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Pshemishl [Poland]: Ferlag fon Amkroynt et Fraynd Bukhhandlung, 1908. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original Illustrated Art Nouveau paper wrappers, bound into pamphlet protector, 8vo, 54 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Mattie Melech the Carpenter: A Lifesaga in 4 Acts.” One of only 2 works by Kornblit to..... More
Varshe: [B. Kletskin], 1929. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original red, black, and white printed wrappers, 8vo, [185] pages. In Yiddish. Title translates roughly as, “Once in a Blue Moon: An Anthology of Fiction.” Contributors include many of the greats of the period, including Kadia Molodowsky, Rachel Korn, Aaron Zeitlin, Melech..... More
Regensburg [Germany]: Farlag, 1947. Paper Wrappers. 8vo; 1st edition. Original colorful printed wrappers, 8vo, 62 pages. In Yiddish. Title translates roughly as “Booklets for Literature, Culture and Criticism. Periodical Writings from Yiddish Authors in Germany.” “In 1946 [Mendl] Mann attended a meeting of survivors in Warsaw held to commemorate the..... More
New York: Farlag A. Biderman, 1930. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original printed cloth, 8vo, 162 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title on page facing title page: “Eugene O'Neill: American dramatist.” SUBJECT(S): O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation. OCLC: 7405017. Dampstains to rear board and second half of pages, wear to..... More
Moskve [Moscow]: Emes, 1933. Hardback. 1st edition.original modernist covers,12mo, 141 pages ; 20 cm. In Yiddish. Text partially vocalized. David Hofstein (1889-1952) was a Russian-born Jewish poet who, “after the Russian Revolution of 1917, which he welcomed...wrote only in Yiddish. He was coeditor of the Moscow Yiddish monthly Shtrom, the..... More
Nyu York [New York]: Literashn Farlag, 1914. Hardcover. 1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. pages 315-438; 125, 119, 123 + ads. [490 pages total + ads] . 24 cm. In Yiddish. Nrs. 9-11 sub-titled: "Di yudishe velt." Title translates to “Literature and Life: The Jewish World Literary Social Monthly. ” Featuring..... More
![Item 243099. DI YIDN IN POYLN: FUN DI ELTSTE TSAYTN BIZ DER TSVEYTER VELT MILHOME = THE JEWS IN POLAND VOL. 1 [COMPLETE NO MORE ISSUED]](/pictures/thumb/41991.jpg?v=1663871145)
New York, The Committee For The Publication Of "the Jews In Poland', 1946. Hardcover. Original boards. 4to. Xxviii, 890 pages; 31 cm. In Yiddish with added English title page. Title translates to “The Jews in Poland Vol. 1.” Written just after the Holocaust. Contents include: 1. Der Poylisher Yid in..... More
![Item 243088. POYLISHER ID: YORBUKH LIKHVOYD DER ... KONVENSHON FUN DER AMERIKANER FEDERATSYE FAR POYLISHE IDN. POLISH JEW. ELFTER YOR BUKH. ELEVENTH YEAR BOOK [1944]](/pictures/thumb/41980xt.jpg?v=1663871141)
Nyu York [New York] : American Federation for Polish Jews, 1944. Hardback. 1st edition. Original glossy printed wrappers, bound into later cloth, 4to [Life Magazine Size], 112 (Yiddish) + 95 (English) pages. In Yiddish and English. Annual Yearbook of the American Federation for Polish Jews, started in 1932-33, as Hitler..... More
![Item 243085. TSU DIR--TSU MIR: POEME [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]](/pictures/thumb/42004.jpg?v=1663855036)
Nyu-York : A. Glants [The Author], 1933. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original Printed Cloth, 12mo, 63 pages. 20 cm. Inscribed and dated in year of publication by author. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “To You – To Me: Poems.” Aaron Glanz-Leyeless (1889–1966) was an American “Yiddish poet and essayist. Born in..... More
Nyu York [New York]: Farlag Idish lebn, 1929. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original black cloth with modernist gold lettering, initialed “B.B.” in the plate. 8vo, 96 pages. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title page in classic interwar modernist typefacePoems by the great Yiddish poet, Yaakov Glatshteyn (1896-1971). Born in Poland, Glatshteyn became..... More
Kiev: Kooperativer farlag "Kultur-lige" 1929. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original Soviet modernist gray black and white wrappers, 8vo, 265 pages. 21 pages. In Yiddish, usually translated as "Harsh Judgement” or “Measure of Justice.” A translation into English ["Judgement: A Novel”] was published by Northwestern University Press in 2017. The translators..... More
Varshe: Kooperativer farlag Kultur lige, 1937. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Later paper wrappers, 8vo, 83 pages. Includes photos. 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Joseph Leshchinsky (J. Kamurner): His Life, Creativity and Struggle.” The author notes that “’in the thousands of articles, which he wrote over the course of..... More
