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152367625First Edition of this" Book of Education" Rearranging the 613 Commandments of Maimonides BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI OF BARCELONA Pinhas. BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI Aharon. MAIMONIDES association Sefer ha-Hinnukh. Venice: Daniel Bomburg 283 i.e. 1523. First edition. Quarto in eights 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 230 x 175 mm. 179 leaves. Possibly lacking a final blank but textually complete. This book being an arrangement of the 613 commandments of Maimonides was originally attributed to Aharon Ben Joseph ha-Levi the brother of Pinhas. Text in Hebrew in two columns. Only one complete copy that we could find in the traditional auction houses the last fifty years which was at Sothebys on December 1 2008 and sold for $21250. Full modern brick-red sheep. Boards panel-ruled in blind. Boards with gilt tooled frame and gilt woven center devices. Gilt floral corner devices to boards. Spine ruled in gilt and blind and gilt floral devices in four compartments. Board edges ruled in gilt. Title-page the following leaf and the final leaf with inner margin repair. Some light marginal stains to preliminary leaves and some mostly marginal dampstaining to the final 40 approx leaves. Small red pencil note on the verso of the title-page and some pencil notations on the verso of the final leaf. Overall a very good copy. This text Sefer ha-Hinnukh Book of Education is a rearrangement of the 613 commandments of Maimonides in the Sefer ha-Mitzvot Book of Commandments. They are listed according to the weekly Torah portion. "Sefer Ha-Hinnikh one of the most popular books on the reasons for the commandments written in the thirteenth century.it is directed to students ages eighteen through twenty and is a prÈcis of Moses Maimonides work on the rational nature of the commandments. Sefer Ha-Hinnukh stresses observance of the commandments and says that performance should precede intention. A person must not try to calculate the reward for the fulfillment of a commandment but may consider its reasons. The author recommends that students read the book on Sabbath eves so that they will not run wild in the streets and states that the book is also of value to adults as a source for the study of halakhah." The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion HBS 67625. $22500 Daniel Bomburg hardcover books
16412403London: Printed by William Stansby and Printed for Richard Meighen 1641. First edition. First volume printed 1616 second volume printed 1640 but dated 1631 1640 and 1641. Three folio volumes in two 290 x 190 mm. Contemporary brown calf with black and red morocco gilt lettered labels. Both volumes expertly rebacked retaining original spines. Collates complete according to Pforzheimer with the exception of initial and final blanks lacking in Volume I. Volume II with The Staple Newes bound before The Divell is an Asse Part IV bound before Part III and D3 bound before D2. Moderate soiling wear and signs of use throughout. Title page and first two leaves of Vol I with slight loss of upper corner slightly affecting image on title page lower corners absent from 401 439 539 and 779 not affecting text. Long marginal tears to C3 and D3 of Volume II. Cosmetic blemishes aside a very good and well margined copy in a contemporary binding.<br/><br/>"This book. is a handsome specimen of typography. It reflects great credit upon its printer Stansby who was an apprentice and then successor to John Windet and himself a master printer. Such work entitles him to a front rank among the printers of the reign of James I. Jonson is said to have prepared the plays for the press himself and one or two matters of editing. certainly appear to show the author's hand. At the end of each play for instance is a statement telling when it was first acted and by whom whether the king's or the queen's servants. The names of the actors are also given. All of the works not included in the first were intended for a second volume which however did not appear until after Jonson's death in 1640" Grolier 100 English.<br/><br/>Grolier 100 English 17. Pforzheimer 559. Pforzheimer 560. STC 14751. Printed by William Stansby [and] Printed for Richard Meighen unknown books
1970822481970. Autograph letter signed by the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. It reads "Sdeh. Boker 28. 2. 70 Dear Mr. George P. Viegelmann Jr. I share entirely your view that it is vitally necessary for everyone in the Middle East to live in peace. I am expressing a private view: I would be ready to give up a great Part of the areas which we hold since the six day war if this would bring peace; by peace I mean friendship with our Arab neighbors and cooperation politically economically and culturally but perhaps only Russia can bring this about. I even doubt whether the American Gov. can achieve that. In the future there may be a change in Egypt. David Ben-Gurion." This letter is a very unique piece of history particularly in regards to Israeli-Arab relations and the study of peace in general. While publicly Ben-Gurion was the undoubted leader in Zionism privately at the end of his life he began to have other opinions. He desired peace even if it meant giving up land that they had fought to obtain. Ben-Gurion's thoughts on peace in his latter years is corroborated by the recent documentary Ben-Gurion Epilogue. This movie features footage that was taken in 1968 and only recently discovered. In the footage he explains that Israel's moral compass was inexorably tied to its treatment of the non-Jews living under its rule. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph of Ben-Gurion. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16.5 inches. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism which began early in life led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948 he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces. Subsequently he became known as "Israel's founding father." unknown books
192880799New York: Covici-Friede 1928. First Edition. First Edition. <br/><br/>Hecht and MacArthur's most important book and easily the rarest in jacket. A drama that is the basis for three key films: "The Front Page" in 1931 with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien "The Front Page" in 1974 with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and most importantly of all the classic screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940. <br/><br/>A cornerstone film source title by two of the greatest screenwriters of Hollywood's golden era. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Near Fine example of the rare dust jacket. Easily the grandest copy we have ever seen. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Covici-Friede unknown books
