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000151132Almosnino Moshe ben Baruch. Pirkei Moshe. Salonica 1563. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000151132 unknown
117129Hamburg 1831. . 8vo 18 x 12 cm; vocalised Hebrew manuscript on paper magnificent modern calf binding with elaborate floral gilt ornaments and Hebrew title to front housed in a cloth slipcase covered with marbled paper; 1 19 ii pp.<br /> Includes the order of the priestly blessings beginning from the 'Retzei' through the end of 'Sim Shalom' with the 'Yehi Ratzon' prayer for livelihood and 'Ribono Shel Olam' for better dreams followed by the order of the redemption of the first born Pidyon Ha'Ben and the rules of the priestly blessing. The hand-written text is accompanied by beautiful illustrations and priestly motifs Cohen's hands raised in blessing crown of priesthood etc.<br /><br />Leaf 13 notes: 'Written on Rosh Chodesh Iyar 1831'. Leaf 16 notes: 'This book was written in honor of R. Feibelman son of David Katz z"l of Altona'.<br /> Hamburg, 1831. hardcover
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
151831810Augsburg: S. Grimm and M. Wirsung 1518. Hardcover. Very good. Five parts small quarto 19.5 by 14 cm: a-d4 = 16 leaves. 32 pp. Text in Latin. Title within elaborate woodcut borders; woodcut initials. Modern marbled boards. Lightly toned with occasional faint smudges mostly marginal. Three discreet worm holes 1mm and less throughout sometimes obscuring a letter else a very good copy with crisp text.<br /> <br /> Early printing of the first Latin edition of Maimonides' Fi Tadbir al-Sihha On the Regimen of Health. Like his other medical and philosophical works it was composed in Arabic. The present translation however was likely based upon the 13th-century Hebrew version Sefer Hanhagat ha-Bri'ut attributed to Moses ibn Tibbon. The editio princeps first printed edition of this Latin version appeared at the monastic press of Sanctum Jacobum de Ripoli in Florence under the direction of Fra Domenico da Pistoia in an undated edition sometime between 1477 and 1481. In 1501 it appeared at Pavia as an appendix to a general treatise on the medical arts the Tabula Consiliorum of Giovanni Matteo Ferrari court physician to Francesco Sforza. The later editions of the Tabula which appeared at Venice in 1514 and again at Pavia in 1517 also include this Latin version of On the Regimen of Health. The present edition thus appears to be the first separate printing of this Latin translation to appear after the rare Florentine incunable.<br /> <br /> A philosopher physician rabbinic authority and codifier of Jewish law Maimonides Moses ben Maimon the Rambam; 1135 or 1138-1204 was the most illustrious Jewish scholar of the post-talmudic era. At the age of thirteen he and his family fled Cordoba to escape the Almohad persecutions and later settled in Fustat an ancient district of Cairo. "It was here that Maimonides started to practice and teach medicine. and became the physician of al-Qadi al-Fadil the famous counsellor and secretary to Saladin" Bos.<br /> <br /> On the Regimen of Health was composed at an unknown date for al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali ca.1169-1225 Saladin's eldest son. He was appointed by his father as governor of Damascus while still a youth and ascended to the throne as Sultan of the Ayyubid Empire in the winter of 1198/1199. Maimonides later served him in that capacity as court physician. In the Latin version of On the Regimen of Health al Malik al-Afdal is described as The Great Sultan of Babylon Magnifico Soldano Babylonie. In his preface Maimonides describes his work as divided into four tracts the first and last providing general medical advice suitable for all persons. The second treatise provides a regimen for the sick who are unable to consult a physician. The third is specifically intended for the Sultan who has informed Maimonides about his medical complaints -- constipation indigestion and depression -- through his emissary per suum nuncium significavit. There is a fifth part not mentioned in the preface which appears in the Florentine editio princeps as well in which Maimonides criticizes the treatment of the Sultan by other physicians.<br /> <br /> The "regimen of health" tadbir al-sihha genre has a long history in Islamic medical literature. Rooted in ancient Greek medical theory it was reinforced with the ritualistic hygiene of the Qur'an and the later Hadith traditions. "Maimonides teaches that physical convalescence is dependent on psychological well-being and rest. He stresses the necessity of hygienic conditions in the care of the body physical exercise and proper breathing work family sexual life and diet and suggests that music poetry paintings and walks in pleasant surroundings all have a part to play toward a happy person and the maintenance of good health" EJ.