Books and Manuscripts auctions
Polish publications Grzegorz Romańczyk—The Toruń, Gdańsk, and Elbląg Editions of Sigismund I the Old from 1528–1548, Kraków 2024, ISBN 9788011055691 389 pages, B5 format, hardcover. An exceptionally detailed study of one of the most important periods in modern Polish numismatics: the reforms of the reign of Sigismund I the Old. The author conducted a detailed analysis of the dies, leg...
Currently, this is the best two-volume study of the stock issues of interwar joint-stock companies. The catalog includes 5,044 shares identified at the time, which were issued by 1,090 companies. The catalog contains 476 scans of the most interesting, attractive, and rare shares. It is precisely Leszek Koziorowski’s catalog that auction houses use when citing literature on historical securit...
Polish publications Grzegorz Romańczyk – Groszy from Głogów and Kraków issued by Sigismund I the Old from 1505–1548, Kraków 2022, ISBN 9788394053475 249 pages, B5 format, hardcover. An exceptionally detailed study of one of the most important periods in modern Polish numismatics: the coinage reforms of the reign of Sigismund I the Old.
Polish publications Tomasz Poniewierka – Tymfy Minted During the Reign of John II Casimir. Part III – Lviv and Kraków-Lviv Hybrids, Knight Press 2026, ISBN 9788398187305 33 pages, A5 format, softcover, mint condition. The third part of the “Guide” catalogs 32 varieties of tymphs minted at the Lviv (or Kraków) mint in 1663. Each entry is accompanied by an enlarged photograph, includin...
Polish publications Witold Borowski – Crown Coins of Casimir IV Jagiellon, 1447–1492, Sieraków 2025, ISBN 9788397701205 192 pages, B5 format, hardcover. A new and detailed approach to the typology of Casimir Jagiellon’s coins
Hardcover A4 format Number of pages: 581
Polish Publications Piotr Zgorzyński – Counterfeits of Gold Coins from the 19th and 20th Centuries, Kraków 2023, 1st edition, ISBN 9788394053482, print run of 100 copies 197 pages, A5 format, hardcover, a richly illustrated study describing the techniques used by counterfeiters, plus descriptions of examples of counterfeits of popular gold coins.
Polish publications Tomasz Poniewierka – Medals Minted During the Reign of John II Casimir. Part II – Kraków, Knight Press 2025, ISBN 9788090975811 51 pages, A5 format, softcover, mint condition. The second part of the “Guide” catalogs 181 variants of thymphs struck at the Kraków Mint between 1663 and 1666. Each entry is accompanied by an enlarged photograph, including, among other t...
Polish Publications Tomasz Poniewierka – Tymfy Minted During the Reign of John II Casimir. Part I – Bydgoszcz, Knight Press 2025, ISBN 9788011071356 53 pages, A5 format, softcover, mint condition. The first part of the “Guide” catalogs 129 variants of thyms struck at the Bydgoszcz mint between 1663 and 1666. Each entry is accompanied by an enlarged photograph, including, among other th...
Hardcover Number of pages: 377
The latest edition, 2nd, revised and expanded. This publication was released in a very limited print run of 60 pieces; according to the author, there will be no further reprints. All pieces are numbered and signed by the author in his own hand—the piece offered in this auction is number 54 A4 format ~21.5 x 30.5 cm, 415 pages Published in Warsaw, 2019 The catalog includes the author’s anno...
Jarosław Dutkowski - The Gold of the Wasa Dynasty, Volume I, Gdańsk 2015, ISBN 9788392745396
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27 EUR
Jarosław Dutkowski - The Gold of the Wasa Dynasty, Volume I, Gdańsk 2015, ISBN 9788392745396 544 pages, B5 format, hardcover, shrink-wrapped (as printed), a richly illustrated catalog of the Wasa dynasty’s gold coinage
KRUPKA, Władysław; POL, Krzysztof; TEYSZERSKI, Romuald — RISK. CAPTAIN ŻBIK, PART 1. First edition.
