Judaica

NY: KTAV Publishing House Inc., 1967 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. [10] 398pp, bound in original stiff wraps, with ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. From Abraham in 1900 B.C.E. to after World War II. There is a small manilla pocket mounted to inside of back cover, light sunning to covers, small tear on back cover, which is covered by the manilla pocket.

New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Pr, 1954. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published New Haven: Yale Univ Pr., 1954, second printing (1957). 8vo., xlv+645 pp. Bookplate on pastedown. A fine, unworn copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. . Hard. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979, first printing. 8vo., xi+272pp., illustrated with b/w plates. Some dust spotting along top edge of page block else fine. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

208pp. Spine and title page are missing, otherwise in very good condition. In German.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, 1973; First Edition, second printing; Signed; 8vo, 342 pages. Collection of 24 stories set in the United States and pre-war Poland. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Warmly inscribed, "With Love," and signed by the author to renowned Los Angeles philanthropist and patron of the arts Anna Bing Arnold and her husband Aerol. Clean, crisp, and bright, no chips or tears.

The Macmillan Company, NY, 1925; First Edition, second printing (June, 1925); 8vo, 377 pages; illustrated. First book by Rabbi Lewis Browne, a revealing history of the Jews, with 50 illustrated maps by the author. Widely regarded as one of the foremost comparative religionists of his day, Browne graduated Hebrew Union College in 1920 and was ordained rabbi to Temple Beth Israel in Waterbury, Ct. by Rabbi Stephen Wise. He left the rabbinate in 1926 to devote his time more fully to writing, and was thereafter much in demand on the national lecture circuit, where he was frequently teamed with Sinclair Lewis. Browne died a mysterious death in 1949 at his home in Santa Monica, California reportedly of "suicide by poison." Fine, in illustrated red cloth boards with gilt titles. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A handsome copy.

1984 Feldheim Slipcased edition of 3 Benzion Firer novels entitled: 3 Historical Novels. Housing Saadaih Weissman(1982), The Long Journey Home(1984) & The Twins(1983, 2nd edition). All in very good, gently read condition. Pages of all 3 volumes are clean, unmarked & bright. Dj's show faint shelfware with no rips & no discoleration. Boards on all 3 are clean & square. Gold lettering on spines are fine. Bindings firm & straight. Slipcase in excellent condition with slight wear on the pastedowns, no seam splits.

1723. First Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Bernard Picart. 2 original etchings as produced on 1 page ( size of page : 39,5cm x 25, size of each etching: 20, 5 x 14,8 + title) depicting JEWISH FUNERAL CUSTOMS OF THE PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY IN AMSTERDAM AND THEIR CHEVRA KADISHA (Jewish Burial Society) Very good and clean condition, excellent paper quality and strong imprint.-

Derech Ha Kodesh - A Messianic Congregation - The PATH to Holiness Manual by Rabbi Eric R. Braverman. M.D. is a Publications For Achieving Total Health softcover First Edition/First Printing (Even though a book may state First Edition, it may not be a true First Printing. This copy is guaranteed to be a true First Edition and First Printing). The book was published in 1994, and it still has its original price of $12.00 on the cover - ISBN 0963886924. Both the book and the covers are in good condition with only some minor creasing. This copy would make a special addition to any collection or library. You can buy with confidence, we have been selling books for over 50 years. Thanks for buying.

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COLLECTIBLE! An amazingly well preserved almost as new 409 page rare hardback! This monumental volume was first published in Hebrew in Jerusalem in 1951 & this first English edition was published in 1967. Online comments: "The last of the commentaries rendered into English, this Cassuto's work ranks among the finest modern contributions to the treasury of Biblical learning." 'Umberto Cassuto's comments have a vivid quality seldom found in the exegetical writings of other Biblical expositors, who all too often prefer a jejune and lifeless approach to their subject, however he succeeds in injecting a sense of dramatic excitement into his interpretations. Without neglecting the scientific data provided by archaeological and philological research, he makes us conscious of the literary attributes of the Bible. This present work does not separate the annotations from the Biblical text, but forms a continuous, unified commentary in which the Scriptural citations are interlinked with the exposition.'… Read More

Berkeley: Tree, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. 8vo, [iv]+204pp, printed wrappers. Beautiful as-new copy of the fourth issue of this groundbreaking literary and Kabbalistic magazine edited by David Meltzer. Includes Image of the Wall by Wallace Berman, a lengthy 1964 letter from Lenny Bruce to a judge, a number of Kabbalistic pieces from traditional authorities, and other material from writers associated with the Semina scene. Unmarked copy, as new.

Rufus Littel, Philadelphia, 1819; octavo (4 3/8" x 7"), 420 pgs.; illustrated; full calf. A detailed scriptural history of both Old and New Testaments, from Genesis through the life and teachings of Christ and his apostles, including a wealth of Judaic history, prophesy, custom, belief, and ritual, the whole organized into an engaging question and answer format. Authored by venerable 18th century English cleric and polymath Isaac Watts, D.D. (1674-1748), best remembered today for his enduring sacred hymns. Three engraved fold-out illustration plates at the back of the book depict exterior and interior views of the ancient Hebrew Tabernacle, keyed for identification. The Holy Of Holies in the third plate is has a small hinged engraved paper veil, which when lifted reveals the contents inside. Very Good. Binding absolutely tight, sound, and square, moderate external wear, two miniscule chinks of the leather at the top extremity of the spine panel, a pair of worm holes in the blank bottom… Read More

1928. Original Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 21pp German tex + 4 plates. Tear at cover repaired otherwise a very good and clean copy. Hebrew name on fly-leaf. Articles by Georg Hermann, Alfred Grotte, etc. VERY RARE BROCHURE together with "Fragebogen" for potential donors of objects. - SEHR SELTENE Broschüre im Gründerjahr des "Vereins Jüdisches Museum Breslau" mit Artikeln zur geplanten Gründung eines jüdischen Museum. Dabei Liste der Mitglieder des Vereins und Auszug der Satzungen. Separat dabei ein "Fragebogen" für potentielle Spender zur Sammlung.

Santa Barbara: Christopher Books / Tree Books, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. 8vo, 170pp, printed wrappers. Beautiful as-new copy of the second issue of this important (and increasingly scarce) Kabbalistic and literary journal from the early 1970s; about half of the issue is devoted to work by Carlo Suares, some of it reprinted from handwritten MSS. Uncirculated copy, as new.

Berkeley: Tree Books, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. 8vo, 224pp, printed wrappers. Nice uncirculated copy of the scarce fifth issue of this groundbreaking literary and Kabbalistic magazine edited by David Meltzer. Includes work by Edmond Jabes, Wallace Berman, Carlo Suares, Paul Auster, Diane di Prima, Douglas Blazek, Asa Benveniste, Gerard Malanga, Jack Hirschman, John Brandi, Rose Drachler, et al. Uncirculated copy, as new.