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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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
Strappo al dorso della copertina<br/>Collana IL BOSCO 68<br/>Legatura rilegato in mezza tela<br/>Formato Ottavo<br/>Num Pagine 168<br/>Traduttore Annamarcella Tedeschi Falco<br/>Prima Edizione
Original Wraps. 4to. 24 pages. 29 cm. First edition. In Yiddish, with some English at rear. Shtraln, published for the first graduation of the Workmens Circle School in Buffalo, New York, June, 1940. With three photographs. With commemorative essays for the celebration of the first graduating class, and various students essays on Emigration, Eugene Debs, Abraham Reizen, and Yiddish education. Rear contains advertisements in Yiddish and English, with various local branches of the workmens circle in Buffalo represented. Includes English advertisement requesting parents to enroll their children in the Yiddish school. Marked Printed in Canada on back wrap. Subjects: Jews - Education - Buffalo (N. Y. ) . Workmen's Circle (U. S. ) . Schools. No copies listed on OCLC. Light wear to wraps, very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (YID-18-39)
Original Cloth. 8vo. 192 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Finf un tsvantsig yor folks-bine: aroysgegebn tsum finf un tsvantsig yorign yubiley fayerung fun der dramatisher institutsye fun Arbayter ring, Brentsh 555. 25 Years of the Folksbiene (The People's Stage) . A jubilee celebration volume, with contributions from Avrom Reyzen, Ab. Cahan, Hillel Rogoff, Avrom Goldfaden, and a history of the folks-bine by Yankev Fishman. The Folksbiene, Branch 555 of the WC a Yiddish theatre troupe which presented classics in Yiddish translation as well as original works. Subjects: Jewish theater. Folksbiene. Workmen's Circle Theatre. Workmen's Circle (U. S. ) . Branch 555, New York. OCLC lists 23 copies. Light soiling to cloth, previous owners name in pencil on endpage, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (YID-22-42)
New York, Workmen's Circle, 1978. Paper Wrappers, 4to, 32 pages. In Yiddish. Bimontly (i. E. 6 times per year) . On the activies of the Workmans Circle/Arbayter Ring. OCLC lists 9 holdings worldwide. Very Good Condition. (Y-1-17) Price is per issue
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. x, 261 pages. Volume 4 of the Wiener Library Catalog series of books on the Holocaust. We have found this to be an excellent reference work; we keep 1 in the shop for our use. Light wear, Very Good Condition (HOLO2-75-7)
8vo; 208 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 208 pages. Third, Revised Edition. The first volume of the Wiener Library Catalog, in our opinion still the most important work in the set. What Robinson & Friedman did for Yiddish and Eastern European works on the Holocaust, Wolff did for Western European material--we find it to be the best bibliography for Jewish and non-Jewish Holocaust material produced in the Western overrun countries prior to 1950. Includes bibliography (pages 13-18). Ex-lib with minimal markings (bookplate and stamp).Tear at top of backstrip. Otherwise, very good condition. (HOLO2-75-4).
8vo; 208 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 208 pages. Third, Revised Edition. The first volume of the Wiener Library Catalog, in our opinion still the most important work in the set. What Robinson & Friedman did for Yiddish and Eastern European works on the Holocaust, Wolff did for Western European material--we find it to be the best bibliography for Jewish and non-Jewish Holocaust material produced in the Western overrun countries prior to 1950. Includes bibliography (pages 13-18). Very good condition. (HOLO2-75-4A).
Original Wraps. 8vo. 167 pages. 21 cm. Edition. In Polish and English. With 62 photographs. Program for the Third Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow, with history and photographs of the previous two festivals (with photographs of Czeslaw Milosz, Manfred Lamm, Shura Lipovsky, etc) ; lengthy articles introducing the musical acts (Adrienne Cooper, Klezmatics, Zalmen Mlotek, etc. ) , films, plays and events of the third festival. A very small community of Jews stayed in Kraków, and in the 1990s a revival of Jewish culture took place. The Center for Jewish Culture, located in Kazimierz, organizes a variety of public events; a popular Jewish cultural festival is held each year. A center for Jewish studies has been established at the Jagiellonian University, while many of the remaining synagogues in Kazimierz are gradually being restored. (Yivo Encyclopedia) . Subjects: Festiwal Kultury Zydowskiej (3 ; 1992 ; Kraków) . Jews - Poland - Intellectual life. OCLC lists two copies (Nukat, Natl Libr Poland) . Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh and clean. Good + condition. (EE-5-4)
Ha-'orekh, Hayim Rabin. Tel Aviv, 1970. Very good condition. (YIZ-3-7)
15x21.5 cm. 207 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. In good condition.
Original Wraps. 12mo. 38, [4] pages. 18 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. English title: The Gaon of Wilna; Biography by P. Wiernik. A biography of Elijah Ben Solomon (also called Elijah Wilna, Elijah Gaon, and Der Wilner Gaon) the famous Lithuanian Talmudist, cabalist, grammarian, and mathematician; born at Wilna April 23, 1720; died there Oct. 9, 1797. Written by the American Yiddish Journalist Peter Wiernik, "editor for New York's most important Yiddish daily, the Jewish Morning Journal. His editorials, possessed of intelligence, good taste and tolerance, advocated a fusion of modern Orthodoxy and Americanism, and evinced a coolness to political Zionism and hostility to socialism. " (Joseph Hirsch, EJ) Subjects: Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Wilna, 1720-1798. OCLC lists 8 copies. Light soiling to cover, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (YID-18-13)
IN HEBREW. 23X16 cm. 526 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly chafed. Else in good condition.
