Mainz. Hardcover. Three works bound in one volume, 48mo: an amulet and two devotional manuals printed in the late 17th/early 18th century. Contemporary calf. Well-thumbed with two clean horizontal tears at leaves B6 and B7 in the third work (affecting one of the woodcuts). A good, complete set of scarce..... More
Nürnberg (Nuremberg): In Verlegung der Johann Andrea Endterischen Handlung, 1768. Later edition. Hardcover. Three parts, folio (17 3/4 x 12"). [4: engraved title; main title], [12: Preface to the 1736 Second Edition], [2: Note to the Christian Reader on this New 1768 Edition], [16: Preface to the 1640 (i.e., 1641]..... More
Philadelphia: J. G. Ritter, 1827. Hardcover. Two parts, thick octavo. VIII, 1096; 328. Old Testament and Apocrypha paginated continuously; collective title page; New Testament with separate full title page. Text in two columns. Contemporary calf (rubbed); spine with raised bands, gilt title. Wear at spine cap, some loss (3/4 inch)..... More
Berlenburg: [n.p.], 1726. First edition. Hardcover. Eight volumes bound in four, folio (published between 1726 and 1742). All volumes with letterpress title page; sectional half titles; woodcut headpieces. Vol. 1 engraved frontispiece (often not present) here precedes vol. 7; appropriate engraved title leaves have been supplied from another German bible..... More
Berlenburg: [n.p.], 1726. First edition. Hardcover. Six volumes (of eight), folio (published between 1726 and 1737). All volumes with letterpress title page; sectional half titles; woodcut headpieces; engraved frontispiece (often not present) in first volume. Text in two columns. Contemporary mottled calf (rubbed and chafed). Spines with raised bands elaborately..... More
Leipzig; Dresden: A. H. Payne, [1861-1862]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. XII, 1588, [8]pp. Original 3/4 morocco over cloth with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece in each volume. Decorative initials. Exquisite 19th-century German Bible magnificently illustrated with hundreds of in-text and full-page woodcuts. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding. Pages..... More
Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7"). 260pp. Original photo-illustrated paper covered boards. "1 Esdras is an alternative version of the book of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Septuagint. Most Eastern Orthodox churches accord the book canonical status. This is the first commentary on 1 Esdras based..... More
London: John Murray, 1879. First UK edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6"). xliv, 486pp (Vol. 1); xiv, 364, [2], 16pp (Publisher's catalogue) (Vol. 2). Original black stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spines. Colored lithographic frontispiece in each volume. This work undertakes the Herculean task of weaving the testimony..... More
Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1903. First edition. Softcover. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2"). 46pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Isadora Duncan, with facsimile signature. Transcription of a 1903 lecture given by Isadora Duncan in Berlin, in which she argued that the dance of the future would be similar to..... More
Bruxelles: Patronage Fèdèration Equestre Internationale (FEI), (1963). Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 438 pp. Full brown suede, blind-stamped with design of a rider on a jumping horse, title in French, English & German in gold on cover and spine. Profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions of photographs and drawings, includes 32 color reproduction..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. 62pp. Illustrated green cloth. Some staining and scuffing to binding. Spine sunned and rubbed. Wear to corners. Binding in good-, interior in very good condition. More
[Lansdowne, Pa]: Published by the author, October 30, 1943. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [3], III, 237 loose leaves, as issued. Original printed wrappers. Staff study published only for OMGUS (the Office of Military Government, United States), in which Robert Max Wasilii Kempner publishes for the first time three documents that..... More
London et.al. Cassell and Company Limited, 1918. Softcover. Ex-library copy: "With compliments of FREDERICK P. LEE. Fellow of Royal Colonial Institute." [Stamp to front wrapper] 8vo. 7xv. 43(1)pp. Orange wrappers with black and red lettering. Minor scuffing, rubbing to wrappers, with minor tears at spine. In English. Very good condition..... More
London: Longman, Orme, Brown and Longmans, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. ix, 329, 371pp. Bound in green, pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Marbled edges. Gray endpapers. With preface by the translator, Vindiciae Judaeorum: or a letter by Rabbi Manasseh Ben Israel, and Mendelssohn's preface to the German translation..... More
Berlin: Friedländersche Buchdruckerei, 1847. First edition thus (with German commentary). Hardcover. 8vo. (6) 10pp. 40pp. xiv. 1/4 blue cloth over black paper covered boards. Printed on high quality cotton rag/ Famous work by renowned Medieval Jewish Rabbi, Physician and Philosopher, Moses Maimonides a.k.a. Ramba"m (1135-1204). Translated from Judeo-Arabic into Hebrew..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1932. First UK edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 67, [3]pp (Text), 80 leaves (Plates). Original blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) was a Scottish painter and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio..... More
Frankfurt a. M. I. Kauffmann, 1929. First edition. Paperback. Octavo. XVI, 215, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Uncut and unopened copy. Remarkable autobiography of Jacob Teitel, a social activist and judge in the czarist Ministry of Justice. From his position in the government in provincial Russia, Teitel was able to aid..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. 211 (3)pp. Original color pictorial folded wrappers. Brown endpapers. Some 10+ essays, profusely illustrated with hundreds of color and b/w photographic reproductions. Includes Rifkind's wonderful interview with Kokoschka, illustrated with many of his works. Wrappers with..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1906. First UK edition. Hardcover. Quarto. LXI, [1], 416, 564pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spines. Top edges gilt. This remarkable work is a masterpiece of Protestant theology, both in form and contents. The author's arguments gathered in this book are a powerful..... More
London: Collier-MacMillan, Ltd., (1963). Hardcover. This is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author at free front endpaper in black pen to his friend and Rabbi, Marc Stern: "To my ever-faithful friend Marc Stern, the Rav, the geneolgist, the helper magnamimous, in lastingf gratitude. Eric W. April 1987." 8vo. xiii..... More
Konstanz: German Wolf, (1880). Original photograph(s). Loose leaf. Elephant Folio (18 x 13 1/2"). 10 plates. Original brown cloth portfolio with gilt lettering and decor on cover. Ten original albumen prints (10 1/2 x 8 1/4") rolled onto cardboard. All prints are blind-stamped "G. Wolf Hof-Photograph Konstanz." German Wolf, born..... More
Buenos Aires: Farlag "Elisheva, 1936. Softcover. 12mo. 188pp. Illustrated wrappers. Biography of two famous Yiddish actors, Abraham Goldfaden (1840-1908) and Sigmund Mogulesco (185801914). Written by acclaimed historian of the Yiddish theater, Zalmen Zylbercweig (see below). Publisher's stamp at rear wrapper. Bottom of spine chipped. Browning to wrappers and inside. Minor..... More