Item 19313CHRISTÃOS NOVOS E CHRISTÃOS VELHOS EM PORTUGAL.
Porto, Livraria Paisagem. 1973. 8vo. 81 pages. In Portugese. SUBJECT (S) : Maranos in Portugal. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Pages darkened, otherwise very good condition. (MX-6-15). More
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Item 14508TALES AND MAXIMS FROM THE MIDRASH.
London: George Routledge, and New York: E. P. Dutton, 1907. Cloth; 12mo. 264 pages. Text on cover: "The Semitic Series. " OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Backstrip missing; binding very loose. Pages brown; cover worn and water-stained. Some margin notes in pencil. Fair condition. (BR-2). More
Item 17890Identidade Em Mudança: Pesquisa Sociológica Sobre Os Judeus No Rio Grande Do Sul.
Rio Grande do Sul: Federacao Israelita do Rio Grande do Sul, 1994. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 143 pages. Contains charts. In Portuguese. Much on Sephardim. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul - Population; Jews - Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul - Social conditions; Jews -..... More
Item 17862Israelitas No Rio Grande Do Sul.
Porto Alegre: Editora Garatuja, 1975. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 108 pages. Contains black and white photos. Portuguese. Historical monograph followed by a photographic section. Contains a list of surnames of Jewish settlers as well as many photographic portraits. Some were Sephardic. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Brazil - Rio Grande do..... More
Item 19418LEON DA MODENA AND THE KOL SAKHAL
Hebrew Union College Press, Cincinnati. 1952. 8vo. Xii, 144 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Modena, Leon da. CONTENTS: The Rise of Heresy in the Seventeenth Century; The Jewish Community of Venice; Leon da Modena; The Kol Sakhal; Scholarship and the Kol Sakhal; Leon da Modena's Relationship to the Kol..... More
Item 17884Images of Sephardi and Eastern Jewries in Transition: the Teachers of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, 1860-1939.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993. Cloth. 8vo. 308 pages. Contrains maps and illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Islamic countries - Correspondence; Jewish teachers - Islamic countries - Correspondence; Jews - Education - Islamic countries; Joden; Onderwijs; Islamitische wereld. Edges and corners of dustjacket slightly bumped. Very slight bumping..... More
Item 14415THE JEWISH CONCEPTION OF IMMORTALITY AND THE LIFE HEREAFTER: AN ANTHOLOGY.
Publication: Ireland, Belfast News-Letter, Ltd. , 1949. Cloth, 8vo, 378 pages. Very Good condition. (BR-1). More
Item 19407MEMORABLE RELACION DE YSHAC JESURUN.
Madrid, Instituto Arias Montano, 1946. Paper Wrappers, 16 pages Offprint from Sefarad, Vol. VI, Num. 2, pages 313-329. Bound in distinct cover and no text on rear of last page and thus not simply a clipped article. Includes gift card from Roth laid in. Light browning to covers, Very Good..... More
Item 14448ESSAYS AND PORTRAITS IN ANGLO-JEWISH HISTORY.
Publication: Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1962 (5723) . Cloth, 8vo, 318 pages. Silver lettering on spine. Photoplate emblems on endpapers. Includes many halftone photoplates and illustrations. Spine lightly soiled, jacket has small tear top right front corner. Very Good condition in Good dust jacket. (BR-1). More
Item 19438A LIFE OF MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL, RABBI, PRINTER, AND DIPLOMAT.
12mo. Xii, 373 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Netherlands - Amsterdam; Jews - Great Britain; Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657. Ex library with usual markings, good condition. (SEF-9-22) xxxx. More
Item 14429BARON JAMES: THE RISE OF THE FRENCH ROTHSCHILDS.
Publication: London, Collins, 1983. Quarter-bound cloth, 8vo, 223 pages. Many photo plates. Baron J. De Rothschild's obituary clipped from an August 24, 1984 Jewish Chronicle is inserted in front cover. Very Good condition in very good jacket. (BR-1). More
Item 14425MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN.
Publication: London, The Folio Society, 1971. Cloth, 8vo, 290 pages. Gilt on spine, handsome illustration on the cloth cover. Like new. Very Good condition. (BR-1). More
Item 17937On Wings of Eagles: the Plight, Exodus, and Homecoming of Oriental Jewry.
New York: T. Yoseloff, 1961. Cloth. 8vo. 429 pages. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : Population transfers - Jews; Jews - Middle East. Some bumping to edges. Book is in Very Good condition in heavily worn jacket. (SEF-7-3). More
Item 36322MEMORIES OF FRANKFORT (AUS DER SCHÜTZENSTRASSE) .
