New York: Pantheon Books (The Spiral Press), 1954. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1954 signed/limited. #247 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY BEN SHAHN on the limitation page. A sharp, well-preserved copy to boot: Solid and VG+ in its buckram boards, with bright gilt-insignia at the front panel and lightly-flecked gilt-lettering along..... More
Boston: The Combined Jewish Appeal (Associated Jewish Philanthropies/United Jewish Campaign), 1945. Original wraps. Uncommon 50th anniversary yearbook (1895-1945), "commemorating half a century of Jewish philanthropy in Boston". Solid and VG to VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with light wear to the spine ends, very light soiling along the rear panel..... 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
New York: Simon Watson Gallery, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the March-April 1989 exhibition at New York's Simon Watson Gallery. Clean and Fine in its duotone cloth. 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
London: Victoria Miro, 1989. R.B. Kitaj. Boards. The 1989 signed/limited. #238 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH ANNE ATIK AND R.B. KITAJ at the limitation. A very solid copy to boot. Tight and Near Fine in its printed off-white boards, with just the slightest touch of light spotting to the..... More
Berlin/Vienna: Verlag Benjamin Harz, 1923. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Elegant 1923 compilation of "Jewish love songs", in their original German. Internally clean and VG- in its patterned, decorative boards, with pronounced offsetting at the front and rear panels and light chipping --and small, evenly-applied tape-- at the spine ends. Octavo, 120..... More
Terre Haute, Indiana: Moore-Langen Printing and Publishing Co., 1963. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR BENJAMIN BLUMBERG on the title page of both volumes. A handsome copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Both volumes solid and VG to VG+ in their dark wrappers. Octavos, almost 700 pgs. all..... More
New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1946. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISRAEL DAVIDSON on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1946 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown. Octavo, 321 pgs. 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
Thessaloniki, Greece: Costis Copsidas, 1992. 1st. Original Wraps. A crisp, bright copy of the 1992 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, high-quality black-and-white and color reproductions of the rare postcards thruout. Text in Greek, French and English. 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
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
Oxford University Press, 2000. 1st. Cloth. A bright, crisp copy of the 2000 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (with one bump at the lower tip) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear at the same small bump. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, 386 pgs. More
Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1998. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1998 1st edition. Tight and VG (with light staining at the fore-edge) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 362 pgs. Vol. VIII in Brill's "Series in Jewish Studies" 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
London/Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1955. A tight, well-preserved copy of thre 1955 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (light offsetting along the hinges and pastedowns) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with mild darkening at the spine and just a touch of light soiling along the panels. Thick octavo, 422..... 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
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ELI FABER on ther front free endpaper. A clean, crisp copy to boot of the 1992 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with light creasing at the front flap. Octavo, 190 pgs. Vol. I...... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1924. Cloth. A tight, solid copy of the 1924 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the front panel and spine. Octavo, "selections from his writings with biographical sketch and bibliography by his daughter Emma Felsenthal" 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