<br /> <br /> "On the Regimen of Health is frequently mentioned consulted and quoted in Hebrew literature; in the thirteenth century by Judah ben Samuel ibn Abbas and Shem Tov ibn Falaquera; in the fourteenth century by Israel ben Joseph Caslari Joseph ben Abba Mari ibn Kaspi Menahem ben Aaron ibn Zerah and Meir Aldabi. The physician Tobias ben Moses Cohn 1652-1729 quotes from Maimonides' On the Regimen of Health in his MaÊ¿aseh Tuviyyah which was 'the most influential Hebrew textbook of the sciences especially medicine'" Bos.<br /> <br /> Provenance: early 20th-century bookplate of Jan Kok at front pastedown. References: G. Bos Maimonides On the Regimen of Health: A New Parallel Arabic-English Translation Brill 2019 preface and intro; Durling NLM 16th 3304; Enc. Jud. 1st ed. 11: 779; Fürst vol. 2 p. 314; Proctor German 1501-1520 10875; Steinschneider 6513.145; VD16 M6423 providing imprint information: Sigmund Grimm and Marx Wirsung. For the first printed edition see British Museum 15th Century part VI Florence p. 623 IA. 27063; Hain 10525.<br /> <br /> Full title and imprint: Tractatus Rabbi Moysi de regimine sanitatis ad Soldanum Regem from colophon: Augustae Vindelicorum. Anno virginei partus. M.D.XVIII. die. ix Iulii.<br /> <br /> Opening line of text: Tractatus Rabbi Moysi quem domino et Magnifico Soldano Babilonie transmisit.<br /> <br /> Uniform titles: ספר ×”× ×”×’×ª הברי×ות Sefer Hanhagat ha-Bri'ut / FÄ« tadbÄ«r al-á¹£iḥḥah. S. Grimm and M. Wirsung hardcover
1957140949327New York: A. S. Barnes and Company 1957. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed and briefly inscribed by Ben Hogan on the front free endpaper "With all good wishes - and for better golf." Bound in publisher's green cloth boards over white spine lettered in green and orange. Near Fine with slight lean to binding small discoloration to free endpapers at fore edges. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing light edge wear and tanning. A lovely signed copy of the golf champion's iconic instruction manual that explains his tried-and-true methods of the perfect swing. A. S. Barnes and Company unknown
195686675Lund Humphries. As New. 1956. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - TWO 2 VOLUMES. Text in English and French. Volume 1: 32 pages; 203 illustrations. Volume 2: 4 pages of text; 142 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works -- with a bonus offer . Lund Humphries hardcover
43935Amsterdam: En Casa de Joris Trigg/ D. Efraim Bueno y Jona Abravanel 5412. Hardcover. g- to vg-. Duoecimo. 7x4.5". 478pp. Original dark brown leather with blind-stamped ruling and tooling on the covers and spine. Raised bands on the spine. Metal clasps. Red-speckled edges of the book block. An early Spanish-language edition of the complete Jewish High Holiday prayer book Machzor based on the original translation by Abraham Usque originally printed in Ferarra Italy in 1553. This edition contains some added material not previously present including most prominently Solomon ibn Gabirol's famed philosophical poem "Keter Malkhut" Royal Crown which over the years has come to be read as part of the Yom Kippur service in some Jewish traditions. <br /> <br /> Published by Dr. Efraim Bueno and Jona Abravanel to serve members of the then sizable Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. A significant portion of the community were former Conversos Jews who had outwardly converted to Catholicism during the inquisition in Spain who then emmigrated and were able to reestablish their Jewish identity and thus were unable to read Hebrew hence the text's publication in Spanish. As stated in the foreword this edition includes some additions to the text not included in previous versions and omits some material deemed to have been unnecessary. The prayer book starts with the penitential prayers Selichot p.3-47 which includes decorative head and endpeices. This section is followed by the Rosh Hashanah service p.48-195 and then the Yom Kippur service including the "Keter Malkhut" p.254-289. Title page is has a decorative vignette printed in woodblock and is printed with the Hebrew date "5412". Pages 305-352 are misprinted as "321-368" with their correct numbers handwritten above in ink. All text in Spanish. <br /> <br /> Binding with some rubbing and scratches to extremities and to the covers. Front hinge starting to split slightly at the head and tail of the spine. Missing one of the metal clasps on the back cover. Starting at interior covers. Some minor to light sporadic damp staining and foxing throughout the text. Period signature of the previous owner "Silva" in ink on on the title page and p.200. Name of another previous owner in ink on the interior back cover. Book block tight overall. Binding in good- interior in very good- condition overall. Quite scarce. Dr. Efraim Ephraim Bueno aka Martin Alvarez 1599-1665 was a Portuguese-born Jewish physician in Amsterdam of the famed Iberian-Jewish Bueno medical dynasty and prominent member of the city's Sephardic community. He served for many years as the personal physician to famed artist Rembrandt van Rijn who in fact depicted Bueno in two of his works one an etching and the other a painted portrait. He received his medical education and degree in Bordeaux and was known to have practiced medicine in Amsterdam until the time of his death. In addition to his medical practice Bueno was an accomplished biblical scholar who along with Jona Abravanel published numerous Jewish works the on the bible and Jewish Law. <br /> <br /> Jona Abravanel 1593-1667 was a Sephardic Jewish poet in Amsterdam from the prominent Abravanel family. He was the nephew of Famed Portueguse-Dutch Rabbi and printer Menasseh ben Israel. Together with his uncle and Dr. Efraim Bueno he was responsible for publishing numerous works of Judiaca in the 17th century.