Jerusalem: Makor Publishing Ltd., 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 672/1300 Folio. Unpaginated with folding map of Palestine at rear. Clamshell slipcase with cloth spine over decorative paper covered boards and gilt lettering on spine. Book in full green leatherette with gilt-stamped tooling and lettering on front cover, glt lettering on spine..... More
London: Facsimile Editions, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. 281/500 plus 50 copies numbered I to L. Signed certificate of authenticity from the British Library and the publisher laid in. Quarto. [322], 175pp. Blind-tooled brown calfskin over boards with rounded corners in original calfskin-lipped hand-marbled slipcase. Companion volume in top edge gilt..... More
Frankfurt: Israelite Religious School Frankfurt a. M., 1888. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 27pp. Original stapled tan wraps with black lettering on cover. Contains invitation to the public exam of the students in the auditorium of the school on April 8, 1888. With fourteen page report of the administration, a list..... More
NP: Anonymous, 15th century, 1629, 18th century. Loose leafs. Oblong Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 1/2" / 10 x 12 1/2" / 8 3/4 x 11"). Broadsides. Original engravings on paper, protected by modern mylar. Three engravings depict Jews in their relations to Christians from the 15th, 17th and 18th century..... More
Köln: Peter von Brachel, 1575. First edition. 16.25 x 13 inches. Handcolored copperplate view of Jerusalem from the first atlas of world cities, Civitates Orbis Terrarum (volume II, page 54) with plates primarily by Flemish engraver Frans Hogenberg. In addition to engraving the majority of the plates in the six-volume..... More
New York: Press of De Leeuw, Oppenheimer & Co., 231 William Street, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 48 (1)pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamped decorative ruling on covers, protected by modern mylar. "In selecting from the numerous collections of Hymns we have been guided chiefly by simplicity of..... More
New York: United Koidanover Ass'n, Inc., 1955. Hardcover. 4to. 208 pp. Blue cloth with fading to spine. Wear to head and tail. B&W photographs. In good/very good condition. More
Cincinnati: The Bloch Publishing and Printing Company, 1889. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 14pp., one foldout. Original white wraps with black School Union emblem, border and lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. The meeting was called to order by Dr. S. Hecht, Milwaukee, and upon motion, Rabbi Joseph Stolz, Chicago..... More
Afdeeling, S-Gravenhage: Joodsche Vrouwenraad, ca. 1930. Softcover. 8vo. 39pp. Original wrappers illustrated with b/w vignette by Manuskowski. Exhibition catalogue, listing 373 utensils used in Dutch Jewish households. One leaf with basic information, i.e., hours of exhibition, etc., laid-in as issued. Text in Dutch. Some sunning and minor staining on wraps..... More
Berlin: Verband der Deutschen Juden, 1915 and 1916. First edition. Softcover. All pamphlets original illustrated tan wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. 1. Zum Passafest 1915: ein Gruß an die jüdischen Soldaten im deutschen Heer. Octavo. 15 (1)pp. Original tan illustrated wraps with black lettering on cover..... More
Paris: Komitet Tsu Fareybikn dem Ondenk Fun Yissakhar-Ben Ribak, 1937. Limited edition. Hardcover. Scarce. 412/450. Small Folio. 94pp. text with 5 in-text b/w reproductions of photographs followed by 32 leaves of plates. Original illustrated tan cloth with gilt-stamped reduced original illustration of paperback edition on cover. Frontispiece photogravure portrait. Retrospective..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VIII, [9]-339, [1], [12]pp (ads.) Original gilt-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Remarkable anthology of Hebrew heroes through Jewish history. Binding rubbed along edges and on back cover. Moderate abrasion on upper front..... More
Frankfurt a. O. Yohanan Kristof Bekman, 1690. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 4to. 178 leaves. Three quarter red pebbled cloth over black marble boards with gold lettering on spine. Illustrated title page featuring the biblical figures of Aaron and Samuel. This title page is reproduced before Psalms section. Separate title page..... More
Budapest: Necivut Betár B'Hungaria, 1946/1947 (5707). First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 32pp. Original light blue (faded) wrappers with black lettering. The publication is a promotional booklet for the Betar Revisionist Zionist youth movement, published in Budapest for a Hungarian-speaking readership. The booklet contains essays on a number of topics related to..... More
Prague: M. I. Landau, 1831. Hardcover. 4to. Part 1: vi,81 leaves. Part 2: 58 leaves. Three quarter leather over black cloth. Opposing Hebrew and Latin title pages. Book is extremely scarce, as OCLC lists only four libraries worldwide that own this item. Front board missing. Backstrip worn away. Minor chipping..... More
Offenbach: Hirsch Sagal (printer), 1767. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 225pp. Original brown paper-covered boards and handwritten title on bookplate on spine. Beautiful ornamental title page and a handwritten dedication on inside front cover. Essays addressing ethical teachings and Jewish spiritual thought on prophetic visions. Text in Hebrew (mostly in Rashi..... More
Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 x 8 3/4"). XX, 277, [1]pp. Original half olive over grey cloth, with gold lettering to spine and red lettering to front cover. Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions and charts, this work is one of the first economic..... More
New York: Macmillan, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 220 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine in original pictorial dj. Work spans from ancient, pre-Biblical times to the early 20th century. Fully annotated, includes an index and bibliographical references. Book is in near fine condition. More
New York: University Press of America, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. xiv, 206 pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of charts. Very slight rubbing to spine, bar code sticker on rear board. Boards in near fine to fine, interior in fine condition. More
[Amsterdam]: NP, [1629]. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 6"). [2], 322, [10]pp. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Title within decorative border. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Written in Italy by Immanuel Aboab (c. 1555-1628), a Portuguese-born converso Jewish scholar, great-grandson..... More
Amsterdam: Albertus Magnus, 5447 [1687]. First edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [17], 303pp. (+ 304pp. Hebrew pagination interleaved), 50pp. [4] 51-54pp. [7] 7pp. (Hebrew pagination) [20]. Period black pebbled leather boards. Brown calf spine with raised bands. Gauffered edges. Publisher's woodcut device on the title page as well as decorative woodcut tailpieces..... More
Hamburg: Georg Kramer, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. vii,544pp. Gold-tooled maroon cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Work on Jewish ethics from the Bible and Talmud. "Bearbeitet und ins Deutsche übertragen von Rabbiner Dr. S. Bamberger." Some age wear, scuffing, staining and sunning on binding. Tail of..... More
Krotoschin (Krotoszyn): B. L. Monasch & Sohn, 1845–1848. First German edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 315, (1) 558, 392pp. Bound in modern brown half-cloth over decorative paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorative ruling on spine. Light brown endpapers. The author, Isaac Aboab lived in Toledo at the end of the..... More
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste, 1925. Softcover. 8vo. 113pp. Original wrappers with black lettering. All page edges untrimmed. Great work on Moses [a.k.a. Moshe Rabbenu] in the Jewish tradition. Discoloration to wrappers, minor foxing to page edges, minor browning to pages, not affecting text. In French. In good+ condition. More
New York: Ktav Publishing House, (1967). Reprint. Hardcover. 4to. xxxii, (2), 178pp. x, 226pp. Original blue cloth with gold stamped lettering on front cover and spine. Reprint of this fascinating pair of works originally published in 1917 and 1924 by Cambridge University Press. Analyzes early rabbinic Judaism both from Talmudic..... More