New York: Frayhayt, 1926-1936. First edition. This is a collection of 32 issues of "Der Hammer", the Yiddish language Communist weekly, including 28 covers by William Gropper. 11 Issues (Vol.6, February - December 1932) are bound together in a hardcover volume while the other 21 are in the original individual..... More
New York: Frayhayt, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 12x9". Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. This bound volume collects the complete 1932 full year run of the "Der Hammer" Yiddish-language magazine, in 11 issues, February-December. Includes Vol. 6 #1-11, Feb-Dec.1932: #1-3, Feb-Apr. 1932 (Do..... More
New York: Office of Jewish Information, American Jewish Congress, 1946. First edition. Posters. Atlas folio. 24x18" or 24x 36". 4-part fold-out poster. Housed in a protective folder. The poster can be broadly divided into two parts when folded out: - The first side features a large spread, titled "News of the..... More
Castelli, Buenos Aires: Di Prese/Di Presse, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 216pp. Half brown buckram over brown faux-leather boards. Original illustrated wrappers bound in, one with Yiddish lettering in white, and the other with Spanish. Supplemental jubilee issue to mark the tenth anniversary of Buenos Aires Yiddish newspaper "Di Presse"..... More
Mantua (Mantova): Ha'Achim B'nei Rabbi Yehoshua M'Prushah (The Brothers, the Sons of Rabbi Yehoshua, from Perugia), 1676. First edition. Loose leaf. Small quarto. Approximately 8.5x6.5". 12pp. Pages uncut. The Seder Ha-ha'arakhah (Order of Assessment) was the tax code for the Jewish community of Mantua. These tax regulations were first published..... More
Berlin: Self-published (Privatdruck, printed by Trowitsch & Sohn), 1833. TRUE first edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 608pp. Green cloth, black leather title-label with decorative gold border and gold lettering. Binding protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece of Rahel, engraved by C. E. Weber. Four lines of Rahel's handwriting in facsimile below engraving. Title-page..... More
Moravska Ostrava: Verlag von Julius Kittls Nachfolger, 1938-1961. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. This is the complete run of the series in 23 vols, from 1938-1961. Vols 1-14 and 17-20 in blue cloth with gold lettering on spine (1938-52 &1955-58), vols 15-18 in red cloth with gold lettering on spine (1953-56)..... More
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New York/Port Jervis: The Furrow Press, 1936-1942. First edition. Softcover. This scarce collection includes: "Song Book of the Cejwin Camps/The Camper's Song Pack". 1937. New York. The Furrow Press. Softcover publication. (xii) 91pp. [5]. Green cloth tape over turqoise-colored wrappers, with black lettering on the front cover. Printed in a two-column..... More
Kaunas: S. Neumano (S. Neumann), 1920. First edition. Paperback. Octavo. 31, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Stamp of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on title page. Published by the Jewish National Council of Lithuania, this scarce work compiles materials relating to the Lithuanian Jewish autonomy granted in 1920 by the Ministry..... More
Various: Various, 1908–1935. Loose-leaf. All items but one are in letter size and printed or mimeographed. Texts in German. 1. Ausweis über die Benützung von Synagogenplätzen (Identification for the use of seats in the synagogue, printed in black). Unused sheet granting seating in the Grünstadt synagogue (Rhineland-Palatinate) based on a decision..... More
NP, n/d. Hardcover. Ex-library. 1 quarto & 3 octavo volumes. Original bulletins bound in matching red library buckram with gold lettering on spine. Vol. I: Sep. 1956 - Feb. 1960. Vol. II: Apr. 1960 - Jan. 1962. Vol. III: Jan. 1963 - Nov. 1964. Vol. IV: Feb. 1965 - Sept..... More
Leipzig: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1912-1917. Softcover. 4to. 2 vol. Original gray paper cover. A two volume history of the Jews in Vienna, Austria. The first volume covers the time period of 1540-1670, and the second from 1696-1783. Each volume is illustrated with in-text images of the gravestones and inscriptions. Contains folded..... More
London: NP, 1787. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [68], 130pp. Original spotted calf with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Marbled endpapers and paper edges. Decorative head- and tailpieces. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791) was a leader of the early stages of the French revolution. A noble, before 1789..... More
New York: Farlag "Frayhayt" 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original black cloth boards, with the imprint of the title in gilt letters, unnumbered 142pp plates and 7pp text. Features a well-written and knowledgeable preface by Melekh Epshtayn. Epshtayn (1889-1979) born in Ruzhany, Belorussia, he grew up with a traditional Jewish..... More
Belgrade: The Federation of Jewish Communities in Yugoslavia, 1970-1987. First edition. Softcover. Octavos. Illustrated wrappers, some glossy, with black lettering on front covers. This is a run of the periodical, including May-Oct. 1970, Jan-Feb. 1972, Nov-Dec. 1972, May-June 1973, July-Oct. 1974, Jan.-Apr. 1975, July-Oct. 1975, Nov.-Dec. 1976, July-Aug. 1977, Mar.-Aug..... More
Warsaw: Nakl. Wydawn. "Zydzi w Polsce Odrodzonej" [1932-1933]. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 574, [2], 617, [15]pp. Original three-quarter black cloth over blue cloth with gold lettering on spines and front covers. History of Jews in modern Poland that ironically celebrates the rebirth of post World War I Jewish culture only..... More
St. Petersburg: NP, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (xv) 456pp. Modern dark brown textured leather boards. The work is a thorough examination of the history of Russian laws relating to the Jewish community from the medieval period up through the 19th century. The book would have been quite important and..... 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
Pest, Hungary: Printed by Ph. Modianer, 1858. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. (4) 53 (2)pp. Original green wraps with black lettering and emblem in decorative border mounted to modern wraps, protected by modern mylar. Contains the history of the k.k. isr. Musterhauptschule in Pest, a chapter in Hebrew language and Bible..... More
Leipzig: Druglin, (1923). First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 23pp. (1), plus 7 b/w prints. Original quarter vellum over green cloth. Youthful essay by the future third president of the State of Israel Zalman Shazar (Rubashov) on the infamous eighteenth century messianic claimant Jacob Frank. Frank led a large number of Jews..... More
Jerusalem: State of Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xxviii,127pp. Dark blue mottled oil cloth ledger binding with two metal bolts. Compiled by Arieh Shahar, Uzi Paran, Arieh Bittan, with a preface by Professor R. Bachi, the Government Statistician. Details every administrative area of Israel at..... More
Paris: Société Anonyme Les Illustrés Français, 1933. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 8"). 105, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers, with white lettering to front cover. This scarce issue of "Témoignages de Notre Temps" (Witness to our Time), is a loving and moving tribute to Jewish life and culture..... 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
Warszawa: 1922. Hardcover. 4to. clxv, 151, 169, clxxxiv,pp. Three-quarter faux leather over paper-covered boards. Front and rear board and backstrip detached but present. Hebrew lettering in gold on spine. In the early 1920s, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committe financed an economic survey of the Jewish population in Poland to..... More
Riga: Idisher Krigs-Invalid, 1937. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 96pp. White, black and green printed wrappers, with black lettering on the covers. This scarce publication is a commemorative almanac, honoring Jewish soldiers who fought for the Soviets against the Germans during WWI, sacrificing life and limb. Edited by Elemeylech Jakubovitsh (1893-1943)..... More