<br /> <br /> In this edition the title page was mistaken printed with the word "Kuyper" which was then correct via a scrap of paper pasted on top. References: KAYSERLING 1890 p. 7 31 61 under Abravanel Bueno and Liturgy PALAU 1923 under 202415 with an incorrect dat of 1662 PEETERS 1933 1037. <br /> <br /> This publication follows an edition with same title also from Amsterdam in 1630 but printed by David Pardo and Salom ben Yosseph Menasseh ben Israel with different pagination. En Casa de Joris Trigg/ D. Efraim Bueno y Jona Abravanel hardcover
1902ST17129-011Paris: H. Piazza et Cie 1902. No. 248 OF 260 COPIES on papier vélin from a total edition of 300. 248 x 178 mm. 9 3/4 x 7". 175 1 pp. 1 leaf colophon. <br/> EXTRAVAGANT BLUE MOROCCO GILT AND INLAID BY OTTO SCHULZE stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with a very decorative gilt frame enclosing a Moorish design featuring a lobed central panel framed by a strip of terra cotta morocco inlaid with 96 black morocco and gilt flowers and between this and the outer frame a panel of lilac morocco inlaid with swirls of gilt vines terminating in 22 red blossoms; raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron surrounded by small tools and five inlaid red morocco flowers inner dentelles with brown morocco frame flanked by large and small decorative gilt rolls top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original color-illustrated paper wrappers bound in at the rear. With decorative borders enclosing text and with 58 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED ILLUSTRATIONS BY DINET consisting of title page and three section titles four head- or tailpieces 41 illustrations in the text and nine full-page plates. Verso of front free endpaper with bookplate of John R. Menzies. Carteret IV 140. ◆Spine lightly sunned one tiny spot on half title but A VERY FINE COPY clean fresh and bright internally and in a binding with no signs of wear.<br/> <br/> This is a strikingly bound deluxe copy of the first book produced by the French Orientalist painter Étienne Dinet and his Arabic teacher and closest friend Sliman ben Ibrahim. The text of three Saharan folktales related here by Sliman are illustrated with Dinet's sensuous watercolors and the whole is bound with great animation and skill by Otto Schulze of Edinburgh. Dinet and Sliman met in Algeria in 1889 when Sliman saved the painter from an ambush. Sliman accompanied Dinet to Paris in 1896 where he met the French Society of Oriental Painters and impressed them with both his character and his couscous. Sliman and Dinet also collaborated on a biography of Mohammed and an account of the Hajj they made after Dinet's conversion to Islam. The binding here is reminiscent of an Oriental carpet and echoes Dinet's beautiful designs used inside the book. Operating during the first 10 or 15 years of the 20th century Otto Schulze was an Edinburgh publisher whose books sometimes appeared in bindings said to have been done by him. As in the case of other publishers and booksellers such bindings often were done for rather than by the party whose name is stamp-signed on the volume. Bindings signed by Schulze are consistently attractive but are not common: since 1975 ABPC has listed six such morocco bindings two of them described as "elaborate" or "extra." Since our volume says that the binding is by--and not for--Schulze we can only assume that our publisher had an in-house binder. From 1906 until his death in 1935 our previous owner John R. Menzies was chairman of John Menzies & Co. founded in Edinburgh in 1833 by his father. The firm sold books magazines and newspapers becoming with W. H. Smith one of two major newsagents in the United Kingdom in the 20th century until bought out by its rival in 1990. H. Piazza et Cie unknown
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
