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The Jews of Philadelphia. Their History From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. A...

The Jews of Philadelphia. Their History From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. A Record of Events and Institutions, and of Leading Members of the Jewish Community in Every Sphere of Activity.

Morais, Henry Samuel

Philadelphia: The Levytype Company, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, 576pp. Original cloth with blind stamped decorations on covers and silver lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Decorative tailpieces. First edition of Morais's most famous work. The first scholarly history of Philadelphia's Jewish community. It is one of the largest local..... More

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Papers of the Jewish Women's Congress.: Held at Chicago, September 4,5,6 and 7, 1893 [SIGNED)

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Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 268pp. Gilt stamped dark green cloth with gilt lettered spine. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Staining to top page edge. Scuffing to boards. Boards slightly bowed. Bookplate to inside of front cover. Hinges..... More

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A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews: Colonial Times Through 1800

Rosenbloom, Joseph R.

NP: University of Kentucky Press, (1960). Hardcover. Ex library. 8vo. xii, 175 pp. Brown cloth with attached dustjacket. Library inventory plate on tail of spine. Rubbing to head and tail, and edges of spine. Minor scuffing to dj. Information library plate pasted on free front endpaper. Includes "every person identifiable..... More

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Reminiscences, Volume I and Volume II [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]. 2-vol. set (Complete)

Weiss, Frederick T.;

NP: Privately printed, 2006-2007. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 72, [4], 166pp. Gold-stamped maroon leatherette. Each volume inscribed by author on fly leaf preceding title-page. San Francisco author F. T. Weiss writes about his personal and his family's history beginning in the mid 19th century. Illustrated with b/w and color reproductions..... More

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The Jews of South Carolina: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Elzas, Barnett A.

Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 352 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Frontis piece with a b/w illustration of the interior of the Hebrew Synagogue of Charleston, South Carolina in 1794 taken from a lithograph in the possession of Mayer..... More

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Sefer Tesubah [Book on Repentance]. A Ladino Compendium of Jewish Law and Ethics. A Critical...

Sefer Tesubah [Book on Repentance]. A Ladino Compendium of Jewish Law and Ethics. A Critical Edition

Lazar, Moshe (Editor); Robert Dilligan (Technical editor)

Culver City, CA. Labyrinthos, 1993. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/200. 4to. XX, 283pp. on acid-free paper. Original black smyth-sewn clothbound with gold illustration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Includes ribbon marker and slipcase. Ninth volume in the "Sephardic Classical Library" series. The Manuscript 2015 of the University..... More

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The War Record of American Jews: First Report of the Office of War Records American Jewish Committee January 1, 1919

Leavitt, Julian

New York: The American Jewish Committee, 1919. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 50pp. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. This rare work collects and records as much statistical and other information with regard to the participation of the Jews in the military and civilian activities..... More

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Miniatures of Early American Jews [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]

London, Hannah R.;

Springfield, Mass. The Pond-Ekberg Company, 1953. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/150. Quarto. x,154pp. Half-cloth over blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Title-page vignette. Signed by Hannah London on limitation page. Fascinating collection of b/w photographic reproductions of miniatures depicting early American Jews. Photo section on glossy paper..... More

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Southwest Jewry (Volume III)

Malamut, Joseph L. (editor)

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Jewish Institutions and Their Leaders, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 224 pp. Blue cloth with decorative, gothic lettering on front cover. Work is composed of biographical entries of prominent Jews of the South and Western United States accompanied by b/w portrait photographs of Jewish pioneers..... More

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Southwest Jewry Volume III. Joseph L. Malamut, Ed

Southwest Jewry Volume III

Malamut, Joseph L., Ed.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Jewish Institutions and Their Leaders, 1957. Hardcover. 4to. 224 pp. Blue cloth binding. Black & white photographs throughout. This is volume 3 of the monographic series on Southwestern Jewry. Minor wear. Otherwise in very good condition. More

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Jubilee-Book. Forty Years Sokolover in Chicago. Issued in Honor of the Thirtieth Jubilee by the...

Jubilee-Book. Forty Years Sokolover in Chicago. Issued in Honor of the Thirtieth Jubilee by the American Sokolover Independent Verein.

Mandelbaum, Morris (Editor)

Chicago: Globus Printing Corporation, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 60, 204pp. Decorative brown cloth with English and Yiddish lettering. Scarce Jubilee Book published in honor of the 30th anniversary of the American Sokolover Independent Verein. Includes a 26 page essay titled "The Story of the Sokolov Immigrants in Chicago", by..... More

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My Life As an American Jew (INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Philipson, David

Cincinnati: John G. Kidd & Son, Inc., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [12], 526pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Inside of front cover inscribed and signed by David Philipson. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Printer's device on title page. Significant story of American Jewish..... More

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The Chicago Pinkas: On the 25th Anniversary of The College of Jewish Studies

Rawidowicz, Simon (ed.)

Chicago: The College of Jewish Studies, 1952. Hardcover. Large 8vo. English section 197 pp. Hebrew section 120pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on front and rear covers and spine. Collection of articles relating to Jewish life in Chicago. Bibliographical information on Chicago, as well as numerous tables on the..... More

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West Virginia Jewry: Origins and History 1850-1958 [Complete in 3 Volumes]. Abraham I. Shinedling

West Virginia Jewry: Origins and History 1850-1958 [Complete in 3 Volumes]

Shinedling, Abraham I.

