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Main edition published by Gebethner and Wolff, Warsaw 1918, p. 388, dimensions 20 x 25.5 cm, hardcover with a bookbinder’s binding, slight soiling and scuffing on the cover, minor repaired tears in the cloth on the spine, a missing section of the upper margin of the title page has been replaced, provenance stamp: Father Mieczysław Sawicki, a brief note in pen on the title page, a few traces...
Polish Publications Jerzy Koziczyński – Polish Banknotes / Polish Paper Money, the Lucow Collection, Volume VI (1957–2012), Warsaw 2013, ISBN 9788391226151 280 pages, hardcover with gold lettering and dust jacket, A4+ format, illustrations and rarity ratings in the text, excellent illustrations, a sought-after work comprising the sixth volume of the largest collection of Polish banknotes,...
Polish Publications Tomasz Poniewierka – Tymfy Minted During the Reign of John II Casimir. Part I – Bydgoszcz, Knight Press 2025, ISBN 9788011071356 53 pages, A5 format, softcover, in mint condition. The first part of the “Guide” catalogs 129 variants of tymphs struck at the Bydgoszcz mint between 1663 and 1666. Each entry is accompanied by an enlarged photograph, including, among othe...
Polish publications Szymczyk, Maciej (ed.) – Treasury Notes from the Time of the Kościuszko Uprising, Duszniki-Zdrój 2024, ISBN 9788360990773 123 pages, format approx. 21 x 21 cm, softcover. The first contemporary catalog of its kind describing banknotes from the time of the Kościuszko Uprising. The catalog presents, among other things, the economic situation of the Polish lands in the se...
Polish publications Tomasz Poniewierka – Medals Minted During the Reign of John II Casimir. Part II – Kraków, Knight Press 2025, ISBN 9788090975811 51 pages, A5 format, softcover, mint condition. The second part of the “Guide” catalogs 181 variants of thyms struck at the Kraków Mint between 1663 and 1666. Each entry is accompanied by an enlarged photograph, including, among other thi...
Konrad NIKLEWICZ - HOME PRODUCTION OF VODKA, LIQUEURS, CREAMS, RUM, AND ARRAK Published by Gebethner and Wolff, Warsaw 1899. Dimensions: 19x12.5 cm, 176 pages. Hardcover, bookbinder’s binding, half-leather. Five-field spine, concisely embossed, gilded title lettering. The original paperback binding is preserved inside. Colored page edges. Pages inside are clean. Illustrations and tables in t...
Foreign publications Koppatz, Jürgen – Banknotes of the German Reich, Berlin 1983, no ISBN 168 pages + illustrations, hardcover, richly illustrated
A book published by the “Ignis” Publishing Society in Warsaw in 1922. Softcover, 18 cm x 12.5 cm, 143 pages. Condition as shown in the photos; the front cover and spine are missing, and the pages are partially loose.
Polish publications Piotr Kalinowski – Paper Money: Prussia. Parts VI–IX: Greater Poland, Kalety 2018, ISBN 9788365324559 pages 138–190, A5 format, softcover, color photographs.
The book *Catalog of the Faleristic Collection of the Crosses of Valor* by Mariusz Pecio, a 210-page publication, is an excellently compiled catalog dedicated to the Crosses of Valor. The book stands out not only for the excellent quality of its photographs but also for its exceptionally reliable and substantively rich descriptions. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
Znak Publishing House, Kraków 2011, p. 434, dimensions 14.5 x 21 cm, hardcover, hand-signed by the author, in very good condition. Mario Vargas Llosa, born Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa Marqués de Vargas Llosa, born March 28, 1936, in Arequipa, died April 13, 2025, in Lima—Peruvian writer, journalist, thinker, and politician. Winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature.
A 4-volume set of the book “Coats of Arms of the Polish Knighthood,” published by the Kórnik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kórnik in 1988. The series includes a catalog, history, and information about the coats of arms. Hardcover, size 17 cm x 12.5 cm, 1,136 pages total. Condition as shown in the photos.
Title: The Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris. Author: Victor HUGO (1802–1885) [the most prominent writer of French Romanticism, poet, playwright, member of the French Academy] Translation and Foreword: Józef Tokarzewicz (1841–1919), pen name Hodi [participant in the January Uprising, political émigré, journalist] Publisher: Published and printed by Salomon Lewental, Warsaw Year of publicat...
