Books and Manuscripts auctions

Kurek Antoni - adjunct of the Directorate of Police in Lviv - Dictionary of Thief Speech Third edition revised and expanded. Printed by the author, Lviv 1907 Printed by. A. Goldman Hardcover, contemporary on the publisher's model, the covers decorated with an illustration. Block consistent, underlining. Very good condition. Contains : Translation of thieves' words into Polish words, Polish wor...
Ulaszyn Henryk - Language of thievery, Lodz 1951 Lodz Scientific Society Softcover, front cover and part of spine missing, back cover with loss. Block consistent, pages clean. Overall condition good. Number of pages : 90 Format : 17 x 24 [cm].
Hoppe Stanisław - Polski język łowiecki - podręcznik dla myśliwych, Warszawa 1951 Państwowe Wyd. Rolnicze i Leśne Softcover, spine edge tears, block coherent, overall condition + good. Number of pages : 160 Format : 15 x 20 [cm]
Roman Dmowski, "Germany, Rosya and the Polish Question." Lviv: published by the Publishing Society, H. Altenberg, 1908 (printed by W. L. Anczyc, Krakow). First Edition. Hardcover, 271 pages. This is the first edition of one of Roman Dmowski's most significant works, which, based on a cool analysis of geopolitics, became the basic text shaping the anti-German political direction of the camp of ...
Edward Okuń (1872 - 1945) , Ekslibris of the Warsaw Public Library Society, Warsaw 1907 Cyncotype, sheet size 11.8 x 12.9 [cm]. Very good condition, small edge tear. Signature p.d. tied monogram. Edward Franciszek Mateusz Okuń (born September 21, 1872 in Wólka Zerzeńska near Warsaw, died January 17, 1945 in Skierniewice) - Polish painter and illustrator working in the Art Nouveau style, fr...
ADRESSBUCH der Stadt Schweidnitz [= Swidnica] und der Landgemeinden des Kreises einschl. der Stadt Zobten [= Sobótka]. Ausgabe 1925. schweidnitz 1925. by Hugo Reisse, Buch- und Steindruckerei. 8, pp. V-XXIV, 30431, [1], 20. ory. pp. Lacks front pastedown and first two pages with advertisements, otherwise good condition. Address book of Swidnica and Sobótka.
Polish publications Szparło Adam - Letters of the "little People's Republic". Issues 1974-1993, Olmonty 2022, ISBN 9788396584205 60 pages of A5 format, soft cover, banknote catalog with a breakdown of the series and their rarities, additionally a handy card with a list of the series and their rarities
SITOWSKI Ludwik - Birds of the Pieniny. Kraków 1916; AU. 8, pp. [2], [44]-81. broch. Reproduced from "Reports of the Physiographic Commission of AU". Very good condition. Handwritten dedication of the author to Prof. M. Siedlecki.
Ex libris - Ex libris by Józef Władysław Kobylanski Author : Edward Kieruzalski Technique : woodcut, pastel Format : 12.5 x 16.8 [cm]. Rarity. Józef Władysław Kobylanski (born April 2, 1893 in Busk, died. April 19, 1971 in Warsaw) - Polish Army officer, publicist, activist of the Polish Hunting Association, prominent bibliophile and collector, author of numerous publications on hunting a...
Gramatyka Polsko - Łacińska czyli metoda nauczenia się języka łacińskiego w sześciu miesięcy bez nauczyciela, Kraków 1879 In Kornecki Printing House Hardcover, linen. Overall condition very good. Number of pages : 404 Format : 12 x 18 [cm].
NIEBUDEK Stefan - In the country of black shirts. With a foreword by K. M. Morawski. Czestochowa 1937. by A. Gmachowski and S-ka. 16d, p. 104. broch. Small loss of corner of front cover, otherwise good condition. Handwritten dedication by the author. Composition on cover (with likeness of Mussolini) by Wlodzimierz Lukasik.
