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RARE jubilee book IN YIDDISH published to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of "Haynt", one of the most popular Yiddish newspapers in Poland, where many prominent Jewish writers and thinkers began their career. The volume contains within its first pages b&w photographs of the past and present personnel of Haynt. The rest of the book consists of Yiddish works in verse and prose, memoirs and articles on Judaism. 325x245mm. 329 pages. Dark red cloth Hardcover. Cover stained and slightly worn. Cover corners and front cover fore edge tattered. Cover corners and edges, and spine edges bumped. Spine wrinkled. Pen inscription on title page. Previous owner's name written in pen on copyright page. Both rear whitepages creased. Pages yellowing with few age-stains. [SUMMARY]: This rare jubilee book of the legendary Yiddish daily newspaper 'Haynt' published in Warsaw from 1906 until 1939, is otherwise in good condition.
205x135, 198pp, hard green cover, slightly worn cover, Signed by the author, else in good+ condition.
FOUR VOLUME SET. [ALL VOLUMES]: 22x28 cm. xlii+128+ñá+238+xii+éà+265+îä+285+xiii pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine is faded and stained. Bottom of spine slightly dirty. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
225X150, soft cover, edges are torn, aging stains on cover, yellowing pages, else in fair+ condition.
225x150, soft cover, worn and yellowing cover, yellowing pages, dedication on first page, else in fair++ condition.
225x150, soft cover, worn and yellowing cover, yellowing pages, else in fair++ condition.
225x155, soft cover, worn cover and spine, cover with aging stains, front cover has a tear, yellowing pages, else in fair+ condition.
IN YIDDISH. 26x17cm. LVI+933 pages. Gilt hardcover. Front cover slightly scratched. Cover corners and upper edge slightly bumped. Spine slightly wrinkled and curved. Spine upper edge slightly bumped. Front inner cover and first whitepage slightly age-stained. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
IN YIDDISH. VOLUME 5 ONLY dedicated to Yiddish theatre personalities who were victims of the Holocaust. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION dated June 1967. Zalmen Zylbercweig (1894-1972) was an historian of Yiddish theater, best known as the author of the six volume 'Leksikon fun Yidishn teater' (Encyclopedia of the Yiddish Theatre or Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre), the largest reference work on the history of Yiddish theatre. 300x235mm. 28+XVI pages & 1150 columns (575 pages: two columns to each page; this volume contains columns 3705-4854). Black cloth Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine. Cover and spine slightly rubbed. Cover edges and corners rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Stain on spine. Author's dedication written in pen on front whitepage upper corner. Binding slightly loose and visible on inner cover. Few pages corner slightly wrinkled. Some pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: Save for some light external wear, this extremely rare volume of the largest and most authoritative lexicon of once vibrant Jewish theatrical scene is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 38 pages. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Cover chipped, bottom corner bumped, good condition. (ComHist-10-16)
Paper wrappers; 8vo. 38 pages. OCLC lists twelve copies worldwide. Some cover soil. Very good condition. (W-62)
Nyu York : Forshung-Instiut baym Yidishn Arbeyer-komitet, 1947-1952. Glossy Paper wrappers, 4to, 12 pages per issue. Monthly. "Facts and Opinions. " Published by the research committee of the Jewish Labor Committee. We located only 1 holding of this periodical (Harvard-partial run) , and none others on OCLC. OCLC does list a later (1971 on) periodical of a similar name, with one holding worldwide (NYPL) . SUBJECT(S) : Jewish labor unions -- Periodicals. Labor movement -- United States -- Periodicals. Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Periodicals. Very Good Condition. Price is per issue(Y-5A)
Vols: 1945 (Nrs. 1-12, Running Nrs. 38-49); 1946 (Nrs. 1-12, Running Nrs. 50-61, not bound); 1947 (Nrs. 1-12, Running Nrs. 62-73), 1948 (Nrs. 1-12, Running Nrs. 74-85); 1951 (Nrs. 1-12, Running Nrs. 109-120); 1952 (Nrs. 1-12, Running Nrs. 121-132); 1953 (Nrs. 1-12, Running Nrs. 133-144); Nyu York : Forshung-Instiut baym Yidishn Arbeyer-komitet, 1947. Cloth, 4to, 12 pages per issue. Monthly. "Facts and Opinions. " Published by the research committee of the Jewish Labor Committee. Postwar period volume. We located only 1 holding of this periodical (Harvard-partial run) , and none others on OCLC. OCLC does list a later (1971 on) periodical of a similar name, with one holding worldwide (NYPL) . SUBJECT(S) : Jewish labor unions -- Periodicals. Labor movement -- United States -- Periodicals. Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Periodicals. Very Good Condition. (Y-5B) Price per annual.