41 EUR
KRUPKA, Władysław; POL, Krzysztof; TEYSZERSKI, Romuald — RISK. CAPTAIN ŻBIK, PART 1. First edition. Warsaw 1968, Sport i Turystyka Publishing House. Illustrations and graphic design: Zbigniew Sobala. Paperback in approximately B5 format, color cover, price printed on the cover: 10 zł. Visible signs of wear, dirt, and scuffs on the cover, occasional creases, and minor damage to the edges....
A. Szparło, Adam, "Stamps of the 'Little People's Republic of Poland.' Issues 1974–1993"
bardzo dobry
12 EUR
Item sought. 60 pages, with a dedicated insert inside featuring a table of the series' rarity.
Shows almost no signs of use.
Foreign publications Broome, Michael – A Handbook of Islamic Coins, London 1985, ISBN 0900652667 230 pages, dimensions approx. 14.4 x 22.2 cm, hardcover with dust jacket. This book serves as an introduction to Islamic coins of the Near and Middle East, as well as those of the Umayyad dynasty that ruled Spain, issued by various dynasties that emerged from the religious state established by th...
Number of pages: 535 Hardcover Author: Jarosław Dutkowski
Berk, Harlan J. — *100 Greatest Ancient Coins*, Second Edition, Pelham 2019, ISBN 0794846327
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14 EUR
Foreign Publications Berk, Harlan J. – 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, Second Edition, Pelham 2019, ISBN 0794846327 138 pages, approx. 26 x 31 cm, hardcover. The equivalent of the Polish album “100 Numismatic Rarities at the National Museum in Kraków,” featuring ancient coins. The album features 100 of the most famous Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins dating from 650 B.C. to 1453, including...
C. Madden, Frederic - *History of Jewish Coinage and of Money in the Old and New Testaments*, San Diego 1967
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17 EUR
Foreign Publications C. Madden, Frederic – History of Jewish Coinage and of Money in the Old and New Testaments, San Diego 1967 350 pages, 16.0 x 23.6 cm, hardcover. A detailed account of the history of Jewish coinage and money in the Old and New Testaments. The book discusses: the role of silver as a medium of exchange and trade among the Hebrews, coinage following the Jews’ return from B...
Jarosław Dutkowski - The Gold of the Wasa Dynasty (Gold während der Wasa-Dynastie), Volume II...
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27 EUR
Jarosław Dutkowski - The Gold of the Wasa Dynasty (Gold während der Wasa-Dynastie), Volume III (Silesia / Schlesien), Gdańsk 2017, ISBN 9788392745396 660 pages, B5 format, hardcover, shrink-wrapped (as-printed condition), a very important—groundbreaking—study of Silesian gold coinage, containing descriptions of nearly 1,000 items illustrated with approximately 2,500 photographs
![Jamboree in the Netherlands [Warsaw 1938]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10008/3384990_1w.webp)
![Jamboree in the Netherlands [Warsaw 1938]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10008/3384990_2w.webp)
Compiled by Eugeniusz Konopacki and Tadeusz Kwiatkowski; photos by Tadeusz Bukowski / Jamboree in the Netherlands / Warsaw 1938 / Published by the Polish Expedition Headquarters for the 5th Jamboree / softcover / p. 75 / black-and-white photographs / condition: fair-; the entire volume has come loose from the block; loose pages; soiling on the cover; tear in the spine lining; frayed edges of t...
Józef KISIELEWSKI - The Earth Gathers Ashes. Second edition. Fifth thousand. Poznań 1939. St. Adalbert Bookstore. p. 486, [9], 1 fold-out map. Height: 24.5 cm. Decorative multicolored binding featuring images of a white eagle and a Polish soldier, as well as the coats of arms of Pomerania and Gdańsk, produced by St. Adalbert’s Bookstore (marked with a blind embossing). Minor scuffing; pap...