BUDZYNOWSKI [M.] - Chronicle of the city of Sambor collected and published to celebrate the 500 year anniversary of the founding of the city of Sambor. Sambor 1891; Nakł. Gmina. Print. Schwarz and Trojan. 8, p. 52. opr. fawn decorated, stained trim. Slight staining of the edges of the cover, otherwise good condition. Stamp. wlasn. (rebound several times). Author identified after the preface. ...
ŚLEŃDZIŃSKI A[lexander] J[an] - Guidebook for arrangers of natural history collections. Methods of stuffing mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, collecting and preserving insects, arachnids, worms and other lower animals, collecting and drying plants, and adopting minerals for collections. With 9 woodcuts. Cracow 1874; printed by. W. Kornecki. 16, s. [4], 99, [3]. Pg. pp. of epoch...
Smooth Christopher - "Munchheimer. History and activities." Original edition. Softcover, 207 pages. A comprehensive study on the history and activities of Munchheimer, richly illustrated and prepared as a compendium for history buffs. General condition as in the photos.
Clothing in Poland. From the earliest times until now. In the manner of a dicionary. Arranged and described by (...). Warsaw 1830. druk. A. Gałęzowski and Komp. 8, f. [2], p. IV, 308, [4], 1 fold-out color plate, psk. period binding. Traces of rust spots on pages, own stamp, fold-out plate partly colored in watercolor. Binding: brown half leather with red signboard. Good condition.
EVANS G[eorge] W[illiam] - Journey to the land of Van Diemen, or Historical, geographical and topographical description of tey island by ..., the chief surveyor of the settlement. Warsaw 1830 - Nakł. F. S. Dmochowski. 16, pp. [4], 222, [1]. broch. A Selection of the Most Interesting and Recent Travels, vol. 5. Wrappers somewhat soiled, page corners partially folded, otherwise good condition. ...
Book written by Roman Dmowski, one of the founders of Independent Poland, "Polish Politics and the Reconstruction of the State". First edition of 1925, published by the Perzyński, Niklewicz and ska bookstore. Book in second clearance, visible damage. Condition as in photos. 25cm x 17cm x 3.5cm.
Der Grosse Brockhaus - " Brockhaus Encyclopedia". - set of 20 volumes, Leipzig 1928 - 1935 Publisher: F. A. Brockhaus Each volume bearing the ex-libris of the Primate of Poland Rev. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski on the front pastedown. Publisher's hardcover, half leather with titling on spine. Small rubbing of covers. Blocks consistent, pages clean. Thousands of illustrations. Overall condition ve...
ANDERS Wladyslaw - Without the last chapter. Memories of the years 1939-1946. Newtown 1949. druk Polsko-Angielskie Zakł. Graf. 8, pp. XV, [1], 447, plate 17. fn. binding. Polonica 206; Fiddler's 5083 (later edition). Lack of wraps, block slightly bent, yellowing of the covers. Gen. Anders' memoirs of the years of WWII. Important source material.
Falski Marian - Elementarz, Warsaw 1969 [ illustrations by Jerzy Karolak ]. Państwowe Zakłady Wydawnictw Szkolnych Publisher's hardcover. Rubbing and soiling of the cover, block coherent, center clean without scratches etc. Overall condition + good. Number of pages : 168 Format : 23 x 20 [cm].
Historya ustroju państwowego Rosyi. Lviv 1906, published by Maniszewski and Kędzierski Bookstore. 8, (small) pp. [4], III, 216, [1], wraps broch. front cover preserved, cloth cover of period, gilt lettering on spine. Unwarranted rubbing of binding, otherwise very good condition. Coat of arms stamp "Biblioteka Radziechowska", on the front cover numerical sticker Bibl. Radziechowska. In conten...
Łabęcki Hieronim - Polish-Russian-French-German and Russian-Polish mining dictionary. With the addition of words relating to mineralogy, geology, chemistry, and the more important ore crafts. Herein a glossary of medieval mining Latin in Poland. Printed by. Karol Kowalewski, Warsaw 1868 Hardcover, half canvass, block coherent, pages clean, overall condition very good. Number of pages : 348 +...
