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Rare and Important Titles in Jewish Bibliography and Reference.

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CONTENTS

• SPECIAL
• BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY
• BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE
• GEOGRAPHIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
• SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
• DICTIONARIES
• ENCYCLOPEDIAS
• INDICES
• BOOKSELLERS' AND PUBLISHERS' CATALOGS
• AUCTION CATALOGS
• LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS
• PRINTING
• BOOK DESIGN
• BOOKPLATES
• CAIRO GENIZA
• CENSORSHIP
• FESTSCHRIFTEN
• MANUSCRIPTS
• LETTERS
• EPHRAIM DEINARD
• ABRAHAM HABERMANN
• MORITZ STEINSCHNEIDER
• ENGLISH LITERATURE
• HEBREW LITERATURE
• YIDDISH LITERATURE
• SERIALS AND THE JEWISH PRESS
• SONCINO-GESELLSCHAFT
• AMERICANA
• RABBINICS
• BIBLE
• HOLOCAUST
• NUMISMATICS
• OTHER MUSEUM CATALOGS
• OTHER

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1. פאליטישעס ווערטער־בוך : א פירוש אויף די פרעמדע ווערטער וואס ווערען געברויכט אין יודישע צייטונגען, זשורנאלען, פאליטישע און עקאנאמישע בראשורען. POLITISHES VERTER-BUKH: A PEYRESH OYF DI FREMDE VERTER: VOS VERN GEBROYKHT IN YUDISHE TSAYTUNGEN, ZSHURANLEN, POLITISHE UN EKONOMISHE BROSHUREN. Peterburg; Ezra, 1907. Original Cloth. 16mo. 96 pages. 13 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Small dictionary of political terminology and political jargon, as recently found (post 1905 revolution) in Yiddish newspapers, journals, political and economic brochures. The dictionary terms are conspicuous for the moment of the post 1905 revolutionary period, for instance: Absolutizm, Obshtshina, Obstruktsie, Obskurant, Agonie, Kulturel, Klas, Klerikalizm, Krizis, Kritik, Kredo, Kriminal, Radikalizm, Shtrayk, Shtrayk-Brekher, Shtat, Shovinizm, Separatizm, Sistem, Homrul, Despotizm, etc. Sold legally, as the printer is noted on the title page, with 'Preiz 25 Kop' on rear cover. Subjects: Yiddish language - Dictionaries. Political science - Dictionaries - Yiddish. Political science. Yiddish language. Dictionaries. OCLC lists 9 copies. Light chipping to backstrip, pages lightly aged, minor pen marks to front cover, otherwise very clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-34) (ID #34327) $225.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


2. Schaechter, Mordkhe. מיט א גוטן אפעטיט! א רשימה גאסטראנאמישע טערמינען : צוגעגרייט פאר דער סטודענטשער יידיש־וואך אינעם זומער־לאגער בויבעריק (לעבן ריינבעק, נ״י), אויגוסת, 1976. MIT A GUTN APETIT! A RESHIME GASTRONOMISHE TERMINEN: TSUGEGREYT FAR DER STUDENTSHER YIDISH-VOKH INEM ZUMER-LAGER BOYBERIK (LEBN RAYNBEK, N.Y.), OYGUST, 1976. = FOOD, A YIDDISH TERMINOLOGY. Hemden, Kon. [I. E. Hamden, CT]: Fondatsye Far A Lebedik Yidish O. N. Yehudah Zelitsh, 1976. Original Wraps. 4to. 25, [1] pages. 28 cm. First edition. English-Yiddish glossary of gastronomical terminology, issued for the Yiddish language summer camp (Camp Boyberik). Published by the Judah Zelitch Foundation for a Living Yiddish. Includes many idiomatic American-English terms and dishes. Subjects: Food - Dictionaries. English language - Dictionaries – Yiddish. OCLC lists 6 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-39) (ID #34266) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


3. Selikovitch, George. אראביש־אידישער לעהרער : וועג ווייזער פאר די אידישע לעגיאנערען אין ציון ARABISH-IDISHER LEHRER: VEG VAYZER FAR DI IDISHE LEGYONEREN IN TSIEN. Nyu York; Aroysgegeben Fun Idishen Togeblat, 1918. Original illustrated publisher’s wraps. 8vo. 32 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Arabic transliterated into Yiddish. "Arabic-Yiddish guide: a practical method to acquire in a month the spoken Arabic of Palestine and Egypt. For the use of the Jewish Legion fighting with the British Colors in the Holy Land. By Prof. G. Selikovitsch, formerly Head Interpreter with Lord Kitchener in Egypt and Soudan". A primer in spoken Arabic for Yiddish speakers of the Jewish Legion. The introduction of Arabish-Idisher Lehrer explains the purpose and method of the book. Its goal is to teach colloquial Palestinian Arabic—namely, not literary Arabic—to Jewish Legionaries, settlers [kolonisten], merchants, tourists, learned people [maskilim], laborers in Palestine, and maybe even Hebrew teachers abroad. This aim and the target population dictated the method, structure, and style of the book: a practical teaching aid in Yiddish, to learn basic spoken Arabic quickly. Subjects: Arabic language - Self-instruction. Arabic language - Conversation and phrase books - Yiddish. Yiddish language - Dictionaries - Arabic. Arabic language - Palestine. Arabic language - Egypt. Arabic language - Conversation and phrase books. Egypt. Middle East - Palestine. OCLC lists 8 copies. Princeton keeps their copy in the rare book room. Clean and fresh. Great condition. An outstanding copy of this important title (BIBLIOG-36-32) (ID #34325) $500.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


4. Benjacob, Isaac, 1801-1863. אוצר הספרים : ספר ערוך לתכונת ספרי ישראל נדפסים וכתבי יד...יגיעו למספר שבעה עשר אלף OTSAR HA-SEFARIM: SEFER ARUKH LI-TEKHUNAT SIFRE YISRA'EL NIDPASIM VE-KHITVE YAD...YAGIU LE-MISPAR SHIVAH ASAR ELEF (17,000). Vilna; Ha-Almanah Veha-Ahim Rom, 1880. Later Cloth. 4to. XXXII, [2], 678 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added title pages in Russian, Latin, and German: Ozar ha-sepharim; thesaurus librorum Hebraicorum; Ozar ha-sepharim (Buecherschatz); Bibliographie der gesammten hebraeischen Literatur. Isaac BenJacob was a “Russian bibliographer, author, and publisher; born in Ramgola, near Wilna, Jan. 10, 1801; died in Wilna July 2, 1863. … Benjacob corresponded with Jewish scholars in Western countries, and was known during his lifetime for his great achievements as a bibliographer, although his monumental work, the 'Ozar ha-Sefarim, Thesaurus Librorum Hebræorum tam Impressorum quam Manuscriptorum, ' did not appear till seventeen years after his death (Wilna, 1880). It was published by his son Jacob, and contains 17, 000 entries of Hebrew printed and manuscript works, with valuable notes by M. Steinschneider...It is the greatest Jewish bibliographical work in the Hebrew language, and is still the standard bibliography of printed books down to 1863.” - 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia Subjects: Hebrew literature - Bibliography. (ID #34318) $35.00.

 

 

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5. [An-Si, S] Jeshurin, Ephim H. ש. אנ־סקי ביבליאגראפיע SH. ANI-SKI BIBLIOGRAFYE = S. AN-SKI BIBLIOGRAPHY. Buenos Aires; Ateneo Literario En El Iwo, 1964. Original Wraps. 12mo. 19 pages. 18 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Bibliography of 270 listings, primarily in Yiddish, with secondary literature and sources in English, Russian, French, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, and German. Compiled by Ephim H. Jeshurin, New York, 1964. Subjects: Yiddish literature – Bibliography. An-Ski, S, 1863-1920 - Bibliography. OCLC lists 12 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-43) (ID #34270) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


6. [Dinezon, Yaakov] Jeshurin, Ephim H. יעקב דינעזאן : ביבליאגראפיע YAAKOV DINEZON = YANKEW DINEZON: BIBLIOGRAPHY. Buenos Ayres; Kultur-Kongres In Argentine, 1959. Original Wraps. 12mo. 18 pages. 18 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Yankew Dinezon Bibliography compiled by Ephim H. Jeshurin. With 223 entries of secondary sources and primary sources on and by Yankev Dinezon (1856?–1919), Yiddish author, editor, and literary activist. Entries 200-223 of secondary sources in languages other than Yiddish (English, Russian, Spanish, German, Polish). Subjects: Dineson, Jacob, 1856-1919. Bibliography. OCLC lissts six copies. Light soiling to wraps, overall very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-18) (ID #34244) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


7. [Emden, Jacob] Wagenaar, Abraham Hayyim; Gabriel Isaac Polak. TOLDOT YA'ABETS. Amsterdam; Bi-Defus Levisson, [1868]. No Date (ca. 1960) Original Wraps. 12mo. 5, 48 pages. 18 cm. Photo-reprint of 1868 ed. Bibliography of Emden's works, with synopsized contents of each: pages 20-48. Biography of R. Jacob Emden (Ya’avets), one of the foremost rabbis of the eighteenth century and a controversial polemicist, by R. Abraham Hayyim Wagenaar. There is a half-title page, and then a full Hebrew title page, the latter describing the contents as being about the life Ya’avets, his books and correspondence, selections from his manuscripts, and addenda from R. G. I. Polak. There are approbations from R. Joseph Zevi ben Samuel Hirsch; R. Jacob ben Moses Kontent ha-Levi; and R. Aaron Dias, R. David Cordova, and R. Jacob Shomshiro. There are forwards from R. Gabriel Polak and R. Wagenaar, followed by the text. The addenda is comprised of thirteen parts plus errata, including correspondence, responsa, and other related matter such as abbreviations in the Ya’avets siddur. The Photo-reprint of 1868 edition lacking comments and list of abbreviations, and lacking German title page. Subjects: Emden, Jacob, 1697-1776. Biography. OCLC lists 4 copies of photo-reprint, 15 copies of first edition. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SPEC-39-53) (ID #32964) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


8. [Ebers, Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Moritz Lazarus, etc.] Lehman, Israel Otto. CONCERNS OF A FAMOUS RABBI; CATALOG OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT HEBREW UNION COLLEGE, CINCINNATI, 1970-71. Cincinnati; Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Of Religion, 1970. Original Wraps. 4to. 58 pages. 29 cm. First edition. Thematic exhibition, showcasing some of the most interesting items (art items, manuscripts, etc) in the Hebrew Union College collection, assembled together, to answer the question of 'handling the problems of modern life'. The exhibition contained fourteen headings: Philosophy, Ritual, Reform, Marriages, Business, Finance, Politics, Law, Teaching, Universities, Literature and the Theater, Letters and Miniatures, Travel, Supreme Sacrifice. Much of the material focuses on modern Jewish history in Germany, with emphasis on the Ebers Family, Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Moritz Lazarus, etc. Many of the items are little known treasures and unusual pieces found only in the collections at the HUC. Compiled and written by Dr. Israel Otto Lehman (1912- 2001), who was born in Berlin in 1912; ordained a rabbi in Berlin in 1939 at the Hochschule fur die Wissenchaft des Judentums and then fled Germany as the Nazi’s were rising to power. Dr. Lehman came from a long line of rabbis and bibliophiles. He received his doctorate in Oxford, England in 1960. He worked and studied at both Oxford University and Leo Baeck College in England. He had been a rabbi in Oxford and Plymouth, Massachusetts. He specialized in Hebrew manuscript research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, and the British Academy of Sciences, London. He lectured for ten years in Biblical exegesis and medieval Hebrew literature and philosophy. Subjects: Jews - History - Sources - Exhibitions. Jewish art and symbolism – Exhibitions. OCLC lists 4 copies (HUC, Northern Illinois, Library of Congress, British Library), none in the Northeast. Staple bound exhibition catalogue; light soiling to edges, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-19)(ID #34312) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


9. [Finkelstein, Louis] Jewish Theological Seminary Of America. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF LOUIS FINKELSTEIN. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977. 8vo. 30 pages. Frontispiece. SUBJECT (S): Finkelstein, Louis, b. 1895 – bibliography. OCLC lists 29 copies worldwide. Near fine condition. (BIB-3-25/ BIBLIOG-34-3) (ID #19868/31874) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


10. [Geiger, Abraham] Geiger, Ludwig; Ismar Elbogen. ABRAHAM GEIGER: LEBEN UND LEBENSWERK. Berlin; G. Reimer, 1910. Later Cloth. 4to. VI, 509 pages. 27 cm. First edition. 'Abraham Geiger: His Life and Work'. With frontispiece portrait of Abraham Geiger. A biography of Abraham Geiger, written by his son Ludwig Geiger (1848–1919), “German literary historian; a fervent adherent of the symbiosis of Judaism and Germanness. Son of Abraham Geiger, he studied philology and history in Heidelberg, Goettingen, and Berlin and concluded his academic studies in 1873 with a dissertation, presented to Leopold von Ranke on the attitude of Greek and Roman authors to Judaism and Jews. In 1880 he was appointed extraordinary professor of the history of literature at Friedrich Wilhelm University, Berlin. Later he additionally became a lecturer at the Lehranstalt fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums. Geiger was a versatile scholar, editor, and translator. His major contributions were to Renaissance, Humanism, and Reformation studies, German-Jewish history, and research on Goethe and other writers of the 19th century. ” 2008 EJ This volume also includes contributions from Ismar Elbogen, Gottlieb Klein, Immanuel Low, Felix Perles, Sam. Posnanski, Moritz Stern, and Hermann und Heynemann Vogelstein. Includes extensive bibliography of the writings of Abraham Geiger (pages 414-470), and includes subject indexes at rear. Subjects: Rabbinismus Geiger, Abraham, 1810-1874. Geiger, Abraham – Bibliography. Geschichte 1810-1874. Institutional marks on outer edges, title page, and endpages. Later cloth previously reinforced with tape along binding. Otherwise fresh and clean. Good + condition. (GER-44-17) (ID #33750) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


11. [Ginsburg, Saul] Rivkind, Isaac. SHAUL GINZBURG BIBLIOGRAFYE, 1892-1937 = A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF SAUL M. GINZBURG, 1892-1937. Nyu York; Shaul Ginzburg 70-Yohriger Yubilay Komitet, 1938. Original Wraps. 8vo. XL pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Bibliography of the Writings of Saul M. Ginsburg; with 3 facsmiles. Bibliography of the writings by Saul Ginsburg, up to 1937, in Russian and Yiddish, encompassing 265 works (including works edited by Ginsburg); with prefatory biography in Yiddish, and extended bibliography of 35 works on the writings of Ginsburg. Saul Ginsburg (1866–1940), was an author and historian of Russian Jewry. Bibliography compiled by Isaac Rivkind (1895–1968), “librarian and scholar. Rivkind was born in Lodz, Poland, and studied at the yeshivot of Volozhin and Ponevezh. During World War I and after he helped organize the Mizrachi movement of Poland. In 1917 he founded the Ze'irei Mizrachi in Lodz and in 1919–20 was a member of the Jewish National Council of Poland. In 1920 he was a delegate to the London Zionist Conference and from there proceeded to the U. S. To work on behalf of Mizrachi. In 1923 he began to work in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, eventually becoming chief of the Hebraica section. He was a co-founder of the U. S. Branch of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO); on the executive of the Hebrew PEN Club of the U. S. A; and a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. During World War II and in the immediate postwar years he was the national chairman in the U. S. Of the League for Religious Labor in Palestine. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Ginsburg, Saul M, 1866-1940 - Bibliography. OCLC lists 24 copies. Light wear and edge chipping to wraps, internally clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-52) (ID #31958) $35.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


12. [Klausner, Joseph] Bet Ha-Sefarim Ha-Leumi Veha-Universitai Bi-Yerushalayim. TA`ARUKHAT YOSEF KLOZNER (634-719): KATALOG...OKTOBER- NOVEMBER 1966. JOSEPH KLAUSNER (1874-1958) EXHIBITION, CATALOGUE. Yerushalayim: Bet Ha-Sefarim Ha-Leumi Veha-Universitai, 1966. Softcover, 28 pages, facsims, 8vo, 25 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S): Klausner, Joseph, 1874-1958 -- Exhibitions. Klausner, Joseph, 1874-1958 -- Bibliography. Cover title: Joseph Klausner (1874-1958) exhibition, catalogue. Other Titles: Joseph Klausner (1874-1958) exhibition, catalogue. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Ex-library. Wear to corners of cover. Hinge repair. Light wear. Very good condition. (BIB-13-8) (ID #24120) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


13. [Mendele Moykher-Sforim] Klausner, Yehudah Aryeh; Naftali Ben-Menahem. מנדלי מוכר ספרים : רשימת כתביו ואגרותיו להתקנת מהדורתם האקדימית MENDELE MOKHER SEFARIM: RESHIMAT KETAVAV VE-IGROTAV LE-HATKANAT MAHADURATAM HA-AKADEMIT. Yerushalayim; Hotsa'at Sefarim 'al Shem Y. L. Magnes, Ha-Universitah Ha-'ivrit, 1965. Original Wraps. 4to. 60 pages. 28 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Mendele Mokher Sforim, bibliography of his works and letters for the academic edition. Important bibliographic apparatus of the famous Hebrew and Yiddish writer Mendele Moykher-Sforim. Yehudah Aryeh Klausner (1910-1970), moved from Vilna to Palestine in 1933, scholar of Hebrew Literature; father of the novelist Amos Oz. Subjects: Mendele Mokher Sefarim, 1835-1917 - Bibliography. Condition. (BIBLIOG-35-37) (ID #34264) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


14. [Rivkind, Isaac] Kosover, Mordecai; Abraham G Duke r. מנחה ליצחק : למלאת עשרים וחמש שנה לכהונת ספרן בישראל : ביבליוגרפיה של כתבי יצחק ריבקינד MINHAH LE-YITSHAK: LI-MELOT 'ESRIM VE-HAMESH SHANAH LI-KHEHUNAT SAFRAN BE-YISRA'EL: BIBLIYOGRAFYAH SHEL KITVE YITSHAK RIVKIND = MINHA L'YITSHAQ (AN OFFERING TO ISAAC): A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF ISAAC RIVKIND. Nyu York; Igud Ha-Safranim Ha-Yehudim, 1949. Original Wraps. 8vo. 81, XV pages. 26 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and English. Bibliography of the Writings of Isaac Rivkind in Honor of the Completion of Twenty-Five Years of His Services in the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Contains three photographs of Rivkind, one artist's portrait of Rivkind, and a fascimile of his writings. Bibliography contains 378 items (Hebrew, English, Yiddish titles); with introductory dedication and biography of Rivkind, in English and Hebrew. With laid in 'compliments of the author's' card. Subjects: Rivkind, Isaac, 1895-1968 - Bibliography. Jewish Librarians Association. Light shelf wear; very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-42/ BIB-9-22) (ID #34269/23974) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


15. [Tcherikover, Elias] Research, Yivo Institute For Jewish. ביבליאגראפיע פון אליהו טשעריקאווער BIBLIYOGRAFYE FUN ELYOHU TSHERIKOVER = BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF ELIAS TCHERIKOWER. Nyu-York; Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut-Yivo, 1948. Original Wraps. 8vo. 63, 7 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Bibliography of the writings of Elye Tsherikover (Elias Tcherikower; 1881–1943), historian of Russian Jewish life and anti-Jewish violence, one of the founders of the YIVO. Annotated bibliography contains 465 items, principally in Yiddish and Russian. Housed in original publisher’s parcel, addressed from the YIVO Institute at West 123rd Street, addressed to Dr. J. Bloch of the New York Public Library. Subjects: Cherikover, I. M, 1881-1943 - Bibliography. Housed in parcel; still new. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-36-31) (ID #34324) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


16. [Yasser, Joseph] Weisser, Albert. SELECTED WRITINGS AND LECTURES OF JOSEPH YASSER: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. New York: Jewish Liturgical Music Society Of America, 1970. Original Wraps. 8vo. 48 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Compiled by Albert Weisser. Contains a short biography of Joseph Yasser, and detailed bibliography of 147 items. Joseph Yasser (1893–1981), “organist, musicologist, and theorist. Born in Lodz, Poland, he began his musical studies in Moscow at the age of six under the pianist Jacob Weinberg. In 1917, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Alexander Goedicke and Leonid Sabaneyev. There he was appointed director of the Organ Department and concurrently served as organist for the Bolshoi Theater. Following a three-year sojourn in China, where in Shanghai he directed a choral society; he immigrated to the United States in 1923. Settling in New York, he established a reputation as a performing artist, whose organ recitals earned him positions at prestigious Reform synagogues, and ultimately as organist and choirmaster at Temple Rodeph Shalom from 1929 to 1960. … Yasser wrote articles on various aspects of Jewish and Russian music, served on the faculty of the Cantors' Institute at the Jewish Theological Seminary (1952–60), and was one of the founders of the American Musicological Society (1935); he was actively involved with the Jewish Music Forum (1945–55) and the National Jewish Music Council (1944–60). ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Yasser, Joseph – Bibliography. Wraps lightly soiled, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (MUSIC-2-43) (ID #33227) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


17. [Yehoash] Witt, Bernard. יהואש :‏ ‏א ביבליאגראפיע פון זיינע שריפטן YEHOASH; A BIBLIOGRAPHIE FUN ZEINE SHRIFTEN. Cleveland, A. Cohen, 1944. Original Cloth. 8vo. 27, 407 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with entries in English and Russian. Added English title page: Yehoash; a bibliography of his writings, by Bertshi Witkewitz (Bernard Witt). Pages 327-333 for writings on Yehoash's Bible translation. Subjects: Yehoash, -1927 - Bibliography. Authors, Yiddish. Bible – Translating. Light wear to jacket and outer edges, overall very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-16) (ID #34242) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


18. Hirschbein, Peretz [Perets Hirschbeyn]. MAYNE KINDERYORN. Nyu-York; Perets Hirshbayn-Bikher-Komitet, 1951. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 343 pages. 23 cm. In Yiddish. The memoirs of esteemed Yiddish dramatist Peretz Hirschbein entitled “Mayne Kinder Yorn”, which translates as “My Childhood”, written in 1932. “Hirschbein and his wife continued to travel a great deal, setting off for their second extended trip in 1925, and spending five years traveling around the world to South America, Japan, China, India, Israel, the Soviet Union, and various countries in Europe. Hirschbein once again produced a great deal of travel writings about his trip, including Israel and India, and a book about Soviet Jewish colonization in southern Russia, Schvartzbrukh (Schwarzbruch is a forest in Germany). The couple returned to America in November 1929, where Hirschbein began to focus more on writing his memoirs, Mayne Kinder Yorn (My Childhood, 1932) and In Gang fun Lebn (Life in Progress, 1948). ” (YIVO; Guide to the Papers of Peretz Hirschbein). “Some critics consider Hirshbeyn’s best prose writing to be the descriptions of rural life that are found in his first volume of memoirs, Mayne kinder-yorn (1932). ” ((YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe; Hirshbeyn, Perets). Subjects: Hirschbein, Peretz, 1880-1948 – Memoirs. Dramatist. Light soiling to cloth, with corners lightly bumped, and edges of backstrip heavily rubbed. Otherwise, fresh and clean. Good + condition. (YID-16-7) (ID #30808) $30.00.

 

 

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19. WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN JEWRY: 1926. New York, Jewish Biographical Bureau, 1926. 8vo. 680 pages. SUBJECT (S): Jews – United States – biography – periodicals; Jews – Canada – periodicals; Jews – biography – periodicals. Extensive marginalia, page repair. Otherwise Good Condition. (AMR-37-5A) (ID #34293) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


20. Chajes, Saul; George Alexander Kohut; Bernhard Wachstein. אוצר בדויי השם : הוא מפתח השמות הבדויים של המחברים בספרות ישראל בעברית ובאידית OTSAR BEDUYE HA-SHEM: HU MAFTEAH HA-SHEMOT HA-BEDUYIM SHEL HA-MEHABRIM BE-SIFRUT YISRAEL BE-IVRIT UVE-IDIT = THESAURUS PSEUDONYMORUM QUAE IN LITTERATURA HEBRAICA ET JUDAEO-GERMANICA INVENIUNTUR. PSEUDONYMEN-LEXIKON DER HEBRAISCHEN. UND JIDDISCHEN LITERATUR. Vina [Vienna]: Hainrikh Glants, 1933. Later Cloth. 8vo. XIV, [2], 335, [1], 10, [5], 66 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Numbered copy: #28 (of 200 issued). In Hebrew. With a preface in English by G. A. Kohut and an introduction by Bernhard Wachstein. Another edition of the same book appeared in the same year, partly in a different typeface, with the imprint "Vina, Yerushalayim, Bamberger et Varman". “This dictionary covers the period from the Geonim to the beginning of the twentieth century. It lists 5, 145 pseudonyms used by authors of Hebrew and Yiddish literature. The dictionary is arranged alphabetically by pseudonym. The following information is provided for each entry: a notation of one or two books or arrticles in which the author used this pseudonym, identification of the author, the source for the pseudonym and comments. The second part of the dictionary contains an inddex of authors' names (in Latin charactaers) and an index of sources” (#755, Cutter and Oppenheim, Judaica Reference Sources, Second Edition). Subjects: Anonyms and pseudonyms, Hebrew. Anonyms and pseudonyms, Yiddish. OCLC lists 19 copies. Later cloth lightly soiled, light soiling to outer edges; internally very clean and fresh. Binding solid. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-24) (ID #34317) $225.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


21. Freudenthal, Max. KRIEGSGEDENKBUCH DER ISRAELITISCHEN KULTUSGEMEINDE NÜRNBERG. Nürnberg; Kommissionsverlag Von J. L. Schrag, 1920. Original Wraps. 8vo. 143 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. 'War Memorial Book of the Jewish Community of Nuremberg'. Directory, with biographies (of between 5-35 sentences each!), of each and every Jewish soldier from Nuremburg who perished in World War I. Contains selections from journals and diaries of the dead. Edited by the Reform Rabbi of Nuremberg Max Freudenthal (1868-1937), who served the community of Nuremberg from 1907 to 1934. Gilt on wraps. Subjects: Register of the Dead. Jews - Germany - History - 1800-1933. World War, 1914-1918 - Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews. World War (1914-1918) History. Personal narratives- Jewish. OCLC lists 21 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (GER-44-4) (ID #33737) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


22. Friedmann, Nathan Zebi. אוצר הרבנים : תקופת הרבנות (ד׳תש״ל־ה׳תש״ל), רב, אדמו״ר, ראש ישיבה, דיין, מו״צ, מגיד : שמו, אביו, חותנו, בניו וחתניו, תאריך הלידה ופטירה, תיאור האישיות, שם הקהילות בהן כיהן, ספרים שחיבר : עשרים אלף ערכים, עם מפתחות... HA-RABANIM: TEKUFAT HA-RABANUT (4730-5730): RAV, ADMOR, ROSH YESHIVAH, DAYAN, MO. TS, MAGID: SHEMO, AVIV, HOTNO, BANAV VE-HATANAV, TAARIKH HA-LEDAH U-FETIRAH, TEUR HA-ISHIYUT, SHEM HA-KEHILOT BAHEN KIHEN, SEFARIM SHE-HIBER: ESRIM ELEF ARAKHIM, IM MA. Bnei-Brak; Agudat Otsar Ha-Rabanim, 1975. Original Cloth. 4to. 461 pages. 29 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added English title page: “Otzar harabanim = Rabbis' encyclopedia: rabbinate era from 970-1970: rabbis, Hassidic rabbis, heads of Talmudic colleges, presidents of rabbinic courts, religious judges, religious teachers and preachers, all over the world: name, name of father, of father-in-law, date of birth and date of death, short description of personality, officiating town, books composed, sons and sons in-law: 20, 000 entries, including name index, community index, book index, all of them in one volume. ” Subjects: Rabbis - Biography. Rabbinical literature - Bio-bibliography. Rabbinical literature. Light soiling to cloth, rear hinge starting, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-10) (ID #34303) $175.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


23. Halperin, Raphael [The Rasslin’ Rabbi]. אטלס עץ־חיים : סדר הדורות לחכמי ישראל, משלהי תקופת הגאונים עד גרוש ספרד ATLAS ETS-HAYIM: SEDER HA-DOROT LE-HAKHME YISRAEL MI-SHILHE TEKUFAT HA-GEONIM AD GERUSH SEFARAD. Tel Aviv; Hotsa'at Hekdesh Ruah Ya'akov, 1978. Original Cloth. 4to. 300 pages. 28 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Illustrated throughout with color maps. With added English title page: “Atlas Eytz Chayim: One general map depicting over 2000 Hebrew sages. From the decline of the gaonic period in Babylonia up to the expulsion from Spain (1492). Seventy chronological maps of the Hebrew leaders of this glorious period through the generations. … Other maps showing the manifold wanderings of the Thora-centers, evolution of the families and important events. ” Includes a large, laid in “General map, containing 2091 names of Sages”. Special Maps includes Authors of the Tosafot, Expulsion from Spain. With Maps of Rabbinical Schools, Sages of Provence, Sages of Spain, Sages of France-Germany. Innovative work of mapping Rabbinic sages by Raphael Halperin (1924-2011), Orthodox Rabbi, “Mr. Israel” (weightlifting champion), "The Rasslin’ Rabbi" (professional wrestler, winner of 159 consecutive bouts), and prominent businessman (Optica Halperin, The Samson Institute, and maker of a credit card which does not work on Shabbat). From the Forverts, 1953: “Who would have thought that one of today’s most popular wrestlers was once a yeshiva bokher who studied with such talmudic luminaries as the Hazon Ish Rafael Halperin, the currently undefeated Israeli wrestler, paid a visit to the Forward. In a juicy Yiddish peppered with talmudic anecdotes, the Vienna-born, Bnei Brak-raised Halperin told how his father was a man of principle who believed that one must learn to make a living and not sit around all day in a yeshiva. All of the Halperin brothers became businessmen, and young Rafael became an expert in the diamond business. But one day about six years ago, after seeing a weightlifting magazine, Halperin became interested in physical culture and began to work out. His yeshiva friends made fun of him, but he pressed on. Inclined toward business, Halperin opened a gym in Jerusalem, which eventually grew to a chain of 53 gyms throughout the Jewish state. His bodybuilding paid off; in 1950 he was named 'Mr. Israel. ' An American wrestling promoter who was visiting Israel suggested that Halperin come to the United States and become a wrestler, which he did. Since then, he has become successful, though he won’t wrestle on Friday nights, when most of the matches take place. ” Subjects: Rabbis - Biography. Jewish scholars - Biography. Rabbis - Genealogy. Jewish scholars. Rabbis. Biography. Genealogy. OCLC lists 19 copies of this edition. Light shelf wear, very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-9) (ID #34302) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


24. Kagan, Berl. לעקסיקאן פון ײדיש־שרײבערס : מיט הוספות און תיקונים צום לעקסיקאן פון דער נײער ײדישער ליטעראטור, און 5,800 פסעװדאנימען LEKSIKON FUN YIDISH-SHRAYBERS: MIT HESOFES UN TIKUNIM TSUM LEKSIKON FUN DER NAYER YIDISHER LITERATUR, UN 5,800 PSEVDONIMEN = LEXICON OF YIDDISH-WRITERS [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]. New York: R. Ilman-Kohen, 1986. Original Cloth. 4to. XIV pages, 812 columns. 29 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Lexicon of Yiddish Writers, with additions and corrrections to the Lexicon of New Yiddish Literature, and 5, 800 Pseudonyms. Inscribed by Berl Kagan in Yiddish on title page. Massive Lexicon of Yiddish writers, winner of the 1986 Association of Jewish Libraries Judaica Reference Award; written and compiled by Berl Kagan (1911-1993); born “in 1911 in Telz. Active in Zionist Socialist movement in Lithuania. Editor of the Z. S. Daily, Dos Vort, in Kovno. Active in the Jewish resistance in Kovno during World War II. Settled in New York in 1950. Worked in the YIVO Library and the editorial office of Di fraye arbeter shtime. Edited many Yiddish books. Author of the Leksikon fun yidish shraibers, which is a supplement to the Leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur. ” - Guide to the Yivo Archives. Subjects: Yiddish literature - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries - Yiddish. Authors, Yiddish - Biography - Dictionaries - Yiddish. Anonyms and pseudonyms, Yiddish. Light wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-17) (ID #34243) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


25. Kagan, Berl. SEFER HA-PRENUMERANTN: VEGVAYZER TSU PRENUMERIRTE HEBREISHE SEFARIM UN ZAYERE HOTMIM FUN 8,767 KEHILOT IN AYROPE UN TSAFON-AFRIKE. New York: Library of the Jewish Theological Society of America, 1975. Cloth; 4to. Xx, 384, xii pages. Nicely bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and spattered edges. Frontispiece portrait of the author's late son, to whom the book is dedicated. In Yiddish, with introduction in both Yiddish and English. Title page in English on verso: Hebrew Subscription Lists, With an Index to 8, 767 Jewish Communities in Europe and North Africa. Includes indices. This work is the fruit of a massive project undertaken by the author, a staff member of the Library of the JTS. It organizes the data culled from tens of thousands of Jewish books over a period of about 150 years. The result is an index of 350, 000 Jews from almost 9, 000 communities who presubscribed for specific books by specific writers, their names having been noted in the books upon publication. Given the destruction of so many records of Jews during the Holocaust, this book is an invaluable tool for scholars and researchers. SUBJECT (S): Rabbinical literature -- Publishing. Names, Geographical -- Hebrew. Names, Geographical -- Yiddish. Names, Geographical -- Europe, Eastern. Names, Geographical -- Africa, North. Very good condition. (CT-9-1) (ID #14931) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


26. Kohut, Adolph. BERUEHMTE ISRAELITISCHE MAENNER UND FRAUEN IN DER KULTURGESCHI CHTE DER MENSCHHEIT. LEBENS- UND CHARAKTERBILDER AUS VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART. EIN HANDBUCH FUER HAUS UND FAMILIE. 2 volumes (complete). Leipzig, A. H. Payne, 1901. 432 pages each Volume Shunami #2614 "Mit zahlreichen Portraets und sonstigen Illustrationen" Excellent resource. Ex-library. Edges rubbed. Volume II missing spine, inner-pages clean, overall very good conditon. (GER-41-27) (ID #31141) $200.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


27. Another Copy, but Vol. I only. Corners bumped, otherwise very good condition. (GER-41-26) (ID #31140) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


28. Meltser, Yeda'el. BE-DEREKH ‘ETS HA-HAYIM: MI-TOKH MASEKHET TOLDOTAV, HANHAGOTAV U-FO’OLO SHEL...RABI ISER ZALMAN MELTSER....Israel: “arze Ha-Hen”, 1985. Original cover, 8vo, 2 volumes, 610 pages, 44 pages of plates, illustrated, 25 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S): Rabbis -- Jerusalem -- Biography. Meltzer, Isser Zalman, 1870-1953. Jerusalem -- Biography. Includes bibliographical references and index. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Wear to binding. Marks on some pages. Lightly bumped cover corners. Lightly stained cover. Otherwise, very good condition. (Heb-28-7) (ID #31300) $150.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