Dariusz F. Jasek, The Bydgoszcz Student Uprising of 1621 under Sigismund III Vasa, signed by the author, piece no. 4/100
drukarski
5 EUR
Hardcover Number of pages: 121
Andrzej Podczaski, Catalog of Paper Substitute Currency from Polish Territories, 1914–1924, Volume IV: Gdańsk Pomerania and the Free City of Gdańsk
drukarski
23 EUR
Catalog of Temporary Paper Currency from Polish Territories, 1919–1924—Gdańsk Pomerania and the Free City of Gdańsk An essential catalog for collectors of emergency banknotes. Hardcover, dimensions: 21.7 x 30.1 cm, A4 format, 171 pages. Published in Warsaw, 2007
Polish Scouting Association. Kraków Branch. Set of 6 reports from 1933–1938. Kraków 1934–1939 The set includes: - Polish Scouting Association. Kraków Branch. Report of the Branch Executive Board and the Girl and Boy Scout Corps Command for the year 1933. Kraków, 1934. p. 52; - Polish Scouting Association. Kraków Branch. Report of the Branch Executive Board and the Girl and Boy Scout C...
KRUPKA, Władysław; POL, Krzysztof; TEYSZERSKI, Romuald — RISK. CAPTAIN ŻBIK, PART 2. First edition.
41 EUR
KRUPKA, Władysław; POL, Krzysztof; TEYSZERSKI, Romuald — RISK. CAPTAIN ŻBIK, PART 2. First edition. Warsaw 1968, Sport i Turystyka Publishing House. Illustrations: Zbigniew Sobala. Paperback, color cover, price printed on the cover: 10 zł. Signs of use and storage, scuffs and dirt on the cover, occasional creases, and minor damage. The second issue of the first story in the “Captain Ż...
Polish publications Jasek Dariusz - The Grain Collection / Gold of the Netherlands, Knight Press 2023 91 pages, B5 format, glossy hardcover. A catalog of a specialized collection of Dutch ducats.
Marek Budaj - Košický zlatý poklad / The Košice Gold Treasure, Slovart 2008, ISBN 9788080855765
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20 EUR
Polish publications Marek Budaj - Košický zlatý poklad / The Košice Gold Treasure, Slovart 2008, ISBN 9788080855765 263 A4-size pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The most comprehensive study of the Košice gold treasure, which includes nearly 3,000 coins—many of them Polish, including ducats and double ducats of John II Casimir. All coins are illustrated and include metrological data. T...
![The Organization of Scout Sailing Teams, Part III [Warsaw, 1935]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10008/3384727_1w.webp)
![The Organization of Scout Sailing Teams, Part III [Warsaw, 1935]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10008/3384727_2w.webp)
Compiled by Gen. Marjusz Zaruski / Organization of Scout Sailing Teams, Part III: Provisional Regulations for Service on the Schooner—Z.H.P. Training Yacht “Zawisza Czarny” / Warsaw 1935 / Official Publication of the Sailing Troop Leadership of the Scout Headquarters / series: Library of Scout Sailing Troops, edited by Witold Bublewski / paperback / p. 38 / very good condition; slight so...
Czesław Miłczak, *Catalog of Polish Banknotes and Designs*, Volumes I and II, 2023 edition
drukarski, zafoliowany
23 EUR
Polish Banknotes – Designs, Volumes I and IIAuthor: Czesław MiłczakPublisher: NUMIS POLAND Krzysztof KlitończykNow for sale: a complete set of two volumes of the iconic catalog by Czesław Miłczak—an invaluable source of knowledge for collectors and enthusiasts of Polish paper currency.Volume I and Volume II contain detailed descriptions and illustrations of Polish banknote designs fro...