1st edition. Original printed wrappers, Folio (large) , viii, 52. Following extensive Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe into the United Kingdom this Report was commissioned "To inquire into and report upon: (1) The character and extent of the evils which are attributed to the unrestricted immigration of Aliens, especially in the Metropolis; (2) The measures which have been adopted for the restriction and control of Alien Immigration in Foreign Countries, and in British Colonies; and to advise what remedial or precautionary measures it is desirable to adopt in this country. " Light edgewear to bright blue wrappers, otherwise Very Good Condition. (kh-3-27)
Buenos Ayres [Buenos Aires]: Farlag Perl, 1942. Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 80 pages. Yiddish Monthly. Anthology of articles on ancient and modern Judaism. Continued on into at least 1971 (we located an issue Nr. 343) SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Periodicals. Jews -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 7 holdings worldwide. Paper browning at edges, otherwise Very Good Condition. (Y-44)
Original boards. 8vo; 53, 75 pages; Some text in English, some in Yiddish. Nice book Co-sponsored by the Emma Lazarus Federation, the Furrier Joint Council of N. Y. & the Joint Board of the Fur Dressers & Dyers Unions. Bumps to edges. Very Good Condition. (HOLO2-127-6)
Varsha [i. E. Warsaw]: Tsukunft, 1946. Paper Wrappers, 4to (tabloid format) , 24 pages. Photos on cover. This Yiddish Socialist bi-monthly newspaper for Young people ran from Dec. 1, 1922 until sometime in 1948, in various formats at different times. Very interesting vision of a postwar world of Jewish Socialism by the surviving rememnant in Poland, clearly expressing the Bund position of Dokeit ("thereness") , remaining to build Jewish life within a socialist framework with other nationalities, rather than Zionism; this even on Polish soil in the immediate of the aftermath of the Shoah. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish socialists -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jewish youth -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC lists only 1 holding (NYPL) . Newsprint, so paper is brown, but for the most part very solid. What wear there is is at the extreme margins, with, no text loss (Y-28A)
Varsha [i. E. Warsaw] & Paris: Tsukunft, 1946-49. Paper Wrappers, 4to (tabloid format) , 24 pages each issue. Many issues include photos or illustrations on cover. This Yiddish Socialist bi-monthly newspaper for Young people ran from Dec. 1, 1922 until sometime in 1948, in various formats at different times. Very interesting vision of a postwar world of Jewish Socialism by the surviving rememnant in Poland, clearly expressing the Bund position of Dokeit ("thereness") , remaining to build Jewish life within a socialist framework with other nationalities, rather than Zionism; this even on Polish soil in the immediate of the aftermath of the Shoah. 1946 saw only one issue, as reflected by the running issue numbers, in paranteses following the issue number for 1947, above. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish socialists -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jewish youth -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC lists only 1 holding (NYPL) . Newsprint, so paper is brown, but for the most part very solid. What wear there is is at the extreme margins, with, no text loss (Y-28A) Price per issue
Varsha [i. E. Warsaw]: Di Welt, 1925-26. Paper Wrappers, 8vo (pamphlet format) , ca. 36 pages each issue. This Yiddish Socialist Monthly/Semimonthly magazine for Young people ran from Dec. 1, 1922 until sometime in 1948. In addition to these issues from 1925-26 out of Warsaw, the journal was later published instead in Lodz and Paris, and was edited, in succession, by L. Hechtman, J. Mendelsohn, J. Gutgold, & L. Blit. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish socialists -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jewish youth -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC lists only 1 holding (NYPL) . Very Good Condition. (Y-27) Price is per issue
Varsha [i. E. Warsaw]: Di Welt, 1922. Paper Wrappers, 4to (tabloid format) , 16 pages. This Yiddish Socialist bi-monthly newspaper for Young people ran from Dec. 1, 1922 until sometime in 1948, in various formats at different times. The journal was later published in Lodz and Paris, and was edited, in succession, by L. Hechtman, J. Mendelsohn, J. Gutgold, & L. Blit. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish socialists -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jewish youth -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC lists only 1 holding (NYPL) . Newsprint, so paper is brown & fragile, butall wear is at the extreme margins, with, remarkably, no text loss whatsoever. (Y-28)
