Books and Manuscripts auctions

Lem Stanislaw - The Book of Robots -. Illustrations by Daniel Mróz -. Edition I, Warsaw 1961 Publisher ISKRY Softcover, small soiling and rubbing of cover. Two library stamps. Other than that, overall condition very good, block consistent, pages clean. Number of pages : 304 Format : 13 x 19 [cm].
Koziołeczek - illustrated by Jan Marcin Szancer Gebethner and Wolff, Warsaw 1946 First Edition. Colorful illustrations on each page. One of the early publications for which Jan Marcin Szancer created the cover and illustrations. " The oldest of the books illustrated by him is Our City - a Polish reading book for second grade students of common schools, published in Lviv in 1935." Publisher's ...
Zane Grey - Sergeant King of the King's Horse - The State of One Man Published by J. Przeworski, Warsaw 1938 Translated by Janina Sujkowska Western - picture novel ( illustration on every other page). Hardcover made on the pattern of the publisher. Block newly sewn. Cards clean. Very good condition. Number of pages : 302 Format : 10 x 12 [cm]. A nice clean piece. Rarity
Sokolowski Jan - Birds of the Polish Territories - Volume I and II - Edition I. PWN Publishing House - Warsaw 1958 The book, despite the passage of years, is considered the best study of the subject of birds on Polish lands Hardcover in cloth with wrapper Block solid, pages clean Condition - very good [light rubbing of the wrapper on the edges]. Number of pages : T. I- 441 , T. II- 569 Format ...
THE FLETTER OF THE ENCOUNTER - According to the text by Walt Disney, written by Wladyslaw Broniewski. Illustrations by Walt Disney, Wiedza Publishing Cooperative, Warsaw 1948 Publisher's hardback binding, new spine and endpapers to match original. Block newly sewn. Clean pages in very good condition. Piece after professional restoration. Very good condition. Number of pages : 70 Format : 21 x ...
Arago Jakob - From Pole to Pole and Two Oceans, travel memories, paintings and sailing sketches Translated by Michal Bohusz Szyszka Published by M. Orgelbrand, Vilnius 1856 Complete volumes one and two . Hardcover, half leather with signboards on the spine. Block consistent, local soiling, yellowing and waving of paper. Overall condition + good Number of pages : 323 + 338 Rare in set.
Ossendowski Ferdynand Antoni - Slaves of the Sun - a journey through the western slope of subtropical Africa in 1925/26, Published by Polish Publishers - Poznań - Lviv 1926 First Edition Hardcover, publisher, decorative cloth designed by B. Czerper. Annotation on title page. Minimal scuffs on cover, very good, almost perfect condition. Number of pages : 503 + glossary + maps Antoni Ferdynand ...
J.K. Rowling -. 1.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 1997, p.223, 2.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 1998, p.251. 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 1999 year, p.317 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 2000, p. 636 Publisher BLOOMSBURY Soft bindings, small soiling and rubbing of cover edges. Overall condition very good. Format : 13 x 19.5 [cm].
Sapkowski Andrzej - Wiedźmin - The Witcher. First book edition - Warsaw 1990 Publisher : The Reporter Agency Cover design by Andrzej Bilewicz Softcover. Copy with corrected printer's error p. 171/172 taped. Overall condition very good, small folds of cover. Number of pages : 238 Format : 12 x 16.5 [cm].
Ossendowski Ferdynand Antoni - Under the Smaganiem Samumu - a journey through North Africa - Algeria and Tunesia Published by Polish Publishers - Poznan - Lviv 1926 First Edition Hardcover, publisher, decorative linen designed by B. Czerper. Note on title page. Otherwise very good, almost perfect condition. Number of pages : 334 + glossary + maps "When I now look beyond myself and see the jour...
An interesting study of paper money from 1957-2012, with photos and rarity grades. Warsaw 2012 edition, 280 pages, hardcover with wrapper, A4 format, 25 x 32 cm.
Mary Fenollosa - Blossoms from a Japanese Garden, London 1913 Blossoms from a Japanese garden with 20 color plates. William Heinemann Publisher's hardcover. Very good condition. Number of pages : 60 Format : 17 x 22 [cm]. " A wonderfully illustrated book of poems inspired by Japan, written for children by Mary Fenellosa, with illustrated binding. This is a poetic work, written with children in...
Tadeusz Meissner - Captain of the Great Sailing - Around the World on the Dar Pomorza with 47 engravings Ksiaznica Atlas, Lviv 1936 First edition. Hardcover bookbinding. Block consistent, pages clean. Set of illustrations, loss of half of the map attached at the end of the book. Other than that, general condition very good. Number of pages : 318 Format : 17 x 24 [cm]. Rarity. "Around the World...
