Books and Manuscripts auctions

Marya Śleżańska - A Cook from Greater Poland. Practical recipes for cooking tasty and inexpensive dishes, making jams, baking cakes, preparing ice cream, custards, jellies, desserts, preserves, and cured meats, as well as various household secrets. Sixth, revised and expanded edition. Published by Jarosław Leitgeber Hardcover, decorative. Light-colored half-leather with a title label on th...
Henryka Francka Synowie S.A. - 25 color advertising lithographs for ENRILO coffee [early 20th century, Skawina near Kraków] The lithographs are in very good condition; the small album holding the sheets is torn, has been repaired with adhesive, etc. Album size: 16 x 20 [cm] Rare.
Nicolaus Copernicus – *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium* (Collector’s Facsimile Edition, *On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres*) A unique, limited-edition collector’s edition of one of the most important works in human history. This volume is a faithful, deluxe facsimile of a priceless piece from the first edition (Nuremberg, 1543), housed in the Copernican Library in Toruń. A...
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.
Eliasz Walery - A Guide to the Tatra and Pieniny Mountains - Kraków, 1886 includes 23 illustrations, 2 plans, and a map of the Tatra Mountains. Reprint published in Warsaw in 1989 Decorative hardcover. Very good condition. Number of pages: 360 Dimensions: 10 x 16 [cm]
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
Austria-Hungary — Baedeker’s Travel Guide with 28 maps and 25 city plans, Leipzig 1895 [Kraków, Lviv, Stanisławów, Żywiec, Bielsko] Karl Baedeker - Austria-Hungary - Leipzig 1895 The guide is in very good condition, with a tear in the fold-out map. The edges of the pages are marbled. It includes color maps of Vienna, Kraków, and many other cities. In addition to detailed, top-quality ...
AN ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE ARTIFACT FROM THE BORDERLANDS – MANUALE PHARMACEUTICUM (1852) A handwritten pharmaceutical manual by Józef Kruczek of Bircza— a testament to the cholera epidemic, the art of distillation, and a cultural monument of Galicia. Bircza (former Lviv Province / Central Galicia) Date: 1852 and subsequent years (19th century) Authors: Józef Kruczek (founder of the historic ph...
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.
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.
Konstanty Prus - From the History of Mikołów and Its Surroundings - Mikołów 1932 [ Decorative binding ] Published by the Mikołów City Council Hardcover, decorative period half-leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Condition: very good, nearly cabinet condition, with slight edge wear. Seals. Number of pages: 458 + two maps Dimensions: 16 x 23.5 [cm] A beautiful, complete piece...
X. Marcin Czermiński - In Norway and Lapland, a text illustrated with 60 engravings First edition, Czas Printing House, Kraków 1897 Hardcover, half-cloth, stamped. Overall condition: very good. Minor scuffing on the cover. Number of pages: 236 Format: 17 x 24 [cm]. Rare.
Henryk Gąsiorowski - A Guide to the Eastern Beskids - The Czarnohora Range, Lviv 1935 [Czarnohora, Hutsul Region] Published by the Central Board of the Polish Tatra Society in Kraków, Książnica Atlas, Lviv 1935 Softcover, minor soiling on the cover, no maps, complete set of panoramas—3 Number of pages: 558 Format: 12 x 17 [cm] A Guide to the Eastern Beskids, published by “Książnica "...
An excellent monograph by Gordon Williamson and Josef Charit on the German War Merit Cross from the Third Reich period. Numerous detailed photographs of the various versions, award documents, and serial numbers. 457 pages. Condition shown in the attached photos.
Jan Kołodziński - Encyclopedia and Methodology of Legal Sciences and Knowledge, Warsaw 1842 Printing House at 591 Długa Street Hardcover, attractive half-leather binding with the title label on the spine. Text block intact, stamps, slight soiling of the paper. Overall condition: very good. Number of pages: 479 Format: 14.5 x 21 [cm] An exceptionally rare item on the antiquarian book market....
DW Damaged dust jacket LEM, Stanisław - Solaris [first edition, 1961] [illustrated by K. M. Sopoćko]
Format: 9x14 cm. The photograph shows delegates—instructors, scouts, and invited representatives of state and military authorities—during the 5th General Assembly of the Polish Scouting Association, which took place in Lviv on April 17–18, 1925.
Dr. Stefan Banach - Differential and Integral Calculus, Complete Set, Volumes I–II, Lviv 1929 Published by the Ossoliński National Publishing House First edition A two-volume set of one of the most important pre-war Polish academic textbooks on mathematical analysis, authored by Stefan Banach—an outstanding mathematician and co-founder of the Lviv School of Mathematics. The first edition,...
