Books and Manuscripts auctions

Polish publications Michal Bishop - Banknotes My Passion, Notebook IV 1944-1965, Kielce 2025, ISBN 9788362509379; Banknotes of the Polish People's Republic 1944 - 1965 is the subject of the fourth thematic notebook. In this volume, probably the most statistically complex period of Polish notafilistics is taken to task. Issues from 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 and the "Copernicus" of 1965 were ...
Comprehensive studies of Danzig minting. Basic literature of the subject. edition 2000, Danzigpages 335format: 15.5 x 23.7 cmhardcover
Kruszyński, J. ks - The Jewish Danger. Published by the Universal Bookstore and Diocesan Printing House in Wloclawek. 1923. hardcover, dimensions 20 x 14 cm. 91 pp. Complete, without damage.
Kruszyński, J. ks - On the National Language of the Jews. Published by the Universal Bookstore and Diocesan Printing House in Wloclawek. 1921. hardcover, dimensions 20 x 14 cm. 48 p. Complete, without damage.
A beautiful, low-edition album dedicated to the works of Andrew Heidrich. second edition 2012, Warsawformat 24 x 29.5 cm206 pageshardcover with wrapper (the one with rubbing)piece without the 5 million bill
foreign publications Tremmel George B. - The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of Counterfeit Confederate Currency. History, Rarity, and Values, Atlanta 2007, ISBN 0794822908; In this new guide to counterfeit Confederate currency, the author updates his research on counterfeit bills, expanding the material to include counterfeit bonds, stocks, and stamp duties. He also provides a history of the ...
Polish publications Szymczyk Maciej (ed.) - Treasury tickets from the time of the Kościuszko Uprising, Duszniki-Zdrój 2024, ISBN 9788360990773 123 pages, format approx. 21 x 21 cm, soft cover. The first contemporary catalog of its kind describing banknotes from the time of the Kosciuszko Insurrection. The catalog presents, among other things, the economic situation of the Polish lands in the...
Wujek's Bible - Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments From Latin into Polish translated. Printed by W. Drugulin, Leipzig 1898 A literal reprint from the authentic Cracow edition of 1599. Hardcover, half leather from the epoch with printed titular signs. Block consistent, pages clean, page set, overall condition very good. The edges of the pages stained. Number of pages: 862 + 286 Format...
Kruszyński, J. ks - Jewish Politics. Published by the Universal Bookstore and Diocesan Printing House in Wloclawek. 1921. hardcover, dimensions 20 x 14 cm. 66 p. Complete, without damage.
Peter Skarga - Lives of the Saints of the Old and New Order for every day throughout the year, selected from serious writers and doctors of the Church. To which are added some spiritual cures and teachings against hangovers, besides short sermons for those feasts which have a certain day in the month. Edition XXIV, At the Polish Bookstore, Lviv 1883 Volumes I-II, complete. Hardcover, full leat...
The Gdansk Bible - The Holy Bible is all the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments Published by the British and Foreign Bible Society Warsaw at Adolf Kantor 1889 Publisher's hardcover, embossed cloth with gilt titling on spine. Block consistent, pages clean. Title page of the Old Testament in copy. The last page is missing. Otherwise very good condition. Number of pages: 856 + 274 Form...
Piece from the Kopicki family collection. Berlin 1940 edition (by the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces)320 pages + map
Among collectors of Polish banknotes, the 6-volume catalog of Janusz Lucow's famous collection, written by Jerzy Koziczynski, a great expert on Polish paper money, is a cult item. Volume V is dedicated to banknotes from the period 1944-1955. Piece in very good condition with minimal signs of use. Hardcover with wrapper,pages 320,format 32cm x 25cm, edition Warsaw 2010.
The presented manuscript contains an extensive collection of religious meditations of an ascetic and mystical nature, written down in Polish in the first half of the 18th century. It is a series of meditations covering key issues of Catholic doctrine and spirituality - from the truths of faith and the mysteries of the Incarnation, through reflections on the sacraments (including baptism and th...
