Books and Manuscripts auctions

On the coins of jesters and innocents a few words by Joachim Lelewel, Bruxelles 1837, in the Printing House of Kalussowski and Company, f. 13.5x15.5cm, p. 30, k. plates 1, COMPLETELY and VERY RARE! This title is, in the original French, the article "Monnaie des fous" , which appeared in "Revue du Nord" 1837 (Lille), vol. 1 (2-e sér.), pp. 346-359, and which was translated into Polish by H. Ka...
Subject of this auction is a comic book from the series Titus, Romek and Atomek by Henryk Chmielewski.The state of preservation, visible in the attached photos, is assessed as very good-/good+.
Polish publications Kalinowski Piotr - Paper Money: Prussia. Part XXIV-XXVI: Gdansk Pomerania, Kalety 2019, ISBN 9788365324672 pages 421-487, format A5, softcover, color photographs. The catalog covers paper money (banknotes and notgelds) in circulation on the territory of Prussia (Provinz Westpreußen, Pomeranian Province, Freie Stadt Danzig). It presents the issue of: banks (central, provinc...
foreign publications Slabaugh Arlie R. - Confederate States Paper Money, Includes currency issued by the Southern States, 10th Edition, Iola 2000, ISBN 0873492684 254 pages approx. A5 format, softcover. For decades, the primary catalog of Confederate States money covering the Civil War period (1861-1865) and the postwar Reconstruction period, both Confederate and Southern states (broken down b...
Polish publications Kopicki Edmund - Illustrated Skorowidz Pienienskich i z Polską Związanych , 4 volumes - part 1 texts and tables, part 2 texts and tables soft binding, 4 volumes in total
polish publications Kowalski Marian - Polish paper money 1794-1994, Warsaw 1994, ISBN 838555887X 222 A4 pages, hardcover, illustrated catalog with historical commentary. Book new, in wrappers. Book published for the 200th anniversary of Polish paper money. Discusses its history from the establishment of the Bank of Poland until 1994. I. Polish paper money until the establishment of the Bank of...
Cajthaml, M.: České chmelové znímky. ČNS Chomutov 2001. Vázáno, 256 str.
polish publications the set includes: 1) Kamiński Czesław, Kurpiewski Janusz - Katalog monet polskich 1587-1632, Warsaw 1990, 2) Kamiński Czesław, Kurpiewski Janusz - Katalog monet polskich 1649-1696, Warsaw 1982, 3) Kamiński Czesław, Kopicki Edmund - Katalog monet polskich 1764-1864, Warsaw 1977 total of 3 pieces
polish publications Comte Emeric Hutten-Czapski - Catalogue de la Collection des Medailles et Monnaies Polonaises, volumes 1-5 /reprint/, reprint of the edition of 1871-1916 2272 pp, 29 plates, cardboard binding, total of 5 volumes in separate bindings, very comprehensive catalog of Polish coins and medals, the most complete study of Polish medals of the 19th century
Żeromski, Stefan (1864-1925) Wierna rzeka : klechda / Stefan Żeromski. Kraków : Spółka Nakładowa "Książka" : chief typesetters S. A. Krzyżanowski ; Warsaw : J. Mortkowicz ; New York : The Polish Book Importing, copyright 1911/1912 [6], 264 pages, [1] sheet of plates; semi-canvas of period, 20 cm; good condition, rubbing and soiling of binding, stamp in text and on last page of supplem...

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foreign publications 493 pages, A4 format, hardcover, nicely published work, with very rich references to the literature, to each item a sample photograph, an extremely interesting item for anyone interested in medieval coins
Collected Poems - Julian Tuwim, , Warsaw 1928, 1st edition, published by F. Hoesick's bookstore, f. 13x18cm, pp. 378, [5] on pre-title page AUTHOR'S DEDICATION to Antoni Potocki [Antoni Michał Emilian Potocki h. Szeliga 1867-1939 - Polish writer and literary critic, brother of Józef Karol]. original publisher's booklet cover preserved, tear at joint of cover and spine at 1/2 length, block lo...

