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193443320Nyu York New York: Farlag Signal 1934. Original illustrated paper wrappers 8vo 190 pages including illustrations. 20 cm In Yiddish. The title translates as “Underground†or “Success.â€<br> Nazi-era Poetry and fiction by Yosl Cutler with illustrations by the author. <br> “A mish-mosh of wildly creative stories and illustrations by Yosl Cutler one of the most original and unique characters in Yiddish cultural life. Includes one of the first Yiddish science fiction stories ‘Afn shtern mars’ On the Planet Mars as well as a great deal of left wing political work in prose poem and cartoon.†Yiddish Book Center. <br> “Cutler was born in Troyanets Volhynia. He studied in religious elementary school. He was orphaned in his youth and at age eleven he became a server in a tavern. He mastered sign painting and in 1911 departed for the United States. He pursued his study of painting and in 1925 he created with the artists Zuni Maud and Jack Tworkov a Yiddish marionette theater called “Modicut†which proved successful in the United States and Europe but didn’t last long because of the great expenses involved. Under the influence of Moyshe Nadir in 1922 he began writing poetry humorous sketches stories and short plays… Of his short plays that were published in journals: Di sokhrim fun fefer Merchants of pepper; Der kindermark The children’s market; and Mayn filozofisher vesher My philosophical laundry; among others. In book form: Muntergang Success New York 1934 190 pp. ‘Yosl Kotler worked in three realms’ wrote M. Olgin ‘which merged into one: writer of humor cartoonist and marionette operator.’ He died in Memphis.†Leksikon Fun Der Nayer Yidisher Literatur<br> SUBJECTS: Yiddish wit and humor. Jewish wit and humor. Short stories Yiddish. Yiddish drama. OCLC: 23578196<br> Clean copy with some worn edges. Good Condition YID-48-75-MLX-’ggecc. Nyu York [New York]: Farlag Signal unknown
IN YIDDISH. VOLUME TWO ONLY 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. This comprehensive six-volume encyclopedia was compiled and edited by the eminent historian of Yiddish theater - Zalmen Zylbercweig (1894-1972). 300x235mm. VI+800 columns (575 pages: two columns to each page; this volume contains columns 801-1600). Black patterned rebound Hardcover. Gilt decoration on front cover. Gilt decoration partly peeled. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine edges and hinges wrinkled. Ex-library copy with stamps on front whitepage and English title-page. Endpapers wrinkled. Front whitepage and several first pages age-stained. Hole on rear white page fore edge - NO damage to text. Pages I-VI corners and edges tattered - NO damage to text. Last page partly detached from binding. Binding slightly visible between two last pages (columns 1596-1597). Some pages slightly age-stained (mainly edges/corners). Pages yellowing and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: Save for some mostly 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.
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.
IN YIDDISH. THIS VOLUME ONLY. 30.5x24 cm.16+26 pages+1149 columns (3705-4854). Gilt hardcover. Cover and spine are scuffed, dirty and stained. Spine partially visible between cover and body of book. Front white page is slightly damaged. Pages are slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
IN YIDDISH. THIS VOLUME ONLY. 305x240mm. 1278 Columns [4855-6132]. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover edges and corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly loose and slightly bumped. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
1974500528New York: Hebrew Union College Press and Ktav Publishing House 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. An excellent ex-synagogue-library copy with lean to spine and suggestion of foxing to top edge only. Text clean and bright. Binding tight. Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair . Hebrew Union College Press and Ktav Publishing House Hardcover
Paper wrappers, 8vo, 40 pages (uncut) , in Yiddish, Publisher specialized in Yiddish drama. SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish -- Drama -- Operetta. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (National Library of Israel) Inscription on cover page. Edge wear to all pages, no text loss. Spine repaired. Good condition. (YID-20-1)
IN HEBREW. 23x16 cm. 231 pages. Hardcover. In good condition.
