Warsaw. To Commemorate Ten Years of the Capital's Self-Government in Independent Poland 1918-1928, published by the Magistrate of the City of Warsaw [1929].

Magistrate of the City of Warsaw 1929. 19.5x27.5 cm, pp (8), 386, numerous black and white photographs in the text and on separate pages, small fold-out map at the end of the book, soft cover. Good condition (paper loss and small stains on the spine, scuffs and dings on the cover, a delicate trace of dampstain on the first few pages).

Commemorative book published to commemorate ten years of self-government of the capital in independent Poland (1918-1928). In contents: The pre-history of Warsaw (Roman Jakimowicz). Warsaw in the history of Poland (Józef Siemieński). Former self-government of Warsaw (Tadeusz Żebrowski). Local government of Warsaw from 1916 to 1929 (Jozef Zawadzki). Life of the districts of the capital (Aleksander Janowski). Population of Warsaw (Edward Strzelecki). Public health matters in the capital in the period 1918-1928 (Czeslaw Wroczynski). Social welfare in the capital of independent Poland 1918-1928 (Kazimierz Koralewski). Educational relations of Warsaw (Antoni Pański). Scientific life of Warsaw (Wojciech Przybyłowicz). Cultural and artistic life of Warsaw (Stanisław Sierosławski). Credit institutions in Warsaw (Franciszek Piltz). Industry and commerce of Warsaw (Mieczysław Chmielewski). Transportation and communications within Warsaw (Roman Podoski). Water supply, sewerage, gas and electric facilities in Greater Warsaw (Włodzimierz Rabczewski, Bronisław Tyszka, Czesław Świerczewski). Supplying Warsaw with the most important necessities (Eugeniusz Budziszewski).