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Moskva; Imidzh, 1991. Original Cloth. 8vo. 318, [2] pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Russian, parallel text and captions in English. Shedevry evreiskogo iskusstva = Masterpieces of Jewish art; 1. Published with assistance from the The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Beautifully illustrated book of Jewish ceremonial artifacts and crafts..... More
New York: M. N. Mayzel, Idisher Farlag Far Literatur Un Visenshaft, 1929. (FT) Hardcover, small 8vo, 103 pages, illustrated, in Yiddish. [6] leaves of plates. SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish --- juvenile --- Russia. OCLC lists 6 copies of this edition worldwide. Edgewear to covers, overall very good condition (YIDCHI-5-31A). More
![Item 6257. DER LITVISHER INGEL - OYSTSUG FAR IDISHE SHULEN [SHULN] FUN YISRA'EL ISER KATSOVITSH'S BUKH ZEKHTSIG YOHR LEBEN [LEBN], MIT A POR VERTER TSU DER IDISHER YUNGER FUN DEM FARFASSER.](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29718.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1661884762)
New York: M. N. Mayzel, Idisher Farlag Far Literatur Un Visenshaft, 1922. (FT) Hardcover, small 8vo, 103 pages, illustrated, in Yiddish. [6] leaves of plates. SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish --- juvenile --- Russia. OCLC lists 6 copies of this edition worldwide. Edgewear to covers, spine almost completely missing, pages tanned, but..... More
Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1959. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 189 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. Editor by Stephen S. Kayser and Guido Schoenberger. Includes 207 black and white plates and detailed descriptions of each art object. Subjects: Jewish art - Exhibitions. Bookplate of previous owner on endpage, otherwise clean..... More
Meksike : Shelomoh Mendelson Fond, 1956. Cloth, large 8vo. , 455 pages. In Yiddish. Of school and "shell" to TSISHO: Russian Jewry in Search of school, language, culture”. Comprehensive history of Jewish education in Russia and Poland. Illustrated with portraits and facsimiles. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Education -- Russia..... More
Meksike: Gezelshaft Kultur Un Hilf, 1947. (FT) Hardcover, large 8vo. , 571 pages. In Yiddish. "The history of Jewish education in Independent Poland". SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Jews -- Education -- Poland. Onderwijs. Joden. Named Corp: Zydowska Centralna Organizacja Szkolna. Kazdan, ? Ayyim Solomon (Shlomo; 1883–1979) , was a “Yiddish educator, editor..... More
Meksike: Gezelshaft Kultur Un Hilf, 1947. (FT) Hardcover, large 8vo. , 571 pages. In Yiddish. "The history of Jewish education in Independent Poland". SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Jews -- Education -- Poland. Onderwijs. Joden. Named Corp: Zydowska Centralna Organizacja Szkolna. Kazdan, Hayyim Solomon (Shlomo; 1883–1979) , was a “Yiddish educator, editor, and..... More
New York: Nechemia Glazer Gallery, 1975. 1st Edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo. 12 pages ; 22 cm. A rare catalog from a 1975 exhibit at the Nechemia Glazer Gallery that featured the art of Kikoine, Pailes, and Kremegne, three of the more influential and well-exhibited Jewish artists from l'École de..... More
New York City; Library Of The Jewish Theological Seminary, 2004. Softbound. 4to. 120 pages. 27 cm. Only edition. This collection of printed ephemera and canonical texts depicts the development of Jewish cultural and religious life from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, from the first communities in the Caribbean to..... More
New York: Matones`, 1961. (FT) Cloth, 8vo, 160 pages , illustrated, in Yiddish. Levin Kipnis (1894 -1990) was a children's author and poet who wrote mainly in Hebrew and Yiddish. He won the Israel prize in 1978. He decided to become a writer at the age of 13, after seeing..... More
Berlin: Der Zirkel, 1918. 4to ; 1st Edition. Original Green decorated boards and white spine, folio (large). 14 text pages + 72 full page numbered plates, including one double-fold-out (Plate XII). Plates are numbered I-LX with 12 additional plates numbered as “a” “b” or “c” (ie XXXVIIIa, XXXVIIIb). Salli Kirschstein..... More
New American Library By Arrangement With UNESCO, 1965. Softcover, 12mo, 24 pages, 3 pages (on folded leaf) , illustrated, 28 colored plates (part folded) , 17 cm. Series: A Mentor-Unesco art book. SUBJECT(S) : Mosaics, Byzantine. Mosaics -- Israel. Bibliography on page 25. Light wear to edges of cover. Very..... More
