London: The Iranian's Women's Liberation Group, 1980. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 29 (3)pp. Original photo-illustrated yellow wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. The Iranian Women's Liberation Group was set up in May 1979 following a conference on the Iranian women that was held in London at..... More
Leominster, United Kingdom: Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. 323/500. Octavo. 97 (2)pp. Original tan half leather over matching paper boards; gilt lettering on spine in original cream dustjacket, black lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Title page in red and black. Selected and introduced by Ellis Havelock. "Every single observation..... More
Galway: Printed at the Office at the Galway press, ca. 1855. Second edition. Hardcover. 16mo. xii,167pp. Blind-stamped brown cloth with title in gold on front cover. All gilt edges. Delightful work looking at the similarities of manners and customs of the Jews, the Scottish, and the Irish. Heavy age wear..... More
Симферополь (Simferopol): Издательство "Крым"/ Crimea (Krym), 1964. Softcover. Octavo. Stapled red photo-illustrated wrappers, with white lettering on front and back. This is a photo-document of the Artek Camp (Aртек) located in Hurzuf, Crimea. The camp, which was founded in 1925, was part of the Young Pioneer Movement (a communist party..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1926-1927. Hardcover. 8vo. 4 pamphlets and 1 keepsake. Original wrappers with paper label on front. Every pamphlet except for "The Menace of Divorce" is inscribed by the author. The pamphlets are kept in a custom made half leather slip box with chemise designed by..... More
London: Alexander Strahan, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xv,428pp. Purple cloth with gold lettering on spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Spine sunned. Corners bumped and worn. Discoloration, staining and scuffing to boards. Small bookplate of previous owner to inside of front board. Color frontispiece. "During my visit in America in..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. LXIV, [2], 543pp. Original cloth with gold lettering and illustration on spine. Frontispiece. Title-page in blue and black lettering. First edition of this fascinating work compiling 16 of the more important tracts from the 16th and early 17th centuries dealing..... More
Stuttgart: Gerd Hatje, (1959). First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 175,[1]pp. Blue cloth with white lettering on cover and spine in original pictorial dust jacket. Interesting work and study on childrens' playgrounds and recreation centers for the young and old with articles by various authors and experts looking at examples from..... More
Barton, VT: Nelson Book Co., 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 168, 144, 159pp. Original illustrated grey cloth, with pastedown to front cover, and red and black lettering to spine and front cover. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece. Divided into three books, this work is a condemnation of the three "demons" plaguing America, namely..... More
Halberstadt: H. Meyer's Buchdruckerei, 1924. Softcover. Sm. 4to. 276pp. Original printed wraps. Pages unopened as issued. History of the Internationale Genossenschaftsbewegung from its beginnings in the mid to late-nineteenth century up until the Internationale Genossenschaftskongreß in 1921 in Basel. Nr. 1 of "Soziale Organisationen der Gegenwart. Forschungen und Beiträge. Herausgegeben..... More
Philadelphia: NP, n/d. Hardcover. Ex library. 8vo. 3 volumes bound in one. vi,160pp. iv,246pp. 124pp. 49pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. Age wear and staining on binding. Library inventory handwritten near tail of spine. Staining to few pages. Vols. I., II., III. from October 1888 to July 1890..... More
NP, n/d. Hardcover. 1) Nietzold, Johannes. Die Ehe in Ägypten zur Ptolemäisch-Römischen Zeit nach den Griechischen Heiratskontrakten und Verwandte Urkunden. Leipzig. 1903. Veit & Comp. First edition. vi,108pp. Fascinating work on the laws and customs of marriage in the Ptolemaic-Roman period in Egypt. 2) Hunger, Johannes. Becherwahrsagung bei den Babyloniern nach..... More
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1903. First edition Ex-Library. Hardcover. Quarto. (4) 452pp., 1 folding table. Rebound in three-quarter brown leather over marbled boards, retaining original printed wrappers. Publisher's device on title page. Published by the "Verein für Jüdische Statistik (Association for Jewish Statistics)" it contains a systematic bibliography of Jewish statistics..... More
New York: The Organization of Arab Students, June 1953. Softcover. 8vo. 46pp. Stapled wrappers as issued. Minor discoloration and staining to wraps. "The Organization of Arab Students in the United States is happy to present this essay as a part of its programme of publications designed to promote mutual understanding..... More
München: Duncker & Humblot, 1918. Neuntes Tausend. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xxvi,476pp. Half tan cloth with black lettering on spine over paper-covered boards. 'Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben' by German economist and sociologist Werner Sombart (1863-1941), is a pendant to Max Weber's study on the connection between Protestantism and Capitalism, only..... More
Boston: P. S. King & Son, The World's Peace Foundation, 1911. First edition Ex Library. Hardcover. Quarto. xlvi, 485 (3)pp. Rebacked with black cloth over original green boards with black lettering and publisher's device on cover, white handwritten lettering on spine. Publisher's device on title page. Edited for the Congress..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii,320pp. Blue cloth in original dust jacket. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minor wear to parts of bottom edge. Dj price clipped. Some discoloration and creasing to dj. Name and address of previous owner..... More
Kiel: H. Fiencke, 1893. Hardcover. 8vo. 192pp. Original wrappers bound in modern green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to binding. Ex-libris inside front board. Fascinating collection of documents on the position and opinion of several popes in regards to Jews and Judaism. Includes some laws of various..... More
New York and London: Putnam's Sons, 1913. Hardcover. This work is inscribed and signed in black pen by the author at free front endpaper to renowned Jewish-American scholar Henry Slonimsky (see below): " To my courteous Host and esteemed colleague D. Henry Slonimsky with the author's kind regards. A. J...... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4"). xxii, 292pp. Original cream cloth, with blue and white lettering to spine. Front free endpaper inscribed and signed by the author. "The grim story of juvenile delinquency in America, and our "reform" schools from which seventy..... More
London: Methuen & Co., (1937). Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. viii, 307pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Partly autobiographical work by the Warden of the Bernhard Baron St. George's Settlement, describing Henrique's call to social service in 1912, relating the growth of the settlement to..... More
New York: Macfadden, 1963. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 192pp. Original illustrated wraps. Wine red edges. Incredible book, shocking and amazing, documenting sexual corruption of "our age." Fitting cigarette burn on front cover, bottom edge near spine, penetrating through page seven. Slightly cocked, obviously read, dog-eared on page 23, and quarter..... More
Regensburg: Montag- und Weißischen Buchhandlung, 1793. Dritte und letzte Sammlung. Hardcover. 8vo. 200pp. Bound in contemporary half leather over red paper-covered boards with finely gold-tooled spine. Deckled edges. Modern endpapers. Late 18th century work looking at the characters and customs of Aurora Gräfin von Serini, Madame la Baliere, Marquise von..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVIII, 297, [1]pp. Original black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Goetz A. Briefs. In the present work, Professor Briefs describes and analyzes a wide range of detailed considerations which bear upon..... More
London: Walter Scott, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 337 (6)pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, blind-stamped decor and ruling on cover. Frontispiece composite photograph of twenty criminals. "this little book is an attempt to present to the English reader a critical summary of the..... More