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St. Petersburg: Вторая государственная типографин (Vtoraia gosudarstvennaia tipografin), 1920. First edition. Hardcover. vg-. Quarto. (lxxii) 422pp. Original green printed wrappers bound into a patterned tan faux-vellum binding. The publication is a historical survey of the activities of government run Jewish schools in Russia from the 1820s through the 1850s. The text contains reproductions of the content of the original correspondence from this period. Text in Russian. Binding with some light rubbing and bumping to extremities. Back cover with some adhesive residue. Interior with original front wrapper detached but present. Title page with some ink stamps of the previous owner. Pages age toned. Book block tight Binding and interior in overall very good-. Samuil Lozinksy (1874-1945) was a Russian-Jewish historian, known for co-editing the Russian edition of the Jewish Encyclopedia (1907-1913).

Montrouge: Imprimerie la "Platinogravure", 1935. First edition. Paperback. vg. Quarto. Unpaginated [24]pp. Original black wrappers with gold lettering on front cover. Scarce promotional booklet published by the Paris-based Société Internationale de Fils Elastiques which introduces new lastex made lingerie models, such as brassieres, girdles, and stockings. This work is exquisitely illustrated with 24 photogravures by G. Saad. Text in French. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. Protected by modern mylar.

Persia, ca. late 15th century. Framed. 2 beautifully illuminated manuscript leaves from the Kulliyat (collected works) of Saadi, the famed Persian poet from Shiraz. Remounted and matted. Wood frame painted in black and gold (measuring 13x16"). Possibly early Safavid Era. Text in Persian.

Berlin: Carl Heymann, 1853. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. fair. Large octavo. XXX, 436, [2], [437]-879, [47]pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine. This two-volume treatise on Mosaic Law was written by a German Rabbi and pioneer among the Jews in Hebrew archeology. Age wear on binding with upper spine missing, and heavy rubbing along edges, on covers and spine. Ex private library copy with bookplate on inside of front cover and sticker on free front endpaper. Moderate age-toning and foxing on pages. Text in German. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good condition.

New York: Peter Lang, 1995. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. vi,215pp. Original printed paper-covered boards. Study by R. Sabalius focusing on seven novels by Swiss author, Hugo Loetscher (1929-2009). Vol. 72 of the series "Studies in Modern German Literature." Text in German. Minor scuffing on boards, otherwise in fine condition.

Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large octavo. XV, [1], 633, [1]pp. Original blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. "Latin American Jewry: A Research Guide" contains over 4,800 entries of books, articles, and other works, including published and archival primary sources. The author covers all the material he was able to find up to the early 1970s in the principal libraries of Israel and the United States as well as some findings from Spain, France, and England. The bibliographic entries are arranged alphabetically by subject and country without annotation. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper (Rabbi Martin A. Cohen). Binding and interior in overall very good condition.

New York: Stratford Press (Privately printed for the author), 1922. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. VIII, 208pp. Original cloth with blind-tooling and gold lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering and borders on spine. Frontispiece portrait. Scarce and fascinating work on Jewish farmers and agriculture in the colony of Woodbine, New Jersey, profusely illustrated with 15 b/w photographic reproductions. Upper front corner slightly bumped. Bookplate on inside of front cover. Ex-library copy with library pocket on inside of back board. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.

Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1923. Hardcover. g. Ex library. 4to. Original wrappers bound in half cloth over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Some discoloration to boards. Library stamp on inside of front board and small ex-libris stamp of Giorgio Levi on free front endpaper. Original wrapper has been repaired with tape and is stained. Name of previous owner and date written in black ink on title-page. "Aus den Abhandlungen der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jahrgang 1923, Phil.-Hist. Klasse Nr. 1." Text in German. Wraps in fair, binding and book in good condition.