An auction that has entered the canon of Polish numismatics. Printed catalog already from a period of smaller print runs and limited distribution of printed catalogs - rare. Catalog in stock condition, with slight cover bending, otherwise no comments. Format ~ A461 pages
Towarzystwo Wydawnicze "Rój" (TW "Rój") - publishing house with the structure of a limited liability company, operating in 1924-1940 in Warsaw, founded by Melchior Wańkowicz and Marian Kister. In addition to fiction, it also published reportage and journalism. The publishing series had names: "95-grosz Books," "3-grosz Books," "Historical and Geographical Library,""Works of the 20th Century...
foreign publications Friedberg Arthur L., Friedberg Ira S. - Paper Money of the United States, 18th Edition, Willistone 2006, ISBN 0871845180 336 pages, format approx. A4, hardcover
CHRISTA Janusz - Kajtek and Koko in Space. A collection of 1246 original strips published in Wieczor Wybrzeża between 1968 and 1972. A unique, hand-collected set of four notebooks containing pasted-in strips of the comic strip Kajtek i Koko w kosmosie by Janusz Christa, published in the newspaper Wieczór Wybrzeża [from April 29, 1968 to July 31, 1972] The whole set includes 1246 strips with...
Uprising in Lithuania 1863-1864 Translated from Lithuanian. Augustyn JanułajtisYear of publication: Vilnius 1923, published by "Ziemia Ojczysta" s. 109, [2]. Format: 15.5 x 11.5 cm.Binding: later half cloth with preservation of publisher's booklet cover. Condition: complete and consistent, minor rust discoloration in places [foxing - no harm to text], no signatures or underlining in text, ext...
Mickiewicz's Dominoes. A new party game. Components: Cardboard box measuring 13.5 x 8.5 cm, instructions 4 pages, 28 tiles on thick cardboard [dimensions of tiles 6.9 x 2.9 cm]. "Mickiewicz's Dominoes" is a social game published in 1899 during the period of partitions, when Poland did not exist as an independent state. The game was intended not only to provide entertainment, but also to shape ...
A beautiful album edition of the study of counterfeit banknotes from 1944-1950 from the collection of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Lodz. 192 pages
A massive, beautiful study of the "treasures" hidden in the armory of the Princes Czartoryski Museum. Kraków 2019 edition621 pages
Printed by the author, Jagiellonian University Printing House under the management of Józef Filipowski, Krakow 1897, p. 90, dimensions 12.5 x 19 cm, hardback leather binding with gilt and embossing on spine and face (bookbinderRobert Jahoda),graphic design including title page design and illustrations : on p. 55 - plant vignette, on p. 57 -drawing of flowers by Stanislaw Wyspianski, minor scr...
PATKOWSKI Aleksander - Sandomierskie. Swietokrzyskie Mountains Foreword written by Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski. Multicolored wrapper according to the painting by A. Kędzierski. Series Wonders of Poland. Beauty of nature, monuments of work and monuments of history. Numerous illustrations in the text, preserved color wrapper. Year of publication: Poznan [1938], Polish Publishing House (R. Wegner). s....
Adam Szparlo, Letters of the little "People's Republic", issues 1974-1993, Olmots 2022 print condition
Władysław Tatarkiewicz - History of Philosophy - Volumes I-III, complete, Warsaw 1948. Fourth edition. Cooperative Publishing Czytelnik On the pre-title page of T. III dedication by the author in 1951 " For the Library of the Barefoot Carmelites in Cracow WTatarkiewicz ". Hardcover, decorative - blue cloth with gold titling on covers and spines. Blocks consistent, pages clean. Small rubbing ...
Guide to the Eastern Beskids Henryk GąsiorowskiVolume I Part I Bieszczadywith 2 diagrams and 3 mapsYear of publication: Lviv - Warsaw [1935], Ksiaznica - Atlas. s. XV, [1], 286, [1], maps and diagrams separate in pocket on inside part of cover. Format: 17.5 x 12.5 cm Binding: publisher's cloth, titling on spine and face Condition: complete and consistent, no signatures or underlining in the t...