Polish coin issues Jasek, Dariusz F. – The 1621 Bydgoszcz Ducat of Sigismund III Vasa / The Poland 1621 Gold 100 zlotych – The Most Spectacular Polish Gold Coin, Knight Press 2018, ISBN 9788394053451 101 A4-sized pages, softcover, a comprehensive study of the unique topic of the most spectacular Polish coin; the author researched numerous collections and identified at least 14 examples of ...
Foreign publications Sear, David – Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values, The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire, London 1982, ISBN 0900652594 636 pages, dimensions approx. 14.3 x 22.3 cm, hardcover with dust jacket, a richly illustrated catalog of Greek coins, with valuations provided for each entry. The catalog provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide specifically devoted to the loc...
![Bolesław Prus - *Lalka* [first book edition, in 3 volumes, 1890, with minor missing pages]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10681/3369824_1w.webp)
![Bolesław Prus - *Lalka* [first book edition, in 3 volumes, 1890, with minor missing pages]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10681/3369824_2w.webp)
Bolesław Prus (born Aleksander Głowacki), *Lalka*. A novel in three volumes, with a portrait of the author. Volume I, Volume II, Volume III.Warsaw, 1890; Published by Gebethner and Wolff; Printed in Kraków—by Wł. L. Anczyc and Company, under the management of J. GadowskiIn three separate volumes, uniform cloth binding with embossed stripes; pages in Vol. I: [3], 431, [1], with 1 portrait...
Number of pages: 128 Published in Zielona Góra, 2025 Hardcover
Hardcover Number of Pages: 223 The book is packaged in a cardboard box. The book contains annotations.
Foreign Publications M. Jacobson, David, and Kokkinos, Nikos—*Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE–135 CE*, London 2012, ISBN 9781907427220 243 pages, 19.2 x 25.2 cm, hardcover, color photographs, maps, and illustrations. The book explores an aspect of Judean coinage, providing insight into biblical coinage and the coinage of the Holy Land through ancient numismatics, as well as Roman-Jewish re...
Slight signs of wear.
Hardcover Number of pages: 397
![Military Yearbook of the Kingdom of Poland, 1830 [Warsaw edition] [set of 16 color lithographs]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10008/3318899_1w.webp)
![Military Yearbook of the Kingdom of Poland, 1830 [Warsaw edition] [set of 16 color lithographs]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10008/3318899_2w.webp)
Military Yearbook of the Kingdom of Poland, 1830 [Warsaw edition] [set of 16 color lithographs]
1 889 EUR
Military Yearbook of the Kingdom of Poland 1830 / Warsaw 1830 / Printed at the Military Printing House / Full leather binding / p. 264 / 16 color lithographic plates/ in very good condition, slight wear on the corners of the binding, a small red sticker on p. 264 covering a tear . Very rare. A piece from the collection of Karol Linder—painter, printmaker, draftsman, distinguished costume des...
![Tytus, Romek, and Atomek. Book One [First Edition] [Warsaw, 1966]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10008/3407200_1w.webp)
![Tytus, Romek, and Atomek. Book One [First Edition] [Warsaw, 1966]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10008/3407200_2w.webp)
Warsaw 1966 / Scout Publishing House / first edition / softcover / size 24.5 × 16.5 cm / 52 pp., [4] / black-and-white and color illustrations in the text / condition: very good-, approx. 3 cm tear and discoloration along the margin on the back cover; discoloration on the inside cover pages, a small hole on p. 37 visible within the illustration border The first edition of the adventures of Ty...
![[SCOUTING] Price List 1937. Scout Supply Store. Scout Supply Commission in Kraków. Rynek Kleparski 1. 1937.](https://img1.one.bid/img/10536/3391973_1w.webp)
![[SCOUTING] Price List 1937. Scout Supply Store. Scout Supply Commission in Kraków. Rynek Kleparski 1. 1937.](https://img1.one.bid/img/10536/3391973_2w.webp)
[SCOUTING] Price List 1937. Scout Supply Store. Scout Supply Commission in Kraków. Rynek Kleparski 1. 1937. p. 20. Height: 22.7 cm. Stapled booklet. Creases on the cover, soiling, and yellowing of the paper. Price list of the Scout Supply Depot of the Scout Supply Commission in Kraków for the year 1937. The publication lists equipment for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, including uniforms, Scout...