BRAUN, Georg; HOGENBERG, Franz — *Civitates Orbis Terrarum* — A Selection of Panoramas of the Most Famous Cities, Including Warsaw. Publisher: Coron EXclusive, Berlin 2006. Dimensions: 42.5 × 30 cm (large folio) Exclusive bibliophile binding suitable for a study Luxurious binding in natural morocco leather in a deep burgundy-purple color. Six-panel spine with distinct raised bands, decora...
Huculszczyzna - Huzulenland - Tourism Promotion League, tourist brochure, Warsaw 1937 [ Kresy ] Brochure, in very good condition. Number of pages: 10 Format: 10 x 21 [cm]
Focke-Wulf-Flugzeugbau Werk Posen factory tag/tool mark, A round metal token with a hole for hanging; the obverse bears the inscription “FOCKE-WULF-FLUGZEUGBAU WERK POSEN” and the serial number “0795.” The reverse is plain. An item associated with the German Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau aircraft factories operating in Poznań from 1941 to 1945; an identification or tool tag used within the f...
P.P. Żegluga Polska Gdynia - Maritime Tourism on the Baltic Sea, Warsaw 1929 Published by Tygodnik Przemysł i Handel Softcover, publisher’s binding. Signs of previous water damage; otherwise in good condition. Number of pages: 32 + a map of the Baltic Sea with cruise routes. Format: 17 x 24 [cm] Rare. An interwar advertising and propaganda publication issued in 1929 in Warsaw, promoting Po...
O My Beloved and Trusted Homeland! Scenes from the Waldenburg Highlands. Edited by Max Kleinwächter "O Homeland, Beloved and Dear! Scenes from the Wałbrzych Mountains" 1st edition A comprehensive, richly illustrated pre-war compendium of local history and geography dedicated to the Wałbrzych region. The publication was edited by regional historian Max Kleinwächter on behalf of the regional...
Adam Moraczewski - Warsaw with 138 Illustrations, Warsaw 1939 [Varsaviana] Gebethner and Wolff Hardcover, cloth-bound with a mermaid. In very good condition. Map with pasted-in sections. Number of pages: 391 Dimensions: 15 x 20 [cm]
This publication by Lesław J. Welker is devoted to the symbolism and history of emblems associated with the Polish resistance movement during World War II and in the postwar period. In six chapters, the author presents decorations, eagles, insignia, badges, and commemorative medals associated with the independence movement, including those created during the occupation as well as those commis...
Tadeusz Furtak - Prices in Gdańsk, 1701–1815, Lviv 1935 Published by the Mianowski Fund Hardcover, hand-bound. In very good condition. Number of pages: 281 Format: 17 x 24 [cm] Tadeusz Furtak’s work is one of the most important source studies for examining purchasing power and the value of money in the 18th and early 19th centuries in the Polish lands. At that time, Gdańsk was the Republ...
Dr. Alfred Tarski - On Mathematical Logic and the Deductive Method, Lviv / Warsaw 1936 Książnica Atlas Publishing House First Edition Paperback, cover scuffed; the phrase "Assistant Professor at Józef Piłsudski University in Warsaw" was painted over by censors during the Polish People’s Republic. No endpapers. Otherwise, in very good condition. The book has undergone professional conserv...
I. Shatalin, *Orts Sigismund III Vasa* (*The Orts of Sigismund III Vasa*), 3rd ed., 2015 also includes the decrees of Gustav Adolf and George William Hardcover, 142 pages.
Jastrzębie Zdrój—The Pearl of Silesian Health Resorts, Tourist Guide—Cieszyn 1938 [Orbis Zakopane Seal, + 1938 Guide] Published through the efforts of the Management of the Bathing Establishment and the Municipality of Jastrzębie Zdrój—Printed by P. Mitręga in Cieszyn, 1938 Brochure, in very good condition, Orbis Zakopane stamp. Number of pages: 20 Format: 12 x 22 [cm] Rare.
Tomasz Janowicz - The Czechs: A Historical and Political Study - Kraków 1936 Paperback, publisher’s edition. Secondary back cover; small tear in the corner of the front cover; otherwise in very good condition. Number of pages: 158 Dimensions: 14 x 19 [cm]
Henryk Gąsiorowski - A Guide to the Eastern Beskids - GORGANY, Published by the Executive Board of the Polish Tatra Society in Kraków, Książnica Atlas, Lviv 1935 Paperback, minor soiling on the cover, maps and panoramas missing. Number of pages: 240 Format: 12 x 17 [cm] A Guide to the Eastern Beskids, published by “Książnica "Atlas" in three parts stands out remarkably among other publ...
