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Warsaw Rebuilt / Warszawa Odbudowana
by Adolf Ciborowski, Stanislaw Jankowski
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Polonia Publishing House, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. BILINGUAL EDITION ENGLISH-POLISH. 157 pages, of which ~60 are text - introduction and discussion first in Polish, then in English; followed by 95 pages of b&w photos by various photographers, including 70 pages of dramatic before-and-after photos of locations in Poland's demolished capital. Introduction by Polish journalist (and later non-Communist MP) Karol Malcuzynski. Includes table of population and employment restoration and facilities rebuilt in 1945-60, plus plans for 1965. Small square book (~6-1/2" square), gray cloth with age toning, darker gray printed lettering, end papers printed with layout map of Warsaw, cocked, minimal shelf wear, edges and page margins age-toned, paperclip stain to Polish title page. DJ is moderately soiled and heavily worn, with 3/4" chip at heel, smaller chips elsewhere, clear-tape repair along spine where it had disintegrated. Pages unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WBB-1162
- Title
- Warsaw Rebuilt / Warszawa Odbudowana
- Author
- Adolf Ciborowski, Stanislaw Jankowski
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Polonia Publishing House
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II, POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION, WARSAW, KAROL MALCUZYNSKI
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History; Architecture;
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