29. Rejzen, Zalman [Reyzn]. פּסעוודאָנימען אין דער יידישער ליטעראַטור PSEVDONIMEN IN DER YIDISHER LITERATUR [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]. Vilne; Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut, Filologishe Sektsye, 1939. Original Wraps. 8vo. 34 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Pseudonyms in the Yiddish literature. Reprint from "Yivo-bleter, " vol. Xii, no. 7-8. Inscribed copy of possibly the last publication Zalman Rejzen saw printed in his lifetime; as well as one of the last publications issued by the YIVO in Vilna. Zalman Rejzen (1887–1941), scholar of Yiddish language and literature, editor, journalist, and cultural activist. … Reyzen’s central contribution to Yiddish literary scholarship is his extensive work in creating biographical reference works on Yiddish writers. The first edition of Leksikon fun der yudisher literatur un prese (Biographical Dictionary of Yiddish Literature and Press; 1914) was a groundbreaking endeavor to present and systematize previously uncollected materials on Yiddish writers, and also included a list of Yiddish periodicals. … Zalmen Reyzen was one of the principal figures in YIVO, in the realm of both institutional work and scholarly accomplishments. He was an editor of the journal Yidishe filologye (1924–1926) and of Filologishe shriftn (3 vols; 1926–1929) and was a member of the editorial board (and later, editor) of YIVO-bleter (1931–1939), in which he published research and critical reviews. His travels to the United States in 1930 and to Argentina in 1932 played a significant part in strengthening connections among the various international centers of Yiddish culture and in awakening interest in YIVO’s work. When the Soviets invaded Vilna in September 1939, Reyzen was arrested, despite the fact that the Vilner tog had maintained a radical and pro-Soviet stance. He was shot to death by the Soviets in 1941, at the beginning of the German–Soviet war. ” - Yivo Encylopedia. Subjects: Yiddish literature - Dictionaries. Anonyms and pseudonyms, Yiddish. Anonyms and pseudonyms, Yiddish. Yiddish literature. Dictionaries. OCLC lists 2 copies (Johns Hopkins, Harvard), none in New York. Scarce. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-30) (ID #34323) $200.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


30. Shapiro, Gershon. EVREI-GEROI SOVETSKOGO SOYUZA. Tel-Aviv, Shapiro, 1982. Original Publisher’s Cloth. Large 8vo. 787 pages. Illus. Ports. 24 cm. In Russian. Primarily deals with the Holocaust/WW II period. Title translates to English as, “Jewish Heroes of the Soviet Union. ” Additional title page in Hebrew. SUBJECT(S): World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. Jews -- Soviet Union -- Biography. Jewish soldiers -- Soviet Union -- Biography. Geroi Sovetskogo Soiuza. Soviet Union. Raboche-Krest’ianskaia Krasnaia Armiia -- Biography. Includes bibliographical references. Inscription from previous owner on FEP. Spine slightly cocked, page edges show some staining. Internal pages are nice and clean. Very Good Condition. (HOLO2-93-9) (ID #30237) $300.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


31. Sola Pool, David De. PORTRAITS ETCHED IN STONE: EARLY JEWISH SETTLERS 1682-1841. New York: Columbia University Press, 1952. Cloth, 4to, 543 PAGES. First edition. Includes by foreword, preface, biographies,glossary, bibliography, index, & 4 appendices:(1. the site of the ground granted in 1656, 2.alphabetical register, 3.chronological register & 4.other burials in the cemetery) With b/w illustrations. "This book is a history, an exceptional history because it tells both of a cemetery and of a living people. It is the chronicle-rich, varied, intense, and warmly personal-of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews who settled in New York City in 1654, and of the Jewish immigrants who came from Central and northern Europe. It describes how they founded and kept flourishing the oldest Jewishcommunity in North America which eventually became the greatest in the world."." This ancient burial ground of Congregation Shearith Israel is known variously as the New Bowery Cemetery, the Oliver Street Cemetery, or the Chatham Square Cemetery-designations which sufficiently indicate its location. Its long and checkered history begins in 1682 when it succeeded the ground reluctantly granted in 1656 to his Jewish citizens b y the irascible governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant. " Some wear to edges. Overall very good condition (BIBLIOG-34-1A/1) (ID #31860/31859) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


32. Vunder, Meir. מאורי גליציה : אנציקלופדיה לחכמי גליציה MEORE GALITSYAH: ENTSIKLOPEDYAH LE-HAKHME GALITSYAH MEOREI GALICIA: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GALICIAN RABBIS AND SCHOLARS [FOUR VOLUMES OF SIX: ALEF-DALET; HEI-CHEIT; TEIT-AYIN; PEI-REISH]. Yerushalayim; Makhon Le-Hantsahat Yahadut Galitsyah, 1978-1990. Original Hardback. 4to. 889; 1, 100; 1, 156; 1, 076 Columns. 28 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Four volume Encyclopedia of Galician Scholars, Alef through Reish. A total of six volumes were published, only four collected here (volumes 5 and 6 not included: Shin-Tav, published 1997; Additions and Corrections, published 2005). Published Jerusalem: Institute for Commemoration of Galician Jewry. Extensively detailed genealogies of Galician rabbinical families are arranged alphabetically by surname. Most family sections include a genealogical chart. For prominent rabbis of each family biographical material is included, in particular rabbinical compositions, responsa correspondence and photographs. There is updated information of generations contemporaneous to the writing of the book. Many sources are quoted for each family and there is an extensive bibliography. This impressive and scholarly work is the most extensive and reliable source of rabbinical genealogy written in the twentieth century. Rabbi Meir Wunder was born in Haifa to a family which originated in Jaroslaw, Galicia. His rabbinic education was obtained at Poneveiz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak where he received rabbinical ordination from prominent rabbis. He also qualified as a rabbinical lawyer. After he attained general and pedagogical education and qualified for a B. A, Rabbi Wunder taught at various schools. He holds qualification from the School of Librarianship of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and for many years managed the library at Poneveiz Yeshiva and other institutions. The principal part of his career was spent as a senior librarian at the National Library at the Hebrew University. It was there that he had the essential access to the sources for his rabbinical genealogical research. Subjects: (880-06) Rabbis - Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) - Biography - Dictionaries - Hebrew. Jewish scholars - Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) - Biography - Dictionaries - Hebrew. Jewish scholars. Rabbis. Biography - Dictionaries. Europe - Galicia. Condition. (BIBLIOG-36-11) (ID #34304) $150.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


33. Wolf, Lucien. PLAN OF A DICTIONARY OF ANGLO-JEWISH BIOGRAPHY. (ENGLISH, AMERICAN, AND COLONIAL.). London; "jewish Chronicle" Office, 1887. Original Wraps. 8vo. 11 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Reprinted from the "Jewish Chronicle, " November 4-11, 1887. Plan of a Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish Biography, comprising an introduction and two column alphabetical list of names (including dates of birth and death, and notable roles or accomplishments). This list was compiled in view of the author's “forthcoming work on Anglo-Jewish Family History” - p.1. Includes laid in two page advertisment, promoting subscriptions to Lucien Wolf's forthcoming “Old Jewish Families in England” in two volumes (this work never appeared). Compiled by Lucien Wolf (1857-1930) a diplomat, foreign affairs expert, prominent journalist, and an important Anglo-Jewish historian. He was one of the organizers of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition of 1887, at which time he compiled a bibliography of Anglo-Jewish history. This exhibit led to the founding of the Jewish Historical Society of England in 1893, of which Lucien Wolf was the first president. Subjects: Biography. Great Britain. Juden. OCLC lists 8 copies. Scarce. Wraps soiled, loose; light foxing to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-26) (ID #34253) $135.00.

 

 

 

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34. Braham, Randolph L. JEWS IN THE COMMUNIST WORLD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1945-1960 [ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SOURCES]. New York; Twayne Publishers, 1961. Original Cloth. 8vo. 64 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Shunami 1654. Bibliography of 605 English language entries on the post-war position of Jews in the Eastern Bloc. Subjects: Jews - Communist countries - Bibliography. Jews. Bibliography. Very good + condition in good jacket. (BRAHAM-1-60) (ID #34005) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


35. Stern, Norton B. CALIFORNIA JEWISH HISTORY; A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY: OVER FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY WORKS FOR THE PERIOD GOLD RUSH TO POST-WORLD WAR I. Glendale, Calif, A. H. Clark Co, 1967. 8vo. 175 pages. In English. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- California -- Bibliography. In very good condition (AMR-41-34) (ID #31332) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


36. Cohen, Y. Y. PIRSUMIM YEHUDIYIM BI-VERIT HA-MO`ATSOT, 1917-1960: RESHIMOT BIBLIOGRAFIYOT. Jerusalem: The Historical Society of Israel, 1961. Cloth; 8vo. 143, 502, vi pages. "Galuyot" Series. Added title page: Jewish publications in the Soviet Union, 1917-1960. Bibliographies compiled by Y. Y. Cohen, with the assistance of M. Piekarz. Introductions by Y. Slutski and Kh. Shmeruk. Edited by Kh. Shmeruk. Introduction in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. Includes indexes and errata. Subject (s): Yiddish literature -- Soviet Union -- Bibliography. Hebrew literature -- Soviet Union -- Bibliography. Excellent condition. (CT-7) (ID #14846) $60.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


37. Cukier, Golda. CANADIAN JEWISH PERIODICALS: A REVISED LISTING. Montreal; Collection Of Jewish Canadiana, Jewish Public Library, 1978. Original Wraps. 4to. [3], 38 pages. 28 cm. Revised Edition. Typescript, printed in blue ink throughout. First edition was 1969. A bibliography of independent and institutional periodicals, currrent and retrospective. Excludes synagogue bulletins. Entries are alphabetically arranged under the city of publication, the Hebrew alphabet preceding the Latin. Title indexes in Hebrew and English. Minor annotations. Subjects: Jews - Periodicals - Bibliography. Jews - Canada - Periodicals - Bibliography. Canadian periodicals - Bibliography. Canada - Ethnic relations - Periodicals - Bibliography. OCLC lists 29 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-35) (ID #34262) $65.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


38. Roth, Cecil, 1899-1970; Jewish Historical Society Of England; Mocatta Library and Museum; University College, London; Library. MAGNA BIBLIOTHECA ANGLO-JUDAICA; A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO ANGLO-JEWISH HISTORY. London, Jewish Historical Society Of England, University College, 1937. Cloth, tall 8vo, xiii, 464 pages. Edition: New ed, rev. And enl, by Cecil Roth. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- Great Britain -- Bibliography. Jews -- Bibliography. A revised edition of Bibliotheca anglo-judaica compiled by Joseph Jacobs and Lucien Wolf (London, 1888) and a catalog of material relating to Anglo-Jewish history found in the Mocatta library and collections housed in University college, London. (Introduction) Wear to cover and spine. Text in very good condition. A few light pencil markings throughout.(BIB-17-2) (ID #24336) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


39. Lehmann, Ruth P. NOVA BIBLIOTHECA ANGLO-JUDAICA, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO ANGLO-JEWISH HISTORY 1937-1960. London, The Jewish Historical Society of England, 1961. First edition. Cloth, Large 8vo, xi, 232 pages. This volume has been prepared in response to a request by the Jewish Historical Society of England to bring up to date Dr. Cecil Roth's "Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica first published in 1937. The bibliographical categories include the following under the heading of "Histories": "Bibliographies and Works of Reference, " "History of the Jews, " "History of the Jews in England: General, " ": Medieval, " ": Middle Period, " "Resettlement, " ": Modern Period, " "post 1937, " ": Local, " "The Jew in English Literature, " "Periodicals, " and more. Part II of the bibliography deals with various historical material, including "Polemics," "Communal and National Organizations, " etc. Very Good Condition. (CT-12-1) (ID #15097) $60.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


40. Goldschmidt-Lehmann, Ruth P. ANGLO-JEWISH BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1937-1970. London; Jewish Historical Society Of England, 1973. Original Cloth. 4to. XI, 364 pages. 26 cm. First edition. “This classified bibliographic guide lists close to 5, 000 books, pamphlets, journal articles, chapters of related content from non-Judaic books, etc, pertaining to all aspects of Anglo-Jewish history and culture. This work completes and updates the author's Nova Bibliotheca. It features new sections and subsections, and a new system of annotation. Materials pertaining to the Jews in the Commonwealth, Dependencies and the Union of South Africa are listed. ” - Entry 394, Judaica Reference Sources, Second Edition. Subjects: Jews - Great Britain - Bibliography. Jews - Colonies - Great Britain - Bibliography. Joden. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-24) (ID #34251) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


41. Hill, Brad Sabin. HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM IBERIA: AN EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY, NOVEMBER 1992-MARCH 1993. London; The British Library, 1992. Original Wraps. 4to. [4] pages. 29 cm. First edition. Illustration from the Barcelona Haggadah on cover. Two page exhibition notes by Brad Sabin Hill, one page of list of exhibits at the British Library, Hebrew Section, and one page bibliography. Subjects: Manuscripts, Hebrew - Exhibitions. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Portuguese - Exhibitions. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Spanish - Exhibitions. OCLC lists one copy (British Library). Light wear to edges, otherwise fresh and clean. Good + condition. Scarce. (BIBLIOG-35-32). (ID #34259) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


42. Hirschberg, H. Z. Maftehot: Sidrat Ezre-Mehkar = Maftehot, a Series of Research Aids [Two Issues; Alef-Bet]. Ramat Gan; Universitat Bar-Ilan, Ha-Makhon Le-Heker Ha-Yahadut Ba-Mizrah, 1974. Original Wraps. 4to. 72, 4; 174 pages. 27 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and English. Contains two issues: 1, A List of Jewish Populations in the East and the Maghreb in the 15th-17th Centuries; 2, Selected Bibliography of the Exilarchs, Nesiim & Negidim in the Middle East, prepared by Eliezer Bashan. Volume one contains fold out map. Two issues from the bibliographical series entitled Maftehot: A Series of Research Aids published under the general editorship of H. Z. Hirschberg, Bar-Ilan University. Subjects: Jews - Middle East. Bibliographies. OCLC lists 10 copies. Small tear to edge of wrap on issue one, light soiling to wraps on both issues, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SEF-47-28) (ID #33052) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


43. Kayserling, Meyer. BIBLIOTECA ESPAÑOLA-PORTUGUEZA-JUDAICA. DICTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DES AUTEURS JUIFS, DE LEURS OUVRAGES ESPAGNOLS ET PORTUGAIS ET DES OEUVRES SUR ET CONTRE LES JUIFS ET LE JUDAISME. Strasbourg; Trubner, 1890. Later Boards. 4to. XXI, 155 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In French, Portuguese and Spanish. Meyer Kayserling's Biblioteca española-portugueza-judaica (1890) is a hallmark of Iberian and Jewish bibliography. It reveals the importance, richness, and variety of the culture produced by the Jews of Spain and Portugal, both the exiles of 1492 and the many converted Jews - the 'New Christians' or 'conversos' - who returned to Judaism between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Many of the editions included in Meyer Kayserling's bibliography are exceedingly scarce. Attractively bound in later decorative boards and gilt title. Subjects: Jews - Spain - Biobibliography. Spanish literature - Bibliography. Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Portuguese literature - Bibliography. Spanish literature - Jewish authors - Bio-bibliography. Portuguese literature - Jewish authors - Bio-bibliography. Jews - Spain - Bio-bibliography. Hebrew literature. Jews. Portuguese literature. Portuguese literature - Jewish authors. Spanish literature. Spanish literature - Jewish authors. Bibliography. Bio-bibliography. Later cloth soiled; lightly aged internally; otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-1) (ID #34225) $200.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


44. Kohen, Yitshak Yosef; Mendel Piekarz; Chone Shmeruk. PIRSUMIM YEHUDIYIM BI-VERIT HA-MO’ATSOT, 1917-1960: RESHIMOT BIBLIOGRAFIYOT = JEWISH PUBLICATIONS IN THE SOVIET UNION, 1917-1960. Jerusalem; The Historical Society Of Israel, 1961. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 143, 502, VI pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and Yiddish with introduction and table of contents also in English. Title page verso: Yidishe publikatsyes in Ratn-Farband, 1917-1960; Jewish publications in the Soviet Union, 1917-1960. Compiled and arranged by Y. Y. Cohen; with the assistance of M. Piekarz; introductions by Y. Slutski and Kh. Shmeruk; edited by Kh. Shmeruk. Annotated bibliography consisting of 4, 152 entries. The editor, Chone Schmeruk (1921–1997), was a “historian of Yiddish literature and Ashkenazic Jewry. Khone Shmeruk was born and raised in Warsaw, where he studied in a modern heder and in the Krinski secondary school before beginning studies at the University of Warsaw and the YIVO Institute. In the latter part of his career, he was instrumental in renewing Jewish studies in Poland. From 1939 to 1946, Shmeruk was a refugee in the USSR. He went from there to a displaced persons camp in Stuttgart, and in 1949 immigrated to Israel. He studied in the Yiddish department at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem under Dov Sadan and in the department of Jewish history with Ben-Zion Dinur, Yitsak Baer, and Israel Halpern, who directed Shmeruk’s dissertation on Jewish settlement in Belorussia from 1918 to 1932, for which he earned a doctorate in 1961. … For many years Shmeruk was head of the Department of Yiddish at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and in that framework he founded a belles lettres series in 1969 (titled Sifrut Yidish [Yiddish Literature]) and a series of monographs in 1986 (Yidish—Mekorot u-me Karim [Yiddish—Texts and Studies]). He laid the foundations for the Yiddish Press catalog (Index of Yiddish Periodicals; IYP), and for other collections and recordings, including a bibliography of Yiddish books printed between 1534 and 1750. He also initiated and established the Center for Research and Documentation of East European Jewry (1956) and the Center for Research on the History and Culture of Polish Jews at the Hebrew University (1983), directing the latter for nine years and forming a model for a similar center, established at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in 1986. In addition, Shmeruk served as a visiting professor at the University of Warsaw and taught at the University of Lódz. ” (YIVO Encyclopedia) Continued by ‘Russian publications on Jews and Judaism in the Soviet Union, 1917-1967: a bibliography’. Subjects: Hebrew imprints - Soviet Union - Bibliography. Yiddish imprints - Soviet Union - Bibliography. Jewish publishing - Soviet Union - Bibliography. Jews - Soviet Union - Bibliography. Light soiling to cloth and outer edges, internally very fresh and clean. Good + condition. (EE-5-42) (ID #32348) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


45. L’vov-Rogachevskii, V; Arthur Levin; B I Gorev. A HISTORY OF RUSSIAN JEWISH LITERATURE: INCLUDING B. GOREV'S ESSAY "RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND THE JEWS". Ann Arbor, Mich; Ardis, 1979. Original Cloth. 8vo. 213 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Translation of Russko-evreiskaia literatura by V. Lvov-Rogachevsky; edited and translated by Arthur Levin. Includes B. Gorev's 1917 essay, Russian Literature and the Jews (Gorev was the pseudonym of Boris Goldman (1874-1937), member of the Menshevik Central Committee, and later a professor at the Frunze Military Academy; his brother was Mark Liber, a leading Bundist). Rogachevsky (1874-1930), was a leading Menshevik, and after 1917 was considered one of the best Marxist literary critics; his study on Russian Jewish Literature, originally published 1922, and was for a long period considered the comprehensive work on the subject. Chapters focus on Jewish authors in Russian in the period 1860 to 1917 (including Ansky, Frug, Aleichem, Mandelstam, Yaroshevsky, Yushkevich, and others), and the portrait of the Jew in Russian Literature from Pushkin to Chekhov. Subjects: Russian literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism. Jews - Soviet Union - Intellectual life. Judaism and literature - Soviet Union. Judaism and literature - Russia. Jews in literature. Jews - Intellectual life. Judaism and literature. Literature. Russian literature - Jewish authors. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Clean and fresh. Very good condition in VG jacket. (BIBLIOG-35-55) (ID #34283) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


46. Lerski, Jerzy J. JEWISH-POLISH COEXISTENCE, 1772-1939: A TOPICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. Hardcover, xiv, 230 pages, 8vo, 25 cm. Series: Bibliographies and indexes in world history,; no. 5.SUBJECT (S): Jews -- Poland -- Bibliography. Joden. Geographic: Poland --Ethnic relations --Bibliography. Identifier: Poland; Jews; Social conditions, 1772-1939 - Bibliographies. Note(s): Includes index. Very good condition. (k-mx-1-25) (ID #21472) $65.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


47. Library, New York Public. LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND CONDITION OF THE JEWS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. New York; New York Public Library, 1914. Later Cloth. 4to. 278 pages. 27 cm. First edition. "Reprinted at the New York Public Library from the Bulletin, July-October, 1913." Compiled by Abraham Solomon Freidus, Chief of the Jewish Division in the New York Public Library. Contains approximately 4, 500 entries in various languages pertaining to the history and conditions of Jews in various countries; arranged by subject. Curiously bound, with a page blank in between each printed pages; ostensibly bound in for further note taking; A nice association copy, from the library of Joshua Bloch, with his penciled signature on endpage; Bloch took over from Friedus as head of the Judaica Division at NYPL. Subjects: Jews - Bibliography. Jews. Bibliography. NYPL – Abraham Solomon Freidus. Light soiling to later cloth, internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-4) (ID #34230) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


48. Luckert, Yelena. SOVIET JEWISH HISTORY, 1917-1991: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. New York; Garland Pub, 1992. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XXIII, 271 pages. 22 cm. First edition. This comprehensive bibliography covers Jewish life in the Soviet Union from the 1917 Revolution to the Gorbachev era. Topics explored are historical, political, and economic developments, cultural life, education, religious practices, dissent, emigration, the diaspora, world opinion, and current changes. The work incorporates materials published in English, French, German, Spanish, and Swedish as well as Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Subjects: Jews - Soviet Union - Bibliography. Joden. Soviet Union - Ethnic relations - Bibliography. Possible inscription by the author. Very good condition +. (BIBLIOG-33-45A) (ID #32453) $195.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


49. Morais, Sabato; Julius H Greenstone; Samuel David Luzzatto. ITALIAN HEBREW LITERATURE. New York; Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1926. Publishers cloth. 8vo. VI, 244 pages. 24 cm. First separate edition. With essays on the writings of Shabbetai Donnolo, Nathan Ben Yehiel, Immanuel of Rome, Elias del Medigo, Azariah de Rossi, David Nieto, Samuel David Luzzatto, Philoxene Luzzatto; biographical sketches of Samuel Alatri, Isaac Artom, Allesandro Malvano, etc. By Sabato Morais; edited by Julius H. Greenstone; with a foreword by Henry S. Morais. Includes "A critical and hermeneutical introduction to the Pentateuch, " by S. D. Luzzatto: p. [93]-152. The author, Sabato Morais was an “American rabbi; born at Leghorn, Italy, April 13, 1823; died at Philadelphia Nov. 11, 1897. The Morais family came originally from Portugal, being probably among the large number of Jews who fled thence from the Inquisition. At the time of Sabato's birth Italy was in the thick of her great struggle for freedom … he formed a close friendship with Joseph Mazzini; and that patriot's struggle for Italian freedom was warmly seconded by Morais. … In 1850, owing to the withdrawal of Isaac Leeser, the pulpit of the Mickve Israel congregation at Philadelphia, Pa, became vacant, and Morais was an applicant for the post. He arrived in Philadelphia on March 17, 1851, and was elected April 13 following, the synagogue services in the interval being conducted by him. … When, in 1867, Maimonides College was established in Philadelphia, Morais was made professor of the Bible and of Biblical literature; and he held the chair during the six years that the college existed. For a number of years thereafter he felt the urgent need of an institution for the training of Jewish ministers on historical and traditional lines; and the declarations of the Pittsburg Conference in 1885 urged him to immediate action. After a considerable agitation of the subject he succeeded, in conjunction with a few others, in establishing (Jan, 1886) the Jewish Theological Seminary at New York. He was at once made president of the faculty and professor of Bible, holding both posts until his death. Unquestionably the establishment of the seminary constitutes Morais' most lasting influence upon Judaism in America. The directors of that body have fittingly recognized his memory by naming the chair of Biblical literature and exegesis ‘the Sabato Morais professorship. ’ In 1887 the University of Pennsylvania conferred upon him the honorary degree of doctor of laws, he being the first Jew so honored by that institution. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) Subjects: Hebrew literature - Italy. Jews - Italy - Biography. Bible. O. T. Pentateuch - Criticism, interpretation, etc. With the signature of previous owner (Ravid) on endpage. Very fresh and clean. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-50A) (ID #31956) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


50. Muneles, Otto. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF JEWISH PRAGUE: THE JEWISH STATE MUSEUM OF PRAGUE. Prague, Orbis, 1952. Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 562 pages. illus. 22 cm. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Bibliography. Joden. Named Corp: Zidovske múzeum v Presove. This volume was the first published in the Series: "Jewish Monuments in Bohemia and Moravia." Ex-library with minimal markings. Very good condition in good jacket. (SPEC-23-33) (ID #27445) $65.00.

 

 

 

 

 

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51. Association For The Social Scientific Study Of Jewry. WOMEN AND JUDAISM: A SELECT ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. New York; Garland, 1988. Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xxiv, 232 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Selective annotated bibliography, arranged alphabetically by author, lists 842 items pertaining to “woman’s life from ancient to modern times: women in religion, education and employment, marriage and family, politics and society. ” Includes monographs, journal articles, essays, and articles from collections largely published in the twentieth century in English, French, German, and Scandinavian languages. Subjects: Women in Judaism - Bibliography. Jewish women - Bibliography. Femmes dans le judaïsme - Bibliographie. Juives - Bibliographie. Penned writing around two entries, otherwise fine. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-46) (ID #31951) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


52. Baron, Salo Wittmayer. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES, 1938-39.. 1941. New York: Conference on Jewish Relations. Wrappers; large 8vo. Iv, 3-291 pages. Holocaust period publication. Series: Jewish social studies, Publications,; no. 1. Reprinted with additions and index from Jewish social studies, vol. Ii, numbers 3 and 4./ Also retains the paging of the original work. Jews -- Bibliography. Water damage throughout, but text still good, overall good condition. (BIBLIOG-34-4) (ID #31875) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


53. Berlin, Charles; and Aaron Katchen, editors. CHRISTIAN HEBRAISM: THE STUDY OF JEWISH CULTURE BY CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN TIMES. PROCEEDINGS OF A COLLOQUIUM AND CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION. ARRANGED BY THE JUDAICA DEPARTMENT OF THE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY ON THE OCCASION OF HARVARD'S 350TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. . Cambridge, Harvard University Library, 1988. Paper Wrappers, Oblong 4to, 58 pages. Includes illustrations & facsimiles. 22 x 28 cm. Contents include: The Ambiguous bond, Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, by Krister Stendahl; The Medieval background of Christian Hebraism, by Marc E. Saperstein; Christian Hebraism from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, by Aaron L. Katchen; etc. Exhibition catalogue arranged and prepared by Charles Berlin and Aaron L. Katchen; with text by Aaron L. Katchen. "Colloquium, May 5, 1986; Exhibition, May 1986". Subject: Hebrew language -- Study and teaching -- History. Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity. Christianity and other religions -- Judaism. Humanism. Hebraists, Christian. wear. Very good condition. (BIB-9-19) (ID #23827) $25.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


54. Berman, Lawrence V, Et Al. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS IN MEDIEVAL JEWISH STUDIES. THE STUDY OF JUDAISM, VOLUME II. New York: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1976. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 392 pages. A collection of six articles. Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- History -- 70-1789 -- Bibliography. Judaism -- Relations -- Catholic Church -- bibliography. Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 -- Bibliography. Jews -- Study and teaching -- Bibliography. Juifs -- Histoire -- 70-1789 -- Bibliographie. Judaïsme -- Relations -- Église catholique -- Bibliographie. Judaïsme -- Histoire -- 425-1789 (Moyen Âge et début de la période moderne) -- Bibliographie. Juifs -- Étude et enseignement -- Bibliographie. Catholic Church -- Relations -- Judaism -- Bibliography. Église catholique -- Relations -- Judaïsme -- Bibliographie. Excellent condition in very good dust jacket. (BIBLIOG-34-8) (ID #31883) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


55. Breslauer, S. Daniel. JUDAISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY. Westport, Conn; Greenwood Press, 1993. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XX, 195 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “Annotated bibliography of books and articles on Judaism and human rights. This reference provides a comprehensive survey of human rights in Judaism. It includes both theoretical discussions of the nature and substance of human rights and practical applications of that theory either by Jews or to Jews. While numerous dissertations and audio-visual materials focus on human rights and Judaism, the bibliography is limited to books and articles. The majority of the works have been written in English or Hebrew, but significant studies in other languages, chiefly French and German, have also been included. The volume contains more than 700 citations, each accompanied by a descriptive annotation. The book begins with an introductory essay that examines the basic concerns of the works that follow. The annotated entries are then presented in five chapters. The first chapter includes anthologies, references, and periodicals. The second chapter includes studies of human rights in the Bible and Talmud. The third chapter includes works on Jewish theories of human rights. The fourth chapter, broken down into smaller sections, includes works on Judaism and particular human rights. The fifth chapter contains entries for works on contemporary Judaism and human rights. The volume concludes with author, title, and subject indexes. ” (Publishers description) Subjects: Human rights - Religious aspects - Judaism. Jewish ethics. Judaism - Doctrines. Judaism - 20th century. Judentum Menschenrecht Bibliographie. Light highlighting on a few pages, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-14) (ID #31918) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


56. Breslauer, S. Daniel. Gorman, G. E. MODERN JEWISH MORALITY: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. Cloth, 8vo, x, 239 pages. Series: Bibliographies and indexes in religious studies; no. 8; SUBJECT (S): Jewish ethics -- Bibliography. Jodendom. Ethiek. Very good + condition. Institutional stamp on flyleaf. (BIB-12-1) (ID #24253) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


57. Frumkin, Aryeh Leib. SEFER TOLDOT HAKHME YERUSHALAYIM: MI-SHENAT 5250-5630. Yerushalayim: Defus Salomon,. 688-690 [1927-1930]. Cloth, 167 pages, 8vo, 2nd volume, 24 cm. Frumkin (1845-1916) "studied rabbinics in his native Kelme, Lithuania, and at the Slobodka Yeshivah. He visited Erez Israel in 1867, and after two years in Odessa, returned to Jerusalem in 1871. There he began research for a history of the rabbis and scholars of Jerusalem, Toledot Hakhmei Yerushalayim. Frumkin's account of his first visit to Jerusalem, Massa Even Shemu'el (1871), gives important source material on conditions in Erez Israel at the time. Returning to Lithuania, Frumkin was ordained a rabbi and took a rabbinical post at Ilukste, Latvia. After the 1881 pogroms, Frumkin participated, representing Hovevei Zion, in the consultations held in Germany to consider the plight of Russian Jewry. There he advocated settlement in Erez Israel as a solution, opposing emigration to the United States. With the financial support of Emil Lachman, a wealthy Berlin Jew, he bought land in Petah Tikvah, built the first house there, and began a heroic ten-year period as a farmer-scholar, braving malaria and other dangers, establishing a talmud torah and a small yeshivah, and persuading more settlers to move there from Yehud. " (Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik in EJ, 2007). Vol. 1 includes facsimilies of several sections illustrative of the original edition (Vilna, 1874). Includes bibliography of Frumkin (vol. 1 p. 1-iv). Also includes bibliographical references. Subject: Jewish scholars. Rabbis -- Jerusalem -- Biography. Jerusalem -- Biography. Wear and tear on cover and binding. Otherwise very good condition. (k-rab-1-29) (ID #21680) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


58. Griffiths, David B. A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS ON JUDAISM [TWO VOLUME SET]. Lewiston, N. Y; E. Mellen Press, 1988. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 804 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Two Volume set. “Griffith's magisterial Critical Bibliography of Writings on Judaism creates a framework of relevance that can help students and scholars recognize major problems and disputations and gain appreciation for current advances in methodology and knowledge. It functions as a conceptual map that identifies areas thoroughly and highlights controversial issues that invite further research. The majority of the entries are in English, but works in Modern Hebrew, Yiddish, French, and German are included as necessary, and also as guides for advanced study. Until the advent of this work there was no comprehensive critical Judaica bibliography of use to both generalized and specialized interests. ” (Publishers description) Subjects: Judaism - History - Bibliography. Jews - History - Bibliography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Bibliography. Judaïsme - Histoire - Bibliographie. Juifs - Histoire - Bibliographie. Holocauste, 1939-1945 - Bibliographie. Holocaust Historian David Kranzler’s copy, with his signature on endpage, laid in note addressed to him, his highlighting on a few pages and post it notes; otherwise, very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-16) (ID #31920) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


59. Heymann, Michael; Josef Wenkert. 30 ZIONIST LANDMARKS: THIRTY DOCUMENTS FROM THE CENTRAL ZIONIST ARCHIVES = 30 TSIYUNE-DEREKH BA-TSIYONUT. Jerusalem; Hassifriya Haziyonit, 1978. Softbound. 4to. 84 pages. 32 cm. First edition. Parallel text in English and Hebrew. "Prepared by the Organization and Information Dept. Of the World Zionist Organization on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the state of Israel. " With English and Hebrew descriptions, and reproductions of thirty documents from the central Zionist archives, including The Basle Programme; Appeal of the 'Palestine Office' to those liable to expulsion; Draft of report by Henrietta Szold regarding the Youth Aliyah; A letter from Winston Churchill to Chaim Weizmann; Invitation to the ceremony of the proclamation of independence; etc. Subjects: Zionism - History - Sources. World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archive. Light wear to wraps, with bumped lower edge, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (SPEC-39-39) (ID #32950) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


60. Jaffe, Benjamin. THE BRITISH PRESS AND ZIONISM IN HERZL'S TIME, 1895-1904. London; Jewish Historical Society Of England, 1975. Original Wraps. 8vo. pages 89-100 (i. E. 12 pages total). 22 cm. First edition. "This paper was delivered to the Jewish Historical Society in London on 22 November 1972”. Survey of the Jewish and non-Jewish British Press at the end of the nineteenth century, with review of numerous papers response to political events and major developments (British East Africa Project, First Zionist Congress), and key personalities (Lucien Wolf meets Herzl, Baron Hirsch, Arnold White, Israel Zangwill). Subjects: Zionism - Great Britain - History. Zionism. History. Great Britain. OCLC lists 3 copies (Haifa, OSU, Johns Hopkins), none in the Northeast. Very Good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-25) (ID #34252) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


