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New York; New York University Press, Institute Of Jewish Affairs. 1994. Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xvi, 142 pages. 22 cm. Illustrated. First U. S. Edition. Black and white photographs, as well as diagrams and charts. “The Jews of the former Soviet Union have always been the subject of intense controversy. In..... More
Moscow; Rosspen, 2006. Publishers boards. 8vo. 495 pages. 23 cm. Illustrated. First edition. 12 leaves of plates with reproductions of documents, black and white photographs, and early 20th century artwork in color and black and white. English title page, with title translated as “Russian-Jewish Culture. ” Table of content and..... More
Riga: Tipogr. “Splendid" 1933. 1st edition. Original handbill (25 x 15.5 cm). In Yiddish and Latvian. Translates as, “4th Bund Youth Meeting, Riga 1933....Football Match Riga-Liepaja….Attention!....Sport-Festival.” A Bundist youth broadside advertising a Cultural Festival to be held July 7-9, with a football tournament between Riga and Liepaja on July 8th..... More
Riga: Tipogr. “Splendid" 1933. 1st edition. Original broadsheet (25 x 15.5 cm) folded along the horizontal axis. In Latvian and Yiddish. Translates as, “4th Bund Youth Meeting, Riga 1933. Cultural Festival.” A broadside advertising a Cultural Festival to be held July 7-9 in the Garden of Peace (Katolu Street) with..... More
Riga: Tipogr. “Splendid" 1933. 1st edition. Original handbill (21.5 x 14 cm). In Yiddish and Latvian. Translates as, “4th Bund Youth Meeting, Riga 1933....on Friday...the Opening of the Camp of the Red Pioneers.”A broadside advertising a Bundist Youth Cultural Festival to be held July 7-9, with the opening of an..... More
Nyu Yorkl Aroysgegebn fun Yidishn visnshaftlekhn institut, 1933. Later boards. 16mo. 32 pages. 14 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. A collection of 243 Yiddish proverbs; compiled by the famous Yiddish folklorist Yehuda Leib Cahan (1881-1937) . Subjects: Proverbs, Yiddish. Folklore. OCLC lists 17 copies. Lightly soiled first few pages, otherwise..... More
Berlin; C. A. Schwetschke & Sohn, 1918. Original Wraps. 8vo. 112 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. ‘The Jewish Question in Romania. ’ Provides a historical narrative with specific details about various pieces of legislation. In the series: Kriegspolitische Einzelschriften, Hft. 21. Subjects: Jews - Romania. Romania; social and..... More
Vienna; Centropa, 2007. Softbound. 16mo. 120 pages. 16 cm. First edition. Guide and catalogue to the traveling exhibition on Romanian Jewish lives, through pictures and interviews; Centropa is devoted to gathering interviews of Jewish residents in Eastern Europe, and has put on many exhibitions of their collections. Fully illustrated throughout..... More
Very Good Condition. Chicago : Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1922. Large 8vo. 424 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Clothing workers – Illinois – Chicago; Arbitration, industrial – Illinois – Chicago; Illinois – Chicago – history. Hefty tome detailing this heavily (though not exclusively) Jewish & Italian Union's first 12 years--organizing..... More
Vilna: Farlag Yidishe Kooperative Folksbibliotek, 1925. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 12mo, [104] pages. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Laws About Cooperatives.” 1 of 1000 copies printed. “Serie II No. 1. Handbikher.” By 1906, “across the Pale of Settlement….there were already 58 savings and loan funds (Yid., lay kase..... More
New York : Sepher-Hermon Press. 1981. 8vo. Xviii, 226 pages. Plate illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Ukraine – Zakarpats'ka oblast – history; Jews – Romania – Sighetu Marmatiei – history; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) – Ukraine – Zakarpats'ka oblast; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) – Romania – Sighetu Marmatiei; Hasidism – Ukraine..... More
Moskve [Moscow]: Tsentraler Felker-Farlag fun F.S.S.R., 1929. 1st edition. Bound in later basic boards, 8vo, 136 pages. 22 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “For the stage: (Stories, Plays, Songs).” Includes musical notation, with music for 1-3 voices, principally unaccompanied. Dobrushin (1883–1953) was a “Soviet Yiddish literary author, critic, and..... More
Budapest: Druck Von I. Neuer, 1870. Original wraps. 8vo. 133, [2] pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German, with some Hebrew. 'On Botany in the Talmud. ' Wraps list: Pest, 1871, Selbstverlag der Verfassers (self-published by the author) ; however title page lists 1870. Treatise on botanic science in the..... More
