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Roman Dmowski, 1888

 
2 356 EUR
Handwritten diaries of a participant in the expeditions led by Roman Dmowski, along with an unknown photograph of Dmowski from his student days, bearing his extensive dedication. A half-cloth-bound notebook measuring 16.5 x 10.5 cm, 94 pages, with approximately 20 blank pages containing no notes. The remaining pages contain entries, written partly in ink and partly in pencil. The first entries...
Civil Servant ID Card, Lviv, 1931.
DW NSDAP MEMBERSHIP CARD NSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) membership card with a 1933 identity card (Personal-Ausweis) affixed to it, issued in the name of Paul Rasch.
[Łódź]. Documents of everyday life: coal ration cards from 1917–1918 (2 items); monthly passes from 1930–1933 (3 items); an honorary ticket to the sports circus for the International Wrestling Champions Tournament (year not specified). Hand-filled forms, stamps, various dimensions (from 14.5 x 9.5 cm to 10.5 x 7 cm). A collection of printed materials related to everyday life in Łódź ...
Horse-drawn carriage driver's ID. A horse-drawn carriage driver’s ID issued in 1959 in Kraków authorizing the holder to operate a taxi. Document with a photo. Dimensions when unfolded: 10.5 x 15 cm. Creased and soiled; the fold has been repaired with tissue paper. 10631/26/u
Open letter from Ferdynand Hałatkiewicz, administrator of the estates of the Aleksander Wielopolski Entail in Chrobrze, dated Kraków, March 18, 1863. Manuscript, 4 pages, 34 x 21 cm. Signs of folding and a slight tear on the top margin. Manuscript of an open letter that was ultimately never published, intended for publication in the Kraków-based newspaper *Czas*, written by Ferdynand Hałat...
A form of a rare union document, signed by Gen. Maczek. A rare item on the market. The item is in very good condition. Dimensions: 7.5 x 10.2 cm.
DW The Reichsführer-SS / The Head of the Security Main Office: The Reichsführer-4 The Head of the Security Main Office Registration of Leading Figures of the Nazi Era Named Proscription Lists of Enemies of the Reich Secret Document for the Reichsführer-SS
Zygmunt Miłkowski (pen name: Teodor Tomasz Jeż; 1824–1915), writer, journalist, politician, independence activist—Letter to Franciszek Rawita-Gawroński. Dated Geneva, April 13, 1887. Handwritten letter with autograph: “Z. Miłkowski.” 2 pages, measuring 10.5 x 13.5 cm. Handwritten letter with the autograph of Zygmunt Miłkowski, a writer publishing under the pseudonym Teodor Tomasz ...
Zygmunt Miłkowski (pen name: Teodor Tomasz Jeż; 1824–1915), writer, journalist, politician, independence activist—Letter to Franciszek Rawita-Gawroński. Dated Geneva, April 4, 1884. Handwritten letter with the autograph: “Z. Miłkowski.” Bifolium, p. [2], measuring 21.5 x 13.5 cm. A handwritten letter by Miłkowski bearing his autograph. The letter contains reflections on the addres...
Jarosław Abramow-Newerly (b. 1933–2026), writer, playwright, composer, satirist – A letter addressed to Julian Krzyżanowski. Dated Warsaw, December 29, 1966. Handwritten letter with the autograph: “J. Abramow.” Color print, p. [2], measuring 20.5 x 7 cm. Handwritten letter with the autograph of Jarosław Abramow-Newerly, one of the co-founders of the Student Satirists’ Theater, for...
SET of business cards (Angelus, Lasocki, Kukielowa). Business cards. Six pieces. Among the names are, among others, Stanisława Kukielowa (wife of Gen. Marian Kukiel), Dr. Włodzimerz Angelus (owner of a pawnshop in Kraków, famous for the 1904 suicide scandal), Michał Kublicki (head of the Oświęcim Tax Office branch), and others.Condition: good. Slight soiling and creasing. 10631/31/u
[Poznań – General National Exhibition]. Weekly ticket booklet, dated September 26, 1929 [and:] 15-day discounted regional ticket issued in connection with the General National Exhibition of 1929 in Poznań. ID card with the owner’s photograph, hand-filled form, stamps from Orbis Łódź, p. [4], 12 x 9 cm, cardboard binding. Two documents related to the General National Exhibition, organi...
