Fiyorda [Furth]: Hayim Ben Tzevi Hirsh, [1768]. Second edition. Hardcover. Square octavo. 54 leaves. Rebound in modern brown cloth over marbled paper boards, decorated with gilt. Decorative woodcut border on the title page. The scarce second edition of Rabbi Aaron ben Mordecai of Rödelheim's (born ca.1695) Yiddish translation of the..... More
Leiden: Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevier, 1648. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [asterisk]4 2[asterisk]2 [alpha]-3[chi]4 3[omicron]2 (= 256 leaves). [12], 500pp. (pp. 16, 251, 404, 420, 494 misprinted 18, 241, 204, 220, 492, respectively). Woodcut printer’s device with motto “Non solus” (Rahir M.7) at title, woodcut head- and tailpieces, lettrines, printed marginalia..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1958. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. 23 leafs. Original printed wrappers. Poignant autobiography of this freethinking rationalist who became an example among Jews of one martyred by the intolerance of his own religious community. Urial Acosta is sometimes cited as a forerunner of..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1958. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. 23 leafs. Original printed wrappers. Poignant autobiography of this freethinking rationalist who became an example among Jews of one martyred by the intolerance of his own religious community. Uriel Acosta is sometimes cited as a forerunner of..... More
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, (1985). Classics of Medicine Library. Hardcover. 8vo. 872 pp. Gilt decorated gray leather binding. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Plates. Facsimile. Translated from the Greek with a Preliminary Discourse and Annotations by Francis Adams, LL.D. Overall, in fine condition. More
Vilna (Вилньна): Y. Firozhnikov (И.І. Пирожинкова), 1901. First Hebrew edition. Softcover. Octavo. 35, [1]pp. Original illustrated beige-green wrappers as issued. Title page in Hebrew and Russian. The scarce first Hebrew translation of the text originally delivered by scholar Marcus Nathan Adler (1837-1911) on June 17 1900, at the Jews' College..... More
London: Printed for and by L. Alexander, 5566 [1806]. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 5pp. [5 un-numbered pages], leaves 1-6, 4pp., leaf 7, 4pp., leaves 8-14, 2pp., leaf 15, 2pp., leaves 16-20, 2pp., leaf 21, [5 pages], 3pp., 3pp., 2pp. Interleaved throughout the pagination with a total of 8 un-numbered plates..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 618pp. Original photo illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on front cover, black lettering on spine. White cloth boards with photo illustrated plate pasted on front cover with gilt lettering on spine. Photo illustrated front end papers. "The..... More
Kyoto: Senshoku To Seikatsusha Publishing Co., 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xxxii, 76pp., (1) 104 plates, one of them folding. Original turquoise cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with ochre and black lettering on spine; housed in tan, textured cardboard slipcase with black lettering on spine..... More
Warsaw: Kultur-lige, 1921. Second edition. Hardcover. 1/3500. 8x6". 315pp. [4]. Rebound red-brown cloth over textured-paper boards. Original blue and black cover with black lettering pasted on the front. This book is a collection of 21 fairy tales from Hans Christian Anderson, translated into Yiddish by Der Nister (Pinchus Kahanovich) the..... More
Berlin: Leo Winz, (1921). First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 101pp. (1). Paper wrappers. First edition of the German translation of the classic Yiddish play about spiritual possession. Inscription from previous owner on title-page. Text in German. Wrappers creased and stained. Pages slightly dog eared. Overall in good condition. More
New York: Macmillan, 1943. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 218 pp. Seagreen cloth binding w/out dj. Corners bumped. Head and tail of spine bumped and minorly chipped. Map on front endpapers. Frontispiece. Illustrated with some b/w drawings printed on glossy paper. Slight age toning to the pages. Else, in very good..... More
Berlin: Yiddish Literature Publishing, 1924. Hardcover. 4to. 3pp. Original green quarter cloth over grayish powder blue paper covered boards with printed cover plate. Printers symbol on title page. Contains 21 prints of early Chagall paintings and drawings. Text in Yiddish. Pencil marks and child's drawings on inside front and back..... More
Geneva: Ferni Publishers, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. Complete four volume set. 8vo. Black half cloth over red leatherette. Image of an injection needle with a Swastika. Decorative endpapers. Red ribbons. Important study on the role of doctors and medical experimentation in the Nazi Holocaust. Discusses Karl Brandt, Waldemar Hoven, Wolfram..... More
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Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press, 1947. First English language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 39pp. Blue cloth boards. The work is the English translation of a collection of Hebrew poetry about the city of Jerusalem by Ari Ben-Zahav (Ibn Zahav), originally published in 1939 as "At Yerushalayim". The translation and introduction are by..... More
Antwerp/London: Ex officina Christophori Plantini [Christophe Plantin]/ Rev. B. Gerrans, 1575. First Latin edition/ First complete English-language edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. Latin edition: 114pp. [13]. (1575) English edition: (xiii) [1] 171pp. (1783) Rebound in modern tan morocco boards, with blind-stamped tooling along the edges of the covers. Spine with black label..... More
Milan: Federico Agnelli, 1675. Hardcover. Two parts (the latter in two sections), duodecimo. [sect.]6 A-O12 (= 174 leaves). [12], 168, [1, blank], [1, half title]; 171-275, [1 blank]; 277-336pp. First two parts with half titles; woodcut lettrines, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum over light boards with exposed thongs (lightly soiled);..... More
Vienna: The Golem/ Printing-Office John N. Vernay, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 247pp. [1], [+ 10 plates]. Original textured black buckram with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Collection of famous legends surrounding the character of the Golem of Prague, a man of clay supposedly brought to life by..... More
Vienna: John N. Vernay, (1925). Hardcover. 8vo. 247pp. Original blue cloth with red lettering on cover and spine. Collection of legends surrounding the character of the Golem of Prague, a man of clay supposedly brought to life by means of a kabbalistic ceremony by Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague. In..... More
Vienna: Printing-Office John N. Vernay, (1925). Hardcover. Octavo. 247 (1)pp., 10 plates. Original textured blue buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Collection of legends surrounding the character of the Golem of Prague, a man of clay supposedly brought to life by means of a cabalistic ceremony by Rabbi Judah Loew..... More
Imp. Oriente, 1943. Edicion Selectas De La Yikal Maya Than. Softcover. Sm. 8vo. 22 pp. In original decorted wrappers. "Final chapter of the monumental opera: La Tierra De Faisan y del Venado". Rivista de Literatura Maya. Text in Maya, Spanish and English. Some browning to edges of pages due to..... More
Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1707. Second edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. [12], 192pp. plus map. Original vellum with maroon title-label and gold lettering on spine. All edges red. Title-page in red and black lettering with an engraving of the Emperor Constantine at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 with the..... More
New York: Curt Valentin, 1948. First American edition. Quarto. 93, [1]pp. Original pictorial dustjacket, with full page b/w photograph of Braque at rear over illustrated brown cloth with decorative brown lettering to front and spine. 16-page booklet translated by Frechtman laid in. Delightful illustrated ideas, 92 pen and ink drawings..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. 8vo. Siena cloth binding w/dj. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Minor wearing to dj. Frontis. Profusely illustrated. In good condition. More
Jerusalem: Sifre Tarshish, 1966. Limited first Hebrew edition. Hardcover. 1/550. Oblong folio. 25 loose plates. Housed in an illustrated tan and black cloth slipcase, with white lettering on the front cover. Tan cloth over illustrated white and black paper board chemise portfolio, with flaps. #29 from a limited edition of..... More