Issue No. 279 of the series “The Great Lexicon of Armaments: September 1939,” covering Polish military dog tags and uniform buttons. Inside, there are many photos and illustrations. Softcover, 24 cm x 17 cm, 64 pages. Condition as shown in the photos.
Commemorative edition. Vol. 1–4, printed at the J. Unger Printing House, the Jeżyński Brothers Printing House, and the J. Jeżyński Printing House, Warsaw, 1884, pp. VIII, 380, 510, 422, 674, dimensions 20 x 27.7 cm, bookbinder’s covers, half-leather, gilding and binding tape on the spines; the books contain notes by Prof. Tadeusz Ulewicz in the form of handwritten pencil marginalia, st...
Foreword by Kazimierz Czachowski, Eugeniusz Kuthan Publishing House, “Library of Polish Prose Writers” series, Warsaw–Kraków, 1947, p. 234, dimensions 16 x 22 cm, softcover, illustrations and vignettes by Bronisław Linke, some pages uncut, slight soiling and scuffing on the cover margins, pages clean.
Instytut Zachodni, Poznań, 1953, p. XCIV, 652, softcover, handwritten dedication to Prof. Tadeusz Ulewicz, good condition, slight wear on the cover and minor cracks in the spine. Tadeusz Ulewicz was born in 1917 in Radom and died in 2012 in Kraków. He was a literary historian and professor of Old Polish literature at Jagiellonian University. One of the foremost experts on the works of Jan Ko...
The poems were selected by Stefan Placek, Director of the Film, Music, and Literature Club in Wrocław; handmade paper and printing: Historic Paper Mill—Museum in Duszniki, Duszniki Zdrój, p. 30 (unnumbered pages, printed on one side only), cover made of handmade paper, print run of 500 pieces, the volume is hand-bound; the binding is visible on the front and back covers; minor soiling and ...
Title: Letters on the Education of an Aesthetic Person, or Treatises […]. Author: Friedrich Schiller [Friedrich Schiller] (1759–1805) [German poet, playwright, and philosopher; a leading representative of Weimar Classicism and, alongside Goethe, the most outstanding figure in German literature at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries] Publisher: Printed by Jan Dietrich, Warsaw Year of pu...
Published by Gubrynowicz and Schmidt Bookstore, Lviv, 1892, p. XLIV, 300, dimensions 14 x 20 cm, cardboard bookbinder’s cover with a cloth spine, soiling and scuffing on the cover, traces of a paper sticker on the spine, in the margin of the title page, a catalog number written in pen and a handwritten note in pencil (the name of the author of the foreword), minor soiling and discoloration o...
Volume 4, *Dziady*, a photolithographic edition based on the first printing of *Dziady*, Part III, from 1832, Ossoliński National Institute, Wrocław, 1967, p. 288, XIV, dimensions 11 x 17.5 cm, softcover, handwritten dedication by Stanisław Pigoń (author of the afterword) to Prof. Tadeusz Ulewicz, good condition, cover and pages clean. Stanisław Pigoń was born in 1885 in Kombornia and di...
Title: The Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, first issued by His Majesty King Sigismund III in Kraków in 1588, [...] and now reprinted for the fifth time [...] Augustus III [...] [The Third Statute of Lithuania]Issuing Authority: The Sejm and the Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (edited under the supervision of Vice-Chancellor Lew Sapieha)Publisher: Antoni Marcinowski’s Pr...
Ireneusz Banaszkiewicz - "Catalog of Eagles from the Collection of Ireneusz Banaszkiewicz," Volume 2 Inside, there is a handwritten dedication by the author, along with the date: October 15, 2023 Częstochowa 2023
An atlas published by Księgarnia M. Arcta in Warsaw in 1920. Softcover, 30.5 cm x 30 cm, 14 pages. Condition as shown in the photos.
Title: Notes on Polish Conspiracies and Uprisings. Parts I–X. A three-volume set bound together.Author: Mikołaj Berg [Nikolaj Vasil'evič Berg] (1823–1884) [Russian historian, civil servant, journalist, and translator]Translation: from Russian.Publisher: A. T. Jezierski Printing House, WarsawYear of publication: 1906. First edition in this translation.Format: 18 cm.Volume: Parts 1–3: 50...
