Madrid: Ediciones Arion, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Three octavo vols. 540 + 462 +576 pp. Gold stamped, blue cloth binding. Major study on the status of modern and contemporary Spanish Jewry. The author, Julio Caro Baroja (1914 - 1995) was a world-renowned anthropologist, was especially known for his special interest..... More
New York and London: Garland, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxvii, 965 pp. Orange cloth with brown lettering on front cover and spine. Thick, beige, decorative endpapers. Includes two prefaces, introduction, bibliographical references and three indices. Contents include: I. Animal Tales, II. Tales of Magic, III. Religious Tales, IV. Romantic..... More
Buenos Aires: Biblioteca Historia, 1943. Hardcover. 4to. xiv, 737pp. and 638 pp. Original half red calf skin leather over maroon cloth. Gilt-stamped green spine labels. Pink marbled endpapers. Title page in red and black print. Originally published in 1875, this pioneering study of Iberian Jewry covers the years 300 C.E...... More
Barcelona: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1954-1956. Softcover. 4to. Vol. 1: 812pp. Vol. 2: 582pp. Original paper wrappers. Illustrated with facsimiles, maps, charts and more. Amazing work on Hebrew and Arabic philology and history. Minor age wear to wraps, many page edges unopened, but books are in very good condition..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Blue, cloth bound copy of the author's dissertation with gold lettering on spine. v, 537 pp. Fully annotated and includes a lengthy bibliography. Interesting work on the social and economic legal status of Venetian, Jewish merchants in the 16th and..... More
Lisbon: Livaria Clássica Editora, 1975. Second edition. Softcover. 8vo. IX, 517 pp. Original paper wraps. A compelling history of "conversos" in Portugal and their experience during the Portuguese Inquisition. Text in Portuguese. Minor age wear to wraps, otherwise book is in very good condition. More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Argentinas Solar, 1942. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. XIII, 616 pp. + index. Original decorative paper wrappers. Text in Spanish. Very interesting work on the political and literary history of the Jews of Spain. The author, Jos Amador de los Rios, was a Spanish historian of the Jews..... More
Paris: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Centro Cultural Português, 1982. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 193 pp. Original paper wrappers. Illustrated throughout with b/w facsimile photographs of important documents, people, places and much more. António José da Silva (1705 - 1739), was a Portuguese-Brazilian dramatist, known as "the Jew" (O Judeu). He, his..... More
Lancaster, CA: Labyrinthos, 1995. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 4to. xxxii,[4],266pp. Gilt-stamped green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Includes ribbon marker and matching slipcase. "I am offering in the present publication of the Sephardic Classical Library the first edition of the oldest Ladino Prayer Book pre-dating the Expulsion of..... More
New York: Sepher-Hermon Press, Inc. and The Union of Sephardic Congregations, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author on half title-page: "For Mrs. Elizabeth Montezinus, my student in Rambam Class - Marc D. Angel." 8vo. [15], 199pp. Maroon faux-leather with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Map..... More
Lancaster, CA. Labyrinthos, 1998. Deluxe Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 4to. XXXVIII, 562 pp. on acid-free paper. Original red smyth-sewn clothbound with gold illustration on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Includes ribbon marker and matching slipcase. Twelfth volume in the "Sephardic Classical Library" series. The Sefer Ha-Yashar was..... More
São Paulo, Brazil: Centro de Estudos Judaicos, 1980. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 248 pp. Original paper wraps. Fascinating book about the Inquisition in Brazil and its effect upon the Jewish community. Includes bibliographical references and indexes, Text in Portuguese. Sunning to wraps, otherwise book is in good condition. More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxi,272pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Biblioteca Española-Portugueza-Judaica and other studies in Ibero-Jewish bibliography by M. Kayserling and J. S. da Silva Rosa; with a bibliography of Kayserling's publications by M. Weisz. Selected with a Prolegomenon..... More
Lancaster, CA. Labyrinthos, 1998. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 4to. XXXVIII, 562 pp. on acid-free paper. Original red smyth-sewn clothbound with silver illustration on front cover and silver lettering on spine. Twelfth volume in the "Sephardic Classical Library" series. The Sefer Ha-Yashar was first printed in Naples in 1522 and..... More
Coimbra: Universidade de Coibmbra, 1982. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 73 pp. Original paper wraps. Inscribe din Portuguese on front endpaper from author to a Dr. Maria Chere. Text in Portuguese. Fully annotated, includes bibliographical references. Interesting work on the Jews of Portugal. Minor browning to wrappers, otherwise book is in..... More
Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1948. Softcover. 8vo. 251 pp. In Spanish. Beige paper wrappers. Pulling to edges of wrappers/ Browning to pages Wrappers in fair Condition, Interior is in Good Condition. Authoritative, yet rare work on a number on Sephardic Jewry and a number of prominent Sephardic Jewish figures including..... More
June, 1971: NP, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. 37pp. Stapled wraps. Minor staining and creasing to wraps. Upper right corners slightly creased throughout, otherwise very good condition. Tract No. 9. Rabbi Marc Angel is a leading American Sephardic rabbi and the founder of the Modern Orthodox Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals..... More
Lancaster, California: Labyrinthos, 2002. First critical edition. Softcover. Quarto. XXIX, [5], 566pp. Original illustrated wraps. Photographic frontispiece of Henry J. Leir. Sixth volume in the "Henry J. Leir Library of Sephardica: Text and Studies" series. Yosef Ha-Kohen was among the first to discover López de Gómara's work and, animated by..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. 504pp. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated frontispiece portrait of the author. Important work by Herculano with a fascinating insight into the crucial fifty-year interlude between the forced mass conversion of Portuguese Jewry in..... More
Lancaster, Ca: Labyrinthos, 2002. Revised Version. Softcover. Small Quarto. 573 pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Revised edition of Moshe Idel's "The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia" (trans. by J. Chipman) and "Language, Torah, and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia" (trans. by M. Kallus) by Moshe Lazar: "I have preserved the integrity of..... More
Lancaster, CA: Labyrinthos, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 4to. xxxii,[4],266pp. Gold-stamped green cloth with silver lettering on spine. "I am offering in the present publication of the Sephardic Classical Library the first edition of the oldest Ladino Prayer Book pre-dating the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. It..... More
Culver City, CA: Labyrinthos, 1990. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 4to. xx,315pp. Silver-stamped black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Fine copy with three Ladino adaptations of the biblical Joseph narrative. 1) Poema de Yosef: A late fourteenth or early fifteenth-century poetic version of the Joseph tale, composed in Spain and..... More
Madrid and Barcelona: Instituto Arias Montano, 1950. Softcover. 8vo. CI, 478 pp. Brown wrappers with red lettering on front cover and spine, red decorative publisher's emblem on rear cover. Some bumping and splitting of back strip, but interior and text is absolutely pristine. Introduction is 101 pp. A number of..... More
Amsterdam: NP, 1971. Softcover. 8vo. 80pp. Pictorial wrappers. Heavy staining to wraps. "Proceedings of the Western European Conference of Sephardi Institutions held in Amsterdam under the auspices of the World Sephardi Federation from Thursday 14 January to Sunday 17 January, 1971, called by the Portugees-Israelietische Gemeente of Amsterdam. Actes de..... More
New York: Hermon Press, 1968. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIV, 124, [8], 108pp. Original printed wrappers over blue cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine. Printer's device on title page. This important historical monograph, consisting of two parts, reconstructs the inner life of the Jews of "Sefarad" in..... More