Books and Manuscripts auctions

Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita - Warsaw 1969 Czytelnik Publishing House, Nike Series First Polish edition - First printing Translated by Irena Lewandowska and Witold Dąbrowski Original hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: very good—nearly perfect ( slightly faded spine). Number of pages: 603 Format: 11 x 16 [cm]
The ALFA Comic Book Series—Volumes 1–6, Warsaw 1976 [First edition, Rosiński, Świerzy] Publisher: National Publishing Agency (KAW), Warsaw Publication years: 1976–1981Condition: Very Good (VG), complete pieces, minor scuffing on the covers, pages intact.Binding: softcoverFormat: approx. 20 × 29 cm The first six issues of the cult magazine “Alfa”— a pioneering Polish publication ...
Christa Janusz - Kajtek and Koko in Space, Gdańsk 1974 Gdańsk, Art and Graphic Publishing House, First Edition Published through the efforts of the Gdańsk District Board of the TPD and “Wieczór Wybrzeża.” Paperback; minor creases and stains on the front cover and last page; back cover missing. Otherwise, in very good condition. A nice, clean piece. First album edition of the cult comi...
Franciszek Mirandola (born Franciszka Zdzisława Pika) — Everyone would love to buy the whole world. Published by Wyd. Polskie, Lviv, ca. 1925 Illustrations by Jan SUSKA—full-page Stamp of Krzyżanowski Bookstore. Hardcover, cover edges scuffed, pages clean, block intact, overall condition: + good. Number of pages: 24 Format: 23 x 29 [cm] Rarity.
Polish publications Tomasz Zawistowski – Eagle Emblems on Caps in the 2nd Polish Corps, Warsaw 2016, ISBN 9788392666431 280 pages, B5 format, hardcover. A comprehensive and richly illustrated study of Polish eagles. Photographs of the eagles (mostly at a 1:1 scale) are supplemented by extensive historical commentary and reproductions of archival photographs and documents.
Marja Reutt - Lithuanian Fairy Tales, Warsaw, ca. 1920 [with illustrations] Hardcover, publisher’s binding, overall condition: good+. Minor stains on the cover. Number of pages: 110 Dimensions: 13 x 17 [cm]
Julian Podoski - Knights of the K.O.P. - Atlas Library, Lviv / Warsaw 1933 [Cover design by K. Sopoćko. Border Protection Corps] Hardcover, publisher’s binding. In very good condition, with minor soiling and scuffs. Cover design by K. Sopoćko. Number of pages: 190 Format: 15 x 20 [cm] A rarity in such good condition.
Captain Żbik - *The Well*, Warsaw 1971 [First edition, comic book, in good condition] Paperback. Very good condition. All pages present. Format: 17 x 24 [cm]
F.A. Ossendowski - Men, Animals, Gods Wydawnictwo Polskie, Poznań 1927 Complete Set, Vol. I–III: 1. The Martyr’s Wanderings 2. Through the Land of Satan 3. The Bloody General Softcover, covers restored, with some areas patched and repaired. Pages intact, overall condition very good. Number of pages: Format: 11 x 17 [cm] Ownership stamps, including one belonging to Stanisław Sierotwiński...
Jules Verne - *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*, with 19 illustrations and a cover by De Neuville. Warsaw, 1928 Fourth edition. Hardcover, publisher’s binding, block intact, pages clean. Minor soiling and scuffs on the cover. Overall condition: very good. Number of pages: 335 Dimensions: 17 x 24 [cm]
Aleksander Kamiński [pseudonym J. Górecki]. *Stones for the Rampart*. A Story About Wojtek and Czarny. Warsaw, July 1943. KOPR [BIP Propaganda Commission]. T[ajne] W[ojskowe] Z[akłady] W[ydawnicze], p. 67, [1], 16.5 cm, original paperback cover. 1st edition. Underground printing. The most famous novel by Aleksander Kamiński (1903–1978), a prose writer, educator, Scout leader, and co-foun...
Jules Verne - Hector Servadac: Adventures on a Journey Through the Solar System Complete Set: Parts 1 and 2 Księgarnia Polska, Lviv 1878 First Polish edition. Hardcover, decorative binding from the early 20th century. The text block is intact, pages are clean, with signatures on the title page. The text block has been re-sewn. Overall condition: very good. Number of pages: 272 + 264 Format: 1...