Philadelphia: Maurice Jacobs, Inc., 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. LXXIX, [3], 526, VI, 527-1254, VI, 1255-1753pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on front covers and spines. All edges blue. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Professor Jacob R. Marcus. First edition of this monumental work on the origins and history..... More

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The Jewish World Almanac, 1926: A Year Book of Valuable Information, Chronology and Statistics/ Der Idisher Velt-Almanakh: 1927, Yohr-Bukh far Sotsialistisher, Idisher un Algemeyner Geshikhte, Statistik un Informatsye

Shub, David (ed.)

New York: Wecker, 1926. First edition. Softcover. Small quarto. 400pp. Printed tan and green wrappers with red lettering on the front cover. Black lettering on the spine. This Jewish yearbook was the first of two such books published, 1926-1927, by David Shub. As stated in the title, the publication presents..... More

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Jews in New England: Six Historical Monographs (Vol. I and II)

Broches, S.

New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1942. First edition. Softcover. 2 volumes. 68pp. 80pp. Original tan wrappers. Front wrapper on Vol.II detached but present, back wrapper of same volume missing. Discoloration, creasing and some scuffing to wrappers. Front wrapper of Vol.I has closed tear along spine but still attached. Vol.I. looks..... More

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Three Years in America, 1859-1862

Benjamin, I. J.; Charles Reznikoff (Translator); Oscar Handlin (Introduction)

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1956. First American edition. Hardcover. Complete in 2 volumes. Quarto. (3) 335, (3) 290pp. Original blue cloth with silver lettering on black labels of spines. Top edges blue. Frontispiece portrait of the author in volume I. Printer's device on each title page. A...... More

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The Jews of the United States, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (Jacob R. Schiff Series of Jewish Contributions to American Democracy 17-19) (3 Volumes)

Blau, Joseph L.; Baron, Salo W.

New York: Columbia University Press and The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1963. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 4to. xxxv, x, xi, 1034pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Red top edge. Collection of official documents, business and personal correspondence detailing Jewish life in America in the late eighteenth and..... More

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Chicago and its Jewry: A Cultural History

Bregstone, Philip P.; Julian W. Mack (Introduction by)

NP: Privately Printed, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XX, [2], 423, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers over brown cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. Remarkable history of the cultural rise of the Jews of Chicago that runs parallel with their social and economic development. Of particular importance in..... More

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The Jewish Experience in Latin America: Selected Studies from the Publication of the American Jewish Historical Society (Complete 2 Volume Set)

Cohen, Martin A. (ed.)

Waltham, Mass: Ktav Publishing, INC., (1971). Hardcover. 2 volumes. 4to. lxxxiii, 497pp. 374pp. Original black cloth with blue imprinted title label and silver lettering on spine. Collection of articles originally published in the American Jewish Historical Society's Publications and Quarterly. Authors include Arnold Wiznitzer, Cyrus Adler and Elkan Nathan Adler..... More

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The Jewish woman in America: Two female immigrant generations, 1820-1929

Glanz, Rudolf

New York: Ktav Pub. House, 1976. Hardcover. 2 octavo volumes. VII, 209 + XIII, 213 pp. First volume is blue cloth with silver lettering on spine and second volume is red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Both are in original decorative dj's. Vol. 1 is titled, "The Eastern European..... More

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Sefer Tesubah [Book on Repentance]. A Ladino Compendium of Jewish Law and Ethics. A Critical Edition

Lazar, Moshe (Editor); Robert Dilligan (Technical editor)

Culver City, CA. Labyrinthos, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 4to. XX, 283pp. on acid-free paper. Original black smyth-sewn clothbound with silver illustration on front cover and silver lettering on spine. Ninth volume in the "Sephardic Classical Library" series. The Manuscript 2015 of the University Library of Salamanca, "Suma de casos..... More

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A Jew Looks at the War. Moses Miller

A Jew Looks at the War

Miller, Moses

New York: Jewish Peoples Committee, (1940). First edition. Softcover. 12mo. 31pp. Original paper wrappers. Pamphlet put out by a Jewish American isolationist group in 1940, before the United States entered World War II, arguing that American involvement in the war would increase anti-Semitism and endanger the lives of Jews in..... More

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Early American Jewry: Volume I, The Jews of New York, New England and Canada 1649-1794; Volume II, The Jews of Pennsylvania and the South, 1655-1790. 2-vol. set (Complete)

Rader Marcus, Jacob

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951 (Vol. I), 1953 (Vol. II). First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. XXVIII, 301, [1]pp (Vol. I); XXI, [1], 594pp (Vol. II). Original pictorial dust-jacket over green cloth, with gold lettering to spines. Publisher's logo to title.This fascinating work presents a fresh approach to..... More

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Morris L. Goodman. The First American Councilman of the City of Los Angeles. [SIGNED BY AUTHORS]

Stern, Norton B.; William M. Kramer

Los Angeles: Ethan B. Lipton, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Octavo. 31pp. Original half cloth over decorative paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Title-page signed by the authors. Decorative initial. Fascinating account relating the life of the first Jewish Los Angeles city councilman. Includes 2 b/w photographic reproductions..... More

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