IN HEBREW. 230x160 mm. 231 pages. Hardcover. Cover rubbed, slightly yellowing and slightly stained. Cover edges slightly bumped. Cover corners slightly worn. Spine slightly bumped, slightly yellowing and slightly rubbed. Rear inner cover slightly stained. Few pages slightly stained - no damage to text. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
1st separate edition. Original illustrated modernist paper wrappers. 8vo. 64 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "Metatron: An Apocalyptic Poem. " First appeared in Di Yidishe Velt periodical in 1914. Aaron Zeitlin (1898-1973) was a Yiddish writer and the son of famous Jewish writer Hillel Zeitlin. He was close with Isaac Bashevis Singer and briefly taught Hebrew literature at JTS (Wikipedia, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Yiddish poetry. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19304954) . Spine is chipped and worn. Wrappers are edgeworn. Pages browning. Overall good condition. (YID-33-87-ELBBKK'o)
19180728DBeysam Lodz Poland: . 1918 126 p. Blanks bound between at pgs. 87-91. Illustrated. 4to. 280 mm. Original wraps bound in. Paper browned. Full buckram binding. Bookplate and manuscript ownerships of Israel Stiefel 1898-1966. He was Chairman of the Caucus of Democratic Senators during his tenure as a Pennsylvania State Senator 1936-1964. In addition to his Senate career Israel Stiefel was a scholar of the bible and Semitic languages and a widely acclaimed philanthropist. He also taught political science at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. There is also a pictorial stamp of the American Federation of Polish Jews. Scarce. Memorial issued as a book of remembrance of fallen zionists guards defenders and workers in Palestine. HEBREW Basement. Soft cover. Beysam, Lodz (Poland): . paperback
Original Cloth. 4to. XLVII, 828 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Yiddish; added title page and abstracts in German. Double column pagination. Edited by Elias Tcherikower; Historishe shriftn (Historical Writings) ; three volumes were published in 1929, 1937, and 1939. The "primary journal for serious historical scholarship in Yiddish in the interwar period. " - Yivo Encyclopedia. . First volume of the Historishe Shriftn (Historical Writings) of the Historical Section of the YIVO. Articles by S. Dubnow, I. Shiper, N. M. Gelber, E. Ringelblum, Z. Rubashov, H. Borodianski, A. Menes, S. Barkin, I. Shatzky, A. Tcherikower, M. Balaban, A. Landoy, P. Kon, N. Prilutski, and others. Articles on Moses Mendelssohn, the family letters of Ferdinand Lasalle (with facsimiles) , the life and writings of Nathan ben Moses Hannover, the Jews in Poland in the 10th and 11th centuries, Jews in Medieval Warsaw, the struggle for Jewish emancipation in England, Jews in the Polish uprising of 1863, the Jewish Socialist Movement, the 1876 Articles of the Jewish Socialist Union in London with facsimile, history of the first Russian-Yiddish journal; reports on important Materials and Documents held at archives and research institutes. Subjects: Jews - Europe, Eastern - History. YIVO Historical Section. Jewish socialists - Europe, Eastern - History. Jews - History. Ethnic relations. Jewish socialists. Jews. History. Europe, Eastern - Ethnic relations. Bound in brown cloth with gilt title. Binding repaired; edges bumped, endpages lightly soiled, otherwise fresh and clean. Good + condition. (YID-22-50)
Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 33 pages, 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to Rules of Yiddish Orthography. A language guide for Jewish refugees in Italy following the Holocaust. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide (OCLC: 35744131) . SUBJECTS: Yiddish language -- Orthography and spelling. Edge wear to wrappers. Pages browning. Otherwise Good Condition. (YID-40-65-L-'x)
1938297232Peretz Yiddish Writer's Union 1938. Hardcover . Good. 397 pages in Yiddish tears to spine and side of spine covers worn stained black mark on yiddish copy right page Peretz Yiddish Writer's Union hardcover