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foreign publications 155 pages B5 format, hardcover lacquered, all coins in the catalog have a drawing, in addition concordance tables, beautifully preserved, on the inside of the front cover pasted ex-libris A J Wilczynski
Lepecki, Mieczyslaw Bohdan (1897-1969) From the Amazon to the Land of Fire : travels in South America / Mieczyslaw Lepecki. Warsaw : People's Publishing Cooperative, 1958. 397, [3] p., [62] f. tabl. : maps ; soft cardboard binding, illustrated, 20 cm; dusty binding, taped wrapper' otherwise more than good condition; numerous illustrations;
Polish publications Paszkiewicz Borys - Silesiorum Moneta, or Silesian Minting in the Late Middle Ages (1419-1526) with a catalog of Silesian, Klodzko and Lusatian coins from 1327-1526; Warsaw - Wroclaw 2021, Bibliotheca Nummaria Leopoldina volume 3, ISBN 9788395967504 465 pages of approx. A4 format, hard varnished binding, several thousand color photographs; extremely comprehensive monograph ...
New universal jeography containing a description of the political state of five parts of the world according to the last treaties and varieties arranged by Walenty Szacfaier, Vilnius 1824, Jerzy Zawadzki by his own imprint, f. 12x20cm, pp. XVI, 818, [6] binding with rubbing and local paper loss, signatures on front and title page, pages 51-74 with local woodworm marks [to the detriment of the ...
Pocket guide of the city of Vilnius for the year 1937/38 with city plan, yearbook I, edition and publishing house of Jozef Kwiatkowski, "Patria" Printing House Vilnius, f. 8.5x12cm, pp. nlb. 64, f. plates 1 [fold-out city plan, f. 39x49cm]. spine of original publisher's cover glued with paper, scribbles on cover, folding plan on back glued with paper locally [in places of folding], tear in pla...
The Commemorative Book of Kolski County. On the anniversary of the tenth anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Poland 1918-1928.Published by the Department of the Kolski Sejmik. Kolo - Lodz Province.Edited by Zygm. Kotkowski, embossed in "Drukarnia Polska" Ludomir Mazurkiewicz i S-ki in Lodz in two thousand pieces. The plates were made at Roman Borkenhagen's Photochemigraphic Work...
[NAPOLEON]. A pictorial chronicle of Napoleon Bonaparte, or pictures of the Hero's battles and deeds of war ; 100 engravings on steel according to the paintings in the Versailles Museum and other monuments, with the addition of historical explanations by PP. Bourienne, Fain, Gourgand, Hugo, Mignet, Norvins, Segur, Thiers and others. By Jan Nep. Bobrowicz. Second edition enlarged with a descrip...
MARCISZEWSKA née KRZYWKOWSKICH MARYA. A noblewoman's cook, also a collection of the most necessary farm news. Such as: arranging cold meat, salting cucumbers, sowing gardens, arranging dairy products, washing underwear, various colored things, gloves, bleaching linen, picking out stains, preserving various things for winter, growing raspberries and vase flowers, as well as various cosmetics b...
Geld in Lettland, 2007 & Livonian Coins 1562-1621, 2002 (2)2007 & 2002. 63 + 44 Pages.
Die Münzen der Vorzeit Livlands, Theil I & II (2)Münzen der Ordenzeit und unter den Köningen.
Aksumite Coinage, 1995S. Munro-Hay, B. Juel-Jensen, London 1995, 285 Pages + Plates.
foreign publications Friedberg Arthur L., Friedberg Ira S. - Paper Money of the United States, 2021, 22nd edition, ISBN 9780871847225 311 pages, A4 format, hardcover, book new, in foil
polish publications 60 plates with descriptions, hardcover bookbinding
James of Voragine (Blessed ; ca. 1228-1298). The golden legend : a selection / Jacques de Voragine ; translated from the Latin by Janina Pleziowa ; the selection was made by Marian Plezia with an introduction and footnotes ; the book decorated by Maria Spain-Neumann. Warsaw : Wydawnictwo Pax, dr. 1956 (year of publication 1955. on p. tit.). LXXXVII, [1], 766, [2] p., [12] f. tabl. : il. ; publ...
Rys histori polskiey od wzniesienie sie monarchii aż do ostatniego upadku i rozbioru kraju z trzech herbami, wizer wizer wizerokami królów i obrazem Polski przez Józefa Miklaszewskiego byłego R.D.A. teraz R.K.C.L., edycya czwarta na nowo przeyrzana i znacznie powiększona, wWarszawie 1829r., in J.Węcki Printing House next to City Hall Nro 463, published by the author, f. 9.5x16.5cm, pp. ...