London: Jewish Post Publications, 1955. Wrappers; 16mo. 31 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. Illustrated with plates. Glossary pages 30-31. Though dealing with Germany, a British Jewish imprint by an important German Jewish refugee to the England. Orthodox Judaism -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- History --..... More
Item 14504GERTRUDE JACOBSON ORPHANAGE FOR JEWISH CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET.
Glasgow: Gertrude Jacobson Orphanage, 1935. Wrappers; 8vo. 48 pages. Includes lists of officers, subscribers and donors. The orphanage housed twenty-three children, among them German refugees. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Appeal for donation laid in. Some edgewear; lower right-hand corner of front cover is creased; very good condition. (k-BR-2). More
Item 14447RECORDS AND REFLECTIONS SELECTED FROM HER WRITINGS DURING HALF A CENTURY, (APRIL 3RD, 1840, TO APRIL 3RD, 1890) .
Publication: London, Wertheimer, Lea & Co. 1894. Cloth, 8vo, 130 pages. First edition. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt on all edges of the pages. Frontis plate of Rachel Simon. Ex-library with minimal markings. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide. Roth A10: 264. Very Good condition. (k-BR-1). More
Item 14546THE LITERARY REMAINS OF THE REV. SIMEON SINGER: SERMONS.
London: George Routledge, and New York: Bloch, 1908. Cloth; 8vo. Xliii, 286 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Singer. Jewish sermons, English. Previous owner's name in pencil on inside front cover. Underlining and margin marks in ink and pencil. Boards very worn; backstrip missing; first few pages detached and chipping. Poor condition..... More
Item 17841Spanish Jewry: the Golden Age.
Birmingham, England: Birmingham Hebrew Congregation, 1975. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 8 pages. SUBJECT (S) : OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (British Library) . Scuffing to covers. Wear to edges. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-1-19). More
Item 17904The Marranos of Spain, from the Late Xivth to the Early Xvith Century, According to Contemporary Hebrew Sources.
1966. New York, American Academy for Jewish Research.1966. Cloth. 8vo. 280 pages. Born in Warsaw, Netanyahu moved with his family to Tel Aviv in 1920. There he became active in the Zionist-Revisionist Party and its successor, the New Zionist Organization. From 1946 to 1948 he was a member of the..... More
Item 17961The Jews in Spain: Their Social, Political and Cultural Life During the Middle Ages, Volume 2 Only (Of 2)
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1942. Cloth. 8vo. 399 pages. Illustrated. Volume 2. The story of Jewish life in Spain during the Middle Ages takes on startling timeliness. The fate of the Jews in the Iberian Peninsula during those dark ages appears almost like a preview of Jewish life..... More
Item 17958Los Judíos Españoles.
Madrid, 1967. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 366 pages. Illustrated. In Spanish. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain - History; Joden. Chipping to dustjacket. Some creasing edges and corners. Signatures on front and rear endpapers. Non-archival repair to dustjacket. Dustjacket is in Fair condition. Book is in Very Good condition. (SEF-8-9). More
Item 17843The Spanish Jews.
Madrid: Sucs. De Rivadeneyra, No Date (1965? ) . Paper Wrappers. Small 8vo. 372 pages. SUBJECT(S) : Jews-Spain-History-Sephardim History-Sefarden. Previous owners name on title page. Dust jacket ripped in places; inner flap with author information detached but present. Spine chipped. Text in beautiful condition. Some smudging to edges of text..... More
Item 19420THE JEWS OF ARAB LANDS: A HISTORY AND SOURCE BOOK.
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979. 1st edition. Cloth, 8vo, xxx, 473 pages, 12 leaves of plates, illustrations, 25 cm. ISBN: 0827601166. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 431-451. SUBJECT (S) : Jews--Arab countries--History--Sources. Arab countries--History--Sources. Gilt lettering on spine, 31 black and white photographs, Very good Condition in very..... More
Item 25073THE JEWS OF ARAB LANDS: A HISTORY AND SOURCE BOOK.
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979. 1st edition. Cloth, 8vo, xxx, 473 pages, 12 leaves of plates, illustrations, 25 cm. ISBN: 0827601166. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 431-451. SUBJECT (S) : Jews--Arab countries--History--Sources. Arab countries--History--Sources. Gilt lettering on spine, 31 black and white photographs, Small tears to edge of..... More
Item 14464THE LETTER OF ARISTEAS; TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
Publication: London, Macmillan and Co. , 1904. Paper wrappers, 8vo, 55 pages. "Reprinted from the 'Jewish Quarterly Review' and published for the Jewish Historical Society of England. " OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Separated from cover, otherwise Very Good condition. (BR-1). More