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The latest study by Czesław Miłczak. The most complete and best catalog of Polish banknotes - a publication that goes beyond the framework of a typical catalog study, constituting a handy encyclopedia of knowledge about Polish paper money. edition Warsaw 2023format B5
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Czeslaw Miłczak, Catalogue of Polish Banknotes and Designs, Volume I and II, edition 2023
drukarski, zafoliowany
47 EUR
Polish banknotes - patterns Volume I and II Author: Czesław Miłczak Publisher: NUMIS POLAND Krzysztof Klitończyk For sale is a set of two volumes of the iconic catalog by Czeslaw Miłczak - an invaluable source of knowledge for collectors and lovers of Polish paper money. Volume I and Volume II contain detailed descriptions and illustrations of Polish banknote designs from various historic...
Enlarged with additions and a sketch of the history of Polish literature by L. R. [Leon Rogalski],second edition, printed and printed by S. Orgelbrand the Bookseller and Typographer, Warsaw 1856, pp. 510, dimensions 12 x 17.5 cm, bookbinding cover, contemporary from the factory of Marta Woźny - Introdruk, Kraków, Ulica Zacisze 16, half-leather and marbled paper, gilt and decorative bindings ...
ILLUSTRATED DAUGHTERS [...] under the direction of L. Kubala, Vienna 1894-1905. FIFTEEN VOLUMES
402 EUR
On the basis of the most recent research and historical works, accessibly compiled [...] under the direction of Professor Dr. Ludwik Kubala, Volumes I - XV ( Ancient Times Parts 1-4; Medieval Times Parts 1-2; Modern Times Parts 1-6; Recent Times Parts 1-3), Printed by Franciszek Bonde, Vienna 1894-1905, p. total 4868, dimensions. 19 x 26 cm, original hardcovers, black, non-uniform (11 volumes ...
"One hundred thousand billion poems" by Raymond Queneau - a poetic book-experiment. Adapted into Polish by Jan Gondowicz. The afterword was provided by Jacek Olczyk. Commentary: Zenon Fajfer. Rare. Krakow 2008, Korporacja ha!art, publishing series: Liberatura. Format 23.5x28 cm, pages Publisher's note:One Hundred Thousand Billion Poems is another - after B. S. Johnson' s Unfortunate - entry in...
Wojskowy Instytut Naukowo Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1930, pp. 636, dimensions 18 x 25 cm, publisher's cloth covers with gilding, minor soiling and rubbing of covers, some minor soiling of covers and margins of pages and cuts, minor folds and fraying of margins of some maps and battle plans (without influence on text and content of maps). The publication is a detailed description of the military actio...
The famous Enlightenment work by Ignacy Krasicki entitled. "Monachomachia or the War of the Monks".Illustrated by Zofia Stryjeńska. Cracow [1921], Spółka Wydawnicza "Fala", edition of 1100 numbered pieces - here No. 763.Format 22x31 cm, pages 55, b/w illustrations in the text, 7 color, pasted illustrations, hardcover. Good condition (cover with small scuffs and sizable stains, dampstains on...
From the work Dykcyonarz powszechny medyka, chirurgii i sztuk hodowania bydląt, czyli lekarz wieyski [...] T. 8: Collected niektorych celnieyszych aforyzmow : wyięty z dzieł Hippokratesa y Celsa. - In Warsaw : at P. Dufour [...], 1793. - first 64 p. of 88. (from the Italian k. tit.). ends with the slogan Temperaments; Verypositive notes serving as an introduction to this work p.42. Home pha...
"The Books of James" by Olga Tokarczuk - limited edition issued on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the first edition. On the first page a commemorative stamp with the piece number (here #27) and Olga Tokarczuk's autograph. Kraków 2024, Wydawnictwo Literackie. Format 17x25 cm, pages 903, single-color illustrations, hardcover, case. Very good condition. Are you interested in autographs ...
Dramatic work by Emil Zegadłowicz entitled. "The Night of Saint John the Evangelist. A ballad mystery in seven spheres". The cover was designed by Edward Porządkowski. Very careful graphic design/typography so described in the publisher's note "Printed in typescript: Garmond antiqua in the text, garmond italic in the explanatory notes, Egyptian canon, Egyptian bicero, text antiqua, cicero it...