polish publications Inwentarz Polskich Skarbów Wczesnośredniowiecznych, which collects treasure and coin finds from the years 500-1150, from the area of Wielkopolska, Warsaw 2017, ISBN 9788363760847 954 pages with numerous illustrations, A4 format, hardcover, description of more than 280 finds and nearly 88,500 coins
Kraszewski, Jozef Ignacy (1812-1887) Ulana : a Polesian novel / by J. I. Kraszewski. Vilnius : Glücksberg, 1843. 274 s. ; period linen, 17 cm; rubbing and soiling of binding, block loosened, some pages frayed, soiled, several stamps and signatures on 2 f., on half of surviving front paste-down written in period information about the work; 1st edition;
Bulowski, Leon Kolonje for Poland / Leon Bulowski. Warsaw : by the author, 1932 234, [5] p. ; booklet publ. illustr., 22 cm + Atlas : 16 p. ; rubbing and scuffing of binding, block consistent and clean; illustrations in text, fold-out maps;
polish publications Mateusz Bogucki, Peter Ilisch, Stanisław Suchodolski - Inventory of Polish Early Medieval Treasures, which collects treasure and coin finds from the years 500-1150, from the area of Pomerania, Warsaw 2016 more than 800 pages with numerous photos on boards, description of nearly 300 finds with descriptions of tens of thousands of objects, INCLUDING THE FAMOUS TREASURER FROM...
Jubilee Album by Henryk Sienkiewicz major scenes and characters from Henryk Sienkiewicz's novels in 21 illustrations: Józef Brandt, Józef Chelmonski, Antoni Kamieński, Juliusz Kossak, Wilhelm Kotarbiński, Kazimierz Pochwalski, Jan Rosen, Henryk Siemiradzki, Piotr Stachiewicz and Wincenty Wodzinowski. Third edition, 1913, published by Gebethner and Wolff, f. 27.5 x 35cm, pp. 100, [1], pp. p...
[CHROMIŃSKI KAZIMIERZ]. To His Excellency Monsignor Slepowron Kossakowski Bishop of Vilnius of the Order of S. Alexander Nevsky Knight. On the sixteenth of May 1806 Vet: st: Format 14/20 cm. p. [8]. Broch., ed. [ Text in verse with footnotes ] (W).
The letter reads: Von Gottes Gnaden Rex Friedrich Augustus, König in Polen, Herzog in Sachsen, Jülich, Cleve, Berg, Engern und Westphalen des Heiligen Römischen Reichs Erzmarschall und Kurfürst, Landgraf in Thüringen, Markgraf zu Meißen auch Ober und Niederlausitz, Burggraf zu Magdeburg, gefürsteter Graf zu Henneberg, Graf zu der Mark, Ravensberg und Barby, Herr zu Ravenstein p. Vor Uns...
polish publications Mateusz Bogucki, Peter Ilisch, Stanisław Suchodolski - Inventory of Polish Early Medieval Treasures, which collects treasure and coin finds from the years 500-1150, from the area of Malopolska and Silesia, Warsaw 2013 about 500 pages with numerous photos on boards, description of more than 200 finds with descriptions of more than 30000 items, A4 format, hardcover
Suffczynski, Kajetan (1807-1873) Polish battles and soldiers' adventures / by K. S. Bodzantowicz. Boje polskie Poznan : J. K. Żupański, 1871. [4], XLVII, [1], 415 p. ; half-leather slipcase, 18 cm; condition rubbed binding, us title p. and in text stamps, light soiling; illustrated booklet cover preserved; Concerning the times of the Duchy of Warsaw; On title page, pseudonym of the author, a...
Jubilee book of the Polish prison system 1918- 1928 / [edited by [...] Zygmunt Bugajski et al]. Warsaw : Union of Prison Workers of the Republic of Poland, 1929 332, [2] p., [8] f. tabl. : ill., err. ; publisher's booklet, illustrated, 32 cm; good condition, last 5 pages minor yellowing/staining and back cover larger, otherwise nice and clean copy, block consistent; Commemorative book edited b...
Żukowski, Olgierd Contemporary warships / Olgierd Żukowski. Published Warsaw : Wojskowy Instytut Naukowo Wydawniczy, 1932. & Żukowski, Olgierd Steel sharks : a brief history and description of submarines / Olgierd Żukowski. Warsaw : Military Institute of Science and Publishing, 1931. Physical description. [6], 100, [1] pages : illustrations, photographs ; [3], 87 p., [4] f. plates ; pe...
