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000109745Moshe ben Israel Iserlis. Torat haKhataat. Hanau 1628. 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. SKU000109745 unknown
2007SONG185875612XHero Collector 2020-07-14. hardcover. Used: Good. 8.90x0.81x11.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Hero Collector hardcover
1959001356Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company 1959. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company 1959. First Edition and so stated. Octavo 215 pp cloth binding in the Mel Hunter-illustrated jacket. pictorial jacket. A Near Fine copy with just tiny points of wear at corner tips top page edges slightly darker than bottom edges as with almost every copy in a better than VG jacket - though it is price-clipped - whose main flaw is small scale roughening at spine ends corners just touched. Nicely preserved book and jacket. The first novel of science fiction icon Ben Bova from the equally iconic Winston series of juvenile sci-fi titles a memorable 37-title group issued between 1952 and 1961. Many of us remember the Winston stories with a great deal of nostalgia. The Star Conquerors - which also turned out to be the first of three titles in what would become Bova's "Watchmen" series - is among the rarest and most sought after of the Winston books in one of the better-preserved copies. L64 <br/> <br/> The John C. Winston Company hardcover
#[65945]Full parchment spitsel binding 8vo smudged and with a red stain on the front cover solid book block in good condition. With lovely endpieces vignettes on several titlepages and some engravings. Convolute containing 10 titles: 1 Nathan Ben Saddi Het boek der Chronycken van de Koningen van Engelandt Amsterdam Pieter Bastiaanz 1744 119 pp. Engraving on titlepage Antonina Houbraken inv. 1739 I. Wigmana sculp. in two parts continuously numbered. 2 Jakob ben Saddi De boeken der Kronyken van de Oorlogen welken de Franschen met Therezia de Koningin van Hongaryen Gevoerd hebben in Oostenryk . Amsterdam Arent van Huyssteen without year 109 pp. 3 Abraham ben Saddi De boeken der Kronyken van Maria Therezia Koninginne van Hongaryen &c. Tweede Boek . Amsterdam Pieter Bastiaansz 1745 32 pp. 4 Abraham ben Saddi De boeken der Kronyken van Maria Therezia Koninginne van Hongaryen &c. . Amsterdam Pieter Bastiaansz 1745 23 pp. 5 Remuel Saddi De Boeken der Chronyken van Karel Hertog van Lottheringen en Opper-Veld-Heer der Koninginne van Hongaryen . Amsterdam Steeve van Esveldt / Alkmaar Jacob Maagh 1745 86 pp. two parts with engraved frontispiece. 6 Remuel Saddi De Boeken der Chronyken van Karel Hertog van Lottheringen en Opper-Veld-Heer der Koninginne van Hongaryen . Het derde boek Amsterdam Steeve van Esveldt / Alkmaar Jacob Maagh 1745 56 pp. 7 Jan Meyer Arlequin Ambassadeur naar het Onder-Aardsche Ryk. Uit het Maleyts Vertaalt. Without place or printer 1743 32 pp. 8 Jan Meyer Arlequin Ambassadeur by den Koning van het Onder-Aardsche Ryk. Zynde het vervolg van Arlequin Ambassadeur naar het Onder-Aardsche Ryk. Without place or printer 1743 36 pp. 9 Jan Meyer Arlequin Ambassadeur by den Koning van het Onder-Aardsche Ryk. Zynde het Vervolg van de twee vorige Deeltjes. Without place or printer 1743 38 pp. 10 Het merkwaardige leven de sonderbaare krankheid de daarop volgende dood en begraafenis van de Fransche Reputatie die tot het allergootste leedwesen der Franschen met eene nooit zo gehoudenen lyk-statie. . Nieuwe editie met een aardige aanschryven uit de Elisesche Velden van den Avontuurliken Ridder Don Quixotte aan een voornaame Dame Donna Grandezza . Harderwyk without printer or date 71 pp. with a fold out engraving depicting the funeral procession. l Nathan ben Saddi is a pseudonym of Robert Dodsley 1703-1764. Dodsley was an English bookseller poet playwright and miscellaneous writer. He displayed his egalitarian leanings with the anonymous " The Chronicle of the Kings of England by "Nathan ben Saddi" 1740 rewriting English history in the style of the King James Version of the Pentateuch". unknown
2011DADAX1468110969CREATESPACE 2011-12-19. Large Print. paperback. New. 6.00x0.20x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. CREATESPACE paperback
96209Paris M. A. Crehange 1846. . 4to 26.5 x 16 cm; 5 parts in 2 vols; numerous tinted lithograph plates; foxed; contemporary quarter-calf boards spines richly gilt boards somewhat rubbed; text in French Hebrew and Yiddish. 72 180 73-200 non-sequential; 128 146 2 152 pp.<br /> Créhange's adaptation of Tze'enah u-Re'enah into French by rendering the work as conversations between Joshua Josué Hadass and his family on Holy scriptures their relations with their religion and Jewish morals. It is a work written with great charm and most attractively illustrated by numerous lithographs.<br /><br />Tze'enah u-Re'enah Come and See a title taken from the Song of Songs 3:11 'Go forth and see O ye daughters of Zion' is an exegetical rendering in Yiddish of the Pentateuch the haftarot and the Five Scrolls composed at the end of the 16th century by Rabbi Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi 15501625; it is sometimes called the 'Women's Bible'. The work consists of discourses on selected topics or passages from parashat hashavuah the weekly chapter of the Pentateuch the haftarot and the Scrolls combining the peshat literal exegesis and the derash free interpretation interwoven with legends from the Midrash and other sources stories and topical comments on moral behaviour.<br /><br />Alexandre Créhange 1791-1872 a Jewish-French author Hebralist and communal leader was the most senior of the ten founders of the Alliance Israelite Universelle.<br /> Paris, M. A. Crehange, 1846. hardcover