Zdzisław Sawicki, Badges of the Polish Army: Aviation, Technical Corps, and Services, 1921–1939, Warsaw 2018
bardzo dobry
16 EUR
Hardcover Number of pages: 125 It includes an autograph by the author, Zdzisław Sawicki
Piece: 96/100 Hardcover Number of pages: 119 An excellent piece with a high number
IN ONE'S OWN EYES. Introduction by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński. Translations by J. Łobodowski, Z. Miłoszewski, and K. Okulicz. Paris 1963. Literary Institute. 8, 519 pp., [2], original paperback cover. “Kultura” Library. Vol. XCII. Anthology of Contemporary Soviet Literature. Slight scuffing and discoloration on the cover, paint over the back cover; otherwise in very good condition. Auth...
Animal Farm. Translated from English by Teresa Jeleńska. London 1974. Reprint. 8 (small), p. 94, [2], paperback cover.The cover is slightly soiled; otherwise, the book is in very good condition.
Number of pages: 330 Hardcover Author: Tadeusz Iger
![[KRASIŃSKI, Wincenty; Krasiński Library] ROPELEWSKI, Stanisław—Polish-French Dictionary. Dictionnaire polonais-français. Volume I (A–M). Berlin, [ca. 1843]. B. Behr Bookstore.](https://img1.one.bid/img/10536/3391889_1w.webp)
![[KRASIŃSKI, Wincenty; Krasiński Library] ROPELEWSKI, Stanisław—Polish-French Dictionary. Dictionnaire polonais-français. Volume I (A–M). Berlin, [ca. 1843]. B. Behr Bookstore.](https://img1.one.bid/img/10536/3391889_2w.webp)
[KRASIŃSKI, Wincenty, Krasiński Library] ROPELEWSKI, Stanisław—Polish-French Dictionary. Dictionnaire polonais-français. Volume I (A–M). Berlin, [ca. 1843]. B. Behr Bookstore. pp. [2], 1017. Height: 15 cm. Period binding: half-leather, spine with gilded title and ornamentation, cloth covers with an embossed cartouche and a count’s crown. On the title page, an oval heraldic ownership ...
Hardcover There is a crease in the right corner of the cover
Polish publications Czesław Miłczak – Catalogue of Polish Banknotes 1916–1994, Warsaw 2000, ISBN 8391336190 320 pages, B5 format, hardcover, a richly illustrated catalog of Polish banknotes, published in English; the supplement additionally includes banknotes from “Ober-Ost” and the Łódź Ghetto
Jerzy Koziczyński, Polish Banknotes: The Lucow Collection, Volume V (1944–1955), a catalog autographed by the author
Bardzo dobry
47 EUR
Hardcover Number of pages: 220 Dust jacket slightly damaged
Herbert Zbigniew / *Struna światła*/ Warsaw 1956 / first edition / Czytelnik / softcover / p. 82 / condition: very good-, slight soiling and creases on the cover, slightly dusty page edges Cover designed by Andrzej Radziejowski, a renowned graphic artist. Zbigniew Herbert’s first poetry collection, published in a print run of 1,205 pieces. A distinctive feature of Herbert’s debut is the ...
![[Cookbook - manuscript] A notebook from the late 19th century [in Polish, with neat handwriting]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10681/3369810_1w.webp)
![[Cookbook - manuscript] A notebook from the late 19th century [in Polish, with neat handwriting]](https://img1.one.bid/img/10681/3369810_2w.webp)
[Cookbook - manuscript] A notebook from the late 19th century [in Polish, with neat handwriting]
69 EUR
A notebook, missing the last few pages (perhaps 2); no author or dates; in Polish. Written by several people; various handwriting styles, generally legible.Paper cover, 72 pages, 3 loose sheets, size 22 x 17.7 cm.Condition: front cover has paper loss, is torn, at least the last 2 pages and the back cover are missing; numerous signs of wear, stains, dirt, and yellowing. Among the approximately ...