Tove Jansson - Moomin Summer - Warsaw 1967, First Edition, Nasza Księgarnia, First edition. Paperback, in very good condition, clean pages, pages firmly bound, minimal scuffing on the spine edges and some soiling on the back cover. Collector’s piece. Number of pages: 182 Format: 12 x 18 [cm] Rare to find in such good condition.
Yevhen Yuliy Pelenksy – A Selection of Contemporary Ukrainian Humorous Stories – Smiles, Lviv 1935 Title: “УСМІШКИ” (Usmiszky – Smiles) Subtitle: “Вибір сучасної української гуморески” (A Selection of Contemporary Ukrainian Humorous Stories) Series: “Ukrainska Biblioteka” (Ukrainian Library), vol. 29. Editor/Compiler: Є. Ю. Пелен...
RELAX - A Magazine of Comic Stories, Issue 1, First Edition, Warsaw 1976 Softcover, scuffing and creases on the cover, single-staple binding, tear in the spine, fair condition. All pages present. Format: 20.5 x 29 [cm]
Władysław Umiński - Under the Polish Flag - Around the World by Car [The Journey of Scout Jerzy Jeliński], Warsaw 1929 [First edition] Published and printed by T. Ulasiński Bookstore. Hardcover, half-leather binding, original color cover preserved. Some soiling on the paper; text block intact; in good condition. Numerous illustrations. Number of pages: 416 Format: 13 x 18 [cm] An exceptio...
Polish publications Tomasz Zawistowski – Polish Cap Emblems from 1900 to 1917 and Polish Army Emblems from 1918 to 1921, Warsaw 2014, ISBN 9788392666424 351 pages, B5 format, hardcover. A comprehensive and richly illustrated study of Polish eagles. Photographs of the eagles (mostly at a 1:1 scale) are supplemented by extensive historical commentary and reproductions of archival photographs a...
Chmielewski, H.J. — Tytus, Romek, and Atomek, Book VIII, Warsaw 1973 [First edition, comic book] Published by Horyzonty Paperback, pages intact. In very good condition. A nice piece. Slight crease on the cover. All pages present Format: 16 x 24.5 [cm]
– A Description of Poland Under Stanisław August – Coxe, William. Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. Interspersed with historical accounts and political inquiries. Illustrated with charts and engravings. In two volumes. Second edition. London 1785. Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 4° (large), pp. X, 532, maps 2 (fold-out copperplate engravings), plans 2 (fold-out cop...
RELAX - A Magazine of Comic Stories, Issue 3, First Edition, Warsaw 1976 Softcover, scuffs and creases on the cover, tear in the spine, condition: fair, the pages have been taped to the cover with old tape. All pages present. Format: 20.5 x 29 [cm]
Godzisław Baszko. Chronicle of the Lechites and Poles. Warsaw, 1822. Printed at the 20th Piarist Press, p. 304, 19 cm, cloth binding with embossing, edges of pages stained. From the Branicki Library in Sucha (ex-libris). A chronicle of Polish history during the Piast dynasty, attributed to Godzisław Baszko (c. 1215–c. 1295), a 13th-century canon of Poznań Cathedral (first edition in Polis...
Shelly Mary - Frankenstein - First Polish Edition Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, Poznań, 1958 Hardcover, contemporary artistic binding. Crafted at Maciej Cimiała’s bookbinding workshop. Clean pages. In perfect condition. Decorative endpapers, cloth bookmark. Number of pages: 337 Format: 13 x 20 [cm] A striking piece.
Ewa Szelburg Zarembina - NIEDZIELA - Warsaw 1947 Illustrations by Maria Podoska-Kochowa Published by Gebethner and Wolff Hardcover, cover has some dirt and scuffs, pages are intact and clean. Condition: + good. Number of pages: 48 Dimensions: 17 x 25 [cm] Rare. Beautiful illustrations.
RELAX - A Magazine of Comic Stories, Issue 2, First Edition, Warsaw 1976 Softcover, scuffing and creases on the cover, tear in the spine, condition: fair All pages present. Format: 20.5 x 29 [cm]
X. Marcin Czermiński - In Norway and Lapland, a text illustrated with 60 engravings First edition, Czas Printing House, Kraków 1897 Hardcover, cloth binding with title labels and stamps. Overall condition: very good. Minor scuffs on the cover. Number of pages: 236 Format: 17 x 24 [cm]. Rare.
