Frankfort-on-the-Maine: J. Kauffmann, 1897. Sixth edition. 7 x 4.5 inches. Metal binding with bas-relief of the ten commandments in lovely ornamental border on silk moire. Decorative, brass clasp. All page edges gold. Truly a gorgeous little prayer book. Hebrew and English on opposing pages. Neolite backstrip cracked vertically. Book is..... More
Baghdad: Yehoshua Shelomoh Bekhor, 1912. Hardcover. 16mo. 60 double-sided leaves. Rebound in modern red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Title page with decorative woodcut border. This is a scarce siddur (prayer book) published for use in the Iraqi Jewish community. Includes afternoon and evening prayers for weekdays..... More
Nuremberg: J. Bulka, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 816pp. (2), 85pp. (1). Quarter brown cloth over brown paper boards with black lettering and design on spine. Top edge red. Hebrew and German title-pages. Machsor Vitry by R. Simcha of Vitry, a student of the 11th century Jewish scholar R. Shlomo..... More
Calcutta: Araki, 1855/1856. Hardcover. Octavo. 73 leaves. Black paper covered boards. Contains pizmonim (liturgical songs), intercessions and prayers. Vignette with Levitic hands at last page. Text in Hebrew. Binding with minor wear at edges. Sporadic foxing at end papers. Reinforced and renewed title page en facsimile, page 16 reinforced with..... More
Fürth: Itzik Leib, 1711. First edition. Wood cover. Folio. 50 leaves. Beige wooden boards. Illustrated title page with imagery of Moshe, Aharon, Jacobs dream of the ladder and King David playing the harp. Order of Slikhot, prayers for forgiveness, to be included in the Jewish observance during the month of..... More
Livorno: E. Otolingi (Eliezer Menachem Ottolenghi), 1828. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 96 double-sidded leaves. Black morocco over blue paper boards, with gilt lettering on the spine, with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. The book is a Jewish prayer book (siddur) written laid out in the Sephardic tradition, for both weekday and..... More
Ramallah, Israel: bi-d'fus Ofest Yisraeli li-Ttzo, 1977. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 323 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Entire text is in Hebrew. Vol. 2 only. The author, is a well established author and scholar on Karaite Judaism. Karaism, is a Jewish movement characterized by..... More
Vienna: Jos. Schlesinger Library, 1857. 4.5 x 3 inches. Metal binding with bas-relief of the ten commandments in lovely ornamental border. Hebrew and English. Neolite backstrip missing, but binding tight. Inscription of former owner in pen on front free end paper. Overall good+ condition. More
Frankfurt a. M. David Droller, 1929. Softcover. 8vo. 49,[1],pp. Original wrappers. Heavy chipping and age toning to wraps. Front wrapper detached but present. "Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwürde genehmigt von der philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn." Illustrated with a reproduction of a facsimile photograph of the manuscript. Dissertation..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 205pp. Original brown cloth with blind stamped border and gold lettering on spine. Supplemental reform prayer book designed for services on Sunday, instead of the traditional Jewish Saturday Sabbath, and for those not able to pray in Hebrew. A choir..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Octavo. 205pp. Original brown cloth with blind stamped border and gold lettering on spine. Supplemental reform prayer book designed for services on Sunday, instead of the traditional Jewish Saturday Sabbath, and for those not able to pray in Hebrew. A...... More
Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1934. Softcover. 8vo. vii,60,[34],pp. Original wrappers. Minor age wear, creasing and staining to wraps. Some pages unopened as issued. "Genizfragmente mit palästinischer Punktation, herausgegeben, übersetzt und erklärt von Rafael Edelmann." Volume 6 of the series "Bonner Orientalische Studien." Analysis on the early history of the Machzor. Text..... More
High Wycomb, England: University Microfilms, 1970. Softcover. 8vo. 488 pp. Paper wrappers. "This is an authorized facsimile and was produced by microfilm-xerography in 1973 by University Microfilms, A Xerox Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A." Copy of the authors dissertation on the Siddur (Seedur), the Jewish traditional prayer book. The author..... More
Beverly Hills: Temple Shalom for the Arts, (2001). Marc Chagall. Hardcover. 4to. viii,[12],286pp. Silver-stamped black cloth and spine. Minor scuffing to boards. A magnificent edition of the High Holy Day Prayer Book delightfully illustrated with color reproductions of paintings by Marc Chagall. Written, compiled and edited by Rabbi David Baron..... More
Long Beachh: Published by the author, 1943. Hardcover. 8vo. xx. 90pp.Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jewish Prayer Book ("Siddur") by I. Shalom Ravetch, renowned Rabbi Emeritus of Sinai Congregation in Long Beach, California. As he states: "This is an attempt to preserve the traditional Sabbat Eve serve through..... More
New York: Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, circa early 1950s. Softcover. Quarto. (2) 59pp. (ii). Blue stapled wrappers with black lettering on front cover. Typed text. Jack Cohen was a leading Reconstuctionist Rabbi and one of the students of Mordechai Kaplan the founder of the movement. The work discusses prayer from the..... More
Breslau: Wilhelm Koebner, 1903. First edition. Softcover. Small Quarto. 64pp. Original white wrappers with black ruling, ornaments and lettering on cover. Awarded the Dr. David Rosin Prize of the Jewish Theological Seminar in Breslau. Special issue of the monthly "Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums. History and meaning of..... More
Stuttgart: Verlag W. Kohlhammer, 1933. Softcover. 8vo. x. 90 pp. Original wrappers. Pages unopened. Work on the liturgy of Babylonian Jews, based on Geniza - texts (i.e. non - unusable worn-out religious texts ("pasul") or Jewish - community texts of a secular nature). With a focus on linguistics and especially..... More
Los Angeles: The University of Judaism, 1982. Softcover. 8vo. 20pp. Stapled wraps as issued. Near fine condition. Rare. This article is the fifth of a continuing series of monographs to be published by the University of Judaism. More
Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 1971. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 115, [3]pp. Original printed wrappers. Remarkable work on the historical development of the synagogue. Closed tears on back cover. Wrappers age-toned. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in German. Wrappers in overall fair, interior in good+ condition. More