NP: 1930s. Original photograph(s). Hardcover. Small Oblong Quarto. 48 pages of tissue-guarded original photographs. Original string-bound decorative cloth in tan and pink. This photo-album containing at total of 420 b/w photographs, documents the trip of an unidentified Jewish couple (likely from Switzerland or Germany) through northern Italy, a sea voyage..... More
Leipzig: Wilhelm Gottlob Sommer, 1784. First edition. Small quarto. A-D4, E2 (= 18 leaves). 36pp., half-page woodcut vignette at A4 recto; quotations in Hebrew throughout. Unbound, with contemporary red paper overlay along spine. Doctoral thesis examining how the cleanliness of the body is understood in Jewish tradition and medical practice..... 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
Paris: Chez Rondonneau, 1808. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 2pp. (double-sided broadside). Bound in modern marbled paper boards, with gilt lettering over leather on the spine. Edges of the document are uncut. This the 590th Imperial decree of the French empire, was issued on October 19th, 1808, reaffirming the establishment of..... 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
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Berlin and Dessau: Hevrat Hinukh Ne‘arim (Berlin Freischule)/[n.p.], 1782. First editions (2 of 4). Sammelband of four opuscules published between 1782 and 1819, octavo. Contemporary half calf (top inch perished) over pastepaper boards; spine lettered and tooled in gilt. Edges speckled blue. Covers lightly worn, else fine, clean copies (the..... 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
Bratislava-Pressburg: Sigmund Steiner Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1932. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 145 (3)pp. Rebacked in black quarter-cloth retaining original photo-illustrated black and white wraps with white and black lettering on cover. Star of David on title page. The Pressburg (Bratislava) Ghetto was one of the most prominent and distinctive ghettos in the..... More
Berlin: Senator für Jugend und Sport Berlin, 1966. First edition. Box. Box (12 x 17 x 1 1/34"). Containing a collection of 1 filmstrip, 3 vinyl records, 5 books, 14 booklets, 1 portfolio with 35 b/w photographs, 1 color poster and 4 visual aids, 11 small flyers, 2 maps, 2..... More
New York: Forward Association, 1947. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 575pp. 21 x 27 cm. Red cloth with woodcut-illustrated paste-down and gold lettering. Binding protected by modern mylar. Illustrated title-page. This 1947 publication is the finest photographic documentary of Jewish life in Eastern Europe during the 1920's and 30's. It has never..... More
Erlangen: Printed at Joh. Friede. Becker's University Print shop, 1748, 1749. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (16) 206, 386 (2), (14) 256, 270 (34)pp., 30 plates, plus frontispiece. Fully rebound in three-quarter brown leather over textured paper-covered boards, with blind-stamped ruling on cover gilt lettering and brown ruling on spine; raised..... 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
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
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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
Oxford, Rutgers and Jerusalem: Oxford University Press; Rutgers University; Israel Universities Press, 1968-1984. First edition. 8vo. Series A. 20 volumes (of 23, lacking vols. 14, 15 & 17). Series B. 2 volumes (complete). Each volume of Series A approximately 400 pp., each with an index and frontispiece of Chaim Weizmann..... More
Amsterdam: For Gerrit Willemsz (by Adriaan Roest), 1649. Second edition. Small octavo. A-X8 (168 leaves: G5 signed F5; I2 as H2; I4 as H4). [18], 293, [25, index]pp. Woodcut printer’s device at title, woodcut lettrines. Contemporary vellum with exposed thongs (lightly soiled). Old entry at front pastedown. Occasional faint dampstain..... More
Warsaw: Komisji Niesienia Pomocy Zydom - Ofiarom Wojny Przy Zarzadzie Warszawa Gminie Starozakonnych/ S. Orgelbranda, 1918. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. 67pp. Printed tan wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. A reports of the Commission for Aid to Jewish Victims of War (of the Board of the Warsaw..... 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: Instytut Badań Spraw Narodowościowych, 1933. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 45pp. [1]. Grey printed wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Publisher's device on the title page and front wrapper. Published by the Polish National Affairs Research Institute, this study is a comprehensive and detailed survey of the state..... More