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Jewish History:

Katz, Leo . SEED TIME A NOVEL
NY 1947 1st Knopf. Translated by Joel Ames from the German. Historical fiction about agrarian revolt in Rumania in 1907 and anti-semitism in Rumania and austro-Hungarian empire. 8vo., 381pp., hardcover. VG in Fair DJ, worn. (a14452)
$24.00Lazar, Chaim. DESPITE IT ALL
NY 1984 Shengold. ISBN 0-88400-106-7. History of illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine. Hardcover. Octavo, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a19439)
$35.00Letteris, Dr, M. MACHSOR DIE SAMMTLICHEN FEST-GEBERTE UND GOTTESDIENSTLICHEN DICHTUNGEN DER ISRAELITEN ERSTE BAND
Prag 1861 Dritte Auflage. Foreward by Letteris. In German and Hebrew. Sm8vo., 382pp., black cloth. Owner signed. Good, cloth soiled, some foxing, hinges cracked. (a21032)
$25.00 Idelsohn, A. Z. . JEWISH MUSIC IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
NY 1944 Tudor. 535pp., index. Good, end papers and cover have some spotting, backstrip faded and browned, top spine end frayed. (a21786)
$30.00 Fliegel, Hyman . THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MAX PINE
NY 1959 Author. "A history of the Jewish Labor Movement in the USA during the last part of the 19thc and the first part of the 20thc." 162pp., index. Fine, no DJ. (a22650)
$45.00 Ehmann, Annegret (et al) . JUDEN IN BERLIN 1671-1945 EIN LESEBUCH
Berlin 1988 first edition Nicolai. ISBN 3-87584-250-2. Hardcover. Octavo, 350p., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a25804)
$30.00 Dunner, Joseph . THE REPUBLIC OF ISRAEL ITS HISTORY AND ITS PROMISE (signed)
NY 1950 McGraw. Octavo, 269pp., wraps. **Inscribed presentation copy from Dunner. Good. (a34019)
$28.00Ewald, Heinrich. THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL (second edition ) (8 hardcover volume set)
London 1869-1886. Longmans, Green. Translated from the German. Edited by J. Estlin Carpenter , J. Frederick Smith; and Russell Martineau with preface and appendix by Russell Martineau. 8 matching maroon cloth hardcover volumes. octavo, about 400pp. per volume. Ex-college library, with usual spine numbers, stamps, bookplates and pockets. Good, wear to cloth; backstrips faded, spine ends worn; internally text is VG plus, clean and bindings secure. Scarce. 8 volumes: (a34049)
$700.00 (judaica) . THE DARED TO DREAM A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S LEAGUE
NY 1967. 8vo., 107pp., illus., wraps. VG. (a39355)
$40.00 Comay, Joan . WHO'S WHO IN JEWISH HISTORY AFTER THE PERIOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
NY 1974 1st American Edition. 4to., 448pp., illus., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a41330)
$30.00 Hoskins, Franklin E. . FROM THE NILE TO THE NEBO A DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM AND THE ROUTE OF THE EXODUS
Philadelphia 1912. Lg.8vo. 378pp., monochrome photo illustrations, foldout map at rear, index, printed boards. VG a few slight pencil marks on just a few pages. no dj. (a41797)
$25.00 Mayr, Georgii e Societate Iesu . INSTITUTIONES LINGUAE HEBRAICAE IN SEX PARTES DISTRIBUTAE
Lugduni 1649 Antonii Ivllieron. Hardcover. In Latin. 12mo., 463pp., full leather. A few ink notes on title. Fair, leather quite worn and rubbed, corners, spine ends and outer hinges chipped but boards still attached and text binding is secure. Much of gilt decoration remains on backstrip but leather on outer hinges is mostly worn away. Spine ends worn down. (a41801)
$375.00 Duda, Eugeniusz . Z DZIEJOW I KULTURY ZYDOW W KRAKOWIE
Krakow n.d. (c.1960) Museum History czne m. Krakowa. In Polish. 8vo., about 30 leaves, monochrome photo illus., wraps. Good, small stain on front cover. (a42307)
$30.00Richardson, Benjamin Ward M.D.. HEALTH AND LIFE
