Mexico: Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, (1990). Softcover. 4to. 226pp. Illustrated soft cover. Some rubbing, creasing and scuffing to binding and spine. Some glue residue along gutter on front-, and rear endpapers. Escultura Greco-Roman presencia de la Academia vision Contemporanea. Illustrated with color, bw and duo tone reproductions of plates depicting..... More
NP, 1988. N/A. Hardcover. 4to. 80pp. of text and plates followed by 364pp. of plates. Illustrated paper covered boards. Minor scuffing to boards. Inludes about 300 works, some are classics, other are reproduced here for the first time. Illustrated with annotated color and b/w plates of various Soviet artists. Text..... More
Philadelphia: St. Mary's Hospital, 1911. Hardcover. 8vo. 634 pp. Maroon buckram binding w/out dj. Head and tail of spine worn and bumped. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some wearing to edges. Spine sunned. Light staining to covers. Light foxing to title page and to edges. Inludes Indes of contributors and Index..... More
Paris: Durand-Ruel, 1904. Hardcover. 1/2. 4to. ix. 298pp. Paper covered boards with gold lettering and embossed decoration to cover. Spine missing. Binding loosening but still intact. Scuffing, rubbing and staining to boards. Corners bumped and rubbed. Brown endpapers. Welling and watermarks to endpapers and some pages. Sporadic browning and foxing..... More
NP: circa 1900s. Cards. Eighy of the cards measure 5 x3 1/4", the other two are slightly larger, measuring 5x 3 3/4". All cards are printed in multiple colors including gilt, on embossed decorative celluloid ivory, pink and blue. Lettering in gilt. Cover text in Hebrew and English. Some cards..... More
Various: Various, 1908–1935. Loose-leaf. All items but one are in letter size and printed or mimeographed. Texts in German. 1. Ausweis über die Benützung von Synagogenplätzen (Identification for the use of seats in the synagogue, printed in black). Unused sheet granting seating in the Grünstadt synagogue (Rhineland-Palatinate) based on a decision..... More
Various: German Political Parties, 1919–1920. Hardcover. Various sizes. Original printed flyers on various papers and in various colors. An extraordinary mirror of the political climate in Bavaria two years after the end of W.W.I exhibited in 9 letter size and 4 smaller size election flyers. The tenor of all flyers reflects..... More
[Paris]: NP, ND (ca 1900). Original document. Softcover. Quarto. 29 loose photographic plates resting in two custom-made cardboard slipcases. Striking collection of 29 vintage silver gelatin prints depicting some of the most renowned, historically and culturally significant buildings and landmarks of the city, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Opera..... More
1938 - 1944. 1) Four by six-inch postcard with canceled green stamp, addressed to Dr. Heinrich Reif, Rechtsanwalt, Wien lll, /3, Lothringerstr.12. Reichseagle (Hohheitszeichen) with "Ein Volk hilft sich selbst" above address. Stamp with profile of Hindenburg. Sender's business stamp with his name and address on left margin of postcard..... More
Palestine: Lohamei Herut Israel, 1946-1948. Broadsides. This collection contains 4 propaganda leaflets and news bulletins from the right-wing Zionist paramilitary group Lohamei Herut Israel (Fighters for the Freedom of Israel) known by the acronym "Lehi" (aka The Stern Gang), which existed from 1940 to 1948. A controversial and radical organization..... More
NP: NP, 1815-1856. First edition. Paperback. Folio. Unpaginated. Contemporary light blue wrappers. This striking collection of forty-one 19th-century Italian catholic broadsides from 1815 to 1856 covers topics such as Papal declarations, women taking the veil, commemoration of the second anniversary of Pope Pius VII's triumphal return from exile, etc.. The..... More
Hohenwestedt/Horsens: Lego Spielwaren/ Hagen & Sievertsen, ca.1956-1963. Softcover. Photo-illustrated multicolored wrappers. Folded and/or staple-bound. Content: 1) Guide for the Esso Service station. Folded. ca. 1956 2) Lego System - brochure for a 14 different LEGO sets. Illustrated glossy wrappers, with flaps. 32 pages. ca. 1957-1959. Text block disbound. 3) Lego System. 4-fold brochure..... More
