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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 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 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)
$33.00 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)
$25.00 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 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 Goldstein, Samuel . THE JEWISH WORKERS VOICE VOL XI NOS. 2-7
NY 1925. 7 issues of this journal (published 8 time per year), February-November 1925, bound in one volume.Title in gilt on spine. Entirely in Yiddish. 8vo., about 220pp. Near Good, inner hinges cracking. (a42787)
$50.00 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 Metzker, I. . GOTS BASHEFENISHN GOD'S CREATURES
NY 1958. In Yiddish. Hardcover. Octavo., 207pp., drawings by Chaim Gross, decorated boards. Good, light wrinkling on front and rear blanks, top of rear board stained, no DJ. (a44372)
$22.00 Opatoschu (Josef) . DER AUFSTAND
Leipzig 1929. Translated into German from the Yiddish. Hardcover. small 8vo., 191pp., decorated cloth. Good plus in Fair DJ, dj worn and chipped. Hard to find in a dust jacket. (a50636)
$29.00 Dluznowsky, Moshe . DOS ROD FUN MAZL (THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE)
1949. In Yiddish. Hardcover. Octavo, 420pp., pen drawings by Mane Katz, cover design by E. Schloss, cloth. near VG, some tape marks on end papers, no DJ. (a59859)
$29.00 (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 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. Good, inner hinges cracking, no DJ. Scarce. (a63502)
$190.00 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 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 Schauss, Hayyim . THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL - AMOS, HOSEA, ISAIAH, MICAH (BOOK ONE)
NY 1942 1st. Central Educational Committee and Philadelphia District No. 4 of Jewish National Workers' Alliance. Introduction and commentaries by Schauss. 4to., 343pp., hardcover. In Hebrew and Yiddish. VG plus, no dj. (a70179)
$28.00 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 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)
$95.00Penn, Ascher. JUDAISM IN AMERICA A GUIDE TO THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL LIFE OF JEWS IN AMERICA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (in Yiddish)
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)
$35.00 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 Lewin, Samuel . SHINING THROUGH THE CLOUDS
NY 1988 1st Cornwall. ISBN 0-8453-4805-1. Translated from Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich. Hardcover. Octavo, 161pp., cloth. Part 3 of a Trilogy. Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a77202)
$31.00 (judaica) . THE JEWISH WORKERS VOICE VOL XVII 1931 JANUARY THORUGH NOVEMBER (ISSUES 1-6)
New York 1931. Published by the Jewish National Workers Alliance of America. 6 issues of this journal bound in one volume. 4to., about 150pp., black cloth with title in gilt on spine. Entirely in Yiddish. VG plus, light wear on spine ends. (a78360)
$125.00 (judaica) . DER YIDDISHER ARBEITER I24 CONSECUTIVE ISSUES JANUARY 9, 1931 THROUGH APRIL 1932 (BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
New York 1932. Organ of the Jewish Socialist Labor Party Poale-Zion of America. 24 consecutive issues of this this Yiddish journal, Vols. X, XI, bound in one hardcover volume. 4to., about 13pp. per issue, black cloth. VG. Scarce. (a78373)
$330.00 Rocker, Rudolf . HINTER SHTEKHIGE DROHT UN GRATES: ERINERUNGEN BY DER KRIGS-GEFANGENSHAFT IN ENGLAND VOLUMES I, II
New York 1927. Anarchist's memoirs. In Yiddish. Hardcover 2 volumes. Octavos, 400p., frontis photo illustration, 415pp., original cloth. VG plus, spine ends lightly rubbed, no DJs. Two volume set, complete. (a79741)