195949878New York: Celia Adler Fondeyshon un bukh-komitet Celia Adler Foundation 1959. First Edition. Two octavo volumes 24cm. Blue cloth boards; dustjackets; viii688pp; illus. Old damp-marks to board edges of both volumes causing discoloration to cloth but no structural damage. Text clean tight and unmarked; jackets lightly worn and sun-faded; complete sound and Good. Text entirely in Yiddish save verso of title page which provides both a transcription and an English-language translation of the title and publisher. Exceedingly uncommon autobiography of Celia Adler 1899-1979 daughter of Jacob Adler and half-sister to Stella Adler known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre." Adler was associated with the Yiddish Art Theater movement of the 1920s and gave one of the first theatrical portrayals of a Holocaust survivor in her brother Luther's 1946 Broadway production A Flag is Born. Unaccountably scarce even for an American work written entirely in Yiddish: OCLC notes a single location only in the U.S. Northwestern; five more copies are in European and Israeli institutions. Celia Adler Fondeyshon un bukh-komitet [Celia Adler Foundation] unknown books
51-1032Latvia: 1920s-1930s. A Collection of 8 Yiddish Theater posters from the 1920s and 1930s. Yiddish Latvian poster of the Ebreju Tautas Teatrs Jewish people Theater. Letter press in red and black on fine paper mounted on canvas. 91 x 60.5 cm. Riga Spiestuve vards 1930 announcement of an event on Saturday April 17 d. j.: Bene_ z of the character comedian Natan Reichenberg. Premiere! For the first time in Riga the large entertaining equipment operetta with completely new vocal pieces help! A bride. The comic role of "Kivele Feldsher" Akiva the medics the Bene_ acquires ziant. -Printed in Latvian and Yiddish language with photographic print. -Paper browned minimal fold marks on the outer edge. -Rare poster.Yiddish Latvian poster of the Rigas teatris zidu minoritates Riga Jewish minorities Theater. Letterpress in red and black on fine paper. 71 x 53.5 cm. Riga SP. extra 1925. announcement of the _ eaterstücks the Jewish robber on November 26. -Printed in the Latvian and Yiddish languages. -Paper slightly tanned with vertical folding kl. Defects especially upper-right corner on the outer edge with small tears. -Very rare poster.Yiddish Latvian poster of the Rigas teatris zidu minoritates Riga Jewish minorities _ Theater. Letter press in red and black on fine paper. 71 x 50 cm. Riga SP. extra 1925. announcement of different theatrical works: A man an unlucky guy. -The curly haired blonde -In life tri_ all . -The Jewish Bandit November 17-22. -Printed in the Latvian and Yiddish languages. -Paper minimally tanned with vertical and horizontal folding Small Defects minimal _ square on the outer edge with small tears. -Very rare poster.Yiddish Latvian poster of the Rigas teatris zidu minoritates Riga Jewish minorities Theater. Letterpress in red and black on fine paper. 106 x 71 cm. Riga SP. extra 1933 announcement of solemn Erö_ regulation IX season on Saturday Sept. 30 Sunday 1 Oct 1933 8.30 evening. Performed by: Genia Schalit Nina Talini oSIP Runitsch in the well-known piece of David Golder. In four acts by A. Nemirowskaja. -With 2 dates. -Printed in the Latvian and Yiddish languages. -Paper minimally tanned partly with resounding mount tracks with vertical and horizontal folds & light Abklatsch small. Defects somewhat spotted and knicked. -Very rare poster. Latvian Yiddish poster. Woodcut on fine green paper. 66 x 51 cm. Daugavpils Latvia Pilsetas spiestuve litogra_ Yes 1920s. The translated content of the poster: Sunday August 15 7: 00 the Dünaburger Trade Association invites in the Riga road 42 in the Novonowitsch-Hall to a meeting on the election of the municipal administration. Speaker are: Al Kopelowski A. Bulavko Sch. Heller Salman Barak N. Magid and others. "Dealer! Come numerous. Dealers and sellers. Bear in mind that your list is the list of 5 the Listedes of trade association."- printed in the Latvian and Yiddish languages. -Paper with vertical & horizontal folds and knicks-Rare poster.Latvian Yiddish poster. Woodcut in blue on fine paper. 93 x 62.5 cm. Daugavpils Latvia Pilset. spiestuvelitogra _ Yes 1920s. Election poster: David challenge the dealer! 'Remember - no voice of the dealer for a different list than the list 5 vote for the list of dealers no. 5' - 3 languages printed in Yiddish Russian and Latvian. -Paper with vertical & horizontal folding some with red marks. Knicks and small tears -Rare poster.Latvian Yiddish poster. Woodcut on fine Orange paper. 49.5 x 31.5 cm. Daugavpils Latvia Pilsetas spiestuve litogra_ Yes 1920s. The translated content of the poster: Agudat Israel Daugavpils. Taking place on Monday August 17 8 o'clock in the evening. A folk Assembly in Klingmann Hall Riga Street 42. The elections. Asked to show! -Printed in the Latvian and Yiddish languages. -Paper with horizontal folds tears and stains-Rare poster.Images of all the posters are available Latvia: 1920s-1930s unknown