Okudzhava, Bulat (1924-1997) Poems and songs / Buat Okudzhava ; translation, introduction and editor: Ignacy Szenfeld. Warsaw : "Iskry", 1967. 69, [3] p. ; publisher's booklet, 18 cm; edition 1; edition of 2500+257 copies; author's autograph on pre-title page;
Linde, Samuel Bogumił (1771-1847) Dictionary of the Polish language / by Samuel Bogumił Linde. T. 1 part 1, A-F, T.1 part 2 G-L Warsaw, 1807-1808 [12], XVIII, [60], 668 p., 1 tab tab, [8], 669-1322 p; period half leather, 25 cm; two parts in one volume; several stamps, first three pages creased, one with repair, remainder of block good condition, block consistent and clean; rare item; "The d...
polish publications Frühmittelalterliche Münzfunde aus Polen. Inventar V. Ermland und Masuren, Funde aus Polen 2011-2013, Addenda et Corrigenda / Mateusz Bogucki, Peter Ilisch, Stanisław Suchodolski - Inventory of Polish Early Medieval Treasures, which collects treasure and coin finds from the years 500-1150, from the area of Warmia and Masuria, as well as additions to the other volumes wit...
Vilnius Collective Magazine for the Year 1859 Vilnius, 1859 [2], 175, 158; 63; 40; 41; 39; [2] pp; period half leather, 24cm; good condition, binding abrasions, period stamp and entry on title page, last p. with non-moisture; among others: Outlines of the history of Pagan Lithuania, by J. Jaroshevich; Jozef Sapieha, by J. Bartoshevich; Xiąże Udalryk Radziwiłł, by J. Bartoshevich; Importanc...
REMER JERZY. Vilnius. Poznan [1934]. Polish Publishing House < R. Wegner >. Rotogravure printing by Zakłady Graficzne Biblioteki Polskiej in Bydgoszcz. Illustrations according to photographs by Jan Bulhak. Format 16/21 cm. p. [3] p., 210, [3] p., Opr., publisher, cloth, sand-colored. On the front embossed, colorful coat of arms of Vilnius. On the spine images of : Our Lady of the Dawn Gate, t...
Warta by the Warta - Adolf Nowaczyński, Poznan 1937, f. 14.5x19.5cm, pp. 243, [1] Later binding, hardback, cloth with monogram "Z.K." in the corner of the binding, booklet cover slightly cropped [to the detriment of the text], otherwise the center in very good condition
Andrzej Mikołajczyk, Numismatic Lexicon, 1994, PWN, hardcover, 17.5x24.5 cm, 348 p., very good condition, Complete book, with lots of illustrations of coins and banknotes.
Banknote in near-issue condition with excellent presentation. Minus for the rounding of the lower right corner and the slight crumpling of the upper corner. Variety with an additional watermark in the form of an "X" in the printed field. Joseph Mehoffer's autism banknote with the main watermark in the form of an image of Queen Jadwiga in an unprinted field.
A volume covering paper issues of the World War II period. Banknotes of the Bank of Issue, the Government in Exile, numerous samples, designs, as well as note-like issues. The volume is the rarest on the auction market. 2008 edition, Warsaw264 pagesformat: 25 x 32 cmhardcover with wrapper
Chen-Uei A treatise by the Chinese Mandarin Chen-Uei On women / from Chinese into Russian by Prince Larylov, from Russian into French by A. D. and from French into Polish by I. M.. *** translated. Edycya 2, poprawna. Warsaw : by N. Glücksberg, Xięgarz i Typografa Królewskiego Uniwersytetu, 1822 224 pp; artist's half-leather, 14 cm, embossing and gilt on spine ornaments, joining leather and ...
Catherine II tsarina of Russia: a historical romance / Eugene Zabel ; translated by author. Tadeusz Dropiowski. Katowice : Polski Instytut Wydawniczy, 1931. 344, [3] pp, [25] pp. plates ; period decorated cloth, 23 cm., richly decorated, embossed and gilt, portrait mounted on frontispiece ; good condition, minor rubbing of binding ; overall nice copy; From the preface: "Probably about no woman...
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Dramatic works : in twelve volumes. Vol. 1-12 [complete] / William Shakespeare ; biography of Shakespeare and prefaces to individual works compiled by. Roman Dyboski ; studyum "Shakespeare in Poland" written by Ludwik Bernacki ; selection of translations by Stanislaw Krzeminski. Warsaw : Gebethner and Wolff ; Krakow : G. Gebethner and Company, [1912]. ca 3900 p...
A well-known and respected publication cataloging monastic bracelets. Printer's condition of the item.