Stanisław Wasylewski - Silesian Legends and Fairy Tales - Katowice 1947 OGNISKO Book Cooperative Period-style hardcover binding, cloth. Overall condition: very good; slight soiling on the cover. Number of pages: 180 Format: 16 x 21 [cm]
Artur Oppman (Or-Ot) — Pan Twardowski, Warsaw 1947 [Illustrations and cover by Witold Kalicki] Eugeniusz Kuthan Publishing House Hardcover, cover has some scuffs and stains. Overall condition is good; the book block is intact, and the pages are clean. Number of pages: 110 Format: 18 x 24 [cm]
Aleksander Gwagnin. Chronicle of W.X. of Lithuania [from A. Gwagnin’s work *Chronicle of the European Sarmatians*]. Kraków 1611. Printed by Mikołaj Lob, p. [2], p. 116, 2 pages of the register, folio bound in parchment E.XVII, 481–483. A volume concerning the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (with a separate woodcut title page) from one of the most important historical works by Aleksander Gwagni...
[Wujek’s Bible]. The Bible. The Books of the Old and New Testaments, translated from Latin into Polish by [...] Illustrated with over 500 images. Second edition. Leipzig 1844–1846. Stereotypical edition by Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz. Published by J. Baumgaertner, plate 1 (steel engraving), frontispiece (woodcut), p. [3], p. VIII; 1249, [1], L, ill. plate 2 (steel engravings); [8], 458; II, pl...
Boglar, K. — Gucio and Cezar on Carrot Island, Warsaw 1973 [illustrated by Bohdan Butenko] Paperback, minor stains, overall condition very good. Number of pages: complete Format: 16 x 24 [cm]
Jan Brzechwa - The Needle and the Thread Danced - Warsaw 1972 Illustrated by Bohdan Butenko, First Edition Paperback; minor soiling and creases; small tears repaired in several places. Overall condition: good. Number of pages: 16 Dimensions: 18 x 26 [cm] Rare.
Lepecki, M.B. On the Amazon and in Eastern Peru, Lviv 1931 Atlas Library. Hardcover, designed by Janina Petry-Przybylska (1898–1960). Pages are intact, pages are clean, cover has some dirt and scuffs. Good condition. Number of pages: 280 Format: 14 x 20 [cm] An illustrated account, featuring photographs, of one of the many expeditions undertaken by Mieczysław Lepecki—a legionnaire, aide-d...
[The Zamoyski Family] – “Eulogy delivered at the funeral of the late Władysław Zamoyski. Delivered by Fr. Arkadiusz Lisiecki at the church in Kórnik on October 6, 1924” [and:] “Speech delivered by Wincenty Szymborski, director of the Kórnik estates, at the funeral of the late Władysław Zamoyski in Kórnik on October 6, 1924.” Two editions: 1. Poznań 1924. Published by the Wła...
DAUTREMER, Joseph (trans.) The Prince of Brilliant Fire and the Prince of Shining Fire Tokyo, ca. 1889–1905. Published by Takejirō Hasegawa (長谷川武次郎). Series: Les Contes du Vieux Japon, No. 14. Handmade, crepe-textured [softcover] binding with a block bound with Japanese cord. A valuable example of a Japanese chirimen-bon crepe-paper book from the Meiji period, published by the r...
Fighter Pilot: Battling the Elements, Warsaw 1978 First edition, comic book, illustrated by Bogusław Polch Paperback, overall condition very good. A very nice piece. All pages present. Format: 16.5 x 24 [cm]
Fighter Pilot - Targets for Fighters, Warsaw 1982 [ 1st edition, comic book, art by Szyszko ] Art by Marek Szyszko Paperback, overall condition very good. A very nice piece. All pages present. Format: 16.5 x 24 [cm]
Józef Kremer - A Journey to Italy - Complete Set, Volumes I–VI, Warsaw 1878 / 1880 Published and Printed by S. Lewental Hardcover, period half-leather binding, blocks intact; the work is illustrated with over 160 woodcuts and a fold-out map of the ruins of ancient Rome. Foxing on the paper. Stamps; otherwise, in very good condition. Complete set of pages, format: 16 x 23 [cm] A monumental w...
