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First English edition of Der Judenstaat, published in German in the same year. [xii], 102, [1] ad, pages. "Let the sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the globe large enough to satisfy the reasonable requirements of a nation; the rest we shall manage for ourselves". - p.25. In his July 10, 1896 diary entry Herzl wrote "Paid the publisher David Nutt 19 pounds and a few shillings for the English edition. He has sold only 160 copies". - p.414 of "The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl". Moderate external soiling. Above-average external wear with a variety of small chips from and short openings to the thin paper covers. Binding intact. Prior owner's details in pencil, dated 1896, atop half-title, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy of this profoundly influential work by the acknowledged father of the Jewish state. Emanuel p.53 Book
First appearance of this prescient series of fictional letters, spanning sixteen months between 1932 and 1934, between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his gentile business partner who has returned to Germany in the formative years of the Nazi regime. Simon & Schuster published the first book edition in 1939 and a film noir version followed in 1944. Subsequent stage play performances have continued globally until recent years. The magnum opus of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor [1903-1996], she was assigned the nom de plume Kressman Taylor by her husband and Story's editor Whit Burnett who, per an online reference, felt the concept of murder by mail was too strong to appear under the name of a woman. Occupies pages 20-32 of this 104 page magazine which is clean and unmarked with respectful wear. Front cover beginning to loosen and must be handled gently. Two-inch openings at head and foot of front cover at spine. A quality copy of this stunning literary achievement. Book
1st edition. Period-style gilt tooled Morocco leather. 12mo, various pagination (aprox 475 pages total) . Singerman 1285, Goldman 40. The first Ashkenazi machzor printed in America. Based upon the celebrated Wolf Heidenheim edition, Henry (Chaim) Frank of New York published in 1854 2 prayer-books for the Days of Awe: This volume for the New Year, as well as a volume for Yom Kipur. He issued this set following the Polish tradition and, simultaneously, a set following the German tradition. This enabled the newly rising community of Central European Jews to conduct services according to their own custom, as opposed to that of the Sephardic rite. Frank went on in later years to issue other volumes for other Holidays. A set (New Year and Yom Kipur) of the German tradition set with repairs sold at auction for over $17,000 with commissions in 2012. No copies from the Polish set have ever appeared at major Auction. New Year's Volume has Hebrew title page 1/7 in original in 6/7 in professional facsimile (English title page and all text pages original) in spine professionally repaired with original backstrip attractively laid down; Atonement volume in all original binding with wear, especially at foot of spine. Some foxing as expected. Together a very attractive, very good condition set of this exceedingly rare and important high point in American Jewish liturgical history. (AMR-69-13)
A modern Jew, perhaps for the first time, analyzes western civilization as an expression of the Gentile way of life and shows where this clashes with the nature and spiritual impulses of the Jew. - paraphrased from front flap of replica dust jacket included with this copy. "We Jews, we, the destroyers, will remain the destroyers for ever. Nothing that you will do will meet our needs and demands - The wretched fate which scattered us through your midst has thrust this unwelcome role upon us." - p. 155. "I console myself with the thought that if this book offends by its assertiveness, God knows that the infinite tactfulness of thousands of other Jews seems to have offended no less. Whatever we do we are damned - and I would rather be damned standing up than lying down." - p. 221. "Born in Romania, Maurice Samuel [1895-1972] moved to the United States in 1914. A Jewish intellectual and writer, he is best known for You Gentiles." - Wikipedia. [6], 7-221pp. 7.75" x 5.5". Narrow opening in binding at title page. Unmarked with average wear and soiling. Book
5614 [185354]. 1st edition. Original period deluxe tooled leather, 4to, [iv], 1011, [v] pages [1020 pages total]. COPY BELONGING TO JEWISH COMMUNAL LEADER AND DIPLOMAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEIXOTTO (18341890), WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER ("B.F. Peixotto, Cleveland, O. 1865"). Beautiful original period leather binding with tooled leather boards and board edges and raised bands. All Edges Gilt. The first edition of the first translation of the full Hebrew bible (Old Testament) into English by a Jew. Deinard 847; Singerman 1271; Goldman 12. Vinograd, Philadelphia 21. Very important work, Isaac Leesers magnum opus. In the preface, Leeser here writes of a life-long ambition to do for his fellow Hebrews who use the English as their vernacular, what had been done for the Germans by some of the most eminent minds That is, to present an Old Testament Bible in the peoples tongue which was unprejudiced against Jews. This task took Rabbi Leeser more than 15 years to complete. The Twenty-Four Books..., has remained Leeser's literary magnum opus and his most lasting contribution to Judaism in America. Printed in 1854, complete with "short explanatory notes, " his efforts at biblical translation had actually developed in stages, beginning almost two decades earlier. Leeser's first biblical translation was The Law of God, a Pentateuch (Five Books of Moses) in five volumes, published in 1845. According to Leesers biographer