The Jews of Ohio
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, n/d. Softcover. Sm. 8vo. 15pp. Illustrated wraps. Minor staining to wraps. Rare booklet published in celebration of the Ohio Sesquicentennial 1803-1953. Very good condition. More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, n/d. Softcover. Sm. 8vo. 15pp. Illustrated wraps. Minor staining to wraps. Rare booklet published in celebration of the Ohio Sesquicentennial 1803-1953. Very good condition. More
New York: I. L. Peretz Yiddish Writers' Union, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 397, [3]pp. Rebacked with blue library tape over original cloth with Yiddish lettering on front cover. Title pages in Yiddish and English. Scarce work being a survey of immigrant societies in New York. Includes essays on landsmanshaft..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Comission on Jewish Education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1935. First edition. Softcover. 4to. v + xiv, 61 pp. Original paper wrappers with mounted title sticker on front cover as issued. Blue spine. Manuscript was issued as an experimental project conducted by the Jewish Religious Education..... More
New York: The Jewish Press Publishing Company, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XXIV, 449pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Fascinating work on the first Jewish settlements in the New World, profusely illustrated with 25 b/w photographic..... More
Richmond: Richmond Jewish Community Council, (1955). Softcover. Ex library book. 8vo. 59pp. Original paper wrappers. History of the Jewish community in Richmond. Wrappers chipped. Overall in good- condition. More
Boston: The Stratford Co., 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 274pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover. Inscribed by author in pencil on free front endpaper: "To Channing, from the charmed author. George Cohen." Ex-libris of Edward M. Tenebaum on inside of front board. Contents: The Jews and the Discovery..... More
New York: Harcourt, 1976. Hardcover. This work is signed by Irving Howe at half title in blue pen. 8vo. xx. 714pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Seated in original publisher's slipcase. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Slipcase in very good, inside in fine condition. More
Detroit: J. H. S. M., 1975. First edition. Softcover. Small quarto. 45, [1]pp. Original golden wrappers with embossed lettering and decorations. Fascinating publication by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan whose aim is to collect, preserve, and publish material dealing with Jewish life in Michigan. This particular issue is dedicated..... More
New York: Philip Cowen, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 155pp. Original black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Reprinted from the American Hebrew, issues November 1901, to June, 1902. Deals with American Christian Hebraist Ezra Stiles. Important historical source on eighteenth century American Jews as Stiles was friends..... More
New York: City Council of the League of the Jewish Youth, 1920. First edition. Softcover. Octavo pamphlet of the Jewish Youth publication. Wrappers have a b/w facsimile photograph of Israel Friedlaender. Publication contains news about world affairs and Jewish news. Age wear and browning to wrappers due to age, otherwise..... More
Chicago: The College of Jewish Studies, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 197, [1]pp (in English), 122pp (in Hebrew). Original cloth with gold lettering on covers and spine. Fascinating work being a series of studies on the history and development of Jewish Chicago. This book contains numerous in-text and full-page charts..... More
Des Moines: Iowa Printing and Supply Co., 1941. Limited first edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (vii) 280pp. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. This is a stated limited first printing of the work serving as a history of Iowa's Jewish community. The book covers the period..... More
New York: Teachers College, Columbia University. 1920. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 226, [2]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Sweeping study of the assimilation of Jewish immigrants and their families, inspired by the emphasis on Americanization which followed World War I and the Russian Revolution. Considers various theories of..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, (2002). Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 413pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. First major study of the Reconstructionist Siddur. The author focuses on the life and thought of the movement's founder R. Mordecai Kaplan, how he influenced its..... More
NP: Published by the author, ND (ca 1975). First edition. Softcover. Oblong octavo. 36pp (English text), 52pp (Hebrew text). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions, this work gives genealogical information on the family of Isaac and Rachel Gootman who immigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio from Ukraine. Moderate..... More
New York: Historia Judaica, 1939. Limited ed. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 65 - 113. Orange cloth with original paper wrappers bound in. 1/100 numbered copies. Laid in is a card from the editor stating "With the Compliments of Professor Guido Kisch 415 West 115th Street New York." This is the diary..... More
New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 1959. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi, 221 pp. Illustrated w/39 tables. Blue cloth binding w/gold American Jewish Historical Society crest on front and dj. Dj worn along corners. Overall very good. More
Cincinnati: Caxton Press, (1930). Author's Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 1/500. 4to. xxix, 354pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering, beveled edges and drawing of Felix Moses on the cover. White book mark ribbon. Frontispiece tin type likeness of Felix Moses. Inscribed by author. Map of Boone County, KY on front endpaper..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 436pp. Gilt stamped dark green cloth with gilt lettered spine. Corners bumped. Head and taoil of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Bookplate to inside of front cover. Hinges starting. An important historical document on the works of the..... More
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, [1945?]. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 16 pp. Original paper wraps with b/w facsimile photograph of the archway to the building of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Illustrated throughout with historical b/w facsimile photographs as well as charts and diagrams visually depicting the..... More
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1977. Facsimile. Softcover. [22], 511 leaves. Original blue paper wrappers with title-label laid on front cover. Tendencies to unite the Jewish community go back to the early days of the American republic. This fascinating study deals with the many failures and false starts of..... More
Chicago: The College of Jewish studies, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 197pp. kuf-chav-bet/122pp (Hebrew). Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering of title on cover (English) , back cover (Hebrew) and spine (both). Minor staining and rubbing to boards. Page 47-50 loose. Plate reading "New York Bloch Publishing Co. The Jewish..... More
New York: Stratford Press (Privately printed for the author), 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VIII, 208pp. Original cloth with blind-tooling and gold lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering and borders on spine. Frontispiece portrait. Scarce and fascinating work on Jewish farmers and agriculture in the colony of Woodbine, New Jersey..... More
Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, 284pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Colored endpapers. Fascinating work which is more than a biography of Isaac Harby, 19th century Charleston educator, playwright, critic, journalist, and religious reformer. It is also..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1960-5721. (First edition). Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi, 498 pp. Blue cloth binding w/dj. Dj faded on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Includes Documentation. Glossary and Biliography. Good condition. More