1966492Paris. The Trianon Press. 1966. Folio. Loose within stiff wrappers. 135 xxivpp. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The illuminated pages were reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil. The frontispiece and title-page are original lithographs with color applied by hand through stencils. The frontispiece is signed by Shahn. This is the first edition of the Haggadah for Passover copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn published in a total edition of 292 copies each bearing the artist's signature and cipher on the frontispiece. This edition is one of 20 copies numbered I to XX and is printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. It includes an extra set of the color plates on Arches Vergé paper; a set of the plates left uncolored on Arches Vergé; and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece all contained in separate folders. All contained in a full vellum folding box with brass latches. Fine condition. The Trianon Press books
15465968Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg 1546. First edition. Very Good/First printed edition editio princeps of the 11th century commentary on portions of the pentateuch by the Bulgarian poet and Talmudist Tobiah ben Eliezer. Published by the house of the seminal printer of Hebrew books Daniel Bomberg under the supervision of his scholar-in-residence extraordinaire Cornelio Adelkind. Venetian law at this time limited Hebrew publishing to Gentile printers. Bomberg a protestant from Antwerp entered this lucrative market and with Adelkind's help became its prime exponent until his death in 1549. . Folio 32 cm; 93 leaves. Text in Hebrew. Title within architectural border reproduced in Amram "Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy" p. 215 also in the Jewish Museum's 1989 exhibition catalogue "Gardens and Ghettos: the Art of Jewish Life in Italy" page 50. Some section headings within ornamental borders. Bound in c19 or c20 dark red crushed morocco ruled in gilt and decorated with arabesques on both boards; spine with raised bands and compartments tooled and titled in gilt; green polished leather doublures with red crushed morocco dentelles bordered in pointillé accented with arabesques; green moiré free endleaves. Edges gilt. Binding not signed. Joints and crown adroitly reinforced with Japanese paper; corners somewhat worn down. Occasional contemporary notes in manuscript in text; brief stain on leaf mem-tet and lightly along the bottom edge of leaves nun-bet and nun-gimmel. Text otherwise pristine. Title page light possibly washed. Old library ink stamps from an institution in Warsaw on title page. Red morocco ex-libris of mining magnate and philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn 1849-1938. References: Adams T-766; BM Italian 674; Steinschneider 7304 #1; Amram 215 illustration and 222. Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg hardcover books
196610801380 leaves. Paris: The Trianon Press 1966. 80 leaves. Large unbound folio in stiff glassine covered wrappers housed in large vellum box stamped with gilt lettering on front back and spine with double clasp closure but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Includes an extra set of colored plates on Auvergne hand-made paper a set of uncolored plates on Arches Verge paper three each of the original guide sheets and stencils and two proof states of the frontispiece enclosed in paper folders in a linen portfolio with ties. Fine condition. § One of 16 copies numbered K to Z with this being K. Signed and stamped with the artist’s cypher on the frontispiece. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. He collaborated with Diego Rivera and undertook commissions for the Farm Security Administration. Perhaps his most famous work the Jersey Homesteads Mural has also been linked to the Haggadah and the themes of slavery the struggles of immigrants deliverance and redemption were important throughout his career. The Trianon Press hardcover books
194824454<p>In 1947 as the British mandate over Palestine established by the League of Nations in 1922 was about to expire the United Nations called for partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. Jewish leaders accepted the plan but Arab leaders announced that they would oppose its implementation by force. President Harry Truman had endorsed partition despite opposition within his administration. On March 19 1948 the U.S. shockingly reversed its position supporting partition; instead it called for a temporary United Nations trusteeship.</p><p>David Ben-Gurion as head of the Jewish Agency masterfully worked to contain the damage. Less than two months after writing this letter Ben-Gurion and the recipient of this letter Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Maiman both would help draft and sign Israel's Declaration of Independence.</p> <b>DAVID BEN-GURION.</b>Autograph Letter Signed "<i>D. Ben-Gurion</i>" to Rabbi Yehuda Leib Fishman. March 23 1948 Israel. In Hebrew one page on The Jewish Agency for Palestine stationery. 8.5 x 11 in.<p><b>Translation</b></p><p><i>"Please convey to the Executive </i>of the Jewish Agency for Palestine <i>the following – As I was deprived of the possibility of taking part in the meetings of the Executive I ask to be allowed to appoint a member to be the head of Defence so that I can transfer this work from myself as soon as possible. I wish to point out that because of the remarks that were heard in the discussion of our answers to the American announcement I refer to the remarks of Golda Myerson and Kolotny I am of the opinion that paragraph 'C' should be changed by way of adding a demand for an immediate agreement that a temporary Government be formulated in accordance with the version that I gave to my Secretary Svi Marmion."</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Ben-Gurion responded forcefully to the new American position in a statement to the Tel Aviv Press Club on March 20: "We shall not agree to any kind of trusteeship whether permanent or temporary even for the shortest time. We shall no longer submit to any foreign domination whatever. … The Jewish State exists and will continue to exist because we defend it. … our political program falls under three headings in the order I name them: security; a Jewish State; a Jewish-Arab alliance."</p><p>On March 22 Abba Hillel Silver on behalf of the Jewish Agency indicated that the Agency would not discuss the American proposal for trusteeship as it had not yet been submitted to the Security Council. The next day the Jewish Agency for Palestine and the National Council of Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi issued a joint statement that Israel intended to proceed to independence.</p><p>Ben-Gurion was determined to strengthen their position by shaping his provisional government and making it clear that the Jewish state would come into being with or without international approval. Accordingly on March 25 Moshe Shertok Sharett sent the chairman of the U.N. Palestine Commission an urgent request for the establishment of a provisional government including a list of proposed members.