[The Krasicki Family] - Jan Krasicki (1704–1751), Castellan of Chełm, father of the poet Ignacy; Jan Tarło (1684–1750), Voivode of Sandomierz, General of the Podolia Lands and the Crown Army — Agreement to transfer half of the Rokietnica estate (currently in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship) for the sum of 104,000 Polish zlotys. Dated Lublin, June 28, 1743. Handwritten signatures and seals...
[Józef Wysocki (1809–1873), general, commander of the Polish Military Academy in Cuneo and Genoa, and, from February 17, 1863, commander-in-chief of the armed forces on the left bank of the Vistula] – Appointment of Lieutenant Aleksander Krzyżanowski to the rank of captain. Dated June 30, 1863. Manuscript on a form with the pre-printed text “Commander-in-Chief (!)…,” No. 186. Autog...
WITOLD GOMBROWICZ. UNPUBLISHED LETTERS Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), world-renowned novelist, playwright, and essayist, one of the most outstanding Polish writers of the 20th century. – Memorabilia related to the writer. Excerpts from Ada Lubomirska’s archive: 32 letters from Witold Gombrowicz to Ada Lubomirska from 1957–1969; 12 photographs of the writer; archival materials. A uniqu...
Henryk Sienkiewicz 1846–1916, a memento from Gostyń.
A crease on the edge of the blank area. A business card belonging to Colonel Dembiński, later Brigadier General, from the period when he commanded the 8th Uhlan Regiment, a position he held from May 15, 1928, to March 31, 1930. The item is in good condition. Dimensions: 6 x 10 cm.
A very rare item on the market. The item is in very good condition. Dimensions: 11.7 x 14.4 cm.
Sheets of commemorative stamps issued by the War Disabled Association.
- Commission to the rank of lieutenant - Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813), prince, major general, and minister of war, commander-in-chief of the Polish Army of the Duchy of Warsaw; on behalf of Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony and Prince of Warsaw – Appointment to the rank of lieutenant in the Polish Army Corps of Engineers for Second Lieutenant Franciszek Koss of the horse artillery. Dat...
A very well-preserved document issued in the Russian Partition in the name of Nicholas I as Emperor of All Russia and King of Poland in 1826. Handmade paper featuring beautiful watermarks in the form of the tsarist eagle, an ornament, and the inscription “Paper for the 1824 seal” The document was issued in the town of Lipno. We highly recommend this to enthusiasts of old documents.
Identity card, City of Lviv.
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Prologue.
Władysław Broniewski (1897–1962), poet – A poem dedicated to Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina. Dated Zakopane, September 28, 1951. Autographed manuscript: “W. Broniewski.” Page [1], written on one side, measuring 27 x 20 cm. Handwritten manuscript with the autograph of Władysław Broniewski, poet, soldier of the Polish Legions, participant in the War of 1920, recipient of the Order of Virtuti...
[Collections – Artur Grottger, Jan Matejko]. Two letters from Marian Gorzkowski to Edward Rejcher. Dated Kraków, December 9 and 14, 1895. Handwritten with the author’s autograph. Bifolium, p. [3], measuring 21 x 13.5 cm [and:] bifolium, p. [4], measuring 17.5 x 11 cm. Two letters from Marian Gorzkowski (1830–1911), a novelist, playwright, collector, secretary of the School of Fine Arts ...
Gen. Plisowski's Feat. In early 1918, Konstanty Plisowski led a squadron on a raid from Odessa to the Bobruisk Fortress, where he assumed command of the squadron of the 3rd Uhlan Regiment; after the regiment was disbanded, he took command of a cavalry squadron in the 4th Polish Rifle Division; subsequently, he commanded the Uhlan Regiment, participated in the Polish-Ukrainian War, led the char...
