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Millennium: A Thousand Years of the Polish State
by Aleksander Gieystor, Stanislaw Herbst, Boguslav Lesnodorski
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Polonia Publishing House, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 209 pages. Illustrated history of Poland, published in the period of Communist rule, with art reproductions both color and b&w throughout, and pull-out maps. The three authors were professors in Poland. The history is in four sections: Part I from the formation of the Polish State into the early middle ages; Part II on the late medieval period, the Polish Renaissance, the Jagiellonians and union with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Part III from the 18th century through the partitions of Poland and its status without statehood in the 19th century; Part IV on the Second Republic and World War II. Squarish book (9-1/4" x 10-1/8", about 23.5 cm x 25.7 cm), ivory cloth with beige lettering, boards faintly foxed, decorative end papers; pictorial DJ is worn along the edges with chips and tears at crown and heel, rubbed along spine and split on the front side - repaired with clear tape (described as "fair" because of the tape repairs, but appearance is pretty good). Pages unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WBB-1191
- Title
- Millennium: A Thousand Years of the Polish State
- Author
- Aleksander Gieystor, Stanislaw Herbst, Boguslav Lesnodorski
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Polonia Publishing House
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POLISH MONARCHY, RENAISSANCE, JAGIELLONIANS, PARTITIONS OF POLAND, WORLD WAR II
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History; Art;
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