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Zagreb; Dom & Svijet, 1997. Softbound. 8vo. 252 pages. 24 cm. First English edition. Translated from Croatian into English by Lidija Simunic Mesic. Original title: Gubitci stanovistva Jugoslavije 1941-1945. Written by Vladimir Žerjavic (1912 – 2001) a Croatian economist and a United Nations consultant; this volume is a survey of..... More
![Item 9585. [POSTCARD OF TEMPLE SINAI IN LAKE CHARLES, LA.]](/pictures/thumb/37555.jpg?v=1661884945)
[Lake Charles?] [Temple Sinai?], [ca. 1905]. Postcard]. 1st Edition. 5 ¼ X 3 ¼ inches. An artist’s depiction of Temple Sinai in Lake Charles, Louisiana with the caption “Jewish Temple. ” “Sometime during the year 1879 when the present city of Lake Charles was a small village of five hundred..... More
![Item 9616. [POSTCARD TO GURS CONCENTRATION CAMP]](/pictures/thumb/37604.jpg?v=1548434568)
Tel Aviv, 1941. Postcard. Postcard from Hadassah Reinhard in Tel Aviv to Gerhard Reinhard in Gurs Concentration Camp, dated June 14, 1941. Over 163 words, in period-script German, in ink. Beginning “Dear Grandfather, ” and wishing the recipient a happy 75th birthday, Hadassah writes, “I pray to God that you..... More
![Item 9232. [PRESS PHOTOGRAPH] “THE WAR AS SEEN BY CHILDREN.”](/images/noimage.png)
[The Refugee Children's Evacuation Fund], 1943. 1st edition.10 X 15 cm. Period photograph of three refugee children admiring one of the drawings, with caption on the back. Press photograph from 1943 British exhibit, “The War As Seen By Children. ” The exhibition, publicly supported by leading modern artist (and refugee)..... More
February, September. Paperback. 12mo. 64, 48 pages. Illustrated. Argentinian Nazi periodical. In Spanish. No. 14, Sept. 1968. SUBJECT (S) : National socialism – Argentina – periodicals. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Good condition. (MX-20-29). More
Rodelheim : J. Lehrberger & Co, 1887. Hardcover. First edition. Original boards. 8vo, 80 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew and English. Yudlov 1731; Yaari 1296. First English-language Hagadah published in Continental Europe. Passover Hagadah. Yiddish. Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. OCLC lists only two copies worldwide (JTS and British Lib)..... More
![Item 9122. SEDER HA-HAGGADAH LE-LEL SHIMURIM: ERZAHLUNG VON DEM AUSZUGE ISRAELS AUS AGYPTEN AN DEN BEIDEN ERSTEN PESSACHABANDEN [WITH SPECIAL WRAPPERS: “PESSACHGRUSS DER ZIONISTISCHEN VEREINIGUNG FUR DEUTSCHLAND : PESSACH 5675”]](/pictures/thumb/36657.jpg?v=1548434474)
Frankfurt A. M. (Rodelheim) : Druck Und Verlag Von M. Lehrberger & Co., 1914. Paperback. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 64 pages. 22cm. In Hebrew and German. Yaari, 1849. Almost certainly the first explicitly Zionist Haggadah to have ever been published. It was distributed by the Zionist Union of Germany (Zionistischen..... More
Przemysl : Amkrait & Freund, 1914. Paperback. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 64 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Features the classic haggadah in large letters along with a variety of stories and parables, including Mishlei Yaakov, along the bottom of the page. Yaari, 1853. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide..... More
Bagdad: E. R. Dangur, 1929. Hardcover. Original boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. 238 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Five Feasts: According to Baghdadi Customs and All those who Attend. ” The Jewish community of Baghdad dates back to the 9th century Jewish exile. SUBJECTS: Fasts..... More
Bagdad: E. R. Dangur, 1929. Hardcover. Original boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. 238 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Five Feasts: According to Baghdadi Customs and All those who Attend. ” The Jewish community of Baghdad dates back to the 9th century Jewish exile. SUBJECTS: Fasts..... More
Pisa: Yitshak Shizana, 1795. Paperback. Later paper wrappers, 12mo. 176 pages, 15 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Ma’amadot: The Song of Uniqueness. ” Contains verses and Torah partite, along with sections from the Mishnah, Gemara, and aggadot. SUBJECTS: Liturgy. OCLC: 233306329. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (DNL, NLI, Berlin)..... More
Krakoi [Cracow]: Tushyah, 1902-03. Hardback. 663 [1902 or 1903]. Original Boards, 63 columns, + [4] pages: ill. ; 25 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Hanukkah -- Juvenile literature. Hanukkah. OCLC lists 1 copy (Stanford) . Wear to boards, Good Condition. Rare. (KH-3-19). More
Livorno: Ba-Defus Ha-Meshubah Shel Shelomoh Bilforti Va-Havero, 1859. Paperback. Later wrappers, 8vo. 412 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Readings for Holidays: For Passover, Shavuot, Hoshana Rabbah. ” Includes commentary. SUBJECTS: Passover -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide (OCLC: 122925491) . Vinograd, Leghorn 1187. Light..... More
