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Apteczka Lekarstw Domowych : Ktore każdy człowiek maiąc w niebytności Medyka snadno poratować zdrowie może : Tak z herbół iako też y z zwierząt bardzo doświadczone, tak dla Ludzi iako y dla bydła, Zebrana współoprawne z rękopisnymi zapiski lekarza z XIX wieku/ Lublin 1757/ druk. Jesuits/ binding in full leather by Jerzy Budnik/ [54] unnumbered pages, [59] unnumbered manuscript p...
20 cm, pp. 262, [2], illustrations, library pp. binding. Piece no. 620. on the title p. record number, on the back of k. tit. and on the last one stamps of the bibl. Pages clean, overall good condition. including A collection of short stories, some of which were written in the 1920s, including the oldest story "July Night". Volume dedicated to Józefina Szelińska. It is one of the most outsta...
Printer's condition of the item Published in London 2000 Binding : hardback. Pages : 532
20 cm, pp. [4], 234, [1], illustrations, p. f. o.b. Good condition. Cover illustration signed J.Tom. Series: Library of Sparks, vol. 24.
A well-known and respected item.
Fischer-Dückelman Anna/ The Woman Domestic Physician. A physician's handbook for nursing health and treatment in the family, with special reference to women's and children's diseases, midwifery and child nursing/ Vienna 1909/ by Anna Arming, Wilhelm Arming Wwy circulation and export bookstore/ cloth binding, original publisher's cover pasted on front cover face, gilt titling on spine, stained...
29.5 cm, pp. 23, color illustrations, wrappers. ownership signature on title p., 1 card taped, otherwise good condition.
20.5 cm, pp. 133, [3], illustrations, original cover. Cover glued with tissue paper, with registration sticker, folds loose, otherwise good condition. Cover, illustrations and layout graph. Atelier Graf. Girs-Barcz in Warsaw.
24.5 cm, p. [42], color illustrations, original cloth binding. Very good condition. A beautiful piece. 7th edition.
22 cm, p. 100, f. nlb 5, 12 fold tabs, cloth back cover. Stamps on the endpapers and on the last sheet, otherwise good condition. Contents: Part one: Theory of making beer. On the making of malts. On the sugar element. About vinney fermentation. Part two: About the malt house. About the drying room. About the composition of malt. A vat of malt. About the cold room. About the winney vat. About ...
Typographer J.K.Mć. 17 cm, pp [6], 206, [12], cloth binding not much later; spine damaged, first 3 pages and last 14 with traces of flooding; on front pastedown handwritten entry:"received from my grandfather Antoni Migdalski d 16 VI 1888 J.Migdalski", on title p. stamp: Rudolf Rozwadowski. After k. title. print. dedication of the author To [...] Xięzna [...] Anna z Xiążąt Sapiehow Jabło...
15.5 cm, pp. LXI, 540, 19 maps, 8 plans, 1 fold. map, original publisher's cloth binding, ownership signature on title page. With a set of maps and plans of the cities of Lviv, Yaroslavl, Przemyśl, Lublin Zamosc, Lutsk, Ternopil, and Stanislawow. Very good condition. Two volumes were published, in addition to the one offered here, the first to appear was: Northeastern Poland, 1935.
20.5 cm, pp. 369, [14], pp. binding, period. On title p. stamp: Roman Jasielski. Bookstore. Stanislawow. ex. no. 680. good condition. Edition 1 appeared at the end of 1938, already dated 1939. A continuation of the novel The Fifth Stage.
Polished by Włodzimierz Topoliński. 20 cm, pp. VII, 231, [1], illustrations, p. f. oryg. illustrated cover signed J.Tom. Good condition. Series: Iskier Library.
Kromer Marcin/ De origine et rebus gestis Polonorum Libri XXX. Recogniti ab autore. Vna cum funebri eiusdem authoris Oratione, Sigismundi Regis uitam compendiose complexa & aliquoties iam prius edita. Accessit modo iudicium Francisci Robortelli Utinensis, de authore et libro/ Basileae (Basel) 1558/ Printed by Ioannes Oporinus/ period binding, leather-covered board with embossing, later har...
Dimension: 39.5 x 26 cm, frontispiece (copperplate signed: Andr[eas] Stech delin. 1670, L[ambert] Visscher sculp. 1674), 1 k. title, p. [34], 195, p. [11], XXV, p. [1]: Errata, 1 eng. in text, 8 plates; 1 k. tit., p. [2], 101 plates ( incl. 1 ff.); period leather binding: marbled leather, 7-poly spine with maroon signboard with gilt titling, gilt decoration, page edges stained maroon. Print pe...