London 1878 Daldy, Isbister. Some chapters: Health and Civilization; Jewish Vitality; Air As Food; Ozonized Air; The Modern Gaol; A Model House: the Basement; Idleness as Disease; Disposal of Dead and so forth. Sm.8vo., 335pp., original brown cloth. Good, front inner hinges tender, some cover wear. (a44705)
$30.00 Katz, Irving I. . THE BETH EL STORY WITH A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN MICHIGAN BEFORE 1850
Detroit 1955 Wayne State. Includes Three Hundred Years in America by Dr. Jacob R. Marcus. 4to., 238pp., illustrations, index, printed cloth. VG, no DJ. (a46708)
$20.00Rosens, Judah. PARASHAT DERAHIM
1771 Printed in Zalkiewie in Amsterdam print fonts. Imprimatur of Duke Karl Stanislav Ratzevel (Radzivill or Radziwill?). Legal exegetical homilies by the noted Judah Rosens. In Hebrew. Sq.8vo., about 150pp., double column text, papercovered boards with leather spine. Much old ink script covers end papers. Fair, binding very worn and soiled, end papers chipped, leaves browned, possibly cropped (not affecting text). Very scarce. (a50978)
$400.00 Berger, Abraham, Lawrence Marwick, and Isidore S. Meyer (editors) . THE JOSHUA BLOCK MEMORIAL VOLUME: STUDIES IN BOOKLORE AND HISTORY
NY 1960 The New York Public Library. Lg.8vo., 219pp., photo frontis, bibliography of Block's writings, printed cloth. VG, no DJ. (a51291)
$55.00 Steinherz, Samuel . JAHRBUCH DER GESELLSCHAFT FUR GESCHICHTE DER JUDEN IN DER CECHOSLOVAKISCHEN REPUBLIK
Prag 1934 Taussig. In German. Sm.4to., 409pp., a few photo illustrations, hardcover. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked. (a51585)
$95.00 Marsh, John . EPITOME OF GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. WITH AN APPENDIX GIVING A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE JEWS
NY 1834 4th W.E. Dean. 8vo., 450pp., full leather. Fair, inner hinges cracked, cover worn, lacking foldout chart at rear, light water staining throughout. Sold as is: (a51904)
$25.00 Nowack, Dr. Wilhelm . LEHRBUCH DER HEBRAISCHEN ARCHAOLOGIE 2 PARTS IN ONE VOLUME
Freiburg 1894 Mohr. In German with some notes, etc, in Hebrew. 2 parts, bound in one volume. Sm.4to., 395pp., illustrations in text (Privat- und Staatsalterthumer), 323pp., illustrations in text (Sacralalterthum), paper covered boards with maroon leather backstrip. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, spine rubbed, worn and a few small chips. New glassine protective jacket. (a54330)
$120.00 Muller, Ernst . HISTORY OF JEWISH MYSTICISM
Oxford 1946 East and West Library. Sm.8vo., 197pp., index, hardcover. VG, cover faded unevenly, no DJ. (a58713)
$25.00 Levitin, Adam Jeremiah . MI YAMALEL - WHO WILL RETELL? ZIONIST CONCEPTIONS OF JEWISH HISTORY & THE IDEAL OF THE NEW HEBREW
Cambridge. Harvard Judaica Collection Student Research Papers No. 5. 4to., 132pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a60874)
$45.00 (new york city) . OBITUARY ADDRESSES ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THE HON. ROBERT H. MORRIS, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OBITUARY NOTICE, ADJOURNMENT OF THE COURTS, FUNERAL OBSEQUIES AND ORATION
NY 1855 W. E. & J. Sibell. 8vo., 115pp., frontis portrait of Judge Morris, original gilt printed cloth. Name and date in white ink on spine. All edges gilt. Good, some foxing, a few stains on cover, corners a bit worn. (a60994)
$45.00 Patai, Rahael (editor) . HERZL YEAR BOOK ESSAYS IN ZIONIST HISTORY AND THOUGHT VOLUME V STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF ZIONISM IN AMERICA 1894 - 1919
NY 1963 Herzl. Octavo, 384pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a62579)
$29.00 Frank, Herman Ph.D . JEWISH TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOKMAKING ART (IDISHE TYPOGRAPHYE UN BUKH-OYSARBETUNG KUNST)
