National Jewish Welfare Board, 1917 and 1941. Cloth. 2 separate Jewish prayer books: The 10th printing of the 1917 Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Army and Navy of the United States. And the 1st printing of the 1941 Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Armed Forces of..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. Arthur Szyk. 1/4 leather. The 1947 Limited Editions Club, #370 OF 1,950 COPIES SIGNED AT THE LIMITATION AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE GREAT ARTHUR SZYK. Tight and VG+ in its 1/4 leather over gilt-decorated boards. Just a touch of mild wear (very light chipping)..... More
Italy: Arnoldo Mondadori Arte, 1990. Original Wraps. First Thus. 1990 Italian catalogue of an exhibition originally titled "Gardens and Ghettos" and opening at the Jewish Museum of New York. Clean and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Thick quarto, 353 pgs. High-quality reproductions thruout, text of course in Italian. This show..... More
Kyoto, Japan: Galerie Miyawaki, 2009. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 2009 1st edition of this handsome catalogue, limited to 1,000 copies. "Drawings by an artist who lived thruough the Holocaust drama". Bright and Near Fine n its decorative chocolate-brown boards. 12mo, text in Japanese, English and French. The exhibition held at..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1843. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1843 1st edition. Very light chipping and foxing at the preliminaries, otherwise tight and sharp. VG+ in its dark boards, with still-bright gilt-lettering and design along the spine. 12mo, 335 pgs. More
New York: Original poster. Scarce poster announcing the theatrical premiere of Ginsberg's Kaddish at the Circle-in-the Square on Bleecker St. in NYC's West Village. Circa 1967. Handsomely framed in a simple black. 14 1/2" x 22". Clean and unblemished and Near Fine, with no creasing or soiling to speak of..... More
New York: Behrman House, Inc., 1959. 1st. Decorative Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the frontispiece. A crisp, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1959 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, charming illustrations thruout by Art Seiden. Signed by Author. More
Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1998. 1st. Cloth. An As New copy of the 1998 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 217 pgs. Vol. XXIX in Brill's wonderful "Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah" series. More
Hutchinson of London (Steimatzky's Agency), 1960. Original Cloth. SIGNED BY D.R. ELSTON on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1960 1st Israeli edition. Tight and VG in a bright, VG dustjacket, with one closed tear along the spine crown. Octavo, 208 pgs. Signed by Author..... More
Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1981. Cloth. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1981 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its deep-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. One small ghost of a former price-sticker at the front pastedown, otherwise clean as could be..... More
Philadelpia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994. 1st. Cloth. A clean, very well-preserved copy of the 1994 1st edition. Tightly-bound and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 203 pgs. More
Bad Kreuznach: Fr. Fiedler Verlag, 1988. 1st. Original Wraps. A bright, clean copy of the 1988 1st edition. Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 374 pgs.Text exclusively in German. More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1956. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY EDWIN WOLF 2ND on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1956 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth. And in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends..... More
New York: Random House, 1970. Boards. SIGNED BY ELIE WIESEL on the preliminary page listing his other books. A very solid copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Wiesel's remarkable novel about the Six Day War. More
Cambridge University Press, 1971. cloth. The 1971 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and VG+ (light spotting along the edges) in crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjackets, with light soiling along the rear panels. Octavos, 590 pgs. all told. Vol. I: Jewish Themes; Vol. II: Islamic Themes. More
New York: Pantheon Books (Bollingen Series XXXVII). Decorative Cloth. First Edition. The 1st 4 volumes of Goodenough's "Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period". All volumes bright and Near Fine in their duotone cloth. All solidly bound and internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. Vols. 1-3 in..... More
New York: Pantheon Books (Bollingen Series), 1958. Cloth. Vols. 6, 7 and 8 (of 13 volumes complete) of "Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period", which constitutes Bollingen series XXXVII. All 3 volumes, 1956 and 1958 1st editions respectively, are clean, and Near Fine in their duotone cloth, with bright gilt-design..... More
Tel Aviv: DVIR Publishers, 1958. Esther Lurie. Pictorial wrappers. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1958 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with a small, neat inscription on the front pastedown. And including a bright, Near Fine example of the publisher's unprinted glassine dustjacket. Folio, 30..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1946. Cloth. The 1946 stated 2nd American impression, translated from its original German by Felix N. Gerson. Solid and VG (with light foxing at the endsheets and pastedowns) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light wear at the panel edges and light soiling..... More
The Jewish Publication Society of America (Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company), 1974. Cloth. A handsome copy of this 1974 edition of Gershom Scholem's "Kabbalah", published jointly by The Jewish Publication Society of America and The New York Times. Tight and Near Fine (with small former owner stamp at the..... More
New York: American-Palestine Art Publishing Co., 1930. Cloth. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM MR. AND MRS. ISAAC BABEL, presented as a Bas Mitzvah gift at Temple Emanuel, Mt.Vernon, NY. A home-made light-blue dustjacket stating such on the cover. A nice copy to boot of this 1930 Raban-illustrated quarto. VG+ in its..... More
University of Chicago Press, 1962. 1st. Cloth. 1962 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light spotting along the spine. Quarto, 397 pgs. "Analytical Table" at rear pastedown. More
Philadelphia: The Levytype Company, 1894. Cloth. The 1894 (5654) 1st edition. Tight and VG- in its dark-red cloth, with light bubbling along the spine and soiling to the panel edges and the rear panel. Lightly-faded lettering as well at the spine but, still, solid and presentable. Thick octavo, 576 pgs..... More
Gareden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1981. Cloth. SIGNED BY BOTH ISAAC SINGER AND RAPHAEL SOYER on the half-title. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 1st trade edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by the estimable Raphael Soyer. Signed..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1970. Antonio Frasconi. Cloth. SIGNED BY ANTONIO FRASCONI on the verso of the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st American edition, translated from its original Yiddish by the author himself and by Elizabeth Shub. Clean and VG+..... More