29 cm, pp. 24, color illustrations, original pg. binding. good condition. Issue 1.
Lipsius Justus/ The Reasonable Council in the leaning Oyczyzna to fall to the reasonable citizen to save himself given. To iest: Justa Lipsius's two books on bravery and constancy of mind in the year 1599, when once Belgium's entire misfortune was destroying the whole country in the Latin language; and now again, despite the darkness of the same age, a translation iasniey iasciey and czysciey ...
Lit. art. by W. Główczewski, Warsaw. 27 cm, f. nlb. 12, color illustrations, pp. oryg. Binding slightly damaged, block loose, pages clean. On the binding the date of issue 1925. Rare.
Polish Kantor Calendar - M & L 1866 ( Lviv) ? - 19th century office calendar ] A complete three-section cantor calendar ( the word comes from the French comptoir, which means counter, abacus or office, and also from the word "office" or "cantor", suggesting its use in office, commercial and administrative environments). The calendar complete, consists of three sections - the names of the m...
Font. Polish printing house in Kyiv. 19 cm, pp. 158, [1], outer cover preserved, cloth binding, gilt titlepage on spine. Good condition.
Twain Mark/ Adventures of Huck. Translated from the original by T.Prażmowska. With a preface by J.A. Święcicki/ Warsaw 1898/ Bibl. Dzieł Wyborowych/ first edition/ art binding by Jerzy Budnik, half leather/ vol.I-II, set/ p.208;183/ very good condition, collectible Artistic binding by Jerzy Budnik (on the leather overlapping the back cover the signature INTROLIGATOR- Jerzy Budnikreflected ...
Mościcki Henryk/ Under the sceptre of the tsars/ Warsaw 1924/ Instytut Wydawniczy Bibljoteka Polska/ publisher's binding, green decorated cloth, gilt titling on the front and spine, stained upper page edges, patterned boards/ p.294/ black and white illustrations on separate pages/ very good condition-, slight rubbing at edges of binding, ownership signature on front pastedown, some soiling to...
Translated from French and supplemented with brief geographic and statistical notes on Poland and its inhabitants by Heinrich Elsner. 21.5 cm, pp. 112; 113-224, 4 tab. copperplates: including title page; [1], 225-328; 96; 97-192; 193-288; [1], 289-344, 8 tab. copperplates, Seven volumes: original publisher's covers, each with vignette. Z. 1 with rust spots on cover, other covers clean. Pages i...
Amsterodami 1607 Exusum in aedibus Iudoci Hondij. Editio Secunda qua et ampliores descriptiones et novae Tabulaae Geographicae accesserunt. Parts 1-2 [of 3-4] in 1 vol. folio: 48 cm, title sheet, pp. [6], 2 k: portrait of Mercator and Hondius. Errors in pagination. p. [10], p. 177 (including 65 maps: colored copperplate engravings), p. [12]: Index. Renaissance, knurled, parchment binding: six-...
Englert Juliusz L./ Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Commander - Chief of State - First Marshal of Poland/ London 1991/ publisher's cloth binding, gilt quote by J. Pilsudski on front cover face. Gilded titling on spine/ pp. 260/ numerous black & white and color illustrations/ very good condition-, slight rubbing on edges of binding, lightly soiled top edge of pages Piece bears personal dedicatio...
29 cm, pp. nlb. 16, color illustrations, wrappers very good condition. Issue 1.
Skarszewski Leszczyc Wojciech/ Uwagi polityczne imieniem stanu duchownego do Zbioru praw polskich podane roku 1778/ Kalisz 1778/ w Drukarni J. K. M. y Rzeczy-pltey/ binding booklet/ p.[4],138/ good condition, paper loss on the spine, small traces of a worm on the first two unnumbered pages. Text clean, unfaded. Not listed on auction portal onebid.pl Memorial by Rev. Wojciech Skraszewski writte...
20.5 cm, pp. 23, [1], black and white illustrations, wrappers. edition of 100 copies this, no. 63. very good condition. The thirteenth book of Pan Tadeusz, an erotic parody of the final fates of the main characters attributed to the 19th century satirist Włodzimierz Zagórski.
A. S./ Spowiedź akuszerki/ Historja pewnego "sekretnego schroniska"/ Warszawa 1909/B-cia Thiel/ cloth binding, gilt titling on front cover and decorative ornament/ pp. 143/ good+ condition, light rubbing of binding, slightly frayed spine, pages slightly yellowed, soiled in places, p. 3 torn with loss at bottom edge, block crack between p. 26-27 and p. 46-47, on a dozen pages marks and annotat...
21 x 30 cm, pp. 90, [2], color illustrations, original fep. Very good condition. Nice Piece; Books:1-4.