61. Mayer, Leo Ary; Otto Kurz. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH ART. Jerusalem; Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1967. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 374 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Bibliography comprising 3016 detailed entries of “what has been published about works of Jewish art, made during the period between the destruction of the Temple and the early 19th century. ” (Introduction) Edited by Otto Kurz; written and compiled by Leo Ary Mayer (1895–1959), “Orientalist. Born in Stanislav (Austrian Poland), he settled in Palestine in 1921 and was successively inspector of antiquities and librarian and keeper of records for the Department of Antiquities. In 1925 he was appointed lecturer in the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1932 to 1958 he was professor of Near Eastern art and archaeology there. He held numerous positions: head of the Institute of Oriental Studies; dean of the faculty of humanities; rector of the Hebrew University (1943–45); president of the Israel Exploration Society (1940–59); and president of the Israel Oriental Society. With E. L. Sukenik, he excavated the Third Wall of Jerusalem and with A. Reifenberg the Eshtemoa synagogue. Mayer specialized in Islamic art, costume, epigraphy, and numismatics. His published works include Saracenic Heraldry (1933), Mamluk Costume (1952), bibliographies of Jewish art and numismatics, and a comprehensive work on Muslim artists, Islamic Architects and Their Works (1956). A museum of Islamic art and culture in Jerusalem was named after him. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Jewish art - Bibliography. Art juif - Bibliographie. Great condition in very good jacket. (ART-21-1) (ID #31138) $35.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


62. Another Copy, Very Good Condition, but dustjacket worn and missing an edge on the spine. (ART-21-6) (ID #31894) $35.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


63. Roth, Cecil. JEWISH ART: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1961. Publishers cloth. 4to. 971 pages. 28 cm. First edition. A comprehensive history of Jewish art, from antiquity to the present, a volume still considered definitive. The first edition includes 457 plates, many are in color. Written by Cecil Roth (Bezalel; 1899–1970), Jewish historian; editor in chief of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica. “Roth's edited volume appeared in Hebrew in 1956/57 (Tel Aviv: Masadah) and in English in 1961 (New York, McGraw-Hill), and was slightly revised by Bezalel Narkiss in 1971 (London: Vallentine, Mitchell)...This impressive collection of twenty essays includes articles by such greats as Roth himself, M. Avi-Yonah, Rachel Wischnitzer, L. A. Mayer, A. M. Haberman, Alfred Werner, and Franz Landsberger. Covering what was known of Jewish artistic creation in the late 1950's, this volume was a landmark, each author setting his or her distinctive specialty and tone to each article. Collectively, this volume was intended to tell the story of the art of a nation, from its Biblical origins through the most contemporary of art by Jews or about Judaism. Even the circular plan of the Galilean village of Nahalal is included in this volume, together with Canaanite goddesses, ancient synagogues, glass from Islamic lands, printed Hebrew books, and the paintings of Raphael and Moses Soyer. Just as Italians, Britons, and Americans have national art forms, so too, argues this volume, do the Jews. This is despite the widely-held notion that Jews don't do art owing to their religion, a conception that this volume comes to set aside. In fact, Roth opens his volume with an apologia: ‘The conception of Jewish Art may appear to some to be a contradiction in terms’ (p.11). The normalization of the Jews, particularly their national normalization, required that they have a national art, like all of the nations. Roth's book is in many ways the Jewish counterpart to the well-known introduction to the history of art (now multi-authored), Gardner's Art Through The Ages. It is the one-volume statement of the Jewish contribution to the world of art. ” (Review by Steven Fine) Subjects: Jewish art - History. Hinges shaken, no dustjacket, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (ART-18-38) (ID #30595) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


64. Raphael, Yitzhak; S Z Shragai. ספר הציונות הדתית : עיונים, מאמרים, רשימות, תעודות SEFER HA-TSIYONUT HA-DATIT: `IYUNIM, MAAMARIM, RESHIMOT, TE`UDOT [TWO VOLUME SET]. Jerusalem; Mosad Ha-Rav Kook, 1977. Original Cloth. 4to. 528, [35]; 542, [61] pages. 28 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. 'The Book of Religious Zionism: Articles, Notes, and Documents' edited by S. Z. Shraggai and Yitzhak Refael. With 35 pages of plates (depicting famous Rabbis) at rear of volume one; 61 pages of plates at rear of volume two, depicting masthead of Mizrachi newspapers globally, and photographs of events and daily life in Israel. Written by Shlomo Zalman Shragai and Yitzhak Raphael, important activists in the Mizrachi movement, both later serving as politicians in Israel. Important source book on the history of the Mizrachi movement, an “Orthodox Zionist movement whose name was derived from the words merkaz ruhani (spiritual center), and whose slogan was 'the Land of Israel for the People of Israel according to the Torah of Israel. '” - YIVO Encyclopedia. Attractively bound and printed, in blue cloth with gilt title. Subjects: Religious Zionism. Mizrachi. Light shelf wear, very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-12) (ID #34305) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


65. Rivkind, Isaac. YIDISHE GELT IN LEBENSSHTEYGER, KULTUR-GESHIKHTE UN FOLKOR. LEKSIKOLOGISHE SHTUDYE = JEWISH MONEY IN FOLKWAYS, CULTURAL HISTORY AND FOLKLORE. New York; American Academy For Jewish Research, 1959. Publishers cloth. 4to. LI, 303 pages. 30 cm. First edition. Yidishe Gelt, "Jewish Money, " a Yiddish lexicological study on money in Jewish folkways, cultural history, and folklore; organized alphabetically according to prefix (tog-gelt; ploger-gelt, etc.), encompassing 674 entries; with illustrations throughout, and choice anecdotes in English and German as well; includes copious citations from Yiddish literature. The author, Isaac Rivkind (1895–1968), was a “librarian and scholar. Rivkind was born in Lodz, Poland, and studied at the yeshivot of Volozhin and Ponevezh. During World War I and after he helped organize the Mizrachi movement of Poland. In 1917 he founded the Ze'irei Mizrachi in Lodz and in 1919–20 was a member of the Jewish National Council of Poland. In 1920 he was a delegate to the London Zionist Conference and from there proceeded to the U. S. To work on behalf of Mizrachi. In 1923 he began to work in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, eventually becoming chief of the Hebraica section. He was a co-founder of the U. S. Branch of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO); on the executive of the Hebrew PEN Club of the U. S. A; and a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. During World War II and in the immediate postwar years he was the national chairman in the U. S. Of the League for Religious Labor in Palestine. Rivkind was the author of significant studies and essays in many fields, notably in Jewish bibliography, ethnography and folklore, Yiddish philology, and Zionism. ” (EJ 2008). Bound in blue cloth with gilt title, yellow book-ribbon sewn in. Subjects: Money - Folklore. Jews - Folklore. Lexicology. Yiddish Literature. Light soiling to cloth, previous owners signature on endpage, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-42) (ID #31946) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


66. Another copy. Holocaust scholar David Kranzler’s copy with his ownership signature and hundreds of blank post it notes affixed in margins and occational notes; first hinge starting, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-42A) (ID #31947) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


67. Scholem, Gershom Gerhard; Yissakhar Yoel. KITVE-YAD BE-KABALAH HA-NIMTSAIM BE-VET HA-SEFARIM HA-LEUMI VEHA-UNIVERSITAI BI-YERUSHALAYIM = CATALOGUS CODICUM CABBALISTICORUM HEBRAICORUM. Jerusalem; Hebrew University, 1930. Original Wraps. 4to. XII, 258 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Published as Special Supplement to Kirjath Sepher, V.7. Shunami 3038. Extensive early bibliography on Cabbalistic texts and philological sources of concepts and themes; published by Gershom Scholem (1898–1982), “the most important scholar of Jewish mysticism and a towering figure in Jewish intellectual life. … After completing a Ph. D. Thesis in 1923 on Sefer ha-Bahir, he arrived in Israel, and taught at the Hebrew University, becoming the first professor to devote all his studies and teaching to the topic of Jewish mysticism. His achievement in surveying all the major stages and writings belonging to this topic is staggering. In the difficult times of the 1920s and 1930s, he traveled to all the major European libraries and systematically studied all the available manuscripts. … Building upon his perusal of manuscripts, he published from the mid-1920s a series of articles in Hebrew in which he identified many anonymous manuscripts, and from 1948, a series of analyses about the beginning of Kabbalah. ” (EJ 2008). Subjects: Cabala - Manuscripts - Catalogs. Cabala - Manuscripts, Hebrew. Bet ha-sefarim ha-leumi veha-universitai bi-Yerushalayim. - Catalogs. Manuscripts, Hebrew - Catalogs. Manuscripts - Israel - Catalogs. Outer edges lightly bumped, overall very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-62) (ID #31968) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


68. Another Copy. Ex-library with minimal marks, wear to backstrip with some loss, otherwise Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-33-62A) (ID #34332) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


69. Sendrey, Alfred. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH MUSIC. New York, Columbia University Press, 1951. Original Cloth. 4to. XLI, 404 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In English with some Hebrew. Signed by Ethel S Cohen, one of the contributors to the volume. Massive Bibliography of Jewish Music, sorted according to literature, music, and rabbinic sources (further divided by liturgical, folk, secular, dramatic, children's, working class, in Ancient Israel, after the Diaspora, Jewish Musicians, etc.) by Alfred Sendrey (1884-1976); Musician, conductor and musicologist. In 1940, “the Sendrey family immigrated to New York. Shortly after settling in there, Sendrey was invited by Abraham Binder to teach at the 92nd Street YMCA. While teaching at the YMCA, he worked tirelessly to amass a comprehensive bibliographical resource for Jewish Music. This project was aided by Joseph Yasser, Curt Sachs, Salo W. Baron and Ethel Silverman-Cohen. The manuscript was submitted to Columbia University Press in 1943, but its official publication was delayed until 1951. In the meantime, Sendrey took up residence in Los Angeles, where he joined the faculty of the Westlake College of Music (1945-52). The editing process for the Bibliography of Jewish Music was slow and laborious. Continual attempts to update the manuscript with new publications contributed by Israeli musicians and musicologists, extended the project considerably. ” - Jewish Music Research Centre. Subjects: Jews - Music - Bibliography. Jews - Music - Discography. Music - Bibliography. Music - Discography. Jews - Music - History and criticism - Bibliography. Music - History and criticism - Bibliography. Juifs - Musique - Bibliographie. Juifs - Musique - Discographie. Jews - Music. Music - Instruction and study. Bibliography. Light wear to jacket, boards lightly bowed, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-23) (ID #34250) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


70. Stefansky, Chaim; Stefansky, Bezalel. RESHIMAT STEFANSKI LE-SIFRE HASDIUT….1780-1880: THE STEFANSKY LIST OF CHASSIDIC BOOKS 1780-1880. A LIST OF BOOKS AUTHORED BY THE RABBIS OF THE HASSIDIC MOVEMENT AND MANY OTHER BOOKS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. No Place (Monsey, NY), Published by the Authors, 2014. 2nd Revsied Edition. Illustrated Wrappers, perfect binding (soft cover), 4to (large), 92 pages, primarily illustrations with accompanying text. 30 cm. In Hebrew. Though not available in most academic libraries, the first edition of the Stefansky catalog is now cited in respected auctions of rare Chasidic books. This new revised and expanded edition, with bibliographic descriptions of 656 Chassidic and related titles from the first century of Chasidic printing, includes large full color photos of almost 250 title pages. It is an important bibliographic reference. SUBJECT(S): Hebrew imprints -- Bibliography. Hasidism -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Rabbinical literature -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Named Person: Shneur Zalman, of Lyady, 1745-1813. Likute amarim -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. No copies yet on OCLC; only 2 copies of the 1st edition of 2011 (JTS, Stanford). New Condition. (bibliog-34-18) (ID #33918) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


71. Yaari, Abraham. HA-MAHAZEH HA-IVRI: HA-MEKORI VEHA-METURGAM ME-RESHITO VE-AD HA-YOM: BIBLIYOGRAFYAH. Yerushalayim: Ha-Mahlakah Le-Inyene Ha-Noar Vehe-Haluts Shel Ha-Histadrut Ha-Tsiyonit, 1956. Hardcover, 187 pages, portraits, facsims, 8vo, 23 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S): Hebrew drama -- Bibliography. Hebrew drama -- Translations -- Bibliography. Bibliography of Jewish plays. Wear to edges of dust jacket. Otherwise is very good condition. (BIB-13-4) (ID #24118) $95.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DICTIONARIES

 

 


72. Guri, I. וואס דארפט איר מער? : 0002 יידישע בילדערישע אויסדרוקן פארטייטשט אויף העברעיש, ענגליש און רוסיש VOS DARFT IR MER?: 2000 YIDISHE BILDERISHE OYSDRUKN FARTAYTSHT OYF HEBREISH, ENGLISH UN RUSISH = 2000 MATBE'OT LASHON BE-YIDISH; 2000 IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IN YIDDISH; 2000 OBRAZNYKH VYRAZHENII IDISHA. Yerusholaim; Hebreisher Universitet In Yerusholaim, Opteyl Far Rusishe Limudim, 2002. Original Cloth. 8vo. 23, 353, 55 pages. 23 cm. First edition. 2000 idiomatic expressions in Yiddish and their equivalents in English, Hebrew and Russian. Yiddish expressions and their Hebrew, English, and Russian translations; user's guide and preface in Yiddish, Hebrew, English, and Russian. With English and Russian alphabetical indexes. Quadrilingual dictionary of idioms. The author's declared (ID #34272) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


73. Jastrow, Marcus. A DICTIONARY OF THE TARGUMIM, THE TALMUD BABLI, AND YERUSHALMI, AND THE MIDRASHIC LITERATURE [TWO VOLUME SET]. London: Luzac; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1903. Original Quarter leather. 4to. XVIII, 1736 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Two Volume set: Volume 1. Alef-Kaf - Volume 2. Lamed-Taf, Index of scriptural quotations. Compiled by Marcus Jastrow (1829-1903), “his major contribution to modern Jewish scholarship, the monumental Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi and the Midrashic Literature. Using Jacob Levy 's dictionaries and S. Kraus' Griechische und Lateinische Lehnwoerter, Jastrow produced an eminently serviceable dictionary for the student of rabbinics, particularly the English-speaking student. In comprehensiveness and in attention to comparative linguistics, the dictionary was a definite advance on its predecessors. Though talmudic lexicography has progressed considerably since the dictionary first appeared, Jastrow's work has retained its value as a tool for all who study rabbinic literature. ” (EJ 2008). Bound in quarter leather, with gilt title; marbled outer edges. Subjects: Aramaic language - Dictionaries - English. Hebrew language - Dictionaries – English. Light rubbing to leather and outer edges. Binding firm. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-6) (ID #34299) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


74. Masie, Aaron Meir; Saul Tchernichowsky; Hayyim Nahman Bialik; Nahum Slouschz. ספר המונחים לרפואה ולמדעי הטבע : רומי־אנגלי־עברי SEFER HA-MUNAHIM LI-REFU'AH ULE-MADA'E HA-TEVA: ROMI-ANGLI-'IVRI = DICTIONARY OF MEDICINE & ALLIED SCIENCES; LATIN - ENGLISH - HEBREW. Jerusalem; Beth Hadfos, 1934. Original Cloth. 4to. XXI, 787 pages. 28 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, English, Latin. Medical Lexicon. With a preface by H. N. Bialik and a biographical sketch of the author by N. Slouschz. “Masie's dictionary of medical terms, Sefer ha-Munahim li-Refu'ah u-le-Madda'ei ha-Teva, was completed by S. Tchernichowsky and published posthumously in 1934. … Aaron Meir Masie (1858–1930), physician. Born near Mogilev, Belorussia, Masie studied at the yeshivah in Mir and moved to Berlin in 1878, where he joined the Union of Hebrew Socialists, founded by Aaron Liebermann. In 1879 he was sentenced to a term in prison together with his comrades. Set free, he went to Zurich where he attended the Institute of Technology and came under the influence of Russian socialists, leading to his activity in the student revolutionary movement. Deeply affected by the 1881 pogroms, Masie actively supported the idea of a Jewish state. He joined the Jewish nationalist movement, and decided to study medicine so that he might have a profession which would be useful in Eretz Israel. Graduating in 1887, he went to Paris where he specialized in ophthalmology, and in 1888 he settled in Rishon le Zion. There he was appointed medical officer for the Rothschild settlements in Erez Israel. From 1900, he lived in Jerusalem where he was active in medicine and in various cultural spheres. He was mainly interested in the revival of Hebrew and saw his life task in the development of a Hebrew terminology in medicine and in the natural sciences. ” - EJ 2008 Subjects: Medicine - Dictionaries - Hebrew. Natural history - Dictionaries - Hebrew. OCLC lists 24 copies. Edges soiled, cloth shaken, endpages loose and bumped; internally clean and fresh. Good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-3) (ID #34229) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


75. Shirizli, Yitshak Yisra'el. MOREH 'ARVIT: SHITAH LE-LIMUD HA-SAFAH HA-'ARVIT BELI 'EZRAT MOREH, KERI'AH, KETIVAH VE-DIBUR. Yerushalayim; Defus Refa'el H. Ha-Kohen, 1915. Later Wrappers. 8vo. 48 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and Arabic. 'Hebrew Teacher: Method for learning the Arabic language without a teacher; reading, writing, and speaking. ' An Arabic workbook for Hebrew readers teaching themselves the language. Subjects: Arabic language - Textbooks for foreign speakers - Hebrew. OCLC lists two copies (Harvard, UNISA). Worn with pen marks, but good solid condition. Rare. (BIBLIOG-36-33) (ID #34326) $150.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

 

 


76. Company, Funk & Wagnalls. TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA...CONGRATULATIONS AND COMMENDATIONS. New York; Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1926. Original Wraps. 4to. 24 pages. 27 cm. First edition. “Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Jewish Encyclopedia. The Jewish encyclopedia; a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people. Isidore Singer, projector and managing editor. Congratulations and commendations. ” With 5 pages of plates. Commemoration brochure for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the Jewish Encyclopedia, contains reports of banquets celebrating the Encyclopedia, press reviews, and words of thanks from well known Rabbis and Scholars. Subjects: Jewish encyclopedia, 1901. OCLC lists two copies (HUC, Harvard), none in New York. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-29) (ID #34322) $150.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


77. Elbogen, Ismar; A Freimann; Chaim Tykocinski. GERMANIA JUDAICA; BD. 1. VON DEN ÄLTESTEN ZEITEN BIS 1238. Tübingen; Mohr, 1963. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XLVIII, 559 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. In German. With fold out map. Volume one only. Printed under the auspices of the Leo Baeck Institute. Based on the original work begun in 1934 and then no more published. Vol. 1 is reprint of 1934 edition. Book 2 (encompassing 2 volumes in one) published later in 1968. Extensive survey, from the same editors as the German Encyclopedia Judaica, of the histories of specific cities and towns throughout the German speaking lands; each place listing includes an extensive bibliography of historical works offering greater detail upon each place. Subjects: Jews - Germany - History - Chronology. Cities and towns - Germany. Joden. Juden. Deutschland. Light wear to cloth, otherwise near fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-58) (ID #31964) $35.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


78. Neusner, Jacob; Alan Avery-Peck. THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO JUDAISM. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. Original Cloth. 4to. XV, 553 pages. 26 cm. First edition. “This Companion explores the history, doctrines, divisions, and contemporary condition of Judaism. It organizes and places into context the history of Judaism from ancient through modern times, identifies and expounds some of Judaism's principal doctrines, introduces the more important forms of modern and contemporary Judaism, and takes up topics of special interest in contemporary Judaic life. The 27 contributions to this Companion and the selections in the associated Blackwell Reader in Judaism illustrate important points, with primary sources complementing the exposition. In this way, the editors talk about Judaism and let Judaism speak for itself. All the contributors, experts in their field, address a broad audience, assuming an interest in the subject but no prior knowledge. They present introductins for any reader interested in the subject, and do not take partisan or sectarian positions. This volume will guide those who are curious about the past and present of a vital religius tradition that has exercised influence far beyond its own community. ” (Publishers description) Subjects: Judaism. Reference Works. Light wear to jacket. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-13) (ID #32794) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


79. Press, Isaiah. A TOPOGRAPHICAL-HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PALESTINE. Jerusalem: Rubin Mass. 1951-1955. 8vo. In Hebrew. Illustrated. Complete in 4 volumes. Second edition, revised and enlarged. SUBJECT (S): Palestine – gazetteers; Palestine – antiquities – dictionaries – Hebrew; Palestine – dictionaries; Palestine – description and travel; Bible, O. T. – geography – dictionaries, Hebrew. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (UCLA, Christian Theological Seminary, Andover Newton Theological Seminary, Virginia Theological Seminary, Oxford). Very good condition. (HEB-6-11) (ID #31312) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

INDICES

 

 


80. JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES: A QUARTERLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE. CLASSIFIED INDEX OF ARTICLES, VOLS I-V. The Conference On Jewish Relations, 1943. 8vo. 4 pages. In English. Index of articles from the Holocaust period. (AMR-27-50) (ID #31535) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


81. Landau, Jewish Daily Bulletin; Jacob. THE JEWISH DAILY BULLETIN INDEX: A KEY TO CONTEMPORARY JEWISH HISTORY. New York; Jewish Daily Bulletin, 1925. Original Cloth. 4to. 286 pages. 27 cm. First edition. Index to the Jewish Daily Bulletin, volume 1, January 1st – December 31, 1925. Alphabetically organized index of subjects, persons, places, events. The Jewish Daily Bulletin, established by Jacob Landau, October 15, 1924, was the first Jewish daily newspaper published in the English language, devoted exclusively to the dissemination of Jewish news. This index was widely praised: “Jewish leaders throughout the country, prominent in philanthropy, educational and communal activities, welcomed the appearance of the Index to the 'Jewish Daily Bulletin' for 1925, in communications addressed to the 'Jewish Daily Bulletin. ' The preparation of the Index as a book of reference on Jewish events throughout the world, with data concerning men and affairs, was described as a valuable step in spreading Jewish knowledge and a contribution stimulating Jewish communal life. ” - JTA Archive, December 10, 1926. Subjects: Jews - History. Jews - Politics and government. Jews - Social conditions. Jews. Newspapers - Indexes. Jews. Jews - Politics and government. Jews - Social conditions. Newspapers. OCLC lists 23 copies. Light shelf wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-58) (ID #34286) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


82. Solis-Cohen, Elfrida C. AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK: INDEX TO VOLUMES 1-50, 1899-1949 (5660-5709). New York: KTAV Pub. House, 1967. Cloth, 8vo, 375 pages. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Previous owners name on front page. Very good condition. (BIB-32-3) (ID #31334) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


83. Solis-Cohen, Elfrida C. AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK: INDEX TO VOLUMES 1-50, 1899-1949 (5660-5709). New York: KTAV Pub. House, 1967. Cloth, 8vo, 375 pages. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. Ex-library with light tape residue on spine. Very good condition. (BIB-12-4) (ID #24256) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOOKSELLERS' AND PUBLISHERS' CATALOGS

 

 


84. Bloch, Joshua. OF MAKING MANY BOOKS: AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BOOKS ISSUED BY THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1890-1952. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1953. 8vo. Ix, 329 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S): Jews – bibliography; Publishers and publishing – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia – bibliography; Jewish Publication Society of America – bibliography. Bloch (1890-1957) was an American “librarian, bibliographer, and reform rabbi. Born in Dorbian, Lithuania, Bloch went to the U. S. In 1907. He taught at New York University from 1919 to 1928; from 1922 until his death he served as chaplain in several hospitals of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene. His main work, however, was as head of the Jewish Division of the New York Public Library, a post which he held from 1923 to 1956; under his direction the Library developed as one of the major collections of Judaica in the United States. Bloch arranged many major exhibitions of Judaica there. Many of his bibliographical researches into the history of Hebrew printing were published by the Library, such as Hebrew Printing in Riva di Trento, [and] Early Hebrew Printing in Spain and Portugal. He also founded the quarterly Journal of Jewish Bibliography in 1938 and was its editor until 1943. In 1940 he was appointed to the publication committee of the Jewish Publication Society and a year later to the editorial board of the Jewish Apocryphal Literature Series; as a result of these connections he wrote On the Apocalyptic in Judaism and Of Making Many Books (1953; an annotated list of the books issued by the Jewish Publication Society, 1890–1952). The following year he published The People and the Book, on 300 years of Jewish life in America. ” (EJ, Binding solid and tight. Very good condition. (SPEC-19-13) (ID #24064) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


85. Centralna Zydowska Komisja Historyczna. PROSPEKT WYDAWNICTW CENTRALNEJ ZYDOWSKIEJ KOMISJI HISTORYCZNEJ W POLSCE. Warszawa: Centralna Zydowska Komisja Historyczna, 1947. Original Wrappers. 8vo. 50 pages. 21 cm. First Edition. In Polish. Includes black and white photographs featuring various publications by the Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland, many of which have now become the defining titles of early post-Holocaust historiography. Title translates as, “Publishing Prospectus of the Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland. ” The Central Jewish Historical Committee existed from 1941 until 1947, with some local chapters remaining until 1950. The Committee focused on documentation of the Holocaust and published a wide variety materials and information. This catalog features mainly items published in 1946 and 1947. Subjects: Publishing – catalog. Poland -- WWII. Holocaust. Very scarce and important Bibliographical source. OCLC lists 1 copy online. (National Library of Poland) Very light soiling, and age toning. Very good +/Near Fine condition. (HOLO-114-5) (ID #33360) $475.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


86. Historicana (Firm). PLEASURES OF PASSOVER: A GALAXY OF WINE-TONED TOMES. Burlingame, Calif; Historicana, [1995]. Original Wraps. 4to. [20] pages. 28 cm. First edition. Hagadot from Historicana catalogue 6. Catalogue of Haggadot from Historicana, an antiquarian firm specializing in rare judaica and the art work and books of Arthur Szyk, established in 1987 by Irvin Ungar. This catalogue, printed in purple wraps, contains two illustrations, one on each wrap. Catalogue consists of detailed descriptive list of 123 Haggadot for sale, with addendum of other items. Subjects: Haggadot - Bibliography - Catalogs. Haggadot, Kibbutz - Bibliography - Catalogs. Booksellers' catalogs - California - Burlingame. Historicana (Firm) - Catalogs. OCLC lists two copies (Harvard, Michigan). Light wear to wraps, with minor pen marks in margins noting a few items, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (HAG-14-24) (ID #33943) $35.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


87. Jewish Publication Society. THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY MEMBERS CATALOG SPRING-SUMMER 1976. Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1976. Original Wraps. 8vo. 39, [1] pages. 15x23 cm. First edition. Catalog for members subscribed to the Jewish Publication Society, 1976 catalog listings of over 150 volumes; with detailed descriptions for all volumes, and illustrations of cover or title pages for 46 volumes (including Irving Howe, World of our Fathers; Yosef Yerushalmi, Haggadah and History; Gershom Scholem, Sabbatai Sevi; Salo Wittmayer Baron, Social and Religious History of the Jews, etc.). Catalog of the 88th year of publications by the JPS; includes cover illustration of The JPS Bicentennial Colophon, and back cover membership application form. Subjects: United States- Jewish Publication Society- Catalogs -1976. None listed on OCLC. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-54) (ID #31960) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


88. Ktav Pub. House. 1976 PURIM-PASSOVER CATALOGUE. New York; KTAV Pub. House, 1976. Original Wraps. 8vo. [16] pages. 22 cm. First edition. Unpaginated. Catalogue of books, items, and objects for Purim and Passover; contains illustrations throughout of each product. Includes Purim Graggers, Megillah scroll, coloring books, jigsaw puzzles, Purim masks, records, haggadahs, juvenile passover books, purses, needlepoint, dart game, passover dishes. Subjects: Ktav publishing house – catalogues – 1976 Purim-Passover Catalogue. None on OCLC. Light soiling to rear wrap, edges lightly bumped, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (HAG-14-23) (ID #33942) $45.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


89. Maisel, Max N, Firm, Booksellers. MAIZEL’S BIKHHANDLUNG UN YIDISHER FARLAG. New York; Max N. Maisel Publisher Bookseller And Importer, 1939. Original Wraps. 8vo. 6, [2] pages. 22 cm. Booksellers Catalogue. In Yiddish, with title page in dual Yiddish and English. “Addition to our previous Catalogue, Max N. Maisel, Publisher Bookseller and Importer, Organized in New York in 1893. Catalogue of Yiddish Books Published in America and imported from Europe within the last few years. 1939” Each page contains two rows of columns listing the volumes available. Max N. Maisel, a bookseller and publisher of modern Yiddish literature, was born in Riga, and opened his bookstore on the Lower East Side of New York in 1893. His publishing and book selling activities coincided with the height of the mass immigration, and lasted thereafter into the 1950s. Maisel strove to develop and widen modern Yiddish literature. Following the program of the Czernowitz Conference (1908), he published original and translated works in Yiddish in various fields: fiction, science, and philosophy, as well as textbooks for the children of the Yiddishist secular schools. In the interwar period, along with his close friend Chaim Zhitlovski, he was active in various organizations for promoting the Yiddish culture such as YIVO and Yidisher Kultur Gezelshaft. His New York bookstore mirrored the Yiddish readership in the United States and beyond. Subjects: Booksellers' catalogs. Yiddish Literature – Catalogue. New York – Max N. Maisel Publisher. No copies of this catalogue listed on OCLC. Pages aged and browned, spine rebacked, paper acidified but not crumbling, otherwise clean and solid. Good- condition. (BIBLIOG-31-1) (ID #30854) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


90. Stonehill, Charles Archibald. THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO CIVILIZATION, WITH A PREFACE BY STEFAN ZWEIG, EDITED BY C.A. STONEHILL, JR. WITH 93 ILLUSTRATIONS. A COLLECTION OF BOOKS FORMED AND OFFERED BY C.A. STONEHILL, LTD. 1940. G/F; [Birmingham, Printed at the press of. Juckes ltd, 1940] Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 198 pages. Includes illustrations & facsimiles. 22 cm. "Catalogue no. 144. 1940." "A bibliographical survey of the entire contribution made by Jews of all nations to philosophy, literature, art, music and science. " - Pref. Inscribed by famous Jewish book collector Irving Levitas. Subject: Jews -- Bio-bibliography. Med. Subject: Catalogs, Booksellers' Jews -- bibliography. Wear to covers, some tears, edge missing (BIBLIOG-34-10) (ID #31896) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

AUCTION CATALOGS

 

 


91. Co, New York Book and Art Auction. UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC AUCTION; A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS, AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPTS … BY ORDER OF LOUIS H. BLOCH AND S.H. BRAUNSTONE. AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR CHRISTIAN REFUGEES, AND JEWISH REFUGEES COMMITTEE, NEW YORK CITY. WILL BENEFIT IN THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE. New York; Alexander Press, 1939. Original Wraps. 4to. 269 pages. 26 cm. First edition. 934 lots of Americana, Presidents correspondence, and American and English literature; auction to benefit refugees at the outset of the second world war. Cover title: Magnificent collection of rare books, first editions, autographs, manuscripts. "Sale number 76". “Remarkable collection of presentation copies from celebrated authors, first editions of masterpieces of American, English and French literature, sumptuously bound books, extra-illustrated volumes and sets, rare and valuable autograph letters and documents signed and original manuscripts. Including the most important Byron Association item in existence; the finest and most complete collection to appear at public sale of autograph letters and documents signed by the Presidents of the United States and their Cabinets from George Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, inclusive. By order of Louis H. Bloch and S. H. Braunstone, attorneys, New York City, in conjunction with American Committee for Christian Refugees and Jewish Refugees Committee, New York City. … To be sold Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, December 5th, 6th and 7th, 1939 at 8 'o clock at Steinway Hall, 111 West 57th Street, New York City. ” Subjects: Book auctions - Catalogs. Auction catalogs. Jewish Refugees Committee. OCLC lists 7 copies. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Pages wavy. Otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-20) (ID #34313) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


92. Parke-Bernet Galleries. THE CHARLES E. FEINBERG COLLECTION OF VALUABLE JUDAICA. New York, 1967. Softcover, x, 147 pages, illustrated, 8vo, 26 cm. SUBJECT (S): Jewish art and symbolism -- Catalogs. Named Person: Feinberg, Charles E. -- Art collections. Sale number 2627. Public auction, Wednesday, November 29 at 1: 45 p. M. Thursday, November 30 at 10: 30 a. M. And 1: 45 p. M. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Univ of Denver, Oakland, YU, Hebrew Union). Light wear. Minimal fold mark on cover. Otherwise, very good condition. (BIB-16-11) (ID #24321) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS

 

 


93. Berlin, Charles. HARVARD JUDAICA: A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDAICA COLLECTION IN THE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY. Cambridge, Mass; Harvard College Library, 2004. Original Cloth. 4to. 130 pages. 26 cm. First edition. “Harvard's Judaica Collection is one of the world's great Judaica collections, and is the largest collection of Israeli and Israel-related publications outside of Israel. This book traces the history of the collection from Harvard's founding, with special emphasis on the accelerated growth in the past four decades. ” - Publishers Description. Subjects: Academic libraries - Massachusetts – Cambridge. Jewish libraries - Massachusetts - Cambridge. Collection development (Libraries) - Massachusetts - Cambridge. Harvard College Library. Judaica Department - History. Harvard College Library. Judaica Collection. Light wear to edges of cloth, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-7) (ID #34300) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


94. Bialer, Judah Loeb. MIN HA-GENAZIM [VOL 2]. Jerusalem; Hechal Shlomo, 1969. Publishers cloth. 12mo. XI, [34], 196 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with English. With fifteen full page plates (including two fold out plates). Min hagenazim: description of manuscripts and poems. Volume two. "Preface" and "Manuscripts described in this prospectus, " also in English. “Published in honour of Sir Isaac and Lady Wolfson of London on the occasion of the opening of the special hall for manuscripts and Rare Prints in the ‘Wolfson Museum’ at Hechal Shlomo. ” Details the recent items added to the collections of the Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art at Hechal Shlomo. Sir Isaac Wolfson (1897-1991), British Financier and Philanthropist; “The Edith and Isaac Wolfson Trust provided funds for building the Supreme Rabbinical Center in Jerusalem (Hechal Shlomo, named for his father), 50 synagogues throughout the country, and the Kiryat Wolfson housing projects for new immigrants in Jerusalem and Acre, which included schools and synagogues. He contributed to the development program of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Technion, and especially the Weizmann Institute of Science. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Manuscripts, Hebrew - Jerusalem - Catalogs. Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts - Catalogs. Light shelf wear to cloth, otherwise fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-65) (ID #31971) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


