Varsha [Warsaw], 1905. 1905 (both). 1st Yiddish editions (both). Period cloth, small 8vo, 40 + [23] pages. 20 cm. In Yiddish. Titles translate as “Labor and Capital” [Marx] and “What is a Constitution?” Both are 1st Yiddish editions and are also the first Yiddish publications of any books by either..... More

Nyu York: Tsentral-Komitet Fun Di Patronatn Far Di Politishe Arestirte In Poyln, 1937. 1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 4to. 24 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Title translates as, 'To Aid." Important Landsmanschaften periodical to organize the campaign to free political prisoners in Poland and to fight Polish..... More

Yonkers [New York]: Internatsyonaler arbeter ordn, 1931. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 4to (magazine size), 32 pages per issue. Primarily in Yiddish with some articles in English. Title translates as, “The Funk: official organ of international labor organization.” The International Workers Order (IWO) “was a Communist Party-affiliated insurance, mutual..... More

New York: Natsyonaler Shul Komisye Fun Internatsyonaln Arbeter Ordn, 1938. 1st edition. Original photographic paper wrappers. 4to. 24 pages, 31 cm. In Yiddish with some advertisements in English. Includes many photos and illustrations, some by William Gropper. Title translates to "Proletarian Education: Official Organ of the National School Commission of..... More

New York: Natsyonaler Shul Komisye Fun Internatsyonaln Arbeter Ordn, 1935. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers. 4to. 24 pages, 31 cm. In Yiddish with some advertisements in English. Title translates to "Proletarian Education: Official Organ of the National School Commission of International Labor." A Yiddish-language publication of the National School..... More

New York: Nakl. Autora [by the Author], 1944. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 8vo, 31 pages. 23 cm. In Polish. Title translates as, “Anti-Semites and necrophiles: remarks on the Jewish question in Poland.” Published by a leading refugee Bundist intellectual as it became clear that Germany would be defeated..... More

Lódz: Centralna Zyd. Komisja historyczna w Polsce, 1945. 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 38 pages. 21 cm. In Polish. Title translates as, "The Destruction of the Jews of Lvov." Published shortly after the end of WWII, this work serves as an early history and collection of firsthand accounts of..... More

Lodz, Centraina Zydowska Komisja, 1946. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers with red and blue, 8vo; 76 pages. In Polish. Title translates as, "Details About the Demographic Processes Among the Jewish Population of the Towns of: Lodz, Cracow, Lublin, During the German Occupation Period.” One of the earliest reports documenting..... More

Vilna [Vlinius]: Difus Y. Pirazshnikov, 1901. 1st Edition. Period boards with original green front wrapper bound in, 8vo, 32 pages plus errata page. “Published by…Shaare Zion.” In Hebrew. Title translates as, “Zionism from the Point of View of Religion.” Early publication on the budding Zionist movement issued 4 years after..... More

St. Petersburg (Russia): Type [Printer] I. Lurie, 1912. 1st edition. Original green printed wrappers, 12mo, 159 pages. In Yiddish. Not to be confused with the more common 1911 imprint from Vilna, also called “Fragen fun Leben.” With a frontis photo of a young dapper Morris Winchevsky in 1874 (about 18..... More

[Odessa]: Izd. "Burevestnik" 1905. 1st Russian Edition. Original wrappers with green and blue printing, 8vo, 241 pages. 22 cm. In Russian. Title translates as, “A Reply to Bernstein: (Anti-Criticism).” Liebman Hersch’s copy, with his ownership stamp, “L. Hersch.” on the front cover and title page. Karl Johann Kautsky (1854-1938) was..... More

New York, 1795. Single leaf, 4x7 inches. Printed on one side with blanks filled in in manuscript and signature (obscured by cancellation tear-off); “Isaac Moses & Sons” penned on blank side in period hand. Early American Jewish merchants Isaac Moses & Sons operated on Greenwich Street.Isaac Moses (1742-1818) was born..... More

Nyu-York; Shoken Buks, 1946. 1st edition. Original Wraps. 8vo. 45 pages. 23 cm. In Yiddish. The first Yiddish book ever published by Schocken Books. ‘The East-European Jew’. ‘This work is a popularization of the lecture presented at the ninth conference of YIVO in New York’ in 1945. “Heschel’s revised and..... More