Daugavpils: [Printer: pilsetas pspestuve-litografija], N.D. No Date [ca. 1930]. Original broadsheet (32.5 x 24 cm). In Latvian, Yiddish and Hebrew. Translates as, “The Kindergarten Next to the Hebrew Elementary School has Reopened.” An advertisement for the opening of the kindergarten at the Jewish Primary School at Daugavpils. Chip to lower..... More
New York: Bund Club of New York. Original paper wrappers. 8vo; 64 pages. By one of the Bund's key leaders in Poland. Very Good Condition with some markings in first pages. (AC-2-11). More
Hildesheim, New York; G. Olms, 1970. Softbound. 12mo. 219 pages. 19 cm. Second edition. Reprint of the Frankfurt a. M. , 1886 edition. In German. ‘The Jewish Colonies in Russia; Culture-Historical Study and Contribution to the history of the Jews in Russia. ’ History and documentation of the limited nineteenth..... More
![Item 254367. ERNST TOLER: DI TRAGEDYE FUN A ZUKHENDEN GAYST [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42181.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1677849729)
Nyu York [New York]: Farlag "Feder" 1924. 1st edition. Original Publisher’s cloth, 12mo, 100 pages; 19 cm. Warmly inscribed in Yiddish by author on title page. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Ernst Toller: The Tragedy of a Searching Spirit.” Lieberman was a Yiddish essayist and literary critic who wrote for..... More
Kishinev: Dfus M' Averbukh, 1932. Presume 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 12mo, [1], 16 pages. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Regulations for Operations in the Savings and Loans Funds: 1932.” "The number of Jewish mutual loan banks in Romania rose during the 1920s. The highest numbers were seen in..... More
![Item 8556. DER DER SHTERN: LITERARISHER ALMANAKH [NUMBERS 1-3, PRESUME COMPLETE]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/35399.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1661884848)
Kiev; Farlag Radianski Pismenik, 1947-1948. Original Wraps. 8vo. 316; 120; 125 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Contents also in Ukrainian. First three issues (complete run? ) of Der Shtern (The Star) , published Kiev 1947-1948; literary almanac (poetry, short stories, criticism, music) of the Yiddish section of the..... More
![Item 8869. YIDISHE MUZIK IN POYLN TSVISHN BEYDE VELT-MILHOMES. JEWISH MUSIC IN POLAND BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS. [INCRIBED BY AUTHOR]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/36105.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1661884899)
Tel Aviv; Velt-Federatsye fun Poylishe Yidn, 1970. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 424, 78 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Long inscription by author. English title page: Jewish music in Poland between the two World Wars. With 78 page section of songs and choruses, chiefly unaccompanied, with Yiddish and romanized Yiddish..... More
Yerushalayim; Hotsaat Sefarim A. Sh. Y. L. Magnes, Ha-Universitah Ha-Ivrit, 1982. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 249, [9] pages. 23 cm. First edition. Published by the Magnes Press, under the auspices of the Center for research on Roumanian Jewry (Je´rusalem) . With fold out demographic Map of Moldavia from 1845. History of..... More
Johannesburg : Dorem-Afrikaner Yidisher Kultur-Federatsye. 1956. 8vo. 303 pages, illustrated. First edition. In Yiddish. Includes English translation of title on copyright page: "The Jews of Johannesburg. " Dustjacket worn but present, otherwise very good condition. (ComHist-15-9A). More
Johannesburg : Dorem-Afrikaner Yidisher Kultur-Federatsye. 1956. 8vo. 303 pages, illustrated. First edition. In Yiddish. Includes English translation of title on copyright page: "The Jews of Johannesburg. " Inscribed by the author. Very good condition. (ComHist-15-9). More
New York; New York University Press, 1995. Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xiii, 195 pages. 24 cm. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by author on front free end page. Four leaves of black and white photographs, as well as reproductions of paintings and documents. “This book focuses on the social and intellectual odysseys..... More
Pariz: Bikher fun Yidishn Pen-Klub, 1951. Original Wraps. 8vo. 126 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Title on title page verso: “Heure de la poe´sie; Chou fun lid. Hour for Song; Songs and Poems, by Chaim Leib Fox “ “ (Fuks/Fuchs; 1897–1984) , Yiddish author and journalist..... More