Polish publications Koziczyński Jerzy - Polish Banknotes / Polish Paper Money, Lucow Collection, Volume V (1944-1955); Warsaw, 2010, ISBN 9788392333272 320 pages, hardcover with gilt and wrappers, A4+ format; lavishly illustrated catalog, rarity designation next to each item
TOWPIK Edward - Tinkers of hunting. Warsaw 1996. publishing agency "Agar". 8, p. 62. pamphlet, wraps, card case. Very good condition. Handwritten dedication by the author. Issued in 500 copies, this one No. 49 - one of a hundred numbered copies enriched with a signed copperplate exlibris by M. Kopecki. Publication accompanying an exhibition of books (including other objects) on hunting from th...
JAŁOWIECKI Mieczysław - Former Vilnius and the forgotten people. London 1955. the London Club of the USB Academic Community. 8, p. 16. broch. Polonica 5769. good condition. Memoirs.
Czeslaw Borowczyk (1912 -1995), Ex libris Kazimierz Jaszczurowski, Woodcut, ca. 1950 Format : 7.3 x 9.5 [cm]. Signature in pencil p.d. Cz. Borowczyk Very good condition. Czeslaw Borowczyk (July 9, 1912, Grodzisk Wielkopolski - March 18, Warsaw) was an outstanding graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist. From 1930-1935 he studied at the State School of Decorative Arts and Artistic Industry i...
Chojnacki Władysław - Dictionary of Polish place names in B. East Prussia and in the area of B. Free City of Danzig according to the state of 1941. Publisher of the Western Institute, Poznań 1946 Softcover, small tears on cover, very good condition overall. Number of pages : 183 Format : 16 x 22 [cm]
STASZIC Stanislaw - O ziemiorodztwie Karpatow, i inne gor i rownin Polski. [Warsaw 1816]. Druk. Rządowa. 8, pp. 390, X, tables ff. 6, tables ff. 7, maps ff. 3. psk. period binding, stained trim. Rubbing of covers and spine, minor soiling of pages, taped over tears of some appendices. Missing title page and section D of the four-part geological map. Trace of removal of own signature in two pla...
A herbarium is a Latin herb called a herbarium which describes the names, shapes, origins, effects and powers of all kinds of herbs, trees, shrubs and their roots, flowers, fruits, juices, resins and roots for seasoning food, also liquors, syrups, vodkas, medicines, confections and various wines, resins and roots for seasoning food, also liquors, syrups, vodkas, liqueurs, confections, various ...
[PolishArmy, aviation, Witold Urbanowicz]. A set of documents relating to pilot Witold Aleksander Urbanowicz from the 1960s to the late 1990s from his New York archive. An excerpt from the archive of General Witold Urbanowicz in New York. The documents are grouped thematically in 12 paper folders (e.g., "Moscow," "Makovsky," "Minsk Mazowiecki," "Gotoval," "Consulate"). They contain, among othe...
[KAJETANOWICZ Dionizy] - Renovation and reconstruction of the Armenian Cathedral. Lviv 1908. from the Printing House of the "New Century". 4, pp. 17, plates 1. broch. Wraps slightly discolored and stained, top margin of prefatory page cut off, traces of moisture on lower margin of pages. Numerous illustrations in the text. Under the text author's crypt: "D. K.".
FROSSARD André - "Do not be afraid!". Conversations with John Paul II. French text translated by Anna Turowiczowa. Città del Vaticano 1982; Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 8, s. 309, [2]. Booklet. Slight crease to front cover and first page. On the title page, a handwritten dedication by John Paul II to an unnamed Tadeusz, in memory of their meeting at the Vatican. Dedication signed "John Paul p...
