Michal Sawka Rare Books

Lodolamacz (Icebreaker)

SUWOROW, Wiktor (Victor Suvorov; Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun) · 1992

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Good Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition Editions Spotkania Warszawa Text in Polish. Original pictorial cloth, titling to front cover and spine. Boldly signed by author on the title page. In good condition, two tears on spine lower corners, edges has some wears. covers slightly so...

Dialogi: O Zmartwychwstaniu Atomowym; Teorii Niemoznosci; Filozoficznych Korzysciach Ludozerstwa; Smutku W Probowce; Psychoanalizie Cybernetycznej; Elektrycznej Metampsychozie; Sprzezeniach Zwrotnych Ewolucji; Eschatologii Cybernetycznej; Osobowosci Sieci Elektrycznych; Przewrotnosci Elektromozgow; Zyciu Wiecznym W Skrzyni; Konstruowaniu Geniuszow; Epilepsji Kapitalizmu; Maszynach Do Rzadzenia; Projektowaniu Systemow Spolecznych

LEM, Stanislaw. · 1957

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Very Good 1st Edition Wydawnictwo Literackie Krakow 322pp, [1]. First edition, first impression, one of only 3000 copies, most pages uncut. In Polish. The collection of eight short stories written between 1948-1956. The work refers in form to the Three Dialogues between Hylas ...

Dawid Copperfield: Powiesc

DICKENS, Charles. [Karol Dickens] · 1930

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,498)

Fine Wydawnictwo Gutenberga Warszawa (180 x 130mm). Four volumes bound in two. In polish. Pod redakcja Wilama Horzycy, ze slowem wstepnem Andrzeja Tretiaka, prof. Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Przeklad Teresy Swiderskiej. 424pp., 408 pp. Half leather cloth, marbled boards, four ...

Transilvania

ORTELIUS, Abraham. · 1584

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,813)

Fine Christopher Plantin Antwerp Size: 328 x 447 mm. Framed size: 580 x 465mm. Hand-coloured engraved map published in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Wooden moulding frames, glazed and mounted, late 20th century. In fine condition. A beautiful map of Transilvania with parts of V...

Poloniae, Litvaniae Q Descriptio

ORTELIUS, Abraham. · 1584

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,813)

Fine Christopher Plantin Antwerp Size: 377 x 485 mm. Framed size: 580 x 465mm. Hand-coloured engraved map published in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Wooden moulding frames, glazed and mounted, late 20th century. In fine condition, only a small two spots in a upper part. A beaut...

Zaczynajac od moich ulic

MILOSZ, Czeslaw. · 1987

£416.00 (€498.64 | $549.60 | ¥87,736)

Very Good Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition Niezalezna Oficyna Wydawnicza NOWa Warszawa (160 x 120mm). pp. 364. The Independent Publishing House NOWa (Polish: Niezalezna Oficyna Wydawnicza NOWa) was the first underground publishing house in the People's Republic of Poland. Was o...

A History of the late Siege of Gibraltar with a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest periods

DRINKWATER, John. · 1785

£416.00 (€498.64 | $549.60 | ¥87,736)

Very Good 1st Edition Printed by T. Spilsbury and sold by J. Johnson, T. and J. Egerton, and J. Edwards London (285 x 240mm). Calf leather, rebacked with new spine and endpapers, gilt title on black label to the spine, decorated with gilt lines. Folding engraved frontispiece (...

Heaven Has Claws

DOYLE, Adrian Conan. · 1952

£89.60 (€107.40 | $118.37 | ¥18,897)

Near Fine Very Good 1st Edition John Murray London Octavo. First impression, first edition on copyright page. Light-green boards, white title on spine. Frontispiece and illustrations in B/W printed on glossy paper, one map inside. Contents very clean and fresh. Price-clipped f...

Les Plans Et Les Statuts, Des Différents Établissements Ordonnés Par Sa Majesté Impériale Cathérine II. Pour L'Éducation De La Jeunesse, Et L'Utilité Générale De Son Empire

BETSKOI (BETZKY), Ivan Ivanovich; LE CLERC, Nicolas-Gabriel. · 1775

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

Good+ 1st Edition Marc-Michel Rey Amsterdam 2 volumes bound in one, imperial octavo (210 x 265mm). [4], 160, [2]; 160pp. First French edition, edited by Diderot, complete with all 5 engraved plates (three in the text and two frontispiece), beautiful 65 vignettes, 3 folding pla...