Czytelnik Publishing House, Warsaw, 1963, p. 44, dimensions: 12.5 x 19.5 cm, softcover with dust jacket, dedication by the author, accompanied by a poem handwritten on a napkin, slight soiling and creases on the dust jacket, minor loss in the upper corner of the dust jacket, pages clean
Polish Music Publishing House, Fryderyk Chopin Society, Kraków 1960, p. 294, dimensions 13 x 20 cm, softcover with dust jacket,handwritten dedication by the author to Prof. Tadeusz Ulewicz on the front endpaper, and a separate card included with a dedication and autograph by Franciszek German; slight scuffing and creases on the dust jacket, minor creases on the spine of the cover, slight soi...
Zygmunt BOCHEŃSKI - POLAND IN THE FACE OF *MEIN KAMPF* AND HITLER’S PLANS Published by Stanisław Zawadzki, Poznań 1939. Dimensions: 17x24 cm; 32 pages. Paperback; slight tears on the pages; one repaired page; minimal soiling.
Polish publications Jarosław Dutkowski - The Gold of the Wasa Dynasty, Volume I, Gdańsk 2015, ISBN 9788392745396 544 pages, B5 format, hardcover, shrink-wrapped (as printed), a richly illustrated catalog of the Wasa dynasty’s gold coinage
Memories of Youth, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1957, p. 288, dimensions: 15 x 21 cm, softcover with dust jacket; on the inside front cover, a handwritten dedication by the author to Prof. Tadeusz Ulewicz; in good condition, slight soiling on the back of the dust jacket; pages clean. Stanisław Pigoń was born in 1885 in Kombornia and died in 1968 in Kraków. A historian of Polish literatur...
Including Fr. Makowski’s sermon at the funeral of the aforementioned Prince Birkowski, published by Wydawnictwo Biblioteki Polskiej, printed by the “Czas” Printing House, Kraków, 1859, pp. 24, 34, 20, 86, 52, 20, 38 (sermons numbered separately), dimensions 13.5 x 21.5 cm, softcover, provenance stamp (T. Teodorowicz) on the cover and title page, soiling, creases, and stains on the cover...
Title: Letters from Africa: in two volumes with numerous illustrations in the text. Vol. I–II. Complete set. Author: Henryk SIENKIEWICZ (1846–1916) [novelist, short-story writer, journalist, editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper “Słowo,” winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature] Publisher: Published by the Administration of “Słowo,” Warsaw. Printed by K. Rubleszewski, Warsaw...
Polish publications Jarosław Dutkowski – The Gold of the Wasa Dynasty, Volume II (John II Casimir, Courland, Prussia, Brandenburg, Livonia, and Medals), Gdańsk 2016, ISBN 9788392745396 560 pages, B5 format, hardcover, shrink-wrapped (factory-sealed), a richly illustrated catalog of the Wasa dynasty’s gold coinage
Roman Dmowski - The Coup FIRST EDITION Warsaw 1934, published by Spółka Wydawnicza Warszawska M. Niklewicz, J. Załuska i S-ka, p. XII, 494, 20 cm, half-cloth binding. Slightly worn cover; the first few pages have a section cut out, with no loss of text.
Polish publications Jarosław Dutkowski - The Gold of the Wasa Dynasty (Gold während der Wasa-Dynastie), Volume III (Silesia / Schlesien), Gdańsk 2017, ISBN 9788392745396 660 pages, B5 format, hardcover, shrink-wrapped (factory-sealed), a very important—groundbreaking—study of Silesian gold coinage, containing descriptions of nearly 1,000 items illustrated with approximately 2,500 photog...
Maurice DEKOBRA - WHEN YOU BECOME A COURTESAN... (Tu seras courtisane) A Handbook for Beginner Camel Ladies Panteon Publishing House, Kraków-Warsaw. Dimensions: 21.5 x 15 cm; 131 pages. Softcover (stains, scuffs, wear, frayed edges on the cover). The book block is cracked, and the pages are loose. Signed in pencil.
Published by the Polish-Czechoslovak Society, Poznań, 1938, p. 62, dimensions 14.5 x 20 cm, softcover with a bookbinder’s cover; the original publisher’s cover has been glued to the front of the binding; in good condition, with minor discoloration on the cover; pages clean. The work examines the political tensions surrounding Slovakia in the face of Czech centralism and pressure from Germ...