Julian Tuwim, Black Mass from the Satanic Cycle. [Series] Bibljoteczka Historyczno-Geograficzna Nr.1.Warsaw, [1925]; ed. Reply: Jadwiga Ruczyńska.; Published: T-wo Wyd. "Rój", Warsaw.; Printed: Sp. Akc. Zakl. Graf. "Drukarnia Polska," Szpitalna 12.Hard cloth binding, retained booklet cover, pp. 60,[4], format 13.7 x 10cm. Good condition: cover slightly soiled, inside booklet cover more heavi...
CERVANTES - Don Quixote of the Mancha Volume I-VI complete 1899 [Illustrations by Gustav Dore].
118 EUR
Cervantes Don Quixote of Mancha set of 6 volumes translated by W. Zakrzewski; with a foreword by J.A. Swiecicki With illustrations by Gustave Dore Estr XIX ed. 2 vol. 3 s. 63. Year of publication: Warsaw 1899, Granowski and Sikorski Printing House s. 160, 16 illustrated plates; 157, [3], 12 illustrated plates; 168, 14 illustrated plates; 156, [3], 10 illustrated plates; 159, 10 illustrated pla...
"Dziary" - A publication accompanying the exhibition of Maurycy Gomulicki's photographs, held at Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery in 2018. Texts in Polish, English and Russian. Warsaw 2018, Zachęta - National Gallery of Art, edition of 300 pieces. Format 21x21 cm, pages 268, 107 color photos, soft cover. Very good condition.
First edition of the book "Summa technologiae" by Stanislaw Lem.Lem considers the impact of technology on the development of humanity and the future of civilization. He analyzes various aspects of technology, both those existing at the time of writing and the future possibilities for the development of science and technology.The wrapper was designed by Daniel Mroz. (More Mroz? click here ⮕ M...
The book "The Long Goodbye. Tribute to Raymond Chandler" - an anthology of poems. In the piece 14 autographs - Marcin Świetlicki [is also TU], Piotr Bratkowski, Bohdan Zadura, Grzegorz Dyduch, Krzysztof Jaworski, Wojciech Bonowicz, Tadeusz Pióro, Wojciech Wilczyk, Dariusz Foks, Adam Wiedemann, Andrzej Sosnowski, Piotr Sommer, Marcin Sendecki, Marcin Baran. Kraków 1997, Zebra Publishing Agen...
Jerzy Ziętek - print of a New Year's greeting for 1977 with handwritten signature Size 15 cm x 10 cm Photograph is not subject to auction Jerzy Jan Antoni Ziętek, a.k.a. "Jorg" (born June 10, 1901 in Szobiszowice, died November 20, 1985 in Zabrze) - Polish politician, civil servant, local government official, party, state and social and military activist. Brigadier general of the Armed Force...
Printed by Andrzej Wachowiak, L. Ksycki Printing House in Znin, Gdynia 1934, pp. 206, dimensions 14.5 x 22 cm, publisher's soft cover, minor soiling, folds and rubbing of cover, minor loss of lower margin of cover, uneven trims, few traces of folds of page corners.
Issued by the "Bnei B'rith" Association, photographs from the collection of the Jewish Academic Circle of Country Lovers in Cracow, Cracow 1922-1938, album of 24 postcards with photographs, size 16 x 10.5 cm, soft cover, punched cards allowing safe tearing out, one of the postcards detached from the block, slight soiling and folds of the cover, postcards in very good condition, photographs of ...
Published by Trzaska, Evert & Michalski in Warsaw, Warsaw 1923, pp. 464, dimensions 17 x 24.5 cm, leather binding cover, spine decorated with four bindings, contains 347 engravings in the text, minor rubbing and scratches on the cover, small dedication in pencil on the title page and provenance signature in the upper margin, minor soiling on the cover and on the pre-title page, minor disco...
A. Podczaski, Supplement - Regional supply and supply-related cards in communist Poland 1976-1989 (476)
drukarski PREMIERA
38 EUR
A. Podczaski, Supplement - Regional supply and supply-related cards in the People's Republic of Poland 1976-1989. Supplement issued a dozen years after the publication of the catalog of regional ration cards. Microscopic edition. Item to be obtained only at our auction. - Edition: Warsaw 2025. - Softcover - Format 30 x 21 cm - Pages 22.