Lance Sussman, one factor convincing Leeser of the need for a Jewish-translated bible into English was the opening of Rebecca Gratz's Sunday School in March 1838, in Philadelphia. The school was desperately in need of appropriate study material, with students using the King James Bible for want of a Jewish alternative: religiously objectionable passages in other texts provided by Protestant organizations were either pasted over or torn out by Gratz's staff. Leeser, who supported the Sunday School and was its chief academic resource person, felt compelled to find more suitable texts for the students. Leeser's Bible, as it has come to be known, quickly became the standard Bible for English-speaking Jews, especially in America. The impetus for Leeser throughout was always his desire to provide the Jews of America with an English text of the Bible that was produced by one of their own and was not tainted by conversionist motivations. In his preface to the present volume, Leeser characterizes this culmination of his long years of endeavor as having finally provided for his fellow Jews "a version of the Bible which has not been made by the authority of churches in which they have no confidence." Benjamin Franklin Peixotto (18341890), the owner of this bible, was a lawyer, diplomat, and important Jewish communal leader. His mother, Rachel Seixas, and his paternal grandfather, Moses Levi Maduro Peixotto (Hazzan of New York's Congregation Shearith Israel from 1820-1828) were both members of important early New York Jewish families. Young Benjamin settled in Cleveland during 184766, writing frequent editorials for the daily Cleveland Plain Dealer. In 1855, Peixotto and [George A.] Davis founded the Hebrew Benevolent Society; Peixotto was its secretary. In 1863 Peixotto helped found the first Cleveland lodge of B'nai B'rith. In 1860, he founded the Young Men's Hebrew Literary Society, four years later convincing it to affiliate with B'nai B'rith as Montefiore Lodge (Ency Cleveland History, 2020). In addition, Peixotto was a follower of Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois [Abraham Lincolns famous sparring partner in the Great Debates of 1858], under whose guidance Peixotto studied law. A trustee and founder of the Sunday School at Congregation Tifereth Israel (now The Temple), he served as Grand Sar (president) of B'nai B'rith during 186364 and was the prime mover for its Jewish Orphan Asylum (now Bellefaire) established in Cleveland in 1869 .Early in 1870, moved by the Romanian persecution of Jews, Peixotto succeeded in becoming the first U.S. consul in Bucharest, appointed by President Grant through the intervention of the Seligmans. His financial needs in the unpaid position, as well as political support, were provided, not always reliably, by a group of wealthy U.S. Jews, along with the B'nai B'rith, the Board of Delegates of American Israelites, and prominent French and English Jews led by Sir Francis Goldsmid. In Bucharest Peixotto pressed vigorously for Jewish emancipation, to which Romanian Jews were legally entitled by the Treaty of Paris of 1856, and also took the initiative in founding Jewish schools, cultural societies, and Romanian B'nai B'rith, as part of his plan to modernize Jewish life in that country .his well-publicized presence inhibited new antisemitic legislation and avoided or mitigated several pogroms .he continued to endorse emigration privately while serving in Bucharest until 1876. From 1877 to 1885 Peixotto was U.S. consul in Lyons .His son was George Da Maduro Peixotto (18591937), a painter .He became a notable portrait painter, executing portraits from life of Cardinal Manning, President McKinley, Chief Justice Waite, and John Hay, among others .Peixotto's portrait of Sir Moses Montefiore at the latter's centenary in 1884 hung in the Corcoran Gallery, and his painting of [Rabbi] Julius Bien hangs in the National Museum, Washington, D.C. (JewishVirtualLibrary). For more on this work, see: Israel Abrahams, Isaac Leesers Bible," By-Paths in Hebraic Bookland (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1920), 254-259. Ephraim Deinard, Kohelet america: yakhil reshimat kol ha-sefarim asher nidpesu ba-america mi-shenat [5]495 (1735) ad shenat [5]686 (1926) u-bikkoret ketsarah kimat al kol sefer, vol. 2 (St. Louis: Moinester Printing Company, 1926), 133 (no. 847). Yosef Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926: A History and Annotated Bibliography, vol. 1 (Brooklyn: Yosef Goldman, 2006), 12-13 (no. 12). Jonathan D. Sarna and Nahum M. Sarna, Jewish Bible Scholarship and Translations in the United States," in Ernest S. Frerichs (ed.), The Bible and Bibles in America (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988), 83-116, at pp. 84-92. Lance J. Sussman, Another Look at Isaac Leeser and the First Jewish Translation of the Bible in the United States," Modern Judaism 5,2 (1985): 159-190. Lance J. Sussman, Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995), 150-151, 185-193. The most recent sale of any copy of this work at auction (2018) was for over $16,000 (with premium). Original tooled black leather binding expertly repaired, with some light wear and loss of gilt to boards and edges. Rubbing to lemon endpapers and small repairs to outer margins of some leaves. A beautiful copy of this landmark of American Jewish scholarship with important provenance. Very Good Condition (AMR-39-53-BD)