20.5 x 30 cm, pp. 70, [2], color illustrations, original cloth binding. very good condition. Nice Piece; Books:1-3.
Frederick to Gaste/ The truth about Jewish ritual murders/ Warsaw 1943/ Glob publishing house/ publisher's booklet binding/ p.47/ black and white illustrations in the text/ good condition-, strong signs of dampness. Rare. Booklet published during the occupation, dealing with the subject of so-called ritual murders, i.e. practices attributed to the Jewish community over the centuries. The autho...
21 x 29 cm, pp. 47, color illustrations, pp. oryg. Edges of binding slightly rubbed, otherwise good condition.
Kolberg Juliusz/ Atlas of the Kingdom of Poland. Atlas du Royaume de Pologne/ Warsaw 1827/ Instytut Litograficzny Szkolny/ folder from epoch with elements of original binding glued on face - Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Poland (double-headed eagle) on a sun dial/ maps [6], lithographs colored in epoch (two maps are missing for the set -Mazowieckie province andKalisz province )/ 22,5x30cm (fo...
Sienkiewicz Henryk/ Quo Vadis. A Novel from the Times of Nero/ Warsaw 1896/ Gebethner and Wolff/ binding in half leather/ vol.I-III, complete/ pp.309,253,345/ good condition, occasional soiling in the text, p.113 of vol.I with some denting (not detrimental to the text), pale brown discoloration of some pages (especially in volume one). Contemporary bookbinding in half leather. Spine 5-poly, in...
Election leaflet of the National Election Committee of Democratic Parties from the 1919 parliamentary elections (the first in the Second Republic). The illustration depicts a worker being bitten by a Jewish-Bolshevik snake dragging a crowd of obedient mob behind him. At the top, the caption: the Nation of Poland! Socialists led by Jews with money from Lenin, Trotsky and Spartacus are leading ...
Warsaw 1938/ Kolumna printing/ double-sided printing/ 15,5x 12 cm/ very good condition, traces of folding Election leaflet of circles associated with ONR ABC, from the period of the 1938 local government elections. The print contains practical information on the voting procedure itself, including how to fill out ballots or how the Election Commissions operate, as well as encouragement to vote ...
18.5 cm, pp. 28, ppb. of period. Good condition. Enclosed is a handwritten letter, dated Zakopane 25/ II 924. and an announcement of Wł. Bieńkowski's funeral on November 5, 1926.
32.6 cm, pp. IX, 168, [1], 21 full-page illustrations, 3 maps: including 1 fold-out, cloth binding: signed with sticker: C.W.Vogt & Sohn, Berlin, dark green leather, marbled paperboard, gilt decorations, six-panel spine with gilt decorations and titling; original boards, gilt page edges, silk bookmark. On the front pastedown exlibris of the Nesvizh Ordinance Library with the Radziwill coat...
20 cm, pp. 271, illustrations, p. f. oryg. Illustration of the cover and illustrations in the text were made by Karol Ferster, on the title page under the pseudonym Charlie. Good condition.
Saint-Exupery Antoine de/ The Little Prince/ Warsaw 1947/ Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Płomienie''/ first edition/ half cloth binding, spine and corners made contemporary by bookbinder, both cardboard covers original/ pp. 93/ illustrations by the author in the text/ very good condition, minor scratches to the binding, ownership stamp on title p., minor crayon mark on p. 7, minor scuffing of a f...
19.5 cm, pp. 208, [2], 6 tabs, wraps. Cover slightly stained, with registration sticker, 4 pages with spots, otherwise good condition. With a foreword by Julian Ejsmond. With 6 illustrations by S. Sawiczewski and a vignette by M. Szczepkowski.
Set of three separately bound "Warsaw Newspapers" from 1852 ; notebook I no. 39 - 68; notebook II no. 69-102; notebook III no. 103 - 129 / Warsaw 31.01. - 16.05. 1852 / half-canvas bookbinding; stained page trims / generally good collection condition; rubbing on covers; foxing; soiling; notations in pencil and crayon; dampstain marks in places; break on p. 7 no. 83, p. 1 no. 118; tear on p.5 n...
Skarga Piotr/ Kazania przygodne y inne drobnieysze prace [...] Piotra Skargi [...] : na dwie części rozdzielone [...]/ Wilno 1738/ w Drukarni Akademickiey/ fourth edition/ artistic binding in full leather by Jerzy Budnik/ pp.[20] , 388, 293, 218/ ornamented initials, vignettes in woodcut/ good condition, ownership entry on p .tyt and first unnumbered page (then on next two traces of ink), sm...
21 cm, pp. 23, illustrations in the text, wrappers original. Inside front cover and title page with soiling from rusty staples, otherwise good condition. Nazi propaganda print.