</p><p>The <i>"'paragraph C'"</i> referenced in the present letter undoubtedly corresponds to a passage in either the March 23 or March 25 statements to the U.N. For the full final text of both see Appendices A and B below.</p><p>As noted the final wording was influenced by future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and by Moshe Kolodny Kol. They may have been advocating for the wording that appeared in the third paragraph of the March 25 statement "the Provisional Council of Government thus designated be empowered in consultation with the United. Nations Commission to co-opt additional members representing groups both Arab and Jewish…" </p><p><b>Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Maiman</b> 1875–1962 the recipient of this letter was born in Bessarabia and emigrated to Palestine in 1913. A renowned author and Talmudic scholar he was a founding member of Mizrachi. He helped draft Israel's Declaration of Independence and became Minister of Religions and War Victims. He served in the First Knesset until 1951.</p><p><b>APPENDIX A</b></p><p>STATEMENT ADOPTED BY THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE</p><p>AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE JEWS OF PALESTINE</p><p>VAAD LEUMI MARCH 23 1948</p><p>The Jewish Agency for Palestine and the Vaad Leumi have learned with regret and astonishment of the attitude adopted by the United States representative in the Security Council concerning the United Nations decisions on Palestine.</p><p>The Jewish Agency and the Vaad Leumi declare:</p><p>1. The Jewish people and the Yichev in Palestine will oppose any proposal designed to prevent or postpone the establishment of the Jewish State.</p><p>2. We categorically reject any plan to set up a trusteeship regime for Palestine even for a short period of time. A trusteeship would necessarily entail a denial of the Jewish right to national independence. It would leave Palestine under a foreign military regime.</p><p>3. The failure and disintegration of the Mandatory administration the continuation of which was unanimously rejected by the United Nations necessitates the early arrival in Palestine of the United Nations Palestine Commission. The Provisional Council of Government of the Jewish State should be recognized without delay by the United Nations Palestine Commission so that authority may be transferred to it as envisaged in the United Nations decisions.</p><p>4. Upon the termination of the Mandatory administration and not later than May 16 next a provisional Jewish government will commence to function in cooperation with the representatives of the United Nations then in Palestine. In the meantime we shall do our utmost to minimize the chaos created by the present government and we shall maintain so far as lies in our power the public services neglected by it.</p><p>5. The Jewish people extends the hand of peace to the Arab people and invites representatives of the Arab population of the Jewish State to take their rightful place in all its organs of government. The Jewish State will be glad to cooperate with the neighboring Arab States and to enter into permanent treaty relations with them to strengthen world peace and to advance the development of all countries of the Near East.</p><p>After a bloody Arab-Israeli conflict following the British withdrawal the State of Israel was proclaimed in May 1948. Ben-Gurion was designated the first Prime Minister a position he held for the majority of the next fifteen years.</p><p><b>APPENDIX B</b></p><p>THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE</p><p>16 East 66th Street</p><p> New York 21 N.Y.</p><p>March 25 1948</p><p>The Chairman</p><p>United Nations Palestine Commission Lake Success New York</p><p>Sir:</p><p>In pursuance of the oral representations made by me to the Commission on March 17 on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and. the National Council of the Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi concerning the appointment of a Provisional Council of Government for the Jewish State I have the honor now as a matter of urgency to reiterate the request that the Provisional Council of the Jewish State should be immediately established and that it be composed as follows:</p><p>Mr. David Ben-Gurion Mr. Itzhak Ben-Zvi</p><p>Mr. Fritz Bernstein Mr. Eliahu Berligne</p><p>Mr. Eliahu Dobkin Mr. Meyer Grabovski</p><p>Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Mrs. Rachel Kagan</p><p>Rabbi Wolf Gold Mr. Abraham Katznelaon</p><p>Mr. Itzhak Greenbaum Saadia Khuvashi</p><p>Mr. Eliezer Kaplan Dr. Georg Landauer</p><p>Mr. Moshe Kolodni Mr. Evi Lurie</p><p>Mrs. Goldie Meyerson Mr. Nachum Nir</p><p>Mr. Moshe Shapiro Mr. David. Pinkas</p><p>Mr. Moshe Shertok Mr. David Remez</p><p> Mr. Berl Repetur</p><p> Mr. Mordecai Shatner</p><p> Mr. Zorach Warhaftig</p><p>2. The above list comprises all the Palestinian members of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine as well as the fall membership of the National Council of the Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi. Included are representatives of the following parties and groups:</p><p>Palestine Labor Party Mapay</p><p>General Zionists</p><p>Mizrachi Orthodox Zionists</p><p>Hapoel Hamizrachl</p><p>Hashomer Hatzair</p><p>now merged.</p><p>Achditt Avoda</p><p>Aliya Hadasha</p><p>Wizo</p><p>Yemenites Organization</p><p>3. It is proposed further that the Provisional Council of Government thus designated be empowered in consultation with the United. Nations Commission to co-opt additional members representing groups both Arab and Jewish not at present included in the membership of the Jewish Agency for Palestine or the Vaad Leumi. Negotiations with this object in view have been successfully concluded with some Jewish groups and are still in progress with others.</p><p>4. Upon the appointment of the Provisional Council of Government it is suggested that the United Nations Palestine Commission should instruct the Provisional Council to proceed with the establishment of a central administrative organ of government as indicated in Article 7 of Part I B of the Resolution of the General Assembly.</p><p>5. I venture in conclusion to point out that under Article 4 of Part I B of the Resolution of the Assembly if by 1 April 1948 a Provisional Council of Government has not been set up the United Nations Palestine Commission will be under the obligation to communicate that fact to the Security Council. It is earnestly hoped that the need for the Commission to report failure in this respect will be obviated by the immediate appointment of the Provisional Council of Government of the Jewish State.</p><p>Sincerely yours</p><p>Moshe Shertok</p> books