95. Center For Jewish History. THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY: INAUGURAL DINNER, COMMEMORATIVE JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 15, 1998. New York; Center For Jewish History, 1998. Publishers cloth. 4to. 90 pages. 32 cm. First [only] edition. Bound in cloth with gilt title. Commemorative journal issued to those attending the Gala dinner benefit for the Center for Jewish History; a highly successful dinner, which raised more then expected. The commemorative journal is printed in black and gold ink; with architectural designs of the future CJH, as well as many plates depicting highlights from the collections of each of the members of the Center. Subjects: Jews - History - Societies, etc. Jews - United States. Center for Jewish History. American Jewish Historical Society. Leo Baeck Institute. Yeshiva University. Museum. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. OCLC lists two copies worldwide (Brandeis, CJH). Light wear to cloth, otherwise fine. Very good + condition. (ART-18-34) (ID #30591) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


96. Clasper, James W; M Carolyn Dellenbach. GUIDE TO THE HOLDINGS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH ARCHIVES. Cincinnati; The Archives, 1979. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XI, 211 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Publications of the American Jewish Archives, no. 11. Extensive guide to the millions of holdings at the American Jewish Archives, founded in 1947; with emphasis on Manuscript collections, Microfilm, Theses and Dissertations, and appendixes for genealogy, Willis, Biographies, and Correspondence, amongst others. Include laid in card: “With the compliments of the American Jewish Archives”. Subjects: Jews - United States - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs. Juifs - États-Unis - Histoire - Sources - Bibliographie - Catalogues. American Jewish Archives - Catalogs. Light soiling to outer edges, otherwise clean and fresh, in very good jacket. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-10) (ID #31914) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


97. Columbia University. PERSPECTIVES ON JEWISH MESSIANISM: AN EXHIBITION OF RARE BOOKS AND MANSUCRIPTS FROM THE JUDAICA COLLECTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, APRIL 13-24, 1981. New York: Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University, 1981. 4to. 36 pages. Illustrated. Generously illustrated catalogue. SUBJECT (S): Manuscripts, Hebrew – exhibitions; Printing, Hebrew – exhibitions; Messianic era (Judaism). OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (BIB-9-17) (ID #23828) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


98. Dicker, Herman; Ismar Schorsch. OF LEARNING AND LIBRARIES: THE SEMINARY LIBRARY AT ONE HUNDRED. New York; Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1988. Original Cloth. 8vo. Xiii, 130 pages. 24 cm. First edition. With 16 pages of plates. The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of Judaica and Hebraica in the Western Hemisphere; since its establishment one hundred years ago, seekers of knowledge throughout the world have availed themselves of its vast resources. It was not through mere chance, however, that this magnificent collection of manuscripts and rare books came into being. Its existence is owed to the efforts of farsighted Seminary presidents, diligent librarians and supportive members of the community. Leaders such as Solomon Schechter, Cyrus Adler, Louis Finkelstein and Gershon D. Cohen understood that without an adequate library no teaching program of higher Jewish learning could proceed. In turn, they attracted educated librarian-scholars such as Alexander Marx, Nahum Sarna and Menaham Schmelzer, who diligently organized the Library's official treasures, making them available not only to faculty and students, but to the general public as well. Moreover, the tradition of concerned philanthropy established in the past by Jacob Schiff, Louis Marshall, Felix Warburg and Judge Mayer Sulzberger, is now being carried on by generous friends of the Library. As we stand on the threshold of the Library's second century, its objectives are as clear today as they were one hundred years ago; to enable men and women to study, teach and observe the tenets of their Faith. Subjects: Rabbinical seminary libraries - New York (State) - New York - History. Jewish libraries - New York (State) - New York - History. Jewish learning and scholarship - New York (State) - New York - History. Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Library - History. New York (NY) - Jewish Theological Seminary of America. In fine dustjacket. New Condition. (JTS-2-6) (ID #31021) $20.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


99. Edelmann, Rafael. HEBRAICA FROM DENMARK; MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ROYAL LIBRARY, COPENHAGEN. New York; Printing By Marstin Print. Corp, 1969. Original Wraps. 4to. [16] pages; 4 plates. 31 cm. First edition. Detailed catalog, with one color plate. A catalog of the 32 items exhibited in America through the cooperation of the Jewish Museum, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Danish Information Office, and SAS. Subjects: Manuscripts, Hebrew - Denmark - Copenhagen - Exhibitions. Hebrew imprints - Exhibitions. Hebrew imprints. Manuscripts, Hebrew. Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark) - Exhibitions. Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark) Exhibition catalogs. Denmark - Copenhagen. Light ageing to edges of wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (SPEC-40-20) (ID #33544) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


100. Goldstein, Fanny; Boston Public Library. JUDAICA: A SELECTED READING LIST OF BOOKS IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. Boston: The Trustees, April 1934. 12mo. 141 pages. Second edition, enlarged. SUBJECT (S): Jews - bibliography; Jewish literature - bibliography; Jews - Massachusetts - Boston - books and reading; Judaism - bibliography; Boston Public Library - bibliography. OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide. SERIES: Brief reading list. No. 44. April, 1934. [2d ed, enl. ]. Born in Russia, Goldstein (1888-1961) started working as a librarian in the Boston Public Library system in 1913. From 1922 to 1957, she worked at the West End branch, and in 1954 became the first American woman appointed as a curator of Judaica. A life-long supporter of Jewish literature, in 1925 she introduced Jewish Book Week in Boston, becoming the event's first national committee chairperson in 1940. After her retirement, she presented her personal collection of Judaica to the Boston library, where it remains as the Fanny Goldstein Collection. (EJ, 2007) Covers missing, title page a little soiled, good condition. (SPEC-37-3) (ID #31895) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


101. Houghton Library. JUDAICA IN THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY. Cambridge, Mass; Harvard College Library. Hebrew Dept, 1972. Publishers cloth. O. 193 pages. 30 cm. First edition. "Harvard University Library. Catalogue of Hebrew books. Supplement I. Appendix. " "Offprinted from Catalogue of Hebrew books: Supplement I. " Listing of 2, 300 card catalogue entries of Judaica in the Houghton Library at Havard. Includes Chronological Index, Imprint Index, and Title Index. Subjects: Jews - Bibliography - Catalogs. Jewish literature - Bibliography. Harvard College Library. Judaica Collection. Houghton Library. Light wear to wraps, otherwise near fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-39) (ID #31943) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


102. Karp, Abraham J. FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: JUDAIC TREASURES OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Washington; Library Of Congress, 1991. Cloth with dutsjacket. 4to. XXIV, 376 pages. 30 cm. First edition. Over 100 fascimile plates of beautiful printed works and detailed descriptions. "This comprehensive, lavishly illustrated book presents the Library of Congress collection of Judaica...The finest examples of illuminated Haggadot, Megillah, and Torah scrolls, illustrated books, marriage contracts, micrographic art, maps and navigational tables, correspondence between the first American presidents and early Jewish congregations, and the music of Irving Berlin and the Gershwins are presented and examined in their historical context" (Publishers description) Subjects: Judaism - Bibliography - Exhibitions. Jews - Bibliography - Exhibitions. Rare books - Washington (D. C.) - Bibliography - Exhibitions. Judaism - History. Jews - Civilization. Joodse boeken. Library of Congress. Speciale collecties. Library of Congress - Exhibitions. Light wear to covers, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-34-7) (ID #31882) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


103. Katsh, Abraham Isaac. THE SOLOMON ROSENTHAL COLLECTION OF HEBRAICA. New York; Jewish Culture Foundation, 1942. Original Wraps. 4to. 53, [21] pages. 28 cm. First edition. Essays on Solomon Rosenthal, with bibliography of the items from his collection (in Yiddish and Hebrew); edited by Abraham I. Katsh. Collection of Hebraica of Solomon Rosenthal who was a “Hungarian scholar; born in Moór, Hungary, June 13, 1764; died at Pesth April 8, 1845. His father, Naphtali Rosenthal, was a personal friend of Moses Mendelssohn in his youth. Rosenthal's teachers were Mordecai Benet, later chief rabbi of Moravia, and Meïr Barby, head of the Presburg yeshibah. For a time Rosenthal engaged in commerce in his native place, devoting himself in his leisure to Jewish literature. He contributed to ‘Ha-Meassef, ’ ‘Orient, ’ and ‘Zion, ’ besides maintaining a literary correspondence with Hartwig Wessely and Isaac Euchel. In 1819 he removed to Pesth. Rosenthal was the author of ‘Bet Awen’ (Ofen, 1839), in which he attacked Creizenach, Luzzatto, and Reggio; and he published the ‘Ari Nohem’ of Leo da Modena, for which he wrote a preface and notes. He left in manuscript a fragmentary Hebrew translation of Mendelssohn's ‘Phädon. ’” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia). Subjects: Rabbinical literature - Catalogs. Jewish libraries - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. OCLC lists 18 copies. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise near fine. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-38/37) (ID #31942/31941) $135.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


104. Kohn, Gary J. THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE: A GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT SOURCES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Cincinnati, Ohio; American Jewish Archives, 1984. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XIII, 166 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Monographs of the American Jewish Archives 11. A list of sources pertaining to Jewish history in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The material is arranged by collection, individuals and corporations, and subjects such as Israel, Judaica, Americana, and persecution. Information is provided on access, type of material, size of collection, and span dates of the material. Subjects: Jews - United States - Manuscripts - Catalogs. Jews - United States - History – Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs. Zionism - Manuscripts - Catalogs. Zionism - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Manuscripts - Catalogs. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs. Manuscripts - Washington (D. C.) - Catalogs. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Catalogs. United States - Ethnic relations - Manuscripts - Catalogs. United States - Ethnic relations - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs. Holocaust historian David Kranzler’s copy (with his signature), with his added post it notes in the margins, highlighting on a few pages. Other then scholars note, very fresh and clean. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-2) (ID #31904) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


105. Library, British. YIDDISH PRINTING IN LONDON: ENTRIES FROM THE BRITISH LIBRARY GENERAL CATALOGUE. London; Hebrew Section, Oriental And India Office Collections, The British Library, 1992. Original Wraps. 4to. [58] pages. 30 cm. 1st edition. In English and Yiddish. Print-out from the automated BLC file, i. E. Converted from The British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975. Lists 377 Yiddish titles held in the British Library. Subjects: Yiddish imprints - Great Britain - London - Bibliography - Catalogs. Yiddish literature - Catalogs. Yiddish literature. Catalogs. OCLC lists 3 copies (Harvard, Natl Libr Israel, Oxford). Clean and fresh. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-35-41) (ID #34268) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


106. Library, Harvard University. CATALOGUE OF HEBREW BOOKS: SUPPLEMENT 1 [THREE VOLUME SET]. Cambridge; Distributed By The Harvard University Press, 1972. Original Cloth. 4to. 593, 193; 715; 615 pages. 32 cm. First edition. Three Volumes: Volume 1. Classified listing, Appendix: Judaica in the Houghton Library. - Volume 2. Authors and selected subjects. - Volume 3. Titles. Volume 3, of Hebrew titles, is printed right to left. Provides “author, subject (in Latin Characters) and title access to the Hebraica collection at Harvard's Weidener Library. Materials owned by the Library to 1972 are listed. Yiddish materials are not listed. The supplement includes a listing of Hardvard's rare Judaica in the Houghton Library. ” -Entry # 216, Judaica Reference Sources, Second Edition, Cutter and Oppenheim. Subjects: Hebrew imprints. Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Jewish literature - Bibliography. Harvard University Library. Jews - Bibliography - Catalogs. Previous owners name in ink on endpage; light wear to cloth, overall very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-8) (ID #34301) $135.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


107. Lutzki, Morris. רשימה פון יידישע גידרוקטע ספרים ביז דעם יאר 1800 : וועלכע געפינען ציק אין דער באדליאנא, אקספארד, און אין בריסישען מוזעאום, אין לאנדאן ... CATALOGUE OF YIDDISH PRINTED BOOKS (UNTIL THE YEAR 1800): HELD IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD AND IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM (LATER BRITISH LIBRARY), LONDON. [London; British Library], 1954. Original Wraps. 4to. 107 pages. 29 cm. Fascimile edition. In Yiddish and English. 1992 facsimile of Morris Lutzki's handwritten manuscript catalogue, dated New York, 1954, entitled: Reshime fun Yidishe gidrukte sforim biz dem yor 1800, velkhe gefinen zikh in der Bodliana, Oksford, un in Britishen Muzeum in London u. Z. V. The 1954 edition was a photomechanical reproduction of ms. Catalog. Morris Lutzki (1895-1976) was the leading expert of his time on Hebrew manuscripts. Subjects: Yiddish imprints - Catalogs. British Library - Catalogs. Bodleian Library – Catalogs. OCLC lists one copy of this fascimile (British Library), and 3 copies of 1954 photomechanical reproduction. Scarce. Clean and fresh. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-35-40) (ID #34267) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


108. Mintz, Sharon Liberman; Elka Deitsch. GREAT BOOKS FROM GREAT COLLECTORS: AN EXHIBITION, DECEMBER 15, 1993-APRIL 15, 1994. New York City; Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1996. Original Wraps. 4to. 63 pages. 31 cm. First edition. With 44 plates, chiefly in color. Issued in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, displaying items from its collections. Subjects: Hebrew imprints - Exhibitions. Manuscripts, Hebrew - Exhibitions. Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts - Exhibitions. Judaism - Bibliography - Exhibitions. Rare books - New York (State) - New York - Bibliography - Exhibitions. Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Library - Exhibitions. Condition. (JTS-2-7) (ID #31022) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


109. Offenberg, Adri K, Et Al, editors. BIBLIOTHECA ROSENTHALIANA. TREASURES OF JEWISH BOOKLORE: MARKING THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF LEESER ROSENTHAL, 1794-1994. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 1996. 29 x 23 cm. Text in English. A wonderful exhibition catalog for this legendary Judaica collection. Printed entirely on heavy glossy paper, this catalog contains over 70 color plates, many full-page in size. (CT-12-2) (ID #7120) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


110. Rosenberger, Ludwig. JUDAICA; A SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND MANUSCRIPTS RELATING TO THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE JEWS AND TO THE JEWISH QUESTION IN THE LIBRARY OF LUDWIG ROSENBERGER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Cincinnati, Hebrew Union Press, 1971. Hardcover, 495 pages, illustrations, fascisms. With many plates. Shunami 5433.29 cm. Series: Bibliographica Judaica; 2. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. "This is an edition of 450 copies. " OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Wear to edges, corners of cover. Binding repair. Light wear. Very good condition. (BIB-9-2) (ID #23963) $200.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


111. Shunami, Shlomo. AL SIFRIYOT VE-SAFRANUT = ABOUT LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANSHIP. Yerushalayim, R. Mas, 1969. Publishers cloth. 16mo. IX, 154 pages. 17 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Assorted essays by Shlomo Shunami, noted bibliographer and librarian of the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem. Includes essay on “Jewish books in the Offenbach Depot". Subjects: Jewish libraries. Light wear to jacket, otherwise fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-66) (ID #31972) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


112. Wiener, Samuel; D A Khvolson; Moses Aryeh Lob Friedland. KOHELET MOSHEH ARYEH LEYB FRIDLAND: RESHIMAT KOL HA-SEFARIM HA-IVRIM NIDPASIM VE-KHITVE-YAD, HA-NIMTSA'IM BE-ASEFAT-FRIDLAND BE-OTSAR MUZEUM HA-AZIATI SHEL HA-AKADEMIA LE-MADAIM BE-ST. PETERBURG. [1893 BIBLIOTHECA FRIEDLANDIANA REPRINT; 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE. Jerusalem; [N. L. ], 1968. Publishers cloth. 8vo. IV, 689 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Two volume set. At head of title: Bibliotheca Friedlandiana; Kehilat Mosheh Aryeh Leyb Fridland; Catalogus librorum impressorum Hebraeorum. Bibliography of 5905 items from the Friedlandia collection. Moses Aryeh Lo¨b Friedland was a “Russian philanthropist; born at Dünaburg, government of Vitebsk, Jan. 8, 1826; died at St. Petersburg Nov. 21, 1899. He was for more than thirty years general army-contractor for the Russian government; he was an honorary citizen of St. Petersburg, and received several medals from the government. An orphan asylum, to which a school of handicrafts is attached, was founded at St. Petersburg by Friedland, as well as a home for aged Jews (Moshab Ze'enim) at Jerusalem. But his name is chiefly connected with the Bibliotheca Friedlandiana, a large library of Hebrew books, which Friedland presented (1890) to the Asiatic Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. It contains three hundred volumes in manuscript, most of them on parchment, and more than ten thousand printed volumes, representing altogether 14, 000 works, a great many of which are incunabula. The catalogue was compiled by Samuel Wiener; at present (1903) only the first four fascicles (...Nos. 1-3711), printed at the expense of Friedland, and under the title of ‘Kehillat Mosheh, ’ have appeared. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) Subjects: Hebrew language - Bibliography. Hebrew imprints - Catalogs. Friedland, Moses Aryeh Lo¨b, 1826-1899. Previous owners bookstamp (Panitz) on endpage, otherwise fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-34) (ID #31938) $225.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


113. Another set, but only FASCICLES I, II, III; ALEF, BET, GIMEL-DALED. Original wraps. 4to. 315 pages. 30 cm. First edition. Soiling to wraps. Page edges worn, aged, and bumped. Several wormholes in margins, not affecting text. Text crisp and clean. Good- condition. (BIBLIOG-33-35) (ID #31939) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINTING

 

 


114. Bloch, Joshua. HEBREW PRINTING IN NAPLES. New York; New York Public Library, 1942. Original Wraps. 4to. 28 pages. 26 cm. First edition. "Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York public library of June 1942". History of Naples and its Hebrew Printers during the ten year period of incunabula Hebrew printing that functioned in Naples, begun in 1487, when Joseph ben Jacob Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser introduced Hebrew printing in Naples with the Sefer Tehilim (Book of Psalms). Written by Joshua Bloch (1890–1957), the noted librarian, bibliographer, and reform rabbi. Subjects: Printing, Hebrew. Printing - Italy - Naples - History. Hebrew imprints - Italy - Naples. Naples (Italy) - Imprints. Previous owners signature (David Kranzler) on endpage, otherwise near fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-28) (ID #31932) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


115. Frank, Herman. אידישע טיפאָגראפיע און בוך-אויסארבעטונג קונסט IDISHE TIPOGRAFYE UN BUKH-OYSARBETUNG KUNST [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]. Nyu York; Aroysgegebn Fun Der Idisher Shriftzetser Yunyon Num. 83 A. T. Yu, 1938. Original Cloth. 8vo. 171, [3] pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Added English title page: Jewish Typography and Bookmaking Art. Hebrew-American Typographical Union Local No. 83, ITU. On the Occasion of its 50th Anniversary. Inscribed in English, dedicated to Joshua Bloch. Profusely illustrated throughout. With two page photomontage depicting modern print shops. Bibliography, pgs. 154-171, in English, Yiddish, German, and Hebrew. History and study of Jewish printing, bookmaking, and modern print and type production. Written by Herman Frank (1892-1952), Jewish anarchist and devotee of Gustav Landauer. He was editor of the Fraye Arbeter Shtime from 1940 to 1952. Subjects: Printing, Hebrew. Hebrew type. Yiddish – Hebrew-American Typographical Union. Light soiling to cloth, overall very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-13) (ID #34239) $90.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


116. Frank, Rafael. UBER HEBRAISCHE TYPEN UND SCHRIFTARTEN. Berlin, Schriftgiesserei H. Berthold, Abt. Privatdrucke, 1926. Hardcover, 21-39 pages, Folio, 33 x 25 cm. In German. Contents: Zur einfuhrung. --In memoriam Rafael Frank. --Uber hebraische typen und schriftarten, von Rafael Frank. --Die renaissance des hebraischen, von dr. Jacques Adler. SUBJECT (S): Hebrew type. Hebrew language. "Sechzehnter Bertholddruck. " "Hergestellt in einer beschrankten auflage fur einem kreis von freunden. "--Leaf at end. Reprinted from Archiv fur buchgewerbe, 48. Jg, hft. 11. Ex-library. Water stain to front and back cover. Slight browning on edges of pages. Hinge repair. Otherwise, good condition. (BIB-11-7) (ID #24046) $140.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


117. Freimann, Aron; Joshua Bloch. A GAZETTEER OF HEBREW PRINTING. New York; New York Public Library, 1946. Original Wraps. 4to. 86 pages. 26 cm. First edition. Reprinted with revisions and additions from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library of May, June, July, December, 1945. With a foreword by Joshua Bloch. A record, in alphabetical order, of all known places where printing in Hebrew was done. Included is an entry for the first item in Hebrew typography from each place. Compiled by Aron Friemann (1871–1948), a “German scholar, historian, and bibliographer. Freimann was born in Filehne (Wielen), Poznan, the son of the local rabbi, Israel Meir Freimann. In 1898 he began working at the municipal library in Frankfurt, and under his direction the library in Frankfurt assembled one of the richest collections of Judaica and Hebraica in the world. He retired in 1933 when the Nazis came to power and immigrated to the United States in 1938. Between 1939 and 1945 he served as consultant in bibliography to the New York Public Library. … A most useful bibliographical reference tool is his A Gazetteer of Hebrew Printing (1946), in which he listed all the cities where Hebrew books were known to have been printed. For many years Freimann was working on a union catalog of all Hebrew manuscripts, but this work also remained incomplete. Freimann's handwritten cards, representing the material culled from all major and minor collections of Hebrew manuscripts, were photographically reproduced after his death as Union Catalog of Hebrew Manuscripts and Their Location (1964). Between 1900 and 1922 Freimann was the editor of the journal Zeitschrift fuer Hebraische Bibliographie, in which many of his bibliographical articles appeared. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Printing - history. Printing - History - Gazetteers. Printing, Hebrew. Light wear to wraps, previous owners signature (David Kranzler, Holocaust Historian) on front wrap and title page, otherwise fine. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-26) (ID #31930) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


118. Leslau, Wolf. Aron Freimann; Joshua Bloch; BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, MAY 1945, VOLUME 49, NUMBER 5 [FIRST APPEARANCE OF ARON FREIMANN'S GAZETTEER OF HEBREW PRINTING, & BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SEMITIC LANGUAGES OF ETHIOPIA]. New York; New York Public Library, 1945. Original Wraps. 4to. [355-419] pages (i. E. 64 pages). 26 cm. First edition. Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, May 1945. Contains first appearance of Aron Freimann's Gazetteer of Hebrew Printing, a most useful bibliographical reference tool, in which he listed all the cities where Hebrew books were known to have been printed; the list builds off Adler's earlier Gazetteer. With a foreword by Joshua Bloch. Also includes Bibliography of the Semitic Languages of Ethiopia (second part) by Wolf Leslau, an annotated bibliography of linguistic studies. Subjects: New York Public Library Bulletin. Gazetteer of Hebrew Printing. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-28) (ID #34321) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


119. Friedberg, Bernhard. תולדות הדפוס העברי בפולניה : מראשית הוסדו בשנת רצ״ד והתפתחותו עד זמננו TOLDOT HA-DEFUS HA-IVRI BE-POLANYAH: ME-RESHIT HIVASDO BI-SHENAT 294 VE-HITPATHUTO AD ZEMANENU = HISTORY OF HEBREW TYPOGRAPHY IN POLAND. Tel Aviv; [None Listed], 1950. Original Cloth. 4to. 195 pages. 28 cm. History of Hebrew typography in Poland from the beginning of the year 1534, and its development up to our days. First published in 1932, this reference work contains an extensive history of Jewish printing in Poland organized by cities listed in alphabetical order. Contains entries for 58 cities. Also contains short biographies of noted printers. Bernhard Friedberg (1876-1961) was a "scholar and bibliographer … Friedberg's first bibliographical effort was a history of Hebrew printing in Cracow, Ha-Defus ha-Ivri be-Cracow, followed by a similar study on Lublin, Le-Toledot ha-Defus ha-Ivri be-Lublin (1901). In 1932 he began publishing a series of works on the history of Hebrew printing, Toledot ha-Defus ha-Ivri; the series included volumes on Poland; on Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, and the Orient; on Central Europe; and on Western Europe. His greatest achievement was his bibliographical lexicon Beit Eked Sefarim. Though Friedberg's works are not always accurate, they are indispensable bibliographical reference books" (Ben-Menahem in EJ, 2007). Subjects: Printing, Hebrew - Poland - History. Printing, Hebrew. History. Poland. Light soiling to cloth, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-5) (ID #34298) $145.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


120. Roth Cecil. JEWISH PRINTERS OF NON JEWISH BOOKS IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES. London, Jewish Chronicle Publications, 1953. Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 15 pages. Off print from Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol IV, nr 3, 1953. Roth's gift card laid in. Very Good Condition. (bibliog-34-16) (ID #33831) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


121. Yaari, Abraham. DIGLE HA-MADPISIM HA-`IVRIYIM = HEBREW PRINTERS' MARKS FROM THE BEGINNING OF HEBREW PRINTING TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Farnborough; Gregg, 1971. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XIV, 194, XV, [1] pages. 22 cm. First edition (Reprinted). In Hebrew and English. Added title page: Hebrew printers' marks from the beginning of Hebrew printing to the end of the 19th century, by Abraham Yaari. Jerusalem 1943, and supplementary notes as published in Kirjath Sepher, Vol. 31, pp. 501 – 506. With illustrated examples of 208 printers marks. “In many ways, the history of Hebrew printing is the history of the printers themselves, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Many of these early printers distinguished their work by using special devices or emblems which served as their individual marks. The first Hebrew book with a printer's mark dates from 1487. These trademarks were an adaptation of a practice used by medieval artisans and building owners to identify their handiwork or mark their property. In Hebrew books, as in others, printers continued to use these devices or emblems as their trademarks down to the nineteenth century. ” (From Written to Printed Text: The Transmission of Jewish Printing. An exhibition at the Penn Center for Judaic Studies). Subjects: Printers' marks, Hebrew. Printing; Presses owned by Jews; Devices, to 1900 Illustrations. Light shelf wear to cloth, clean and fresh, near fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-24) (ID #31928) $95.00.

 

 

BOOK DESIGN

 

 


122. Steiner-Prag, Hugo; Eleanor (Feisenberg) Steiner-Prag. DESIGNS FOR A MACHZOR. New York; Society Of Jewish Bibliophiles, 1963. Original portfolio. Folio. [4] pages; 16 plates. 43 cm. First edition. Each drawing has Hebrew text. A publication of the Society of Jewish Bibliophiles presented to its members by Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Hiatt on the occasion of the marriage of their daughter on June 16, 1963. Sixteen folio plates, loose in printed wrapper with descriptive text on inner pages. Blue-grey paper over flexible boards. The original designs are in the Leo Baeck Institute in New York. Hugo Steiner-Prag (1880–1945), “Czech painter, etcher, and designer. Steiner-Prag hyphenated his name with that of his native city, Prague, where he was educated. In 1907 he was appointed professor at the State Academy in Leipzig. Dismissed by the Nazis in 1933, he founded a school for applied art in Prague. After 1939, he fled to New York. Steiner-Prag contributed notably to the improvement of book production-typography, binding, jacket, and was known for his illustrations to the classics. In 1936 he designed a Mahzor (a prayer book for the holidays). This proved to be his crowning achievement. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Mahzor – Illustrations. Light soiling to portfolio, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (ART-22-31) (ID #33408) $40.00.

 

 

BOOKPLATES

 

 


123. Goodman, Philip. ILLUSTRATED ESSAYS ON JEWISH BOOKPLATES. New York; Ktav Pub. House, 1971. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 196 pages. 24 cm. First edition. With 136 illustrations of bookplates. With essays on early Jewish bookplates, a reprint of the authors essay on Marco Binholz, American Jewish Bookplates, Jewish Bookplate Literature: An Annotated Bibliography: p. 181-196. The largest part of the inventory of the Hebrew Bookplate collection (10, 000 items) at Hebrew Union College was donated by Rabbi Philip Goodman. Subjects: Jewish bookplates. Ex libris of previous owner, Rabbi Stnley Platek. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-25A) (ID #32444) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAIRO GENIZA

 

 


124. Ginzberg, Louis; Solomon Schechter. GINZE SHEKHTER (GENIZAH STUDIES IN THE MEMORY OF DOCTOR SOLOMON SCHECHTER). COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES. New York: Jtsa, 1928. 8vo. 549, xvii, 640, xv, 338, xiv pages. The Scarce First edition. In Hebrew with English introductions in each volume. SUBJECT(S): (880-02) Cairo Genizah; Midrash; Geonic literature; Hebrew poetry. CONTENTS: Sefer 1. Kit'e midrash ve-hagadah/me'et Levi ben Yitshak Gintsburg. -- Sefer 2. Keta`im me-kitve ha ge'onim / me'et Levi ben Yitshak Gintsburg. -- Sefer 3. Piyutim ve-shirim / me'et Yisrael ben David Ze'ev Davidzon. Schechter (1847-1915), born in Rumania, was president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Before that he taught in England at Cambridge University and University College, London. “His fame rests on the scholarly recovery of the Cairo Genizah. It created a sensation in the world of scholarship, and in its wake Jewish history and the history of Mediterranean society were and are being rewritten. Over one hundred thousand manuscripts and manuscript fragments were brought to England and presented to Cambridge University by Schechter and Charles Taylor, the master of St. John's College who had made Schechter's trip possible. ” He became president of the JTSA in 1902, and held that position for the rest of his life; he was also an early Conservative leader. (EJ, Ben-Horin) Very good condition, a beautiful set. (RAB-57-14) (ID #19252) $300.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


125. Hastings, James. THE EXPOSITORY TIMES; VOL IX, NO. 8. JUNE, 1898 [ON CAIRO GENIZAH]. Edinburgh; T. & T. Clark, 1898. Original Wraps. 4to. [338-384] pages (i. E. 46 pages). 26 cm. First edition. Monthly Periodical, issue for June 1898. Contains contributions from Charles Taylor 'The Genizah of Old Cairo'; Ed. Konig 'Israel's Historical Recollections', J. H. Moulton 'Zoroastrian influences on Judaism', G. C. M. Douglas ' Ezekiel's Temple', D. S. Margoliouth 'Note on Isaiah'. Subjects: Bible – Periodicals. Wraps lightly soiled, pages a little wavy, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-26) (ID #34319) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


126. Katsh, Abraham Isaac. GINZE TALMUD BAVLI: MEHA-GENIZAH HA-KAHIRIT: ME'USAF ANTONIN BA-SIFRIYAH HA-LE'UMIT BE-LENINGRAD: YOTS'IM LI-OR BA-PA'AM HA-RISHONAH, 'IM MAVO, SHINUI NOSHA'OT U-HE'AROT. VOL II. 4to. 170, vi, 90 pages. Facsimile illustrations. In slipcase. Vol. 2 only. In Hebrew with English introduction. SUBJECT (S): Cairo Genizah; Talmud - criticism, textual. Katsh (1908-1998) was born in Poland and emigrated to the U. S. In 1925. In 1933, he began teaching at New York University, and over the following three decades taught Hebrew education, culture, language and literature there. In 1957 He founded the National Association of Professors of Hebrew in American Universities, and was elected president of Dropsie College in 1967, where he served until 1976. His scholarship won him many awards and fellowships, including the Jewish Teachers Association of New York's Avodah Award, the Rabbi Kaniel Prize of the Municipality of Haifa, and the first Charles Kramer Research Fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Planning and Research of the Synagogue Council of America. Katsh is well known for his studies of Hebrew manuscripts and fragments from Russia and Eastern Europe, his translations, and his essays on Jewish studies in the United States. (EJ) Very good condition. (MX-33-31) (ID #25853) $80.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


127. Shaked, Shaul. A TENTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GENIZA DOCUMENTS. 1964. Paris: Mouton, 1964. Paper Wrappers. 8 vo. 355 pages. Part of the series "École pratique des hautes études, Sorbonne. 6. Section: Sciences économiques et sociales. Études juives, 5". SUBJECT (S): Genizah; Hebrew Manuscripts - Catalogue. Mild age spotting on covers and edges of textblock. Bumping to edges. Surface puncture to edge of rear cover and following pages with no damage to text. Upper corner of rear corner creased as well as last few pages. Otherwise in Good condition. Prepared under the direction of D. H. Baneth and S. D. Goitein. Not concerned with the main part of the manuscripts found in the Cairo Geniza, mostly from the 10th to 13th centuries, but rather with the documentary material, which constitutes a primary source of information for Jewish history in the High Middle Ages, as well as the social history of the Mediterranean basin in general. Some wear to covers and edges, inner-pages clean, overall good ++ condition (BIBLIOG-34-9). (ID #31885) $35.00.