1932160793New York: Abbott-Dunning 1932. Draft script for the Broadway premiere of the 1932 play. Working copy belonging to playwrights Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. <br /> <br /> An early theatrical effort by legendary playwrights authors and creative collaborators Hecht and MacArthur preceded by "The Front Page" 1928 and "The Great Magoo" 1932.<br /> <br /> Based on "Napoleon of Broadway" an unproduced play by Charles B. Millholland about an egomaniacal theatrical producer based on real-life impresario David Belasco as he attempts to win back his former protégé now working as a Hollywood actress. The play made its Broadway premiere on December 29 1932 at the Broadhurst Theatre running for 152 performances. Adapted for film by Howard Hawks two years later starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. <br /> <br /> Set in New York. <br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers with credits for playwrights Hecht MacArthur and Millholland on the front wrapper. Title page present dated December 29 1932 with credits for playwrights Hecht MacArthur and Millholland director George Abbott and others. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-29. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Title page lightly dampstained else Pages Near Fine wrapper Good moderately dampstained and edgeworn bound with two gold brads. Abbott-Dunning unknown
12326Nicholson Ben. San Gimignano. Lafranca 38. Etching 1966. Edition of 50 signed in pencil and dated "66" and numbered "1/50." With the chop of the printer Lafranca embiossed lower left. A trapezoidal shaped plate measuring 6 3/4 x 9 5/16 171 x 235 mm. in its longest dimensions; the sheet is 11 x 13 3/4 inches. Framed to 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches. In excellent condition. unknown
7535Shahn Ben. Shahn Ben. SUPERMARKET. Prescott 28. Serigraph in black with hand coloring 1957. Edition of unspecified size; Prescott states 80 known. 17 x 38 1/4 image; 25 1/4 x 38 5/8 inches sheet. Inscribed and signed in pencil. In excellent condition with the colors fresh and vibrant. unknown
166066808Basileae Bâle Basel: Sumptibus authoris l'auteurtypis Georgi Deckeri 1660. Fine. Sumptibus authoris l'auteur typis Georgi Deckeri Basileae Bâle Basel 1660 16 x 20.50 cm relié Sumptibus authoris. Typis Georgi Deckeri Basileae Basel 1660 4to 16 x 20.5 cm 50 pp. 455 pp. 29 pp. modern vellum First edition of the Latin translation by Johannes Buxtorf The Younger of the first translation into Hebrew by Juda ibn Tibbon Juda Halevi's Arabic text not being rediscovered till 1887 today in the Bodleian. Modern vellum binding flaps. Skillful restoration to inside margin of final third of work without loss to text. A few small wormtracks filled in to lower margins of pastedowns as well as first and final endpapers. A few dampstains to lower portion and some pages browned. Stamp of the University Library at Leiden «Acad. Lugd.» to edges and title. Stamp of the restorer Willem Nicolaas du Rieu «Ex auct. Curatt. vendidi W. N. du Rieu» indicating its deaccession. A very rare copy of this classic of Medieval Jewish philosophy presenting the fears of Spanish Jews faced with two powerful religions Christianity and Islam. Written in 1140 in Arabic the Kuzari is couched in the form of a dialogue in five books. Charles Touati in his 1994 preface to the text summarizes the narrative thread of the work thus: «The king of the Khazars or Kuzari tormented by the religious question interrogates in turn a philosopher a Christian theologian and a Muslim one. Disappointed in their answers he feels he must turn to a learned man of the mocked and vilified minority a Rabbi who ends up convincing him at which the king converts to Judaism and continues his studies with the aid of this teacher.» This apologia allowed Juda Halevi to critique the appeal of philosophy Christianity and Islam for his contemporaries. According to him «philosophy denies all possibility of dialogue between Man and God and does not understand the religious phenomenon» ibid. Right from his starting point a proof of the existence of God he believes that we need only look to history and the revelation of God on Mount Sinai witnessed by thousands. Christianity and Islam are for him nothing but forgeries of Judaism: «they jeer at the humiliations and suffering of the Jews without realizing that they exalt in the founder of their own religions precisely that humiliation and suffering» ibid. The Kuzari is an emblematic text in the sense that it calls for the exiled community to return to Zion rather than submit. «It is better to leave everything and go back to Zion and there regain Divine favor instead of wearing ourselves out winning the favor of gentiles which in any case we will never have» ibid. Sumptibus authoris [l'auteur]typis Georgi Deckeri hardcover
42636Piazza.1918.In-4 relié en portefeuille.177 p. Illustrations d'Etienne Dinet et Mohamed Racim.Exemplaire n°584.177 p.avec la carte du Hedjaz et la Route de la Syrie, la table des illustrations et celle des chapitres.Reliure de J.Bosco,relieur à Alger. Ouvrage unique,ayant appartenu à Henry Frugès,qui en a inspiré la reliure et les soies de doublures et de gardes.Plein maroquin mosaiqué de toutes les couleurs.Larges bandeaux et motifs orientalistes.Rabat en portefeuille à l'identique avec doublure de soie.Tète dorée.Très bel ouvrage.