Rolf Michaelis – “Deutsche Kriegsauszeichnungen 1939–1945: Heer, Waffen-SS, Polizei.” First edition. Hardcover, 136 pages. A detailed study of German military decorations from 1939 to 1945, covering the Heer, Waffen-SS, and the Police, prepared as a compendium for collectors and military history enthusiasts. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
Stanisław Karwowski - Chronicle of the City of Leszno, Poznań 1877 [Leszno] Printed by Kraszewski. Reprint. Hardcover, decorative leather with the city’s coat of arms, in very good condition. Number of pages: 112 Dimensions: 17 x 24 [cm]
Yearbook of the Tatra Society for 1910, Kraków 1910 [Tatra Mountains, Zakopane] Published by the Tatra Society Softcover, spine reinforced with cloth. Pages are intact, pages are clean. Illustrations in the text; overall condition: very good. Number of pages: 104 Format: 20 x 28 [cm]
Wojciech Bartos-Głowacki. Historical Novel written by Antoni St. Bassara with 12 illustrations by M. Artwińska Year of publication: Poznań 1919. Published by Księgarnia św. Wojciecha p. 157, [2]. Dimensions: 18.5 x 12 cm Binding: later half-cloth with original cover preserved. Condition: complete and intact, slight dry traces of past water damage and rust-colored spots [paper discoloratio...
Jacek Żaba - A Journey to Old Szczyrk, Szczyrk 2019 Hardcover, in very good condition. Like new. Number of pages: 120 Dimensions: 22 x 31 [cm]
Władysław Szajnocha - Our Mining Industry, Kraków 1904 Printed at the Czas printing house, Paperback, cover slightly torn, pages intact, in good condition. Number of pages: 36 Format: 15 x 22 [cm]
Format: 22 x 27.5 cm. Pages: 22. Number of photos:209. Hand-bound, loose-leaf format; some photos show traces of where the pages were glued together. An album rich in photographs, including, among others: # 3 photographs of Marshal Józef Piłsudski taken in Święcica. The Marshal’s two-day visit to the estate of Zdzisław Lechnicki, president of the Kresowa Guard Society, in , wherehe met,...
Woysław Zygmunt - An Accessible Lecture on Conducting Exploration in Stratified Rocks Using Test Pits., Jan Noskowski Printing House, Warsaw, 1880 Hardcover, period half-cloth binding. Overall condition: very good; some foxing; uncut pages; stamped “Korytnica T.Ł Pr. Węgrów” Number of pages: 95 Dimensions: 15 x 23 [cm] Rarity. A 19th-century Polish technical publication on mining, expl...
The History of the Residences in the Former Borderlands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Roman Aftanazy Second Edition, Revised and Expanded A monograph by historian Roman Aftanazy, presenting in 11 volumes the history of approximately 1,500 Polish palaces and manors, as well as their owners, in the Eastern Borderlands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth within the borders prior to t...
Aleksander Mohl - Evolution or the Persistence of Species, Poznań 1909 St. Adalbert Hardcover, in very good condition. Seals. Number of pages: 75 Dimensions: 13 x 19 [cm]
Jacek Żaba - Skrzyczne - A mountain of memories and an attractive present. Szczyrk 2021 Hardcover, in very good condition. Like new. Number of pages: 111 Dimensions: 22 x 31 [cm]
Igor Shatalin, Polish Coins 1608–1684, piece 119, Lviv 2021 This publication covers Polish orts from Sigismund III Vasa to John III Sobieski, organized by mint and additionally the orts of George William (1621–1640), Gustav II Adolf (1628–1631), and Charles X Gustav (1656–1658). Hardcover, 304 pages. We highly recommend it!
Author's Manuscript – The Herbalist's Guide – ca. 1970 [medicinal plants, herbal medicine] Hardcover, in very good condition. Includes, among other things: Principles of Herbalism: definition of herbalism, classification, use, and harvesting of raw herbs. Historical Names of Diseases: recipes for treating historical ailments such as pallor (anemia) and scurvy. Chronic diseases: treatments...
Andrew Mollo – “Armee-Uniformen des 2. Weltkrieges in Farbe.” Heyne, Munich, 1974. Paperback, 196 pages. A comprehensive study of World War II military uniforms in color, richly illustrated and designed as a compendium for military history enthusiasts. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
F.A. Ossendowski - Polish Forests [Wonders of Poland Series], Poznań 1936 Published by Polskie R. Wegner Hardcover, publisher’s edition, decorative. Very good condition. Slight dust on the cover. Number of pages: 234 + map Format: 17 x 21 [cm] A nice, clean piece.
Tadeusz Kutrzeba, The 1920 Kiev Expedition. Warsaw: Gebethner & Wolff, 1937. 358, [1] pp., [5] plates, [9] folded maps: ill.; 25 cm. Deluxe binding, full leather, with a blind-stamped mark on the back cover: B. Zjawiński Bookbinding Workshop, Warsaw. On the reverse of the title page, an oval ownership stamp: From the book collection of Bartłomiej Ciećkiewicz. Author’s piece, intended ...