 

 

 

CENSORSHIP

 

 


128. Berliner, Abraham. CENSUR UND CONFISCATION HEBRÄISCHER BÜCHER IM KIRCHENSTAATE. AUF GRUND DER INQUISITIONS-AKTEN IN DER VATICANA UND VALLICELLANA. Frankfurt A. M; J. Kauffmann, 1891. Later Cloth. 8vo. 65 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German, with some Hebrew text. 'Censorship and confiscation of Hebrew books in the Papal States. Based on the Inquisition records in the Vatican'. Contains a history of the effects of the papal index since the 16th century, with a major focus on the 18th century; contains lists of works confiscated during different periods in different towns. Important study by Dr. Abraham Berliner (1833–1915). Bound in later cloth. Subjects: Prohibited books. Censorship - Italy - Papal States. Jews - Italy - Papal States. Inquisition - Italy - Papal States. Light soiling to title page page and last wrap. Otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-27) (ID #34320) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


129. Carmilly-Weinberger, Moshe. CENSORSHIP AND JEWISH WRITERS [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]. New York, Ktav Pub. House, 1969. Original Wraps. 8vo. XXXI pages. 23 cm. Offprint. Inscribed by Moshe Carmilly on title page. Offprint of introduction to "The censorship of Hebrew books" by William Popper. With four pages of plates. Subjects: Censorship - Religious aspects - Judaism. Popper, William: the Censorship of Hebrew Books. Offprints – Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger. OCLC lists 4 copies (NYPL, British Libr, Yeshiva Univ, Natl Libr Israel). Light wear to wraps, overall very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SPEC-39-10) (ID #32922) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


130. Hotchkiss, Valerie R; Price, David. MIRACLE WITHIN A MIRACLE: JOHANNES REUCHLIN AND THE JEWISH BOOK CONTROVERSY: AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF REUCHLIN'S DEFENSE OF JEWISH WRITINGS. Urbana, Ill.: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, 2011. ISBN: 9780978813482; 0978813480Original publisher’s wrappers, Large 8vo, 47 pages. Includes 15 color illustrations and describes 25 book titles in detail; 25 cm. “When Johannes Reuchlin published his Augenspiegel (Eye Glasses) in 1511, just in time for the Frankfurt Book Fair, he knew it would cause a tremendous stir. After all, Reuchlin had decided to defend Jewish writings–and Judaism itself–against the combined forces of the emperor and the highest ecclesiastical authorities in Germany. It is remarkable, or, as Josel of Rosheim said, "miraculous, " that the Jews and Reuchlin prevailed and the books were preserved. The dramatic story of this moment in Jewish-Christian relations is retold in this exhibition through the very books that flamed the controversy. The exhibition is an international effort involving two American libraries and three German institutions. Inspired by the 500th anniversary of the appearance of Reuchlin's Eye Glasses, we have undertaken this project on two continents and at four venues. The Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati, Ohio, collaborated with the Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main, the Museum Johannes Reuchlin in Pforzheim, and the Jewish Museum of Frankfurt, the crucial location for the historic events 500 years ago. Rare imprints from the pamphlet wars surrounding the Jewish Book Controversy are on display, as well as important works on both sides of the Renaissance humanist movement to recover ancient sources, including those written in Hebrew. Working together with David Gilner of the HUC-JIR, Fritz Backhaus of the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt, Michael Matthäus of the Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main, as well as Christoph Timm and Isabel Greschat of the city of Pforzheim, we have produced this exhibition to commemorate Johannes Reuchlin and the Jewish Book Controversy. But we are also celebrating what Reuchlin stands for today, most importantly, religious tolerance, respect for books and people, and the power of knowledge to break down prejudice and build respect and understanding for cultural differences” (U of Illinois, 2012). SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity. Christianity and other religions -- Judaism. Jewish literature -- Censorship -- Germany -- History -- 16th century. Humanism -- Germany -- History -- 16th century. Scholasticism -- Germany -- History -- 16th century. Censorship -- Exhibitions. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide (Emory, Newberry, Illinois, Harvard, Luther Seminary, HUC, Brown, Southern Meth, HUC-Israel, Nat Taiwan U, & 4 in Europe), None in New York, Philadelphia, or California. Very Good Condition. (Bibliog-36-35) (ID #34328) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


131. Popper, William, 1874-1963. THE CENSORSHIP OF HEBREW BOOKS: SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]. New York; Knickerbocker Press, 1899. Original Wraps. 8vo. Viii, 156 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Author inscribed on endpage. Singerman Nr 5649. With five leaves of plates and printed tissue guards. Important study on Papal censorship of printed Hebrew books; papal censorship, redaction, and confiscation of Hebrew books in various communities in Italy in the 16th through 18th centuries; Rabbinic self-censorship; Hebrew works permanently banned (on the Indice); inconsistencies of censors; types of redaction and theological controversies and debates; Frankists. CONTENTS: Earliest Attempts at Restricting Literary Freedom: The Mendicant Orders and the Inquisition --- Destruction of the Talmud in France: Expurgation Authorized in Spain --- Ineffective Measures of the XIV and XV Centuries --- The “Golden Era” in Italy: The Reuchlin Movement; Censorship of the Christian Press and the Catalogues of Prohibited Books: Self-Censorship of the Hebrew Press --- End of the “Golden Era”: Destruction of the Talmud in Italy --- Hebrew Books in the Indices: Expurgation Extended; Rules Adopted by the Congregation of the Index; Expurgation in Disfavor; Jews Ordered to Expurgate their own Books --- Confiscations and Expurgation in Italy during the XVIII Century; The Frankists in Poland; Censorship in the Austrian Provinces; Decline of Special Hebrew Censorship. Subjects: Censorship - History. Expurgated books. Hebrew literature - History and criticism. Prohibited books. Censorship. Expurgated books. Hebrew literature. Prohibited books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Light soiling to wraps, with some chipping to wraps edges. Scarce signed first appearance. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-20) (ID #34247) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


132. Popper, William A. M. THE CENSORSHIP OF HEBREW BOOKS. KTAV Publishing House, Inc, 1969. Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Viii, 156 pages. Facsims. 24cm. Series: Burt Franklin – Research and Source Works Seriews #222; Burt Franklin – Judaica Series #6. Reprinted from Popper’s PhD dissertation in 1899. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-34-12/ BIBLIOG-32-8/8A) (ID #31900/31849/32455) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FESTSCHRIFTEN

 

 


133. (Marx, Alexander) Frankel, David, editor. SEPHER HA-YOVEL: A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MARX BY COLLEAGUES, DISCIPLES AND FRIENDS ON COMPLETING FORTY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AS LIBRARIAN OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA. New York, No Publisher, 1943. 1 essay (10 pages) by Moses Marx in English: The Last Hebrew Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century: The Second Edition of the Mashal Ha-Kadmoni and the Quarto Tur Orah Hayyim (on Gershom Soncino and includes 6 photo plates of the book); remainder of essays are in Hebrew. Bottom of spine bumped, Good Condition (FEST-6-6A) (ID #34291) $60.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


134. Berger, Abraham, Lawrence Marwick and Isidore S. Meyer. editors. THE JOSHUA BLOCH MEMORIAL VOLUME: STUDIES IN BOOKLORE AND HISTORY. New York, New York Public Library, 1960. Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xix, 219 pages. Port. 25 cm. Includes 36-page bibliography of Bloch's publications, plus a 3-page index to that bibliography. “Bloch (1890–1957) was a U. S. Librarian, bibliographer, and reform rabbi. As head of the Jewish Division of the New York Public Library from 1923 to 1956 the library developed one of the major collections of Judaica in the United States. ” (EJ) CONTENTS: “Foreword, ” by the editors; “Joshua Bloch, an appreciation, ” by A. L. Lebeson; “Books and booklore: Two bookmen, ” by H. M. Lydenberg; “The new ornament of Jewish books, ” by J. Reider; “Medieval Hebrew manuscripts as bindings in the libraries and archives of Hungary, ” by A. Scheiber; “Elias Hutter's Hebrew Bible, ” by H. C. Zafren; “Biblical studies: Kinnor, nebel, cithärä, psalterium, ” by O. Kinkeldey; “Hebrew and Greek sense of tragedy, ” by R. H. Pfeiffer; “Rabbinics: Pharisaisms, a definition, ” by S. S. Cohon; “The terms yoshbei kranoth and am-haaretz, ” by C. W. Reines; “Language and folklore: A chapter on old West Semitic othography, ” by M. Tsevat; “The terms muhdath and hadath as descriptions of the Koran, ” by H. A. Wolfson; “Notes on some parallels to the ballad of The king's dochter Lady Jean, ” by D. De Sola Pool; “A Judaeo-Greek lament, ” by B. Schwartz. A Samaritan poem about Moses, ” by T. H. Gaster; “History: The Valenzin affair, ” by J. R. Marcus; “Cochin and some prominent Jewish personalities, ” by W. J. Fischel; “Prince Czartoryski, the émigré, on the Jewish problem, ” by A. G. Duker; “A bibliography of the writings of Joshua Bloch, ” by D. Steinglass. SUBJECT(S): Judaism. Jews -- History. Printing, Hebrew. Jodendom. Joodse boeken. Joodse literatuur. Bloch, Joshua, 1890-1957. Very good condition. (FEST-1-57) (ID #27295) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


135. Ginzberg, Louis; Joshua Bloch; Abraham Solomon Freidus; Daniel C Haskell. STUDIES IN JEWISH BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RELATED SUBJECTS, IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM SOLOMON FREIDUS (1867-1923). New York; The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1929. Later quarter leather. 4to. CXXX, 518 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In English, Hebrew, and German. Frontispiece portrait. Attractively bound, in quarter leather, gilt, and cloth; bound over original wraps; from the personal library of Joshua Bloch, one of the contributors to the volume. On cover: Distributed by the Jewish division, New York public library. Preface by the Freidus memorial committee, Louis Ginzberg, chairman. Contributions in Hebrew, forming the second part of the volume, have title: Yad we-shem lezkor Avraham Zalman Freidus. Kvutsat ma-amarim ve-hakirot be-sifrut Yisrael. Me-et yedidov mevakirov vehaverov le-mada. Hotsaat ha-mosad lezkor Aleksandr Kaot. New York, 5690, 1929. "Freidusiana, a list of writings by and about A. S. Freidus": p. [xi]-xxii. "The classification of Jewish literature in the New York public library, by J. Bloch": p. [l]-lxxvii. "Jewish customs, a list of works compiled by A. S. Freidus, prepared for publication by D. C. Haskell": p. [lxxviii]-cxxx. Important volume of essays in honor of Abraham Freidus; essays include: Kohut, G. A. Steinschneideriana. - Reider, J. Non-Jewish motives in the ornament of early Hebrew books. - Roth, C. A seventeenth century library and trousseau. - Schwarz, A. Z. Nikolsburger hebraeische handschriften. - Schapiro, I. Bibliography of Hebrew translations of English works. - Cohen B. Nehemiah Bruell (1843-1891) [with bibliography of his works]. - Marx, A. The polemical manuscripts in the library of the Jewish theological seminary of America. - Wolfson, H. A. Isaac ibn Shem-Tob's unknown commentaries on the Physics and his other unknown works. - Kohler, M. J. Some new light on the Dreyfus case. - Yarmolinsky, A. The wandering Jew. - Kinkeldey, O. A Jewish dancing master of the renaissance (Guglielmo Ebero) [with bibliography]. - Idelsohn, A. Z. Collections of and literature on synagogue song. - Levias, C. Who were the Amorites? - Blau, L. Zur Massora. - Black, G. F. The beginnings of the study of Hebrew in Scotland. - Eames, W. On the use of Hebrew types in English American before 1735. Subjects: Jews - Bibliography. Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Classification - Books - Judaica and Hebraica. Freidus, Abraham Solomon, 1867-1923 - Bibliography. Superbly fresh, clean, in attractive binding. Great condition. An outstanding copy. (BIBLIOG-35-48) (ID #34276) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


136. Another Copy, first edition, in later binding. Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-35-48A/ FEST-6-7) (ID #34290/31884) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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137. Adler, Elkan Nathan. ABOUT HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS. London; H. Frowde, 1905. Original Cloth. 8vo. 177, [6] pages. 23 cm. First edition. With 6 pages of fascimiles. Collection of bibliographic essays: Some missing chapters of Ben Sira - Karaitica - An ancient bookseller's catalogue - Professor Blau on the Bible as a book - A letter of Menasseh ben Israel - Jewish literature and the diaspora - The humours of Hebrew mss. - The romance of Hebrew printing - Zur jüdisch-persischen litteratur / Prof. Bacher. The author, Elkan Nathan Adler (1861–1946), was an “Anglo-Jewish bibliophile, collector, and author. Adler, the son of Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, was a lawyer by profession and had unusual opportunities to travel under favorable conditions and to build up a remarkable library. He was among the first persons to realize the importance of the Cairo Genizah. He visited Egypt in 1888 and 1895–96 and brought back approximately 25, 000 fragments from the Genizah. His library ultimately included about 4, 500 manuscripts of which he published a summary Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Collection of E. N. Adler (1921). He also had a collection of some 30, 000 printed books in Judaica and in general fields. In order to make good the embezzlements of a business associate he sold his library in 1923 to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York and the duplicates of the printed books (including many incunabula) to the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, thus helping to raise both of these libraries to positions of significance. By an agreement made at that time, the manuscripts that he subsequently collected passed after his death to the Jewish Theological Seminary. Adler's published writings were mainly based on his travels and on materials in his own collection. Among them are About Hebrew Manuscripts (1905), a collection of bibliographical essays; A Gazetteer of Hebrew Printing (1917); Jews in Many Lands (1905); Auto de Fé and Jew (1908); History of the Jews of London (1930); Jewish Travellers (1930, repr. 1966); and articles on the Samaritans and on the Egyptian and Persian Jews. Adler played an active role in English-Jewish communal affairs, especially as regards educational and overseas matters, and was an early member of the Hovevei Zion in England. His personal archives are at the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Manuscripts, Hebrew - Bibliography. Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Hebrew literature. Manuscripts, Hebrew. Bibliography. Light soiling to cloth, minor wear to first hinge; pages uncut, never before read; very clean and fresh. Very good condition. A Beautiful copy. (BIBLIOG-35-5) (ID #34231) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


138. Ben-Menahem, Naftali. MI-GINZE YISRAEL BA-VATIKAN: TEUR SHEL SHELOSHIM VA-HAMISHAH KITVE-YAD. Jerusalem: Mosad Ha-Rav Kuk, 1954. Hardcover, 207 pages, 8vo, 22 cm. In Hebrew. Series: Sifriyat mekorot; 16. SUBJECT (S): Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Catalogs. Manuscripts -- Italy. Named Corp: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Ex-library. Few stained pages. Browning to edges of pages. Slight tear through text on page 207, but no text lost. Wear to cover binding and corners. Otherwise, very good condition. (BIB-16-7) (ID #24317) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


139. Imamovic, Enver. ON THE SARAJEVO HAGGADAH. Sarajevo; Art 7, 2009. Original Hardback. 8vo. 144 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Illustrated in color throughout. A history of Sarajevo Haggadah, written by an renowned Bosnian archaelogist and historian, who was instrumental in saving the Sarajevo Haggadah during the shelling of the National Museum in Sarajevo during his time as Director. Imamovic's work extensively details the archival and historical turns of preserving the Sarajevo Haggadah during the twentieth century (including its being hidden from the Nazis), with reproduction of source documents at every major juncture. The “Sarajevo Haggadah (Sarajevo National Museum) is a 14th-century Spanish illuminated manuscript composed of the traditional three parts: 34 full-page miniatures (fols. 1v–34); illuminated Haggadah text (fols. 1*–50*); and piyyutim and Torah readings for Passover week (fols. 53*–131*). It is by far the best-known Hebrew illuminated manuscript, and has been reproduced in part twice during the last 70 years with scholarly introductions by H. Mueller and J. Von Schlosser, and by C. Roth. The full-page miniatures in the Sarajevo Haggadah display the widest range of subjects even among the rich Spanish Haggadot, from the Creation of the World to Moses blessing the Israelites and Joshua before his death, followed by illustrations of the Temple, preparations for Passover, and the interior of a Spanish synagogue. There are few full-page miniatures; most are divided horizontally into two framed sections, with some in four sections. Although the greater part of the iconography of the miniatures is derived from Latin Bible illumination of the Franco-Spanish school, some Jewish elements can be detected, as in the abstention from representation of God or any heavenly beings. Other Jewish aspects can be found in the text illustrations of the Haggadah, such as a miniature of Rabban Gamaliel and his students, and the matzah and maror. Stylistically, the illuminations are related to the Italian-gothic school prevailing in Catalonia in the 14th century. That the Sarajevo Haggadah originates from the Kingdom of Aragon can be inferred from three coats of arms displayed in the manuscript. The Haggadah reached the Sarajevo Museum when in 1894 a child of the city's Sephardi Jewish community brought it to school to be sold, after his father had died leaving the family destitute. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Manuscripts, Hebrew - Facsimiles. Manuscripts, Hebrew. Sarajevo Haggadah. English. Paleography. Manuscripts. Jewish manuscript works. Hebrew alphabet. Judaism. Practical Mosaism. Liturgy. Ritual. Liturgical materials. Haggadah. Texts. Traditional rites. Sephardic tradition. Iberian Hebrews. Balkan Jews. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo. OCLC lists 6 copies. Near fine. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (HAG-14-25) (ID #33944) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


140. Lee, John and G. C. Renouard. ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS PURCHASED IN TURKEY. London, 1831. Hardcover, 22 pages, large 8vo. By John Lee; described by G. C. Renouard. Includes: "A book on the history of the Prophets before Mohammed, including Noah, Abraham, and Nimrod", "An Historical and geographical account of Syria and Judaea", and "An Arabic translation of the psalms of David." OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Universiteit Leiden), None in the US. Water stain throughout book. Stained pages. Hinge repair. Tear through back cover page. Bottom right corner of cover page missing. Wear to edges and bumped corners. Otherwise, good condition. (BIB-13-3) (ID #24117) $150.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


141. Narkiss, Bezalel. HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. Jerusalem [New York]: Encyclopedia Judaica, Macmillan, 1969. First edition. Cloth; large 4to. 175 pages. Beautifully bound in beige cloth with deep red endpapers. Ornate pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with 60 tipped-in plates. Foreword by Cecil Roth. Notes, glossary, bibliography, and index. "First of a series of publications in various spheres of Judaica which the publishers are issuing in advance of the Encyclopaedia Judaica. " A survey of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts from the earliest period [10th century] through the Renaissance in the Orient, Spain, France, Italy and Germany. Shunami 5845. SUBJECT (S) Illumination of books and manuscripts, Jewish -- Catalogs. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Catalogs. Bible. O. T. -- Illustrations. With Bookplate on first page. Very good condition in Very good dust jacket. (BIBLIOG-34-13) (ID #31901) $60.00.

 

 

LETTERS

 

 


142. [Friedus, A. S] Albright, William F. [W.F. ALBRIGHT CORRESPONDENCE; LETTER DATED SEPT. 8, 1919; ABOUT A.S. FREIDUS, CHIEF OF THE JEWISH DIVISION AT THE NY PUBLIC LIBRARY]. [William F. Albright], 1919. Original folded letter. [2] pages. 14 x 22 cm. A letter from the personal correspondence of William F. Albright, addressed to Kraeling (possibly Carl H. Kraeling), dated Sept. 8, 1919. “Today I leave – definitely it seems … We had a most delightful visit Thursday evening. … I also spoke of you to Mr. A. S. Freidus, chief of the Jewish division … he is anxious to make your acquaintance … he is very much interested in Hebrew studies, and with his encyclopedic knowledge of Hebrew literature and bibliography may be able to render you useful service in your work. Very cordially yours, W. F. Albright. ” “William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971) was an evangelical American Methodist archaeologist, biblical scholar, linguist, and expert on ceramics. He was born in Coquimbo, Chile to Protestant missionaries Wilbur Finley and Zephine Viola Foxwell Albright. He married Dr. Ruth Norton in 1921 in Jerusalem, and they had four sons. Albright pursued his undergraduate studies at Upper Iowa University and received his Ph. D. In 1913 from the Oriental Seminary at Johns Hopkins University, where he later taught from 1929 to 1959. He was also the director of the American School of Oriental Research at Johns Hopkins. One of his major achievements was confirming the authenticity of the Dead Sea Scrolls following their discovery. Also, in 1923 he made the first significant excavation of a tumulus near Jerusalem-possibly the site where an ancient king of Judah was memorialized. He edited the Anchor Bible volumes on Jeremiah, Matthew, and Revelation and his publications include Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan, The Archaeology of Palestine, From the Stone Age to Christianity, and The Biblical Period from Abraham to Ezra. ” - Harvard, Albright, William Foxwell. Collected Papers, 1916-1972. Subjects: William F. Albright – Correspondence. Jewish Division New York Public Library - A. S. Freidus. Light ageing and soiling to letter, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-59) (ID #34287) $50.00.

 

 

EPHRAIM DEINARD

 

 


143. Deinard, E. (Ephraim). OR ME'IR: KOLEL RESHIMAT SIFRE YISRA'EL, KITVE YAD VE-NIDPASIM, HA-NIMTSA'IM BE-VET OTSAR HA-SEFARIM HA-GADOL SHEL HA-HAKKHAM VA-MEHALEL, HA-SHOFET, HA-R. ME'IR ZULTSBERGER BE-FILADELFYA. = OR MAYER: CATALOGUE OF THE OLD HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS OF THE LIBRARY OF HON. M. SULZBERGER OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. New York; Deinard, E, 1896. Later wraps. 8vo. 100 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Title in Hebrew and English, Hebrew text. With author's printed complimentary slip inserted. “This bibliography [of Mayer Sulzberger’s library of 28 mss. And about 400 volumes of rare books] is the first in the Hebrew language to be printed in this land. ’ (p.6). Deinard compiled it in eight days (KA). Among the entries are thirty-three American imprints. Deinard bemoaned the fact that Jews cared little for their own literary heritage; rather than establish Jewish libraries, they sold all their books and manuscripts to gentile institutions. He felt that conditions in America were auspicious for the establishment of Jewish libraries, but with the exception of a handful of individuals, among them Sulzberger, wealthy Jews were not interested (pp. 5-6). Sulzberger lated donated his own private library, amassed by Deinard, to JTSA and it provided the foundation of what would become the most important Judaica library in the western hemisphere. It was ‘Deinard’s first major breakthrough in setting up a Hebrew Judaica collection’ (Wilk, 122). ” (Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America, entry # 255). Singerman 5095. Subjects: Hebrew imprints - Catalogs. Manuscripts, Hebrew - Catalogs. Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843- - Library - Catalogs. Light soiling to outer edges, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (AMR-39-51A/51) (ID #31444/31443) $150.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


144. Deinard, Ephraim. ZIKHRONOT BAT `AMI: LE-KOROT HA-YEHUDIM VEHA-YAHADUT BE-RUSYA BE-MESHEKH KAROV LE-SHIV`IM SHANAH. VOLUME 2. Arlington, N. J.: No Publisher, 1920. 8vo. 197 pages. In Hebrew. Volume 2 only. English title: Memoirs of a Jewish life in Russia. SUBJECT (S): Jews – Soviet Union. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Born in Latvia, Deinard (1846-1930) owned a bookstore in Odessa for a time; in 1913 he emigrated to Palestine. The Turks expelled him in 1916, upon whoch he moved to the United States. He is notable for his bibliographic work, cataloging old manuscripts and books, and laying the groundwork for the Hebrew collection at the Library of Congress. A strongly opinionated man, Deinard wrote more than fifty of his own books as well, often pseudonymously, on a broad range of topics such as travel, biography, history, and religion. (EJ, 2007) Ex library. Water damage to covers, water stain on edge throughout, hinges repaired, good- condition. (AMR-34-34) (ID #31519) $100.00. 33832

 

 

 

 

 

 


145. Zivo, Meir (Pseud, Of Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz). EFRAIM DEINARD U-SEFARAV BA-AMERIKA. [DAYNARD] [inscribed by author]. New York, No Publisher (The Author?), 1900. Period boards with original wrappers, bound in, 8vo, 24 pages; 21 cm. Warmly inscribed in Hebrew on the title page to Bibliographer Joshua Bloch from “the author. ” In Hebrew. Singerman 5795. Deinard was a prolific Hebrew writer, producing more than 50 books and pamphlets often signed with his pseudonym, Adir. These included Toledot Even Reshef (1879; a biography of Abraham Firkovich, whom he knew in the Crimea); Sefer Massa Krim (1878; on travels in Crimea); Massale-Erez Kedem (1883; travels in Palestine and Egypt); Sefer Miflagot be-Yisrael (1899; on the Subbotniki and Hasidim); Zikhronot Bat Ammi (1920; a history of Russian Jewry over the previous 70 years). He also published several short-lived Hebrew and Yiddish journals, among them Ha-Le'ummi, one of the earliest Hebrew periodicals in America. ” (Kressel in EJ, 2007) OCLC lists 5 copies (JTS, YU, Yale, Harvard, HUC), none south or west of Cincinnati. An outstanding copy. (amr-45-29A) (ID #) $300.00.

 

 

ABRAHAM HABERMANN

 

 


146. Habermann, Abraham Meir. ANSHE SEFER VE-ANSHE MAASEH: SOFRIM, HOKRIM, BIBLIYOGRAFIM, MADPISIM U-MOKHRE SEFARIM. Yerushalayim; R. Mas, 1974. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 8, 286 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew; with English title: Anshe sefer we-anshe maaseh; reflections on writers, scholars, bibliographers, printers and book-dealers. By Abraham Meir Habermann (1901–1980), a “bibliographer and scholar of medieval Hebrew literature. Born at Zurawno (Galicia), Habermann from 1928 was librarian at the Schocken Library in Berlin. He immigrated to Palestine in 1934 and served as director of the Schocken Library in Jerusalem until 1967. From 1957 he taught medieval literature at Tel Aviv University (professor, 1969) and taught at the Graduate Library School of the Hebrew University. He was editor of the department of bibliography (Jewish printers) for the Encyclopaedia Hebraica and the department of medieval Hebrew poetry for the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica. Habermann began his study of medieval literature in 1925, specializing in the Ashkenazi piyyut from the time of R. Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn. A prolific writer, his books include Ha-Madpisim Benei Soncino (1933): Gevilim; Me'ah Sippurei Aggadah (1942); Ha-Genizah (1944); Toledot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri (1945); Ha-Piyyut (1946); Ateret Renanim, piyyutim and songs for Sabbath and festivals (1967); Ha-Sefer ha-Ivri be-Hitpattechuto (1968); Sha'arei Sefarim Ivriyyim (1969); and Toledot ha-Piyyut ve-ha-Shirah (1970), which is the first attempt at a survey of the history of Hebrew piyyut and poetry and its development in various cultural centers from post-biblical times to the Haskalah period. Habermann edited and compiled such diverse medieval works as: Piyyutei Rashi (1941); Selichot u-Fizmonim of R. Gershom Me'or ha-Golah (1944; new printing, 2004); Gezerot Ashkenaz ve-'Arefat (1946); Nitso'ot Ge'ullah, an anthology of redemption and messianism (1949); Machberot Immanu'el ha-Romi (1950); Even Bohan of Kalonymus ben Kalonymus (1956); Studies of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edah ve-Edut (1952), and Megillot Midbar Yehudah (1959). Shortly after his death, the Habermann Institute for Literary Research was created in Lod (Lydda), Israel. In 1983 Z. Malachi published Yad le-Heman, a memorial volume in his honor. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Jewish scholars. Bibliographers. OCLC lists 29 copies. Light soiling and wear to jacket, internally fine. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-23) (ID #31927) $195.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


147. Habermann, Abraham Meir. פרקים בתולדות המדפיסים העברים ועניני ספרים PERAKIM BE-TOLDOT HA-MADPISIM HA-IVRIM VE-INYENE SEFARIM = STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF HEBREW PRINTERS AND BOOKS. Yerushalayim; Reuven Mas, 1978. Original Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 363 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Studies in the History of Hebrew Printers and Books. A collection of articles on the general history of Hebrew printing by Abraham Meir Habermann. Includes the following essays: 'Ha-Madpesim Benei Soncino', 'The Amsterdam printer Joseph Athias, the inventor of the stereotype', 'The Sons of Hayim Halicz: A Family of Hebrew Printers', 'Fragments of Letters from the Archive of Israel Sifroni in Basel', 'The Press of Hayim Schwarz, his son, and his son-in-law', 'The Press of Paul Fagius and the Books of his Print Shop', The Press of Israel Sifrono and his son Elishema and their Books', etc. Subjects: Hebrew imprints. Printing, Hebrew. Institutional marks on endpages, and outer edge; otherwise clean and fresh in good jacket. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-18) (ID #34311) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


148. Habermann, Abraham Meir. שערי ספרים עברים SHAARE SEFARIM IVRIM = TITLE PAGES OF HEBREW BOOKS. Tsefat; Ha-Muse'on Le-Amanut Ha-Defus, 1969. Original Cloth. 8vo. XVI, 140 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with added English introduction. Principally illustrated, with fascimile of 104 title pages from printed Hebrew books from the 15th to the 20th century. Contains index of towns and cities of printers, dates of printing, and index to book titles. With English and Hebrew introduction; details the history of the earliest Hebrew printers, the use of decorated frames, ornamentation, woodcuts, and copperplates; with an extended focus on the press of Gershom Soncino. Printed in Safed: Museum of Printing Art. The author, Abraham Meir Habermann (1901–1980), was a noted bibliographer and scholar of medieval Hebrew literature. Subjects: Title pages. Printing, Hebrew. Minor soiling to topmost edges; otherwise very clean and fresh in very good jacket. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-17) (ID #34310) $45.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


149. Habermann, Abraham Meir; Zvi Malachi; Y David. SHAI LE-HEMAN: MEHKARIM BA-SIFRUT HA-IVRIT SHEL YEME HA-BENAYIM: MUGASHIM LE-A.M. HABERMAN (HEMAN HA-YERUSHALMI) BI-MELOT LO SHIVIM VE-HAMESH SHANAH. = PAPERS ON MEDIEVAL HEBREW LITERATURE PRESENTED TO A. M. HABERMANN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY = SEFER HABERMAN / A. M. HABERMANN JUBILEE VOLUME. Tel-Aviv; Universitat Tel Aviv, Makhon Le-Heker Ha-Sifrut A. Sh. B. Ts. Kats; Yerushalayim: R. Mas, 1977. Publishers cloth. 8vo. VIII, 385 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew with English title, table of contents and summaries. Frontispiece portrait of Habermann. A. M. Habermann jubilee volume. Papers on medieval Hebrew literature: presented to A. M. Habermann on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Edited by Zvi Malachi. Abraham Meir Habermann (1901–1980), “bibliographer and scholar of medieval Hebrew literature. Born at Zurawno (Galicia), Habermann from 1928 was librarian at the Schocken Library in Berlin. He immigrated to Palestine in 1934 and served as director of the Schocken Library in Jerusalem until 1967. From 1957 he taught medieval literature at Tel Aviv University (professor, 1969) and taught at the Graduate Library School of the Hebrew University. He was editor of the department of bibliography (Jewish printers) for the Encyclopaedia Hebraica and the department of medieval Hebrew poetry for the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica. ” Subjects: Hebrew poetry, Medieval - History and criticism. Piyutim - History and criticism. Poe´sie he´brai¨que me´die´vale - Histoire et critique. Piyyutim - Histoire et critique. Habermann, Abraham Meir, 1901-1980. Habermann, Abraham Meir - Bibliography. Light wear to cloth, no jacket, clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-67) (ID #31973) $115.00.

 

 

MORITZ STEINSCHNEIDER

 

 


150. Maimonides, Moses; Yitshak Ben Natan; Solomon Judah Leib Rapoport; Moritz Steinschneider. מאמר הייחוד להרמב״ם MAAMAR HA-YIHUD LEHA-RAMBAM = MAAMAR HA-JICHUD (ABHANDLUNG UEBER DIE EINHEIT) [FROM THE LIBRARY OF EPHRAIM DEINARD]. Berlin; Be-Hotsa'ot Tsevi Hirsh Kolvari, 1846. Later Wraps. 12mo. 10, 40, XIV pages. 19 cm. First edition. First Appearance. In Hebrew with Introduction and Synopsis in German. 'Treatise on the Unity of God'. Translated from the Arabic by Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymus. Hebrew translation of Maimonides' Maamar Hayichud, a brief Aristotelian treatise on the nature of oneness. With notes on Isaac ben Nathan's Hebrew translation, letter of commentaries, and corrections by Rabbi Shlomo Yehudah Rapoport of Prague. With a foreword by Moritz Steinschneider, citing parallel passages from the Maamar Hayichud and the Mishneh Torah, and notes on linguistic and technical details of the Arabic. Published a year later, in 1847 as well (Sefer Shene ha-mechorot), with a different preface, and an added addendum by Steinschneider. Our copy originally comes from the library of Ephraim Deinard, with his signature, date (Nov. 1901) and bibliographic notes in margin of Hebrew title page. Subjects: God (Judaism). Jewish philosophy - 12th century. OCLC lists 16 copies. Pages aged, with some chipping to edges; otherwise clean annd fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-11) (ID #34237) $200.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


151. Steinschneider, M. JEWISH LITERATURE FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON TALMUD AND MIDRASH. New York, Hermon Press, 1965. Cloth; 8vo. Xii, 378, xxiv columns, 46 pages. With extensive bibliographic notes, corrections and additions, Hebrew and Arabic indices, and an index of authors in English. Reprint of a translation by William Spottiswoode, first published in London, 1857; translated, with alterations, from the author's "Jüdische Literatur" in Ersch & Gruber's "Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, " Leipzig, 1850, 2d section, v. 27, pages 357-471. "New edition with index of authors. " Jewish literature -- History and criticism. Littérature juive -- Histoire et critique. Some wear to dustjacket and edges (BIBLIOG-34-5) (ID #31877) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


152. Steinschneider, Moritz. POLEMISCHE UND APOLOGETISCHE LITERATUR IN ARABISCHER SPRACHE, ZWISCHEN MUSLIMEN, CHRISTEN UND JUDEN: NEBST ANHÄNGEN VERWANDTEN INHALTS: MIT BENUTZUNG HANDSCHRIFTLICHER QUELLEN. Leipzig; Brockhaus, 1877. Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 456 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In German, with Arabic and Hebrew. 'Polemical and Apologetic Literature in in Arabic between Muslims, Christians, and Jews'. “A further work dealing with the relationships between Jews, Arabs, and Christians is his Polemische und apologetische Literatur in arabischer Sprache zwischen Muslimen, Christen und Juden (1877). Not only is the typical full bibliographical and biographical apparatus provided in this work, but it also classifies and enumerates the main areas of religious controversy. ” - EJ 2008. Bound in original quarter cloth and marbled boards, with gilt title on spine. Subjects: Judentum. Christentum. Apologetik. Islam. Apologetik. Arabisch. Christ. Juden. Literatur. Muslim. Polemik. OCLC lists 17 copies. Light soiling to outer edges and binding, light staining in bottom margins throughout, overall very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-9) (ID #34235) $65.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


153. Steinschneider, Moritz [Editor]. DIE GESCHICHTSLITERATUR DER JUDEN: IN DRUCKWERKEN UND HANDSCHRIFTEN. Frankfurt Am Main J. Kauffmann, 1905. 1st edition. Cloth, 12mo, xii+190 pages. Bound in Period cloth, Very Good+ Condition, an outstanding copy. (bibliog-36-36) (ID #34329) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


154. Steinschneider, Moritz; Leopold Zunz. אוצרות חיים : רשימת ספרי החכם...חיים בן יוסף מיכל : מפתח האוצר על כ״י, כולל הוספות ותיקונים OTSROT HAYIM: RESHIMAT SIFRE HA-HAKHAM...HAYIM BEN YOSEF MIKHAL: MAFTEAH HA-OTSAR 'AL K. Y, KOLEL HOSAFOT VE-TIKUNIM...= OZROT CHAJIM. KATALOG DER MICHAEL'SCHEN BIBLIOTHEK. Hamburg; N. Halbershtadt, 1848. Original Quarter Calf. 8vo. 378 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with some German. Catalogue of the library of Heimann Joseph Michael, completed by Moritz Steinschneider, with an introduction by Leopold Zunz. Heimann Joseph Michael was a “Hebrew bibliographer; born at Hamburg April 12, 1792; died there June 10, 1846. He showed great acuteness of mind in early childhood, had a phenomenal memory, and was an indefatigable student. He studied Talmudics and received also private instruction in all the branches of a regular school education. He was a born bibliophile, and began to collect valuable works when still a boy of twelve. With his progress in Hebrew literature his love for books increased also, the result of which was his magnificent library of 860 manuscripts and 5, 471 printed works, covering all branches of Hebrew literature. There were few books in his collection which he had not read; and he undertook the preparation of a full catalogue of it. As far as he accomplished this task, it was the foundation of the 'Ozerot Hayyim, Katalog der Michael'schen Bibliothek, ' Hamburg, 1848.” - 1906 JE. Subjects: Hebrew literature - Bibliography - Catalogs. Manuscripts, Hebrew - Germany - Catalogs. Michael, Heimann Joseph, 1792-1846. Original calf starting at edges, two wormholes to top of spine; light foxing and soiling throughout, overall clean and fresh. Good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-10) (ID #34236) $300.00.

