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Detroit, Mich. I. Koplowitz, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo; 66 pages; 22 cm. In Hebrew and English. Somewhat scarce Detroit Rabbi's anti-alcohol tract from the American Prohibition era. "This book presents the thoughts and sentiments of the Talmudic Rabbins who were strongly opposed to the drinking of any wine whatever..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1931. Hardcover. 1st American Edition. Original Cloth. 12mo. 94 pages. 22 cm. “This volume is composed of translations of extracts from speeches and letters delivered and written by Professor Einstein during the last nine or ten years. " Translated and edited with an introduction by Leon Simon..... More
New York; United Synagogue Commission On Jewish Education, [1954]. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original Cloth. 8vo. [26] pages. 28 cm. Color illustrations throughout by Maurice Sendak. Rare first edition of this charmingly illustrated holiday story. Mimmy, Joel and Baby Dan light the menorah, receive gelt and sing holiday blessings in this..... More
New York; United Synagogue Commission On Jewish Education, 1951. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original illustrated boards designed by Sendak. 4to. 26 pages. 28 cm. . With illustrations by Maurice Sendak Includes pictorial endpapers and color or black and white illustrations on every page by Sendak. Little Mimmy's excitement mounts as she..... More
Jerusalem, Supreme Muslim Council (SMC), 1927. Paper Wrappers. 2nd printing (first is 1924). Original Green publisher’s wrappers, 8vo, 16 pages with 7 photo plates. In French with some English on title page. Visitor's guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif. This guide to the structures that comprise the al-Haram al-Sharif, the Temple Mount..... More
Boulder, San Francisco, and Oxford: Westview, 1983. Hardback. 1st edition. 8vo. Xi, 144 pages. Includes notes and index. The author puts forth the concept that bringing the Nazi criminals to trial is vital to maintaining a moral and ethical society apart from any current threat they may be. War crime..... More
![Item 254181. YERUSHOLAIM DE-LITA: ILUSTRIRT UN DOKUMENTIRT / JERUSALEM OF LITHUANIA: ILLUSTRATED AND DOCUMENTED. [COMPLETE IN 3 VOLUMES]](/pictures/thumb/42141_1.jpg?v=1675721587)
Nyu York: Vilner Albom Komitet, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. 4to; 1st edition. 4to, Volume 1 and 2 cloth, Volume 3 softcover, all as issued. An outstanidng photgraphic memorial to the Jewish Vilna, "The Jerusalem of Lithuania. " with well over 2000 photos and facsimiles. Folding map of Vilna, often missing..... More
![Item 254180. AFN SHPRAKHFRONT: ZSHURNAL FAR YIDISH SHPRAKHVISN. NRS 1 (JAN-FEB 1932), 2/3, 4, 5/6 (SEP-DEC 1932) [UNBROKEN RUN, COMPLETE FOR 1932, 6 NRS IN 4 ISSUES]](/pictures/thumb/42140.jpg?v=1675721586)
Kiev : Institut far Yidisher kultur ba der Alukraynisher visnshaftlekher akademiye, Filologishe sektsye, 1932. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original printed publisher’s color paper wrappers, 4to (large), ca 72-116 columns [ca 36-58 pages] per issue. In Yiddish. Title translates roughly as, “On the Language Front: A Journal for Yiddish Linguistics.” This..... More
![Item 254179. DI YIDISHE SHPRAKH. WHOLE NRS 1 (MAR-APR 1927), 2, 3/4, 5/6, 7, 8/9, 10, 16, 17/18, 19, 21/22, 23/24, & 25 (NOV-DEC 1930, FINAL ISSUE) [NEARLY COMPLETE RUN OF 19 NRS. IN 13 ISSUES, INCLUDING FIRST AND IMPORTANT FINAL ISSUE]](/pictures/thumb/42139.jpg?v=1675721584)
Kiev: Katedr far Yidisher Kultur ba der Ukr. Visnshaftl. Akademye, Filologishe Sektsye, 1927-1930. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original printed publisher’s color paper wrappers, 4to (large), ca 72-116 columns [ca 36-58 pages] per issue. 28 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates roughly as, “The Yiddish Language.” Succeeded in 1931 by “Afn shprakhfront.”Di..... More
Boston; Kluwer-Nijhoff; Hingham, Ma. : Distributors For North America, Kluwer Boston, 1983. Original Hardback. 8vo. XI, 260 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Edited by Randolph L. Braham. Contains the following: I The Jews of Transylvania: A Historical Overview - The Post-World War I Era - Northern Transylvania under Hungarian Rule..... More
Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1994. 1st edition. Original Faux leather, 8vo, x, 164 pages, includes illustrations and map, 24 cm. Includes lists of children who survived and samples of registration cards as well as an excerpt from a report by the Department of Evidence and Statistics. "Published in cooperation..... More
