Aromatic polyesters and poly(ester-imide)s based on bisphenol-A derivatives were prepared by solution polycondensation at high temperature of three diols with an aromatic diacide chloride containing two preformed ester groups, namely terephthaloyl-bis-(4-oxybenzoylchloride) or two diacide chlorides containing preformed imide rings, namely 4-chloroformyl- N ( p-chloroformylphenyl)-phthalimide and 2,2-bis[ N-(4-chloroformylphenyl)phthalimidyl] hexafluoropropane. The polymers were easily soluble in polar organic solvents, such as N-methylpyrrolidone, N , N -dimethylformamide, N , N -dimethylacetamide and chloroform. They showed high thermal stability, the decomposition temperature being above 320 °C and the glass transition temperature in the range 92—196 ° C. Some of the polymers exhibited thermotropic liquid crystalline behavior.