Warsawa [Warsaw]: Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego, 1891. First complete Polish edition. In somewhat later half cloth. 1891. (4), 466, II, (2) p. The first complete Polish edition of Darwin’s Autobiography. The original book, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an Autobiographical Chapter was first published in 1887... More about The Autobiography of Charles Darwin.] Autobiografia Karola Darwina, życie i wybór listów....

Paryż [Paris]: [W Drukarni L. Martinet], [1859]. First illustrated Polish edition. With four illustrated plates, protected with tracing paper. Illustrations made by Juliusz Kossak. In later half leather. The original yellow wrappers bound into. (13 [some misbound]), 4–89, (1) p., and 4 illustrated plates. First illustrated Polish edition of Byron’s... More about Manfred. Poemat Lorda Byrona. Przekład wolny na wiersz polski prez Michała Chodżkę. Wydanie...

[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1975]. First edition. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Theo Sontrop in 1982. In publisher’s binding, with dust jacket. 253, (3) p. An association copy, inscribed by Naipaul to the Dutch poet, Theo Sontrop (1931–2017). More about Guerrillas

Warsawa [Warsaw]: Nakład Towarzystwa Wydawniczego Watra, 1923. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Portrait of Alexander Blok on the front panel by Serge Chubine (Sergei Aleksandrovich Zalshupin). 95, (3) p. First edition of this collection of poems by modern Soviet-Russian authors, including Blok, Mayakovsky, Akhmatova, Yesenin and Ehrenburg. More about Nowa Poezja Rosyjska. (Książki Poetów.) [New Russian Poetry

Wilno [Vilnius]: Wydawnictwo Koła Polonistów Słuchaczy Uniwersytetu Stefana Batorego, 1933. First edition. With the scarce errata leaf. In publisher’s wrappers printed in red and black. 53, (3) p. First edition of this anthology of poems, co-edited by Czesław Miłosz. This anthology collects a number of poems based on social..... More about Antologja Poezji Spolecznej 1924–1933. [Anthology Of Social Poetry 1924–1933

[Warsaw]: Czytelnik, [1968]. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated hard paper with the original dust jacket, both with Andrzej Heidrich‘s illustrations. 284, (4) p. First edition of Lem’s celebrated novel Głos pana (His Master's Voice). Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), the author of Solaris, was a Polish science fiction writer, the..... More about Glos pana.] Głos pana. [His Master's Voice

V Praze [Prague]: Odeon, 1935. First Czech edition. Signed by the author in pencil on title page. In original blue cloth. Silver tree ornament on the cover. Spine lettered in silver. 207, (1) p. Signed first Czech edition of Ilya Ehrenburg’s novel Не переводя дыхания (1935), published in German under the title Ohne Atempause (1936). More about Jedním dechem. [In a Single Breath

Berlin-Leipzig: Verlag von Julius Beltz (Langensalza), [N.d., but ca. 1935]. Association copy, inscribed to Adolf Hitler by the author. With Hitler’s bookplate, bears his name, "Ex Libris", and shows a national eagle, swastika, and oak leaves, designed by Willi Knabe, mounted on the front pastedown. With a lengthy inscription to..... More about Peter Fröhlich. Ein fünfjähriger Dorfjunge Von Agnes Gewecke-Berg. Fünfte Auflage. (Aus...

[Warsaw]: Antoni Borman, Mieczysław Grydzewski, 1935. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Cover design by Atoni Wajwóda. Illustrated with four photographic plates. Numerous text illustrations by Feliks Topolski. (2), 83–159, (1) p., and 4 photographic plates. This issue includes a short story by Bruno Schulz and a poem by Czesław..... More about Skamander. Miesięcznik poetycki. Rok Dziewaty. Maj 1935. Tom Dziewaty. Zeszyt LVIII. [Skamander....

[Paris]: Sorok Pervyj Gradus [Latitud cuarenta y uno / Le degré quarante et un]. First edition in this format. Signed, numbered and dated by the author in pencil. Limited edition up to 60 copies. One of the 30 copies on French rag paper. Text in Russian. In publisher’s cream, rough... More about In Russian]: Pismo. [Letter

Pécs: Jelenkor Kiadó, 2004. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. In publisher’s white cloth. In original photographic dust jacket. Illustrated with the author’s photos. 287, (1) p. Inscribed first edition of the short story Own Death, an account of Nádas’ heart attack, illustrated with 160 photos of a...... More about Saját halál. [Own Death

[Budapest]: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, [1979]. First edition. In publisher’s brown cloth with the original illustrated dust jacket. 217, (3) p. First edition of Péter Nádas’ book of short stories. First edition of the collection of ten short stories by Péter Nádas (b. 1942) the major contemporary Hungarian writer..... More about Leírás

Warszawa: Iskry, 1957. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated hard paper designed by Marian Stachurski. 257, (3) p. First edition of Stanisław Lem’s four short stories about the voyages of Ijon Tichy. The collection was later expanded with new stories and republished in 1966 and 1971. The English... More about Dzienniki gwiazdowe. [The Star Diaries