Chodyński, S., Rev. - Disposition of the Komisyi Dobrego Porządku in the City of Wloclawek in the Year 1787 Uczynione. Wloclawek, circulation of Herman Neuman, 1913. hardcover, dimensions 23 x 15 cm. 144 pp. Complete, no damage.
Dzieie w Koronie Polskiey, z przytoczeniem niektorych postronnych rzeczy od roku 1538 aż do roku 1572 Przez J.M.P. Łvkasz Gornickiego [...] spisane. Estr. XV-XVIII vol. 17 p. 253 The text of Lukas Gornicki is a personal and at the same time direct picture of Polish history during the reign of Sigismund II Augustus (1548-1572), captured by a witness of events - the author, who, as a courtier ...
Jundziłło, J. - Describing the Plants in Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia and Ukraine, growing in the wild, as well as tame, according to the sixteenth edition of Linnaeus's System of Plants. Vilnius, Joseph Zawadzki by his own imprint, 1830. Secondary hardcover, dimensions 22 x 13 cm. 586 pp, book complete.
Two co-authored items: Kornel Ujejski's 1. Translations of Chopin and Beethoven 2nd edition multiplied The genesis of translations must be sought in the belief that music "means" something, it has a kind of semantic dimension that can be shown in a poetic work. A literary work defined as a translation is therefore an attempt to verbally illustrate the meanings contained in a given composition....
Regulations for the January Insurgents; Riding Regulations. Camping, Forpost Service and Marches. Paris, Printing House of V. Goupy et Ce, 1864. 64 pp. + 3 pages of sheet music for signal tunes and 3 plates. Cardboard cover. Booklet complete, lacks light damage to cover and spine. Dimensions 13.7 x 9.2 cm.
Guide to the Eastern Beskids Henryk GąsiorowskiVolume II The Czarnohorskie Rangewith 4 maps and 3 panoramasYear of publication: Lviv - Warsaw [1935], Ksiaznica - Atlas s. VII, [1], 560, 3 fold-out plates. Format: 17.5 x 12.5 cm Binding: publisher's soft cloth , titling on spine and face Condition: complete and consistent, no signatures or underlining in the text, dedication with author's sign...
History of the Church from the beginning to our time. Volume I ( the only one published ): The Primitive Church. The Beginnings of Christianity, edited by A. Fliche and W. Martin, by J. Lebreton and J. Zeiller, translated by Jadwiga Dembinska and Zofia Czerniewiczowa. Lublin - University, Christian Knowledge Society, 1939 Publisher's hardcover, cloth. Soiling of the cover, discoloration, block...
Published in an edition of 100 copies, this is a specialized study on advanced gold coin forgeries of the 19th and 20th centuries. More on the publication available here.
Przestrogi dla Polski z teraznieyszych politycznych Europy związków y sprawy natury wypadaiące przez pisarza uwag nad życia Jana Zamoyskiego - Stanisław Staszic's work. 1790. edition I. Hardcover, secondary. Dimensions 18 x 11 cm. 342 pp. Complete book with traces of flooding. In the text an appendix in the form of a fold-out table entitled Annual Expenditure.
REYMONT Władysław St[anisław] - Promised land. A novel. Vol. 1-2. 2nd ed. Warsaw 1904; Gebethner and Wolff. 16d, pp. [6], 441; [4], 410. bound in period fl. Blocks of both volumes quite bent, rubbing and minor soiling of the covers. Pieces of the writer's brother-in-law, Jozef Munkiewicz (own signature, stamps). Second edition (the first came out in 1899) of one of the most important Polish...
polish publications Marcin Sawaniewicz - Catalogue of Malbork Trajaks of Sigismund III Vasa, Orneta 2023, ISBN 9788394259754 66 pages fromatu A5, softcover
The best substantive study on Silesian minting in the late Middle Ages (1419-1526). Also containing a catalog of coins. edition: Warsaw - Wroclaw 2021465 pages
Tanakh - Hebrew Bible - Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, Edited by Meir HaLevi Letteris Publisher: Unger Brothers (האחים אונגער) Place of publication: Berlin 1909 Hardcover of period, embossed covers and gilt titling on spine. Block consistent, pages clean. Overall condition very good. Number of pages : 1384 Format : 17 x 24 [cm]. Classic edition of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) edited by Mei...