16401315045London: Printed by Richard Bishop and Robert Young and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard 1640/1641. Second Folio Printing. Hardcover. Folios 2 volumes; VG; rebacked with new calf spines burgundy labels with gilt lettering previous boards preserved; marbled endpapers; both volumes have previous owners name and information on sfep; <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> For volume 1 the subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. That to "Poëtaster" has imprint "London printed by Robert Young. M.DC.XL.". "Epigrammes" begins new pagination and register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous. Most of the parts have special title page with imprint: London Printed by R. Bishop 1640. "Poëtaster" has title page with imprint: "London Printed by Robert Young M.DC.XL.".; The title page is engraved and signed "Gulielmus Hole fecit".; Signatures: A-Kkk6 Lll4; 2A-2T6.; <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> For volume 2 it consists of two volumes 2 and 3 the former intended as a continuation of the first volume published in 1615. Vol. 2 was edited by the author vol. 3 by Sir Kenelm Digby. The three plays comprising volume 2 "Bartholmew sic Fayre" "The Diuell is an asse" and "The staple of nevves" each have separate title page with imprint ". printed by Iohn. Beale. for Robert Allot . 1631"; "; Signatures: A6 B-M4 Aa-Cc4 2D-H4 2I6 N-Y4 Vol. 3 B-Q4 R2 S-X4 Y2 Z4 Aa-Oo4 Pp2 Qq4 2A-K4 2L2 2M-R4 3A-P4 3Q2 3R-V4. Closed tear to L4;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> CK consignment; shelved case 0. The first printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections and emendations; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second volume was printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641 lacks a general title page and the order of the parts varies in published editions. This volume contains later works most of them unpublished or uncollected previously.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> ESTC Citation No. S112456 ESTC Citation No. S111824. 1315045. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed by Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, in St. Paules, Church-yard hardcover books
187160912Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1871. Each directory a second edition. 8vo. 3 volumes: 128 116; 81 pp. Extra illustrated with 16 original mounted photographs six portraits and 10 architectural images of Washington buildings all about 6 x 4 inches including three signed photographs of President Ulysses S. Grant Vice-President Schuyler Colfax and Speaker of the House James G. Blaine in the 1871 directory all three were serving in office at the time other mounted photographs of Presidents Andrew Johnson 1869 directory and Abraham Lincoln 1867 directory; the 1864 Anthony Berger image taken at the Brady Studio in 1864 plate of the U.S. Capitol from a wood engraving folding map of Washington D.C. Photographs of the buildings include the White House Patent Office Post Office Treasury Department War Department Navy Department Agriculture Department the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution Castle. The sixth portrait photograph is of Addison H. Laflin 1823-1878 U.S. Representative from New York 1865-1871; this is his daughter Grace Laflin's copy gilt-stamped on the upper board "Grace Laflin / From Her Father / March 4 1871." Repaired scrape on rear board small tear in lower edge of one leaf but an impressive extra-illustrated volume in an attractive presentation binding. Contemporary presentation binding: red morocco professional restoration to rear joint gilt gilt rules framing the boards enclosing an intricate ornamental rule pattern gilt title and ornaments between raised bands on spine gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. 9763. Benjamin Perley Poore was a newspaperman and clerk of the committee of the U.S. Senate on printing records where he began editing the Congressional Directory in 1867. He later served as editor of the "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" and as a well-connected member of the Washington political scene compiled his "Reminiscences of Sixty years in the National Metropolis" Philadelphia 1886. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
16141313997London: printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane 1614. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio; G; bound in early diced brown calf newly rebacked with new spine and corners paneled with gilt lettering; housed in a custom brown buckram covered clamshell; With the Poem and the engraved title page. Both have been trimmed and inlaid possibly having been married to this copy from another.; With 5 folding maps Lacking 3 maps: the Arabian Desert pages 414/415 Troy 452/453 and Troy 454/455. Maps trimmed incredibly close with map of the Middle East impacted just slightly.; Lacking blank leaf 3K4 and terminal blank 7C6; 4G3r has the woodcut initial hand-colored with the color bleeding over to the facing page; with the Errata leaf at the end; Printer's name and bookseller's address from colophon.; "The first part of the historie of the vvorld . The third booke" caption title begins new pagination on 4A1r.; LD consignment; shelved case 4. Written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London the History of the World consists of a million words spanning from the biblical creation of the world to 146 BCE. The work was intended to serve as an educational tool for Henry Prince of Wales 1594-1612 and includes numerous references to warfare law and kingship.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> It was entered 15 April 1611 in the Stationers' Register but not published until 29 March 1614 due to the death of Prince Henry.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Once published James had it immediately suppressed and subsequently issued with no title page and therefore no authorial acknowledgement.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> "In the century that followed the publication it was vastly influential.The book went through eleven editions in the 17th century outselling even Shakespeare's collected works. It was not until 5 January 1615 that a letter from Archbishop Abbot reached The Stationers Company telling them that he had express orders from His Majesty that the book should be suppressed and withdrawn from shops. By this time the book had nearly sold out and it does appear from the letter that the Archbishop may once have praised it." Raleigh Trevelyan;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> "Sir Walter Raleigh's book is called in by the king's commandment for divers exceptions but especially for being too saucy in censuring princes. I hear he takes it much to heart for he thought he had won his spurs and pleased the king extraordinarily." Letter from John Chamberlain Esq to Sir Dudley Carleton;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> ESTC S116300;. 1313997. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed [by William Stansby] for Walter Burre [and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane] hardcover books