Jan Karski (1914–2000), lawyer, historian, diplomat – Holiday greeting card. No place, no date. Handwritten note on a card featuring printed Christmas greetings in English and color illustrations. Page [2], measuring 17.5 x 8.5 cm. Handwriting and autograph: “Jan K.” and “Jan Karski.” Jan Karski (born Kozielewski), legendary emissary of the Polish Underground State, witness to the ...
Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), writer, journalist, social activist – Letter to Aureli Drogoszewski. Dated Grodno, September 28, 1905. Handwritten letter bearing the autograph “El. Orzeszkowa.” [4] pages, written on both sides, measuring 23 x 18 cm. A handwritten letter by Eliza Orzeszkowa bearing her autograph. An extensive, eight-page letter addressed to Aureli Drogoszewski (1863–194...
Leopold Staff (1878–1957), poet, playwright, translator – Two letters to Julian Krzyżanowski. Dated Kraków, October 31, 1948, and Warsaw, December 20, 1952. Handwritten letters with autographs: “L. Staffowie” and “L. Staff.” Each [1] letter is handwritten on one side, measuring 15 x 21 cm and 27.5 x 21.5 cm, respectively; hand-addressed envelopes, used, with canceled postage stam...
A rare item on the market. Shows signs of use. The item is in good condition. Cover dimensions: 9.5 x 13 cm.
Brother Juwentyn M. Młodożeniec (mentioned in documents and accounts from the Niepokalanów period) was a witness to the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), writer, journalist, social activist – Letter to Aureli Drogoszewski. Dated Grodno, March 7 (?) 1906. Handwritten letter with the autograph signature: “El. Orz.” Page [2], written on both sides, measuring 22.5 x 17.5 cm. Handwritten letter with Eliza Orzeszkowa’s autograph. An extensive, lengthy letter concerning the current political and social situation...
DW Activity Report PROVINCIAL CIVIC COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS IN ZIELONA GÓRA FOR THE PERIOD 1961–1967
Leopold Staff (1878–1957), poet, playwright, translator – Letter to Professor Julian Krzyżanowski. Dated Kraków, May 23, 1947. Handwritten letter with the autograph: “Helena and Leopold Staff.” K. [1], written on one side, measuring 29.5 x 21 cm. Handwritten and autographed by Leopold Staff. The letter expresses condolences following the death of Julian Krzyżanowski’s second wife,...
card; 33.5 x 21 cm; Latin; Autograph of Stanisław Księski, town clerk in Nowy Korczyn; A wax seal bearing the Jastrzębiec coat of arms of Jan Baranowski, Voivode of Sieradz. The document concerns the confirmation of privileges in the village of Dąbrowa, which Jan Mielecki, son of Jan of the Trzciany estate, sold to Mikołaj Mrowiński. The Mielecki family, bearing the Gryf coat of arms and...
[Stanisław Poniatowski] - Przemyśl Municipal Office — Extract from the municipal records of the certification by General Bailiff Stanisław Stanicki regarding the service of a summons to Marianna Konopczyna and her children before the Crown Tribunal in Lublin , filed by Anna Krasicka, Castellaness of Chełm, mother of Ignacy, the famous poet. Dated: Przemyśl, March 21, 1753. Signatures of...
SET of calling cards (Axentowicz, Starowieyski, Nekanda-Trepka). Visiting cards. Six pieces. Names include Teodorowa Axentowiczowa (wife of the painter), Rodrique de Nekanda Trepka, Jan Biberstein Starowieyski, and others.In good condition. Slight soiling and stains. 10631/30/u
[Sieradz]. The formal closing ceremony for the academic year at the Sieradz District School will take place on July 19/31, 1839, to which the school inspector, on behalf of the institution, cordially invites government officials as well as the parents and guardians of the students. Kalisz, 1839. Lithograph by T. J. Jenisza, p. [9], 21 cm, printed sheet. Entirely lithographed. Includes the “O...