New York 1938 first edition. Hebrew-American Typographical Union. In Yiddish. Octavo, 174pp., text illustrations and one double plate of typography company interior, original purple cloth hardcover. Some light scuffing on plates (had been stuck together at one time). Good, cover soiled and unevenly faded. Scarce. (a64025)
$120.00Edgar, Irving MD. A HISTORY OF EARLY JEWISH PHYSICIANS IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
NY 1982 1st Philosophical Library. Hardcover. Octavo, 249pp., illustrations, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a645)
$24.00 Bianchi, Antonio . IL DAVIDE RE D'ISRAELE POEMA EROICO SAGRO
Venezia 1751 Per Girolamo Marconi a S. Salvador Al Ponte del Lovo. In Italian. 4to., (6,) 360pp., original white pigskin. Old dry water staining at many leaves; initial leaves have small ink stain in lower margin. Owner inscribed on end paper and another owner signature on title page. Near Good, spine chipped and worn, cover very soiled. Very Scarce. (a64572)
$450.00 Graetz, Heinrich . GESCHICHTE DER JUDEN (Volumes 1 and 2 bound as one)
Warsaw 1897, 1898. In Yiddish. 2 volumes in one. Octavo, 256pp., 336pp., buckram. Title written in ink at top of title page. Number stamp at heel of spine, library bookplate and checkout slip. Blindstamp on title page and on first page. Good, small chip along top margin of title page, leaves a bit browned and fragile, some soiling. (a64897)
$30.00 Plaut, Mordecai . AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE ESSAYS ON WESTERN INTELLECTUAL SPACE. ISBN 0-9612088-0-5
NY 1983 (5743) Author. ISBN 0-9612088-0-5. Small octavo, 168pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a65702)
$38.00Lazar, Chaim. DESTRUCTION AND RESISTANCE, A HISTORY OF THE PARTISAN MOVEMENT IN VILNA. ISBN 0-88400-113-X
1985 1st Shengold. ISBN 0-88400-113-X. Translated from Hebrew by Galia Eden Barshop. Octavo, 199pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a67862)
$45.00 Author of Selumiel . ELISAMA; OR, THE CAPTIVITY AND RESOTRATION OF THE JEWS: INCLUDING THE PERIOD OF THEIR HISTORY FROM THE YEAR 606 TO 408 BC
Philadelphia 1835 American Sunday-School Union. 12mo., 288pp., frontis map of Syria and Mesopotamia, original marbled hardcover with black leather spine and later endpapers. Ink notes inside front cover. Good, a bit worn, outer hinges cracking, small paper label at head of spine, browning and foxing in the text, lacks rear free blank. (a67918)
$100.00 Moore, George Foot . JUDAISM IN THE FIRST CENTURIES OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA THE AGE OF THE TANNAIM 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Cambridge 1932(1927) Third Impression, Harvard. Two volumes. Large octavos, 552pp., 486pp., hardcovers in original Box. Fine in Good Box. 2 volumes. (a68027)
$75.00 Rossler, Emil Franz . DAS ALTPRAGER STADTRECHT AUS DEM XIV. JAHRHUNDERTE
Prag 1845 J. G .Calve'sche. Vorrede von Jacob Grimm. In German. Small octavo, 210pp., hardcover. Good, light wear, light foxing. (a70203)
$350.00 Derenbourg, J. . ESSAI SUR L'HISTOIRE ET LA GEOGRAPHIE DE LA PALESTINE, D'APRES LES THALMUDS ET LES AUTRES SOURCES RABINIQUES - PREMIERE PARTIE. HISTOIRE DE LA PALESTINE DEPUIS CYRUS JUSQU'A ADRIEN
Paris 1867 first edition. l'Imprimerie Imperiale. History of Jews at time of beginning of Christianity. In French. Hardcover. Large octavo, 486pp. maroon cloth spine and marbled boards. Numbers at heel of spine, small blindstamp on title page. Good , inner hinges cracked, occasional light foxing. (a73501)
$200.00 Citron, Samuel J. . TO WAKE THE KING A DRAMATIC LEGEND IN TWO ACTS
NY 1967 Friends of the Jewish Theatre. Includes music by Harry Coopersmith. 8vo., 108pp., hardcover. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a7472)
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