16169030996London: William Stansby 1616. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Compiled and edited by Johnson published in two sizes. This is the small-paper edition originally 7 x 11 1/4 inches trimmed here to 6 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches with no loss of text. Rebound in dark green morocco with five raised bands on spine; spine and covers stamped in gilt. Contains 842 of roughly 1025 original pages including all plays: Every Man in his Humour Every Man out of his Humour Cynthias Revels Poetaster Seianus Volpone or The Fox Epicœne or The Silent Woman The Alchemist and Catiline as well as epigrams and Jonson's poetry collection "The Forrest." Missing engraved portrait title and contents page along with five of seven introductory dedication pages. Missing engraved title pages to all plays but "Poetaster" along with the Entertainments Panegyre Masques and Barriers which comprised the last 173 pages of the book. Two pages of introductory dedication have been rebound as final leaf. <br/><br/> William Stansby hardcover
18812091202133203423Yomisho Sanbo 1881. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 16 books in total Yomisho Sanbo paperback
000304528Arepol Shmuel ben Yitschak. Lev Chakham Pirush Kohelet. Istanbul 1586. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000304528 unknown
163155459Amsterdam: printed by Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius 1631. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Octavo 16.8 by 11.4 cm. Collation: aleph-lamed-zayin8 = 296 leaves. 612 i.e. 592 pp: p. 464 erroneously numbered 484 465 as 485 and so on throughout. Two column text in unvocalized Hebrew; every fifth verse numbered in the margin. Title within architectural border; half titles with letterpress ornamentation for the Former and Latter Prophets. Contemporary vellumwith exposed thongs edges stained blue; yapp fore-edges; front joint cracked but holding strong. Intermittent light toning to text outmost leaves a bit more darkened; very occasional small stains. Title-page slighltly trimmed 4 mm at bottom edge; expert marginal repairs at bottom corners of 2 leaves; 1 leaf re-margined at fore-edge with no loss of text else a very good copy with crisp clean text.<br /> <br /> First Hebrew Bible published in Amsterdam printed by the rabbi diplomat publisher and religious thinker Menasseh ben Israel 1604-1657 one of the most distinguished members of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam and the first Jewish printer in the Northern Netherlands. The Amsterdam printer and publisher Hendrick Laurensz Lauretius provided the financing for this edition along with two other Bible editions and two editions of the Hebrew Psalms printed by Menasseh between 1631 and 1646. "These publications were not only made for the local market but mainly for international trade. Thanks to this financial help Menasseh was able to organize his printing office in a more professional way" Fuks hiring a Jewish compositor Judah Leb ben Mordecai Gimple from Posen and a gentile compositor Bartholomeus Laurensz. <br /> <br /> The printing activity of Menasseh was especially important in the steadily growing productions of the Hebrew press in the Northern Netherlands. Fulfilling the needs of the Sephardic community for Jewish ritual texts eliminated the need for expensive imports from Venice and Poland. Menasseh undersood that the relatively cheap paper and tools available in Amsterdam made it possible to compete in quality and prices with the Hebrew presses of Poland Italy and Basel. "Gentile publishers and booksellers in Amsterdam such as Jansonius and Laurentius were quick to see the opportunity of the opening Eastern European market and financed several of Menasseh's publications" Fuks. Menasseh was the first to introduce in the Netherlands waybertaytsch types for Yiddish publications along with illustrated Hebrew books. He was also the first Jewish printer to adopt the Dutch pocket-book format made famous by the Elzeviers.