Alexander Dumas - The Count of Monte Christo, T.I-II, Iskry Publishing House, Warsaw 1956, Illustrated and designed the wrappers by Antoni Uniechowski. Hard cloth binding with wrapper. Gluing of the wrapper from the inside paper in the past. Small tears and losses. Block consistent, pages clean, overall condition + good. Number of pages : 492+479 Format : 19 x 25 [cm]. Antoni Uniechowski coat ...
Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland, Warsaw 1955, First Edition, il. Olga Siemaszko Nasza Księgarnia. Hardcover, soiling and rubbing of the cover, block consistent, pages clean. Overall condition + good. Number of pages : 97 Format : 17 x 24 [cm].
Arthur Conan Doyle - Death of Sherlock Holmes, Warsaw - Lviv, 1929 Zaklad Graf. B. Pardecki and Ska First edition. Hardcover, period cloth with titling on spine. Block consistent, very good condition. Number of pages : 398 Format : 13 x 18 [cm]. Rarity.
Wells H.G.. - Tales of Wonder, London 1926 W. Collins Sons & Co.Ltd First edition. Hardcover, period half leather with gilt with School of Tonbridge crest on front face. Decorative pastedowns with pastedown card indicating that the book was a prize for a student of the school. Top page edges gilt. Stamps. Very good condition. Small scuffs. Number of pages : 249 Format : 13 x 19 [cm]. The f...
Louise Arner Boyd - Borderlands - photographs from 1934, Znak Publishing House, Cracow 1991 Contains 155 described photographs, 1st edition. Softcover, small soiling of cover, otherwise very good condition. Number of pages : 25 + 155 Format : 24 x 32 [cm].
Stolen Treasure - comic book, 1st edition, Warsaw 1986 Based on Maciej Kuczynski's novel " Rescue". Cover design and drawings by Jerzy Wróblewski Softcover. Very good condition. Number of pages : 48 Format : 20.5 x 28 [cm]. Nice pieces.
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings -. The Expedition, The Two Towers, The Return of the King Warsaw 1981 Edition II Hardcover cloth with wrappers. Small folds and scuffs of the wrappers. Otherwise very good condition. Decorative colored boards. Second Polish edition, illustrated by Jerzy Czerniawski. Translated by Maria Skibniewska. Number of pages :. 549, 453, 528/ illustrations in the te...
Buczkówna Mieczysława - TOPSI astronauta -. First Edition, Illustrations, Olga Siemaszko, Czytelnik, Warsaw 1961 Hardcover, small scuffs on edges of cover, overall condition very good. Number of pages : 97 Format : 17 x 24 [cm]
foreign publications Friedberg Arthur L. - Coins of the Bible, Atlanta 2004, ISBN 0794819168 110 pages B5 format, hardcover with inset six copies of period coins. A richly illustrated study of coins from the time of Christ. The book accessibly describes, among other things, early coins from the Holy Land region, Jewish coins, coins of the Herodian dynasty, Roman coins from Judea under Roman ru...
Alexander Count Fredro, The Tale of the Three Brothers and the Princess P......, Underground edition, second circulation, ca. 1985 Booklet. Very good condition. Number of pages : 16 Format : 16 x 21 [cm].
Kapitan Żbik - Spotkanie w Kukerite - Wydanie I, Warszawa 1970. Softcover, Overall condition very good. Small folds of the cover. Complete pages. Format: 16 x 24 [cm].
The old man and the flowering trees - a Japanese fairy tale, in Polish in verse by Leon Rygier, Warsaw 1922 Full-page illustrations on separate pages by Henryk Andrzej Lagowski. Printed by Składnica Pomocy Szkolnych. Hardcover, cardboard with illustrations, own stamp on title page. Number of pages : 24 Format : 20 x 27 [cm]. Rarity. Leon Pawel Rygier, alias and code name: Fortunio, L. R., L. ...
Jan Brzechwa - Mr. DOREMI and his seven daughters -. Nasza Księgarnia, Warsaw 1955, First Edition, Illustrated by Jan Marcin Szancer Hardcover, cover scuffs, dedication on pre-title page, pictures cut out from back cover (photo). General condition + sufficient. Number of pages : complete Format : 28 x 29 [cm].
The Book of the Parrot - Illustrated by Jan Marcin Szancer, First Edition, Warsaw 1951 Persian fairy tales edited by M. MARKOWSKA and A. MILSKA Hardcover, very good condition. Number of pages : 39 Format : 20 x 30 [cm]. A nice clean piece.
