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Cincinnati, O., Bloch & Co, 1868. Hardback. 2nd Edition (Revised). Original boards, 12mo, 80 pages. 17 cm. A side by side comparison of the two editions (the 1st edition of 1861 comprises 65 pages instead of the 80 pages here) quickly makes the revisions apparent. Isaac Mayer Wise was born..... More
![Item 243368. MACHZOR: FORM OF PRAYERS FOR THE NEW YEAR, [AND] FORM OF PRAYERS FOR THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE POLISH JEWS. WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION [COMPLETE SET IN TWO VOLUMES]](/pictures/thumb/42040.jpg?v=1669039318)
New York: Henry Frank, 1854. Hardback. 1st edition. Period-style gilt tooled Morocco leather. 12mo, various pagination (aprox 475 pages total) . Singerman 1285, Goldman 40. The first Ashkenazi machzor printed in America. Based upon the celebrated Wolf Heidenheim edition, Henry (Chaim) Frank of New York published in 1854 2 prayer-books..... More
![Item 243367. SEDER TEFILAH.THE ORDER OF PRAYER FOR DIVINE SERVICES. VOLUME II ONLY [OF II PUBLISHED]. PRAYERS FOR THE DAY OF ATONEMENT](/pictures/thumb/42039.jpg?v=1668994627)
New York: No Publisher [Jewish Messinger?], 1855. Hardback. 1st edition. Original gilt-tooled illustrated full leather, 12mo 323 pages. THE FIRST REFORM PRAYERBOOK IN AMERICA, ONE OF TWO VOLUMES (The other volume, Vol I, was “Daily Prayers”). Singerman 1384; Goldman 41, Deinard 967. 18 cm. On Title page: “Revised By Dr.L...... More
![Item 243360. SEDER TEFILAH. THE ORDER OF PRAYER FOR DIVINE SERVICE. II VOLUME: DAY OF ATONEMENT [VOL II ONLY, OF 2] [DAILY PRAYERS. REFORM, MERZBACHER]](/pictures/thumb/42038.jpg?v=1668807311)
New York, Printed by Thalmessinger & Cahn, 1863. Hardback. 2nd Revised Edition, edited, revised, and corrected by S. Adler, 1st printing thus. Original gilt tooled leather, 8vo, 396 pages. In Hebrew and English on facing pages. Formerly Singerman 1780, now merged into Singerman 1667 as vol II, variant 1 (Thalmessinger..... More
Chicago: I. S. Moses, 1894. Hardback. 4th Revised Edition (expanded), Modern Boards, 8vo. 218 pages; 20 cm. Singerman 4736. The 1st & 2nd editions have only 194 pages. Isaac S. Moses was the rabbi at Ahawath Chesed-Shaar Hashomayim, what is now Central Synagogue in New York. He spent much of..... More
![Item 243341. SOUVENIR OF CONFIRMATION, HEBREW FREE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, [NEW YORK, N.Y.], MAY 31ST 1891, AT TEMPLE SHAARAY TEPHILLA.](/pictures/thumb/31226.jpg?v=1668804845)
New York : De Leeuw & Oppenheimer, 1891. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original cloth, Oblong 4to, 10 leaves. Uriah Hermann’s copy, who is listed as Vice-President of the Association, with his bookplate (Hermann was a leading German-Jewish philanthropist in New York at the time) . Singerman 4250. A lavishly printed souvenir..... More
New York: Press of Clarence S. Nathan, Inc., 1927. Paperback. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers, 16mo (small), 7 pages ; 25 cm (folded to 14 cm in wrappers). "Correspondence between Henry Ford, Louis Marshall and Herman Bernstein. Settlement of Aaron Sapiro's and Herman Bernstein's libel suits" (From the front cover)..... More
Moscow; Shkola I Kniga, 1926. First edition and 1 of 5000 copies published. Period boards with photographic front cover mounted on front. 4to, 136 pages. Folio. In Russian. “Jewish Massacre. 1918-1921.” With numerous photographic illustrations. A detailed album highlighting the horrific results of a wave of ferocious pogroms afflicted upon..... More
![Item 243332. NASHI POLITICHESKIIA ZADACHI: (TAKTICHESKIE I ORGANIZATSIONNYE VOPROSY) [ASSOCIATION COPY WITH THE STAMP OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC WORKERS PARY]](/pictures/thumb/42035.jpg?v=1668739926)
Rabochey Partii, 1904. Hardback. 1st edition. Period boards, 12mo (small), xi, 107 pages; 18 cm. In Russian with some French and German on title page: “Unsere politische Aufgaben. N. Trotzky.” Title here translates as "Our Political Objectives: (Tactical and Organizational Issues)." Later issued in English as “Our Political Tasks.” With..... More
Emanuel König, Basel, 1680. Hardcover. 8vo; Original beautiful full velum binding, 8vo, [16] leaves + 779 pages + [1] pages + [18] leaves. With beautiful red and black title page. “Tertia editione, de nova restaurata, & innumeris acceßionibus in ampliorem & augustiorem formam redacta a Johanne Buxtorfio Fil., quarta hac..... More
New York: De Leeuw & Oppenheimer, 1895. 1st edition. Original illustrated red, white and gold wrappers, 4to. 144 pages. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Includes 22 pages of names of various Jewish organizations (over 1800 names!) list and Index. Singerman 4922. Every committee member and booth member listed. Detailed description..... More
New York: No Publisher Listed, 1881. Hardback. 1st edition. Period boards, 8vo, 213 pages. Tables and graphs at end. Illustration of B’nai B’rith Hall, San Francisco, CA opposite title page. Includes correspondence between Julius Bien and M. Ellinger. From Introduction by Julius Bien: “I [Bro. Julius Bien, President Executive Committee.]..... More