Z. Kiełb, Coats of Arms of Polish and Lithuanian Officials on Coins and Counters Issued Between 1479 and 1707
bardzo dobry
14 EUR
Number of pages: 503 Hardcover Edition: Puławy 2015 Author: Zbigniew Kiełb
Zbigniew Herbert / Hakeldama / Warsaw 1984 / no number / "One Poem Library" series / No. 4/100 / softcover / inside the folder, one unnumbered card with a poem / signed by Zbigniew Herbert / graphic artwork by Zygmunt Rafał Strent pasted inside / in very good condition This piece bears Zbigniew Herbert’s autograph, dated 1984. The poem “Hakeldama” ( from Aramaic: Field of Blood) is a wo...
journals Numismatic Chronicles 2022, Ostrava 2022 228 pages, B5 format, hardcover. Numismatic Chronicles 2022 is the first volume of a publication documenting the most important events in the Polish numismatic community in 2022. The publication covers, among other things, selected exhibitions, conferences, coin finds, numismatic auctions, and new publications, providing an interesting summary ...
A fine collection of Middle Eastern and North African banknotes, Spink, April 25, 2017, London
drukarski
5 EUR
Number of pages: 83 Paperback
Content in both Polish and English Hardcover Number of pages: 406 Author: Jarosław Dutkowski
Polish publications Marian Gumowski (ed. Antoni Domaradzki) – The Gdańsk Mint, Gdańsk 1990 219 pages and 37 plates, approximately B5 format, softcover
Zdzisław Sawicki and Jan Strynowicz, Polish Army: Orders, Decorations, Commemorative Badges, and Identification Badges, Warsaw 2017
bardzo dobry
12 EUR
Hardcover Published in Warsaw in 2017 Number of pages: 480
POLISH EXILES IN THE USSR - Tokyo 1941. Published by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Japan. Includes a fold-out map. Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Japan; printed by Kasai Insatsu-Sho. p. XXXI, 181, plus one fold-out map of the USSR. Height: approx. 16 cm. Red cloth binding, with the original dark paperback cover preserved inside, featuring the title and the name of the Embass...
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, *Another World: Soviet Notes*. Foreword by Bertrand Russell.London, 1953; Published by Gryf Publications Ltd., 169–171 Battersea Church Road, London, S.W. 11; Printed by Gryf Printers Ltd. Paper, burgundy publisher’s cover, 234 pp., [5], size 21 x 14 cm. Good condition: cover detached from the block, minor tear at the bottom of the spine, on p. 215 a paper loss ...
Polish publications Tomasz Poniewierka - Commemorative Badge of the Greater Poland Army, Knight Press 2024, ISBN 9788011057602 127 pages, A5 format, hardcover
Polish Publications Katarzyna Pągowska – Numismatics of the Polish People’s Republic. Circulation, collector’s, and proof coins. An exhibition from the collections of the Museum of Central Pomerania in Słupsk, Słupsk 2019, ISBN 9788395130854 63 A5-size pages, softcover, illustrated catalog, print run of 100 copies. The catalog is divided into three chapters covering coins issued betwe...
New for 2026, Marek Krzewiński, Circulating Coins of the People's Republic of Poland, 1949–1990—limited edition of 100 copies.
drukarski
71 EUR
Świeradów Zdrój 2026, A4 format, hardcover, 400 pages, limited edition (print run of 100 copies—distributed exclusively on April 19, 2026, at a collectors’ fair, with a special stamp and the author’s autograph). The latest publication, which catalogs all circulation coins of the Polish People’s Republic along with the basic die varieties from 1949–1990.