BOR KOMOROWSKI TADEUSZ (6 Ergebnisse)

Couverture souple. Zustand: Très bon. Edition originale, First edition, 399 s. mapy. 21,5 cm. Wydanie czwarte. - Tadeusz Komorowski ps. "Bór" (1895 - 1966) - pulkownik kawalerii Wojska Polskiego, general dywizji. Naczelny Wódz Polskich Sil Zbrojnych (1945-1947), Komendant Glówny Armii Krajowej (1943-1944).

1st in imprint, 407pp, half tone frontis portrait, 24pp half tone photo ills., 3 in text maps, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the author was a Colonel in command of units defending the Vistula River when Poland was invaded on 1st September 1939. Pushed eastwards and surrounded he escaped to Cracow from where he planned to reach the West but was ordered to remain and start a resistance movement. In 1941 he was sent to Warsaw and in 1943 appointed by the Polish government in exile to lead the Home Army and perpare for an uprising to help liberate Poland, which came in August 1944 with disastrous results when the Russian advance paused to allow a German counter-attack, ISBN:9781848325951 fine in a fine dustwrapper,

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.

Zustand: Pozycja w ladnym stanie. Projekt okladki Juliusz L. Englert (illustrator). @ Co-Authors / Wspolautorzy: Przedmowa Tadeusz Pelczynski; @ Cover design and illustrations / Projekt okladki i ilustracje: Projekt okladki Juliusz L. Englert; @ Blurb / Notka wydawnicza: Londyn: Studium Polski Podziemnej, 1989; @ Size of the book block / Wymiar bloku: 21 cm; @ Circulation / Naklad: -; @ Weight / Waga: 530; @ Pages / Strony: 399s.; @ Thematic categories / Kategorie tematyczne: historia Polski II wojna swiatowa - h. Polski okupacja - h. Polski powstanie warszawskie 1944 - h. Polski wojskowosc - h. Polski, ilustratorzy graficy Englert Juliusz L., mazowieckie Warszawa, varia druki emigracyjne, regiony Mazowsze - varsaviana / history of Poland World War II Occupation 1939-1945 military, , general emmigration editions/prints, regions Varsaviana / Geschichte Polens 2. Weltkrieg Besatzung 1939-1945 Militärwesen, , Allgemein Emigration, Regionen varsaviana/Warschau; Oprawa wydawnicza kartonowa lakierowana.

Hardback. 407pp Gollancz, London 1950. *HEC 2677: An important account of the activities of the Polish underground army during WW2 by the commander-in-chief. Covers slightly marked.

8vo., First Edition thus, with front and rear endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Detailed and inspiring history of the Polish Underground by its foremost leader. A cornerstone of the literature of Poland in WWII. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.342.