[Polish Writers' Union] – Card with autographs: Tadeusz Borowski, Stanisław Ryszard Dobrowolski, Gabriel Karski, Leopold Lewin, Maria Pomirowska. No place (Warsaw?), no year (before 1951). The card measures 47 x 35.5 cm and features a pasted-on photographic reproduction of a fragment of Canaletto’s print “View of the Square in Front of the XX Bernardine Monastery in Warsaw” (black-and...
The “Panorama of the Legions” Project, Kraków 1934. The Panorama of the Legions was intended to become one of the largest commemorative projects of the Second Polish Republic. The plans called for the construction of a rotunda featuring a canvas over 100 meters long, modeled after the Racławice Panorama. First, a lack of public funding, and then a shift in priorities following Piłsudski...
[Kraków – Jagiellonian University] – Diplomas: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Surgery, and Master of Obstetrics, awarded to Władysław Bylicki. Dated Kraków, March 22, 1871, March 12, 1874, July 12, 1876. Manuscripts, autographs of Jagiellonian University professors, seals. Parchment, sheets measuring 47 x 62.5 cm, 41.5 x 55.5 cm, 44 x 51.5 cm, and a metal tube 58 cm long with a diameter...
Imperial Decree on the Mitigation of Major Corrective Punishments in the Kingdom of Poland. No place, 1864, no title page, p. 9, 25 cm, period binding. Seal: “Library of the Warsaw Court of Justice” (in Russian). Decree of Tsar Alexander II on the abolition or mitigation of certain punishments in the Kingdom of Poland following the fall of the January Uprising (concerning, among other thin...
Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina (1899–1986), writer and poet – Draft manuscript of the book *Legends of Warsaw*. No place, undated (before 1938). Manuscript, [50] pages, written partly on one side and partly on both sides, of various sizes (most 22 x 17.5 cm), loose, unbound. Handwritten by Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina, a writer, poet, playwright, and essayist, particularly renowned for her works for chi...
[Great Polish Jazz Musicians] – Three postcards (Wojciech Karolak, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Roman “Gucio” Dyląg). Various locations (Malmö, Voss, New York), various dates (1962–1975). Autographed manuscripts, various dimensions, avg. 15 x 10.5 cm. Three postcards related to Wojciech Karolak (1939–2021), an outstanding jazz musician, Hammond organ virtuoso, and collaborator with, am...
SET of business cards (Fr. Długosz, Dr. Włodek, Eng. Lambor). Business cards. Six pieces. Names include, among others, Rev. Władysław Długosz, Dr. Jan Włodek, and Julian Lambor, M.Eng. Four of them have handwritten text.In good condition. One is creased and soiled. 10631/32/u
ID CARD for the glassworks in Prokocim. (General Government). Certificate for an employee of the Kraków-Prokocim glassworks, issued on February 25, 1941. Printed by “Szkolnica,” Kraków. Dimensions when unfolded: 12 x 15 cm. No photograph; otherwise in good condition. 10631/19/u
DWdamaged cover Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland Nazi Camps on Polish Territory1939–1945G E T T Otypescript resembling a manuscript
A rare item on the market. An ID card issued in 1943 to a gunner. The item is in good condition. Dimensions: 7.5 x 11.2 cm.
Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina (1899–1986), writer and poet – Manuscript of the short story “Dziwożony and Marysia from Czarny Dunajec.” No place, undated (before 1958). Manuscript, 23 pages, measuring 28 x 21 cm, loose, unbound. Handwritten by Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina, a critically acclaimed and popular writer and poet. Set in the Tatra Mountains, the short story “Dziwożona and Marysia from...
Floor Plan of Marshal Piłsudski’s House in Oleandry. Józef Piłsudski’s House in Oleandry, also known as the Marshal Piłsudski House of Physical Education and Military Training, was intended to be a massive, symbolic complex and one of the most important modernist representative buildings in Kraków. One of Poland’s most outstanding architects, Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz, was responsible fo...
A document from the beginning of the occupation. The item is in very good condition. Dimensions: 34x21 cm.