REYMONT Władysław St[anisław] - Justly. A novel sketch. With a preface by T. Jeske-Choiński. Warsaw 1899; printed in. "Bibliot. Dzieł Wyborowych". 16d, p. 144. opr. psk. [Bibliot. Dzieł Wyborowych, no. 110]. Paper yellowed, good condition. On the back of the title page, the author's handwritten dedication to Tadeusz Jaroszyński, writer, theater reviewer, cartoonist. Own signature of the...
Handbook of the National Police Officer School in Warsaw. II RP. For internal use. Psychology. Set of co-edited typescripts of teaching materials on the following subjects: psychology of testimony, description of a person, criminal and administrative proceedings, rescue, hygiene, air defense, aviation, gendarmerie in Poland. Dimensions 34 x 21.5 cm. In the text numerous illustrations to the is...
One-Decade Anniversary of the Security Service in Poland Reborn 1915-1925. published by Gazeta Administracja i Pol. States. in Warsaw. II RP. Inside, numerous photographs. Pages glued with paper from inner margin. Numerous losses of the cover. Dimensions 44 x 31 cm.
Continental Atlas of Poland: with 1 general map and 20 individual maps first edition "contains 1 general map and 20 individual maps. The latter are maintained on a scale of 1:1000000 and cover all the towns and cities of Poland, which abound in picturesque surroundings." Individual maps: 1. Danzig 2. Konigsberg 3. Kaunas 4. Bydgoszcz 6. Mlawa 7. Bialystok 8. Novogrudok 9. Poznan 10. Warsaw 11....
Defensio Beatissimae Virginis Dei Genitricis Mariae contra nostrae tempestatis haereses : in qua specialis cultus et invocatio ejus, manifestis argumentis evincitur; omnium usui salutari, non solum ad tuendam aut discendam hac in parte veritatem Catholicam, sed & ad fructuose concionandum, pie meditandum, erudite disserendu[m] &c. accommodata / per p. Godefridum Hannenberg Soc. Jesu. E...
The social game "The latest parlor flirt." Set of 32 cards A complete social game from the 1930s-40s. In original decorative box "The game of Polish Salon Flirt is very interesting and cheerful, because the rich content and poetic phrases of it are arranged by the most outstanding Polish poets, and thus it is the only entertainment of every house". k. 32 Format: 14.5 x 9 cm; case: 15 x 10 cm B...
Two volumes of KMP (on Sigismund III and Ladislaus IV) in a common bookbinding.
Infantry weapons manual (provisional). Part I. Rifle and carbine, atlas. Ministry of Military Affairs, Warsaw 1929. soft cover, dimensions 17.5 x 12.5 cm. The book contains a set of fold-out tables with 48 illustrative drawings. On the inside cover page pasted ex libris Military Library 80th P.S.G. Atlas complete.
Three Polish underground pamphlets from the World War II period. 1) Instruction on Infantry Weapons. Excerpt from parts I - IV. Warsaw 1939. dimensions 21 x 15 cm. 44 pages. 2) Atlas. Warsaw 1939. Dimension 21 x 15 cm. 28 pages 3) Manual of infantry weapons. German armament. Part II. Wojskowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1944. Dimension 11 x 8 cm. 68 p. Book complete, without damage.
Nadwiślanin.Pamiętnik literaturze poświęcony Volume I 1841 In the printing house of Maxymilian Chmielewski in Warsaw 1841. Hardcover,half leather.Pages 203
Substantive, scholarly, very thorough study of one of the most important treasures of Crusader denarii from the territory of Poland. Warsaw 2021 edition266 pages
Teaching the art of obstetrics to women by Mikolaj Mianowski Estr. XIX vol. 3 s. 105. Second edition (first in 1818) of an early Polish textbook on obstetrics. Mikolaj Mianowski (1780-1843) - professor of physiology and obstetrics, rector of the University and Medical-Surgical Academy in Vilnius. The textbook consists of 28 chapters covering a wide range of topics related to female physiology,...
