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(anarchism, yiddish) . ARBAYTER FRAYND VOKHENTKHE LITERARISHE BAYLAGE. [WORKER'S FRIEND WEEKLY LITERARY SUPPLEMENT) VOLUME I NUMBER 4 (APRIL 8 1904) THROUGH VOLUME I NUMBER 48 (FEBRUARY 10 1905)
London 1904-1905. 45 issues of thisYiddish anarchist weekly, bound in one volume. 4to., about 370pp., hardcover with new paper spine. Good, corners of the binding are worn. The leaves are browned and a bit fragile. Issues 46, 47, and 48 are chipped at the top corner, with some loss of text (all other issues are intact). Very scarce. (a61093)
$350.00 (zionism) . FAR'N FOLK (FOR THE PEOPLE)
NY 1923-1926. Bound collection of this weekly newspaper of the religious Zionist movement, published under the auspices of the Zeire Zion Hitachduth. Volume 1 Number 1, April 13, 1923 through Volume IV, No. 21, December 31, 1926. Almost all issues in Yiddish, although some issues have an English section. 4to., about 25pp. per issue, occasional cartoons. Issues are mostly in Good condition, a few have been cropped at the right margin, some issues worn at edges. Final leaf (first English leaf) of Volume IV, No. 21 detached and badly chipped. Buckram binding broken, with chipped spine label. (a41476)
$190.00 Abramowicz, Dina (comp.) . YIDDISH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BOOKS PUBLISHED 1945-1967
NY 1968 2nd. Includes Supplementary list of translations for the period ending April 1968. 4to., 40pp., original wraps. Good, light cover soiling. (a74963)
$24.00 Bebel, August . DIE FRAU UND DER SOZIALISMUS
1911. Entirely in Yiddish or Hebrew. Octavo, 773pp., frontis portrait, red cloth hardcover. Red cloth. VG, front hinge repaired. (a67521)
$28.00 Berman, Joseph . MEIN HAKOFE ARUM DER WELT. MY CIRCLING AROUND THE WORLD
Montreal 1986. 8vo., 84pp. in English, 105pp. in Yiddish, wraps. Inscribed and signed by Berman on the title page. VG. (a50303)
$45.00 D'Esaguy, Dr. Augusto . THE TRAGIC LIFE AND POETRY OF MORRIS ROSENFELD
Lisboa 1950 Editorial Imperio. Yiddish poet. 12mo., 19pp., wraps. Good, cover slightly browned. (a41820)
$45.00 Disenhouse, Phyllis . DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS AND MASTER'S THESES ACCEPTED BY AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING 1965-1966
NY 1970. Guides to Jewish Subjects in Social and Humanistic Research: 3. 4to., 25pp., stapled wraps. VG. (k1125)
$24.00 Dluznowsky, Moshe . DOS ROD FUN MAZL (THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE)
1949. In Yiddish. 8vo., 420pp., pen drawings by Mane Katz, cover design by E. Schloss, hardcover. VG, some tape marks on end papers, no DJ. (a59859)
$29.00 Fishman, Joshua A, . DEGREE OF BILINGUALISM IN A YIDDISH SCHOOL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES
NY 1952. Offprint from the Journal of Social Psychology, 1952, 26 at pp. 155-165. Large octavo, original printed wraps. VG. (a31602)
$25.00 Glick, Hirsch (words) and Pokrass (melody) . PARTIZANEN JEWISH PARTISAN SONG
NY 1947. Arranged for Voice and Piano by Michl Gelbard. Words in Yiddish with Music. 4to., 6pp., wraps. Good, light soiling. (k1121)
$40.00 Glinka, M. . THE LARK
NY 1917 (copyright)Jos. P. Katz. Piano score with lyrics in Yiddish (by A. Reisen.) 4to., 5pp., original printed wraps Good. (a70564)
$45.00 Grebnief, Leonid (L. Feinberg) . YEVREYSKAYA POESIA ANTOLOGIYA TOM PYERVII AMERIKA(YIDDISH POETRY ANTHOLOGY VOLUME ONE AMERICA )
NY 1947. Published by the Union of Russian Jews in New York. In Russian. Lg.8vo., 240pp., printed boards. Owner stamp at lower margin of title page. VG. (a45077)
$60.00 Gross, Naftoli . THE BOOK OF PSALMS , TRANSLATED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NAFTOLI GROSS
NY 1948 Shulsinger Bros. Psalms in Hebrew with Yiddish translation. 4to., 336pp., hardcover. Owner signed (and dated 1948) on half title. VG, no DJ. (a67397)
$35.00 Helfman, Max (editor) . GEZANG UND KAMF A BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY CHORUSES
NY 1940. Issued by the Jewish Music Alliance. Music with lyrics and some text in Yiddish. 8vo., 94pp., wraps. VG, light wear, leaves browned but not brittle. (a41538)
$40.00 Heller, James G. . HAYIM GREENBERG IN MEMORIAM MARCH 14, 1953
NY (?) 1953. 4to., 36pp., mimeo, stapled wraps. Good, lacking rear wrap. (k1127)
$40.00 Jassinowsky, Pinchos . SYMPHONIC POEMS
NY 1936 Bloch Publishing. English and Hebrew lyrics with music. 8vo., 32pp., wraps. Good, wraps worn, a few stains on pages and on rear wrap. (a41539)
$35.00 Katz, Dovid . OKSFORDER YIDDISH A YEARBOOK OF YIDDISH STUDIES II
1991. In Yiddish. Sm.4to., 313pp., illustrations, decorated hardcover boards. Owner Inscribed on the rear free blank. Fine, no DJ. (a50214)
$80.00 Kopstein, Bracha . SELECTED POETRY WITH RECORDING