Czernicki Stanislov - Kaszebski Spiewe - Chojnice 1927 Printed by the author, Printing House of the Educational Institution in Chojnice Softcover, spine glued, block coherent, overall condition very good. Number of pages : 64 Format : 16 x 23 [cm] Rarity
HARTLEB Zygmunt - Polish saber, its historical and technical development. With 12 plates. Lviv-Warsaw-Vilnius 1926; Ossolineum. 8, pp. 59, [1], plates 12. broch. Slight loss of corner of preface card, good condition. Notes in pencil. Cont. chapters: Weapons science and conservation of old weapons, Types of weapons, Eastern saber, Damascus steel, Development of the handle, Polish saber, Koncerz...
Tadeusz Gronowski (1894 -1990), Ex libris by Adam Zarzecki, 1923. Color tintype, glue on verso. Good condition, small soiling . Sheet format : 8.8 x 12.9 [cm]. Tadeusz Lucjan Gronowski (born October 5, 1894 in Warsaw, died February 20, 1990 there) - Polish graphic artist, poster artist, painter, book illustrator, architect, designer of postage stamps. He also occasionally made ex-librises. He ...
ŚNIADECKI Jędrzej - Teorya jestestw organicznych. 3 volumes in one. Vilnius 1861. by J. Zawadzki. 16d, pp. XXIII, [1], 377. publisher's pencil-strip binding. Abrasions of the covers, yellowing of the paper in places, small trace of moisture in the spine. "This treatise [first published in 1804-1811] presented a groundbreaking, emerging thesis in the science of the time about the metabolism o...
"Das Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern." Hardcover, 420 pages, richly illustrated. Author Michael Falk dedicates his study to the War Merit Cross - Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern. General condition as in the photos.
CHIARINI A. L[uigi]. - Hebraic grammar arranged and related dilects in Arabic, Chaldean and Syriac briefly explained by .... Translated from the Latin text by P[iotr] Chlebowski. Warsaw 1826. order of the author. 16d, pp. [2], XVIII, [1], 140, plate 1. psk. period binding. Pages XVIII-XXV missing, pages XI-XVII repeated. Bindings rubbed, notations on the boards, otherwise good condition inside...
Rolf Michaelis - "Deutsche Kriegsauszeichnungen 1939-1945: Heer, Waffen-SS, Polizei." Original edition. Hardcover, 136 pages. A detailed study of German military decorations of the 1939-1945 period, covering Heer, Waffen-SS and Polizei, prepared as a compendium for collectors and military history enthusiasts. Overall condition as shown in photos.
MARITIME 1935. 10 gr. We build ships on our own shipyard. Warsaw, [29 VI] 1935. published by the Maritime and Colonial League, "Celebration of the Sea" Committee. Zakł. Graf. Kozianski. Window sticker-brick form. 24.3x16.7 cm. Navy blue ink, printing on thin translucent paper. Two ships at the wharf. Composition by Edmund John. Minor folds and abrasions of the sheet.
ZABOROWSKI St[anislaw] - In the heart of the forest. Hunting pictures. 2nd edition, enlarged. Warsaw 1930, Dom Książki Pol. 8, s. 243, [5]. Pg. pp. of epoch with preserved pamphlet cover. Minor staining of front cover, good condition. Own stamp. Cont. inter alia: Na rojstach litewskie, Na niedźwiedzia, Na łosie, Nad morzem, Na świętego Huberta, Z psami, Fałat i Polesie.
KORSAK Włodzimierz - The year of the hunter. A thing for hunters and nature lovers. With a foreword by Joseph Weyssenhoff. 250 drawings by the author of these 12 on separate plates. Poznan 1922; Nakł. Książnica Narodowa M. Niemierkiewicza i Sp [et al]. 4, pp. 340, [2], IV, [1]. Original fawn binding with preserved brochure cover. Stains and rubbing to covers, front pastedown and frontispie...