The first edition of a collection of short stories by Mark Hlaska entitled. "The First Step in the Clouds." The writer's book debut. The cover was designed by Jan Młodożeniec. Illustrated by Jerzy Ćwiertnia. Warsaw 1956, "Czytelnik." Format 11x17 cm, pages 268, soft cover. Good condition (small scuffs on cover, private ownership stamp on title page). Find more important literary debuts when...
In the Printing House of J. Glucksberg, Warsaw 1861, pp. 272, 216 (Annex and part in Russian with separate numbering), dimensions. 14 x 21.5 cm, cloth bookbinding cover, catalog sticker with handwritten inscription on spine, soiling, rubbing and minor losses of cloth on cover, cloth peeled from cardboard in places, soiling of pre-title page, minor soiling of page margins, few traces of folds o...
Jaroszewicz Piotr Prezes Rady Ministrów PRL Visitor's ticket - dimensions 12 cm x 6 cm. The photograph is not the subject of the auction Piotr Jaroszewicz (born September 25?/October 8, 1909 in Nieświeże, died September 1, 1992 in Warsaw) - Polish teacher, politician and communist activist. Deputy prime minister (1952-1970) and minister of mining (1954-1955) and then minister of coal mining...
[Franz Rausch von Traubenberg] Rural Construction for Farming Needs Appropriate, a [for Land Use Provided]. In Warsaw, 1788.; Printed by: W Drukarni J.K. Mci i Rzeczypospolitey u XX. Scholarum Piarum.Half-leather, pp. [11], 355, [1], VII f.tab. ros. mdz., format 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Condition: old trace of removed stamp (with fragment of title) on title page - cutout sealed with pressed handmade pa...
RARE. First time on OneBid! Yaroslav Ivashkevich's prose debut "Zenobia Palmura. A poetic novel." The novel is set in Kyiv in 1912 and describes a love story - of three men (one of them a student Yaroslav Ivashkevich) for one woman - that ends in murder. Numerous autobiographical themes, a number of understatements, and the author's exhibitionist honesty caused the work to cause a scandal. The...
Jagielski Mieczyslaw Vice President of the Council of Ministers Visit ticket with handwritten note and autograph Measures 12 cm x 6 cm , in envelope with typed name of recipient (Jozef Tejchma) Photographs are not subject to auction Mieczysław Jagielski (born January 12, 1924 in Kolomyja, died February 27, 1997 in Warsaw) - Polish communist politician and state activist of the Polish People's...
Invitation for Jozef Tejchma to a gala dinner given in honor of Nikita Khrushchev, Antonin Novotny and Walter Ulbricht Size: 19.5 cm x 14 cm Invitation issued by Wladyslaw Gomulka 1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party , Aleksander Zawadzki Chairman of the State Council and Jozef Cyrankiewicz Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers. Nikita Sergeyevich Khr...
Hoffmanowa Klementyna - On the duties of women T. 1-3 in 1 vol.Warsaw 1849. printing house of Józef Unger.Wym.12x17cm. p. [1]197, [2] 202, [3] 230. Full leather, (small loss of top of spine), blind stamping on covers. Cover stained. Ownership signature on pre-title page. Foxing characteristic of books of the period. Item in overall good state of preservation A collection of lectures delivere...
Przytok 2025 editionB5 format128 pagescirculation 500 copies
This is a specialized catalog devoted to the issue of reconstruction of the country after World War II, shown through the prism of paper artifacts functioning in 1945-1950. The publication, authored by Pawel Sobanski, documents the various forms of printed matter, documents and paper materials accompanying the reconstruction process, bearing witness to the realities of everyday life and admini...
The history of maternalist philosophy and its relevance in the present dayby Frederick Albert LangeVolumes I-II completeYear of publication: Warsaw 1881, Published by Bernard Lesman Publishing House s. VIII, 387; 522, [1]. Format: 22 x 14.5cm Binding: half cloth later. Condition: complete and consistent, no signatures or underlining in text, underlining on pre-title page, one card with longer ...
Stefan Batory University in VilniusDirectory of lectures and composition of the University in 1920-1930The volume consists of co-bound booklets with a list of lectures given at various faculties of Vilnius University from the 1920/21 academic year to the 1929/30 academic year.Year of publication: Vilnius 1920-1930, Printing by Jozef Zawadzkis. 40, [4], 59, 34, 40, [3], 51, 54, 50, 51, 52, 51.F...