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo, 172 pages. 23 cm. SUBJECTS: Yiddish language -- Congresses. Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut -- Congresses. Browning to cover and pages. Very good condition. (AC-1-16)
1938218650New York : Yiddish Scientific Institute 1938. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn with some fraying. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Rear hinge starting. Minor library marks. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 348 pages; Description: 1v. 348p. 1 port; 23cm. Subjects: Jewish studies -- Science -- History -- Language -- Yiddish culture -- United States. Notes: Added title page and table of contents in English. Language: Hebrew. New York : Yiddish Scientific Institute hardcover
192936164Vilne: Vilner Farlag B. Kletskin 1929. Hardcover. g. Quarto. Vol. 2: 8 516 XXVII. Black buckram with gold lettering on front. Blind stamp borders on spine with red text boxes. Blind stamp symbol and lettering on back boards. Brown decorative endpapers b/w photographic facsimile plates and cuts throughout. Includes articles about the history of Yiddish theater Slavic influences on Yiddish burial customs early German thief jargon and Yiddish surnames in Ukraine. Additional title pages and summaries in English. Slight wearing on edges and ends. Top of spine torn. Slight age toning. Binding and interior in good condition. Text in Yiddish. Vilner Farlag B. Kletskin hardcover
1912224381912. Schwartz Isidor Publisher. Vi Azoy Tsu Veren a Sitizen. / The Citizen: A Guide to Naturalization. All Important Questions and Answers Printed in Hebrew and Yiddish Also Translations in Plain English Which You are to Know When Applying for Your Final Citizen Papers. Brooklyn: Aroysgegeben fun Isidor Schwartz / Published by Isidor Schwartz n.d. after 1912. Only edition. 31 page. Text in English and Yiddish both transliterated and Hebrew script. 6" x 4.5. Stapled pamphlet in printe wrappers.<br /> <br /> An immigrant-era Yiddish-English naturalization guide for Jewish immigrants preparing to become U.S. citizens published by Isidor Schwartz in Brooklyn. This vernacular instructional manual contains sample questions and answers in three formats: English Yiddish in Hebrew script and transliterated English in Latin script referred to on the cover as "Jewish-English". Designed for oral preparation it walks new arrivals through both general and localized questions commonly asked at the naturalization interview particularly for applicants in New York. Questions range from general American civics-"How does a bill become a law"-to specific regional knowledge-"What is the capital of New York State" and "How many stars has the American flag" The answer is noted as "Forty-eight stars" dating the publication to after Arizona and New Mexico's 1912 admission but before Alaska and Hawaii. The phrasing used-"We vote for the candidate who is in our opinion best fitted to occupy the office he wishes to be elected to"-illustrates the pamphlet's focus on simplified phonetic civic literacy.<br /> <br /> A vital artifact of Jewish immigrant life and Americanization in the early 20th century this pamphlet exemplifies how Jewish community publishers mediated state bureaucracies for recent arrivals. Yiddish language guides like this one offered more than instruction-they were part of the infrastructure of mutual aid and cultural transition particularly within New York's dense immigrant communities.<br /> <br /> Fragile condition with moderate chipping and edgewear to front and rear wrappers including some closed tears and loss at corners; interior pages clean and legible. Overall good condition. A scarce and historically significant publication supporting Jewish American integration during a peak period of Yiddish-speaking immigration; OCLC locates only 8 institutional holdings worldwide. unknown