Pen sketches. (France 1940 - 1944). (1st ed.). Vol. 1-2. in 1 vol. Paris 1957. literary institute. 8, pp. 302, [1]; 440, [1], co-bound, period fl. binding. Library of Culture. Volume XXII. Traces of yellowish stains on the plywood boards otherwise b. good condition. The diary consists of four parts: Paris before evacuation (May 20-June 11, 1940). Evacuation and stay in Carcassonne and Gruissan...
Merry declamator - a collection of the most beautiful monologues, parodies and humorous poems spoken on stages and stages by the well-known Polish humorist Józef Jaxa - Chamec Issued by J. Kawaler's Printing House in Szamotuly ca. 1930 Softcover, block sewn with string. Small soiling of cover, overall condition very good. Number of pages : 112 Format : 11 x 16 [cm]. Rarity.
DOBOSZYŃSKI Adam - Conspiracies. (Excerpt from the work p.t. "Ustrój narodowy"). Warsaw 1939, Zakł. Graf. P. Szwede. 8, p. 27. broch. wt. with preserved original cover. reb. from "Prosto z Mostu". Oryg. cover broch. crumbled, taped.
DĄBROWSKI Roman - One hundred days of Mussolini. Buenos Aires 1952: Polish Book Depository. 8, s. 323, [4]. Brochure. Polonica 2666. rubbing of rear cover, good condition. Owner's signature. A comprehensive work portraying the silhouette of the leader of the Italian Fascists, completed in 1948, published four years later.
(UNCLE'S BIBLE). The Bible, i.e. the books of the Old and New Testaments, according to the old Latin translation accepted by the universal church and again diligently translated into the Polish language, with the addition of the Jewish and Greek text, and with a Catholic interpretation of the more difficult places, for the defense of the holy faith against the persecutions of these times. By D...
INVITATION to the Cadet Corps Ball No. 1 organized under the patronage of General Stanislaw Haller and Kazimiera Neumann, wife of the mayor of Lviv, at the Officers' Casino on Fredry Street, on February 2, 1923. Hectographed print, double-sided on card form. ca. 22x31.5 cm., folded in half. Maintained in a humorous spirit, invitation print starting with the words: "It is almost customary to be...
DALLMAJER Roman - My memoirs of the uprising of 1863-1864. Written by ... Private of the 1st rota of the "Zouaves" regiment. Leipzig 1912. druk. V. Drugulin. 16d, p. 108, plate 2. original fawn binding. Maliszewski 2948. spine faded, title page missing. copy uncut. Memoirs in prose densely interspersed with verse fragments. Includes, among others: In prison, Conquering the redoubt, On the Amur...
TSCHIFFELY A[imé] F[elix] - From the Southern Cross to the Pole Star. 10,000 miles on horseback through America, from Argentina to Washington. With 30 illustrations and portrait of the author. Warsaw [1935]. Trzaska, Evert and Michalski. 8, pp. [4], 374, [3], plates 16. original cloth cover. decor. Bibliot. Travel, [vol.] 1. Very good condition. Translated by Mieczyslaw Jaroslawski.
Book published by the White Eagle Library in Palestine in 1944. Condition as shown in photos.
FARMERS! Let's swear!!! that if the Jews win at the election we will not buy a penny of goods from a Jew [...]. [Warsaw 1907]. Single-sided print on ark. 24x16.8 cm. Leaflet probably issued before the elections to the Third State Duma. In the further part information that although "pogroms and exceptional laws we do not want", but "insolence we can punish; if they oppose us, they will earn not...
TRIEST Felix - Topographisches Handbuch von Oberschlesien. Im Auftrage der Königlichen Regierung und nach amtlichen Quellen hrsg. Hälfte 1-2. Breslau 1864-1865. w. G. Korn. 8, pp. [2], VI, 640, [12], 641-1288. bound in 2 vols. pp. of period. Abrasions of the covers, repaired tear of the spine of one volume, extreme pages clearly browned, minor soiling inside. Description of Silesian towns in...