1945149147Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1945. Draft script for the 1945 film with an additional seven page addendum on pink stock with alternate endings written out in a treatment form. <br/><br/>In addition to containing an alternate ending the date on the script coincides with the takeover of the project by RKO from original producer David O. Selznick in July 1945 making it one of the earliest possible drafts to bear the RKO label. Selznick who was never happy with the film's script or casting sold it to RKO after the disastrous production of "Duel in Sun" began absorbing most of his time and money. <br/><br/>Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Claude Rains.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Brazil with Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden and Santa Anita Park & Racetrack. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers front wrapper dated July 16 1945 and rubber-stamped production No. 1490 credited to both Hecht and Hitchcock. Title page integral with the first page of text. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 160 followed by 7 pages on pink stock numbered A-G and titled "ALTERNATIVE ENDING."<br/><br/>Mimeograph duplication all pages on white and pink onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very God plus with some tiny closed tears bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 137. Ebert l. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
19333623Pete Rice Magazine A very scarce and desirable western title. Pete Rice Magazine was one of several single character hero pulp titles published by Street & Smith. With a cover date of November 1933 for the first issue he appeared just eight months after Doc Savage appeared on the stands and nine months after Nick Carter. The title changed to Pete Rice Western Adventures with the September 1935 issue and continued as such until the end of the run. Austin Gridley was the Street & Smith house author that the Pete Rice stories appeared under however most were written by a pulp author named of Ben Conlon. In "Cheap Thrills" Ron Goulart describes the Pete Rice realm as "built around a cowboy with a coterie of distinctive sidekicks." In his book "The Pulp Western" John Dinan considered Pete Rice more a modern detective than your typical pulp fiction cowboy "as the crimes and circumstances surrounding them were modern and not particularly western e.g. counterfeiting." Nick Carr cites Link Huller as referencing telephones and cars popping up in the stories occasionally. Pete seemed to be stuck somewhere between the old west and the early 20th century. The first 26 issues had nice striking cover art by Walter Baumhofer. Starting with the January 1936 issue R.G. Harris took over and continued until the end of the run with the June 1936 issue. Pete Rice has traditionally been a very difficult run to put together and to obtain all 32 issues can be quite a daunting task. Average condition is about VG/FN with many high grade. $8500.00 Nov 1933 #1 VG Dec 1933 #2 VG sm int tp Jan 1934 #3 VG Feb 1934 FR/G Mar 1934 G int tp April 1934 G May 1934 int. tp. G June 1934 FN/VF July 1934 FN Aug 1934 FN/VF Sept 1934 FN- Oct 1934 FN- Nov 1934 int. tp. G/VG Dec 1934 FN/VF Jan 1935 FN/VF Feb 1935 FN/VF Mar 1935 FN/VF April 1935 VG May 1935 G/VG June 1935 VG- July 1935 int. tp. G Aug 1935 VG Sept 1935 FN/VF Oct 1935 2" tear VG Nov 1935 FR/G Dec 1935 FR/G Jan 1936 FN/VF Feb 1936 VG Mar 1936 FN April 1936 VG/FN May 1936 FN- Jun 1936 FN- Street & Smith books
01691London: S. & J. Fuller 1815. Alken's First Published Work<br/>The Comic Foibles of Amateur Horsemen<br/><br/>ALKEN Henry. Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders or the reverse of Sporting Phrases taken from the Work entitled Indispensable Accomplishments. by Ben Tally Ho an occasional Visitor in Leicestershire. London: S. & J. Fuller 1st Septr 1815.<br/><br/>First edition watermarked J. Whatman 1815. Oblong folio 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in; 270 x 362 mm. Engraved title and seven hand-colored engraved plates. uncut.<br/><br/>Late nineteenth century crushed crimson morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spine with four raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt. Original printed gray wrappers bound-in. Occasional light smudges to margins damp-stain to lower right corner of last plate not affecting image otherwise an excellent copy of Alken's first published work. <br/><br/>A second edition appeared in 1821. Though Siltzer notes an earlier edition of 1811 no other bibliographer has noted such and there are no records of an 1811 edition found in international institutional libraries nor in auction records within the last thirty-five years. The issue under notice is found in only six libraries worldwide. <br/><br/>Alken's first hunting satire showing how the untrained rider endangers himself his hors and others around him. The work is an ironic sequel to Frankland's Indispensable Accomplishments taking the Frankland "Billesdon Coplow" scenes and captions and turning them on their ear specifically on the rider's behind as he's tossed hither and yon by a horse clearly more in control of things than the rider who is finally carried off the field of comic disaster by his friends.<br/><br/>The first of Alken's color plate books. "A humorous set depicting hunting accidents drawn in vigorous style." Schwerdt. <br/><br/>The Plates:<br/>1. Going along a slapping pace.<br/>2. Topping a Flight of Rails.<br/>3. Charging an Ox-fence.with good Success.<br/>4. Got in and getting out.very clever.<br/>5. Facing a Brook. Verifying the old Adage look before you leap.<br/>6. Swishing at a Rasper.<br/>7. Returning home in Triumph. He disdain'd a Slothful Easy Life so took to hunting.<br/><br/>Schwerdt I p. 20. Siltzer p. 69. Tooley 44. London: S. & J. Fuller, 1815 unknown books
196322066Nice: Self-Published 1963. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Rare collection of collages editions texts and multiples in printed folder. Created between 1962 and 1963 an early and scarce offering by Vautier sometimes just known as "Ben". Loose pages laid into folder. This copy retains only a small fragment of the 45 rpm record that was part of the edition. Edition size unknown. SIGNED by the artist on a card laid in at rear. This copy has also been hand-addressed by Vautier and mailed to fellow Fluxus artist Jackson Mac Low. Comparing this copy to the one held at Fondazione Bonotto it should be noted that there are several difference. Their copy has sheets not in this example and vice-versa. In fact given the ephemeral nature of this collection of objects it seems likely that there will be some differences in content between any two copies. Sold as-is. Quite rare and early offering from Vautier. <br/><br/> Self-Published unknown books
