This is a guide to the spectacularly beautiful area of Podhale in the Polish highlands. Arranged in tours, it provides a survey of the region's history, costumes, cuisine, legends and customs, and describes its leisure activities such as fishing, hiking and mountaineering.
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This is a guide to the spectacularly beautiful area of Podhale in the Polish highlands. Arranged in tours, it provides a survey of the region's history, costumes, cuisine, legends and customs, and describes its leisure activities such as fishing, hiking and mountaineering.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 309pp. Illus. Translated by Maria Gieysztor de Gorgey. A little spotting to top edge only. A very pleasing copy. (r25)
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0781805228. Translated from the Polish by Maria Giesztor de Gorgey. First edition thus. About fine in like dust jacket.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A fascinating history of the Podhale region of the Tatra Mountains in Poland, discussing the people and geography there, their traditions and culture, music, folk art, costumes, cuisine, legends, cuustoms, leisure activities which typically involve hiking, fishing, and mountain climbing, much more. Translated from the Polish by Maria de Gorgey Hardcover with dust jacket, contains glossy illustrations, appendices, indexed, listings of related Polish works, 309pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Very rare. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
