New York: Newstand Publications, 1959. Paperback. 1st edition of the periodical, and first appearance of this popularized version of the Lengyel’s memoir, originally titled “Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz." Original illustrated paper wrappers, 4to, 82 pages. Lengyel’s memoir here is 4 pages, is heavily illustrated with provocative, sexualized popular-type..... More

Baltimore: M. Silberman, 1894. Paperback. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers (front/English side only). 12mo. [1], 17, 7 pages, 15 cm. This copy includes a tipped in page at the front from the recording secretary S. Boroway asking the reader to commit to dues; this page is not noted in any..... More

New York: Scribners, 1919. Cloth. 8vo; 329 pages. Original boards. 8vo. 329 pages, 20 cm. In English. Michael Walzer's copy with his ownership signiture, "M & J [Judy] Walzer August 1975 Hyannis." The Institute for Advanced Study, where Walzer is Emeritus, notes that "One of America’s foremost political thinkers, Michael..... More

London: Walter Scott, 1890. Hardcover. 8vo; No Date (ca 1890). 1st edition thus.Original publisher's gilt illustrated green boards, all edges gilt, 16mo (pocked-sized) 126 pages + 8 pages of ads. Two stories with religious themes translated from the original Russian. Gilt to edge of text block. Lacks bottom 1/4 of..... More

Whitehall, 1794. Hardcover. 8vo; 1st edition. Gorgeous mid-19th-Century red tooled morocco with raised bands, tooled inside edges, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 12mo, [4], cxix, [1], 289, [1] pages ; [4], 262, [6] pages, plus 4 pages of manuscript notes bound in at rear of volume I. Includes music. 18..... More

Paris: Gelbard, 1949. Magazine. 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to (tabloid format) , 12 pages. The second to final issue of this important survivor's monthly from post-war Poland. Yugnt-Veker, the Bundist Yiddish Socialist bi-monthly newspaper for young people, spanned a total of 27 years in various formats at different times..... More

PhiladelphiaPrinted by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1837-1838. Hardback. 1st Edition. Gorgeous Period-style gilt-tooled leather. 8vo. Vol. 1: "Part one - Prayers for the Whole Year" [siddur]. VII, 216, 216 pages. Vol. 2: "Part 2 - Prayers for Rosh Hashana". 120, 121 page, 121 page. Vol. 3: "Part 3 - Prayers..... More

Varsha [Warsaw]: Di Velt, 1927. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers, 4to (tabloid format), 16 pages each issue Many with photos or Socialist Realism illustrations on cover. In Yiddish. Title translates as "The Youth Alarm." From the period of rapid growth of the Bundist Youth Group in the mid-late 1920s. This..... More

Los-Andzsheles, 1967-1968. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. 414 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. The Yeshiva. "The monumental, two-volume novel Tsemakh Atlas (1967–1968; translated as The Yeshiva) is Grade's richest work about the Musar world and its attempt to shape the ethical personality. Through the memorable character of Tsemakh Atlas..... More

New York: A. H. Rosenberg. 1903. Hardcover. 4to. 80 pages. In Hebrew. Friedberg, Aleph-770; Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America 590. The First Work of Responsa published in America by an American Rabbi. Contains many contributions from R. Yitzchak Elchanan of Kovno and the “Alter of Kelm, ” R. Simcha Zissel..... More

Nyu York: Vilner Albom Komitet, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. 4to; 270 pages; 29-37 cm. An outstanidng photgraphic memorial to the Jewish Vilna, "The Jerusalem of Lithuania. " with well over 1000 photos and facsimiles PER VOLUME. Lacks folded map in pocket in Vol I, which is often missing. Title and..... More

Studies, 1994. Paperback. Original Wrappers. 8vo. 26 pages. 23 cm. First edition. No. 4 in the David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs series. Presented March 7, 1994. “I am not interested in revising the postwar portrait so much as exploring its dynamics. I also want to examine how..... More

Prague: Gesellschaft Fuer Geschichte, 1935. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo; 483 pages; In German. Yearbook of the "association of historical study of the Jews in the Czech Republic." Contains articles by various writers regarding Jewish culture, history, religion, local communities and folklore. Published annually between the years 1929-1938. Contains tables, photos..... More