Judaica
LOST IN AMERICA
Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1981. Raphael Soyer. First Trade Edition. 8vo, pp. 259. Illustrated by Raphael Soyer. Cover slightly yellowed at edges, but a nice copy in little chipped dj. More
HOW THE JEWISH PEOPLE GREW UP
Cincinnati: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1936. Kabrin, Louis. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xvii, 283. Index. Illustrated by Louis Kabrin. Light blue cloth, blind-stamped and printed in ivory. Edges and cover somewhat soiled, cover little scuffed at corners, o/w VG. A history for children. More
FABRIC OF MY LIFE; The autobiography of...
NY: Bloch, 1946. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xiv, 263. Illustrated wtih photographs. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Owner's name on flyleaf, edges somewhat soiled, cover slightly scuffed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy in chipped and browned dj. From the website of the Jewish Women's Archive: 'Hannah Greenebaum Solomon..... More
THE PROPHETIC MINORITY; American Jewish immigrant radicals, 1880-1920
Bloomington IN: Indiana University, (1985). First printing. 8vo, pp. x, 211. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated wtih photographs. Rust cloth. Cover little stained and slightly bumped, o/w a VG tight copy in slightly scuffed and torn dj. More
IMPORTANT JUDAICA; New York Wednesday, November 30, 2005
NY: Sotheby's, (2005). Small 4to, pp. 224. Catalog for an auction and exhibition in New York. Copiously illustrated in color. Paper wraps. Lower corner slightly bumped, cover slightly soiled, o/w a nice tight copy. More
JEWISH IMMIGRANT ASSOCIATIONS AND AMERICAN IDENTITY; In New York, 1880-1939
Cambridge MA: Harvard, 1997. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 291. Notes, index. Map of Eastern Europe. Maroon cloth. Small spot on front edge, o/w a nice copy in little faded and scuffed dj. More
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JEWISH HUMOR; From Biblical times to the modern age
NY: Jonathan David, (1969). Third printing. Large 8vo, pp. 458. Glossary by Dorothy H. Rochmis. Donors' inscription on pastedown. Little soiled on edges, o/w a nice tight copy in price-clipped and little chipped dj. More
AT THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION; A background of biblical history
New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University, 1964. First Edition. 4to, pp. xv, 388. Notes and bibliography, index. Preface by B. Netanyahu. [The world history of the Jewish people. First series: Ancient times. Volume I.] Illustrated with 86 photographs, two drawings and six maps. A nice copy in somewhat chipped and faded..... More
AT THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION; A background of Biblical history
Rutgers University, 1964. Large 8vo, pp. xv, 388. Notes and bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. [ The world history of the Jewish people. First series, volume 1.] A VG tight copy. More
LEARNING LAUGHTER
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1952). First Edition. 8vo, pp. vi, 201. Illusdtrated with photographs. Cover spotted and little worn at edges, but a VG tight copy. Based on a journal made during a tour on Israel in 1952, focusing on Youth Aliyah, which brought 60,000 children from all parts of..... More
LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH CHURCH; With maps and plans
NY: Scribner, Armstrong, 1877-82. Three volumes. 8vo, pp. 572, 656, 549. Illustrated with maps and plans, which seem to be present (small tear on one fold-out map). Owner's name on flyleaves, spines worn at ends (one with a 1-1/2 inch tear) but o/w VG tight copies. The word church here..... More
BEHOLD A GREAT IMAGE; The contemporary Jewish experience in photographs
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1978. First Edition. 4to, pp. 224. Over 350 black-and-white photographs of the Jewish experience throughout the world.Cover edges slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy in somewhat stained and torn (partially mended) dj. More
UNDER THE CANOPY
NY: Braziller, (1982). First printing. 8vo, pp. 165. A nice copy in little soiled dj. A memoir of a friendship with Isaac Bashevis Singer, and the reawakening of the writer's Jewish identity. More
PALASTINENSISCHES TAGEBUCH; Aufzeichnung einer reise
Berllin: Judischer Buchverlag, 1937. First Edition. Small 8vo, pp. 57. In German. Paper over flexible boards. Cover little faded and worn, o/w VG. A travel diary of a trip to Palestine by the poet and journalist Manfred Sturmann, who had emigrated to Palestine in 1938. More
THE LIFE STORY OF A RUSSIAN EXILE.
NY: Century, 1914. 8vo, pp. 251. Illustrated with photographs. some wear to the cloth. The story of a Russian Jewish peasant girl, who became active politically and was jailed, exiled to Siberia, and who finally escaped. More
IN OUR MIDST; How the Holocaust touched one American community
Binghamton NY: Keshet, 1997. 8vo, pp. xvii, 140. Chronology, glossary, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs and a map. Paper wraps. About as new. More
JEWS AGAINST PREJUDICE; American Jews and the fight for civil liberties
NY: Columbia University, (1997). First printing. 8vo, pp. 364. Copious notes, bibliography, index. A nice copy in dj. More
JEWS AGAINST PREJUDICE; American Jews and the fight for civil liberties
NY: Columbia University, (1997). First printing. 8vo, pp. xi, 364. Notes, bibliography, index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in little faded dj. More
MASTER OF DREAMS; A memoir of Isaac Bashevis Singer
NY: Morrow, (1997). First printing. 8vo, pp. xiv, 350. Notes, glossary. Bottom corners slightly bumped, o/w a nice copy in lightly scuffed dj. Telushkin attended a course Singer was teaching at Bard College. In time, she became his assistant, then his editor, and his translator. Through it all, she kept..... More
THE LAND AND THE BOOK; or Bibical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes, and scenery, of The Holy Land. SOUTHERN PALESTINE AND JERUSALEM. [with] 140 illustrations and maps [includes large double page plate of Jerusalem and its environs].
NY: Harper, 1880. Reprint. Thick 8vo, pp. xx, 592. Bound in green cloth stamped in gilt, black, red. Front hinge a little tender, but a very good clean copy. Heavy! Dr. William M. Thomson was born in Springdale, Ohio, December 31, 1806 son of Rev. John Thomson, a Presbyterian minister..... More
FOUR CENTURIES OF JEWISH WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY; A sourcebook
Boston: Beacon, (1992). Second printing. 8vo, pp. xvii, 350. Sources, index. Donors' presentation on flyleaf. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in dj. More