<br /> <br /> Notes on publication date and issue: The title is dated 1630 in Arabic numerals; the colophon notes the date of completion in Hebrew characters as 5 Adar 5391 = 7 February 1631 along with the printer's apology for being unable to provide the index of pericopes promised on the title-page due to lack of printing material. Darlow and Moule describe this issue as Variant A with a Latin imprint appearing in the cartouche beneath the Hebrew title.<br /> <br /> Provenance and annotations: early entry in brown ink at front paste-down with short Greek inscription Theos. dated 1700; old Latin inscription in black ink at top margin title in reference to Hebrew roots; date of 1812 beside Yiddish entry penned in black ink within imprint cartouche at title; old entry in German penned in black ink at verso title beneath which is an oval cartouche in imitation of the one at the title in which an owner has penned in black ink the Hebrew imprint information regarding Hendrick Laurensz as it would appear in the Varient B issue; old library shelf marks at rear paste-down; recent owner entry in blue ink in Hebrew at front paste-down. References: Darlow and Moule 5123a; Fuks/Fuks-Mansfeld no. 152; pp. 105; 111f.; Steinschneider no. 453; Vinograd Amsterdam 22.<br /> <br /> Full title and imprint: חמשה חומשי תורה פרשיותיו פתוחות וסתומות ×¢"פ ×”×¨×ž×‘× ×–"ל ומדוייק בחסירו' ויתרות להעתק ס"ת ×¢× ×œ×•×— בסופו מועיל לסופרי' ×•× ×‘×™××™× ×¨××©×•× ×™× ×•××—×¨×•× ×™× ×•×›×ª×•×‘×™×: × ×“×¤×¡ בבית ×ž× ×©×” בן ישר×ל ז׳׳צל והוגה בעיון × ×ž×¨×¥ על ידו ×©× ×ª ישמחו השמי×<br /> Amstelodami sumptibus Henrici Laurentii 1630. printed by Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius hardcover
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
1997003496Farrar Straus & Giroux T. Clipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1997. Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) hardcover
16336497Leiden: Elzevir 1633. First bilingual edition. Very Good. Octavo 16 cm.; 48 234 22 pages. Woodblock initials and vignettes. In marbled boards circa 1900 renewed endleaves spine artlessly reinforced in cloth worn at edges. Paper label apparently original. Provenance: Salomon Jakob Florsheim exlibris. Some light foxing. Reference: Willems 377; Blackmer 120. <br /><br />Hebrew text of "Ma'asot shel rabi Benjamin" accompanied by a Latin translation. This "travelogue" first published in Hebrew in 1543 and in Latin in 1575 recounts the author's journey through the Middle East and Central Asia in the 12th century. Da Tudela traveled from Spain through southern France Italy Greece Constantinople Cyprus Palestine Egypt on to Baghdad and visited many of the local Jewish communities. He is remembered as the most important traveler of Jewish origin in the Middle Ages. The narrative is an prime source for the history of the Jewish traditions in the Mediterranean area. He even described the lighthouse of Alexandria collapsed in 1326 one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Elzevir hardcover
19453694841945. Manuscript. Approximately 565 loose sheets comprised of roughly an equal number of typed and holograph pages. All slightly toned with edge wear very good. Burman's manuscript for his 1945 novel about a Mississippi steamboat captain's journey on the Congo with a multitude of corrections and revisions throughout. Accompanying the manuscript is an Autograph Note Signed from Burman to his book editor delivering the finished work. Burman born in Covington Kentucky in 1896 published numerous novels set in the South with many centered on life along the Mississippi. His earlier novel Steamboat Round the Bend was the basis for the 1935 film of the same name starring Will Rogers. A world traveler and veteran of both World War I and World War II Burman was among the first correspondents to reach the Free French capital of Brazzaville in independent French Equatorial Africa during WWII an experience that greatly informed this story. With a supplied copy of the first edition of Rooster Crows for Day New York: E.P. Dutton 1945. unknown
000147446Mizrachi Eliahu ben Avraham. Elia Mizrachi. Cracow 1595. Publisher: Yitzhak Ben Aharon miProstin. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000147446 unknown