Nyu York [New York] : Aroysg. fun di Idishe Arbeter Kinder-Shuln, 1930. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original green printed wrappers, 8vo 32 pages. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “School-Almanach. For the Graduation Celebration.” Published in May, 1930, and thus one of the very first publications of the International Workers Order..... More
![Item 243070. DER TSURISENER OYERL: A GESHIKHTE FUN A HOZ ]SERIES TITLE: DOS LEBN FUN DI HAYES]](/pictures/thumb/41999.jpg?v=1663854853)
Bialystok: Farlag Dos Bukh, 1920. Paper Wrappers. 1st Yiddish edition. Original printed wrappers, 12mo, 63 pages. 18 cm. Includes illustrations. In Yiddish. Title translates as “The Prickly Ear: a Story of a Hare.” Nr V in the series, “Dos Lebn fun di Hayes.” [Wild Animals I Have Known]. Publisher's no..... More
![Item 243066. DER MASKERADIN BAL: A SATIRISHE POEME IN PERZEN [MASKERADEN-BAL]](/pictures/thumb/41998.jpg?v=1663854852)
Varsha [Warsaw]: Aleksander Ginz, 1884. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Later paper wrappers, 12mo, 135 pages. 28 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “The Masquerade Ball: A Esoteric Poem in Character." SUBJECT(S): Yiddish wit and humor. Yiddish poetry. Shmuel-Mordekhai Ostrovski “was born, it would appear, in Kiev. He was the author..... More
Nyu York [New York]: A. Hillman, 1904. Paper Wrappers. 1st Yiddish Edition. Original Green printed wrappers, 12mo, 86 pages, 17 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Jew: An Explanation.” Part of the Folks-bibliyothek series. A novel, translated from the Russian by H. Aleksandrov. Grigorii Aleksandrovich Machtet (1852-1901) was a “popular..... More
![Item 243063. FOROYS: ORGAN FUN DER GEZELSHAFT FAR KULTUR UN HILF. WHOLE NUMBERS: 310,312,315,320,327/328,330,343.353,362,373,399,411,435 [13 SEPARATE ISSUES FROM 1962-1977]](/pictures/thumb/41995.jpg?v=1663878484)
Mexico, D. F. : Gezelshaft far Kultur un Hilf, 1962-1977. First Edition. Paperback. 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to, 24-144 pages each issue. Monthly. 28 cm. Text in Yiddish; contains advertising matter in Spanish. Published in Mexico City, the Foroys has more of a Latin American focus, often with the..... More
Vilna [Lithuania; Vilnius]: Di Velt, 1906. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Lacking original front wrapper (Original front wrapper was likely an identical imprint of the title page on colored paper), 8vo 64 pages, 21 cm. In Yiddish. Bikher ferlag "Di Velt," no. 49 in the series. Not to be confused with..... More
![Item 232554. DRAY NAYE SKITSEN [BUT THIS COPY INCLUDING ONLY “A SHTIME FUN DER VAYTEN”]. [TRI OCHERKA]](/pictures/thumb/41993.jpg?v=1663854848)
Vilna [Lithuania; Vilnius]: Vitve un gebrider Rom, 1906. Paper Wrappers. 1st Yiddish Edition. Disbound, with title page present; Original front wrapper was likely an identical imprint of the title page on paper, 12mo, 24 pages [of 45 published, but complete for the first sketch, “A shtime fun der Vayten”] 18..... More
Varshe; Merkaz "he-Haluts" In Poyln, 1949. Original illustrated wraps. 8vo. 351 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. “Between Tumbling Walls”. Memoir of the author's experiences as a partisan in the Warsaw ghetto; “Tuvia Borzykowski’s memoir Tsvishn falndike vent, 1949, contains one of Holocaust literature’s most detailed accounts of the..... More
Frankraykh, 1948-1950. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. More
New York: The Fine Editions Press, 1945. Paperback. 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 40 pages. 22 cm. Cover displays a reprint of an Arthur Szyk drawing. Published just as the Holocaust was ending, this is a collection of largely religious -themed poetry address the murder of the Jews by..... More
![Item 222047. IN HIMLISHN OKEAN [COVER DESIGN BY YOSEF TCHAIKOV?]](/pictures/thumb/XT41962.jpg?v=1663587185)
Varshe: Kultur-lige, 1929. Hardcover. 1st Yiddish edition. Period boards with original green, red, and white modernist illustrated wrappers mounted front and rear, 12mo, 95 pages. Modernist cover with original typeface initialed in the text in Yiddish “Y.T;” possibly for “Yosef Tchaikov.” Includes drawings (not by Tchaikov) and photo plates. In..... More
[Kharkov]: Melukhe-farlag fun Ukrayne, 1929. Hardcover. 1st edition of one of author’s “most significant books.” Period boards with original modernist wrappers mounted front and back. 12mo, 275 pages; 19 cm. In Yiddish. Title translate as “Wells.” A novel. 1 of 3000 copies printed. Khayim Gildin (1884–1944) was a “Yiddish writer..... More
Moskva [Moscow]: "Shtrom"-oysgabe, 1924. Hardcover. 1st edition of author’s second book. Period boards with original modernist wrappers mounted front and back. 12mo, 62 pages; 22 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Hard Reality.” Beautiful modernist typographical title and author on front cover, signed by artist in the print (illegible). Moyshe..... More