 

 

ENGLISH LITERATURE

 

 


155. Calisch, Edward N. THE JEW IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, AS AUTHOR AND AS SUBJECT. Richmond, Va; Bell Book And Stationery Co, 1909. Original Cloth. 8vo. 277 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Bibliography: p. [9]-10. "A list of non-Jewish authors who have written on or about the Jews": p. [199]-221. "A list of Jewish authors": p. [222]-265. The author's doctoral dissertation at the University of Richmond, Virginia. Rabbi Edward Nathaniel Calisch (1865-1946), was a reform Rabbi who served for fourty years in Richmond Virginia. Contents: The Jews in England - The pre-Elizabethan period - The Elizabethan period - The seventeenth century - The eighteenth century - From eighteen hundred to date - Jewish literary activity - Appendix: A list of non-Jewish authors; A list of Jewish authors. Subjects: Jews in literature. English literature - History and criticism. English literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism. Jews - Great Britain - Intellectual life. Judaism and literature - Great Britain. Attractively bound, very clean and fresh. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-35-28) (ID #34255) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


156. Coleman, Edward Davidson; Daniel Carl Haskell; Joshua Bloch. THE JEW IN ENGLISH DRAMA; AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, COMPILED BY EDWARD D. COLEMAN, WITH A PREFACE BY JOSHUA BLOCH. New York, New York Public Library, 1943. Original Wraps. O. XX, 237 pages. 26 cm. Edition. Edited by Daniel C. Haskell. A continuation of the list published in 1931 under the title The Bible in English drama. 'Reprinted with revisions and additions from the Bulletin of the New York public library of November 1938-November 1940'. A second edition, with extended contributions, was issued in 1970. Extensive annotated bibliography of English and American drama depicting Jewish characters, from 1584 to 1938. Subjects: Jews in literature - Bibliography. English drama - Bibliography. American drama - Bibliography. American drama. English drama. Jews. Literature. Bibliography. Wraps soiled, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-23) (ID #34316) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


157. Gross, Theodore L. THE LITERATURE OF AMERICAN JEWS. New York: Free Press, 1973. 8vo. Xvii, 510 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S): American literature – Jewish authors; Jews – United States – literary collections. ISBN: 0029131901. Has dust jacket. Ex library, otherwise good+ condition. (AMR-34-23) (ID #31508) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


158. Liptzin, Solomon. THE JEW IN AMERICAN LITERATURE. New York: Bloch, 1966. 8vo. 251 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S): American literature – history and criticism; Jews in literature. CONTENTS: The colonial era; The young republic; The New England poets; The nineteenth century Jewish lyric; Legend and reality; Persistence and stereotypes; The new immigration; The promised land; Twentieth century Jewish poets; The Jew in non-Jewish fiction; Jewish affirmation; The uprooted and the estranged; Jewish acculturation; Impact of Israel. “Liptzin (1901–1995) [was a] literary scholar and educator. Leaving his native Satanov, Russia, as a boy, Liptzin was raised in the U. S. He taught at City College, New York, where he became professor of German in 1948 and served as chairman of the department of Germanic and Slavonic languages. Active in Jewish affairs, he was honorary president of the Jewish Book Council of America and editor of the Jewish Book Annual. Liptzin was a visiting professor at Yeshiva University and, after settling in Israel in 1962, at Tel Aviv University and the Haifa Technion. He was the Encyclopaedia Judaica departmental editor for German literature. ” (EJ, 2007) Ex library, otherwise good condition. (AMR-34-29) (ID #31514) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


159. Michelson, Hyman. THE JEW IN EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE. New York, Hermon Press, 1972. Original Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 175 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. Reprint of the 1926 ed. Published by H. J. Paris, Amsterdam, which was originally presented as the author's proefschrif, Amsterdam, 1926. Important study of early English literature – prose, poetry, drama, ballad – from the Mystery Play to Shakespeare, with plot analysis and the fixed traits of the Jew in the period literature. The author points out that the Jew in the literature is always the Jew of the New Testament, hence the anti-semitic tropes endemic to the genres of the period. Subjects: English literature - History and criticism. Jews in literature. Littérature anglaise - Histoire et critique. Juifs dans la littérature. English literature. Jews. Literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Light wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-29) (ID #34256) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


160. Philipson, David. THE JEW IN ENGLISH FICTION. Cincinnati; R. Clarke, 1889. Original cloth. 8vo. 156 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Singerman 3845. The author’s first published work. Contains the following chapters: Marlowe's "Jew of Malta" - Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" - Cumberland's "The Jew" - Scott's "Ivanhoe" - Dickens's "Oliver Twist" and "Our mutual friend" - Disraeli's "Coningsby and Tancred" - George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda". The author, David Philipson (August 9, 1862 – June 29, 1949) was an American Reform rabbi, orator, and author. The son of German-Jewish immigrants, he was a member of the first graduating class of the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. As an adult, he was one of the leaders of American Reform Judaism and a philanthropic leader in his adopted hometown of Cincinnati. Subjects: Jews in literature. English fiction - History and criticism. Judenbild. Literatur. Geschichte 1580-1880. Light rubbing to edges of cloth, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (AMR-44-20) (ID #31558) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


161. Rosenberg, Edgar. FROM SHYLOCK TO SVENGALI; JEWISH STEREOTYPES IN ENGLISH FICTION. Stanford, Calif; Stanford University Press, 1960. Original Cloth. 8vo. 388 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Important study examining the two antipodes of the fictional Jewish image, the Jew as devil and the Jew as saint, in a few novelists - Maria Edgeworth, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, George Eliot, and George DuMaurier - with extended glances at a few playwrights - Marlowe, Shakespeare and Cumberland. Contents: Rise of the Jew-villain - Advent of the saintly Jew: Cumberland and Edgeworth - pt. 2: Stereotypes - Jew as clown and the Jew's daughter: Scott - Jew as bogey: Dickens - Jew as parasite: Trollope and Bulwer - Jew as hero and Isaiah reborn: Eliot - pt. 3: Myth - Evolution of the wandering Jew - Jew as sorceror: Monk Lewis and Godwin - Jew as degenerate and artist: Du Maurier - What news on the Rialto?. Subjects: Jews in literature. English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism. Shylock (Fictitious character) Roman anglais - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique. Juifs dans la littérature. English fiction. Jews. Literature. Shylock (Fictitious character) Criticism, interpretation, etc. Institutional styamps on endpages and title page; otherwise very clean and fresh in great jacket. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-31) (ID #34258) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


162. Schneider, Rebecca. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE FICTION OF AMERICA AND ENGLAND. Albany; New York State Library School, 1916. Original Publisher's wrappers, 8vo. 41 pages. 25 cm. First Edition. A descriptive bibliography "submitted to the New York state library school as one of its graduation requirements, by a member of the class of 1914. As indicated by the title, it attempts to include all fiction, in book form, touching upon Jewish life, that has been written in English in England and America. It is not a selected list but contains all material of which the compiler was able to get any trace. With few exceptions it is arranged by the country in which the scene of the story is laid and it is followed by an author and title index. " Subjects: Jewish fiction - Bibliography. Jews - Social life and customs - Bibliography. American fiction - Bibliography. English fiction - Bibliography. Spine rebacked, otherwise Very good condition. (AMR-44-1) (ID #34334) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


163. Shatzky, Joel; Michael Taub. CONTEMPORARY JEWISH-AMERICAN NOVELISTS: A BIO-CRITICAL SOURCEBOOK. Westport, Conn; Greenwood Press, 1997. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XXXI, 506 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Edited by Joel Shatzky and Michael Taub; with a foreword by Daniel Walden; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor. “This reference book includes alphabetically arranged entries for more than 75 Jewish-American novelists whose major works were largely written after World War II. Included are entries for both well-known and relatively obscure novelists, many of whom are just becoming established as significant literary figures. While the volume profiles major canonical figures such as Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, and Bernard Malamud, it also aims to be more inclusive than other works on contemporary Jewish-American writers. Thus there are entries for gay and lesbian novelists such as Lev Raphael and Judith Katz, whose works challenge the more orthodox definitions of Jewish religious and cultural traditions; Art Speigelman, whose controversial ‘Maus’ established a new genre by combining elements of the comic book and the conventional novel; and newcomers such as Steve Stern and Max Apple, who have become more prominent within the last decade. Each entry includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the novelist's critical reception, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. A thoughtful introduction summarizes Jewish-American fiction after World War II, and a selected, general bibliography lists additional sources for information. ” (Publishers description) Subjects: American fiction - Jewish authors - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries. American fiction - 20th century - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries. American fiction - Jewish authors - Dictionaries. American fiction - 20th century - Dictionaries. Jews in literature -Dictionaries. Roman américain -- Auteurs juifs - Biobibliographie - Dictionnaires anglais. Roman américain - 20e siècle - Biobibliographie - Dictionnaire anglais. Juifs dans la littérature - Dictionnaires anglais. Holocaust historian David Kranzler’s review copy, with his highlighting in introduction. Otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-7) (ID #31911) $95.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


164. Sinsheimer, Hermann. SHYLOCK; DIE GESCHICHTE EINER FIGUR. München; Ner-Tamid-Verlag, 1960. Original Cloth. 8vo. 215 pages. 25 cm. First German edition. In German. Important study of Shakespeare’s Shylock, first published in English by Victor Gollancz in 1947, as 'Shylock: The History of a Character or the Myth of the Jew'. Bibliography: p. 211-213. Hermann Sinsheimer (1883-1950), a renowned German-Jewish theatre critic, he left for Palestine in 1938, and moved on to London shortly thereafter, living there for the rest of his days as a writer and critic. Subjects: Shylock (Fictitious character) Jews in literature. Jews. Literature. Shylock (Fictitious character) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare, William. Shylock. The merchant of Venice. Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William). Light soiling to cloth, some pen marks from previous owner on endpage and title page, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-30) (ID #34257) $30.00.

 

 

HEBREW LITERATURE

 

 


165. Attia, Ali Mohamed Abd El-Rahman. THE HEBREW PERIODICAL HA-SHILOAH (1896-1919): ITS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE. Jerusalem; Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1991. Hardback. 8vo. 228 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Includes facsimile title page in Hebrew and German. Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D. --University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1979). Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-221) and index. “Ali Mohammed Abd El-Rahman Attia surveys the Hebrew Periodical Ha-Shiloah in Europe during the years 1896-1919 and traces its impact on the development of Modern Hebrew literature. The work opens with a description of the Hebrew literature scene in Europe prior to the publication of Ha-Shiloah, and follows the fate of the periodical during its first period (1896-1902) under the editorship of Ahad Ha'Am. The author describes in detail Ahad Ha'AM editorial policy, the controversy with the 'Young Writers' and financial and administrative problems faced by the editor of the stuggling journal. The period 1903-1919 during which Ha-Shiloah was edited by Joseph Klausner with Haim Nahman Bialik as co-editor, constitutes the second part of the work. A chapter is devoted to a comparison between Ha-Shiloah and Ha-Shahar, and the author concludes his study with a discussion on the contribution of Ha-Shiloah to Hebrew journalism at the end of the nineteenth century. ” - Publishers Description. Subjects: Ahad Ha-am - Ha-Shiloah. Hebrew literature, Modern - History and criticism. Hebrew periodicals - History. Shiloah. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-53) (ID #34281) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


166. Halkin, Simon. HEBREW LITERATURE IN PALESTINE. New York; American Fund For Palestinian Institutions, [1945]. Original Wraps. 16mo. 48 pages. 15 cm. First edition. Early survey in English of Hebrew literature in Palestine in the period after the beginnings of modern Hebrew literature and zionism. The author, Simon Halkin (1898-1987), worked as an English teacher in Tel Aviv from 1932 to 1939, but then returned to America, to become professor of Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He made his final move to Israel in 1949, when he succeeded Joseph Klausner as Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature and became head of the department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After retiring from the Hebrew University he served as a professor of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He translated William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and other writers from English into Hebrew. Subjects: Hebrew literature, Modern - History and criticism. Hebrew literature - Palestine - History and criticism. OCLC lists 21 copies. Exceedinly fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-57) (ID #34285) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


167. Klausner, Joseph. עדה ועדות : מגילות־קדומים ממדבר יהודה KITSUR TOLDOT HA-SIFRUT HA-‘IVRIT HA-HADASHAH (1781-1934). [Tel Aviv]; Moledet, 1934. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 192, [4] pages. 20 cm. Second Hebrew edition, revised. “A Short History of Modern Hebrew Literature (1781-1934) ”, updated and expanded from the 1920 first Hebrew edition (comprising a translation of the 1900 Russian edition, “Novo-evreiskai’a’ literature”). Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (1874–1958), “literary critic, historian, and Zionist…. He took an active part in the Va'ad ha-Lashon, the Academy of the Hebrew Language, first as scientific secretary, then as editor of its proceedings, and later as president. He continued to act as editor of Ha-Shilo'ah when it was revived in Erez Israel…. When the Hebrew University was established, to his disappointment he was not appointed to the chair of Jewish history, as his views were considered too secular, but was appointed to the chair of Hebrew literature. It was only in 1944, at the age of 70, that he was appointed to the chair of the History of the Second Temple, endowed by his friends and admirers. From 1950 until shortly before his death he acted as editor in chief of the Encyclopaedia Hebraica and was responsible for volumes 2–5 and 7–8. He published his autobiography in 1946 (enlarged edition 1955). […] Despite his own methodological deficiencies and the fact that great progress has since been made in methods of literary criticism, Klausner's work remains a notable landmark in modern Hebrew literary criticism. ” (EJ 2007) Subjects: Hebrew literature, Modern - History and criticism. OCLC lists 14 copies. Light wear to cloth, pages aged, with some brittle edges and folded corners, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (MX-36-16) (ID #31180) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


168. Patterson, David. THE HEBREW NOVEL IN CZARIST RUSSIA. Edinburgh; University Press, 1964. Original Cloth. 8vo. VI, 316 pages. 23 cm. First edition. This volume studies the work of Hebrew novelists following the death of Abraham Mapu in 1867. These twenty years correspond with the last phase of the Hebrew movement of Enlightenment, the Haskalah. Compounded of fantasy and realism, primitive in structure and characterization, and concerned for the most part with conditions of contemporary Jewish life within the Jewish Pale of Settlement in Czarist Russia, these works shed much light on the development of modern Hebrew literature, as well as the social history of the era. The author, David Patterson (1922-2005) was the emeritus president of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and an emeritus fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford. Erratum slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-308) and index. Subjects: Hebrew fiction - Russia - 19th century - History and criticism. Jews in literature. Hebrew fiction. Jews. Literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Very fresh and clean. Great condition in great jacket. An outstanding copy. (BIBLIOG-35-54) (ID #34282) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


169. Silberschlag, Eisig. SCORPION CRITICISM IN MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]. [New York; Menorah Journal], 1945. Original Wraps. 8vo. Pages [41-56] (ie. 16 pages total). 25 cm. First seperate edition. Offprint. 'Reprinted from the Menorah Journal Vol. XXXIII, No. 1 (Spring 1945) '. Inscribed on first page, dedicated to Dr. Joshua Bloch, from the author. This essay addresses the 'scorpion criticism' or 'bitter criticism which Hebrew writers leveled at their people', in the works of Abraham Mapu, Judah Leib Gordon, Peretz Smolenskin, David Frischmann, Micah Berdyczewski, and Hayyim Bialik; the author draws extensive comparison to the role and limits of similar criticism in American and English literature (Mencken, Emerson, Byron). Subjects: Belles Lettres – Hebrew Literature – Literary Criticism. Hebrew Literature – Menorah Journal – Offprint. None on OCLC, though one copy housed at YIVO. Light soiling to wraps, with small chip to upper right edges; folded, but never stapled, so leaves loose, as issued. Internally clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-52) (ID #34280) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


170. Yaari, Abraham. הספרות היפה בעברית (המקורית והמתורגמת) : מר׳ משה יים לוצטו עד היום הזה : רשימת ספרים הנמצאים בבית־הספרים HA-SIFRUT HA-YAFAH BE-IVRIT (HA-MEKORIT VEHA-METURGEMET): ME-R. MOSHEH HAYIM LUTSATO AD HA-YOM (489-686): RESHIMAT HA-SEFARIM HA-NIMTSA IM BEVETHA-SEFARIM. Yerushalayim; Hotsa'at Bet Ha-Sefarim Ha-Le'umi Veha-Universita'i, 1927. Original Wraps. 4to. VIII, 330 pages. 26 cm. First edition. Includes Abraham Yaari's Miluchim la-bibliyografyah. Subjects: Hebrew literature, Modern - Bibliography. Hebrew literature, Modern. Bibliography. OCLC lists 29 copies. Wraps soiled, bumped, torn at edges; internally very clean and fresh. Pages uncut, never before read. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-2) (ID #34295) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


171. Yaari, Abraham. הספרות היפה בעברית MILU IM LA-BIBLIYOGRAFYAH SHEL HA-SIFRUT HA-YAFAH BE- IVRIT. Yerushalayim; Bet Ha-Sefarim, 1928. Original Wraps. 8vo. 36 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Hadpasah meyuhedet min ha-riv'on "Kiryat sefer" shanah 6 hoveret 1 u-2. Bibliography of 282 items of Hebrew Belles Lettres. Reprinted from Kiryat Sefer. Subjects: Hebrew literature, Modern - Bibliography. Hebrew literature, Modern. Bibliography. OCLC lists 3 copies (Harvard, OSU, Florida). Wraps worn, pages uncut, never before read; internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-1) (ID #34294) $200.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

YIDDISH LITERATURE

 

 


172. Abramowicz, Dina. ענגלישע איבערזעצונגען פון ײדישער ליטעראטור ENGLISHE IBERZETSUNGEN FUN YIDISHER LITERATUR; BIKHER AROYSGEGEBENE 1945-1967 = YIDDISH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION; BOOKS PUBLISHED 1945-1967. New York; Yivo Institute For Jewish Research, 1967. Original Wraps. 4to. 35, [1] pages. 29 cm. First edition. In English and Yiddish. With 10 page introduction about Yiddish translations into English, bibliography of items in translation listed alphabetically by author, with addenda for translations published 1966-1967; contains one page Yiddish synopsis at rear. A second edition was issued in 1969, with four added pages of supplementary material from 1968. Dina Abramowicz (1909-2000) “Renowned for her remarkable skills as a reference librarian, Dina Abramowicz built an impressive library collection at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, where she worked since 1947. Her scholarship and expertise, praised by readers and writers alike, were celebrated by both library and cultural achievement awards. ” - Jewish Women's Archive. Subjects: Yiddish literature - Translations into English - Bibliography. Vertalingen. Yiddish literature - Translations into English. Bibliography. Light soiling and minor pen marks to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-19) (ID #34245) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


173. Abramowicz, Dina. ענגלישע איבערזעצונגען פון ײדישער ליטעראטור ENGLISHE IBERZETSUNGEN FUN YIDISHER LITERATUR; BIKHER AROYSGEGEBENE 1945-1967 = YIDDISH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION; BOOKS PUBLISHED 1945-1967. 2nd expanded edition. New York; Yivo Institute For Jewish Research, 1968. Original Wraps. 4to. 39, [1] pages. 29 cm. Second edition. Includes supplementary list of Translations for the Period Ending April, 1968. In English and Yiddish. With 10 page introduction about Yiddish translations into English, bibliography of items in translation listed alphabetically by author, with addenda for translations published 1966-1968; contains one page Yiddish synopsis at rear. Dina Abramowicz (1909-2000) “Renowned for her remarkable skills as a reference librarian, Dina Abramowicz built an impressive library collection at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, where she worked since 1947. Her scholarship and expertise, praised by readers and writers alike, were celebrated by both library and cultural achievement awards. ” - Jewish Women's Archive. Subjects: Yiddish literature - Translations into English - Bibliography. Vertalingen. Yiddish literature - Translations into English. Bibliography. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-19A) (ID #34246) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


174. Gorin, Bernard (Pseudonym Of Van Isaac Goido). DI GESHIKHTE FUN IDISHEN TEATER. New York; "forverts", 1929. Publishers cloth. 8vo. [3], 256; [4], 282 pages. 21 cm. “Special edition”. Two volumes bound together. Reprint of 1918 Literarisher Ferlag edition with addition of list (by author) of Yiddish plays. Bound in green cloth with gilt title, includes frontispiece portrait of the author and dozens of photographs of Yiddish stage writers and performers. “The first history of Jewish theater was not published until decades after the beginnings of the professional Yiddish stage. Its author was the journalist Bernard Gorin (Yitskhok Goydo; 1868–1925); his work was titled Di geshikhte fun yidishn teater: Tsvey toyznt yor teater bay yidn (The History of Jewish Theater: Two Thousand Years of Theater among Jews; 1918). ” (YIVO Encyclopedia). Subjects: Jewish theater - History. Theater, Yiddish - History. Ex-library. Cloth lightly soiled, edges lightly bumped, endpages lightly browned, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (ART-18-16A) (ID #31734) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


175. Gorin, Bernard (Pseudonym Of Van Isaac Goido). DI GESHIKHTE FUN IDISHEN TEATER. New York; "forverts", 1929. Publishers cloth. 8vo. [3], 256; [4], 282 pages. 21 cm. “Special edition”. Two volumes bound together. Reprint of 1918 Literarisher Ferlag edition with addition of list (by author) of Yiddish plays. Bound in green cloth with gilt title, includes frontispiece portrait of the author and dozens of photographs of Yiddish stage writers and performers. “The first history of Jewish theater was not published until decades after the beginnings of the professional Yiddish stage. Its author was the journalist Bernard Gorin (Yitskhok Goydo; 1868–1925); his work was titled Di geshikhte fun yidishn teater: Tsvey toyznt yor teater bay yidn (The History of Jewish Theater: Two Thousand Years of Theater among Jews; 1918). ” (YIVO Encyclopedia). Subjects: Jewish theater - History. Theater, Yiddish - History. Cloth lightly soiled, edges lightly bumped, endpages lightly browned, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (ART-18-16/A) (ID #30508/31734) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


176. Niger, Samuel. DERTSEYLERS UN ROMANISTN. Nyu York: Tsiko Bikher Farlag, 1946. Publishers Cloth. 530, [1] pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Title page verso: Dertzeilers un Romanistn; Short Story Writers and Novelists. "Ershter band. " No more published. “Shmuel (Samuel) Niger (1883-1955), pen name of Samuel Charney (Niger is the Latin equivalent for the Polish word "czarny" meaning black), a major Yiddish literary critic and historian and leading communal leader. ” (YIVO) This volume is a collection of Niger’s review essays and literary criticism, published in light of the Catastrophe; considered an unwieldy volume by critics, but meant to take note of where Yiddish literary endeavors were presently placed. Subjects: Authors, Yiddish - Biography. (ID #31711) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


177. Pines, Meir; Baal-Makhshoves. די געשיכטע פון דער יודישער ליטעראטור : ביז׳ן יאהר 1890 DI GESHIKHTE FUN DER YUDISHER LITERATUR: BIZ'N YOHR 1890. Varsha; B. Shimin, 1911. Original Cloth. 8vo. 234; 210 pages. 23 cm. First Yiddish edition. Two Volumes in One. In Yiddish. Translated into Yiddish, and edited, by Baal-Makhshoves. The original appeared as the author's thesis, Univ. De Paris, 1910. Translation of Histoire de la litterature judeo-allemande. Contains material on the Yiddish theatre. Meyer Isser Pines (1881 or 1882–1942?), “leader of the Territorialist movement in his youth, Yiddish writer, and journalist. Born in Mogilev, Russia, Pines grew up in Rozinay, Grodno district. He received his doctorate for his dissertation, Histoire de la littérature judéo-allemande (Paris, 1911), which was translated into Yiddish (Warsaw, 1911), Russian, and German. Israel Zinberg and Ber Borochov stamped the work as dilettantish, a judgment held also by later scholars. Pines is presumed to have died in a Russian deportation camp sometime after 1942.” - (Leonard Prager, EJ). Subjects: Yiddish literature - History and criticism. Yiddish literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Light soiling to cloth and outer edges; internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-14) (ID #34240) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


178. Szajkowski, Zosa. קאטאלאג פון דער אויסשטעלונג הונדערט יאר יידישע פרעסע אין אמעריקע KATALOG FUN DER OYSSHTELUNG MORIS ROZENFELD (1862-1923) UN ZAYN TSAYT. Nyu York; Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut, 1962. Original paper wraps. 4to. 3, 76 Leaves. 28 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Catalogue of the YIVO exhibition organized on the anniversary of Morris Rosenfeld's 100th birthday: Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923) and His Time, compiled by Z. Szajkowski, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, N. Y. A shorter English language exhibition catalogue was also issued this year. Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923), was a celebrated Yiddish poet of the ghetto and sweatshops. Subjects: Rosenfeld, Morris, 1862-1923 - Anniversaries, etc. Rosenfeld, Morris, 1862-1923 - Exhibitions. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (YID-16-26) (ID #30828) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


179. Wiener, M. צו דער געשיכטע פון דער יידישער ליטעראטור אין 19-טן יאָרהונדערט : עטיודן און מאטעריאלן TSU DER GESHIKHTE FUN DER YIDISHER LITERATUR IN 19-TN YOHRHUNDERT: ETYUDN UN MATERYALN [ERSHTER BAND]. New York; Ikuf Farlag, 1945. Original Cloth. 8vo. 366, [2] pages. 21 cm. First edition. Volume one only. Meir Wiener (1893–1941), “Yiddish and German writer, critic, and literary scholar. … Wiener’s Yiddish literary scholarship, most of which was posthumously collected in the two-volume set Tsu der geshikhte fun der yidisher literatur in 19tn yorhundert (On the History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century; 1945), focused on the Haskalah authors Yisroel Aksenfeld and Shloyme Ettinger, as well as Mendele Moykher-Sforim and Sholem Aleichem (although he did write about the work of some of his contemporaries as well). Placing Yiddish literature in the context of European cultural history enabled Wiener to apply the Marxist scheme of literary development to the Yiddish case. ” - YIVO Encyclopedia. Subjects: Yiddish literature - History and criticism. Yiddish literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Light wear to cloth, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-15) (ID #34241) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


180. Yivo Institute For Jewish Research. BIBLIOGRAFISHE YORBIKHER. BD. 1; 1926. TSUGAB: BIKHER UN NAY-GEGRINDETE PERYODISHE OYSG. IN 1927 = YEARBOOK OF YIDDISH BIBLIOGRAPHY; ROCZNIKI BIBLJOGRAFJI ZYD. INSTYTUTU NAUKOWEGO. COMPLETE. Varshe; Farlag Kulturlige, 1928. Original Wraps. 8vo. XXIII, 446 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. At rear, includes title page in English and Polish, with introductory matter in English and Polish. Yearbook of Yiddish Bibliography, encompassing all Yiddish periodicals, Yiddish books, articles on literature, science, and art published in periodicals, published in 1926; and periodicals published in 1927, and books edited in 1927. This is the first and only volume of the Bibliografishe yorbikher (Bibliographic Yearbooks), published by the Bibliographic Commission, one of several subdivisions of the Philological Section of the YIVO. This department was charged with recording, and if possible collecting, all new publications in Yiddish and related material written in other languages. In 1927, the renamed Bibliographic Center became an independent unit of the institute, devoted to current books and journals. 1, 000 copies were published (title page verso). Subjects: Jews - Bibliography - Periodicals. Yiddish literature -Bibliography - Periodicals. OCLC lists 16 copies. Spine previously rebacked, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-61) (ID #31967) $300.00.

 

 

SERIALS AND THE JEWISH PRESS

 

 


181. Bunis, David M; Andrew Sunshine. YIDDISH LINGUISTICS: A CLASSIFIED BILINGUAL INDEX TO YIDDISH SERIALS AND COLLECTIONS, 1913-1958. New York; Garland Pub, 1994. Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xv, 194 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish and English. Printed under the auspices of the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, New York. Extensive bilingual bibliography of 762 scholarly publications on Yiddish Linguistics from the first half of the twentieth century; compiled by David Bunis, specialist in the history of Jewish Languages and Literatures of Sephardic and Oriental Jewry. Subjects: Yiddish language - Bibliography. Linguistik. Jiddisch Yiddish language; Bibliography. Light wear to cloth, otherwise near fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-44) (ID #31949) $35.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


182. Niger, Samuel. דער פנקס : יאהרבוך פאר דער געשיכטע פון דער יודישער ליטעראטור און שפראך, פאר פאלקלאר, קריטיק און ביבליאגראפיע : ערשטער יאהרגאנג DER PINKES: YOHRBUKH FAR DER GESHIKHTE FUN DER YUDISHER LITERATUR UN SHPRAKH, FAR FOLKLOR, KRITIK UN BIBLIOGRAFYE: ERSHTER YOHRGANG [COMPLETE, NO MORE ISSUED]. Vilne; B. A. Kletskin, 1913. Original Cloth. 4to. 410, 66 Columns. 28 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. First and only issue of Der Pinkes Yohrbukh far der geshikhte fun der yudisher literatur un shprakh, far folklor, kritik, un bibliografye (Annals: Yearbook for the History of Yiddish Literature and Language, Folklore, Criticism, and Bibliography). Der pinkes (The Record Book), a volume that laid the foundations for the scholarly study of the Yiddish language and literature. An impressive volume, large in format, hardbound, with gilt lettering on the front cover and the impress of the publisher, Vilner ferlag B. A. Kletskin, on the back. Contains “Di oyfgabn fun der der yidisher filologye” (The Tasks of Yiddish Philology) by Ber Borokhov, Samuel Niger's 'Yiddish Literature and the Woman Reader', reviews of the theatre by Shloyme Ettinger and Avrom Goldfadn, a compendium of 'The Repertoire of the Jewish Theater in America Until the 1912 Season, ' 'The Repertoire of the Jewish Theater in Russia Until 1912'; further articles on the Yiddish Press, Yiddish Book Market, Folklore, etc. Subjects: Yiddish literature - History and criticism. Yiddish language - History and criticism. Yiddish language - Bibliography. Yiddish language. Yiddish literature. Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 11 copies. Backstrip torn, upper portion absent; hinges starting; pages lightly wavy; otherwise clean and fresh. Other than binding, good - condition. (BIBLIOG-35-47A) (ID #34275) $45.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


183. Cahan, L, editor. PINKES [PINKOS] FERTLIORIKER ZSHURNAL FAR YIDISHER LITERATURGESHIKHTE, SHPRAKHFORSHUNG, FOLKLOR UN BIBLIOGRAFIE. Four Issues. Band 1, nr. 1-2; 3; 4; Band 2, Nr 1. [COMPLETE] New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute [YIVO], American Branch [Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut; Amerikaner sektsie], 1927-29. Original Cloth and Wraps, Large 8vo. In Yiddish. Four loose issues. This periodical survived only 2 volumes, ending with vol. 2, Nr. 1 in 1929. A quarterly devoted to the study of Yiddish literature, language, folklore and bibliography. SUBJECT(S): Yiddish philology -- Periodicals. Yiddish language -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 20 holdings worldwide. Not in Shunami. Wear to cloth, hinges repaired, but good solid copy of this important Yiddish literary and linguistic journal. (CT-15-2) (ID #34197) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


184. Cahan, L, editor. PINKES [PINKOS] FERTLIORIKER ZSHURNAL FAR YIDISHER LITERATURGESHIKHTE, SHPRAKHFORSHUNG, FOLKLOR UN BIBLIOGRAFIE. Three issues, complete for vol I (1-2, 3 & 4).New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute [YIVO], American Branch [Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut; Amerikaner sektsie], 1927-28. Original Wraps, Large 8vo. Heavy wear to one cover, but solid. important Yiddish literary and linguistic journal. (CT-15-1) (ID #34193) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


185. Cahan, L, editor. PINKES [PINKOS] FERTLIORIKER ZSHURNAL FAR YIDISHER LITERATURGESHIKHTE, SHPRAKHFORSHUNG, FOLKLOR UN BIBLIOGRAFIE. 2 Issues. Band 1, nrs 3; 4;. New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute [YIVO], American Branch [Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut; Amerikaner sektsie], 1927-29. Original Wraps, Large 8vo. Good Condition (CT-15-2A) (ID #34292) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


186. Flinker, Dovid; Mordecai Tsanin; Sholom Rosenfeld. DI YIDDISHE PRESSE VOS IZ GEVEN. Tel-Aviv: Veltfarband Fun Di Yiddishe Zhurnalistn, 1975. Cloth, oblong 4to, 688 23950pages. In Yiddish. Illustrated with photographs, and facsimiles throughout. An extensive history of the Yiddish press throughout Europe. Includes profiles of editors and essays on the periodicals and publications. Dustjacket shows some edge wear, otherwise very good condition (BIBLIOG-34-14) (ID #32125) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


187. Another Copy. No Dust jacket. Some wear to covers, otherwise very good condition (BIBLIOG-34-15/bib-7-20) (ID #32126/23950) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


188. Karasik, Vladimir. עתונים, כתבי עת ופרסומים יהודיים רוסיה EVREISKIE PERIODICHESKIE IZDANIIA ROSSIIA, 1960-1994 = JEWISH PERIODICALS IN RUSSIA, 1960-1994 = ITONIM, KITVE 'ET U-FIRSUMIM YEHUDIYIM, RUSYAH, 1960-1994. Tel-Aviv; Tel-Avivskii Universitet, Institut Izucheniia Evreiskoi Pressy, 1994. Original Wraps. 4to. 94, 91, 86 pages. 28 cm. First edition. In Russian, English, and Hebrew. Singerman, Jewish Serials of the World, #1333. Trilingual bibliography (in Russian, Hebrew and English) of the Jewish press, including the Samizdat output. 'Jewish Periodicals in Russia 1960-1994, ' compiled by Vladimir Karasik and published in Tel Aviv in 1994. Offering more than basic bibliographic information, this guide includes reproductions of mastheads and front pages, as well as explanatory notes. 'Jewish Periodicals in Russia' covers four distinct Soviet publishing eras: 1960-69, when the Soviet regime banned open expressions of Zionism; 1970-89, when censors banned illegal Jewish publications; 1989-91, during glasnost when Jews openly published periodicals; and 1992-94. Subjects: Jewish periodicals - Soviet Union - Bibliography. Jewish newspapers - Soviet Union - Bibliography. Jewish periodicals - Former Soviet republics - Bibliography. Jewish newspapers - Former Soviet republics - Bibliography. Russian periodicals - Bibliography. Russian newspapers - Bibliography. Jewish newspapers. Jewish periodicals. Russian newspapers. Russian periodicals. OCLC lists 21 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-34) (ID #34261) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


189. Pevsner, Zalman; David Idelovitch. KOVETS MAAMARIM LE-DIVRE YEME HA-`ITONUT BE-ERETS YISRAEL. VOLUME 2 (ONLY). Tel Aviv: Salomon's Press, 1936. 8vo. 224 pages. In Hebrew. Illustrated. English title: Kovets maamarim (Collection of articles) on the history of newspapers in Palestine SUBJECT(S): Hebrew newspapers; Hebrew periodicals. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Covers edgeworn and rubbed, postage stamp on title page, good condition. (GER-29-1) (ID #20376) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


190. Shatzky, Jacob. זאמלבוך לכבוד דעם צוויי הונדערט און פופציקסטן יובל פון דער יידישער פרעסע, 1686־1936 ZAMLBUKH LE-KOVED DEM TSVEY HUNDERT UN FUFTSIKSTN YOYVL FUN DER YIDISHER PRESE, 1686-1936 = JUBILEE VOLUME IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE YIDDISH PRESS (1686-1936). Nyu-York; Aroysgegebn Fun Amaptayl Fun Yidishn Visenshaftlekhn Institut, 1937. Original Cloth. 8vo. 334, 20 pages. 20 cm. First edition. Prese-zamlbukh, 1686-1936. Jubilee volume for 250 years of the Yiddish Press, with 20 pages of fascimile illustrations of newspaper titles and clippings, numerous articles on the history of the yiddish press in various countries; includes extensive bibliographies of items. The editor, and author of many of the essays in the jubilee volume, Jacob Shatzky (1893-1956) was an historian, literary and theater critic, editor, bibliographer, lexicographer, lecturer, teacher and librarian. Published by the American branchof the YIVO in New York, called Amopteyl (Amerikaner opteyl). Subjects: Yiddish newspapers. Yiddish periodicals. Journalism - Jews – History. Some tearing to edges of backstrip, internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-44) (ID #34271) $55.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


191. Soltes, Mordecai. THE YIDDISH PRESS, AN AMERICANIZING AGENCY. New York City; Teachers College, Columbia University, 1925. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 242 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Originally written as the author’s dissertation at Colombia University, serialized in the American Jewish year book, volume 26, September 29, 1924, to September 18, 1925, pages165-372. “Moredecai Soltes (1893-1957) was a Jewish author and educator. He wrote the The Yiddish Press: An Americanizing Agency, and served as chairman of National Committee for the Jewish Book Week. Soltes was also on the executive staff of the National Jewish Welfare Board, and served as Director of Education from 1925-1944. He was the Executive Director and Professor of Community Service at Yeshiva University's School of Education and Community Administration from 1944-1957.”(Guide to the Mordecai Soltes Papers; Yeshiva University) Subjects: Yiddish newspapers. Americanization. Light wear to cloth and outer edges. Internally fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-32-7) (ID #31848) $30.00.