Leonard Chodźko. *La Pologne historique, littéraire, monumentale et pittoresque* [...] Published by Ignace-Stanislas Grabowski. Vol. 1–3 (in 3 vols.). Paris 1835–1842. At the Central Office, frontispiece (steel engraving), p. [4], 480, 56 plates (steel engravings, in place of 57), 2 maps (steel engravings), map of the Battle of Vienna (steel engraving); frontispi­ce (steel engraving), p...
Polish publications Tomasz Zawistowski – Polish Eagles for Caps, 1919–1939, Warsaw 2018 (reprint of the 2005 edition), no ISBN 206 pages, B5 format, hardcover. A comprehensive and richly illustrated study of Polish eagles. Photographs of the eagles (mostly at a 1:1 scale) are supplemented by extensive historical commentary and reproductions of archival photographs and documents.
Edgar Allan Poe - Short Stories, Volumes I–II, Complete Set, Warsaw 1956 First edition Graphic design by Andrzej Heidrich Hardcover editions with dust jackets intact. Minor soiling on the dust jackets. Overall condition: very good. Number of pages: [2] 470; [2] 320, Format: 14 x 20 [cm] Translated from English by Stanisław Wyrzykowski. Selected and with a foreword by Władysław Kopaliński...
Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland, Illustrations by Olga Siemaszko, Warsaw 1955 Nasza Księgarnia, First edition Hardcover, minor stains and scuffs on the cover, pages intact, pages clean. Overall condition: good+. Number of pages: 97 Dimensions: 17 x 24 [cm]
Marian Falski - Primer, Warsaw 1959 [illustrations by Jerzy Karolak] State School Publishing House 3rd Edition Hardcover, publisher’s binding. Minor scuffs on the corners of the cover; the book block is intact; the interior is clean, with no scratches, etc. Overall condition: very good. Number of pages: 168 Format: 23 x 20 [cm] A nice early piece.
Julian Tuwim - The Locomotive - Nasza Księgarnia - Warsaw 1967 Illustrations by Jan Marcin Szancer Hardcover in good condition, with some dirt, scuffs, and drawings. Number of pages: complete Dimensions: 17 x 23 [cm]
Stanisław Lem - Return from the Stars, Warsaw 1961 Published by Czytelnik, First Edition Paperback, designed by Marian Stachurski. A small section of the spine is missing; the cover has some scuffs and creases. The interior is clean. Overall condition: good. Number of pages: 243 Format: 13 x 18 [cm]
Karl May - A Collection of 10 Titles in 15 Volumes - Winnetou, Old Shatterhand, The Oil King, and Others Hachette Publishing, Warsaw 2017 Hardcover, in very good condition. All pages present. Format: 14 x 20 [cm]
Captain Żbik - The Gothic Chamber, Warsaw 1972 [First Edition, comic book] Paperback. Condition: Good+. Minor creases and scuffing on the spine. All pages present. Format: 17 x 24 [cm]
[Czerwony Dwór] - Statement on the actions of the Tsar of Russia regarding Prince Ernest Biron, Regent of Russia and Duke of Courland. No place, undated [ca. 1760], folio [2], measuring 22 x 18.5 cm. In French. The text concerns Ernest Jan Biron (1690–1772), a dignitary at the Russian court who served as regent following the death of Tsarina Anna Ivanovna. Ink seal: “Czerwonodworskie Arch...
Grzegorz Rosiński, Jean Van Hamme - THORGAL - Lord of the Mountains, Warsaw 1990 First edition Published by Orbita Paperback, in very good condition. A nice piece. Number of pages: 47 Format: 22 x 28 [cm]
Jerzy Szaniawski - *Professor Tutka: New Short Stories*, Kraków 1962 Autograph and dedication by the author to Aleksander Zaczyński— Aleksander Zaczyński (born January 31, 1941, in Polanka; died October 29, 2004) – Polish soccer player, basketball player, physical education teacher, and soccer and basketball coach. Forward for the Pogoń Prudnik Club. Illustrations by Daniel Mróz, 1st ...