London: English Zionist Federation, 1917. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Octavo. 24pp. Original printed gray wraps. Decorative end piece. "One common argument against Zionism, which those who employ it think particularly effective, is the contention that the very profession of Zionism is both a breach of faith by Jews and a peril to Jews... What... is that fundamental principle upon which the Jewish emancipation of the past rested and the Jewish emancipation of the future must rest?" (Author). Treatise of the subject reproduced from original artifacts and deemed culturally important by scholars. Advertisement of "The Zionist Review", the "Zionist Pamphlets" and the "Jewish National Fund Publications" on back cover. Wraps with light wear and sunning along edges. Crease at upper left corner of back cover. Wraps in overall good, interior in very good condition.

Mannheim: J. Bensheimer, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XVI, 280pp. Original gilt, red, green, and blue-stamped illustrated cloth with gold and black lettering on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. Engraved frontispiece protected with a tissue guard. Title page in red and black lettering. Vignette on title. Collection of twenty-six stories illustrating various aspects of Jewish life and culture in Europe prior to the twentieth century. Each story takes place in a different country and develops an isolated topic or theme from Jewish life in a sometimes humorous, sometimes dramatic, and often sentimental fashion. While the endings are always happy, the level of historic realism in the stories is high. Jewish Life offers a richly detailed portrait of Jewish customs and culture prior to the deplorably successful attempt to destroy them during the Holocaust. This work is exquisitely illustrated throughout with 27 full-page plates in heliogravure, and numerous in-text… Read More

NP: Der Durchbruch. Soldiers Newspaper at the West Front, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Very good condition. Folio. 91 (5)pp. Original illustrated stiff wraps with red lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Commemorative edition featuring the Western Campaign in 1940 in France. Published by the Propaganda Company on the occasion of Hitler's birthday on April 20, 1941. With an introduction by Colonel-General Adolf Strauss. A vivid, illustrated presentation of the Wehrmacht campaign in May and June of 1940, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. With contribution by the war correspondents Fritz Meske, Hans Dähn, Leonhard Staudt, Kurt Günther, Rasso Königer and others. The cover illustrations are by Helmar Becker-Berke and Edgar John with four additional color illustrations, one double-page, and one color photograph in text. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and one map. Headers and drawings printed in varying colors. The photo credits as listed are Tritschler,… Read More

Berlin: Veit und Comp, 1845. Hardcover. fair. Ex library. 8vo. viii,347,[51-1)pp. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Front board detached but present. Heavy age wear to binding, bottom third of backstrip missing. Ex-libris of Hebrew Union College on inside of front board, stamp of the same on free front- and free rear endpaper. Perforated library stamp on title-page. Water staining to edges of a few pages. Sporadic foxing throughout. Contents: Religiöse Dichtungen. Geschichtliche Entwicklung religiösen Poesie der spanischen Juden im Mittelater & 51 page section "Originale zu den übersetzten Stücken von Seite 30 bis Ende," that section in Hebrew, other text in Gothic script. Fascinating collection of religious poetry of Jews in medieval Spain. Binding in poor, interior in overall good condition.

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth Verlag A.G., 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 93pp., 4 (2) color, 16 b/w plates. Original gray cloth with green lettering to cover and spine. Publisher's device on title page. Complete instructions for workshop productions of Fresco, Fresco-secco, Stucco-lustro, Tempera, Casein and Oil paintings. With appendix illustrating production methods of Stucco-Intarsia, Scraffito, and Stucco-lustro reliefs. Illustrated with six color-offset reproductions, four full-page tipped to stiff paper plates, one full page and one smaller print in the text, all with captions. In addition the volume contains sixteen b/w reproductions. With bibliography and five page, detailed table of content at rear. Laid in threefold publisher's advertisement with press reviews of Wasmuth titles. Text in German. Binding lightly sunned at spine. Gerda Becker penciled to front free endpaper. First page of table of content and facing verso of plate with staining from pressed flowers.… Read More

London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1961. Third Series / Volume XCI. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xxi. 204pp. Blue cloth with gilt embossed cover and gilt decorated spine. Minor shelf wear. A diary written during the times of Revolutionary England, seen through the eyes of Rugg, a London barber. "About a third of Rugg's Diurnal (from the beginning to April 1661) is printed in this volume". In very good condition.