 

 

 

SONCINO-GESELLSCHAFT

 

 


192. Meyer, Hermann. Editor. SONCINO-BLÄTTER: BEITRÄGE ZUR KUNDE DES JÜDISCHEN BUCHES BAND I. Heft III. Berlin, Soncino-Gesellschaft Der Freunde Des Judischen Buches E. V, 1925. Hardcover, 4to. 153-266 pages. Articles on Jewish books and Jewish printing history, by scholars such as Professor Alexander Marx. Some topics include: Literature on Hebrew incunabula -- Hebrew prints and printers from Great Poland -- A strange Hebrew imprint -- A collection of autographs and Portat Jewish Personalities -- Simon Dubnow essays and writings -- Hebrew Manuscripts of the National Library in Vienna. No copies listed on OCLC. Old dampstains to margin of front cover and first 10 leaves, otherwise Good Condition. (SPEC-29-20A) (ID #34331) $45.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


193. Weil, Dr. Gotthold. AUS EINEM BRIEFE JOHN LOCKES. Berlin: Soncino-Gesellschaft, No Date [1920s]. Paper wrappers, 4to, From series "Sonderdruck aus den Soncino-Blattern" (p. 199-208). In German and Hebrew. Illustrated. Gotthold Weill was an "Orientalist. Born in Berlin, Weil began his academic career at the Berlin State Library in 1906, and in 1918 became director of its Oriental department, which he had founded. Teaching post-biblical Jewish history and literature at Berlin University from 1912, he was appointed professor in 1920. In 1931 he was appointed professor of Semitic languages at the University of Frankfurt, in succession to Josef Horovitz. Weil was dismissed by the Nazis with the rest of his Jewish colleagues in 1934. From 1935 to 1946 he was head of the National and University Library in Jerusalem and also held the chair of Turkish studies at The Hebrew University (to 1952). Weil's main field was Arabic studies, but he had wider Jewish interests as well and was on the board of various Jewish cultural institutions in Germany, and a governor of The Hebrew University. World War I directed his interest to Turkish studies...In 1953 he published Maimonides Responsum ueber die Lebensdauer (text with German translation). On the occasion of his 70th birthday a Festschrift was issued by the Institute for Oriental Studies of The Hebrew University. " (Kopf, EJ, 2007). Covers chipped and sunned. Otherwise good condition. (BIB-7-14) (ID #23944) $60.00.

 

 

AMERICANA

 

 


194. Abc-Clio Information Services. THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA: A HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. Santa Barbara, Calif; Abc-Clio, 1983. Publishers cloth. 8vo. VI, 190 pages. 24 cm. First edition. "Compiled from the periodicals database of the American Bibliographical Center by editors at ABC-Clio Information Services, Inc. " With detailed abstracts for 827 articles published from 1973 to 1979 from over 2, 000 journals worldwide. Subjects: Jews - North America - History - Bibliography. Jews - United States - Abstracts. Juifs - États-Unis - Résumés analytiques. Juifs - États-Unis - Bibliographie. Joden. Immigranten. United States - Ethnic relations - Abstracts. Light shelf wear, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-8) (ID #31912) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


195. Erlich, Henryk; Raphael R. Abramovitch. DER "FORVERTS" UN DER "BUND". [New York]; Bundishn Klub In Nyu-York, 1935. Original Wraps. 8vo. 48 pages. 22 cm. ‘The Forverts and the Bund’, and The Bund in Poland’. Reprints with an introduction, of two articles published in Naye Folkstsaytung and Veker, Der "Forverts" und der "Bund" by H. Erlikh and Der "Bund" in Poyln by R. Abromovitsh, respectively. With four photos of Bund demonstrations in Poland. Subjects: Socialism. Socialism - Poland. Jews - Poland - Politics and government. Jews - United States - Politics and government. Ogolny Zydowski Zwiazek Robotniczy "Bund" w Polsce. Forverts. OCLC lists 8 copies. Rare. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (YID-19-37) (ID #31082) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


196. Marcus, Jacob Rader. AN INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY. Cincinnati; American Jewish Archives, 1971. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 240 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Publication of the American Jewish Archives, 7. Large two column index of scientific articles on American Jewish History, organized alphabetically by author, listings from over a dozen periodicals. Subjects: Jews - America - History - Periodicals - Indexes. Jews - North America - History – Bibliography. Scholars highlighting of half a dozen entries, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-9) (ID #31913) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


197. Morais, Henry Samuel. EMINENT ISRAELITES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Cincinnati, Ohio; American Hebrew Publishing House. Bloch Publishing Co, 1879. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 371 pages. 20 cm. First edition. Singerman #2935. Decorated endpages. Errata slip tipped in. Not to be confused with the far more common later 1880 edition. A series of 100 biographical sketches of the most renown Jewish personalities of the 19th century. Among them: Isaac Adolphe Cremieux, Isaac D'Israeli, Achille Fould, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jacques Offenbach, Henry de Worms, etc. "Seventy [of these sketches] have appeared seriatim in The Jewish record. " (Preface) Henry Morais was an “American writer and minister; born May 13, 1860, at Philadelphia, Pa; educated at private and public schools of that city. He received his religious instruction from his father, Sabato Morais. For about twelve years he was a teacher in the schools of the Hebrew Education Society and in the Hebrew Sabbath-schools of Philadelphia. Morais was the principal founder and for the first two years managing editor of the "Jewish Exponent. " He edited also "The Musical and Dramatic Standard" (Philadelphia) and "The Hebrew Watchword and Instructor" (ib.), and has been a frequent contributor to the Jewish and general press of the United States; he was on the reportorial and special staff of the "Philadelphia Public Ledger" almost four years. ” Subjects: Jews- Biography. OCLC lists 5 (American Antiquarian Society, UW Milwaukee, Univ. Of Toronto, Bar Ilan Univ, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin). Gift inscription on front end page, hinges starting, spine chipped. Very good condition. (AMR-43-13) (ID #31448) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


198. Rumball-Petre, Edwin A. R. 1881-1954. AMERICA'S FIRST BIBLES, WITH A CENSUS OF 555 EXTANT BIBLES. Portland, Me, Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1940. Original Cloth. 8vo. XI, 184 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Limited edition, one of 500 copies printed. Beautifully printed volume on the earliest complete bibles printed in America, with major focus on the typography and the lives of the book printers and translators. The author worked as a bookdealer, specializing in rare bibles from the period. Emphasises seventeenth century refugee bible printers and translators (various denominations). Contents: America's First Bible, America's First Bible in a European Language, Census of the First Saur Bible, First Bible printed on American Paper, Bibles Bullets and Bibliographers, First Bible Printed with American Type, First Bible Printed in the English Language, Rarest American Bible and its Printer, Certain Agreeable Experiences in the Making of a Bible Census, Bibles Associated with the Mayflower and George Washington, Importing Europe's First Bibles for America. Subjects: Bibliography. Bible - Bibliography. Bible. United States of America – Earliest Bibles. Americana – Bibles. Very clean and fresh; pages uncut, cloth wrapped in glassine protective paper, never before read. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-35-50) (ID #34278) $75.00.

 

 

RABBINICS

 

 


199. Gaster, Moses. ספר המעשיות : כולל אגדות וסיפורים מתוך קובץ כ"י ישן נושן...עם תרגום אנגלי ומבוא והוספות וצייונים ומראה מקומות ומפתח העניינים THE EXEMPLA OF THE RABBIS; BEING A COLLECTION OF EXEMPLA, APOLOGUES AND TALES CULLED FROM HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS AND RARE HEBREW BOOKS [INSCRIBED BY MOSES GASTER]. London, Leipzig; The Asia Pub. Co, 1924. Original Cloth. 8vo. XLV, 314, 208 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In English and Hebrew. The Asia Publishing Co. 's Oriental series. Section 3. Palestine (Hebrew); v. 1. "The book of exempla', Hebrew text": 208 p. At end. London: Probsthain & Co; Leipzig: O. Harrassowitz. Vol. 1 of 'The Asia Publishing Co. Oriental Series' edited by Bruno Schindler. The Exempla of the Rabbis being a Collection of Exempla, Apologues and Tales Culled from Hebrew Manuscripts and Rare Hebrew Books by Moses Gaster. Part I: Introduction, Translation, Literature and Index (in English). Part II: "The Book of Exempla" (Hebrew Text). Bibliographic study and translation of the Sefer ha-Maasiyot, containing 450 tales— 308 in the Hebrew text as well as in English summaries, and 142 in English summaries only. Written and inscribed by Moses Gaster (1856–1939), rabbi, scholar, Zionist leader, and Hakham of the Sephardic Communities of England. Subjects: Midrash. Exempla. Tales, Jewish. Bibliography. Attractively bound; light soiling to outer edges, otherwise superbly clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-6) (ID #34232) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


200. Jolles, Jacob Zevi Ben Naphtali. SEFER MELO HA-ROIM: KOLEL ASEFAT DEOT KOL HA-TANAIM VE-AMORAIM ASHER HEMAH MEHULAKIM BE-KHOL HA-DINIM SHEBA-TALMUD...: VE-OD LO HELEK SHENI MEDABER BE-MIDOT U-KHELALIM SHEHA-TORAH NIDRESHET BA-HEM; SHONEH HALAKHOT. Halbershtatt: Bi-Defus Yeruhum Fishl B. R. Tsevi, 1859. Hardcover, 8vo, 2 volumes in 1, 24 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S): Talmud -- Dictionaries -- Hebrew. Talmud -- Hermeneutics. Other Titles: Title on title page verso: Meloh haroim; Melo ha-roim. Jolles (1778-1825) was a “Galician talmudic scholar and kabbalist. Born in Przemysl, he served as rabbi in Glogow and Dinow. He leaned toward Hasidism, and was among the disciples of Jacob Isaac ha-Hozeh of Lublin. His most famous work was Melo ha-Ro’im, an encyclopedic work on the rules and principles of rabbinic law which made a great impression and was reprinted several times. His other published works are Hinnukh Beit Yehudah, a homiletic work in philosophic style; Kehillat Ya’akov, an encyclopedic treatment of kabbalistic topics; Emet le-Ya’akov, a homiletic work in hasidic style; Beit Va’ad le-Hakhamim, a directory of talmudic sages; Parashat Derakhim Zuta, homiletic discourses; Zikhron Ya’akov vi-Yhudah also consisting of homiletic discourses; and Yashresh Ya’akov, on Kabbalah. His notes and novellae on the Talmud are printed in the Vilna edition. Jolles composed many other books, but most of them have disappeared” (Kalish in EJ, 2007). OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Ex-library. Hinge repair. Stained pages. Text loss on top ½ inch of pages (until leaf 44). Bumped cover corners. Chipping to cover edges. Otherwise, good condition. (Heb-28-5) (ID #31299) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


201. Kasher, Menahem; Ya'akov Dov Mandelboim; Israel M Ta-Shma. שרי האלף : רשימת הספרים שבדפוס ומחבריהם...מזמן חתימת התלמוד, שנת ד״א ר״ס, עד שנת ה״א ר״ס, תקופת השלחן ערוך. בתוספת רשימת כל ספרי התנאים והאומוראים והמיוחסים להם SARE HA-ELEF: RESHIMAT HA-SEFARIM SHEBI-DEFUS U-MEHABREHEM...MI-ZEMAN HATIMAT HA-TALMUD, SHENAT 4260, 'AD SHENAT 5260, TEKUFAT HA-SHULHAN 'ARUKH. BE-TOSEFET RESHIMAT KOL SIFRE HA-TANA'IM V'EHA-AMORA'IM VEHA-MEYUHASIM LA-HEM. Nyu York; Mekhon Torah Shelemah, 1959. Original Cloth. 8vo. 15, 455 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added English title page: Sarei ha-elef; a millenium of Hebrew authors (4260-5260, 500-1500 CE): a complete bibliographical compendium of Hebraica written during the thousand-year period between the close of the Talmud and the beginning of the Shulhan Aruch. Subjects: Rabbinical literature - Bibliography. Rabbinical literature. Bibliography. Light wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-14) (ID #34307) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


202. Kasher, Menahem; Jacob Ber Mandelbaum. שרי האלף : רשימת הספרים שבדפוס ומחבריהם...מזמן חתימת התלמוד שנת ד״א ר״ס עד שנת ה״א ר״ס, תקופץ השלחן ערוך : בתוספת רשימת כל סופרי התנאים והאמוראים והמיוחסים להם SARE HA-ELEF: RISHIMAT HA-SEFARIM SHE-BIDEFUS U-MEHAVEREYHEM SHE-HAYU BI-TEKUFAH BAT ELEF SHANIM [TWO VOLUMES]. Yerushalayim; Bet Torah Shelemah, 1978. Original Cloth. 8vo. 11, 776 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. Two Volumes. In Hebrew. Added English title page: 'Sarei ha-elef. (New edition). A millenium of Hebrew authors (4260-5260: 500-1500 CE). A complete bibliographical compendium of Hebraica written during the thousand-year period between the close of the Talmud and the beginning of the Shulhan Aruch. All books extant are described and their authors listed. Appended hereto also is a complete listing of all Hebrew books extant created from post-Biblical times through the Talmudic-Midrashic period. The volume comprises seven divisions: 1. Post-Biblical literature. 2. Commentaries on the Pentateuch. 3. Commentaries on the Prophets and Writings. 4. Commentaries on the Talmud. 5. Responsa. 6. The Codes. 7. Others (grammar, philosophy, ethics, mysticism, etc.). Cross-indexed by author, title and subject. ' First published New York, 1959. Subjects: Rabbinical literature - Bibliography. Judaism - History - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 - Sources – Bibliography. Light wear to cloth, very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-36-13) (ID #34306) $135.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


203. Klatzkin, Jakob. OTSAR HA-MUNAHIM HA-FILOSOFIYIM = THESAURUS PHILOSOPHICUS LINGUAE HEBRAICAE ET VETERIE ET RECENTORIS [TWO VOLUMES ONLY: KEREKH 2, PARTS 1 AND 2]. Berlin; Hotsa'at Eshkol, 1928. Original Cloth. 8vo. 329; 338 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Hebrew; with some German, and added Latin title page. Two volumes only; Kerekh 2, Pars Prima (alef-chet), Pars Secunda (tet-mem). Kerekh 2 consists of a total of four volumes; with Kerekh 1, a total of five volumes were issued (1926-1933). A philosophical dictionary, Ozar ha-munnahim ha-Pilosofiyyim (4 vols, 1928–33), which contains the terminology of medieval religious philosophers. Compiled by Jacob Klatzkin (1882–1948), “author, philosopher, and Zionist. ” - EJ 2008. “Jacob Klatzkin's Otzar ha-munahim ha-filosofiyyim. Thesaurus philosophicus linguae hebraicae (Berlin, 1928-1933) remains unsurpassed to this day. Its stated objective was to enlarge modern Hebrew vocabulary in the field of speculation and reflection by restoring to use the many terms and expressions coined by medieval Hebrew translators. The Thesaurus includes 3042 entries, some 1200 pages in four volumes, plus one volume of texts. Klatzkin read through a very large number of philosophical works in Hebrew, mainly in print but also in manuscript, and collected the philosophical terms occurring in them. His philosophical lexicon is conceived as a Thesaurus in the strict sense of the word. A typical entry for a term is constructed as follows: (i) the term (vocalized); (ii) a very brief definition (in Hebrew); (iii) equivalent terms in other languages (especially German, occasionally also English, French, Latin, or Greek); and, most importantly, (iv) significant text extracts, in which the term occurs; (v) eventually, a list of related terms to be looked up elsewhere in the Thesaurus. Where a given term has more than one meaning, its different meanings are carefully distinguished. The very judiciously and cleverly chosen text extracts make Klatzkin's Thesaurus into an exceptionally valuable research tool. For over 80 years Klatzkin's work has been the indispensable companion of any student of Jewish intellectual life. ”- Philosophic and Scientific Hebrew Terminology – PESHAT. In original attractive green cloth binding with gilt title and borders, gilt upper outer edge; book ribbons. From the library of Joshua Bloch (without identifying marks). Subjects: Jewish philosophy. Philosophy - Terminology. Hebrew language - Terms and phrases. Light shelf wear to cloth; very fresh and clean. Great condition. (GER-44-50) (ID #33789) $175.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


204. Lampronti, Isaac Hezekiah Ben Samuel, 1679-1756. PAHAD YITSHAK: VE-HU ALFA BETA RABTA [VOLUMES THREE AND FOUR BOUND TOGETHER]. Venice; Yitshak Foa U-Shelomoh Ashkenazi Nella Stamperia Ventur / Reggio; Hananiah Elhanan Hay Kohen, Tipografia Della Societa, 5573, 1798-1813. Later Boards. Folio. [190; 273] pages. 40 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Volume three (Het-Tet) and four (Yod-Lamed) of Lampronti’s Pahad Yitzhak ("The Fear of Yitzhak"), a Talmudic encyclopedia. Volume three contains old facsimile title page consisting of a tracing of the original title page in blue ink; volume three also contains large fold out map, detailing the planned contents of the assorted volumes of the Pahad Yitzhak. Isaac B. Samuel Lampronti was an “Italian rabbi and physician; born Feb. 3, 1679, at Ferrara; died Nov. 16, 1756. …Lampronti's life-work was his famous rabbinical encyclopedia ‘Pahad Yitshak' (name derived from Gen. Xxxi. 42), the material for which he had begun to collect as early as his student days at Mantua, and on which he worked during his whole life. When he decided, in his old age, to publish this great work, he traveled together with his pupil Jacob Saraval, as the latter says in the preface of the correctors (Saraval and Simhah Callinari), through the Italian cities in order to secure the approbations (‘haskamot’) of the rabbinical authorities of Italy for the work. The collection of these approbations, which were given in 1749 and 1750, is a curious monument of the Jewish scholars of northern Italy in the eighteenth century; it includes sonnets and poems in other forms in honor of Lampronti. The following cities are represented by their yeshibahs or rabbis: Venice, Leghorn, Reggio, Verona, Ancona, Padua, Mantua, Casale Monferrato, Modena, Turin, Florence, Alessandria della Paglia, Pesaro, Finale, Lugo, Rovigo. In the second volume are added the approbations of R. Malachi b. Jacob Kohn of Leghorn, author of the ‘Yad Mal'aki, ’ and of three Palestinian scholars stopping at Ferrara. The work was planned to fill six volumes, as recorded in the printing permit of the Jewish communal directorate of Venice. But only the first volume and the first half of the second volume appeared during the author's lifetime. … Vol. Iii. Appeared in the same year; it contains: het, end (fol. 1-61), tet (fol. 63-93). These volumes were printed at the press of Isaac Foa (formerly Bragadini) at Venice. Two other volumes appeared in 1813 (vol. Iv, Reggio) and 1840 (vol. V, Leghorn); vol. Iv. Contains the letters yod (fol. 1-41a.), kaf (fol. 41a-108); lamed (specially paged, 1-26); … In 1845 the autograph manuscript of the entire work was acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, in 120 volumes, 68 of which corresponded with the parts that had so far appeared. The Paris manuscript also contains the author's Italian correspondence, which was not included in the edition (see Cat. Hebr. MSS. Bibliothèque Nationale. P. 61. Nos. 458-577). The society Mekize Nirdamim, on its foundation, took as one of its first tasks the publication of those portions of Lampronti's work which had not yet been printed. … the publication of the work was completed 127 years after the appearance of the first volume. Lampronti's work is an alphabetically arranged encyclopedia to the Talmud and Talmudic literature. In the censor's permit, dated June, 1749, prefixed to the first volume, it is designated as "Dizionario Rituale in Lingua Ebraica, " a designation which probably originated with the author. As a matter of fact Lampronti's encyclopedia deals chiefly with the Halakah, the material for the articles being taken from the entire halakic literature down to the latest responsa, which he had, in part, in manuscript. He devotes much space to discussing questions of ritual law, as found in the responsa of contemporary Italian rabbis. On some questions he gives the entire correspondence, as on fols. 9d-13a, 31d-37d, 46d-50a, 74b-76a, 79c-80b, 102b-107a, in the first volume. The arrangement is a characteristic feature of the work. Single words are used occasionally as headings for his articles, but more frequently he uses entire sentences, either as he found them in the sources, or as propositions derived from the sources. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia). Subjects: Jewish law - Dictionaries - Hebrew. Talmud - Dictionaries. Hebrew. Light wear to boards, remarkably clean and fresh throughout. Very good condition. (SPEC-36-26) (ID #31588) $325.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


205. Rakover, Nahum. אוצר המשפט : מפתח ביבליוגרפי למשפט העברי OTSAR HA-MISHPAT: MAFTEAH BIBLIYOGRAFI LA-MISHPAT HA-IVRI = A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH LAW: MODERN BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS AND ARTICLES IN HEBREW. Jerusalem; Harry Fischel Institute For Research In Jewish Law, 1975. Original Cloth. 8vo. 546 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Bibliography of Jewish Law, contains 12, 098 entries. A comprehensive bibliography of books, journal articles and other published materials written in Hebrew on Jewish Law, in just about every field of law. The author, Nahum Rakover, professor emeritus at Bar-Ilan University, is an Israeli former Deputy Attorney General in Israel; a leading researcher in the area of applying traditional Jewish rabbinic law to Israel's state legal system; a prolific author on Jewish law and associated with the Mishpat Ivri movement, and is the author of over 30 books and 200 articles. In addition to important monographs, he has compiled several bibliographies on the use of Jewish law in Israeli judicial opinions, legislative deliberations, and scholarship. Subjects: Jewish law - Bibliography. Jewish law. Bibliography. Light wear to cloth, overall very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-15) (ID #34308) $30.00.

 

 

BIBLE

 

 


206. [Qumran] Kahle, Paul. DIE HEBRÄISCHEN HANDSCHRIFTEN AUS DER HÖHLE. FRANZ DELITZSCH-VORLESUNGEN. Stuttgart; W. Kohlhammer, 1951. Original Wraps. 8vo. XI, 92 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. The Hebrew Manuscripts from the Cave. Franz Delitzsch lectures. With 14 pages of plates at rear. A series of studies on the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Paul Ernst Kahle (1875–1965), “Orientalist, masoretic scholar, and minister. Kahle, who was born in Hohenstein (East Prussia), served for five years as a pastor in Cairo. He then taught at the universities of Halle, Giessen, and Bonn, and from 1923 was director of the Oriental Institute at Bonn. Under his guidance, many of his students devoted themselves to the study of the Genizah, especially the early history of piyyut. Many of his students, including M. Zulay, settled in Israel and became prominent in Jewish scholarship. In 1924 Kahle wrote an opinion defending the Talmud against the libels of the notorious antisemite, T. Fritsch. Because of his and his wife's pro-Jewish activities following Kristallnacht, the family had to seek refuge in England (Oxford) in 1938. Kahle continued his work at Oxford University. ” - EJ 2008. Subjects: Aufsatzsammlung Qumran Dead Sea scrolls. Qumrantexte Dead Sea scrolls. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-7) (ID #34233) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


207. Charlesworth, James H. THE PSEUDEPIGRAPHA AND MODERN RESEARCH, WITH A SUPPLEMENT. Chico, CA; Published By Scholars Press For The Society Of Biblical Literature, 1981. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIV, 329 pages. 22 cm. Second revised edition. Detailed bibliography and introduction to Pseudepigrapha literature. James H. Charlesworth is the George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is noted for his research in Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, the Historical Jesus, and the Gospel of John. Subjects: Apocryphal books (Old Testament) - Criticism, interpretation, etc. Apocryphes (Ancien Testament) - Critique, interprétation, etc. Pseudepigraphen. Bibliography. Very clean and fresh. Great condition. (RAB-55-47) (ID #32602) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


208. Clifton, James; Walter S Melion. SCRIPTURE FOR THE EYES: BIBLE ILLUSTRATION IN NETHERLANDISH PRINTS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. New York: Museum Of Biblical Art; London: In Association With D Giles Ltd, 2009. Original Wraps. 4to. 225 pages. 25 x 29 cm. First edition. Catalog accompanying an exhibition held at the Museum of Biblical Art, June 5-Sept. 27, 2009 and at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Oct. 17, 2009-Jan. 24, 2010. "This scholarly publication accompanies the exhibition Scripture for the Eyes, focusing attention on the extraordinarily rich array of biblical prints produced in the Low Countries (comprising today's Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg) during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, a time of dynamic and sometimes violent religious and political change. In particular, the book studies the crucial role played by scriptural prints in the complex processes of religious self-formation that dominated early modern European culture. Following early modern usage, the prints - woodcuts, engravings, and etchings by such artists as Lucas van Leyden, Jan Swart van Groningen, Maarten van Heemskerck, Philips Galle, Hendrick Goltzius, and Hieronymus Wierix, among others - are classed into five functional groups: Sacred History and Geography, Exegesis, Worship, Morality, and Politics and Polemics. In addition to a preface by James Clifton and the main interpretative essay by Walter Mellon, the volume also contains an extensive bibliography. ” (Publishers Description). Subjects: Prints, Dutch - 16th century - Exhibitions. Prints, Belgian - 16th century - Exhibitions. Illustration - Bible - Pays-Bas - 16e s. Bible - Illustrations - Exhibitions. Edges bumped, light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (ART-22-22) (ID #33399) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


209. Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.). THE ORDER OF SERVICE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRINTING HELD IN THE CHAPEL OF TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, NOVEMBER 3, 1940. [Hartford, Conn.: Trinity College, 1940. Booklet, [8] p.: facsimiles. Highlight included a reading from an original copy of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book published in America (which contains some Hebrew type, and is thus the first instance of Hebrew printing in America), in 1640, just 20 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims. SUBJECT(S): Printing -- History -- Celebrations of invention. Ex-library with institutional stamp. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Harvard, NYPL, Dartmouth, and Trinity College). Small tears and chips to cover and pages, corners of pages chipped. Some staining to covers. Good - condition. (BIB-12-10) (ID #24262) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

HOLOCAUST

 

 


210. Germania Judaica, Kölner Bibliothek Zur Geschichte Des Deutschen Judentums. ARBEITSINFORMATIONEN ÜBER STUDIENPROJEKTE AUF DEM GEBIET DER GESCHICHTE DES DEUTSCHEN JUDENTUMS UND DES ANTISEMITISMUS. AUSGABE16. Köln; Germania Judaica, 1995. Later Archival Boards. 8vo. [5], 183, [2] pages. 21 cm. Serial Publication. In German. Title translates as: “Working Information on Research Projects in the field of the History of German Jews and Antisemitism; Issue 16.” Published by the Cologne Library for the History of German Jewry; an annual bibliography of research projects and publications which study the history of Antisemitism and German Jewry, issue 16 is specifically devoted to theses which research the economic exploitation of Jews in the Nazi Era. Subjects: Jews - History - Research - Germany - Directories. Antisemitismus. Germany - Ethnic relations - Research - Directories. Antisemitism - Germany - Bibliography - Catalogs. Germania Judaica (Cologne, Germany) - Catalogs. Institutional stamps on endpages, spine repaired. otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (HOLO2-100-19) (ID #30294) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


211. Miles Lerman Center For The Study Of Jewish Resistance. JEWISH RESISTANCE: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY. Washington, DC; Center For Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1999. Original Wrappers. 4to. 41 pages. 28 cm. Second printing, revised edition. “To highlight the appearance of new scholarship related to Jewish resistance and to stimulate scholars to undertake additional research in this area, the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies has prepared this tool, ‘Jewish Resistance: A Working Bibliography, ’ on the occasion of the Museum’s Fourth Annual Tribute to Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust, a program of the Miles Lerman Center for the Study of Jewish Resistance. ” (Introduction). Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Bibliography. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Bibliography. OCLC lists 3 copies of this edition worldwide. (Univ. Of Florida, Greensboro College, Concordia Univ.) Like new condition. (HOLO2-107-20) (ID #32008) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


212. Szajkowski, Zosa. ANALYTICAL FRANCO-JEWISH GAZETTEER, 1939-1945. WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO SOME PROBLEMS IN WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR II. New York; Published With The Assistance Of The American Academy For Jewish Research, The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, The Gustav Wurzweiler Foundation, 1966. Publishers cloth. 4to. 349 pages. 29 cm. With two indexes. First edition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. In English with much of the index in French. Gazetteer of places in France of importance to Jews during the Holocaust Period. The places include camps and internment facilities; places of legal and illegal residence; places of legal and underground activities; places of various anti-Jewish acts (arrests, executions, confiscations of Jewish properties); etc. Arranged in the order of the existing 90 French departments and within each of these departments in alphabetical order. Compiled and arranged by Zosa Szajkowski (Szajko Frydman; 1911–1978), Jewish French-American historian and bibliographer. He was an active communist until after his bitter experiences with Stalinism fighting in the Spanish revolution; he fought with the American armed forces in WWII and afterward devoted his life to research at YIVO. Jews - France - History - Sources. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews. Joden. Tweede Wereldoorlog. France. Juifs. 1939-1945. Guerre mondiale 1939-1945. Occupation et résistance. France. Occupée. Juifs. France. Prisons et camps. 1939-1945. Guerre mondiale 1939-1945. Occupation et résistance. France occupée. Résistance. Juifs. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-29-10) (ID #30916) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


213. Braham, Randolph L. AZ ÉSZAK-ERDÉLYI HOLOKAUSZT FÖLDRAJZI ENCIKLOPÉDIÁJA. Budapest; Park Könyvkiado´, 2006. Hardback. 4to. 563 pages. 29 cm. First edition. In Hungarian. Geographical Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in Northern Transylvania. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Romania - Transylvania - Encyclopedias. Jews - Persecutions - Romania - Transylvania - Encyclopedias. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Romania - Transylvania - Maps - Encyclopedias. Transylvania (Romania) - Ethnic relations Encyclopedias. OCLC lists 1 copy (Yeshiva U). Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (BRAHAM-1-46) (ID #33991)$250.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


214. Braham, Randolph L. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HOLOCAUST IN HUNGARY. New York; Rosenthal Institute For Holocaust Studies, Graduate Center/City University Of New York: Boulder: Social Science Monographs, 2011. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXIII, 934 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Compiled and edited by Randolph L. Braham. An “indispensable sourcebook for anyone interested in the catastrophe that befell Hungarian Jewry during the Nazi era. It includes close to six thousand annotated references to independent and periodical literature on all aspects of the history of Hungarian Jewry before, during, and after the Holocaust. Supplied with author, name, and geographic indexes, the sourcebook is easily usable. ” - Publishers Description. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary - Bibliography. Ungarn. Judenvernichtung. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Bibliography. Hungary. Light wear to jacket. Very good + condition in vg jacket. (BRAHAM-1-25) (ID #33970) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


215. Braham, Randolph L. THE HOLOCAUST IN HUNGARY: A SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1984-2000. New York; Rosenthal Institute For Holocaust Studies, Graduate Center/City University Of New York, 2001. Original Cloth. 8vo. 252 pages. 24 cm. First edition. “Compiled by the foremost scholar of the holocaust in Hungary, this volume contains close to 1500 fully annotated bibliographical entries relating to the history of Hungarian Jewry in general and the Holocaust period in particular. Grouped under 42 main subject headings, the entries are arranged alphabetically and provide author, name, and geographic indexes. ” - Publishers Description. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -Hungary - Bibliography. Holocaust. Judenvernichtung. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Bibliography. Ungarn. Hungary. Very good + condition in vg jacket. (BRAHAM-1-23) (ID #33968) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


216. Braham, Randolph L. A MAGYARORSZÁGI HOLOKAUSZT BIBLIOGRÁFIÁJA [TWO VOLUME SET]. Budapest: Park Könyvkiadó, 2010. Hardback. 8vo. 1, 480 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hungarian. Contains 5, 573 items on the Holocaust in Hungary. Edited by Randolph L. Braham. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary - Bibliography. Jews - Hungary - History - 20th century - Bibliography. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Hungary - Bibliography. Antisemitism - Hungary - History - 20th century - Bibliography. OCLC lists 13 copies. Brand new, wrapped in plastic from publisher. Very good + condition. (BRAHAM-1-26) (ID #33971) $100.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


217. Braham, Randolph L; Julia Bock. THE HOLOCAUST IN HUNGARY: A SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, 2000-2007. Boulder, CO; Rosenthal Institute For Holocaust Studies Graduate Center/City University Of New York And Social Science Monographs, 2008. Original Cloth. 8vo. XV, 224 pages. 24 cm. First edition. A systematic and extensive bibliography of studies published between 2000 and 2007. Contains 1, 459 entries; includes a few titles inadvertently exluded from the previous bibliography (1984-2000). Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary - Bibliography. Judenvernichtung. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945). Bibliography. Ungarn. Hungary. Very good + condition in vg jacket. (BRAHAM-1-24) (ID #33969) $135.00.