German Political Parties, 1919–1920. Hardcover. Variant sizes. Original printed flyers on different paper stock in various colors. An extraordinary mirror of the political climate in Bavaria two years after the end of W.W.I exhibited in 52 letter size and 21 smaller size election flyers. The collection contains flyers of the following..... More
NP: NP, 1945. First edition. Loose_leaf. Drastic anti-NS propaganda generated and distributed as leaflets and stickers in protest of the Hitler regime before the end of W.W.II in Spring 1945. The tenor of the propaganda is indicative of the foreseeable end of the Third Reich when the Volkssturm, a national..... More
Taipei: Ch'eng Wen Publishing Company, 1976. Hardcover. Elephant Folio (21 x 15 1/4"). 9 leaves, 109 plates, 1 leaf, 110-221 plates. Original green patterned silk with full color painting and white lettering, gilt lettering in red panels on covers and red lettering on spines, protected by modern mylar as issued..... More
Moscow: n.d. Cards. A collection of 58 photo-postcards from the early 20th century showing actors from the Konstantin Stanislavski's seminal Moscow Art Theater. Each card measures approx. 5.5x 3.5". The cards can be divided into three groups as follows: The Lower Depths (Series 3): 1904 17 of 30 cards from..... More
Loose leaf. Various sizes (5 7/8 x 4" to 10 14/ x 8 1/4"). Loose leaves. Text in French and German. Raymond Launay was a French worker (Fremdarbeiter) in Nazi Germany. The "Service du travail obligatore (STO; Compulsory Work Service) was a forced enlistment with subsequent deportation of hundreds of thousands..... More
ca. 1930s-1970s. Original photographs. The collection is comprised of 25 mostly undated b/w photographs of various sizes, plus a small map. Most of the images date from the period of the 1930s and 1940s during the earliest years of the airport (now known as Ben-Gurion International Airport) and its first..... More
London: Associated Illustration Agencies Ltd., ca. 1917-1918. Original photographs. Each photo measures 8x6", printed in b/w on glossy photo stock. The backsides contain descriptive labels pasted on, as well as ink stamps. "Passed for WW Transmission Board" and/or Associated Illustration Agencies Ltd in London. These images mostly concern the recently arrived..... More
Berlin: NP, 1937-1938-1939. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. [30]pp. Modern folder containing six original documents pertaining to the creation and/or modifications, regulations and articles of the Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler (the Order of the German Eagle), the Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter (The Cross of Honor of the German Mother), the Ehrenzeichen..... More
London: R.J. Reuter, n/d. Softcover. Oblong 8vo. 23pp. Beautifully illustrated wrappers with embossed gilt decorated lettering ("4711") to cover. Bound through cord ribbon. Minor staining, scuffing and rubbing to front wrapper. Corners slightly bumped. Delightfully illustrated catalogue of one the most famous perfume kinds. Contains 18 full-page b/w photographs of..... More
NP: NP, No date. Softcover. Folio (13 x 8 1/8"). Unpaginated (12pp.) Original Chromolithograph color-illustrated stiff wraps with decorative back cover, protected by modern mylar. Coloring book with six pages of colored examples depicting everyday life objects and activities on five pages with one page featuring festivities, military and architectural..... More
Budapest: Friedrich Born, 1944. Softcover. 24mo. 4x3". Double-sided folded leaf [4 pages], on heavy stock paper. A small printed folded 4-page International Red Cross Committee ID card. The text of the card is printed in Hungarian, German, French and Russian and grants Hungarian journalist and newspaper editor Kocsy Jeno (1895-1962)..... More
Philadelphia: NP, 1924. Softcover. Sm. octavo. 63,[2]pp. Original printed wraps. Frontispiece b/w reproduction of a photograph showing Reverend Sabato Morais. "One Wednesday evening, April 18, 1923 (Iyar 2, 5683), the Congregation Mikveh Israel in the City of Philadelphia celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sabato Morais by..... More
Cochin, India: Kerala History Association, (1971). First English language edition. Hardcover. This work is inscribed to the Shames (synagogue caretaker) of the Cochin Synagogue in blue pen at page facing title page: " 25-11-80. To Jack + Gertrude Saffren. Shames of the Cochin Synagogue. Shalom. Jackie Cohen." 8vo. xxviii. 319 pp..... More