Moskve [Moscow] : Emes, 1934. Cloth. 1st edition. Original printed publisher’s cloth, 8vo, 354 pages. 22 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Political Economy: Short Course for Marxist-Leninist Circles and for Self-Education.” SUBJECT(S): Economics E´conomie politique. OCLC: 19314574. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Front hinge starting, Paper browning, light wear..... More
Kharkov: Melukhe-Farlag far di Natsyonale Minderhaytn fun U.S.R.R, 1932. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original Printed Paper Wrappers, Small 8vo, 8 pages. 18 x 12.5 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates roughly as, “Reminder Booklet…for Managing the Care Center.” This rare Soviet Ukrainian Yiddish booklet, published under authority of the Pan-Ukrainian Central..... More
![Item 254137. BAM DNYEPER. VOL I [ONLY, OF 2]](/pictures/thumb/42135.jpg?v=1675449543)
Moskve [Moscow]: Farlag "Emes" 1932. Cloth. 1st edition. Original Cloth Boards, 8vo, 574 pages [this volume], 20 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, "By the Dnieper." Cover title for this volume [Vol I.] is “Bam Dnyeper (Penek)”. By the time David Bergelson arrived in Berlin in 1921, he was highly..... More
![Item 254133. [CALENDAR. HEBREW ALMANAC] LUAH 1925-1926](/pictures/thumb/XT41968.jpg?v=1675105365)
New York: Jewish National fund Bureau for America [Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel], 1925-1926. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition thus. Original printed paper wrappers, 16mo (pocket sized), [31] pages. Includes illustrations & map, 12 cm. Text in Yiddish with some English. In addition to 12 monthly calendar pages, includes 14 pages of text..... More
![Item 254130. DOREM AFRIKE [AFRIKA]: NRS 184-186 (VOL 21, NR 6, NOV/DEC 1968-VOL 22, NR 2 MAR/APRIL 1969); [3 ISSUES TOTAL]](/pictures/thumb/42134.jpg?v=1675100050)
Yohanesburg [Johannesburg, South Africa]]: Dorem Afrikaner Yidisher Kultur Federatsye, 1968-1990. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. Approximately 32 pages each, 23 cm. In Yiddish withs some English advertisements. Title translates to “South Africa.” South Africa's most well-known Yiddish journal, published in Johannesburg from 1948-1991. Interesting period covered here, the..... More
![Item 254129. DOREM AFRIKE [AFRIKA]: NRS 184-186 (VOL 21, NR 6, NOV/DEC 1968-VOL 22, NR 2 MAR/APRIL 1969); 265 (VOL 35 NR 7, JULY-SEPT 1983); & APRIL-JUNE 1990 (NO VOLUME OR WHOLE NR) [5 ISSUES TOTAL]](/pictures/thumb/42133.jpg?v=1675100049)
Yohanesburg [Johannesburg, South Africa]]: Dorem Afrikaner Yidisher Kultur Federatsye, 1968-1990. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. Approximately 32 pages each, 23 cm. In Yiddish withs some English advertisements. Title translates to “South Africa.” South Africa's most well-known Yiddish journal, published in Johannesburg from 1948-1991. Interesting period covered here, including..... More
![Item 243732. “CAMP OF CAPTIVE WOMEN [IN] FOR MEN ONLY. NOV. 1959](/pictures/thumb/38468.jpg?v=1675095424)
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
New York: Jewish Black Book Committee, 1946. Illustrated by Aprox. 40 Charts,maps,photos. First Edition. Black Cloth. 8vo; 560 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 560 pages. Robinson & Friedman # 11. Includes large fold-out chart Robinson & Friedman: "The summaries of Jewish experience under the Nazi regime which were published before..... More
New York, Macmillan, 1917. Cloth. 1st edition. Original green publisher's cloth. 8vo, pagination: iii-xiii, [1 blank], [2], 367, [1 blank], [6, advertisements]. Here Veblen considers the situations in Germany and England during the First World War and projects the economic consequences of plenty in peacetime, which he frames as the..... 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
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1953. 1st edition in stated "2d impression" unclipped dustjacket. 8vo, ix, 327 pages. By the widely influential political philosopher Leo Strauss. Strauss (1899-1973) , an exile from Nazism “originally trained in the neo-Kantian tradition with Ernst Cassirer and immersed in the work of the phenomenologists..... 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
London: printed by W.B. for A. and J. Churchill, 1706. Hardcover. 1st edition. All Original Period tooled calf with raised band and spine label. 8vo, [iv], 336 pages. Often credited as a founder of modern “liberal” thought, Locke pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the..... More
![Item 243695. YUGNT-VEKER. ORGAN FUN YUGNT-BUND "TSUKUNFT" IN POYLN. NEW SERIES 1946-1948 (WARSAW): NRS. 1-16 [COMPLETE RUN FOR POST-WAR WARSAW].](/pictures/thumb/42124.jpg?v=1674141251)
Varsha [i.e. Warsaw]: Tsukunft, 1946-1948. Magazine. 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to (tabloid format) , 24 pages each issue. Many issues include photos or illustrations on cover. 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..... More