1965952871965. Autograph letter signed by the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. Addressed to Dr. Martin Rywell editor of Listen Magazine published in Harriman Tennessee the letter reads "Sdeh. Boker 22.6.65 Dear Dr. Martin Rywell Only the first part of the story you mention in your letter is true. I visited Burma in 1961. I met Prime Minister U Nu. We discussed Buddhism but the story about "a trick" is a pure invention. D. Ben-Gurion." The letter refers to Ben Gurion's two-week sojourn to Burma in 1961 which marked one of the longest official trips abroad for an Israeli prime minister. The first prime minister of Burma known honorifically as U Nu was a major figure among leaders of non-Western countries in the mid 20th century many of which had opposed Israel's establishment. In 1955 U Nu became the first foreign prime minister to visit the Jewish state a highly significant act of support which encouraged a mutually beneficial relationship between the two young governments. Double matted and framed with a photograph of Ben-Gurion. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 15 inches. Rare and desirable. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism which began early in life led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948 he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces. Subsequently he became known as "Israel's founding father." unknown books
19651048021965. Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. One page text in Hebrew addressed to Eliahu Eliachar a notable Sephardic Zionist and Member of the Knesset the letter reads in full "Greetings We don't need separate political lists - not those of independent Yemenite or Sephardic political parties. Those lists can only distort/falsify the democratic process in our country and the process of integration as well. We need only Israeli lists. Too many small political groups can only affect our stability. The only way to resolve it is to change our voting system from relative voting to local voting. With great respect D. Ben-Gurion." One of Ben-Gurion's most ambitious goals in the first years of statehood was the unrestricted absorption of entire communities of newly-arrived Middle Eastern and North African Jews into the Ashkenazi-dominated Israeli society. Hundreds of thousands of new immigrants fled the inhospitable environment rising in the Islamic countries between 1948 and 1954 in the wake of the burgeoning Arab-Israeli conflict settling in the economically-ravaged war-torn state. Other European Jewish communities from Bulgaria Romania and Poland were also transplanted to the Jewish State where they were forced to reside in transit villages and immigrants camps and became involved in domestic political in-fighting and became vulnerable to enticements from anti-establishment political groupings. Ben-Gurion feared that the plethora of small political parties could potentially destabilize Israel's precarious democracy and advocated for a radical change in Israels electoral system with a two-party governing system as opposed to the European proportional representational system. Above all Ben-Gurion advocated for the swift unification of the numerous ethnic groups and the creation of an integrated singular Israeli identity. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable offering a unique glimpse into the great leader's political thought. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism which began early in life led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948 he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces. Subsequently he became known as "Israel's founding father." unknown books
33No Binding. Very Good. Typed letter in Hebrew signed "D. Ben-Gurion" as Minister of Defense on State of Israel letterhead one page 6" x 8" August 26 1955. Translation of the Hebrew text: "I have no doubt that the problem of security disturbs your rest. True the problem of security at this time is the principal problem of the State. Any person - just like an entire nation - can feel the danger waiting at his door. We are a small nation and any boasting we do will only make a laughingstock out of us. But we are not powerless not in the military sense and certainly not in the moral and political sense. I however am calm and certain that when it comes to the test the Israel Defense Forces will be able to defend our peace and our sovereignty - the Israel Defense Forces is the army of the people and of all its circles and factions." File holes along right margin otherwise fine condition. A dramatic letter with excellent content from the first Prime Minister of Israel. unknown books
19184508Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza 1918. First edition thus. First edition thus. Thick folio size. Exquisitely bound by Durvand master French binder in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries known for his elaborate and technically excellent gilt application tooling and design. An impressive and finely gilt-tooled work bound in sumptuous full dark green crushed cape levant. The front and back covers lavishly impressed and tooled in gilt comprising an oval central medallion with red tracery designs within a solid gold background. With recessed cords on spine giving a deep design in relief with one elongated panel of Arabic design incorporating three red onlays and title in Arabic in center. Elaborate gilt dentelles with 5 fillet lines watered green silk panels and flyleaf. Single gilt rule along the edges of the boards. Top edges finely gilt. Signed on the front lower dentelle "Durvand Rel. Relieure or "binder". The book is scarce and one of the finer illustrated books of this genre published in the 20th Century 173pp. No. 622 form an edition 0f 800. Printed with lavish color plates in full color 38 full-page colored plates with lettered tissue guards many illuminated with gold. The illustrations are by E. Dinet and decorations by de Mohammed Racim. Very slight wear to joints. A fine copy of a binding one would expect to find with faults due to its size and weight but this example is amazingly bright and fresh. Housed in a leather-edged French Marble paper slipcase. L'Edition D'Art, H. Piazza unknown books
195624516<p>"<i>I came to recognize that your service as Foreign Minister was not for the good of the country although I did not cease to value your talents and dedication.</i>"</p> <b>DAVID BEN-GURION.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Moshe Sharett July 28 1956 Mount Carmel Israel. 3 pp. 4½ x 8¼ in.<p>Sharett served as Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Ben-Gurion from 1949 to 1954. He succeeded Ben-Gurion as Prime Minister from January 1954 to December 1955. When Ben-Gurion was reinstated as Prime Minister Sharett returned as Foreign Minister. Within months their relationship had deteriorated and Sharett resigned in protest on June 18 1956.</p><p>In 1952 Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew the Egyptian monarchy and introduced land reform. He became president in June 1956 calling for pan-Arab unity. Moshe Sharett believed that Nasser had delusions of grandeur and similarly that Ben-Gurion viewed himself as a messianic liberator. Ben-Gurion thought Sharett was being too cautious. Sharett believed Ben-Gurion was unwilling to negotiate. The cabinet voted 35 to 7 in favor of Sharett's resignation and he resigned on June 18 1956. Golda Meir succeeded Sharett as Foreign Minister and served until 1966. Three years later she became Israel's fourth Prime Minister. Over the next six weeks their correspondence resulted in this letter.