Printing house of L. Marinet, E. Jung- Treuttel, Franz Wagner, Paris 1860-1861, pp. (consecutively in volumes): 500, 330, 432, 296, 270, 480, 420, 450, 376, 510, 304, dimensions 14 x 22 cm, bookbinding covers, uniform, half-leather with gilt and bindings on spines, complete edition of volumes: III-V, VII-XI- First edition after the death of Adam Mickiewicz (published by the author's children),...
Vorel P. - From the Prague grosz to the Czech crown 1300-2000 - Rybka 2000. - Bound, larger format, 551 pages.
Bugrov A. V. - Děngy Děnnye obraschenie u banka v Rossii XVIII - nachalo XX v. - Moscow Interkrim Press 2023. - Bound, 351 pages, luxury publication.
According to the Latin text of the Vulgate and the Polish translation by X. Jakóba Wujka T. J. ; with a commentary by Menochius T. J translated into Polish ; published by X. S. Kozlowski, Archbishop Metropolitan of Mogilev; in four volumes in 8-vo maj (fracta pagina) fourth edition, by circulation and printing of Jozef Zawadzki, Vilna 1907, pp. 542, 1066, 686, 844, dimensions. 20 x 27 cm, clo...
Alexander Fredro, The Tale of the Princess and the Three Brothers, or the Princess Pizdolon and the Condor Samoan. On the 190th anniversary of the author's birth (1793-1983).[Second circulation, illegal publication - samizdat, 1983?]; Published by: APOL.Brochure cardboard cover (duplicator?), pp. 32, except title page all with at least one drawing and sometimes two (offset?), format 20.2 x 14....
(1939-1940), Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1966, p. 76, dimensions 12 x 20.5 cm, publisher's softcover in wrapper, handwritten dedication from Stanisław Pigoń to Tadeusz Ulewicz, very good, clean condition. Stanislaw Pigoń (1885 Kombornia - 1968 Krakow)- Literary historian, book collector, editor and teacher, in 1926-1928 rector of Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, professor at ...
Seweryna Szmaglewska, Dymy nad Birkenau.Warsaw, 1968.; Issue X.; Wyd.: "Czytelnik".; Druk.: Zakł. Graf. "Dom Słowa Polskiego" in Warsaw. Wrapper and cover designed by Tadeusz Michaluk.Publisher's softcover with wrapper, pp. 371, [4], format 19.7 x 13.1 cm.Good condition: small tears and edgewear on spine, slight soiling, discoloration and yellowing. On the title page, dedication by the autho...
Jaruzelski Wojciech visiting ticket, autograph note Dimensions 10 cm x 6 cm On the back a handwritten note with birthday wishes for Jozef Tejchma with the general's signature. Very good condition. Photograph is not the subject of the auction Wojciech Witold Jaruzelskiⓘ (born July 6, 1923 in Kurów, died May 25, 2014 in Warsaw) - Polish communist politician and military commander, general of ...
Invitation to the XXIV Congress of the Communist Party of the USSR commemorative print. Invitation for Jozef Tejchma. Dimensions of the folded invitation : 13.5 cm x 7.5 cm.
Book debut of Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski - a grotesque, surrealist novel entitled "Porfirjon Osiełek czyli Klub Świętokradców". "Porfirjon Osiełek czyli Klub Świętokradców". Warsaw 1929, F. Bookstore. Hoesick, series: Quadriga Library. Format 12.5x18 cm, pages 153, soft cover. Condition sufficiently good - piece to be bound (front cover loose with scuffs and soiling, loose block, sm...
Menora Publishing House, Warsaw 1931, pp. 96 (nored 385- 480), dimensions 17.5 x 25 cm, publisher's soft cover, minor soiling and traces of folds of cover edges, pages uncut. In the issue, among others: Edmund Stein, The Idea of Work in Jewry; Wilhelm Fallek, Biblical Motifs in Mickiewicz's "Pan Tadeusz"; Majer Bałaban, The State of the Cracow Kehillah at the Turn of the 17th and 18th Centuri...
Translations of Piotr Kochanowski. with the appending of the Dissertation obeymuiącéy uwagi nad poezyią polską, the biography of Torquat Tass, roz rozbior i przekład Jerozolimy Wyzwolonéy Paweł Czaykowski, Published at Wilhelm Bogumił Korn, Wrocław 1820, pp. XXXII, 496, dimensions 13.5 x 21 cm,publisher's hardcover, from page 225 (end of ninth song) to pp. 494 (end of the twentieth an...