$55.00 Reed, John (1887-1920) . TZEN TAG VAS HABN OIFGERODERT DIE VELT
New York 1919 Forward. In Yiddish. Hardcover. Octavo, 370p., dark grey cloth. Stamped "Property of Workmen's Circle Seattle Wash. Presented by Mrs. Samuel Cohen". Good, both inner hinges beginning to crack. (a79762)
$49.00 Sadikov, M. . IN YENE TEG: ZIKHROYNES VEGEN DER RUSISHER REVOLUTSYE UN DI UKRAYNER PROGROMEN
New York 1926. Foreword by Abraham Revuski. Memoirs of the Ukrainian pogroms after World War I. Lists casualties by locale, bibliography. InYiddush. Hardcover. Octavo, 78p., 17p., photo illustrations, charts, facsimiles, blue cloth. VG. (a79763)
$40.00 Lieberman, Herman (editor) . DI SHTIME FUN TOL: ZAMLBUKH FUN BRIV UN ARTIKLEN FUN RABONIM, SHRITSHTELER, DIKHTER, KINSTLER, LERER, KLAL-TUER UN MENSHN FUN FOLK VEGN DER ISISHER FRAGE IN DER HAYNTIGER TSAYT GESHRIBN IN SHAYKHUS MITN BIKHI "IN TOL FUN TOYT" TSUZAMEN MITN "IN TOL FUN TOYT "
New York 1940. InYiddish. Hardcover. Octavo, 349p., black cloth. Name and source indexes, private and public critical reaction to Lieberman's pamphlet "In tol fun toyt" and complete text of this pamphlet. VG, tiny chip in cloth on top edge, front inner hinge just beginning to tear. (a79765)
$24.00 Stolniski, Arn . DI KOOPERATIVE BAVEGUNG: VOS ZI IZ UN VOS ZI DARF ZAYN
New York 1919 Arbeter Ring. About cooperativism and the cooperative movement in various countries. In Yiddish. Hardcover. Octavo, 220pp., portraits, illustrations, brown cloth. . Contemporary Jewish library stamps and bookplate inside boards.No spine numbers , no pocket. VG, some rubbing on cover. (a79767)
$85.00 Mishkowsky, Noach . ETYOPYE: IDN IN AFRIKE UN AZYE
New York 1936. Descriptions of Jews in African and Asian lands visited by the author. In Yiddish. Hardcover. Octavo, 160p., illustrations, red cloth with black lettering and design on front. Good plus, light wear. (a79768)
$125.00 Schiper, Ignacy . DI VIRTSHAFTSGESHIKHTE FUN DI YIDN IN POYLN BEYSN MITALTER
Warsaw 1926 Farlag Bzshosa (Brzoza). A study of the economic history of the Jews in Poland in the Middle Ages. In Yiddish. Hardcover. Octavo, 424p., 18p. index of names and places, extensively footnoted in several languages, charts, cloth. Library stamps and small pocket, no spine numbers. Small label on front. Good, shelf worn, text lightly and evenly toned. (a79769)
$225.00 Weintraub, Sh. (compiler) . CHALIFAS MIKHTAVIM
Warsaw 1889 first edition?. 12mo hardcover. Original binding: Leather spine with marbled boards. Entirely in Yiddish. Two owner signatures. Worn but intact, hinges not cracked; text toned but not brittle. Boards rounded at tips. One inchlong chip from l eather on spine. Fair. Rare. (a88943)
$350.00 (Yiddish) . RODALE'S YIDDISH LINGO - ISSUE FOR MAY-JUNE 1970
Single issue of this bi-monthly journal. Issue for May-June, 1970. first edition. Emmaus, PA. Rodale Press. 4to wraps. This issue has fullpage portrait of Molly Picon on cover. 40p. Illustrated. VG cover toned. Binding secure, no tears. (a92320)
$25.00Leivick, H. DI GEULE KOMEDI - THE COMEDY OF REDEMPTION
Chicago, Illinois. 1934 first edition. L M Stein. Yiddish Culture Society. Hardcover octavo. Fully in Yiddish. 226p. Half black cloth with brown and yellow boards. Good, hinges not cracked; text clean; board cover tips worn. No owner marks. (a94561)
$44.00Younin, Wolf. POEMS
1936 first edition. octavo hardcover. Poetry in Yiddish. Owner signed. Gold cloth covered boards. Paper on inner hinges just beginning to give. Text clean but slightly toned. Board edges and tips worn. Fairly Good. Scarce. (a94836)
$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)
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