4to ; 1st edition thus. 18th Century Full Leather, 4to, 4 parts in 1 volume: [148] + [112] + [119] + [128] leaves, with four sectional woodcut title pages within elaborately decorated architectural framework, their first appearance. Steinschneider, M. Cat. librorum hebraeorum, 47, 277; Cowley, 83; VD 16; ZV 17573. The Pentateuch with the Early and Later Prophets and Hagiographa. Pointed Hebrew with cantillation. Title and further information on colophon. Some opening words have woodcut decorated frames. The title page designs were so impressive that they were used again in later editions such as the Frankfurt am Oder Hebrew Bible of 1595. With extensive scholarly notations in Latin in a 17th Century hand to margins and blank rectos of well over 400 pages. Signatures in Arabic and Roman numerals: Pts. 1-2. 1-654 (334 blank, 654 verso blank) -- pt. 3. 1-304 (303 verso blank, 304 blank) -- pt. 4. 1-324 (11 verso blank, 324 verso blank). Haftarot and Pesukim are recorded in the margins. Place of printing from colophon, which is on verso of last leaf: "Nidpas be-mitsvat Yohanan u-Khonrad Ruihl ha-ahim." SUBJECT(S): Bible. Hebrew -- Versions. Haftarot. OCLC: 123017672. OCLC-Worldcat lists copies worldwide (HUC, Yale, Cambridge, Edinburgh Univ, Oxford, British Lib, NLI, Bar Ilan), with only two in the US. Eight leaves missing (91-104). In the final volume, Ketuvim, four leaves show a touch of outer margin loss, with an additional seven leaves showing substantial margin loss but touching only a letter or two of text. Thirteen leaves show enough margin loss that text is affected though never more than the outer portion of the top six lines of any leaf. Three leaves with margin notes are affected. Margin notes predate the 18th century binding and in many cases appear to have suffered some loss with trimming and rebinding in the 18th Century. 16th Century rag paper and internal binding remain very nice. Beautiful 18th Century British binding with leather spine label and armorial bookplate on front pastedown remain outstanding. Very Good Condition thus. No copies appearing at auction in the last 25 years. Rare and important, with significant period marginalia. (KH-10-7)
First edition, first issue as indicated by the closing left flower vignette on the final page. Period Cloth with typical period Polish cloth spine and corners, 8vo, 86 pages. In German. Title translates as, "The Jewish State: The Search for a Modern Solution to the Jewish Question." First edition of Herzl's seminal call for an independent Jewish state. Der Judenstaat "has remained the single most important manifesto of modern Zionism and is one of the most important books in the history of the Jewish People" (Heymann, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana--Treasures of Jewish Booklore 46:102-03). Insisting that assimilation was not the solution to millenia if suffering by the Jewish people, Herzl proposed instead that "sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the globe large enough to satisfy the reasonable requirements of a nation; the rest we shall manage for ourselves." First published in Vienna in 1896 as Der Judenstaat and in English that same year (in London by David Nutt), this work set forth Herzl's lifes work to "transform Zionism from a weak and insignificant movement into a world organization and a political entity that Great Britain was prepared to accept as the authorized representative of the Jewish people. This in turn led to the Balfour Declaration and eventually to the founding of the State of Israel" (EJ). "It was Herzl's book which really crystallized the idea of a national home for the Jews. Two conceptions had prevailed hitherto: either that of the ghetto, presupposing an unbridgeable gulf between Jews and Gentiles, or that of assimilation, which meant a complete acceptance by the Jews of their environment leading eventually to becoming among whom they lived. Herzl took a different view. By his work he transformed the Jewish people from a passive community into a positive political force" (PMM 381). Shows the acquisition, and then deaccession, stamps of a prominent Eastern European library. Auction sales for this work reached over $10,600 in 2020 and then almost $12,000 (with commissions) in 2021. In sum, Theodor Herzls Der Judenstaat is considered one of the most important texts of early Zionism. Published on February 14, 1896, translations into Hebrew, English, French, Russian, and Rumanian appeared in the course of the same year. Altogether the book was published in 80 separate editions in 18 languages. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Restoration. Geschichte. Quelle. Zionismus. Zionism. Judentum. OCLC: 4952913. Rubbing to boards as expected. Early number on front board and stamp on title page; modern dime-sized library stamps on obverse of title and on final page. Very Good Condition thus. (KH-10-6-E)
ONE OF THE FIRST AND ONE OF THE GREATEST MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, WITH 20 ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE LITHOGRAPHS BY HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. First edition of the text by Georges Clemenceau about the condition of Jews in Poland. Illustrated with 10 lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec printed in black on Arches wove paper, with an additional suite printed in various tones on Chinese paper. The wraps, furthermore, are an original color lithograph: the front cover shows Moses receiving the Ten Commandments; the back cover shows the Golden Calf deposed from its pedestal (and is colored with gold ink). From a total edition of 380 numbered copies, this is one of 355 on fine Arches wove paper. 4to. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY MERCHER (fils) IN A PERFECTLY CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED MODERN BINDING: morocco spine lettered direct with plexiglass covers revealing the color lithographs on the wraps. Fine matching morocco- and fleece-lined slipcase. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT, AS NEW WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DEFECTS INSIDE OR OUT. The Artist & The Book 302; Chapon, p. 278; Skira 338; AdhÈmar 240-250; Adriani 213-223; Rauch 16; Stern 108; Strachan, p. 34. AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF A RARE AND IMPORTANT BOOK, IN PERFECT CONDITION.