WHO are you looking for? Lviv guidebook for 1931 Lviv [1931?]. Eastern Fair. 8, pp. XVI, 107, [5], 159, advertising inserts. broch. Obvious rubbing and folding of the cover, loss of the corner of the front cover, folding of the corners of some pages, a tear in the title page. Numerous handwritten notes on the initial pages. Includes list of streets, squares, offices and institutions, course of...
ZAKOPANE. saturnus (kościeliska valley), Strążyska Valley and Gewont. Tatarczuch 27. published by Jan Fischer in Cracow. Ca 1898. within the composition printed signature "rys. Norb. Salb." With correspondence and stamp. Date stamp illegible. Slight rubbing of corners.
[DĄBROWA Górnicza]. Manuscript "Book of Minutes of Meetings of the Butcher's Guild in Dabrowa" from 1917-1948. Book form. 36x23 cm, pp. 500 (pp. 354-499 unsigned), leather binding, metal hardware. Cards interspersed with string affixed to final card with wax city seal (slightly chipped), mayor's signature there. Minutes numbered consecutively in two sequences: nos. 1-77: 16 III 1917-13 XII 1...
The question of the Jewish race in the light of the theories. With a foreword by D-ra Z. Bychowski. Warsaw 1927. with the fonts of the printing house "Omonuth". Main typesetting: the M. J. Freid and S-ka Bookstore. 8, pp. 53, [1], wraps broch. Orig. published by the Tow. for the Protection of the Health of the Jewish Population in Poland "TOZ". Uncorrected rubbing, soiling and a trace of notat...
TATRAS. A trip to the top of the Tatra Mountains. Tatarczuch 255. art publishing, Cracow. Deposé 1918; NBT overprint in the stamp field. Photo shows Mariusz Zaruski with his companions during a winter passage along the ridge of the Tatra Mountains. Good condition.
Wilhelm Gesenius' Hebräisches und Aramäisches Handwörterbuch über das Alte Testament (Hebrew and Aramaic Handwörterbuch for the Old Testament by Wilhelm Gesenius). Seventeenth edition (Siebzehnte Auflage) of this classic scholarly dictionary, published in Leipzig in 1921. Hardcover, half leather, cover scuffs, block consistent, page edges stained, some trimming of the edges of the first 3...
The Galician Farmer or the Art of Making Money in a Short Time Through Rural and Domestic Farming. A work based on the model of Albrecht Thaer's Farm for Galicia in three parts, as being of great help to landlords, tenants, economic officers, and villagers, as well as to all owners of small farms near towns, practically worked out by the H. G. H. of various economic societies, co-member. Part ...
SZTOLCMAN Jan - The bison, its history, customs and future. Warsaw 1926. centr. Union of Pol. Hunting Associations. 8, p. 104. broch. Abrasions to covers, rust stains at staples, small folds to corners of some pages. Owner's signature. Cover title "The bison, its past and future".
ZAKOPANE- New church in Zakopane, Cross of the Field. Printed by Jan Fischer in Cracow. With correspondence and stamp. Stamp date 27 VI 1898. slight crease in upper corner.
POBÓG-MALINOWSKI Władysław - Akcja bojowa pod Bezdanami 26. IX. 1908. warsaw 1933, Główna Księgarnia Wojskowa. 8, pp. [4], 214, maps ff. 3. broch. Rubbing and tearing of the back cover, good condition inside. The cover was designed by Atelier Girs-Barcz. Description of the attack by the PPS Fighting Organization, commanded by J. Pilsudski, on a Russian mail train carrying money. In an ad...
[HARCERTY - postcards]. A complete set of 7 postcards by Marian Walentynowicz, the proceeds from the sale of which were earmarked for the publication of the Circle of Scouts and Girl Scouts 1910-45. London, XI 1971. On the first postcard St. George - patron saint of scouting. On the others humorous scenes signed in Polish on the back and in English on the view page (e.g., When the tent is too ...