1922N442Berlin: Rimon Publ. House 1922. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio. 1922-1924. Issues 1 - 6 all published. Some 250pp. for the 6 parts bound together in the ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S HALF CLOTH. Each issue HAS A FINE DECORATIVE COVER PRESERVED HERE. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. MANY IN COLOR. Contributors included Bialik Lissitzky Chagall Tchernichovsky Nathan Altman and others many of the Jewish-Russian Avantgarde. This YIDDISH language journal published in BERLIN between 1922-1924 was dedicated to Jewish arts and literature and unique in its paper and printing quality. It served as a parallel publication to the Hebrew edition "Rimon" but varied in the literary content which was edited by the famous Yiddish writers Dovid Bergelson and Der Nister. The initiators of this exquisite production were Dr. Mark Wischnitzer and his wife famous art historian RACHEL BERNSTEIN-WISCHNITZER who had joined a group of Russian-Jewish intellectuals immigrants in Berlin with multi-lingual literary needs. Text in yiddish except for the additional content page in each issue which is in German for the first issue and in English for all the others issues. Condition of binding: Head and tail of spine with small expert repair hard to notice Cover with a few minimal markings. A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND FRESH COPY .RARE in this complete and fine state! ---ERSTE ORIGINAL -AUSGABE 1- 6 alles erschienen. Ca. 250 S. für die 6 Teile zusammengebunden in dem Original-Halbleinen des Herausgebers. Jede einzelne der 6 Ausgaben hat ein eindrucksvolles dekoratives Umschlagsblatt alle sind erhalten. Reich illustriert teils farbig. Mit Beiträgen von Ch.N. Bialik Marc Chagall Eli Lissitzky Nathan Altman u.a. viele Vertreter der JÜDISCH- RUSSISCHEN AVANTGARDE. Dieses jiddische Journal wurde in Berlin zwischen 1922 -und 1924 veröffentlicht und war der jüdischen Kunst und Literatur gewidmet. Es erschien parallel zu der hebräischen Edition genannt "Rimon" hatte aber einen anderen literarischen Inhalt. Text in jiddisch mit Ausnahme der zusätzlichen Inhaltsgabe der jeweiligen der 6 Ausgaben beim ersten Heft in deutsch bei Heft 2- 6 in englisch.Die Initiatoren dieser herausragenden Produktion in herausragender Druckqualität waren Dr. Mark Wischnitzer und seine Frau die berühmte Kunsthistorikerin Rachel Bernstein-Wischitzer.Beide hatten sich einer Gruppe von russisch-jüdischen Intellektuellen in Berlin angeschlossen.: Einband am Kopf des Rückens und unten mit einer kleinen kaum sichtbaren professionellen Restauration. Einband mit einigen wenigen minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Ein sehr sauberes und frisches Exemplar. SELTEN! <br/> <br/> Rimon Publ. House hardcover
1964N5079Tel Aviv Israel: Di Goldene Keyt -Perets Publ House 1964. Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 42812pp Yiddish text. Titleßpage also in English. Hinges at bottom of back covers 2 cm slightly open. Some foxing on covers. Otherwise a very good copy. <br/> <br/> Di Goldene Keyt -Perets Publ House hardcover
IN HEBREW AND YIDDISH. Contains photos in b&w. 220x275 mm. Gilt hardcover. Cover stained and slightly bumped. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
1st edition. Original paper wrappers in protective library binder. 8vo. 22 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "A Selection of Yehoash's Letters." Solomon Blumgarten, known by his pen name Yehoash, is one of the best known Yiddish poets of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1923, The New York Times referred to him as one of Yiddish literature's greatest living poets and most skilled raconteurs" (Wikipedia). SUBJECTS: Authors, Yiddish -- Correspondence. OCLC: 872501808. Ex-library with no markings. Very good condition. Surprisingly scarce. (YID-33-40-LXE)
64208974McGill-Queen's University Press pp. xxv 362 . Hardback. New. McGill-Queen's University Press hardcover