Signed and inscribed by Jan Karski upon front free endpaper. Karski [1914-2000] recounts his experiences when his homeland of Poland was rent asunder by the joint Nazi and Soviet invasion of 1939, and his harrowing subsequent life as a member of the Polish underground, during which he was captured by the Gestapo and severely tortured. Provides a ghastly eyewitness account of life in the Warsaw ghetto, into which Karski was smuggled so his observations could be reported to the outside world. Firearms advocates will cringe at Karski's account of what happened after he and a large group of Polish soldiers handed over their weapons to their 'comrades' from the Soviet Union. In 2012 Karski was posthumously awarded America's highest civilan honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Obama. 391 pages. Moderate wear to publisher's red cloth. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Binding intact. A sound copy of this truly unforgettable WWII narrative. Laska 672, Kehr & Langmaid 5407, Weiner Library Catalogue Seven 997, Enser p.343. Book
1st edition. Original gilt-tooled illustrated full leather, 12mo 323 pages. THE FIRST REFORM PRAYERBOOK IN AMERICA, ONE OF TWO VOLUMES (The other volume, Vol I, was Daily Prayers). Singerman 1384; Goldman 41, Deinard 967. 18 cm. On Title page: Revised By Dr.L. Merzbacher, Rabbi At The Temple Emanu-El." Published the year before Merzbergers death in 1856, when he was succeed by Samuel Adler. Leo Merzbacher (1809-1856), a native of Fuerth, Germany, was the first Reform Rabbi in America. His congregation, Temple Emanu-El utilized his prayer book (with revisions by Adler) from 1855 until 1895 whereupon it adopted the Union Prayer Book.Lacks a printers statement; printing by the Jewish Messenger is suggested by Goldman. SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judai¨sme -- Liturgie -- Textes. OCLC: 19186429. Singerman & OCLC together list only 5 holdings worldwide (JTS, Harvard, Yale, HUC, LOC). Rubbing and some stains to boards, but binding is strong, and gilt tooling and leather remain very attractive. Some spotting, Very Good- Condition. Bookplate on pastedown, Synagogue stamp on blank endpaper, Pencilled 19th Century Jewish gift inscription on blank endpaper. An attractive copy of this very rare and important siddur volume. (AMR-69-12)
1st edition. Period-style gilt tooled Morocco leather. 12mo, various pagination (aprox 475 pages total) . Singerman 1284 (listing only 1 copy anywhere) , Goldman 40. The first Ashkenazi machzor printed in America. Based upon the celebrated Wolf Heidenheim edition, Henry (Chaim) Frank of New York published in 1854 2 prayer-books for the Days of Awe: This volume for the New Year, as well as a volume for Yom Kipur. This enabled the newly rising community of German American Jews to conduct services according to their own custom, as opposed to that of the Sephardic rite. Frank went on in later years to issue other volumes for other Holidays, and reflecting the customs of the Polish Jews as well. OCLC lists only 2 copies of this volume anywhere (Columbia and Yale) . A set (New Year and Yom Kipur) with repairs sold at auction for over $17, 000 with commissions in 2012. No copies have appeared at auction since then. Faint blindstamps on title pages. Exquisite tooled binding, an absolutely stunning copy. (KH-9-9-KK)
231, [1] pages. 9.2" x 6.3". Waton (1871-1959) was a Jewish philosopher keenly interested in the works of Marx and Spinoza. In the Foreword, dated 1939, he states "I convinced myself that human society is irresistibly and inevitably moving towards state capitalism and fascism. Further reflection also convinced me that this social transformation would inevitably bring upon the Jews great suffering. How could the Jews face this world situation? This question occupied my mind for the last twelve years. At last I reached the conclusion which I embodied in a program for the Jews. When the Jews declared war against Nazi Germany and fascism (in 1933), I saw that as a suicidal policy. Thus passed more than five years of ever-increasing suffering for the Jews. When the situation became so grave that the Jews themselves began to realize the gravity of the situation, the Spinoza Institute of America asked me to formulate my program." On page 199 he adds "We have to face the fact that the Leader of the German people has no doubt in his mind that the Jewish problem is the centre of all problems, not merely in Germany, but in the world. It is useless to dismiss this as an illusion, because if it is, it demands explanation. But it is no illusion." Brilliant gilt lettering upon front board. Light external wear. Binding tight. Faint patches of soiling to boards. Occasional light pencil marginalia and underlining until page 21. Moderate age-toning to contents. It is left to readers to ponder the impact Waton's program could have had upon twentieth-century history. Book
xvii, 301, 32 [ads] pp. 7.5 x 5.3 inches. "The circumstances under which the wealth, the power, and the numbers of the Jewish race domiciled in this country are likely to be indefinitely increased seem to call for more prescience and thought at the hands of our rulers than have yet been bestowed upon them. To make people think is the object of this book. Should they refuse, they will wake up one morning only to discover that they have parted with the realities of national life, and are dominated by cosmopolitan and materialist influences fatal to the existence of the English nation." - Introduction. Chapters include: What is a Jew?; The Problem in Russia; The Jew in Austria/America/France/England/The Argentine Colonies; The Aloofness of Israel; Money Lenders; The Destitute Alien in Great Britain; Zionism; "Darkest Russia"; The Conversion of the Jews; Jewish Humour. Quarter-bound in black leather and olive cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Modest lean to spine. Binding intact. Prior owner's name, dated 1899, inked atop front free endpaper. Large rectangular tanned area upon front free endpaper, presumably caused by an item formerly laid-in. Average wear. Faints spots upon front board, perhaps from water droplets. SINGERMAN 46. Book