Nrs. 75(1928, Nr. 15); 92 (1929, Nr 8), 103 (1929, Nr. 19), 105 (1929, Nr. 21), 106 (1929, Nr. 22), 112 (1930, Nr 3), 114 (1930, Nr. 5), 115 (1930, Nr. 6), 118 (1930, Nr. 9), 119 (1930, Nr. 10), 120 (1930, Nr. 11), & 129 (1930, Nr. 20). Varsha [i. E. Warsaw]: Di Welt, 1929-30. Paper Wrappers, 4to (tabloid format) , 16 pages each issue. Many with photos or Socialist Realism illustrations on cover. This Yiddish Socialist bi-monthly newspaper for Young people ran from Dec. 1, 1922 until sometime in 1948, in various formats at different times. In addition to these issues from 1929-1930 out of Warsaw, the journal was later published in Lodz and Paris, and was edited, in succession, by L. Hechtman, J. Mendelsohn, J. Gutgold, & L. Blit. Issues present here are: SUBJECT(S) : Jewish socialists -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jewish youth -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC lists only 1 holding (NYPL) . Newsprint, so paper is brown, but solid, not split at the binding. In any case, all wear is at the extreme margins, with, remarkably, no text loss whatsoever. Good Condition(Y-28) . Price is per issue
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 445, [9], [12] pages. 22 cm. Edition. In Hebrew; one appendix in Russian; added t. P. And introductory matter in English. Folded map attached to lining paper. A history of the Jewish autonomous region of Birobidjan, with detailed sections on immigration and population figures, local and international funding and support for the colonization project, industry, agriculture, forestry, construction, handicrafts, medical services, literature, art, education and culture, Jewish life in the region, and the place of Yiddish. In the series: Sidrat "Galuyot" volume 2. Subjects: Birobidzhan (Russia) - History. Light soiling to cloth and outer edges, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (EE-5-43A) Xx
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 433 pages. 25 cm. First English edition. With over 100 fascimile reproductions, and detailed catalogue of 154 inscriptions on ritual objects, tombstones, and other materials. Added title page: Corpus inscriptionum Hungariae Judaicarum, a temporibus saeculi III. , quae exstant, usque ad annum 1686. Revised English version of: Magyarországi zsidó feliratok a III. Századtól 1686-ig. 1960. Sandor Scheiber (19131985) , rabbi and scholar, rector of the Rabbinical Seminary of Budapest. As an editor and publisher, Scheiber took particular interest in Jewish sacred folklore, the history of Hungarian Jewry, and the connections between Hungarian folklore and world literature. He wrote significant works on János Arany and Kálmán Mikszáth, and kept a diary, written in the form of letters to his brother. After 1933, he published as many as 1, 600 works; one of the most important is his Geniza Studies (1981) , summarizing the results of 40 years of research. He also published the Kaufmann Haggadah (1957) , Immánuel Löws Fauna und Mineralien (1969) and Studien zur jüdischen Folklore (1975) , as well as Ignác Goldzihers Tagebuch (Diary; 1977) , the Maimúni Kódex (1984) , the Heller Bernát Emlékkönyv (Memorial Volume; 1943) , the Low Immánuel Emlékkönyv (Memorial Volume; 1947) , and the Ignace Goldziher Memorial Volume II (1958) . (YIVO Encyclopedia) Subjects: Jewish inscriptions - Hungary. Inscriptions, Hebrew - Hungary. Jewish epitaphs - Hungary. Jews - Hungary - Genealogy. Inscripties. Joden. Inscriptions hébraïques - Hongrie. Épitaphes juives - Hongrie. Juifs - Hongrie. Hungary - Genealogy. Hongrie - Antiquités. Clean and fresh in good jacket. Very good + condition. (EE-5-6)
Publishers cloth. 8vo. 161 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Covers the period of the Chmielnicki Massacre and the Thirty Years War, and the movement of impoverished refugees into Western Europe. Moses Avigdor Shulvass (19091988) , scholar and educator. Born in Plonsk, Poland, Shulvass studied in Berlin. He lived in Erez Israel from 1938 to 1948 and then immigrated to the United States, where he eventually became professor of Jewish history at Spertus College of Jewish Studies in Chicago. His publications in many languages include historical studies on Italian Jewry. Of special interest are his books Roma ve-Yerushalayim (Rome and Jerusalem, 1945) ; Hayyei ha-Yehudim be-Italyah bi-Tekufat ha-Renaissance (Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy, 1955) ; and his biographical sketch of Samuel David Luzzatto with documentary supporting material, Pirkei Hayyim (1951) . He also published two volumes of essays on various aspects of Jewish history, Bi-Zevat ha-Dorot (In the Grip of Generations, 1960) and Between the Rhine and Bosphorus (1964) as well as Die Juden in Wuerzburg waehrend des Mittelalters (1934) . He also wrote From East to West (1971) , Jewish Culture in Eastern Europe (1975) , and The History of the Jewish People (1982) . (EJ 2008) Subjects: Jews - Germany - History - 1096-1800. Jews - Poland - History. Jews - Migrations. Joden. Migratie (demografie) Migration. Geschichte 1600-1800. Very clean and fresh in VG jacket. Very good + condition. (EE-5-37)
Original Wraps. 8vo. 60 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In German. Insribed on title page. An explanation of the Kaddish prayer. The author, Wolf S. Jacobson was a leader of Agudas Yisroel in Berlin between the world wars; he emigrated to Denmark and served as Orthodox Rabbi at Machsike Hadas in Copenhagen; then to Sweden in 1943, and finally to Israel. Subjects: Kaddish. OCLC lists 21 copies. Light soiling to outer edges, overall very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (GER-43-6A)