New Writings in Israel
New York: Schocken Books, 1976. Softcover. Signed. 8vo. 224pp. (1). Original paper wrappers. Editor's signature on title-page. Wrappers stained. Overall in good- condition. More
New York: Schocken Books, 1976. Softcover. Signed. 8vo. 224pp. (1). Original paper wrappers. Editor's signature on title-page. Wrappers stained. Overall in good- condition. More
Berlin: Verlag von Poppelauer, 1910. Softcover. 8vo. 188pp. Illustrated wrappers. Chipping, creasing, scuffing and minor discoloration to wrappers. One-by two inch piece to right corner of front wrapper missing. Parts of spine loose but attached. Pages unopened. Frontispiece. An interesting account of the authors return to Abyssinia in 1908. Jacques..... More
Berlin: Verlag von Poppelauer, 1910. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, (1), 188pp. Contemporary half pebbled brown cloth over marbled boards. Illustrated with 60 text photos (1, a frontispiece depicting the author) and a large folding map tipped in at rear. Some shelf wear & rubbing at edges, but overall very good. Text..... More
Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown and black cloth with blind-stamped title on spine. The rationalistic era of Islam produced skeptics among the Jews of the time of Saadja, such was Hiwi al-Balkhi, whose criticism tended to undermine the belief in revelation. The Emunot We-Dëot (Emunot ve-Deot)..... More
São Paulo, Brazil: Centro de Estudos Judaicos, 1980. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 248 pp. Original paper wraps. Fascinating book about the Inquisition in Brazil and its effect upon the Jewish community. Includes bibliographical references and indexes, Text in Portuguese. Sunning to wraps, otherwise book is in good condition. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi,154pp. Black cloth with gold lettering and publisher's emblem in gold on spine in original dust jacket. "This book deals with the development of Jewish marriage and divorce. It shows the evolution of monogamy, the forms of engagement and nuptials, the..... More
Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1700. Later printing. Hardcover. Folio. [22], 758, [22]pp. Original full calf with gold-tooled decoration on boards, spine and along binding edges. Gold stamped lettering on title-label. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Title-page with woodcut vignette. The French translation made by M. Arnauld d'Andilly..... More
Los Angeles: Cherub Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 108pp. [3]. Printed white dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Dark blue textured buckram boards with gilt lettering on the Hebrew-language cover and the spine. An intriguing examination of Spanish kabbalist Rabbi Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla's (1248-1405)..... More
Los Angeles: Cherub Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 90pp. [4]. Printed white dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Dark blue textured buckram boards with gilt lettering on the Hebrew-language cover and the spine. An intriguing examination of famed Rabbi Moses de Leon's lesser known commentary..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv,239pp. Blind-stamped gray cloth with dust jacket. Some staining and creasing to dj. Minor chipping to head of spine on dj. Dust jacket in good-, book in very good condition. More
Baltimore: Press of Kohn & Pollock, Inc., 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 168pp. Original full cloth with gold-stamped borders and lettering on front cover. Decorative endpapers. Rare and interesting work giving an inside look at the various American Jewish charity organizations in the very first years of the 20th century..... More
Belgrade: Federation of Jewish Communities of the FPRY, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIX, 245pp. Original cloth with gold lettering on front cover. Heart gripping account of the Nazi atrocities against the Jewish community in occupied Yugoslavia, profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of mass massacres. Ex-library copy with..... More
Bucarest: Federation of Jewish Communities of the Socialist Republic of Romania, [1978]. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. [32]pp. Original decorative wrappers. Remarkable annual survey of the Jewish community of the Socialist Republic of Romania in 1978. It is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions. Wrappers creased, thus slightly affecting..... More
New York: Cultural Department of the World Jewish Congress and the Torah Culture Department of the Jewish Agency, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 73pp. in English + 157pp. in Hebrew. Blue cloth with gold lettering on front and rear covers and spine in original printed decorative dust jacket. Signed by..... More
New York: The Paulist Press, 1940. Softcover. Small 8vo. 32pp. Original wrappers. A few small creases along the spine on the front cover. "Nazism will seek to exterminate Christianity if Nazism dominates Europe" is the premise of this pamphlet published by the Catholic church in America. Overall very good condition..... More
[Boston?]: Boston Jewish Bicentennial Committee, 1976. Softcover. 8vo. III, 83 + (1) pp. White wrappers with blue decorative facsimile of a sketch of the Boston Harbor. Inscribed on title page by author "To Stanley with best wishes, b'yididut Isaac." Filled with a number of b/w photographs of Jewish life and..... More
Bene Berak: Yeshivat Ohel Yosef, 1983. Hardcover. Folio. 448pp. Modern cloth binding. The author, Rabbi Moses Feinstein, was the leading judicial arbitrator of Jewish Law in the 20th Century (see below). This volume is devoted to his lectures in Seder Nezikin (of the Mishna) including discussion of Torts, property rights..... More
Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1925. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 191pp. Original printed wrappers. Uncut. Fascinating work on ethnology of the Jewish people, profusely illustrated with 89 b/w photographic portraits of different Jewish types, on 38 plates. Some edge wear on wrappers, with spine sunned, and boards slightly age-toned along..... More
Berlin: Juedischer Verlag, 1904. Teilweise veraenderte Neuausgabe. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 306,[12]pp. Illustrated brown cloth. Rare edition with articles on Jewish art, literature, poetry, etc., by writers & artists like Theodor Herzl, Stefan Zweig, Max Barber, Martin Buber, Hugo Salus, Hermann Struck, Max Liebermann, Lesser Ury, Moriz Gottlieb, and many others..... More
Berlin: Juedischer Verlag, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 102 (1)pp. Three quarter leather over marbled boards. Glossy marbled endpapers. Publisher's device on title page. With a consecration page by the celebrated Jewish artist E. M. Lilien (b/w woodcut "The Pillage of the Jews in Frankfurt"). Kischinew is the capitol..... More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1927. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. ix, (1) table of contents, 290pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine in original price clipped dust jacket. Survey of rabbinic midrashic/aggadic agricultural metaphors. Covers field cultivation, the Pardes garden, trees, viticulture, figs, olives, palms, nut trees, thorns, reeds..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. Quarto. [6], 208, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Scarce work being a compilation of 16 discourses delivered between 1923 and 1924 by Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman in his congregation of Keneseth Israel, in Philadelphia. Wrappers age-toned along edges and spine. Upper corners chipped. Lower corner of front cover..... More
New York: Cross Road, (1986). Hardcover. 8vo. 114pp. (2). Black cloth and gold lettering in original printed dust jacket. In very good condition. More
Pittsburgh, PA. Made available through the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Council of B'Nai B'Rith. 1959. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. II, 92pp. Original wrappers held together with silver clasp along spine as issued. Rare and fascinating study of Jews who migrated and settled in Pittsburgh between 1754-1894..... More
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xv, (1), 1055, (1)pp. Indices. Text in English. Light green cloth lettered in darker green. An ex-library copy with minimal markings (small rubber stamp on title page & bottom of text block, and a de-acquisition stamp on rear pastedown). Very..... More