New York; Universe Books, 1986. Original Cloth. 4to. 210 pages. 31 cm. First edition. "Here is a richly illustrated volume celebrating the finest examples of art and design that have grown out of centuries of Jewish culture. The extensive collection of The Jewish Museum in New York offer an absorbing..... More
New York, Philosophical Library, 1951. Hardcover, 4to, 125 pages, illustrated, portraits, 30 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Chagall, Marc. Ex-library. Wear to edges of outer dust jacket. Otherwise, very good condition. (Art-9-10). More
Nyu York: Ferlag Inzel, 1918. Half cloth, 8vo. , various pagination. In Yiddish. SUBJECT (S) : Yiddish literature. Yiddish literature -- Periodicals. Collection of issues of this quarterly periodical devoted to Yiddish literature, edited by Dovid Kozanski un Mani Leyb. Includes “Nyu York in ferzen” (New York in verse) by..... More
Nyu York: Ferlag Inzel, 1918. Half cloth, 8vo. , various pagination. In Yiddish. SUBJECT (S) : Yiddish literature. Yiddish literature -- Periodicals. Collection of issues of this quarterly periodical devoted to Yiddish literature, edited by Dovid Kozanski un Mani Leyb. Includes “Nyu York in ferzen” (New York in verse) by..... More
Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society, 1995. Publishers cloth. 4to. 199 pages. 29 cm. First English edition. Jointly published by the Jewish Publication Society of Philadelphia and the Aventinum Publishing House of Prague. Prepared and selected from the magazine "In the Lead" (Vedem) by Marie Ruth Krízková, Kurt Jirí Koutouc, and Zdenek..... More
New York: Columbia University, 1972. 1st Edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo. 2 Pages ; 25 cm. Scarce Exhibit Brochure from Isaac Pailes’ One-Man Show at Columbia University in 1972 from October 17th — 26th at La Maison Français. Includes 1-page biography of the artist that refers to him as “Jacques..... More
![Item 10556. SHALOM-`ALEKHEM UN ZAYNE ELDEN [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/38994.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1548435339)
Israel: Hapoel Hazair Press, 1972. Original illustrated paper portfolio. 4to. 5 unnumbered leaves, 15 plates (in portfolio) , 36 cm. In Yiddish with alternate English title page. Title translates to English as "Shalom Aleichem and his Heroes. " David Labkovski, the illustrator, grew up in Vilna, the Jerusalem of Lithuania..... More
Galleria Carini (Milan, Italy), 1970. 1st Edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo. 80 pages; 21 cm. In Italian. Title translates into English as, “26 Works by Saving Labó. ” Catalog from Labó’s One-Man-Show at Galleria Carini in Milan in February and March of 1970. Labó (1899-1976) was an internationally recognized painter..... More
Milano: Galleria Carini, 1976. 1st Edition. Original Boards with Original Dust Jacket. 4to. 303 pages ; 29 cm. The most expansive retrospective of Labó’s lifework, published in the year of his death. Includes an introduction from Rafaela De Grada. Labó (1899-1976) was an internationally recognized painter from Milan, he exhibited..... More
![Item 10567. [PAINTING OF A RABBI]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/39008.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1661885169)
1st Edition. Oil on Wood. Signed by artist upper right. Framed. 8.5 x 9 inches. Hungarian artist Alfred Lakos (1870-1961) was one of the most prominent Jewish painters of his time. A contemporary of Isidor Kaufmann, Lakos's approach to his Jewish subjects was one of respect, seeking to emphasize the..... More
Paris, Arted, 1963. 1st Edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo. 24 pages ; 21 cm. In French. Title translates into English as, “Landau, 1898-1962: Paintings, Tasks, And Drawings. ” From Sigismond Landau’s (1898-1962) retrospective show at the Galerie Zak in Paris. “Galerie Zak was based in Paris and specialized in modern..... More
Berlin; Jüdische Buch-Vereinigung, 1935. Original Cloth. 4to. XXXI, 120 pages. 26 cm. First edition. Introduction in German by Georg Landauer, followed by 188 photographs, in black and white. 12 page laid in index at rear with map, with list of photographers and description of photographs (in English, German, French, and..... More
Berlin; Jüdische Buch-Vereinigung, 1935. Original Cloth. 4to. XXXI, 120 pages. 26 cm. First edition. Introduction in German by Georg Landauer, followed by 188 photographs, in black and white. Lacking 12 page index and map at rear. Georg Landauer (1895–1954) , “Zionist leader, active mainly in aiding the aliyah and absorption..... More