"Poems" by Oscar Wilde, translated by Jan Kasprowcz. With a foreword by Jan Parandowski. Lviv 1924, H. Altenberg Publishing Bookstore, edition of 1025 pieces - here No. 735. Format 12.5x17 cm, pages XI+210, brown stained edges of book block, period cloth binding with titling on spine and face. Very good condition (negligible rubbing of the binding).
foreign publications Harper David C., Giedroyc Richard - 2018 U.S. Coin Digest. The Complete Guide to Current Market Values, Iola 2017, ISBN 9781440247965 317 pages B5 format, hardcover, inside spiral-bound. An easy-to-use and easy-to-understand comprehensive guide to U.S. coin issues presented In addition, a simple way to assess the condition of coins (grading) is presented in the form of pho...
The book entitled. "Photomontages by Mieczyslaw Berman." Layout: Mieczyslaw Berman. Text: Ignacy Witz. Text in French and Polish. At the top of page 2 a handwritten dedication by Mieczyslaw Berman to party activist and journalist Janusz Roszkowski. Warsaw 1964, Artistic-Graphic Publishing House RSW "Prasa", edition of 4000+150 pieces. Format 23.5x21.5 cm, 11 pages of test and 36 pages of color...
polish publications Marcin Sawaniewicz - Catalogue of Malbork Trajaks of Sigismund III Vasa, Orneta 2023, ISBN 9788394259754 66 pages fromatu A5, softcover
Towarzystwo Wydawnicze "Rój", Warsaw 1936, p. 180, dimensions 13.5 x 19.5 cm, publisher's softcover in wrapper, minor soiling and folds of wrapper, minor tears at edges of wrapper, pages clean, printing on heavier paper, uneven trims.
"Starobiel memoirs" by Jozef Czapski, second edition. An account of captivity in a Soviet prisoner of war camp, where the author was sent with other Polish Army officers after the September 1939 campaign. He was one of the few - thanks to his transfer to another camp - to avoid death in April 1940 as a result of the Katyn massacre. [Rome] 1945, Culture and Press Branch of the 2nd Corps, series...
Daniel and Aleksandra Mizielinska's book entitled. "One Thousand Polish Book Covers | One Thousand Polish Book Covers". Warsaw 2010, 40000 painters association. Format 11,5x16,5 cm, pages VIII+1000+XXVIII, 1000 color cover illustrations, soft cover. Good condition (small cover scuffs). Publisher's note: In the thousand covers enclosed in the cover of this volume, not only the history of litera...
J. Sarosiek, Pekao S.A. and PHZ Baltona commodity vouchers - autographed by the author
bardzo dobry
12 EUR
This is a publication devoted to commodity vouchers issued by Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. and PHZ Baltona, discussing their functioning in the economic realities of Poland in the second half of the 20th century. The book, written by Jacek Sarnowski, presents the origins, rules of circulation and social significance of commodity vouchers as a specific form of money substitute, related to forei...
Tejchma Jozef - visit ticket of the Vice President of the Council of Ministers , Minister of Culture and Art. Measures 11, 5 cm x 6 cm , in an envelope. Very good condition. Photograph is not the subject of the auction Jozef Tejchma (1927-2021) was a Polish communist politician, an activist of the Polish United Workers Party, and served as Minister of Culture and Art of the Polish People's Rep...
A memoir book by Jedrzej Giertych entitled. "Wrześniaowcy", in which he describes his fate during World War II. On the front pastedown the author's handwritten dedication: "To his goddaughter, Basia Wanat, sent by Jędrzej Giertych. London 1966. " From the publisher's note: The book describes the heroic battles on the Polish coast, the captivity in camps in Nienburg, Colditz, Murnau, Srebrono...
Miraculous Image of the Virgin Mary in Stara Wieś - Stara Wieś, Krakow 1911, lace, good condition.
12 EUR
Holy lace picture, on the back a prayer to Our Lady of Starowiejska, Cracow 1911, size 8 x 12 cm, very good condition, lace undamaged.
"Salome. Tragedya" by Oskar Wilde, translated by Wladyslaw Fromowicz. Cracow 1914, published by Stanislaw Fromowicz, rebound in the printing house of Wladyslaw Teodorczuk and Company. Format 17.5x20.5 cm, pages 53, soft cover. Good condition (small scuffs of the cover).