Contemporary morocco. 12mo. XXIV, 213 pages. IV, 136; 17 cm. In French. De la religion des Brahmines, first French edition. Apologie Du Spinosa, second printing. A travelogue on the mores, customs, language, religion, and philosophy of Hinduism, contains two folded engraved tables; French translation from On the Origin and Nature of Despotism in Hindostan by Alexander Dow. The translator, Claude Francois Bergier (1721-1784) , was a French Jurist, writer, and English translator (including Fergusons Essay on Civil Society) . An Apology for Spinoza and Spinozism, contains Lettre à M. Helvetius dated 15 juillet 1766: pages [125]-136 (Letter to Helvetius in the 1810 edition, absent from the 122 page Altona 1805 edition) . Bound in contemporary morocco, with gilt tooled edges and spine, decorative endpages. Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. India - History. Mogul Empire. OCLC lists 17 copies of Apologie Du Spinosa; 8 copies of De la religion des Brahmines, which sold for ove USD 6700 alone at auction in 2011. Light rubbing to extremities of morocco, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (KH-1-6)
2nd Revised Edition, edited, revised, and corrected by S. Adler, 1st printing thus. Original gilt tooled leather, 8vo, 396 pages. In Hebrew and English on facing pages. Formerly Singerman 1780, now merged into Singerman 1667 as vol II, variant 1 (Thalmessinger & Cahn). The second of two volumes [vol. 1 Daily prayers & vol. 2. Prayers for the Day of Atonement] substantially reworked by Adler and published 1860 (vol. I) and 1863 (vol. 2, here). Together these comprise the First Edition of Samuel Adlers revised edition of Leo Merzbachers 1855 Prayer-Book. The first prayer-book to contain an English rather than German translation of the prayers. Despite the modest title-page, Adlers production here was not merely a revision, but in actuality he completely reworked it and added to and entirely altered the liturgy. Rabbi Leo Merzbachers original version of the prayers was quite traditional. As resourceful and accomplished a liturgist as Merzbacher proved to be, he seldom sought to willfully turn aside from the traditional cannon (Friedland p. 36). Samuel Adler, on the other hand (Merzbachers successor at Temple Emanu-El of New York) had no such reservations about adopting radical change to the structure of the prayer-book. In his version of the Order of Prayer Adler did not rely on sources in Jewish tradition, rather he changed the prayers according to his subjective views of how synagogue services should be conducted. (See Eric Lewis Friedland, (Brandeis University dissertation) The Historical and Theological Development of the non-Orthodox Prayerbooks in the United States, 1967). Indeed it was precisely this 1860-1863 version of the Order of Prayer that was adopted by Temple Emanuel in New York, and all subsequent issues of the Order of Prayer utilized this version containing Samuel Adlers revisions. The Union Prayerbook itself was largely based on Adlers 1860-1863 revisions. Consequently, this prayer-book was also the cause of much controversy. Orthodox Rabbi Bernard Illowy of St. Louis fumed, that whomsoever utilized this so-called prayer-book was to be entirely excluded from all religious communion (see Michael A. Meyer, Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement (1995) p. 237). Leo Merzbacher (1809-56) received his Rabbinic ordination from the celebrated R.abbi Moses Sofer of Pressburg (the Chasam Sofer), the leading opponent of the Reform movement. Merzbacher immigrated to America in the 1840s and was appointed the first rabbi of Temple Emanuel in New York where he served until his death. He adopted changes in synagogue custom such as the prominent use of an organ and eradicating the observance of the second day of festivals. Samuel Adler (1809-91) replaced Merzbacher in Temple Emanuel in 1857, following the laters death, where he served until 1891. Adlers son, Felix, was the founder of the Ethical Culture movement. SUBJECT(S): Siddurim -- Texts. Reform Judaism -- Liturgy -- Yom Kippur -- Siddour -- Textes. Judai¨sme re´forme´ -- Liturgie -- Yom Kippour -- OCLC: 78354364. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide (HUC, Penn, Harvard, JTS, United Lutheran Seminary, GWU, UWisc-Mad, Maduro Foundation). A copy of Vol I by itself sold for over $6200 (with commission) at auction in 2016. Lacks top 1 inch of backstrip (spine covering) and rear blank endpaper; wear to boards, some stains, but solid good condition. Rare and Important (AMR-69-11)
First edition. Original beautifully illustrated broadside showing the hospital and with important names of hospital directors and committees. Mounted and framed in a wooden frame. Picture 11x16.5 cm, frame 22x28. Broadside page appears to be from an event related to the official re-naming of the Jews Hospital in New York to Mount Sinai Hospital. Jews' Hospital (later famously renamed as Mount Sinai Hospital) was founded in 1852 by Sampson Simson (1780-1857) to address the needs of New York's rapidly growing Jewish community. At the time, New York City hospitals often discriminated against Jews - refusing them treatment as patients as well as blocking the hiring of Jewish medical staff. The Jews' Hospital in the City of New York, as it was initially called, inaugurated its first building in 1855, in what was then a rural neighborhood on West 28th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues on land donated by Simson. Just a short few years later the 45-bed hospital would be unexpectedly filled to capacity with soldiers wounded in the U. S. Civil War. In 1866 it was renamed Mount Sinai HospitalThe medical staff was primarily Jewish, because until relatively recently, it was difficult for Jewish doctors to obtain postgraduate training or specialist posts at major New York hospitals. (See T. Levitan, Islands of Compassion: A History of the Jewish Hospitals of New York. 1964) . A comparable item but without the important listings of names sold for over USD 6, 000.00 at auction in 2015 SUBJECT(S) : Mount Sinai Hospital. Very minimal markings and wear. Slight toning. Very good + condition. Attractive. (AMR-53-8)
