Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1880. Hardcover. 8vo. viii. 371pp. Embossed purple cloth with blind-stamped border and gilt lettering to spine. Beveled edges. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and chipped. Scuffing and rubbing to boards. Wear to edges. Signed by previous owner. "Biographical Sketches" on 100 personalities..... More
Antwerpen: "Jeshurun" 1933. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 55 (1)pp. Original cream wraps with black lettering on cover. Pamphlet elaborating on the Jewish community (in particular the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast) in Birobidzhan, Siberia, Zionism and various aspects of Jewish life and politics in view of the larger..... More
New York: Ogen Publishing House of Histadrut HaIvrit BeAmerica, 1957. Hardcover. 4to. x. 562. Black cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine. Important collection of essays on Jewish education in Europe before the Holocaust, with sections on elementary education, secondary education, professional education, press, libraries and the arts. Includes..... More
Wien: Wilhelm Braunmüller, 1917. Softcover. 8vo. xi,344,[65pp. Original printed wraps. Ex-libris of Albert J. Phiebig on free front endpaper. Collection of literary remains and documents relating to Jewish family history and sociology in 17th and 18th century Vienna . Vol. VII of the series "Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte der..... More
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1919. Karlrich Henker. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 112pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Minor scuffing to binding. Handwritten library inventory sticker near tail of spine. Two paste-downs in Hebrew and small numbers written in blue ink on inside of front board. Small stamp with Hebrew lettering on free front endpaper..... More
Hoboken, NJ: Ktav Pub Inc, 1988. Softcover. Large 4to. 116pp. Illustrated wrappers with gilt lettering to front wrapper and silver lettering to spine. Illustrated title page. Decorative borders throughout. Family history of the renowned Jewish family Batkin. Illustrated with captioned b/w photographs at end. Includes alphabetical list of family members..... More
Melbourne: J. N. L. (Jewish National Library) "Kadimah" 1942. Limited edition. Paperback. Octavo. 445, [3]. Paper wrappers. Limited edition of 600 copies in honor of the 30 year anniversary of the Jewish National Library "Kadimah". Contains three plates of b/w facsimile photographs. Includes tables and information on the distribution of..... More
Chicago: M.J. Aron and other members of the Lider Organization of Chicago, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 231pp. Original brown cloth over boards with gilt stamped lettering on spine and front board. Inscribed by author in English on free front endpaper. Illustrated with b/w and color reproductions of paintings..... More
den Haag: Jaarboek die Haghe, 1979. Softcover. This work has a handwritten letter, written and signed by the author (with official letterhead) laid in at front endpaper: "S-Gravenhage, March 10, 1980. (...) Dear Archives and Union, I hereby send a copy of my little book, that unfortunately is in Dutch. It..... More
Roma: Carucci Editore, 1981. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 319, [1]pp. Original illustrated wraps. Scarce study on the Jewish ghetto of Venice in the 18th century profusely illustrated with 16 full-page b/w photographic reproductions of plans, views and monuments. Some age-wear on wraps with rubbing along joints and edges and age-toning..... More
Lanham: University Press of America, 1984. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XXII, 174pp. Original printed wrappers. Remarkable work on the Nordic Jewish communities of Scandinavia, an area of common cultural and linguistic communities and a pattern of social organization based on democracy and the well known "Welfare State." This book would..... 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
New York: P.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. Hardcover. 8vo. 300pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. A contemporary historical account of the expulsion of the Jewish community from Moscow, and its background. Head and tail of spine chipped and rubbed. One-inch tear along head and tail of spine..... More
Baarn: Bosch & Keuning, 1978. Fifith edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 847pp. [1]. Blue cloth boards, embossed illustration on upper cover, gilt spine. Grey illustrated dust jacket with black lettering on cover and spine. This massive volume is an exhaustive examination of Dutch-Jewish history from the middle-age until the Holocaust. The..... More
Paris: Reider, 1929. 8vo. Brown paper wrapper. XXXVIII. 196 + (1) pp. 25 cm folded map. In French. Book cover is in good condition. Pages and binding show some age wear. Ex library copy, as is in fair condition. Important work on economic History about the Jewish economic situation and..... More
London: Published by Hechalutz Organisation of England with the co-operation of The League for Labour Palestine in America, (1935). Second English edition. Softcover. 8vo. 56pp. Original printed wraps. Contents: Introduction. The Beginnings of our Colonisation. The Idea of Land and Labour in 1892. The Working Conditions in the Baron's Settlements..... More
Berlin: Itzkowski, 1912. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. [2], 192pp. Original printed wrappers. Fascinating work by one of the most famous German Rabbis of the early 20th century. Moses Hoffmann was the son of David Hoffmann, who was the head of the orthodox Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Moses Hoffmann was Rabbi..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. 2 Vol. 165, 200 pp. 8vo. In Polish. Orange wrappers. Pen markings on the back marking out price. Otherwise book is in Fine Condition. Central work on the once vibrant and thriving Jewish community of Poland utilizing and scrutinizing a number of original Polish official documents. More
Baltimore: Simon Kuznets, 1956. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 140pp. Gray half cloth wraps with mimeographed block. Preliminary draft of a paper prepared at the request of Professor Louis Finkelstein, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, for possible inclusion in a new edition of a two volume reference work "The Jews,"..... More
Jerusalem: Makor Publishing, 1983. Hardcover. 4to. 506pp. Blue leather with gold lettering on covers and spine. "The publication of this collection of articles by Dr. Dov Levin on Baltic Jews under Soviet rule during the Second World War has special importance. These articles are the fruit of a larger research..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1949. Softcover. 8vo. 286pp. Original wraps. Captivating account by Harry Levin on the 1948 war. The conflict started after the British withdrew from Palestine and Israel declared its independence. The war led to the displacement of Arab and Jewish populations in the city. The 1,500 residents of..... More
Bucharest: Editura Hasefer, 1996. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. (xxi) [1] 254pp. [3]. Blue and white printed wrappers with grey, white and black lettering on the front cover and spine. An informative look into the history of Jews and their relationship to the general population in Romania in the 19th and..... More
Krakow: Polska Akademia Umiejetnosci, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Short quarto. 284 pp. Includes independent Hebrew title page. Text consists of customs documents in Polish. Includes an introduction and foreword in both English and Polish. Was the personal, publisher's preview copy of Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, as an inserted note in Polish..... More
Hamburg: Hans Christians Verlag, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 972pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. This remarkable work is a comprehensive history of the Eastern European Jews in Germany's Weimar Republic, between 1918 and 1933. Text in German. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall..... More
Philadelphia: The Levytype Company, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, 576, [4]pp. Original cloth with silver lettering on spine and gold-stamped borders and central decoration on covers. Decorative endpapers. First edition of this scarce and fascinating book, being Morais' most famous work. It is one of the largest local Jewish..... More