Hans Christian Andersen - Fairy tales - illustrated by Jan Marcin Szancer, Książka i Wiedza, Warsaw 1990 Hardcover, bookbinding, cloth with titling on spine. Very good condition. Number of pages : 210 Format : 21 x 28 [cm].
Giżycki Kamil - The great deeds of the chimpanzee Byabun the Wise the court advisor of King His Majesty the Lion of Samba the Strong, Warsaw 1960, il. Jan Marcin Szancer Nasza Księgarnia. Negro tales. Hardcover, scuffs and soiling to cover, award dedication on preface page. Overall condition good, center clean. Number of pages : 68 Format : 19 x 28 [cm].
Ficowski Jerzy - Maciupinka - Warsaw 1968, 1st edition, Illustrated by Józef Wilkoń Hardcover, small soiling. Overall condition very good. Number of pages : 46 Format : 19 x 19 [cm]
An interesting study of paper money from 1957-2012, with photos and rarity grades. Warsaw 2012 edition, 280 pages, hardcover with wrapper, A4 format, 25 x 32 cm.
Ossendowski Franciszek Antoni - Shadow of the grim east - behind the scenes of Russian life, Published by the Library of Selected Works, Warsaw 1927 Hardcover, small soiling and undercoverage. Good condition. Number of pages : 153 Format : 12 x 17 [cm].
Karpinski Jan - In the primeval forest Publisher - Nasza Księgarnia - Warsaw 1955 - Edition I The publication is illustrated with photographs of the author , who was for many years the director of the National Park in Bialowieza Forest The book contains short stories from the life of the inhabitants of Pushcha Hardcover publisher with decorative cover Block solid, pages clean Very good condit...
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - The Thoughtful Nobleman Don Quixote of Mancha -. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1955 Complete works Volumes I-II First Polish postwar edition. Includes illustrations taken from pieces published by the Royal Spanish Academy in Madrid in 1780. Hardcover, cloth binding with original wrappers designed by Marek Rudnicki according to drawings by Pablo Picasso f...
R1P3 second yearbook - contains traces of storage - numbers visible in photographs Przegląd Zielarski : organ of the Polish Herbal Association / edited by Irena Turowska. Published Kraków : PZZ, Description fiz. 23 cm. Additional entries Turowska, Irena (1900-1990). Editorial. Polish Herbal Association. Foreword Medicinal plants--Journals. Notes From 1949 format : 30 cm. From 1949 includes c...
Polish banknotes - patterns Volume I and II Author: Czesław Miłczak Publisher: NUMIS POLAND Krzysztof Klitończyk For sale is a set of two volumes of the iconic catalog by Czeslaw Miłczak - an invaluable source of knowledge for collectors and lovers of Polish paper money. Volume I and Volume II contain detailed descriptions and illustrations of Polish banknote designs from various historica...
Marja Rodziewiczówna - Lato Leśnych Ludzi with 6 illustrations by Kamil Mackiewicz Printed by Wyd. Polskie, Poznan ca. 1930 Publisher's hardcover, cover scuffs, paste-up of spine edges with cloth. Block coherent, soiling of a few pages, prize dedication on title page. Overall condition good. Number of pages : 228 Format : 15 x 21 [cm].
Polish banknotes - patterns Volume I and II Author: Czesław Miłczak Publisher: NUMIS POLAND Krzysztof Klitończyk For sale is a set of two volumes of the iconic catalog by Czeslaw Miłczak - an invaluable source of knowledge for collectors and lovers of Polish paper money. Volume I and Volume II contain detailed descriptions and illustrations of Polish banknote designs from various historica...
BOBRZYŃSKI Michał - DZIEJE POLSKI W ZARYSIE Tom I-II. Third enlarged edition. Issued by Gebethner and Wolff, Warsaw 1887-1890. 2 unfolded maps. Dimensions 21.5x15.5cm; pages 376, 387. Half leather binding of the period(rubbed). Foxing- discoloration of the paper characteristic of the era, a few soiling.Good condition.
WILCZYŃSKI H. - 1000 TIPS FOR MOTORISTS What to do if even the best engine goes out ? Composition and printing "DRUKARNIA POLSKA", Warsaw 1935. dimensions 16.5x12 cm; pages 220. illustrations. Booklet; slight soiling, scuffs.
Polish publications Parchimowicz Janusz, Brzezinski Mariusz - Coins of Stanislaw August Poniatowski, Szczecin 2016, ISBN 9788387355845 442 pages A4 size, hardcover, very detailed and richly illustrated catalog of the minting of Stanislaw Augustus, printer's condition, in foil
Monte Cassino [ comic book ], Volume III Screenplay : Tomecki Zbigniew, Drawings : Becla Gabriela Generation Association 2016 Softcover, small rubbing of the cover, very good condition. Number of pages : 160 Format : 21 x 30 [cm].