</p><p><b>Complete Transcription</b></p><p><i>Mount Carmel 28 July 1956</i></p><p><i>To Moshe Sharett –peace and blessings</i></p><p><i>I hereby thank you for your detailed reply of 25 July to my letter to you of 8 July. I was pleased by your notification that your questions at the end of the letter were not intended to be given a reply. I do not believe that anyone will derive any benefit from arguments of this sort. However I feel obliged to</i> illegible <i>about two things.</i></p><p><i>A I absolutely reject the interpretation you gave on page 2 paragraph 10 of your letter to my remarks at the party Central Committee on 8 August 1955 as if "the Foreign Minister must serve as a kind of spokesman for the IDF." I did not and could not conceive of such an absurd idea. I said – and this is my considered opinion – that foreign policy needs to serve the needs of security in addition of course to trade agreements and things of that kind these too being within the bounds of its operation.</i></p><p><i>I don't have the stenogram at hand but I haven't any doubt that there is no foundation to the peculiar "interpretation" that you gave to my remarks.</i> <i>Also</i><i> when comrades disagree with one another – it's better for the disagreements not to go beyond the bounds which those in disagreement set for themselves.</i></p><p><i>B I reject the premise upon which question 9 on page 12 of your letter is based. I fear that my clarification will sadden you and as God is my witness I don't have any intention or desire to cause you any sorrow. But I regard it as my comradely duty to apprise you of my opinion in this painful matter. Little by little I came to recognize that your service as Foreign Minister was not for the good of the country although I did not cease to value your talents and dedication as before and all that I said in praise of you at the Knesset in my announcement of your resignation was not said out of courtesy and politeness</i> illegible<i> but rather out of recognition and heartfelt belief.</i></p><p><i>The stupid idea that there is only one person in Israel capable of serving as prime minister never crossed my mind and in</i> my <i>broadcast to the nation on the day of my resignation I warmly quoted Verse 1 in Chapter 131 of the Book of Psalms.</i> <i>And I admit that I'm not of the opinion that there is only a single person in Israel who is allowed to conduct foreign policy. On the contrary it became clear to me without any hesitation and I know that I am capable of error in this matter like anyone who is flesh and blood that the good of the State requires a different management at the Foreign Ministry. I am certain that you will not concur with my opinion and by no means will I try to convince you. One thing I can assure you in good faith: I didn't do what I did out of a "relationship gone awry."</i></p><p>_________</p><p><i>It seems that your letter of 24 August 1955 to Eshkol</i> <i>Beba</i> <i>Kesse</i> <i>and Namir</i> <i>never reached me. I'll look into this matter upon my return to Jerusalem.</i></p><p><i>For my part I'm not at all opposed to you showing these your answers to anyone that you wish.</i></p><p><i>With blessings</i></p><p><i>D. Ben-Gurion </i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p><b>David Ben-Gurion</b> 1886-1973 was born in the Kingdom of Poland then part of the Russian Empire as David Grün and he studied at the University of Warsaw. In 1906 he immigrated to Palestine which was part of the Ottoman Empire. In 1912 he moved to Constantinople to study law and adopted the Hebrew name Ben-Gurion. He supported the Ottoman Empire in World War I but was deported to Egypt and traveled to the United States where he remained for three years. After the Balfour Declaration of 1917 he joined the Jewish Legion of the British Army. He returned to Palestine after the war and became a leader of the Zionist movement. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 Ben-Gurion was effectively the leader of the Jewish population before there was a nation. He accepted the 1947 partition plan as a compromise that would establish a Jewish state and declared the independence of the state of Israel in May 1948. After leading Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War Ben-Gurion won election as Prime Minister of Israel in 1948 as head of the Labour party in the Knesset. He resigned in December 1953 effective January 26 1954 then resumed office in November 1955 and served as Israeli Prime Minster until 1963. He then moved to Sde Boker a kibbutz in the Negev desert where he lived until his death.</p><p><b>Moshe Sharett</b> 1894-1965 was born in Kherson in the Russian Empire modern Ukraine and emigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1906. In 1910 his family moved to Jaffa and later became one of the founding families of Tel Aviv. He studied law at Istanbul University but left to serve as an interpreter in the Ottoman Army in World War I. From 1922 to 1931 he lived in London and worked as a newspaper editor and journalist. He returned to Mandatory Palestine in 1931 and worked in the Jewish Agency of which he became head in 1933. He signed Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948 and served as the Foreign Minister in the Provisional Government in 1948 and in the first cabinet formed in 1949. When Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion retired from politics in January 1954 Sharett succeeded him as Prime Minister. In the wake of the Lavon Affair Ben-Gurion came out of retirement to resume the office of Prime Minister in November 1955 and Sharett again served as Foreign Minister. He resigned as Foreign Minister in June 1956 in protest of the new government's policies.</p> books