Boglar, K. — Wolves on the Trail of Gucio and Cezar, Warsaw 1973 [illustrated by Bohdan Butenko] Paperback, minor staining, overall condition good. Several color illustrations. Number of pages: complete Format: 16 x 24 [cm]
80 Ways to Win at TOTO - LOTKA - Warsaw 1958 Paperback, some stains and scuffs, pages intact, fair condition. Number of pages: 70 Format: 15 x 21 [cm]
Woycik, J. — The History of the Curse — Based on Works of Fantasy Literature — 1911 Biblical Curses: Their Origins and Effects—Curses Among the Ancient Greeks and Romans—The Muslim Curse Curses in the Catholic Church—the difference between an ordinary curse and an excommunication. Brochure, some soiling, pages intact. Good condition. Stamp: BIBLIOTEKA P.S.L. BÓR Number of pages: 3...
Agnieszka Osiecka - DIXIE, Warsaw 1972 First edition, illustrated by Ewa Kuryluk Published by Ruch Hardcover, cover has some scuffs; condition: good+. Number of pages: 46 Format: 17 x 20 [cm]
F.A. Ossendowski - Wańko of Lisów, Książnica Atlas, Lviv / Warsaw 1929 Hardcover, publisher’s binding. In nearly perfect condition—a collector’s item. Cover and illustrations by Konstanty Sopoćko Number of pages: 335 Format: 15 x 20 [cm] A rarity in such good condition.
RELAX - A Magazine of Comic Stories, Issue 5, First Edition, Warsaw 1977 Paperback, shows no signs of wear, vibrant colors, a beautifully preserved piece. All pages present. Format: 20.5 x 29 [cm] Beautiful.
Bohdan Butenko - Kwapiszon and Beczka - Warsaw 1978 Nasza Księgarnia, First edition. In very good condition. Collector’s item. Like new. Format: 16 x 24 [cm]
Emil Ludwig - NIL - The Life of a River, Volumes I-II, Lviv 1938/39 [over 50 illustrations and 6 maps, Egypt] Published by Książnica Atlas Paperback with dust jackets byZygmunt Radnicki. Pages are firmly bound, pages are clean, small owner’s signature from 1942. Collector’s condition. Nearly perfect. Number of pages: 413 + 387 Format: 15 x 21.5 [cm] Contains: Volume IBook I: Freedom and ...
Collective Work - Bukvar - Russian Primer, Moscow 1952 Hardcover; some soiling on the title page; minor scuffs and stains; condition: good. Number of pages: 95 Format: 15 x 23 [cm]
Maja Berezowska - Through the Centuries with a Pen, Kraków, ca. 1956 Artistic and Graphic Publishing House - First Edition Hardcover, some soiling and dust on the cloth cover. Interior is clean and in very good condition. Number of pages: 102 Format: 22 x 29 [cm]
Ignacy Krasicki - Fables, illustrated by Jan Marcin Szancer, Warsaw 1951 Book and Knowledge. Hardcover, in very good condition, with minor scuffing on the edges of the cover. Number of pages: 55 Dimensions: 25 x 33 [cm]
[The Zamoyski Family] – Andrzej Zamoyski, founder and president of the Agricultural Society. Commemorative publications. 1874–1923. A collection of publications dedicated to the memory of Andrzej Zamoyski (1800–1874), a political and economic activist, son of Stanisław Kostka and Zofia née Czartoryska, a follower of Klemens, founder of the Steam Navigation Company on the Navigable Rive...
Sir George Staunton - "Gesandtschaftsreise nach China" (Diplomatic Mission to China), Berlin 1800 Haude und Spener Publishing House The third volume of the account of Lord Macartney’s diplomatic mission to China (1792–1794)—the first official British expedition to the court of the Qing emperor. The author is Sir George Staunton, the embassy secretary, who compiled the account based on th...
Julian Tuwim (1894–1953), poet – Letter to Kornel Makuszyński. Dated Warsaw, April 10, 1948. A mimeographed typescript with a handwritten signature. K. [1], written on one side, measuring 29.5 x 21 cm, and a hand-addressed envelope. Bears the handwritten signature of Julian Tuwim, a leading Polish poet of the interwar period. The letter concerns the organization of Leopold Staff’s 70th ...
Milne, A. A. — *Winnie-the-Pooh* — illustrated by Ernst Shepard, Warsaw 1948 Wiedza Publishing Cooperative. Hardcover, restored. Cloth spine with title lettering; hardcover with original publisher’s covers preserved. Text block re-sewn; missing pages and minor damage to the pages repaired. Stains on the paper; stamps. New decorative endpapers. Number of pages: 181 Format: 16 x 21 [cm] A ...