SAMOWZWANIEC Magdalena - ONLY FOR MEN. Publisher "Silesia", Katowice 1958, 1st edition, illustrated by G. Miklaszewski. Dimensions 20x14.5cm, pages 206. Booklet (bending of the front cover, tears on the spine, some soiling) Traces of dampstaining in the upper margin.
Szarlota Pawel - Kleks i złota rybka - Warsaw 1989, Wydanie I The twenty-third part of the adventures of Jonka, Jonek and Kleks, by Szarlota Pawel. All three are good friends: Jonka and Jonek are two teenagers, while Kleks is distinguished by the fact that he is a fantasy character who drinks ink and has such a body color. Hardcover. Small scuffs. Overall condition very good. Number of pages:...
Frank Herbert - FROM THE WORLD OF DIUNA Heretics of Dune - p.494 Messiah of Dune - p.284 God Emperor of Dune - p.445 Published by Phantom Press, Gdansk 1992 Softcover. Dusty edges of pages. Small scratches on covers and dirt. Overall condition very good. Format : 125 x 190 [mm]. Best Edition
Hearn Lafcadio - Chinese Fables Translated by L.M. Brzozowska Printed by Tow. Akc. Świat, Warsaw 1913 Publisher's hardcover, small scuffs and soiling to cover. Block coherent, stamps. Overall condition + good. Number of pages : 112 Format : 12 x 18 [cm].
RELAX - a magazine of cartoon stories, notebook 3 First edition, Warsaw 1978 Softcover, Very good condition. Complete pages, format : 20 x 28 [cm].
Yershov Peter - Hunchback Horse Nasza Księgarnia, Warsaw 1963 Illustrated by Jan Marcin Szancer Hardcover, cover scuffs, small dirt. Overall condition + good. Number of pages : 91 Format : 21 x 30 [cm].
Kapitan Żbik - Złoty Mauritius - Wydanie I, Warszawa 1971. Softcover, Overall condition very good. Small soiling and a tear at the bottom of the spine. Complete pages. Format: 16 x 24 [cm].
SZCZEPKOWSKI S. - POLICE GYMNASTICS Published by order of the Head of the Municipal Militia of the capital city of Warsaw. Warsaw, Warsaw 1917; illustrations. Dimensions 18.5x12.5 cm; pages 109. Booklet; soiling, scuffs, dampstain, minor fraying of page edges. Ownership stamps
PENTHER Henry - CAR AND MOTORCYCLES. Construction - Care - Malfunctions - Repair. A popular handbook for candidates for Chauffeurs-Drivers-Motorcyclists 30 drawings in the text By- Author's Publishing House, Kalisz 1930. Dimension 17x12,4 cm; pages 113. Booklet cover; slight soiling, scuffs, loss in spine. Signature on title page. Adhered sheet with author's signature.
Polish banknotes - patterns Volume I and II Author: Czesław Miłczak Publisher: NUMIS POLAND Krzysztof Klitończyk For sale is a set of two volumes of the iconic catalog by Czeslaw Miłczak - an invaluable source of knowledge for collectors and lovers of Polish paper money. Volume I and Volume II contain detailed descriptions and illustrations of Polish banknote designs from various historica...
Porazinska Janina - Pamiętnik Czarnego Noska -. Czytelnik, Warsaw 1964, Edition I, Illustrated by Adam Kilian Hardcover, small scuffs on cover, award dedication on front page. Overall condition + good. Number of pages : 108 Format : 18 x 24 [cm].
Leśmian Bolesław - The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, Czytelnik, Warsaw 1965, Illustrations by Janusz Stanny Hardcover with wrapper on pre-title page dedication - not by author. Overall condition very good. Number of pages : 209 Format : 18 x 25 [cm].
Polish publications Kokociński Lech - Witold Korski 1918-2003: Ekslibrisy, medals. Catalog of the exhibition organized on the fifth anniversary of the artist's death, from the collection of the artist's family and Lech Kokociński, Warsaw 2008, no ISBN 90 pages, A4 format, soft cover, edition of 100 pieces
Valerian - agent of space-time - Depths of New York Edition I, Warsaw 2003 Translator: Kroszczyński Stanisław Illustrator: Mezieres Jean-Claude Publisher: Amber Komiks Hardcover, small scuffs and bends in the corners of the cover. Otherwise very good condition. Number of pages : 48 Format : 21.5 x 30 [cm].