25 cm, f. nlb. 18: color chromolithographs, publisher's binding: blue satin, gilt decoration and titling on face and spine, original boards preserved. Binding material faded, rubbed at edges, gilt on spine rubbed, some pages with text browned in places but pages with mirrors clean, clear with preserved vivid colors, overall good condition. A nice, impressive piece, one of the best preserved pi...
Lutoslawski Wincenty/ Bolshevism and Poland/ Poznan [1920]/ Fiszer and Majewski/ second edition/ soft substitute binding/ p.52[2]/ good+ condition, notes in crayon (no harm to the text) A publication by one of the most interesting Polish philosophers and national thinkers of the interwar period. The author stands firmly against Bolshevik ideology, showing its sources in European modern philoso...
Yearbook of the Insurgent : National, Social, Economic and Cultural-Educational Affairs No. 1-52 / 01.01.25.12.1938 / half-canvas binding; pastedown softcover publisher's covers / very good condition; some foxing and minor soiling here and there; small scuffs on margins of several pages; holes on back pastedown Yearbook of the Insurgent: National, Social, Economic and Cultural and Educational ...
From print. J.A. Pelar. 20.5 cm, pp. [4], 82, wraps original, ex-libris on inside cover, good condition. Accounts of the students of the First Gymnasium of Rzeszow from the defensive battles of Lviv.
Bilz Friedrich Eduard/ New natural healing. Book for teaching and textbook of natural healing and health care, vol. I-II/ Poznań ca 1905/ Bookstore and Institute of Fine Arts Joint Stock Company/ publisher's half-canvas binding with cardboard covers, gilded titulature and volume numbering on spine, gilded titulature and decorative embossed illustration with gilded elements on front cover/ pp....
Edited by the Society's faculty. 32 cm, nos. 1-14, 16-24, cloth binding in 1 vol. Good condition. No. 15 missing.
Castle Cieszyn Brewery - Beer label - period of the Second Republic of Poland. Very good condition, original. Format : 7.5 x 11 [cm].
A valued item. Preservation condition of the item very good.
20 cm, pp. 224, illustrations, p. f. oryg.Drawings in the text and front cover made by Kamil Mackiewicz. Bibljoteka Iskierek. second edition, 1st ed. published in 1929.
Morcinek Gustaw/ Silesia/ Poznan 1934/ Polish Publishing House R. Wegner/ publisher's cloth binding, spine decorated with images of characteristic places in Silesia, on the front cover the coat of arms of the Silesian Province depicting a golden eagle of the Upper Silesian Piasts without a crown, facing right, on a blue background. Colored upper page trim/ pp. 181/ numerous black and white ill...
HERBAPOL - Collection of 90 packages for herbs and herbal products of the Herbapol factory - 1950s. Packages dissected and collected in the form of a catalog - stapled but with the possibility of unstapling the block - not glued. Packages in two formats : about 17 x 21 [cm] - 51 pieces and 21 x 24 [cm] - 39 pieces Preserved in overall very good condition. Each package contains a graphic illust...
16 x 24 cm, f. 24, cloth covered in red, spine tied with string, white decorations and gilded titling on the front. Binding slightly soiled, stamps, otherwise good condition. Captions under illustrations in Russian and Polish. The album includes: Castle Hill; Cathedral Church of St. Stanislaus ; Cathedral Sobor of St. Nicholas ; Church of St. John; Ostrobramska Church of St. Theresa. Ostrobram...
Farago L. / Palestine in the audience; Palestine is burning; translation authorized by Zofia Poplawska / Warsaw 1936; Warsaw ca. 1936 / Contemporary Publishing House / publisher's half cloth binding / pp. 175; 187 / black and white illustrations in both volumes; map in the second / condition of vol. I good+; scuffs on spine; soiling on covers; condition of vol. II very good; minor scuffs on sp...
Rostworowski Michał / Rada Ministrów i Rada Stanu Księstwa Warszawskiego: przyczynek do dziejów ich organizacyi / Kraków 1911 / Jagiellonian University Printing House under Józef Filipowski / publisher's booklet binding / pp. 78 / good condition+; some soiling; loss on upper right edge; tear on edge of back cover; loss in bottom corner of back cover; notations in pencil Historical study ...
Kociemski Leonardo / Pilsudski: Uomo - Opera - Carattere / Milano 1920 / Agen. "Polpresse" / bookbinding in half leather; gilt titlepage and super ex libris of August Zaleski on cover; pastedown publisher's cover / pp. 28 / very good condition; minor soiling; discoloration on front pastedown A book from the collection of August Zaleski, with the writer's personal dedication to him. August Zale...