REYMONT Władysław St. - Judged. Two stories. Warsaw [1923]. Gebethner and Wolff. 16d, p. 240. late fawn binding with extant brochure cover. Stains to cover of brochure. and front page, paper yellowed. On the preface page, handwritten dedication by the author to the writer's sister Wacława and her husband Feliks Waldau "with fraternal greetings", dated 10 IV 1923 in Warsaw. First edition of ...
Cook of Greater Poland. Practical recipes for cooking tasty and inexpensive food, frying jams, baking cakes, making ice cream, custards, jellies, desserts, preserves and meats, and various household secrets arranged by Marya Slezanska Fifth edition corrected and greatly enlarged A nicely preserved piece of the iconic cookbook by the legendary 19th century publicist Marya Slezanska. In an elega...
Kajtek and Koko in the Land of Fairy Tales. A set of 348 comic strips by Janusz Christa, published in the daily Wieczór Wybrzeża from December 24, 1982 to April 30, 1984 [2nd edition, 1st edition in Wieczór Wybrzeża was published in the period 05.02.1963-25.03.1964]. Handmade collection - all strips cut from newspapers and carefully pasted into a notebook measuring 29.5 × 21 cm, with a un...
A beautiful set of bartynotypes including, among others, one with a studucat stamped reflection. Dimensions range from 6 x 10.8 to 9.8 x 17.7 cm.
St. John of Damascus - Book of Octoechos (كتاب الأكتوئخوس - Kitāb al-Aktoēchos) Jerusalem, Printing House of the Patriarchate of the Holy Sepulcher (Matba'at al-Qabr al-Muqaddas al-Baṭriyarkiyya), 1854 Printed stamp of the outhouse on the back of the title page. Rare Arabic edition of St. John of Damascus' liturgical work, the Book of Octoechos (Kitāb al-Aktoēchos), which i...
Koœcian Cigar and Cigarette Factory - original wooden box EL ALIENTO 10 piece Cigars. Koœcian Cigars and Cigarettes Factory - a state enterprise operating in 1950-1964. In 1964 it merged with Poznañ Tobacco Products Manufacturing Plant and gave rise to Poznañ Tobacco Products Manufacturing Plant. offer concerns wooden box, package without cigars. Format: 11.5 x 8.7 x 3.3 cm Condition: mino...
Shakespeare W. Hamlet according to the Polish text by Jozef Paszkowski freshly read and rethought by Stanislaw Wyspianski ( with his graphics) Published in the printing house of the Jagiellonian University Krakow 1905. Hardcover.Pages 183
REYMONT Władysław St[anisław] - The year 1794: The last sejm of the Republic. A historical novel. Warsaw 1913; Gebethner and Wolff. 8, pp. [4], 468. dustjacket. with preserved cover broch. First pages taped at spine, good condition. On the preface page, the author's handwritten dedication to his sister Wacława Waldauowa, dated December 7, 1913 in Warsaw. First edition of the first volume o...
Original film program Pan Tadeusz: A film epic of Adam Mickiewicz's immortal masterpiece The black-and-white silent film had its ceremonial premiere in November 1928, with the participation of President Ignacy Moscicki and Marshal Jozef Pilsudski. Its premiere inaugurated the celebration of the 10th anniversary of regaining independence. "Pan Tadeusz" shared the fate of many interwar Polish pr...
Bandurski, W. bishop dr. - Blood sacrificial honor. Warsaw 1928. Vilnius Committee for the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Priestly and Civic Work of His Exc. Rev. Bishop Dr. Władysław Bandurski. Softcover, dimensions 25 x 19 cm. 196 p. Cover separated from the block, spine with losses. On the title page there is a dedication that reads "To His Lordship Stefan Hubicki, General of ...