Los Angeles: Cinubia, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto. 160pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket over blue clothe with blind-stamped lettering on cover. Cream endpapers. Collection of fascinating b/w photographs contrasting movement and structure. Keetman presents a variety of motifs, e.g tracks in the snow, waves in various settings, ravens in a field, bubble structures, long player on turntable, jumping Ping-Pong ball, and some of the photographs he is best known for, his 1953 documentation "One Week in the Volkswagen Manufacturing Plant." Text by Rolf Sachsse in German. DJ, binding and interior in overall fine condition.

New York: A Mushinsha Book. Published by Grossman Publishers, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. fair to vg. Small Folio. 500pp. Brown and mottled tan cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. Some staining and minor creasing on dj. Small chip missing on tail of spine, small closed tear along head on spine of dj. Dust jacket price clipped with remnants of sticker on inside flap. Illustrated free front- and rear endpaper. "...a man who makes a song has accomplished something of consequence." This, as Eric Sackheim states in the first paragraph of his introduction, is what The Blues Line is all about. It is an anthology of blues lyrics, a body of American Negro song, which has never had a broader or more thorough presentation in print." Illustrated with 68 reproductions of drawings in b/w (some in duo-tone) of the musicians by Jonathan Shahn. Dj in fair, book in very good condition.

NP: Marietta Lutze Sackler, 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1/100 Octavo. 42 leaves. Original brown cloth over handmade bark paper-covered boards with gilt stamped facsimile signature on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Poems by the author dated from 1979 - 1991 with personal subject matters, e.g. her children, and poems about "Other Places," highlighting some of the cities she traveled to. Beautifully produced on handmade paper with her signature on limitation page at rear. Includes a business card with printed initials and handwritten note to author's friend Leonie on inside. Binding and interior in fine condition.

Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook, 1956. Hardcover. g. 4to. 42pp. 167pp. vi. Original half brown cloth over pink cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Hebrew and English title-pages. Scholarly edition of the work of the 13th century English Tosafist Rabbi Elijah of London. Includes a lengthy biographical introduction by Cecil Roth. Includes b/w photographs of a lineage document for R. Elijah of London and the seal of his brother Rabbi Jacob of Oxford. This work is an example of English Jewry's cultural productivity before it was expelled in 1290. Text in Hebrew with a short preface by Cecil Roth. Dj sunned. Top edge creased. Book top edge bumped. Bottom edge and corners rubbed. Edges sunned. Front endpaper creased. Dj and book in overall good condition.

Leiden: Brill, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. x, 351, (1)pp. Indices and 16 page bibliography. Text in English and Hebrew. Green buckram lettered in white with red band near top of spine. A fine, as new copy. Joseph Ibn Kaspi was among the most prolific philosophical writers in one of the most vibrant, productive, creative periods in the history of Jewish philosophy. Born around 1280 in Provence, Ibn Kaspi penned works engaging a broad range of fields, including philosophy, theology, grammar, logic, biblical exegesis, and interreligious polemics. In Joseph Ibn Kaspi: Portrait of a Hebrew Philosopher in Medieval Provence, Adrian Sackson asks the question: What was Ibn Kaspi's overarching intellectual project? The book focuses on several key themes: Ibn Kaspi's conception of the formative (not just discursive) function of philosophy; his multi-layered esotericism; his distinct approach to the interpretation of Maimonides; his Maimonidean-philosophical approach to the interpretation of… Read More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First American edition. Hardcover. very good -. 12mo. 103,(1)pp. Blue cloth over color printed patterned boards. Paper labels on front cover and spine. Spine label a bit effaced and edges of boards rubbed. The first edition of this work was published in England in 1924 by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press. Victoria Sackville-West (1892-19620 was a successful novelist, poet, journalist and diarist and often went under the first name of Vita (to distinguish her from her mother). Paper lable on spine with wear along edges. Light wear along edges of binding. Starting at title page.