Vilne [Vilna]: [No Publisher], 1926. Paperback. 1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 88 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Title translates to “Memorial Book for the Rabanit Ester Rubinstein on the First Anniversary of her Death, 8 Atseret, 686. A Collection of Articles in Hebrew and Yiddish. ” Ester Rubinstein..... More
Shikage [Chicago]: Mei’ir Zolotarev, 1930-1934. Paperback. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 63, 47, 48 , 133 pages, 27 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Chicago: A Literary Monthly Journal. ” SUBJECTS: Yiddish - periodicals. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide (OCLC: 34385123) . Light edge wear to wrappers and some..... More
Cincinnati: Bloch, 1892. Paperback. 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, 4to, 76 pages. Singerman 4434. 31 cm. Primarily in Hebrew. For mixed chorus (SATB) and organ; chiefly romanized script. SUBJECT(S) : Synagogue music -- High Holiday services. Synagogue music -- Pilgrim festival services. Synagogue music -- United States. Choruses, Sacred (Mixed..... More
![Item 10135. SYNAGOGUE, COR. BROADWAY & 6TH STREET [LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY]](/pictures/thumb/38401.jpg?v=1661885039)
N.D. Cardboard. No date (ca. 1868-1875) . Original illustrated mid-29th Century pictorial image mounted on cardboard as issued. 10.5x7.5 cm. Depicts an early post-Civil War Congregation Adath Israel, also known as The Temple, in Louisville, Kentucky. Congregation Adath Israel Brith Sholom “is a Reform synagogue located in Louisville, Kentucky. Originally..... More
New York: No Publisher [JTS?], N.D. Paperback. No Date [1902-1906] 1st edition. Original printed wrappers. 8vo. 4 pages, 21 cm. In English. Publication date likely some time between 1902-1906. This prospectus describes the opening of the teachers college and its purpose. It details the admissions process (anyone over the age..... More
![Item 9868. [THREE TICKETS] YIDDISH AND HEBREW THEATER](/pictures/thumb/38014.jpg?v=1661884966)
Poalei Zion, 1926-1939. TICKETS. 3 Original tickets. 11x6, 11x7, 11x8. In Yiddish. The earliest ticket is from 1926 and is for a night of music by Shalom Aleichem, as part of a Hebrew theater series. The second is for a night of music put on by Poalei Zion and features..... More
![Item 54486. TRUTH JUSTICE: AN ANSWER TO THE NAZI MENACE [PETITION TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT]](/pictures/thumb/40836.jpg?v=1656096006)
No Place [San Francisco?]: B'Nai B'Rith District Grand Lodge, 1934. Paperback. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo, 57 pages. Very early Nazi-period (1934) mass-strategy to pressure FDR to make demands on Hitler. "Within the pages of this brochure are the expressions of San Francisco's public officials, civic leaders, fraternal and organization..... More
1938. 8vo. 1 page, quarter folded. Illustrated. In German. Holocaust-era steam ship promotional from travel from Germany. SUBJECT (S) : Voyages and travels – United States; Voyages and travels – Germany; Ocean travel; Voyages to the pacific coast. An advertisment for steamer ship voyages to and from Europe and the..... More
Chicago?: The Press, 1937. Paperback. 1st edition. Original 3-color illustrated color wrappers, 8vo, 240 + [3] pages. Annual catalog of publications for this leading American academic press, with listings in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical and Biological Sciences, Co-operative Publishing Projects, Journals, and Indexes [sic]; the first 3 of these..... More
![Item 54228. VEKHENTLIKHE LITERARISHE BEYLAGE TSUM "ARBEYTER-FRAYND." NRS 1-52 [COMPLETE, NO MORE ISSUED].](/pictures/thumb/40195.jpg?v=1656095965)
London: Arbeyter Fraynd, 1904-1905. Hardcover. 1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. 416 pages, 25 cm. In Yiddish. Issues 1-52. Title translates to “Literary Suppliment to the ‘Worker’s Friend. ” Arbeter Fraynd was a London-based weekly Yiddish radical paper founded in 1885 by socialist Morris Winchevsky. After the emigration of Saul Yanovsky..... More
![Item 10613. [VERRE ÉGLOMISÉ] ILLUSRATED PURIM STORY](/pictures/thumb/39062.jpg?v=1661885180)
Jerusalem, N.D. Paint on Glass. No Date (early 20th Century) Brown Frame. Paint on Glass.11 X 15 Inches (Including Frame) . An Illustrated Purim Story done in graphic novel frame style with accompanied sing-song poem in Hebrew. Ends with the hanging of Haman and 10 men. Author and Date unknown..... More
[Toledo]: [Jewish Welfare Federation Of Greater Toledo], 1980. Paperback. 1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 11 pages, 23 cm. In English. A visitor’s guide for Toledo’s Holocaust Memorial, created by Lois Dorfman, whose poetry appears in this guide. SUBJECTS: Holocaust memorials -- Ohio -- Toledo. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --..... More