 

 

 

 

 

NUMISMATICS

 

 


218. Association, American Israel Numismatic. NUMISMATICS OF THE HOLOCAUST: [SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1982 ISSUE; & MARCH - APRIL 1983 ISSUE OF THE SHEKEL]. Tamarac, Fla; American Israel Numismatic Association, 1982-1983. Original Cloth. 8vo. 55, 64 pages. 24 cm. First edition. The Shekel; volume 15, no. 5, volume 16, no. 2. Two nonsequential issues of The Shekel, bound and issued together as Numismatics of the Holocaust. Extensive collection of essays in Numismatics of the Holocaust: the separate coins and currency (paper money) issued for internal use in many of the transit camps, concentration camps, and ghettos of Nazi-occupied Europe. Chiefly illustrated. Contains laid in printed letter from the American Israel Numismatic Association. Subjects: Jewish numismatics. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945). OCLC lists 10 copies. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-115-31) (ID #34047) $225.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


219. Friedenberg, Daniel M. JEWISH MINTERS & MEDALISTS. Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1976. Original Cloth. 8vo. X, 131 pages. 25 cm. First edition. “This volume presents a pictorial history of Jewish coiners and medalists in the two millenia following the destruction of ancient Judea. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Jewish Minters and Medalists affords an authoritative look into a little known but fascinating aspect of the Jewish experience. ” - Jacket. Daniel M. Friedenberg (1923-2011), financier, collector, historian and philanthropist, he served as Curator of Coins and Medals at the Jewish Museum of New York. Subjects: Jewish medalists. Jewish minters. Jewish medals. Medals. Light wear to jacket, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (ART-22-53) (ID #33430) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


220. Raffaeli, Samuel. MATBEOT HA-YEHUDIM = COINS OF THE JEWS. Jerusalem; E. Deinard, 1913. Original Wraps. 8vo. VI, 6, 199 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Coins of the Jews; history of Jewish coinage. First Hebrew book on ancient Jewish coins (according the Israel Museum of Jerusalem). A treatise on Jewish numismatics, with 35 pages of plates, depicting weights and seals, and 213 coins, from early Greek and Macedonian to late roman times; the greater part of the text concerns a full description of the coins represented, with translations of the characters, and a table of the various alphabets found represented. Published by the controversial and eccentric Ephriam Deinard. “Samuel Raffaeli (Raffalovich): As a moneychanger working within Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate, Samuel Raffalovich (1867-1923) was periodically exposed to ancient coins, shown to him by beduoins and local peasants. However, it was not until Eliezer Ben-Yehuda identified the ancient Hebrew letters on a coin in his possession that Raffaelovich's passion for ancient coins was kindled. Eventually, Ben-Yehuda taught Raffaelovich to read not only ancient Hebrew script but also Greek and Latin writing. Refusing to receive payment for his this service, Ben- Yehuda only asked that Raffaelovich change his name to the more Hebrew-sounding Raffaeli. In subsequent years, Raffaeli established an antiquities shop specializing in the sale of antiquities to foreign collectors and museums. Later, he spent some time in England, where he opened the first travel agency in London to organize trips to Palestine. In 1913, he published the first Hebrew book on ancient Jewish coins, and in 1920 he was appointed Keeper of the Coin Collection of the Palestine Archaeological Museum, a post he held until his death in 1923. His private collection, which he sold to the Palestine Archaeological Museum (now the Rockefeller Museum) remains part of the museum's holdings until this day. ” (Israel Museum, Jerusalem; ‘More Than Money; Modern Studies’). Subjects: Numismatics – Ancient. Hebrew Coinage. OCLC lists 10 copies. Backstrip repaired; edges of wraps bumped, chipped, internally clean and fresh. Good + condition. (CJH-1-18) (ID #32280) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


221. Samuel Friedenberg; Daniel M Friedenberg. GREAT JEWISH PORTRAITS IN METAL: SELECTED PLAQUES AND MEDALS FROM THE SAMUEL FRIEDENBERG COLLECTION OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM. New York; Published By Schocken Books For The Jewish Museum Under The Auspices Of The Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1963. Original Cloth. 4to. 143 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Edited by Daniel M. Friedenberg; introduction by Cecil Roth. “This volume is at once an illustrated encyclopedia of Jewish men of achievement and a vivid history of Jewish medals. ” - Jacket. Profusely illustrated throughout. Subjects: Medals. Plaques, plaquettes. Jews - Biography – Portraits. Steinhardt Family Library bookstamp on endpage. Light wear to endpage, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (ART-22-54) (ID #33431) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

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222. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara; Cissy Grossman. FABRIC OF JEWISH LIFE: TEXTILES FROM THE JEWISH MUSEUM COLLECTION. New York; The Museum, 1977. Illustrated stiff wraps. 4to. 141 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Compiled by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, guest curator, with the assistance of Cissy Grossman, assistant curator. An introduction to the exhibition, with 255 plates (in color and black and white) depicting the objects in the collection. Subjects: Judaism - Liturgical objects - Exhibitions. Jewish needlework - Exhibitions. Jewish Museum (New York, N. Y.) - Catalogs. Institutional plates on endpages, light wear to edges of cover, otherwise fresh. Good condition. (ART-18-44) (ID #30537) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


223. Altshuler, David. THE PRECIOUS LEGACY--JUDAICA TREASURES FROM THE CZECHOSLOVAK STATE COLLECTIONS. New York/washington, Summit/Smithsonian, 1983. Includes 50-page catalog of the exhibit (with long descriptions of items), 5-page bibliography, & 3-page index. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-32-1) (ID #31145) $25.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


224. Avrin, Leila. מיקרוגרפיה עברית : אלף שנות אמנות כתב זעיר MIKROGRAFYAH IVRIT: ELEF SHENOT OMANUT KETAV ZA IR = HEBREW MICROGRAPHY: ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF ART IN SCRIPT. Jerusalem; Israel Museum, 1981. Original Wraps. 4to. 15, 14 pages (29 pages total) 27 cm. First edition. In English and Hebrew. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Israel Museum, spring 1981. Important introduction to Hebrew Micrography – the scribal practice of employing minuscule script to create abstract shapes or figurative designs, an art form that has been used by Jews for over a millennium – and an annotated catalogue of 49 items; with bibliography; illustrated throughout. Subjects: Calligraphy, Hebrew - Exhibitions. Calligraphy, Hebrew. Exhibition catalogs. Light wear to wraps, overall very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-36) (ID #34263) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


225. Fishof, Iris. MA’ALIN BA-KODESH: SHIMUSH SHENI BE-OMANUT YEHUDIT. Jerusalem; Israel Museum, 1985. Illustrated stiff wraps. 4to.100, 8 pages. 27 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and English. English title page: From the Secular to the Sacred: everyday objects in Jewish ritual use. Catalog of an exhibition held at the museum of Israel. Includes color and black and white printed facsimile illustrations of sixty-one catalogued objects –prints, books, clothing, jewelry, coins- with dual Hebrew and English listings descriptions. Subjects: Jewish art and symbolism - Exhibitions. Judaism - Customs and practices. Religious articles - Exhibitions. Light wear to covers, otherwise fine. Very good condition. (ART-18-20) (ID #30512) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


226. Grafman, R; Vivian B Mann. CROWNING GLORY: SILVER TORAH ORNAMENTS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM, NEW YORK. New York; Jewish Museum, New York, Under The Auspices Of The Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1996. Publishers cloth. 4to. XV, 398 pages. 32 cm. First edition. “Featuring essays by Vivian B. Mann tracing the history of Torah ornaments, and Rafi Grafman analyzing the styles and development of the pieces themselves, "Crowning Glory" will prove invaluable for scholars and collectors of Judaica, as well as an indispensable reference work for anyone concerned with silver, Jewish decorative art, or with fine art in general. ” (Publishers note) A gorgeous book which showcases the finely wrought silver Torah ornaments housed in New York's Jewish Museum. Includes over 800 duotone illustrations and 33 color plates, as well as descriptions of almost a thousand specimens. Some of the catalog listings give the inscriptions in Hebrew and English: in the "Index of person and place. Names in the inscriptions" the "Names in the inscriptions" is in Hebrew only. Subjects: Torah ornaments - Catalogs. Jewish art and symbolism - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. Zilversmeedkunst. Tora. Ornamentiek. The Jewish Museum. Art juif - Collectionneurs et collections - États-Unis - New York (N. Y.). Jewish Museum (New York, N. Y.) - Catalogs. Jewish museum (New York, N. Y.) -Catalogues. Institutional bookplate on endpage; otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (ART-18-40A) (ID #30598) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


227. Shachar, Isaiah. JEWISH TRADITION IN ART; THE FEUCHTWANGER COLLECTION IN JUDAICA. Yerushalayim; Muzeon Yisrael, 1981. Original illustrated wraps. 4to. 335 pages. 28 cm. First English edition. Translated by R. Grafman. Heavily illustrated catalogue of the Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; consisting of 1, 132 items, consisting of liturgical objects, coins, furniture, etc; most are reproduced herein in facsimiles, many in color; compiled and written by Yeshayahu Shachar (born Isaiah Stengel) (1935 –1977) an Israeli historian and bibliographer; he published miscellaneous monographs, including one establishing the authenticity of the personal seal of Nachmanides (found in a field in Israel). His varied interests included the early history of Hasidism; Jewish iconography and portraiture, and Jewish/Hebrew bibliography. He held teaching posts at Hebrew University and University College, London, and at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. Subjects: Liturgical objects - Judaism - Exhibitions. Jewish art and symbolism - Exhibitions. Judaism - Liturgical objects - Exhibitions. Jewish art and symbolism - Exhibitions. Feuchtwanger, Heinrich, 1898-1963 - Art collections. Jerusalem. Israel Museum. Muzeon Yisrael (Jerusalem). OCLC lists 26 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise near fine. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-41A/B) (ID #33184/33584) $100.00.

 

 

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228. Ashkenazi, Shmuel; Dov Jarden. אוצר ראשי תבות : בלשון ובספרות מימי קדם ועד ימינו OTSAR RASHE TEVOT: BA-LASHON UVA-SIFRUT MI-YEME KEDEM VE-AD YAMENU. Jerusalem; Hotsa'at Reu'ven Mas, 1965. Original Cloth. 8vo. 600 Columns. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added English title page: Ozar rashe tevot; thesaurus of Hebrew abbreviations. Thesaurus of Abbreviations in the Hebrew Language and Literature from Ancient to Current Days. “The work, published in Jerusalem by Mass in 1965, incorporated the material collected by Handler, Halpern and others with abbreviations that had come into being since the publication of the earlier works. The Otsar was immediately accepted as an important reference work and reissued several times. ” - Brisman, p. 119, A History and Guide to Judaic Dictionaries and Concordances. Subjects: Abbreviations, Hebrew - Dictionaries. Rabbinic Acronyms. Hebrew language - Dictionaries. Abbreviations, Hebrew. Hebrew language. Dictionaries. Light soiling to cloth and outer edges, previous owners notes on first endpage, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-3) (ID #34296) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


229. Another Copy. Original Cloth. Light shelf wear, light soiling to rear board. Pages with columns 177-240 discolored, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-4) (ID #34297) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


230. Brisman, Shimeonzeitlin, William. A HISTORY AND GUIDE TO JUDAIC BIBLIOGRAPHY (JEWISH RESEARCH LITERATURE, VOLUME TWO). Cincinnati/New York: Hebrew Union College Press, 1987. Cloth with dustjacket, 8vo, First Edition, 502 pages. (Bibliographica Judaica, 11) Series "This Judaic reference work, the second in the Series "Jewish Research Literature", describes in detail over 360 encyclopedias and lexicons...dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.". Some wear to dustjacket and covers, otherwise very good condition (BIBLIOG-34-6) (ID #31879) $125.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


231. Carmilly, Moshe. SEFER VA-SAYIF: HOFESH BITUI VEHA-MAHASHAVAH ETSEL AM YISRAEL. Yerushalayim, New-York: Mekhon Sura Al Yad Ha-Yeshivah Universit'ah, 1966. Hardcover, xxiv, 290, xiv pages, facsims, 8vo, 24 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S): Censorship -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Note(s): Preface also in English. Includes bibliographical references. Other Titles: Book and sword; freedom of expression and thought among the Jewish people. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Inscribed by author. In dust jacket. Slight chipping to edges of cover and corners. Slight staining to back cover. Otherwise, very good condition. (BIB-16-8) (ID #24318) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


232. Conference On Jewish Relations (U. S.); Salo W. Baron, Einstein, Albert. CONFERENCE ON JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES, ITS WORK AND PROGRAM, 1933-1955. New York; The Conference, 1955. Original Wraps. 4to. 15 pages. 26 cm. First edition. Prefatory letter from Albert Enstein. Two contributions, from Salo Baron, on the various facets of the work of the Conference on Jewish Social Studies, and an essay by David Rosenstein, on Why We Need the Conference on Jewish Social Studies. With selected list of publications, including the journal Jewish Social Studies, Publications of Jewish Social Studies, Joint Publications, Monographs, Offprints of Articles, Complete lisst of Offprints for 1954 nd 1955, and Selected List of Offprints 1939-1953. Subjects: Conference on Jewish Social Studies (U. S.) Jews - Bibliography. Jews - Political and social conditions. OCLC lists 19 copies. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-113-10) (ID #33117) $50.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


233. Cutter, Charles; Micha Falk Oppenheim. JEWISH REFERENCE SOURCES: A SELECTIVE, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE. New York; Garland, 1982. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XIII, 180 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Recipient of the Outstanding Reference Award from the Association of Jewish Librarians. General and specific subjects are covered. Subjects: Jews - Bibliography. Jews - Reference books - Bibliography. Juifs - Bibliographie. Ouvrages de référence juifs. Jodendom. Light shelf wear to cloth, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-3) (ID #31905) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


234. Cutter, Charles; Micha Falk Oppenheim. JUDAICA REFERENCE SOURCES: A SELECTIVE, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE. Juneau, Alaska; Denali Press, 1993. Softbound. 8vo. 224 pages. 23 cm. Second edition. Revised edition of ‘Jewish Reference Sources. ’ This reference provides an outstanding resource for Holocaust materials in print, as presented in Chapter 18. Included are annotated listings of archival resources, atlases and gazetteers, bibliography, directories, encyclopedias and filmography. Subjects: Jews - Bibliography. Jews - Reference books - Bibliography. Juifs - Bibliographie. Juifs - Ouvrages de référence - Bibliographie. Bibliographie Clean and fresh. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-4) (ID #31907) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


235. Another Copy. Institutional marks on endpages on spine, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-4A/B) (ID #31908/9) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


236. Deutsch, Gotthard. PHILOSOPHY OF JEWISH HISTORY. Cincinnati; Bloch Pub. Co, [1897]. Original Wraps. 8vo. VII, 102 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Singerman 5150. A lengthy essay on Jewish historiography, through the Bible, middle ages, and the rise of the modern study of the field in the 19th century under Zachariah Frankel and S. D. Luzatto. Gotthard Deutsch (1859-1921) rabbi and professor of Jewish history and philosophy of religion in the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati. “Deutsch was well-known as a writer. He succeeded Isaac Mayer Wise as editor of the German language publication, Die Deborah in 1901. He was a contributor to the American Israelite, the American Hebrew, the Jewish Chronicle of London. He was an original member of the board of editors for the Jewish Encyclopedia, responsible for the articles dealing with modern Jewish history. His major publications were Scrolls and History of the Jews (1904). At the time of his death, there was general regret he had been unable to publish a major book on modern Jewish history. ” (A Finding Aid to the Gotthard Deutsch Papers, Manuscript Collection No. 123; American Jewish Archives). Subjects: Jews - Historiography. History - Philosophy. Jüdische Philosophie. OCLC lists 11 copies. Front wrap loose; light soiling to wraps, with previous owners signature in corner; internally very fresh. Very good condition. (AMR-39-41) (ID #31434) $600.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


237. Edelheit, Abraham J; Hershel Edelheit. THE JEWISH WORLD IN MODERN TIMES: A SELECTED, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press; London, England: Mansell Pub, 1988. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XIX, 569 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Offers critical reviews of books, pamphlets, and key journal articles on Jewish history since 1650, with an emphasis on the area studies topology of historical inquiry. Chapter 7 deals directly with the issue of Jewish public affairs. Subjects: Jews - History - 1789-1945 - Bibliography. Jews - History - 1945- - Bibliography. Juifs - Histoire - 1789-1945 - Bibliographie. Juifs - Histoire - 1945- - Bibliographie. Holocaust historian David Kranzler’s copy, with his signature on title page, post it notes in margins, and light highlighting on two pages, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-13) (ID #31917) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


238. Freehof, Solomon B. ON THE COLLECTING OF JEWISH BOOKS. [New York]: Society of Jewish Bibliophiles, 1961. Limited edition. Cloth; 8vo. 26 pages. Beautifully bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, and marbled endpapers. "Dr. Freehof's address...Was presented before the founding members of the Society of Jewish Bibliophiles assembled in Cincinnati for the dedication of the new Library buildings of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion on June 10, 1961." This edition is limited to 250 copies. SUBJECT (S): Book collectors. Book collecting. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Ex-library with minimal markings. Light wear to spine; overall, very good + condition. (CT-7) (ID #14852) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


239. Friedberg, Bernhard, 1876-1961. בית עקד ספרים : לקסיקון ביבליוגרפי לידיעת הספרות העברית בכלל ושמות הספרים העברים ויהודית אשכנזית (יידיש־דייטש) בפרט, וכמו כן אלה בשפות : איטלקית, טטרית, יונית, ספרדית, ערבית, פרסית ושמרונית שנדפסו באותיות עבריות משנת רל״ה עד תר״ס BET EKED SEFARIM: LEKSIKON BIBLIYOGRAFI LI-YEDIAT HA-SIFRUT HA-IVRIT BI-KHELAL U-SHEMOT HA-SEFARIM HA-'IVRIM VI-YEHUDIT-ASHKENAZIT (YIDISH-DAITSH) BI-FERAT, U-KHEMO KHEN ELEH BA-SAFOT: ITALKIT, TATARIT, YEVANIT, SEFARADIT, ARVIT, PARSIT VE-SHOMRONIT. SHE-NIDPESU BE-OTIYOT IVRIYOT MI-SHENAT 235 [1475] 'AD 660 [1900] = BET EKED SEPHARIM: LEXIQUE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE....Antwerp; Imp. Delplace, Koch & Cie, 1928-1931. Original quarter leather. 4to. 844 pages. 26 cm. First edition. Added title page in German and English: Bet Eked Sepharim: Bibliographical Lexicon of the whole Hebrew and Jewish-German Literature, inclusive of the Arabe, Greek, Italian, Persian, Samaritan, Spanish-Portuguese and Tartarian works, printed in the years 1475-1900 with Hebrew Letters'. Paged continuously. Issued in parts, 1928-31. Contains register of authors. Bernhard Friedberg (1876–1961), “scholar and bibliographer...His greatest achievement was his bibliographical lexicon Beit Eked Sefarim” -EJ 2008. Subjects: Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Yiddish literature - Bibliography. Hebrew literature. Yiddish literature. Bibliography. OCLC lists 25 copies of first edition. Internally minimal wear and smudges in margins; binding shaken, with bottom half of leather backstrip absent, remaining leather rubbed and soiled; otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-35-2) (ID #34228) $200.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


240. Hill, Brad Sabin. BRITISH LIBRARY JOURNAL; VOL. 21, NO. 1. MISCELLANEA HEBRAICA BIBLIOGRAPHICA. London; British Library, 1995. Original Wraps. 8vo. 153 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Miscellanea Hebraica Bibliographica. Special Issue of British Library Journal, v. 21, no. 1, 1995. Edited by Brad Sabin Hill. Contains the following: Further notes on Samaritan typography - Alan D. Crown; The story of my library - Moses Gaster; Charles II's Hebrew books - David Goldstein; A 'catalogue of Hebrew printers' - Brad Sabin Hill; The India Office manuscript of Maimonides's guide: the earliest complete copy in the Judaeo-Arabic original - V. Tzvi Langermann; A supplementary list of Judaeo-Persian manuscripts - Vera Basch Moreen; Yiddish manuscripts in the British Library - Leonard Prager and Brad Sabin Hill; C. D. Ginsburg and the Shapira Affair: a nineteenth-century Dead Sea Scroll controversy - Fred N. Reiner; A Hebrew manuscript of Clavicula Salomonis, Part II - Claudia Rohrbacher-Sticker. Subjects: Manuscripts, Hebrew. Hebraika Aufsatzsammlung. Manuscripts, Hebrew. London - British Library OCLC lists 10 copies. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-33) (ID #34260) $160.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


241. Hyman, Aaron. OTSAR DIVRE HAKHAMIM U-FITGAMEHEM: HU SEFER "BET VAAD LE-HAKHAMIM" BE-MILUIM UVE-TIKUNIM RABIM....Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1933. Hardcover, 4, 564 pages, 8vo, 25 cm. In Hebrew and Aramaic. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- Quotations. Talmud - Quotations. Other Titles: Bet vaad la-hakhamim. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Hinge repair. Notes inside front cover. Spine repair. Bumped corners and edges. Otherwise, very good condition. (BIB-16-19) (ID #24329) $65.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


242. Kaplan, Mitchell M. PANORAMA OF ANCIENT LETTERS: FOUR AND A HALF CENTURIES OF HEBRAICA AND JUDAICA; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF 1,000 RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, FORMING A PART OF THE MITCHELL M. KAPLAN COLLECTION, PRESENTED TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY JEWISH. CULTURE FOUNDATION. ILLUSTRATED WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF 300 TITLE PAGES. New York: No Publisher, 1942. 4to. 316 pages. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S): Hebrew literature – bibliography – catalogs; Jewish literature – bibliography – catalogs; Jews – bibliography – catalogs. Wear and chippings to corners of cover and binding. Internal pages clean. Otherwise, good + condition. (BIBLIOG-26-3) (ID #29904) $65.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


243. Neusner, Jacob; Richard Bavier. THE STUDY OF JUDAISM; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS. New York; Published By Ktav Pub. House For Anti-Defamation League Of B'Nai B'Rith, 1972. Original Cloth. 8vo. 229 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Study of Judaism, Volume 1. Contents: Introduction by Jacob Neusner - Judaism in New Testament times by Richard Bavier - Rabbinic sources by John T. Townsend - Judaism on Christianity: Christianity on Judaism by Frank Talmage - Modern Jewish thought by Fritz Rothschild and Seymour Siegel - The contemporary Jewish community by Lloyd Gartner - The Holocaust: anti-Semitism and the Jewish catastrophe by Henry Friedlander. Subjects: Judaism - Study and teaching - Bibliography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) – Bibliography. Light wear to jacket, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-3-38) (ID #32890) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


244. Shunami, Shlomo. MAFTEAH HA-MAFTEHOT = BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH BIBLIOGRAPHIES: SUPPLEMENT TO SECOND EDITION ENLARGED 1965. Jerusalem; Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1975. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XVII, 464, XVI pages. 25 cm. Supplement to Second Enlarged edition. In English with table of contents and preface in Hebrew (xvi p. At end). “The indispensable handbook today is S. Shunami's Bibliography of Jewish Bibliographies (1936, 1965; repr. 1969, with supplement) which also includes sections on Jewish and Modern Hebrew literature (nos. 1146–1240; 4875–85) as well as on Judeo-German and Yiddish (nos. 1241–1357; 4586–95). … In 1975 Shunami published a supplement to the second edition of his Bibliography of Jewish Bibliographies (1965). The 500-page supplement contains information on over 2, 000 bibliographies published between 1965 and 1975. In his introduction Shunami notes that this number compares with that for the first hundred years of the Wissenchaft des Judentums. He comments on the rapid growth of bibliographies relating to the Holocaust and to the State of Israel. On the other hand, the small number of entries related to Hebrew printing is a reflection of the decline of study of this subject with little extra interest having been aroused by the 500th anniversary of Hebrew printing. There is also a decrease in entries relating to private collections, reflecting a decline in major Jewish book collectors. Shunami also decries the shortage of Jewish bibliographers. “ (EJ 2008; Bibliography). Subjects: Bibliography - Bibliography - Jewish literature. Bibliography - Bibliography - Jews. Jews - Bibliography. Jewish literature - Bibliography. Jacket lightly worn, outer edges lightly soiled; internally near fine. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-48) (ID #31953) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


245. Stuhlman, Daniel D. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS FOR JUDAICA. Chicago, IL; BYLS Press, 1982. Later cloth. 4to. 32 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Monograph containing the listings for subject headings in the Library of Congress classification system. Introduction lists inconsistencies in the database, and outlines the uses of Library of Congress headings for various types of archival and library institutions. Subjects: Subject headings, Library of Congress. Subject headings - Jewish literature. Subject headings - Judaism. Subject headings - Jews. Institutional stamps on endpages, otherwise near fine. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-40) (ID #31944) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


246. Weinberger, Harry. THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS; TWO ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY HARRY WEINBERGER. Berkeley Heights, N. J; Oriole Press, 1936. Original Cloth. 8vo. 40 pages. 21 cm. Finely printed and bound work from the Oriole Press, a 1930s Anarchist press. Two addresses delivered at the unveiling of two tablets commemorating the services of Andrew Hamilton in the defense of John Peter Zenger on trial for criminal libel in New York in 1735. Contains three fascmile plates. Last page: “These two Addresses The Liberty of the Press and Andrew Hamilton, delivered by Harry Weinberger of the New York Bar, one at the unveiling of a Tablet to Andrew Hamilton at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa, and one at 'Home of Law', of the New York County Lawyers' Association, New York, N. Y, were reset by hand with the Garamond type and printed in the old tradition of this craft of The Oriole Press, Joseph Ishill, Typographer. ” Subjects: Freedom of the press - New York (State) Hamilton, Andrew, approximately 1676-1741. Zenger, John Peter, 1680? -1746. Hamilton, Andrew, 1676 (ca.) -1741. Joseph Ishill – Oriole Press. Light soiling to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-36-21) (ID #34314) $40.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


247. Zedner, Joseph. AUSWAHL HISTORISCHER STÜCKE: AUS HEBRÄISCHEN SCHRIFTSTELLERN VOM ZWEITEN JAHRHUNDERT BIS AUF DIE GEGENWART: MIT VOKALISIRTEM TEXTE, DEUTSCHER UEBERSETZUNG UND ANMERKUNGEN, FÜR THEOLOGEN UND HISTORIKER, SO WIE ZUM GEBRAUCH IN HÖHEREN JÜDISCHEN LEHRANSTALTE. Berlin; Veit & Comp, 1840. Original Cloth. 8vo. X, 293 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Hebrew and German on opposite pages. Edited and translated by Joseph Zedner. 'Selection of historical pieces from Hebrew writers from the second century to the present, with vocalized texts, annotated and translated into German'. With selections from Mishna, Babylonian Talmud, Pirke R. Elieser, Josippon, Chisdai ben-Jizchak, Abraham ben David, Maimonides, Abarbanel, Sakuto, Ben Virga, Farizol, Joseph Haccohen, Farizol, De Rossi, Gans, Schabthai Cohen, Jehuda ben Joschua, Menasse ben Israel, Cantarini, Jaacob Jabetz, Simcha ben Mosche, Wessely, Mendelssohn, Euchel, Romaneli, Ben Sew, Friedrichsfeld, Rapaport, Reggio, Cha Luzzatto, S. Cohen. Joseph Zedner was a “German bibliographer and librarian; born at Gross-Glogau Feb. 10, 1804; died at Berlin Oct. 10, 1871. After completing his education, he acted as teacher in the Jewish school in Strelitz (Mecklenburg), where the famous German lexicographer Daniel Sanders was his pupil. In 1832 he became a tutor in the family of the book-seller A. Asher in Berlin, and later engaged in the book-trade himself; but being unsuccessful he accepted in 1845 a position as librarian of the Hebrew department of the British Museum in London, where he remained till 1869, when ill health compelled him to resign and to retire to Berlin, where he spent the last two years of his life. Shortly after his appointment, the British Museum acquired the library of the bibliophile Heimann J. Michael of Hamburg, which Zedner catalogued. ” - 1906 JE. Subjects: Hebrew literature. Hebrew literature - Translations into German. Hebrew language, Post biblical - Readers. Hebrew language, Post-Biblical. Hebrew literature. Light foxing throughout, light wear to cloth. Clean and fresh. Good + condition. (GER-45-9) (ID #33815) $120.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


248. Zeitlin, William. קרית ספר [KIRYAT SEFER]: BIBLIOTHECA HEBRAICA POST-MENDELSSOHNIANA. BIBLIOGRAPHISCHES HANDBUCH DER NEUHEBRAEISCHEN LITTERATUR SEIT BEGINN DER MENDELSSOHN'SCHEN EPOCHE BIS ZUM JAHRE 1890. NACH ALPHABETISCHER REIHENFOLGE DER AUTOREN MIT BIOGRAPHISCHEN DATEN UND BIBLIOGRAPHISCHEN NOTIZEN NEBST INDICES DER HEBRAEISCHEN BUECHERTITEL UND DER CITIRTEN AUTORENNAMEN. [VOL 1 ONLY; A-M,]. Leipzig; KF Koehler, 1891. Publishers cloth. 8vo. IV, 248 pages. 22 cm. Second edition. In German and Hebrew, with some notes in English and Latin. First volume only, letters A-M. Catalog of modern Hebrew works (1789-1890). Compiled by William Zeitlin, a “Russian scholar and bibliographer; born at Homel, government of Moghilef, about the middle of the nineteenth century. He is known especially as the author of Kiryat Sefer, ’ or ‘Bibliotheca Hebraica Post-Mendelssohniana’ (Leipsic, 1891-95), a bibliographical dictionary of modern Hebrew literature from the beginning of Mendelssohn's epoch until 1890. The compilation of this work occupied Zeitlin for twenty years. He made extensive use of Benjacob's ‘Otsar ha-Sefarim’ and of Fürst's ‘Bibliotheca Judaica, ’ and visited Wilna and Warsaw, the centers of the Hebrew book market, as well as many university cities—as Königsberg, Berlin, Geneva, and Paris—from the libraries of which he gathered additional material for his work. The Kiryat Sefer’ indexes not only works in book form, but also important periodical articles, biographical sketches, and scientific essays, in addition to giving biographical notes on several authors. Zeitlin had previously prepared an index of works written on the Jewish calendar, in which he enumerates seventy-seven Hebrew works; this index was published by Chayyim Jonah Gurland in ‘Yevreiski Kalendar’ (St. Petersburg, 1882). In the ‘Zeit. Für Hebr. Bibl. ’ (ix. 3-4) Zeitlin has recently published an alphabetical list of anagrams and pseudonyms of modern Hebrew writers; and he is a contributor to several Hebrew periodicals, writing mostly biographical articles. ” (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) Bound in original quarter leather and boards. Subjects: Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Jews - Bio-bibliography. Includes stamp of Rabbi Hymen Ezra Cohen, and bookstamp of Rabbi David H. Panitz. Edges of cloth bumped, leather rubbed, with top and bottom panels on spine absent, internally very clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (BIBLIOG-33-57) (ID #31963) $75.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


249. Zeitlin, William. קרית ספר KIRYAT SEFER: BIBLIOTHECA HEBRAICA POST-MENDELSSOHNIANA: BIBLIOGRAPHISCHES HANDBUCH DER NEUHEBRAEISCHEN LITTERATUR SEIT BEGINN DER MENDELSSOHN'SCHEN EPOCHE BIS ZUM JAHRE 1890: NACH ALPHABETISCHER REIHENFOLGE DER AUTOREN MIT BIOGRAPHISCHEN DATEN. UND BIBLIOGRAPHISCHEN NOTIZEN NEBST INDICES DER HEBRAISCHEN BUCHERTITEL UND DER CITIRTEN AUTORENNAMEN. Hildesheim; New York; G. Olms, 1983, 1891. Original Cloth. 8vo. IV, 548 pages. 20 cm. Fascimile edition. Attractive Reprint. Originally published: Leipzig: K. F. Koehler, 1891-1895, In 2 vols under title: Kiryat sefer. Includes indexes in Hebrew or English. William Zeitlin (1850-1921) was a “Russian scholar and bibliographer; born at Homel, government of Moghilef, about the middle of the nineteenth century. He is known especially as the author of 'Kiryat Sefer, ' or 'Bibliotheca Hebraica Post-Mendelssohniana' (Leipsic, 1891-95), a bibliographical dictionary of modern Hebrew literature from the beginning of Mendelssohn's epoch until 1890. The compilation of this work occupied Zeitlin for twenty years. Hemade extensive use of Benjacob's 'Ozar ha-Sefarim' and of Fürst's 'Bibliotheca Judaica, ' and visited Wilna and Warsaw, the centers of the Hebrew book market, as well as many university cities—as Königsberg, Berlin, Geneva, and Paris—from the libraries of which he gathered additional material for his work. The 'Kiryat Sefer' indexes not only works in book form, but also important periodical articles, biographical sketches, and scientific essays, in addition to giving biographical notes on several authors. ” - 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. Subjects: Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Jews - Bio-bibliography. Hebrew literature. Jews. Bibliography. Bio-bibliography. OCLC lists 24 copies of the Olms Fascimile edition. Very clean and fresh. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-36-22) (ID #34315) $30.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 


250. Zubatsky, David S. JEWISH AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND BIOGRAPHIES: AN INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND DISSERTATIONS IN ENGLISH. New York; Garland, 1989. Publishers cloth. 8vo. X, 370 pages. 23 cm. First edition. List of biographies and autobiographies for individual Jewish personalities (writers, mathematicians, Hebraists, Holocaust Survivors, Hollywood, etc.); with index. Subjects: Jews - Biography - Bibliography. Joden. Biographie Bibliographie. Light highlighting of single entry on two pages, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-33-1) (ID #31902) $30.00.