[Włodzimierz Pietrzak Literary Award] – Certificate. Dated Warsaw, October 29, 1961. Manuscript with six autographs (including those of Jan Dobraczyński and Aleksander Bocheński). 4 pages, measuring 41.5 x 25.5 cm, unbound [and:] Four photographs from the ceremony. Black-and-white photographs measuring 24 x 18 cm, with Ryszard Rzepecki’s author’s stamps on the reverse; [and:] A letter...
A very well-preserved document issued in Kalisz in 1823. Although Kalisz was located in the Kingdom of Poland, the official certificate we are offering was written on handmade paper bearing a watermark in the form of the coat of arms of the Duchy of Warsaw. This was because the paper was produced at a printing house in Jeziorna (inscription: S.B. JEZIORNA). We highly recommend this item to ent...
Zdzisław Najder (1930–2021), journalist, literary historian, independence activist – Postcard to Prof. Julian Krzyżanowski. Dated Richmond, England, March 2, 1957. Handwritten and autographed (“Zdzisław Najder”). Standard postcard, black-and-white print, measuring 10 x 15 cm. Handwritten by Zdzisław Najder, then an employee of the Institute of Literary Research, later a Ph.D. in Po...
[The Krasicki Family – Dubiecko] — A copybook of Polish translations of the charters granting privileges to the town of Dubiecko. Undated (18th century). Paper, fol. [6], 33 x 19.5 cm, unbound. Polish and Latin. From the Krasicki family archive in Dubiecko, which constitutes one of the most important components of the estates of three prominent families—the Kmit, Stadnicki, and Krasicki ...
18 x 11 cm; Polish. A letter, according to the inscription, addressed to Alfonsyna Dzieduszycka, née Miączyńska, wife of Włodzimierz. Quote: “You will not, Countess, wish to reject the plea of a former [land] citizen (…) who lost her estate as well as her two sons at the vengeful hand of the Moscow Tsarist regime in 1864.” The author goes on to state that she is 85 years old and live...
[Józef Kotarbiński (1849–1928), actor, director, theater manager, journalist] – Autographed card. Card measuring 6 x 10 cm. Autographed calling card: “Józef Kotarbiński.” Kotarbiński, a journalist who contributed to *Przegląd Tygodniowy*, a friend of, among others, B. Prus and H. Sienkiewicz, an actor at the Warsaw State Theaters, and, from 1893, an actor and director at Kraków�...
A baptismal certificate for a child born on December 27, 1825, dated January 14, 1826. The document has tears and areas where the paper is missing. Framed with glass. The document measures 28 cm x 19.5 cm; the frame measures 32 cm x 23 cm x 1.5 cm.
Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska (1901–1997), actress, singer, director, educator, co-founder and director of the “Mazowsze” song and dance ensemble – Letter addressed to Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz. Dated Warsaw, July 17, 1964. Typewritten copy with autograph: “Mira Sygietyńska,” p. [1], written on one side, measuring 15 x 21 cm; [and] Kazimierz Rusinek (1905–1984), journalis...
Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina (1899–1986), writer and poet – Two photographs of the writer with her autographs:those of Benedykta Jerzy Dorys, and Janina Schabenbeck-Mokrzycka; [and:] a card autographed by the writer. Memorabilia associated with the esteemed writer and poet Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina, author of, among other works, the collection *Idzie niebo ciemną nocą*. The lot includes: 1. a pho...
ID CARD. Provincial Industrial Department in Krakow. Identification card for the production manager of the United Factories and Industrial Plants “Zdrowie-Ursus-Akfal-Sanavit” in Kraków, issued on January 23, 1945. Text in Polish and Russian. Dimensions: 14.5 x 9.7 cm. Validity extension on the reverse. Minor creases. Good condition. 10631/27/u
Jurandot, Jerzy (1911–1979), poet, satirist, playwright, husband of Stefania Grodzieńska – Letter to Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina. Dated. Warsaw, November 3, 1970. Manuscript bearing the autograph “Jerzy Jurandot.” Page [1], written on one side, measuring 30 x 21 cm. Handwritten letter autographed by Jerzy Jurandot, author of thousands of stage works and song lyrics, who was already popular...