Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxvii, 1000 pp. Original olive cloth with black imprinted title label with gold lettering on spine in original printed cream & black dust jacket. Frontispiece portrait of Sabbatai Sevi. One of the greatest works of Jewish history ever written, Gershom..... More
Frankfurt: J. Kaufmann, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Square octavo. 65pp. 1/4 grey cloth over decorative paper boards, with red lettering on a tan label on the front cover. Top edge of book block in dark blue. This German-language Passover Haggadah's translation was done by leading reform Rabbi Caesar Sligmann and..... More
The Hague - Martinus Nijhoff, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 230 pp. + 26 plates. Light brown buckram binding with gilt title to front and spine w/no dj. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Frontis. Illustrated with 13 b/w annotated figures and 34 b/w illustrations on 26 plates at the..... More
New York: Star Bright Books, (2008). Hardcover. Signed by authors. Brown cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. Red book mark ribbon. Errata slip attached to title-page. A collection of letters by Philip Slier, a Dutch Jew, documenting his experience during the Holocaust. Includes..... More
Moscow: "Der Emes" (Дер эмес), 1947. First Russian-language edition. Softcover. Octavo. 127pp. [1]. Illustrated tan and black paper wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. This is the first Russian translation of the Yiddish memoir originally published the previous year as "Fun Minsker Geto" (From the Minsk Ghetto) by..... More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., (1951). Hardcover. 2 volumes bound together. 8vo. xxxiii, 387pp. xxii, 420pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Red top edge. Collected works of the 17th century Dutch Jewish philosopher Benedict Spinoza. Includes the "Theological-Political Treatise," "Ethics" and examples of Spinoza's correspondence with various..... More
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[False locations] / Brussels: [False publishers] / F. Foppens, 1678. First French Edition / Later editions. Two works (the latter in five parts), in two volumes, the first published in 1678, the latter in 1731, duodecimo. [34], 531, [29, table], [1, fautes], [1, blank], 30 (remarques); [10], 158, 483, [2..... More
London: Lawrence and Bullen, (1894). Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. 4to. [vol.1]xxvi,276pp. [vol.2]ix,323pp. Gray iridescent cloth, decorative gold stamps on front boards, gold lettering to spines. Each volume has b/w photogravure engravings with protective Japanese tissue guards. frontispiece First published in 1583 under the title Le piacevoli notti ("the pleasant nights")..... More
Amsterdam: NP, 5431 [1671]. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 7.5x5". [16 leaves] 458pp. [3 leaves]. Rebound in modern dark brown leather boards, with blind-stamped tooling on the covers, gilt-stamped ruling, tooling and lettering on the spine. Raised bands. Title page bordered by Hebrew text encircling the Spanish. The book produced by..... More
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1994. First English language edition. Softcover. Octavo. (ix) 276pp. Printed black, red and gold wrappers with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Originally published in French as "Les Marxistes et la Question Juive" in 1990 by La Brèche-PEC, the work is a thorough..... More
New York: Hakesheth Publishing Co., 1900. Hardcover. 8vo. Vol. I xii, 165pp., 122pp. Hebrew section, (3) title page and introduction for Hebrew section. Vol. II xix, (1) errata, 448pp. Original gilt-stamped illustrated cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. English translation and original Hebrew text of Benjamin of..... More
New York: Hakesheth Publishing Co., 1900. Hardcover. Brief inscription to Sidney E. Unger by Rabbi H. Kaplan on free front endpapers of both volumes. Octavo. Vol. I: xii, 165pp., 122pp. Hebrew section, (3) title page and introduction for Hebrew section. Vol. II: xix, (1) errata, 448pp. Original gilt-stamped illustrated cloth..... More
Princeton, NJ./Jerusalem: Princeton University Press/Magnes Press, 1993. First English language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 398pp. Purple and blue dust jacket, with white and black lettering on the front cover and spine. Maroon buckram boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The first English translation of Uffenheimer's classic work, originally published in..... More
New York: Gershon I. Gelbart Memorial Fund, 1964. Softcover. 8vo. xi, 458pp. Original light gray printed wrappers. Facsimile reproduction of a dissertation by Gershon I. Gelbart, left unpublished upon his death in 1959. Offers an introduction and English translation of part three of Samuel Usque's Consolation for the Tribulations of..... More
Paris: Libraire de L. Hachette et Cie, 1865. First French-language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 402pp. [1] Green leather over dark green pebbled cloth boards with blind-stamped ruling on the covers, gilt ruling, tooling and lettering on the spine. The bottom 3/4 of the spine is comprised of an earlier black pebbled..... More
Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 303pp. (1). Dark blue-grey cloth boards with white lettering on spine. The work discusses the concept of the ballad as a "mediaevil genre" and examines the Hungarian ballads specifically for their "particular significance. Owing to the Hungarians' position among the other peoples..... More
Prague: Artia, 1968. Hardcover. 4to. 344 pp. 166 b&w and colored plates. White cloth with illustrated dust jacket. Some tiny chips at top and bottom of d/j. Otherwise in very good condition. More
Lincoln, Massachusetts: Penmaen Press, (1977). Ward, Lynd. First English language edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into english by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1892. 8vo. x. 332pp. Dark green decorated cover with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine bumped rubbed with a closed tear at the head. Corners bumped and rubbed. Side and bottom edges untrimmed. Frontispiece is separated but present. There is a list..... More
Mexico: Editorial Enciclopedia Judaica Castellana, 1953. Special Edition. Hardcover. 1/3000. 4to. 191pp. Original decorative cloth with copper plate on cover. Collection of stories and sayings from the Talmud and Midrash. Includes b/w illustrations in the style of the Israel Bezalel school. One of the pictures gives a rabbi the face..... More
Reading, PA: Pilger Publishing House, 1888. Hardcover. 8vo. 112pp. With introduction and a brief history of its origin. Translated from the German by Rev. John E. Whitteker, A.M. Brown cloth with two crosses embossed to the front and back board, with gilt title to front. Some age wearing to edges..... More
New Haven/ London: Yale University Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. English section: (x) 191pp. [2]. Hebrew section: 40pp. Printed beige dust jacket with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Red buckram boards with gilt lettering and publisher's device on the spine. The main text of the book..... More
Lviv: Ksiegarni H. Altenberga (Altenberg Publishing), [1904]. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 149pp. [2]. Illustrated grey buckram boards with lettering, decorative motifs and borders in black. Blind-stamped ruling on the back cover. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated title page. This work collects four sections from the Old Testament, translated into Polish by Jerzy..... More