A monograph on the eagles depicted on the caps of forestry service employees from the time of the Russian Partition to the Third Republic of Poland. Includes numerous photographs. 64 pages. The condition of the book is shown in the attached photos.
Translated by Zdzisław Żygulski Jr. and Agnieszka Whelan, Polish Institute of World Art Studies & Tako Publishing House, Sources for the History of Art, Vol. I A, Warsaw–Toruń, 2015. p. 206, dimensions: hardcover, includes a facsimile of Izabela Czartoryska’s diary *Tour through England* (the manuscript is owned by the XX. Czartoryski Foundation), in very good condition.
MACHIAVELLI - MANDRAGOLA, OR THE FERTILITY DRINK Published by J. Sidorowski’s Printing House, Warsaw, 1924. Pages inside are clean. Paperback binding (scuffs, soiling), soiling on the pages inside. Dimensions: 17 x 11 cm; 79 pages.
The world's most famous monograph on the German Knight's Cross from the Third Reich era. Extremely detailed descriptions, photographs, and close-ups of the insignia. 411 pages. Condition shown in the attached photos.
Polish publications Paszkiewicz, Borys – *Silesiorum Moneta*, or Silesian Coinage in the Late Middle Ages (1419–1526), with a catalog of Silesian, Kłodzko, and Lusatian coins from 1327–1526; Warsaw–Wrocław 2021, Bibliotheca Nummaria Leopoldina, vol. 3, ISBN 9788395967504 465 pages, approximately A4 size, hardcover with a glossy finish, several thousand color photographs; an exception...
The Society of Polish Bibliophiles in Warsaw, printed by Gebethner and Wolff, Warsaw, 1924. p. 16, dimensions 13 x 20.5 cm, softcover, print run of 45 numbered pieces, this one no. 37, designed and typeset by Adam Półtawski at the Wł. Łazarski printing house, handmade paper, hand-signed by the President of the Society of Polish Bibliophiles, slight soiling and crease marks on the cover, mi...
Title: Sacred Relics of Kraków. Illustrated with 102 engravings. Author: Antoni KLECZKOWSKI (1856–1899) [Krakow bookseller, publisher, and writer] Publisher: Published by A. Napierkowski, printed by W. L. Anczyc and Company, Kraków Year of publication: 1883 Format: 17 cm Volume: [8], 482, [20] pp. : ill. 102 woodcuts in the text and on separate plates. Binding: decorated cloth One of the m...
A business directory published by Atar Publishing House in Łódź in 1927. It contains a wealth of information about companies operating in various cities in pre-war Poland. Hardcover, 520 pages, 24 cm x 18 cm. Condition as shown in the photos.
THANKS TO WHOM AND WHAT DID WE WIN IN 1920? Ministry of Military Affairs, Military Institute of Science and Education, Warsaw 1936. Includes illustrations and a map of Poland. Dimensions : 17 x 12.5; 48 pages. Original paperback binding. Very good condition.
A reprint of the original 1851 book, published in Warsaw in 1991. This item includes the book along with two supplements. Hardcover, 16.5 cm x 12.5 cm. Condition as shown in the photos.
Title: Our Lady of Sorrows, or A Translation of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Which Caused Sorrow to His Holy Mother: Useful to People of Every Station in Life, for the Improvement of Their Lives, the Acquisition of Virtues, and Spiritual Comfort, and Especially Useful to Preachers, Teachers, and Clergy [...]. Vol. IAuthor: Marcin HIŃCZA [Polish Jesuit, theologian, and ascetic writer ...
Title: Collection of Polish Medals and Those Relating to Polish History from the Reign of Stanisław August [...]. Volume IV. [Catalog of Stanisław August-era medals, covering items 485 through 636].Author: Ignacy ZAGÓRSKI (1788–1848) [Polish numismatist, collector, civil servant, and bibliographer]Publisher: Published by Count Edward Raczyński (printed by Henryk Richter’s Printing Hous...
The book consists of numerous fold-out maps of various sizes showing the movements of Polish and German troops during the September Campaign. At the end is a fold-out diagram of the structure of the Polish cavalry and infantry brigades. Softcover, size 24 cm x 16.5 cm. Condition as shown in the photos.