NICOLAS COPERNICUS – On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres. Facsimile of the autograph edition of *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*. Piece No. 81 of a limited edition of 99 pieces. Pelplin [2015] Pelplin: Tadeusz Serocki Publishing House, [2015]. Published by the Papal Mint. p. 426 and protective inserts.A numbered, collector’s facsimile of Nicolaus Copernicus’s autograph manu...
Jan Kwapiński's memoirs, published in London in 1943. Foreword by Ignacy Daszyński. 88 pages. The condition of the item is shown in the attached photos.
Stanisław Trzeciak - The Program of World Jewish Politics: Conspiracy and Exposure Gebethner and Wolff, Warsaw 1936 Stanisław Trzeciak (born October 25, 1873, in Rudna Wielka; died August 8, 1944, in Warsaw)—Polish Catholic priest, social activist, Doctor of Theology, professor. Contents include: The Covert Authors of Jewish Writings, Land Ownership and the Jews, The Preparation and Course...
Stanisław Marusarz - On Ski Jumps in Poland and Around the World - First Edition, Sport i Turystyka, Warsaw, 1957 On the portrait photograph: The author’s dedication and autograph: "To Władek Byrcyn of the Tatra Mountain Rescuers and Guides family—Staszek Marusarz, 1972" Władysław Gąsienica-Byrcyn (September 7, 1923, Zakopane – September 9, 1980, ibid.) was a Tatra Mountain rescuer ...
Tadeusz Iger, *Catalog of Polish Trojaks*, 1st ed., Warsaw 2008, 330 pages, ORIGINAL! Good condition, catalog complete, with markings made with a colored marker inside and in pencil edition with a cloth cover THE BEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORK OF NUMISMATIC LITERATURE ON POLISH TROJAKS
Percivaldi, E., Brown, K. — Maps of the Sky / Historical Maps — ARKADY Publishing — Warsaw 2019 Hardcover, minor damage to the spines; otherwise in very good / perfect condition. Number of pages: 207 + 207 Dimensions: 27.5 x 32 [cm] A beautifully published set.
The Armorial of the Noble Families of the Kingdom of Poland, officially approved Parts I and II bound together A key Polish armorial of the 19th century. The title and text are presented in parallel in Polish and Russian. The text includes 246 depictions of coats of arms, created as woodcuts and hand-colored with watercolors. It covers both families claiming descent from the ancient, Old Polis...
*The Imitation of Christ: A New Translation by Father Dassance, with Reflections Drawn from the Church Fathers, and from Bossuet, Fénelon, Massillon, and Bourdaloue, Illustrated by Tony Johannot and Cavelier.* L. Curmer, Paris, 1836 VIII, 454 pp., [10] plates (steel engravings), pages with decorative borders; 25 cm. Contemporary binding, full leather with features typical of bindings from the...
Polish Publications Jerzy Koziczyński – Polish Banknotes / Polish Paper Money, 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, in ...
Format: 10x21/45x60 cm. Stains, tears. Text in English. Owner’s signature. By L. DWORZAK. Map cover signed —CIEŚLEWICZ [Roman].
DW District Address Book of the Grünberg District in the Schl Region, 1921, by A. O. Schultz.
Jerzy Remer - VILNIUS - [The Wonders of Poland Series], Poznań 1934 Published by Polskie R. Wegner Hardcover, publisher’s edition, decorative. Very good condition. Slight dust on the cover. Number of pages: 210 Format: 17 x 21 [cm] A nice, clean piece.
Antoni Durski - Watch Repair - Warsaw 1946 [ Watchmaking ] Paperback, in very good condition, a nice, clean piece. Number of pages: 102 Dimensions: 12 x 17 [cm]
Silesian Voivodeship, 1918–1928 An Overview of the Development of Local Government in the Silesian Voivodeship. A Guide to the Silesian Voivodeship Exhibition at the General National Exhibition in Poznań. Katowice 1929, Hardcover, cloth binding with title labels, overall condition: very good. Number of pages: 460, including advertisements + MAP Format: 15 x 20 [cm]
Taubenschlag, R., Kozubski, W. — History and Institutions of Roman Private Law, Kraków / Warsaw 1938 Second, revised edition. Hardcover. Overall condition: very good. Number of pages: 318 Dimensions: 16 x 23 [cm]
Stanisław Eliasz Radzikowski - Spisz, Orava, and the Czadec District, Kraków 1919 Compiled by the Cartographic Commission Published by the National Defense Committee of Spisz, Orava, Czadec, and Podhale Softcover, marbled; no map included. Overall condition: good. Number of pages: 23 Dimensions: 14 x 20 [cm]
Fablok 1924–1974. The F. Dzierżyński Locomotive Factory in Chrzanów. Chrzanów 1974, no publisher 21.5 x 30.5 cm, p. 104, [1], illustrations in the text, original binding. Good condition. A commemorative book about the first locomotive factory in Poland, founded in 1919.