"Whatever place its author may ultimately occupy in future histories of England, one thing is certain, that in the history of the Jewish people the name of Balfour will enjoy unchallenged immortality, evoking comparison with that of Cyrus, for the issue of the Balfour Declaration marked the opening of a new epoch in the annals of Jewry which will be recognised as such even in the remotest centuries to come. In this little book have been gathered together all the utterances of Lord Balfour on the interpretation and implications of his Declaration, on its political aspects and its practical realisation, made during the last ten years." - Preface. [4], 5-128 pp. 7" x 4.75". Original spine label present and intact. Front free endpaper professionaly replaced. Tanning to central portion of half-title. Prior owner's ink stamp upon title page. Duplicate spine label bound at p.128. Average external wear. Binding intact with moderate forward lean. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Quarter inch notch from top of backstrip. A sound copy of this jewel of Zionist history. EMANUEL p.48. [ASIN B000852UV4] Book
1st edition. All original paper wrappers, 4to, each copy is 1 leaf folded in half, making [4] pages. Included are: No.50 (September 17, 1940), No. 52 (October 1, 1940), No. 62 (December 30, 1940), No. 71 (March 3, 1941), Nos. 74-80 (March 24 -May 5, 1941), No. 82 (May 19, 1941), Nos. 84-151 (June 2- September 21, 1942), Nos. 153-223 (October 5-February 7, 1944), Nos. 226-234 (February 28-April 24, 1944), Nos. 236-305 (May 8, 1944-December 15, 1945). The numbering system then changed and continues as Vol. VII, Nos 1-19 (January 1-October 1, 1946), all present. 249 issues total, nearly complete and uninterrupted from March 1941-October 1946. Fascinating exile publication, published weekly to alert other refugees, and American decision makers as well, about Nazi abuses in Czechoslovakia and resistance to them, from the great ("Sokol Property Seized: Nazis Destroy Great Czech National Monument) to the small ("Czech Farmers Refuse to Breed Pigs") . Some material on Jews. "News Flashes From Czechoslovakia Under Nazi Domination" ran 1939-1945, then, following the end of the war, continued as simply "News Flashes from Czechoslovakia, " through 1946. The Czechoslovak National Council was established during WWI to help with war efforts. Headlines include, Over 50,000 Czechs in Nazi Torture Chambers, (no. 50) New Persecution of Czech Catholics, (no. 52) Nazis admit Invasion of Czechoslovakia Before Dr. Hacha signed Agreement, (no. 74) German Refugees in Czechoslovakia, (no. 77) Nazis Selling Out in Protectorate, (no. 95) President F.D. Roosevelt on American-Czechoslovak Relations, (no. 115) New Nazi Government for Czechs, (no. 119) Every Seventh Worker in Hitlerland a Foreigner, (no. 120 Nazis Discover Sabotage in Czech Literature and Art, (no. 128) Just Retribution to Nazis Pledged by Czechoslovaks, (no. 139) Czechoslovak Labor Under Nazism, (no. 205) and Religious Situation in Czechoslovakia (Vol VII, no. 19). SUBJECT(S): History. 1938-1945 Czechoslovakia. Also included a publisher's notice about new name and printing schedule. OCLC: 2449105. A few issues have minor tearing and chipping, some are sunned, some have additional creasing from mailing. All are legible and intact. Majority are in Near Perfect Condition. Very Good Condition. (HOLO2-159-10)
1st edition. Period-style half leather with marbled boards, 12mo, 93 pages. In German. Singerman 1749. The David Einhorn Hymnal. Title translates as Songs for Jewish Public Worship. The Kneseth Israel (Philadelphia) board minutes from May 4, 1862, note that: A communication from Dr. Einhorn was handed in and reads as follows: To the respectable board of directors of Keneseth Israel! Since there is a decided shortage of hymn books not only in our reform congregation but in all the others in America, I am determined to put together a collection of songs, about 80-90 pages. They should be put to use during the service, and I will give them to the congregation if the congregation is wiling to undertake the printing....I suggest to the respectable board to take over the publication of the hymn collection and let me know soon, that the printing can start. Philadelphia, April 28, 1862. Dr. Einhorn. Decided, to accept the communication from Dr. Einhorn and make preparations for the printing [translation of minutes located at KI and at HUC in Cincinnati]. Then, according to the minutes of the next meeting, the board decided to fund the printing, which included 100 bound volumes. Reform Liturgy Scholar Judah Cohen has noted that the hymnal was almost entirely Einhorn, at least based on these records, and created in his view as a service to the growing reform movement. Rabbi Dr. Lance Sussman, Senior Rabbi at Kenesseth Israel in Philadelphia and a scholar on the history of the Synagogue and on 19th Century American Jewish history, reported on the H-Judaic internet listserv that I believe from the time Einhorn arrived in Baltimore from Europe in 1855, KI was in touch with him about its music program. KI had a gentile organist, William Fischer, who partnered with Einhorn both before and during Einhorn's time in Philly. Einhorn had fled Baltimore on April 19, 1861, following his delivery of an anti-Slavery sermon; a mob sought to tar and feather and he fled to Philadelphia where he became spiritual leader of Congregation Keneseth Israel. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish hymns. Reform Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Jewish hymns. Reform Judaism Liturgy and ritual. OCLC: 9033019 OCLC lists only 6 copies worldwide (HUC, Gratz, Penn, Princeton, Princeton Theological, LBI). Far scarcer than famous first American Jewish hymnal published 20 years earlier in Charleston, which shows up with 9 holdings in OCLC. Institutional perforation stamp to title and final leaf, one other margin stamp. Otherwise very clean, an attractive copy of this exceedingly scarce and important American Jewish Hymnal by one of the 2 most import leaders of American Reform in the 19th Century (the other being Isaac Wise) . (AMR-51-15-BD)