This is the second book in a series devoted to the minting of Sigismund the Old, describing the remaining penny issues from the three mints described. As in the first book, here too many collectors may be very pleasantly surprised to see in the catalog a coin from their collection, purchased at one of the numismatic auctions, which in addition may turn out to be a very rare variant.
Chaura, K.: Pražské groše Václava II. Z nálezu u Krakova. NSČS Praha 1942. Numismatický časopis Československý, r. IX. NSČS Praha 1933 Brož.
Eng. Z. Kaminski, Przewodnik dla zwiedzających kopalnię wielicką szkic opisowy z rycinami w tekstcie.Cracow, 1919. published by "Tewuge"; Printed by: Czcionkami Drukarni Związkowej w Krakowie under zarz. J. Dziubanowski.Brochure cover, pp. 31,[1] - including 7 illustrations and maps, format 14.5 x 11.2 cm. Condition: heavily soiled cover with stains, dampstain in upper right corner through...
Pawlikowska, Aniela (1901-1980). Jagnieszka / by A & M. Mediceusow, a to iest pseudonymow malowana y pisana. Jagnieszka abo o Pannie na niedźwiedź iako iachała w Krakowie mieście histhoria osobliwa przed wiekami mnogimi zasłychana... And here I am repeating for the second time that the xiagi tey titul iest Jagnieszka [Medyka] : sumptem "Bibliotheki Medyckiey" ; Lwow : można kupować ...
[ULTIMATE PRINTING]. WYSZYŃSKI STEFAN. Easter wishes sent on official paper with the coat of arms of the Primate of Poland to an individual with handwritten signature, dated : Warsaw - Easter 1972. format 20/29 cm. Printed on 1 side , traces of folding, envelope.
polish publications Kopicki Edmund - Katalog podstawowych typów monetów i banknotów Polski oraz ziem ziem ziemycznie historycznie związane z Polską - tom I Średniowiecze, part 1 monety królów i książąt polskich 960-1501; Warszawa 1974, no ISBN 296 pages A5 format, softcover, fragment of the first comprehensive study of numismatics of Poland and lands historically associated with Pol...
Memoir of the French Revolution abridged by M.B.D'Exauvillez, translated into Polish by K.S.S.D., Vol. I - II - K.T.JOLLY, Vilnius 1844, in the Printing House of A.Dworkin, f. 11.5x18cm, pp. 87, [4], 140, [2] Hardcover, half leather, losses of binding on face and edges, signatures on front and title page and at the end, traces of old dampstains on part of the initial pages, otherwise middle in...
Ex libris from the military library of a regiment from Lviv. A rare item in the trade. Traces of understamping. Preservation condition of the item good. Dimensions 7 x 9,5 cm.
Szklarski, Alfred (1912-1992) Tomek in the land of kangaroos / Alfred Szklarski ; [illustrations by Mieczysław Serwin-Oracki]. Katowice : Silesia, 1957. 245, [3] s. : il. ; publisher's cardboard binding, illustrated, 21 cm; more than good condition, extensive dedication small stamp on preface page; 1st edition; 1 part of a novel cycle. Cover art, pastedowns and illustrations by Miroslaw Serwi...
LIRNIK POLSKI. A collection of poems arranged by Wanda Zeleńska. With engravings by W. Gerson. W-wa 1881. published by Frederick Hösick. Format 14/19 cm. pp. XVI, 372. opr., publ., cloth, red richly decorated with gilt and blackened floral designs on front and spine. Ornamental floral lining. Gilt edges of pages. Minor rubbing to corners and spine edges. Dedicatory entries. A nice piece.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) The Divine Comedy / Dante Alighieri With explanations by the most famous commentators such as Bianchi, Lombardi, Fraticelli, Tomasseo, Blanc, Giuliani, Buti, and others translated from the Italian by J.M. Michael Kowalski Archbishop of the Maryavites with illustrations by Gustavo Dore Plock : M. I. Wiłucka-Kowalska, 1932 [8], 742, [5] s. : illustrations ; period cl...
Polish publications Michal Bishop - Banknotes my passion. Notebook II 1916(1917) - 1923(1924), Kielce 2024, ISBN 9788362509355 116 pages in B5 format, soft cover, over 70 colorful, often enlarged photographs, a collection of treatises on various aspects related to the production and issuance of Polish banknotes. The author presents and describes in detail the issue of banknotes of the General ...
Ex libris from the military library of an airborne regiment from Lviv. A rare item in the trade. Traces of understamping. Preservation condition of the item good. Dimensions 10 x 8 cm.