Berlin: Alexander Duncker, 1845. Hardcover. 8vo. 180pp. Modern three quarter cloth over paper boards. Green speckled edges. A humorous work of medieval Hebrew poetry with a German translation by the early thirteenth century rationalist Judah Al-Harizi. This edition is based on a 1281 manuscript of the work. Includes an extensive..... More
Najaf: Matbaʻat al-Adab, 1967. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 343pp. Pink printed wrappers with black lettering on the covers and spine. This work is a comprehensive catalog by Iraqi poet and professor Abdullah al-Juburi (b.1939) which enumerates and describes the manuscript content of the personal library of Mosul-born scholar Hassan Ankerli..... More
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (ix) 207pp. Yellow buckram boards with black lettering on the spine. Black heavy-stock endpapers. Judaic and middle-eastern studies scholar Alfred L. Ivry's translation of and commentary on Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al Kindi's pioneering work "On First Philosophy"..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). ix, [1], 239, [1]pp. Original green cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. This bibliography offers a new and indispensable tool for both researchers and practitioners in the field of Islamic law. It supplements the..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xix, 306pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over light green cloth with black lettering on cover. Translated by Françoise Delisle; introduction by Havelock Ellis; cover design by Jack Perkins. "No other writer has so surely captured the poignancy, the mystery, the "out-of-this-world"..... More
Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 342pp. Blue cloth with dust jacket. Minor staining on front board. Slight rubbing, creasing and scuffing on dj. Signed by previous owner on free front endpaper. "Dieses Buch ist als Lehrbuch für die theologischen Ausbildungsstätten ebenso wie als Lernbuch für das Selbststudium..... More
München: Max Hueber, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 270 (1)pp. Original green cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Textbooks for the Study of Oriental and African Languages, Vol. XII. Persian, also defined as New-Persian is an Iranian language belonging to the family Indo-Germanic languages. Documents reach back to..... More
Pittsburgh: James R. Albach, 1857. Hardcover. Large octavo. xl, 1016 pp. Full leather binding protected by modern plastic cover. Bumping to head and foot of spine, as well as a small closed tear to foot of spine. Binding has been reinforced with masking tape. Some pages have been similarly repaired..... More
Diputacio de Girona / Caixa de Girona / Patronat Municipal "Call de Girona" (1994). First English edition. Softcover. Ex-library. Square octavo. 96pp. Original color photographic wraps. "During their six hundred year presence, the Jews left a great impression here in this country. This book is the first join study of..... More
Gorinchem: Nicolas Goetze, 1748-1750. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Marbled paper covered boards. Fascinating Biblical atlas displaying a series of 12 engraved maps of the Holy Land during different historic epics. These maps were drawn by Willem Albert Bachiene, a Dutch preacher, astronomer, and geographer. Each double-page map is inserted..... More
Tielt, Utrecht: Lannoo, Tielt, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 167 pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spine in black printed dust jacket. Some text about the artist followed by an abundance of illustrations of his work including reproductions of sketches and photographs of his sculpture. Some scuffing..... More
Berlin: Albert Gleiser A.-G. [1929]. First edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto (9 x 12"). 132pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Illustrated catalogue of the famous Berlin-based furniture store Albert Gleiser, located in Alexanderplatz. The store was a member of the "Verband zur Förderung Deutscher Wohnkultur" (Association for promoting German home decor). Each page..... More
Wien: Eduard Hölzel, 1886. Softcover. Half-cloth over heavy cardboard portfolio of the period. String-ties have been added, and taped on inside of front board. Complete in six parts with original wrappers and "Prospect" for each part. Illustrated with 24 captioned chromolithographs in vibrant colors of ceiling- and wall decorations from..... More
New York: Piccolo Press, 2006. Photographs by Tom Grill. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 212pp. Dark gray cloth with illustrated paste-down and gold lettering on spine housed in gray cloth slipcase. Frontispiece of Neale M. Albert. Chapters are divided into binding categories; traditional, variations, geometric, abstract, representational, gems, flora & fauna, lettering..... More
Hildesheim: Karl Alberti Schablonenfabrick, no date. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Quarto. 6, 6, 5pp. Original illustrated, stapled purple quarter cloth, respectively binder's paper over wraps with silver lettering on covers. Unique series of original decorative designs from Karl Alberti Stencil Manufacturer demonstrating a mix of Bauhaus and Art Deco aesthetics..... More
New York: Random House, 1933. (Limited ed). Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi, 262 pp. Green cloth binding. Frontispiece showing sculpted bust of Jeffers. Pages untrimmed. Illustrated with reproductions of covers of Jeffers' work and facsimiles. Cover faded around edges and to spine. Title label peeling. Otherwise, in good condition. 1/487 numbered..... More
Cleveland: Photographers' Association of America, 1939. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated spiral-bound wrappers with black lettering on cover. Sixty imaginative b/w photographs including works by George J. Kossuth, Harold A. Willoughby, the studios Advertising Artist, Bernie Studio, Edmondston Studio, Marable Studios, and Zintsmaster Studio, presented to the members..... More
Leipzig: Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 269 (3)pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on cover. Frontispiece woodcut. Decorative headpiece on title page. Festschrift on the occasion of Immanuel Kant's 200th anniversary. Invitation to event on April 22, 1924 addressed to Professor Dr. Henry Slonimsky laid in, with..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1946. Second Impression. Hardcover. Four volumes bound in five. (Volume iv in two parts) 8vo. xxviii, 203 (1), 292, 351, 597pp. Original blue cloth with gilt-stamped cover and spine. Top edges gilt. Ribbon markers. Schiff Library of Jewish classics emblem in gold on..... More
Baltimore: The J. H. Furst Company, 1933. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 73, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. This work provides valuable information on the results of the fourth archaeological campaign undertaken at Teill Beit Mirsim in southwestern Judaea, between June and August 1932. It is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w illustrations..... More
Cambridge, Mass, American Schools of Oriental Research, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi,226pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Frontispiece of William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971). "This is the fourth and presumably final listing of the published works of the late Professor W.F. Albright." Prepared..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Heliotype edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes in one. Sm. folio. Unpaginated. Original morocco, gold-stamped on front and back cover. Beveled edges. Gold-decorated spine with raised bands. All gilt edges. Doublures. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris of Lucy [Doheny] Smith Battson (* see below) on free front..... More
San Jose: The Rosicrucian Order A. M. O. R. C., 1938. Second edition. Hardcover. 4to. xi, (2), 63pp. 9pp. (2). Original red and brown paper boards with illustration and green lettering on the cover. Book of Jasher, sometimes called Pseudo-Jasher, to distinguish it from the Sefer ha Yashar referred to..... More
Paris: Comité International de Mauthausen/ Cliché Amicale de Mauthausen, ca. 1945. First edition. Softcover. Oblong 48mo. [4] + 25 postcards. Illustrated red, white and black stiff wrappers, with black and white lettering on the front and back covers. This scarce publication is a collection of 25 b/w photo-illustrated postcards, depicting..... More
Antin Press, Inc., (1947). Softcover. 8vo. 71pp. Original printed paper wrappers. Frontispiece tapped-in photograph of Jacob Henry Schiff. Article reprinted from The American Jewish Year Book 23(1921) on occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jacob Schiff. Consists of a laudatory biography of Schiff (1847-1920), a German-American Jewish..... More