1st edition, Original orange printed paper wrappers bound into later cloth, 12mo, 107+ 4 pages. The necessity for Jews to maintain the laws of ritual slaughter. In Hebrew and some English plus three different subtitles. Singerman 2503 (listing 7 copies) , Deinard 335. A Response to the First Anti-Shechitah Campaign in America. Aaron Zebi Friedman (1822-76) , served as shohet, or ritual slaughterer, in his native Poland before immigrating to New York in 1848, where he found employment in one of the citys largest kosher slaughterhouses. In 1866 the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals launched the first anti-Shehitah campaign in America. The president of the Society, Henry Bergh, dispatched a letter to the proprietor of a kosher abattoir in New York accusing him of engaging in "barbarous, revolting, and wicked" practices. Bergh further called on him to desist from violating the laws of New York and of God by "mangl[ing] and tortur[ing] his creatures. " In 1875, Aaron Zebi Friedman, renowned for his piety, composed a sharp rejoinder entitled, Tub Taam, to refute Bergh's accusations. He not only succeeded in silencing Bergh, but even in convincing him: In 1885, Bergh defended shechitah against charges of cruelty leveled by the Philadelphia branch of his Society. (Goldman, 1092; JE, Vol. V, p. 518) . Apropos of the current culture wars, animal rights organizations and activists, within and outside of the Jewish world, continue to criticize kosher slaughtering practices on the grounds of animal cruelty. The orange wrappers present here are not noted by (perhaps unknown to? ) Goldman. A copy sold at auction in 2013 for over $4900 (with commissions) . The 2nd edition from 1876, translated into English, sold at auction 2 years later, in 2015, for over $8, 000 (with commissions) . The present copy, here: Ex-library with usual marks. Some old staining and toning, otherwise Very Good Condition. Rare and important. (KH-8-58)
1st edition. Later boards, 12mo, 16 pages ; 23 cm. In Hebrew with some English on title page. Cited by Freirnann, Mishkin and Rosenfeld as the first Hebrew book printed in Chicago. See: Leah Mishkin, "Defuse Shikago Be-'ivrit Ube-Yidish" (Chicago Imprints in Hebrew and Yiddish; this work is item #1) , 1952, p. 79. Singerman 2639. Goldman 689. Deinard 60. In his early groundbreaking work, History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the Present Time, Wiernik cites the work as an example of Rabbinical works published in America (New York, 1912, p. 407) . Lewinson, a native of Vilna, lived in Chicago by 1877, when he published his Ha-Emet Ha-`Ivriyah . An opponent of pilpul, he argued that Midrashim should be understood according to peshat (plain, literal exegesis) (pp. 9-10) . Lewinson published Ha-Emet Ha-`Ivriyah to demonstrate that statements by various individuals found in the Midrash and Talmud could be understood only within the context of what the individuals had said elsewhere (pp. 3-9) . Ha-Emet Ha-`Ivriyah also contains (pp. 10-150 annotations that Lewinson did not include in his [Sefer Hayi LeBavot] (Vienna: Bet Harnirlra h. 1872) , a critical study of Bahya ibn Paquda's Hovot ha-Levavot based on textual variants . Freirnann, Mishkin (#1) and Rosenfeld (#1016) record Ha-Emet Ha-`Ivriyah as the first work published in Chicago with Hebrew type though Goldman and Wachs also indicate that another Hebrew work was also published in Chicago that same year (Goldman, p. 615) SUBJECT(S) : Aggada. OCLC: 19154360. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Very Good Condition. Scarce and very important. (KH-8-62-DF)
In-16 (113 x 71 mm), plein veau grège retourné, dos gothique à 3 nerfs, plats ornés d'un jeu de filets gras d'encadrement estampés à froid (reliure postérieure dans le goût de l'époque), 82 [i.e. 80] feuillets [sign. A-K8], 5 planches gravées sur bois dont 3 dépliantes et une à volvelle mobile. "Le plus rare et le plus recherché des ouvrages de Raymond Lulle" (Caillet): 'De l'enseignement kabbalistique', ici dans sa troisième édition illustrée de 5 planches, dont trois dépliantes et une avec volvelle, montée avec ses deux parties mobiles conservées (les célèbres "roues kabbalistiques"), ainsi que 2 figures dans le texte. Lettrines et ornements typographiques gravés sur bois. La réputation de Lulle kabbaliste repose tout entière sur cet ouvrage que la recherche moderne a réattribué au médecin et humaniste véronais Pietro Mainardi (1456-1529), docteur de l'université de Ferrare en 1490, grand connaisseur de l'oeuvre de Lulle. Son nom figure d'ailleurs dans l'explicit de la première édition de l'ouvrage (Venise, 1518) pour disparaître des éditions suivantes et être remplacé par celui de Lulle. L'auteur eut l'ambition, par ce traité, d’accomplir l'idéal de Pic de la Mirandole: harmoniser l'art Lullien avec celui de la Kabbale. C'est encore en tant qu'oeuvre de Raymond Lulle que le livre a été lu et commenté par Giordano Bruno qui le rendit célèbre, pour être ensuite repris au sein des anthologies de Lulle éditées par Lazare Zetzner. Le succès et l'influence de ce traité ne se démentirent pas aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles, au long d'une réception qui s’étend de Giordano Bruno, Claude Duret, Athanasius Kircher jusqu'à Leibniz (cf. Eva Broner, 'Doctor Illuminatus: A Ramon Llull Reader', Princeton U. Press, 1993). Le livre est considéré par les catalogues de Stanislas de Guaïta (qui ne possédait qu'une édition de 1601) et par celui de Caillet, comme "le plus rare et le plus recherché des ouvrages de Raymond Lulle". (Caillet, 6846. Duveen, 'Alchimie', 370. Guaïta, n°530 et 1565. Palau, 143.864. Renouard, n° 376 pour la marque au titre. Rogent & Duràn, 'Bibliografía de les impressions Lullianes', Barcelona, 1927, n°120). Quelques piqûres d’humidité éparses. Cachet en pied du titre: "A.L.L.R". Très bon exemplaire, bien relié, bien conservé.
