The Jews in Poland
New York: Basil Blackwell, 1986. 263 pages. 8vo, brown boards, d.w. New York: Basil Blackwell, (1986). Some foxing and with a torn dust wrapper. A very good(-) copy. More
New York: Basil Blackwell, 1986. 263 pages. 8vo, brown boards, d.w. New York: Basil Blackwell, (1986). Some foxing and with a torn dust wrapper. A very good(-) copy. More
London: Michael Joseph, 1987. Well illustrated. xiv + 242 pages, tall 8vo, black cloth, d.w. London: Michael Joseph, (1987). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Knopf, 1991. 198 pages. Thin 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1991. First edition. A touch of fading at edges, still near fine. The author's first book. Autographed by him on the title page. More
Warsaw: Sztuka, 1956. Illustrated. 63pp., thin 8vo, pictorial wrappers; some repaired damage to foot of spine. Warsaw: Sztuka, 1956. A very good copy. More
Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, 1662. Map. Hand colored engraving. 20 1/2" x 24". Classic Blaeu latin edition of the greater Polish area, centering on Posnan. Beautiful cartouches featuring cherubs, Polish heraldry, and the crown. The map is dedicated to Doctor Georg Freudenhammer. One of the most prolific Dutch mapmakers of his time, Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) started one of the most famous map publishing firms of the 17th century. It was at this time that the Dutch controlled the map trade, and..... More
New York: Random House, 1988. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w., remainder mark. New York: Random House, (1988). Very good. More
New York: Random House, 1983. 260 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (1983). First American edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Cologne: Braun & Hogenberg, 1617. View. Copper engraving. Image measures 12.25 x 22". This stunning panorama of Krakow, Poland, is a view from the south, looking north across the Vistula River. 14 prominent buildings are noted. The view was published by Braun and Hogenberg in their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terraru," a collection of city views and plans created as a companion to Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" and published between 1572 and 1617. Georg Braun (1541-1622) was a Catholic..... More
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Tribeca, (1983). vg. More
Warsaw: Rada Ochrony Pomnikow Walki i Meczenstwa. A book of black and white photogravures commemorating the atrocities that took place at Auschwitz, with an introduction by Adolf Gawalewicz. 122 pages with all text in Polish. 4to, blue & white cloth printed with barbed wire motif. Warwaw: Rada Ochroby Pomnikow Walki i Meczenstwa, (no date, c. 1970). Ex-library stamps on flyleaf and page edges, else a near fine copy. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Illus. 351pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1988). First Edition. Fine. More
Warsaw: Panstwowy instytut Wydawniczy, 1953. Translated into German from the original Polish. Profusely illustrated with 142 large plates (122 fine gravures & 20 mounted color) all depicting the fine wood carvings by the master German sculptor, at St. Mary's Church in Cracow. Folio, gilt and black-stamped green cloth, torn d.w. (Warsaw: Panstwowy instytut Wydawniczy, 1953). Top of spine lightly bumped, otherwise a very good(+) copy in a good only dust wrapper. Small ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro... More
New York: Continuum, 1987. Illustrated. 326 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Continuum Publishing, (1987). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
1988. 155pp. 8vo, cloth. New York: Greenwood Press, (1988). More
Washington, D.C. 1887. 1 page, 8 x 5 inches, Washington, D.C., February 8, 1887. In this letter, Davis responds to a request for the previous Secretary of State's autograph (Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, who died in office). In part: "I regret that I am unable to comply with your request for an autograph of Mr. Frelinghuysen or to give you information on the subject..." Two partial tears on the back from tape removal; very good(-) condition. Grant's Secretary of the Alabama..... More
New York: Schocken Books, 1977. Illustrated in black and white. xviii, 269 pages. 4to, beige cloth with silver stamping, d.w. (lightly edgeworn). New York: Shocken Books, (1977). A near fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
Warsaw: Ossolineum, 1981. 48 color and 104 b/w plates. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. Warsaw: Ossolineum, 1981. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
3 folding maps. illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. chipped, otherwise very good). Chicago: Polish Western Assoc. of America, 1959. History of post-war emigration of Germans from Poland to Germany. More
New York: Exposition Press, 1963. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 500 pages. Thick 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Exposition Press, (1963). First edition. A very good copy--light foxing to outer edges, bookplate on pastedown, signature in endpaper covered with white-out, minor scuffing to lower page edges in rear of book; in a very good wrapper, edgeworn with light chipping at head. More
New York: Knopf, 1990. Color illustrations throughout. 110 pages. Square 8vo, natural cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1990. First edition. A very good copy in a very good wrapper--intact but with some foxing to both cloth and wrapper verso. More
New York: International Center of Photography, 1979. Illustrated. 50pp., tall, thin 8vo, stiff, pictorial wrappers. New York: International Center of Photography, 1979. A near fine copy. More
8vo, cloth; (small tear to head of spine). N.Y.: Farrar, (1959). More
Warsaw: Polonia, 1961. Folding maps. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w. 209pp. small square 4to, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper torn. Varsovie: Editions Polonia, 1961. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
New York: Schocken, 1977. Edited by Zvi Szner and Alexander Sened. With text from "The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto," edited by Lucjan Dobroszycki and Danuta Dombrowska. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Slim 4to, maroon cloth, d.w. New York: Schocken Books, (1977). Fine. More
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