16688Stockholm WI: Midnight Paper Sales nd. A gorgeous book with an original technique of printing the images: all of them are printed directly from slices of the actual trees discussed in the book in a variation on the traditional technique of nature printing where the object itself is used to print. Schanilec has made use of this idea in a number of his projects. The multi-color prints are produced by a reduction cutting process: "after each color is printed the block is cleaned with mineral spirits the surface is cut away further and the block is printed again in a different color. . . . on close inspection some of the features may not match up exactly since they represent a deeper plane in the wood." <i>Sylvae</i> page 18. All of the trees featured in the book grew on Schanilec's farm in Wisconsin. Some fell due to natural causes others had to be removed for logistical reasons some were cut down for their wood for flooring and other construction projects. The nature of the grain of each piece prompted the specific techniques used to print the image. Many of the multi-colored prints are at least two full pages quite a few are massive three-page spreads. The grain patterns of the wood express the beauty of the trees. Each section of the book deals with one tree including one or more prints and a detailed discussion of the function of the tree on the farm sometimes tidbits of local history how it came to be cut down its properties and details about the specific characteristics of each piece of wood and how these affected the print-making process. The book concludes with an over sized wood cut of a large tree cut down on Schanilec's farm--the wood engraving of the tree was carved from the wood of the tree. It's beautiful but there are mixed feelings about realizing that the tree is preserved for the future through the use of its own wood for the engraving. But then that is true for all of the images in the book! There is a great respect for nature and the conservation of trees throughout this book. It is a wonderful production! The binding of the book continues the wood theme: the spine of the book is white pigskin and the sides are cut from another tree on Schanilec's farm and have been finished like a beautiful piece of furniture. The book was printed by Schanilec and Verhoeven the Bixlers cast the type Craig Jensen and Gary McLerran bound the books and Dick Sorenson did the woodwork. Housed in a deep blue fabric covered slipcase. Number 6 of 120 copies. Signed by both Schanilec and Verhoeven. A laid in notice announced that the book won the 2007 Gregynog Prize at the Oxford Book Fair. <i>Quarter to Midnight</i> A.261.b and A.262 <i>Matrix 27</i>. Schanilec considers this book to be "a far better book" than the special edition of 26 copies of the same title with a different setting of the type. Fine. Midnight Paper Sales hardcover books
1967107998Folio. Paris: The Trianon Press 1967. Folio 23 ff. Full green crushed morocco over boards. 8 full-page original color lithographs by Shahn. De luxe edition with additional two original prints signed and numbered by Shahn a full set of all 8 plates and 28 progressive states for plate 5 in cloth backed board portfolio with ties. A fine copy in a sunned and lightly worn box with marbled boards and gilt-titled morocco backstrip. § One of 26 deluxe editions on Arches rag paper lettered A-Z this being copy H. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. His rendition of the Book of Ecclesiasties was a deeply personal undertaking; the beautifully embellished calligraphic text in English and Hebrew is also his work and like the illustrations was reproduced by the Trianon Press by a mixture of collotype and hand-stenciling. The Trianon Press hardcover books
1970202301970. No binding. Fine. Letter Signed to Menasche Elissar. 17 Kislev 5731 December 15 1970. 1 p. 8½ x 11 in. Form letter on ""The World Jewish Bible Society"" letterhead. In Hebrew. Also see item #22355 where Ben Gurion reexamines a Bible story after discussion with the chairman of the World Jewish Bible Society. Partial Translation""Much Shalom!I would invite you to become a member of the council of the Bible House in Jerusalem. The proponents of the Bible House have given consideration to the fact that every spiritual idea for it to exist and exert influence needs a physical structure too a central home. The uniqueness of Jerusalem the city of the prophets and the capital of Israel makes it appropriate that a House be established in it to collect inside every commentary book and creation that has been thought of and created in Judaism through the generations regarding the Book of Books and every creation by the sages of the nations of the world that displays the influence of the Bible. The House with its book collections and educational exhibits will serve as a place of study for the lovers of Torah the youth and adults who will come to it in order to increase their knowledge of the Book of Books and its interpretations. The House will also serve as a gravitational center for residents of this country when they go up to Jerusalem and to tourists from the Diaspora who will be able to absorb in it the spirit of the Book of Books. More details about the House's content and its purpose can be found in the attached brochure which contains things said during the ground breaking ceremony.The initiating committee hopes you will agree to lend a helping hand to the establishment of this cultural center in Jerusalem. We await your reply.BlessingsD. Ben-Gurion SignatureD. Ben GurionPresident of the Israel Society for Biblical Research""Historical Background Building a permanent home for the Israeli Center for Biblical Research was one of Ben-Gurion's favorite projects. He envisioned a compound overlooking Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives with a research library exhibit and museum space and educational facilities. Intended for the study of the Hebrew Bible the research center would be the headquarters for the World Jewish Bible Society. Ground was broken on October 18 1970 but the building was never completed.David Ben-Gurion Israeli politician; proclaimed Israeli independence in 1948 becoming the new independent nation's first Prime Minister after years as the head of the Zionist movement; changed his name from Gryn to Ben-Gurion ""Son of the Lion Cub."" Even in retirement Ben-Gurion's crusade to strengthen and enrich the state and people of Israel did not end. books
1692WRCLIT70282London: Printed by Thomas Hodgkin . 1692. 12264281-368371-2371-382393-7444pp. Folio signed in 4s; 14.5 x 9.25"; 368 x 237mm. Modern paneled dark brown calf raised bands gilt spine labels with earlier gilding to all edges. Engraved portrait of Jonson engraved by Elder after Vaughn. Portrait and title a bit foxed inky marginal smear to E31r; some old spotting to C2-4 3A4 and 4C4-4D4; 3C1-2 on inferior paper and tanned as usual; top edge of 3Y3 shows a bit of slight fraying; other occasional marginal smudges dusting or trivial spotting; otherwise generally a very good crisp copy. Third and last folio edition but the first in one volume adding "The New Inn" and "Leges Convivales" which were not included in the collected editions of 1616 and 1640. The characteristic poor paper and tanning of 3C1-2 often extend to 2Z2-3 which are here relatively unblemished. The final two leaves are turned over to the "Leges Convivales" with its own title and imprint. This copy although in a modern binding measures somewhat larger than the Hagen-Pforzheimer copy which is noted as in original calf. ESTC R15282. PFORZHEIMER 561. Printed by Thomas Hodgkin ... hardcover books
1971106902Funk & Wagnalls 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Bound in leather Fine in a Fine slipcase. First Edition. One of 2000 numbered copies bound in full blue padded leather top edge gilt and SIGNED by Israel's first prime minister on the bottom blank margin of the frontispiece photograph. Illustrated with photographs. Funk & Wagnalls hardcover books
