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...
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]
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...
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.
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.
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
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...
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 ...
Title: The Practical Warsaw Cookbook, containing 1,503 recipes for various dishes, as well as instructions for baking cakes and preparing pantry supplies. Author: Collective work (anonymous edition) Publisher: Published and owned by F. Hoesicka Bookstore, Warsaw Year of publication: 1902. Sixteenth edition, significantly expanded. Format: 20 cm. Volume: 547 pp. + [XXII] pp. of table of content...
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.
MANCHURIA – Photo Album of the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu), ca. 1920 A photo album documenting the infrastructure, architecture, and landscapes of Manchuria under Japanese administration. Published by the prestigious and powerful South Manchuria Railway (南滿洲鐵道株式會社 – Minami Manshū Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha), which served as the economic and political arm of the Jap...
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.
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.
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...
Title: Życie: An Illustrated Weekly Magazine of Literature, Art, Science, and Social Issues. Volume II: 1898. Issues 23 through 50. Editors: Artur Górski (Nos. 23–34), Ignacy “Sewer” Maciejowski (24–36/37), Alfred Wysocki (editor and publisher, nos. 35–50), Stanisław Przybyszewski (from no. 38/39). Art Directors: Leon Wyczółkowski, and from no. 39/40, Stanisław Wyspiański. Pub...
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...
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...
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,...
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.
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...
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.
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]
Title: History of the November Uprising. Volumes I–V. Complete Set. Author: Stanisław Barzykowski Prepared for publication and annotated by: Adam Rzążewski (1844–1885), under the pseudonym “Aër” Publisher: Published by Jan Konstanty Żupański’s Bookstore, Poznań Year of publication: 1883–1884 (Volumes I–II: 1883; Volumes III–V: 1884) Volume: Vol. I: LXXIX, 492 pp.; Vol. I...
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...
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]
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]
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]
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...
Leonardo da VINCI - FAIRY TALES Translated by Leopold STAFF. Published by J. Mortkowicz, Warsaw 1928. Illustrations—eight plates of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. Dimensions: 15x20 cm; 64 pages. Cloth binding (discolored), slight foxing—discoloration of the paper characteristic of the period; some pages slightly loose.
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.
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...
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]
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...
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...
Benedykt CHMIELOWSKI - NEW ATHENS … or The Academy of All Sciences, Divided into Various Sections and Classes, Established as a Memorial for the Wise, a School for the Ignorant, a Guide for Politicians, and Entertainment for the Melancholic. Text selected and edited by Maria and Jan Józef Lipscy. Graphic design and illustrations by Szymon Kobyliński; dust jacket and embossing by Zofia Daro...
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.
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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...
Huculszczyzna - Huzulenland - Tourism Promotion League, tourist brochure, Warsaw 1937 [ Kresy ] Brochure, in very good condition. Number of pages: 10 Format: 10 x 21 [cm]
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.
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
Title: The History of Attila and His Successors Up to the Settlement of the Hungarians in Europe, Supplemented with Legends and Folklore. Volumes I–II. Complete Set. Author: THIERRY Amadeus (Amédée) (1797–1873) [French historian and journalist, brother of historian Augustin Thierry] Translation: Wilhelm Bogusławski (published anonymously; the translator’s name determined based on cont...
Feliks Dzierżyński (1877–1926) was a Polish and Soviet revolutionary, as well as the founder and head of the Soviet apparatus of terror (Cheka, GPU, OGPU), responsible for mass murders and persecutions during the so-called Red Terror. With certain reservations, his nicknames included: “Iron Felix,” “Bloody Felix,” and “Red Executioner” 22 archival (!) cards with old photographs...
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...
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]
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]
Format: 10x21/45x60 cm. Stains, tears. Text in English. Owner’s signature. By L. DWORZAK. Map cover signed —CIEŚLEWICZ [Roman].
[SŁONIMSKI, Antoni (pseudonym: PRO-ROK)] - The Bolsheviks in Warsaw. An Evening in Honor of the Coalition Organized by the White Eagle Writers’ Union. Warsaw, 1919. Printed by L. Bogusławski. Format: 14.5 x 21.5 cm. Pages: [2], 11, [3]. Brochure. Colophon:Four pieces were printed on handmade Dutch paper, numbered 1–4, and 12 pieces on special paper, numbered 5–16. (This piece is unnumb...
Title: Poland Has Not Yet Perished!: Patriotic and National Songs. Part II. Author / Compiled by: Franciszek BARAŃSKI [a Lviv-based conductor, educator, and collector of musical folklore, who compiled a collection of Polish patriotic songs that has been reprinted many times] Publisher: Published and owned by Bernard Połoniecki’s Polish Bookstore, Lviv Year of publication: not precisely spe...
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]
Marian Adam Liberak, Historical Disputes Over Property and Easements in the Tatra Mountains. Zakopane, 1926. Published by the Kórnik Library. Hardcover, bookbinder’s binding; a crack in the block; in good condition. Number of pages: 28 pp., Dimensions: 15 x 20.5 cm
*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...
SZKLARSKI, Alfred — TOMEK AMONG THE HEADHUNTERS Illustrated by Józef Marek, who also designed the cover and endpapers. Published by “Śląsk,” Katowice, 1965.FIRST EDITION. Paperback (scuffs and tears on the spine). In good condition.