaw showing the boundaries of the ghetto [1942]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3322719_1w.webp)
![[map] Map of Warsaw showing the boundaries of the ghetto [1942]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3322719_2w.webp)
Warsaw (1942). 41.50 x 45.50 cm. Good condition (a crease and minor tears in the paper outside the map’s border). A bilingual German-Polish map of Warsaw, “Plan der Stadt Warschau / Plan miasta Warszawy,” at a scale of 1:40,000, dating from the period of the German occupation, most likely from around 1942. The map shows a detailed street network, districts and suburbs, parks, rail lines,...
New Athens, or the Academy of All Sciences, full various subjects, divided into classes—for the wise as a memorial, for fools as instruction, for politicians as practice, and for melancholics as entertainment. Established, alias—On God, the multitude of deities, the selection of beautiful words,—Many wondrous questions, on the collection of the Sibyls,—On animals, fish, birds, and math...
Silver and Golden Thoughts—A 10-volume set in a collector's slipcase, Warsaw 1967 First edition, Wiedza Powszechna. With a Stylus and a Reed, Jewish Wisdom, In the Oasis and on the Steppe, A Carpet of Stars and Crescents, Voices from the Yurt, Under Ararat and Kazbek, Wisdom from a Palm Leaf, Wisdom of the Middle Kingdom, From the Far Corners of Asia, From the Dark Continent. Number of pages...
![Julian Tuwim / Alexander Bruckner - Four Centuries of Polish Epigrams, Warsaw 1937 [First edition, woodcuts]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318829_1w.webp)
![Julian Tuwim / Alexander Bruckner - Four Centuries of Polish Epigrams, Warsaw 1937 [First edition, woodcuts]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3318829_2w.webp)
Julian Tuwim / Aleksander Bruckner — Four Centuries of Polish Epigrams, Warsaw 1937 First edition, published by J. Przeworski Graphic design by Kazimierz Piekarski Hardcover, publisher’s edition, decorative cloth binding. Minor damage, tears along the spine at the top and bottom; otherwise, in very good condition. A nice piece. Clean pages. Number of pages: 524, format 17 x 23 [cm] A colle...
![Henryk SIENKIEWICZ - Pan Wołodyjowski. A Historical Novel [First Edition 1887–1888]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3219084_1w.webp)
![Henryk SIENKIEWICZ - Pan Wołodyjowski. A Historical Novel [First Edition 1887–1888]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3219084_2w.webp)
Warsaw, 1887–1888. Published by the daily newspaper "Słowo." 12x18.5 cm, pp. 280, 250, 374 [3 volumes in 3 books—complete set], period cloth binding. Good condition (scuffs and soiling on the bindings, a trace of an ownership stamp on the title page of Volume I, small perforations on the title page of Volume III, a tear in the cloth along the spine of Volume II, tears and minor losses of ...
A New Historical Dictionary, or A Brief History of All People, who have become famous for their virtue, wisdom, intellect, ingenuity, courage, inventiveness, mistakes, etc., from the beginning of the world to the present day... Vol. II, Parts 1–2 (in 1 vol.). Warsaw 1783–1784.Printed at Piotr Dufour’s Press. (20.5 x 12.5 cm), pp. [2], 283, [3]; pp. [2], 334, [2], co-bound, period half-le...
(TRANSATLANTIC Pułaski, cross-section of the ship). Gdynia-America Line. Headquarters: Gdynia. Main Passenger Office: Warsaw, 16 Marszałkowska Street. Branches in all major provincial cities. (Before 1936) Cross-section of the SS Pułaski, in color with explanations. Dimensions: approx. 45 x 87.5 cm. Fold marks; slight tears along the top edge. Good condition. 10636/74
Mao Zedong - Excerpts from the Chairman's Works, Beijing 1968 Foreign Languages Publishing House Bound edition. Slight wear on the title label on the cover; otherwise, in very good condition. Number of pages: 425 Format: 8 x 11 [cm]
Historical Essays: Historical Essays of the Warsaw Scientific Society, Volume IX, Issue 2, published by the Warsaw Scientific Society, with financial support from the Department of Science of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Order, p. 166, dimensions 16 x 24.5 cm, softcover, slight soiling and creases along the edges of the cover, uncut piece, includes a fold-out map.
![Sokołowski, A., THE HISTORY OF THE NOVEMBER UPRISING OF 1830–1831, 1913 [hardcover, numerous illustrations]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10108/3341465_1w.webp)
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Sokołowski, August (1846–1921) The History of the November Uprising: 1830–1831 / by August Sokołowski. Vienna: Franciszek Bondy, [1913?] [2], IV, 304, [2] pp., [25] plates (8 folds), [4] pp. of tables: ill. (including color) ; 26 cm; publisher’s hardcover, full navy blue cloth, with elaborate embossing and gilding on the spine and cover; good condition, a few characteristic browning sp...
Size: 10x17.5 cm. Good condition (minor soiling, crease marks). A sheet of 13 10-grosz charity stamps, sold to raise funds for Poland’s participation in the 1934 Challenge international aviation competition.
![Bolesław Prus - PHARAOH - Warsaw, 1968 [Illustrations by Jan Marcin Szancer]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3316331_1w.webp)
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Bolesław Prus - PHARAOH - Warsaw 1968 P.I.W., Illustrations by Jan Marcin Szancer Hardcover with cloth binding and dust jacket. Minor tears on the dust jacket; overall condition very good. Number of pages: 609 Format: 17 x 24 [cm]
![Hitler as No One Knows Him: 100 Photographic Documents from the Life of the Führer (Hitler wie ihn keiner kennt. 100 Bilddokumente aus dem Leben des Führers) [1933]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10226/3309545_1w.webp)
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Munich. Published by Heinrich Hoffmann. 19.5 x 26.5 cm, 112 pages, softcover. Good condition (scratches on the spine, some dirt on the cover). A propaganda photo album compiled by Heinrich Hoffmann, Adolf Hitler’s official photographer, containing 100 photographs depicting Hitler both during public appearances and in carefully staged private settings. The publication was intended to show the...
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski - Works - 23 volumes in decorative bindings, Warsaw 2022 Hachette Collection Hardcover, cloth-bound. In very good condition. Like new. Complete set of pages Format: 14.5 x 19.5 [cm] The collection includes, among others: An Old Fairy Tale Lubonie The White Prince Countess Cosel Mother of Kings Brühl Herod the Old Woman From the Seven Years' War A Cottage Beyond the Vi...
Polish publications Józef Dembiniok – Catalog of Silesian Coins in the Collection of the Museum in Chorzów, Chorzów 2008, ISBN 9788388427886 91 pages, 21.5 x 23 cm, varnished hardcover, illustrated catalog (descriptions of over 300 coins, most of which are illustrated with color photographs), with detailed descriptions and references to the literature; the cover shows slight wear. The cat...
![J.I. Kraszewski - *Mogilna* - *Obrazek Współczesny*, Warsaw 1871 [First edition]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10511/3322292_1w.webp)
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J.I. Kraszewski - *Mogilna* - *Obrazek Współczesny*, Warsaw 1871 Published by Michał Glucksberg Hardcover, half-leather binding. Very good condition. Number of pages: 211 Dimensions: 13.5 x 20 [cm] Rare.
Ragnarok. A Contemporary Novel. 1st ed. Warsaw–Lviv 1906. Jan Fiszer, Ks. Narodowa.8, pp. [2], 373, contemporary cloth binding. In good condition. “Owned by” inscription on the front endpaper. Maria Rodziewiczówna (1864–1944) was one of the most popular Polish writers of the interwar period, and her life held many surprising facts.