NY 1968 1st. Poetry printed in Hebrew. Hardcover. Sm.4to., portrait of Kopstein, cloth. Actual 45 rpm recording of author reading her work in Yiddish in a rear pocket. Signed by Kopstein. VG, spine lettering faded away. Recording has not been played. (a71896)
$25.00 Lefkowitch, Henry . FALLING LEAVES
NY (1923). Music by Lefkowitch, Poem by Abraham Liesin. English version by Dr. Harry Margolis. Music and lyrics (in Yiddish and English). Song for voice and piano. 4to., 5pp., wraps. Inscribed, signed and dated (1950) by Lefkowitch. VG, small closed tear at right margin of one leaf. (a45835)
$40.00 Lefkowitch, Henry . YIDDISHE GESANGEN
NY 1917 1st Lefkowitch. Music score with lyrics in Yiddish and English. Hardcover, Octavo, 47pp., 1/2 cloth with paper covered boards. Good, somewhat worn. Scarce. (a74868)
$75.00 Lifschutz, E. . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN AND CANADIAN JEWISH MEMOIRS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES IN YIDDISH, HEBREW AND ENGLISH
NY 1970. 4to., 75pp., 353 items listed, wraps. VG, light soiling. (k1126)
$45.00 Metzker, I. . GOTS BASHEFENISHN GOD'S CREATURES
NY 1958. In Yiddish. 8vo., 207pp., drawings by Chaim Gross, decorated boards. Good, light wrinkling on front and rear blanks, top of rear board stained, no DJ. (a44372)
$30.00 Miron, Dan . BOUNCING BACK: DESTRUCTION AND RECOVERY IN SHELM ALEYKHEM'S MOTL PEYSE DEM KHAZNS
NY 1978. In the Yivo Annual of Jewish Social Science Vol. XVII at pp.119-184. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo. 289pp., wraps. VG. (a40465a)
$30.00 Nadir, M. . UNTER DER ZUN
Wilno 1928. In Yiddish. Octavo, 243pp., original pictorial hardcover. Appears to be Volume IV in a series. Bottom half of last 4 pages (unnumbered, so they may be a postscript) and decorated free endpaper torn off, with corresponding loss of text. Good, lower corner of initial leaves folded. With faults as described. (a63524)
$40.00 Opatoschu . DER AUFSTAND
Leipzig 1929. Translated into German from the Yiddish. 8vo., 191pp., decorated cloth. VG in Fair DJ, worn and chipped. (a50636)
$30.00 Penn, Ascher . JUDAISM IN AMERICA A GUIDE TO THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL LIFE OF JEWS IN AMERICA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
NY 1958 1st Judaism in America Library. In Yiddish, with XLV page introduction and index in English. Sm.4to., 745pp., cloth. VG plus. Light cover wear, no DJ. (a74914)
$29.00 Persall, Mishael . NAVENAD
1931 1st Myold. Poetry in Yiddish. 4to., 143pp., hardcover. Uncut. Near Fine, slight fading on lower edge of front, in Poor DJ, worn and chipped. (a67856)
$29.00 Pinson, Koppel S. (editor) . YIVO ANNUAL OF JEWISH SOCIAL SCIENCE
NY 1954 Yiddish Scientific Instititute-YIVO. Octavo., 397pp., stiff wraps. Good, wrapsand a few pages stained. (a16579)
$28.00 Roback, A. A. . EL IMPERIO DEL YDDISH (YIDDISH)
Mexico 1958 Pintel. Ltd to 1000 copies. In Yiddish. 8vo., 554pp, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a21291)
$45.00 Rubin, Ruth . VOICES OF A PEOPLE THE STORY OF YIDDISH FOLKSONG
NY 1973 2nd McGraw. Octavo, 558pp., index, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a19529)
$22.00 Weinreich, M. . THE BLACK POINT (DI SVARTSE PINTELEX, CZARNE KROPKI, DZIEJE PISMA) THE STORY OF WRITING (IN YIDDISH)
Wilno 1939 1st Yivo Institute. Octavo, 258pp., illustrations, original blue cloth hardcover. Near VG, new endpapers, no DJ. Scarce. (a63502)
$225.00 Widans, Emil and Daniel . A SHTOT IN DER LITE A NOVEL
New York 1951. Published by a Committeeof Jewish Writers, with the participation of the David Ignatoff Literary Foundation. In Yiddish. Sm.8vo., 221pp., cloth. Inscribed and signed on the front free blankin Yiddish, possibly by the author(s). VG, no DJ. (a43489)
$35.00 Zerubavel, Seifer . SEIFER ZERUBAVEL
Israel 1961. Hardcover. Fully in Hebrew or Yiddish. Octavo, 464pp., about 60 pages of monochrome photo illustrations. Owner or author signed on front end paper. VG, no DJ. (a74060)
$95.00 Zunser, Eliakum . SELECTED SONGS OF ELIAKUM ZUNSER
NY 1928 1st Zunser. Arranged for Voice with piano accompaniment by William Fichandler. Based on notes by Joseph Rumshinsky. Eliakum Zunser (1836-1913) is one of the immortals in the history of Yiddish life (Abraham Cahan in introduction.) In English and Yiddish. Small folio, 263pp., hardcover. Good, light cover wear. (a41556)
$48.00 Zylbercweig, Zalmen (editor) . LEXICON OF THE YIDDISH THEATRE VOLUME IV
New York 1963. Published under the auspices of The Hebrew Actors Union of America. Lg.4to., pp. 2426-3704, photo illustrations, black cloth hardcover. Good, slightly shaken, corners of several pages bumped, no DJ. (a60373)
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