![Item 243328. JUDAISM ON THE SOCIAL QUESTION. [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]](/pictures/thumb/39707.jpg?v=1668796816)
New York : John B. Alden. 1888. Cloth. First edition. Original Publisher's Cloth, 12mo. 130 pages. Inscribed by author. SUBJECT (S) : Labor and laboring classes -- History. Labor and laboring classes -- United States. Jews -- Politics and government. Jews -- Social conditions. A thoughtful, conservative Rabbi's interpretation of..... More
Cincinnati; Bloch, [1897]. Paper Wrappers. Later blue boards. 8vo. VII, 102 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Singerman 5150. A lengthy essay on Jewish historiography, through the Bible, middle ages, and the rise of the modern study of the field in the 19th century under Zachariah Frankel and S. D. Luzatto..... More
Chicago : I. S. Moses, 1894. Hardback. 1st edition. Original printed boards, 8vo. 194 pages ; 20 cm. 1st edition of what became a very popular and often reprinted Reform Sunday school hymnal. Singerman 4736. Isaac S. Moses was the rabbi at Ahawath Chesed-Shaar Hashomayim, what is now Central Synagogue..... More
![Item 243322. [TEFILOT YISRA'EL]. UNION PRAYER BOOK. AS ADOPTED BY THE CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS. [PART I: THE SABBATH, THE THREE FESTIVALS, AND THE DAILY PRAYERS].](/pictures/thumb/35985.jpg?v=1668739923)
Chicago, Published By The Ritual Committee, 1892. Hardback. 1st edition. Period Leather binding, 12mo, 260, 140 pages. Singerman 4357. "Printed as manuscript for the Rabbinical Conference." The scarce true first edition, quickly recalled after publication by the Reform movement because of opposition led by the Einhorn wing. “Rabbi Wise's intent..... More
Cincinnati; Bloch Pub. Co., [1897]. Original Wraps. 8vo. VII, 102 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Singerman 5150. A lengthy essay on Jewish historiography, through the Bible, middle ages, and the rise of the modern study of the field in the 19th century under Zachariah Frankel and S. D. Luzatto. Gotthard..... More
New York: De Leeuw & Oppenheimer, 1895. 1st edition. Original illustrated red, white and gold wrappers, 4to. 144 pages. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Includes 22 pages of names of various Jewish organizations (over 1800 names!) list and Index. Singerman 4922. Every committee member and booth member listed. Detailed description..... More
Richmond, Va. : Ezekiel & Bass, 1893. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original Cloth, 12mo, 108, 95 pages. The First Hebrew book published in Richmond. Edward Nathan Calisch (1865-1946) “was a prominent American Reform Rabbi….in the second graduating class of Hebrew Union College. In 1887, Calisch accepted a pulpit in Peoria, Illinois..... More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1892. Paperback. 1st edition. Later Wrappers. 12mo, 83 pages, 19 cm. Louis Schnabel (1829-1897) taught in the Talmud Torah of his native city, Prossnitz, Moravia, as well as “at Boskowitz and Vienna. In 1854 he went to Paris, where he remained until 1863, teaching in Derenbourg's..... More
Philadelphia: Printed By Billstein & Son, 1890. Paperback. 1st edition. Plain paper wrappers, 8vo, 28 pages, 28 cm. Singerman 4065. SUBJECT (S) : Named Person: Jesus Christ -- Jewish interpretations. Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion. Dropsie (1821–1905) was a “U. S. Attorney, businessman, philanthropist, and patron of Jewish learning. Dropsie was..... More
1899. Hardcover. 1st edition. Cincinnati: Bloch, no date (1899) . Cloth, 12mo. 59 pages. Singerman 5648, identifying the date as 1899. Contains six sermons: "Justice and Mercy," "The Day of Memorial " "The Call of Duty," "Repentance, Charity, Prayer," "The Triple Atonement," and "Be Strong " David Philipson (1862–1949) was..... More
![Item 243290. UNZER TSAYT [UNSER TSAIT] [NEW SERIES]. "INHALT FUN 15 YORGENG "UNZER TSAYT." INDEX FOR VOLUMES 1-15 (1941-1955) .](/images/noimage.png)
Paperback. New York, N. Y. : American Representation of the General Jewish Workers' Union of Poland, No Date (1956? ) . Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 39 pages. Yiddish Monthly of the Bund in America, originally beginning in Feb 1941. 25 cm. In Yiddish. Light wear, Good Condition (Y-21-C). More
Chicago : A.C. McClurg and Co, 1894. Paper Wrappers. 1st English language edition; original cloth, 12mo. 317 pages. 18 cm. Singerman 4762. Originally in French by Leopold von Sacher Masoch; translated to English by Harriet Lieber Cohen.” Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch was an Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist, who gained..... More
New York; Natsyonaln Ekzekutiv Komitet Fun Ikor, 1936. paperback. 1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers, 4to. 161 + 23 pages [184 pages total]. 28 cm. ICOR Yearbook 1936. Final Volume Published. In Yiddish and English. Published by the National Executive Committee of the ICOR, Organization for Jewish Colonization in the..... More