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MacMillan Press London & New York, 1996. 1st edition. Original cloth with dust jacket. 8vo, . 9 x 6 inches, viii + 539 pages. " A Jewish community has existed in Great Britain since the time of William the Conqueror, although in 1290 it was expelled . Re-admitted by Oliver..... More
good; London: English Zionist Federation, 1917. Wrappers; 8vo. 24 pages. Jewish question. OCLC lists ten copies worldwide. Wear and light soiling to cover. Good condition. (ZION-9-12). More
Publication: London, The Folio Society, 1971. Cloth, 8vo, 290 pages. Gilt on spine, handsome illustration on the cloth cover. Like new. Very Good condition. (BR-1). More
London, Taylor’s Foreign Press, 1936. Original Publisher’s Cloth. 4to. Ix-xviii, 570 pages illus. 8plates. 26 cm. “Gaster (1856–1939) was a rabbi, scholar, and Zionist leader whose writings covered many branches of learning, including Romanian literature, comparative and Jewish folklore, Samaritan history and literature, rabbinic scholarship, liturgy, Anglo-Jewish history, and biblical..... More
London: Jewish Post Publications, 1955. Wrappers; 16mo. 31 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. Illustrated with plates. Glossary pages 30-31. Though dealing with Germany, a British Jewish imprint by an important German Jewish refugee to the England. Orthodox Judaism -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- History --..... More
Glasgow: Gertrude Jacobson Orphanage, 1935. Wrappers; 8vo. 48 pages. Includes lists of officers, subscribers and donors. The orphanage housed twenty-three children, among them German refugees. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Appeal for donation laid in. Some edgewear; lower right-hand corner of front cover is creased; very good condition. (k-BR-2). More
London, Jewish Historical Society Of England, 1966. Original Publisher’s Clloth. 8vo. Xii, 404 pages. 8 plates (facsims. ) , tables. 23 cm. CONTENTS: “Law and everyday life in the Hebrew kingdoms and twelfth-century England, ” by A. S. Diamond; “Hebrew books and 'Judaica' in mediaeval Oxford and Cambridge, ” by..... More
London; Printed For F. Gardiner, At The White-Horse In Ludgate-Street, 1683. Original Wraps. 8vo. [6], 37, [1] pages. 20 cm. First edition. Full title: “The Protestant resolution of faith: being an answer to three questions: I. How far we must depend on the authority of the church for the true..... More
London: Brill And Co., 1903. First edition. Original boards. 8vo, 124 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. The title translates as “Jeshua Gedola: New Commentaries on the Talmud. ” This is the first and only publication from Belfast (as listed in Vinograd) . Rabbi Silverstone (1871-1944) moved from Poland to Belfast..... More
Publication: London, Wertheimer, Lea & Co. 1894. Cloth, 8vo, 130 pages. First edition. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt on all edges of the pages. Frontis plate of Rachel Simon. Ex-library with minimal markings. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide. Roth A10: 264. Very Good condition. (k-BR-1). More
London: George Routledge, and New York: Bloch, 1908. Cloth; 8vo. Xliii, 286 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Singer. Jewish sermons, English. Previous owner's name in pencil on inside front cover. Underlining and margin marks in ink and pencil. Boards very worn; backstrip missing; first few pages detached and chipping. Poor condition..... More
London: Lion Soesmans and Co., 1787. 8vo. 170 pages. In Hebrew and English. Volume II of V (Exodus). Dual-language book, with Hebrew on the right and English on the left, facing each other. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide. Lacks covers, but marbled endpapers are present. Chipping to some pages but..... More
London: Trubner and Co. , 1882. Cloth. 8vo. 48 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Talmud. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Binding shaken. Water damage throughout. Ex-library with minimal markings. No text damage. Gilt lettering on cover. Overall in good condition. (BR-8-1). More
London: Macdonald & Co. First Edition. 8vo; 326 pages; "The ancient Borough of Sunderland had no Jewish population prior to the expulsion--1290. Within 100 years of the readmission (1656) however, Jews began to foregather there. The circumstances that prompted them to settle there are fully set out in this book..... More
Birmingham : Avery and Joseph Printers, 1909. 1st edition. Original green printed paper wrappers, 8vo, 11 pages 22cm. Parallel text in English and Hebrew. Printed on heavy glossy paper. “The first formal Jewish institution to be established in Swansea was the Jewish burial ground in Townhill in 1768. It unclear..... More
Publication: London, Macmillan and Co. , 1904. Paper wrappers, 8vo, 55 pages. "Reprinted from the 'Jewish Quarterly Review' and published for the Jewish Historical Society of England. " OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Separated from cover, otherwise Very Good condition. (BR-1). More
New York: The American Jewish Book Company, 1921. Single sheet (Broadside) , 4to, 24 cm. Advertisement for a set of Israel Zangwill’s works, attractively typeset and illustrated with a tipped in photo of Zangwill. Israel Zangwill was a prolific author and early Cultural Zionist, a close associate of Theodor Herzl..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1952. Illustrated by 1 Map, Picture Cover. First US Edition. Very Good Condition; 8vo; 76 pages; (H-41-21). More
New York: Herzl Press, 1968. Wrappers; 8vo. 14 pages. Reprinted from Herzl Year Book, Volume VII. Good condition. (BR-4). More
London: United Synagogue, 1881. Cloth; 8vo. Xlii, 77 pages. Index pages 65-77. Synagogues -- England -- London. OCLC lists eight copies worldwide. Several corrections have been made: two sections on page 15 have been struck out and a note made in the margin with fountain pen. Additional bye-laws (104a and..... More
London: Woburn House, 1932. Cloth; 8vo. 96 pages. Index pages 81-96. Seven-page pamphlet laid in: "District Synagogues-Bye-laws. Approved by the Council of the United Synagogue 17th July, 1933." This pamphlet is a supplement showing the variations made in such Bye-laws in the case of the District Synagogues. Synagogues -- England..... More
London: Woburn House, 1936. Cloth; 8vo. Xxvi, 126 pages. Index pages 101-121. Contains an interesting Preface and Historical Sketch. Credit is given for this, on page xxi, to Samuel Moses, Chairman of the Byelaws Revision Committee. Synagogues -- England -- London. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Initialed "J. C. S...... More
London: B. Fellowes, 1836. 1st edition. Period Half Leather and Boards, 8vo, 525 pages. Includes the speech noted above (pages 419-501), which is cited in Cecil Roth’s Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica 1937, B1.185. Richard Whately (1787 -1863) was an “English logician, educator, social reformer, economist and theological writer, and Anglican archbishop..... More
[Oberlin, Ohio]: [Biblioteca Sacra], 1911. 1st separate edition. Period boards with original paper wrappers bound in, pages [510]-531 (ie.22 pages) ; 24 cm. “Reprint from the Biblioteca Sacra, ” July, 1911. Includes bibliographical references. Solomon Schechter’s copy with his presentation bookplate. Harold Marcus Wiener (1875-1929) was a British-born Jerusalem lawyer..... More
London, The Narod Press, 1946. First separate edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 2 pages; 22 cm. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Bible Readers’ Union. “It is not easy to see the sequence of thought in Psalm 8. Does the Psalmist want to speak of the glory of God and..... More