Moving Pictures

PRATCHETT, Terry. · 1990

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Very Good Very Good Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition ROC New York Octavo. First American book club edition. Signed and inscribed by author on the title page. Bookplate on ffep and stamp on title page belong to Carol L. Harris, ink annotations on endpaper. Slightly wear along ed...

Ian Dury & The Blockheads. Song by song

DRURY, Jim. · 2003

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,498)

Fine Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition Sanctuary London First edition, first impression. Includes a 10-track CD featuring their greatest hits. Signed by members of the band: Derek "The Draw" Hussey, Chaz Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy, Mick Gallagher, John Turnbull and the author of bo...

Sincerity: a Tale

TAYLOR, Jane. [The Author of "Rachel") · 1824

£144.00 (€172.60 | $190.25 | ¥30,370)

Fair/Good 1st Edition Knight and Lacey London 12mo (125 x 195mm). 176pp. "Sincerity" by Jane Taylor, better-know as a author of "Rachel: A Tale" or she wrote the words to the song 'Twinkle, Twinkle, little star', written with the intention of showing the value of a friend. Th...

Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum Tomus III, quo continentur Fastorum Libri VI, Tristium Libri V, De Ponto Libri IV, Dira In Ibin, Halieuticon Fragmentum

Ovidius · 1634

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,247)

Very Good Apud Joannem Janssonium Amstelodami (Amsterdam) (60 x 115mm). 304pp. Full parchment binding, four raised bands, edges in red. Blank endpaper detached but still holding, engraved title page, occasionally spotting, underlines in text, ink marks on last endpapers.

The Evening Standard. Book of Menus containing Economical Menus for all the days in the year and Recipes for the Dishes

BOULESTIN, X. M. · 1935

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Very Good 1st Edition William Heinemann LTD London Crown octavo. 294 pp. Original publisher's pictorial cloth in burgundy and pink, title on the spine. Very good, bright and clean copy, only slightly edge-worn, minor soiling on block edges, lacking front endpaper.

The Flight to France or The Memoirs of a Dragoon. A Tale of the Days of Dumouriez.

VERNE, Jules. · 1891

£179.20 (€214.80 | $236.75 | ¥37,794)

Very Good Sampson Low, Marston & Company London 16mo. Original red cloth, pictorial decoration, gilt titles to spine and upper board. Binding soiled, spine ends bent, minor wear on edges, foxing on preliminary pages, annual presentation sticker on rear board, top edge slightly...

The Yorkshire Gazetteer; or a Dictionary of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Monasteries and Castles, principal Mountains, Rivers, &c., in the County of York, and Ainsty, or County of the City, of York; describing the Situation of each, and the various Events, by which some of them have been distinguished [With a map]

HARGROVE, Ely. · 1806

£144.00 (€172.60 | $190.25 | ¥30,370)

Good Printed by Hargrove & Sons 18mo 4.2' x 6.5'. Green quarter leather bound, marbled cover panels, gilt titling on spine. Green and clean endpapers. Spine is heavily rubbed, worn corners and edges, a few light marks to fly papers. The map engraved by John Cary is in good con...

Mr. Jim & The Brownies

BYNG, Rachel. · 1922

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,247)

Very Good Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition Andrew Melrose London Octavo. Original publishing cloth, gilt title to the spine. This book is dedicated and signed by author to Her Royal Highness Princess Mary, November 1922. Slightly bumped ends of spine, little foxing on edges, se...

The Great War. Complete in 26 Parts

CHURCHILL, Winston S. (Rt. Hon.) · 1933

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Good 1st Edition George Newnes Limited London Mostly in good+ condition - there are some small tears, usual wear and soiling to the cover. Some covers slightly detached from binding but still remains whole.

The Tragedy of the Caesars. A Study of the Characters of the Caesars of the Julian and Claudian Houses

BARING-GOULD, S., M.A. · 1895

£51.20 (€61.37 | $67.64 | ¥10,798)

Good Signed by Author(s) Methuen and CO. London Large Octavo. xii, [2], 671pp. Red cloth, gilt title and decorations to the spine and front panel, navy blue endpapers. Spine a little faded, slightly wear on boards, minor foxing throughout, spine edges bumped. With b/w illustra...

The Truth Behind The News 1918-1928

SELDES, George. · 1929

£224.00 (€268.50 | $295.94 | ¥47,242)

Very Good Good 1st Edition Faber and Gwyer London First impression. Octavo. Original red cloth with black titled to the spine. Front free endpaper inscribed. Foxing on block edges and may have inside. Tight binding, pages are clean. Dust jacket soiling with small edgeworn, cli...