Published through the efforts of the family, by the Ossoliński National Press under the management of Juliusz Birkenmaier, Lviv, 1892, p. XXXVI, 578, dimensions 20.5 x 28 cm, hand-bound cloth cover (F. K. Sikorski Bookbinding Workshop in Grudziądz), on the title page , a handwritten note: a gift from Prince Leon Sapiecha to the Grudziądz City Archives in 1925, and an addendum stating “com...
F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1864, p. 366, dimensions 10 x 14 cm, original hardcover with gilt lettering on the front and spine, gilt edges; in very good condition; cover and pages clean.
Title: Polish Decorative ArtAuthor: Jerzy WARCHAŁOWSKI (1874–1939) [art critic, journalist, promoter of arts and crafts, co-founder of the Polish Applied Arts Society]Publisher: J. Mortkowicz Publishing House, Warsaw (printed by: W. L. Anczyc & Co. Printing House, Kraków)Year of publication: 1928. First edition.Paperback cover design: Prof. Wojciech Jastrzębowski (1884–1963).Format:...
with a foreword by J. A. Święcicki (with illustrations), Granowski and Sikorski Printing House, “Library of Selected Works” series, no. 101, Warsaw 1899, p. 158, dimensions 12 x 18 cm, cloth-bound cover; on the inside front cover , an Ex Libris of Stanisław Estreicher— a zinc engraving by Stanisław Dąbrowski; on the inside back cover, a handwritten dedication to Stanisław Estreich...
Title: The Deluge. Volumes I–III. Complete Set. Author: Henryk SIENKIEWICZ (1846–1916) [novelist, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (1905), author of the Trilogy] Publisher: Hipolit Wawelberg Publishing House, Warsaw Year of publication: 1897. The Writings of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Vol. III–V. Anniversary edition. Format: 19 cm. Volume: Vol. I: [4], 312 pp.; Vol. II: 391 pp.; Vol. III: 278...
A book published by Von Borowiecky in Warsaw in 2000. A comprehensive volume describing the crimes committed by Ukrainians against the Polish population living in Volhynia. Hardcover, 24.5 cm x 18 cm, 997 pages. Condition as shown in the photos.
Published by Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, printed at the Toruń State Printing Works under the direction of Jan Karolczak, Toruń 1948, p. 56 (pages with woodcuts are unnumbered), dimensions 18 x 25 cm, original cover, good condition, slight soiling and creases at the corners of the cover, minor soiling and wear on the spine, pages clean.
Title: In the Footsteps of the Emigrants: Memoirs of a Journey Through Brazil, Undertaken at the Request of the Galician National Department. Vol. I–II in 1 vol. Author: Józef SIEMIRADZKI (1858–1933) [geologist, paleontologist, professor and rector of the University of Lviv, traveler, and researcher of Polish emigration to Brazil] Foreword: Julian Ochorowicz (1850–1917) [psychologist, p...
Published in German, *Illustrated Lexicon of Weapons from World War I and World War II*, published in 2001. It presents individual and crew-served firearms, as well as sabers, daggers, and trench knives. Numerous, detailed photographs. Pages: 256. Condition shown in the attached photos.
Title: The Intellectual Revolution in 18th-Century Poland: Historical Studies. Author: Władysław SMOLEŃSKI (1851–1926) [historian, professor at the University of Warsaw, leading representative of the Warsaw School of History, scholar of the history of the Polish Enlightenment] Publisher: Br. Rymowicz, St. Petersburg; G. Gebethner & Co., Kraków Year of publication: 1891. First edition...
Title: Three Studies. Author: Maria KONOPNICKA (1842–1910) [poet, short-story writer, literary critic, advocate for women’s rights and Polish independence] Publisher: Gebethner and Wolff, Warsaw Year of publication: 1902 Format: 18 cm Volume: [4], 305, [2] pp. Binding: Period half-leather, with visible wear. Maria Konopnicka is widely known primarily as the author of *Rota* and a poet whos...
A reprint, likely from the period of the Polish People's Republic, of a book published by the Institute for the Study of Modern Polish History in Warsaw in 1930. Inside are black-and-white maps (the original also featured red lines). Hardcover, 22.5 cm x 16 cm, 223 pages. Condition as shown in the photos.