Later half calf. 8vo. 88; 116; 64; 80; 72; 64; 48; 24; 40 pages. 22 cm. First edition. A collection of Joanna Southcotts last writings. Nine volumes, from the same printer, same writer (s) , bound together, including: The book of wonders, marvellous and true 1813; The second book of wonders, more marvellous than the first, 1813; The third book of wonders, announcing the coming of Shiloh: with a call to the Hebrews, from Isaiah xi, And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. Revelation xxii. 16, 17, I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Here is the call to the Jews, to answer, how they will expect the branch, without the root, whom they cut off, and set at nought 1814; The fourth book of wonders: being the answer of the Lord to the Hebrews, 1814; The fifth book of wonders: announcing the event having taken place, which was promised in the fourth book should be in May: with a further explanation of the four former books ; also an answer to the address of the Rev. James Hearn, Curate of Brixham, Devon; and to the mockery of others, 1814; and four pamphlets: Copies of letters sent to the clergy of Exeter, from 1796 to 1800, with communications and prophecies put in the newspapers in 1813; Wisdom excelleth the weapons of war: and herein is shewn that judgments are the strange works of the Lord, but mercy His darling attribute, 1814; A communication sent in a letter to the Reverend Mr. P. In 1797, with an explanation thereon now given, 1814; Prophecies announcing the birth of the Prince of Peace, 1814. All publications Printed by W. Marchant, Ingram Court, and end on this note "The above taken from Joanna Southcott's mouth, by me, Ann Underwood. " Nine publications by Joanna Southcott (1750-1814) , prophet and writer, who started the Southcottian movement with her phrophecies, gaining many adherents from Richard Brothers after his arrest: One of the most significant of her London converts was Jane Townley, who not only invited Southcott, in April 1804, to become part of her household, but also did all she could to promote Southcott's writings and cause, including providing her maidservant, Ann Underwood, to act as Southcott's accomplished and devoted amanuensis. With the steadfast assistance of Foley, Sharp, and others, the three women became the nerve centre for the Southcottian movement, which generated an astonishing degree of interest, correspondence, and debate regarding Southcott's prophetic claims. Between 1801 and 1814, Southcott published some sixty-five pamphlets, totalling almost 5000 pages; moreover, her unpublished manuscripts amount to twice the number of pages in print. By one conservative estimate, a total of 108, 000 copies of her various works were published and circulated from 1801 to 1816, making her one of the most popular writers of her time (Hopkins, 84) . One reason for the immediate appeal of her texts is their unique mix of apocalyptic optimism with down-to-earth narratives about everyday life, which she converts to spiritual account. In 1814 Southcott carried the claim to a new level when she announced that she was about to become the mother of Shiloh, the name given to the expected divine incarnation. The revelation was made explicit in The Third Book of Wonders, Announcing the Coming of Shiloh (1814) , and Prophecies Announcing the Birth of the Prince of Peace (1814) , which collected extractions from earlier writings that seemed to anticipate this new revelation. After Southcott's death the movement splintered and prophets of Shiloh proliferated, among which John Ward's Shilohites and John Wroe's Christian Israelites were the most prominent. A core of her inner circle kept the faith quietly, remaining loyal to Southcott's work, as signified by their protection of the great box, which contained the sealed prophecies that were to be opened some time in the unspecified future by the bishops. (Oxford National Biography, 2004) . Bound in half calf with marbled boards, with gilt title on spine. Subjects: Prophecies. Southcott Movement Prior to 1815. OCLC lists less than 23 copies per each of these publications included in this bound collection. Light wear to leather. Light foxing and light soiling to a few pages throughout, overall, fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (KH-1-46)
First Edition. Original board with paper label on front, as issued, 8vo, 54 pages ; 22 cm. In English with Hebrew. Singerman 564; Rosenbach 368; Bruntjen 21148; Goldman-Kinsberg 183. Goldman notes, Joshua Seixas, the son of Gershom Mendes Seixas (the minister of New York's Shearith Israel congregation), was born in New York in 1802....He taught in Shearith Israel's Hebrew school in the mid-1820s and he established the congregation's first choir. Seixas moved to Charlestown, MA, in the early 1830s and gave lessons in Hebrew. Among his pupils were Harvard students. Seixas began referring to himself as James while in Charlestown...Seixas then settled in Hudson, OH. He offered private Hebrew classes to students at Oberlin College, and later at Western Reserve University...He also taught groups of Mormons- the center of the movement at the time was in Kirtland, OH- and among his students were Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and Orson Hyde, another early leader of the movement." This is presumably the very edition of his book that he would have used with his Mormon students there. "Seixas left Ohio in 1836 and he was living in Staten Island, NY, by 1838.....a few of his many children remained within the community; others did not....Seixas's grammar was reviewed favorably in its time (Goldman, 'Joshua/James Seixas," 72), though Chomsky later criticized it (Chomsky [1958], 133-4). In addition, the printer, Gould, was a relative of Joseph Smith, who is descendant of Zaccheus Gould by the marriage of Samuel Smith and Priscilla Gould. The Smiths came from Topsfield, near Andover, where Gould had his press. For detailed analysis of Seixas' relationship with the founders of the Mormon church, see Rick Grunder's 2015 essay "A Teacher for the Temple: The Infectious Exuberance of Joshua Seixas" (www.rickgrunder.com/seixas.pdf). SUBJECT(S): Hebrew language -- Grammar. OCLC: 4821518. Period ownership signiture. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Lacks backstrip. Some foxing and staining, Good Condition (AMR-65-31A)
Signed and briefly inscribed by Kahane upon front free endpaper. xii, 338 pages. Index. "The inside story, by its founder, of the militant organization determined to defend Jews in whatever manner necessary." - dust jacket. "I am not ashamed to admit it. I do not understand the Jew. I am at a loss to understand a man so clever in business, so keen in science, so intellectually bright in debate - and so incredibly stupid when it comes to saving himself." - dust jacket. Book tight and square with moderate wear and bump to upper corner of front board. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