97429Constantinople Yonah ben Yaakov Ashkenazi 1719. . First edition; 4to 29 x 20.5 cm; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with title in gilt to spine label; some marginal worming and restoration to first and last leaves occasional browning and staining; ownership inscription in Hebrew to title; 2 143 ll.<br /> Rabbi Moshe ibn Habib 1654-1696 was born in Thessalonika his father Shlomo ibn Habib being from a prominent Spanish-Jewish family who were expelled from Spain as a result of the Alhambra Decree. At the age of 15 he travelled to Jerusalem to study and was noted for his talent knowledge of the Torah and his wisdom. He specialised in Jewish marital law and agunot women who wouldn't be granted a divorce from their husbands and wrote two books on the subject the most famous of which is offered here. A Responsa book he wrote was famously lost at sea and only parts of it were published.<br /><br />Moshe ibn Habib died young and his books were not published during his lifetime but were kept as manuscripts until his grandson Rabbi Yaakov Culi edited and published them in Constantinople as there were no Hebrew printers in the Holy Land at the time. <br /><br />Get Pashut A Simple Divorce deals with halachot gitin religious divorce laws considered to be a complicated and touchy subject in Jewish religion. According to Jewish law a woman cannot be divorced unless granted a divorce by her husband. A husband who leaves his wife or disappears without granting her a divorce leaves her aguna a state which leaves her unable to remarry. The word originates in the Hebrew word ogen meaning anchor and was first used in this context in the Book of Ruth to describe a woman that could not remarry.<br /> Vinograd Const. 403; Yaari 296 p.167; Stefansky Sifrei Yesod 198. Constantinople, Yonah ben Yaakov Ashkenazi, 1719. hardcover
18130012057Elizabethtown Hardin County Kentucky: Circuit Court Elizabethtown Hardin County Kentucky. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1813. Non-Book. On offer is an 1813 ADS being a summons to appear at Hardin Circuit Court by Ben Helm 1779-1858 who was Clerk of Hardin County Court and Circuit Court at the time. It was in relation to a conviction against Christopher Bush 1730-1813 and Ichabod Radley 1774-1847. The two men owed damages to Joseph Stover another Kentucky pioneer. SEE BIO NOTES ON HELM and BUSH FOLLOWING THE LISTING. The summons refers to a March 13 1809 judgment against Bush and Radley handed down by Judge Stephen Ormsby 1759-1844 and assistant judge Samuel Haycraft 1752-1823. The 1809 judgment is described here: Judgment of that Court had recovered against Christopher Bush and Ichabod Radley one penny Damage and twelve dollars and sixteen cents as well for the costs of a certain Ejectment brought by the said Joseph Stoves against the said Christopher Bush and Ichabod Radley as for his Damage in that suit expenses where of the said Christopher Bush and Ichabod Radley are convicted The summons goes on to explain that Execution of the said judgment still remains to be made . Since Christopher Bush passed away in January of 1813 and made his son Christopher and his wife Hannah Executors of his will they are summoned to appear on the first day of the Courts next June term. The back of the document indicates that this summons was executed on Christopher Bush Jr. On April 28 1813 and on Hannah Bush on May 14 1813. It is important to note that Bush Jr. Would become Abraham Lincolns uncle. BEN HELM 1779-1858 was a pioneer soldier and noted for his success as an Indian fighter. Major Ben Helm was the uncle of John Larue Helm governor of Kentucky and grandfather of Confederate General Ben Hardin Helm who married Emilie Todd sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. Ben Helm married Mary Edwards the daughter of Benjamin Edwards and was a sister of Governor Ninian Edwards. It was the governor's son and namesake who married Elizabeth Todd sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. Thus there was a connection with Mary Todd Lincoln on both sides of Ben Helm's family. Ben Helm was a prominent citizen of Elizabethtown who served as a merchant and bank president. He was County Surveyor and was a member of the Town Board Clerk of Hardin County Court and the Circuit Court and a major in the War of 1812. He as County Surveyor and the first to survey Elizabethtown the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. Helm built the first brick house in Elizabethtown that became an important social and meeting center of town. On May 28 1860 Abraham Lincoln referred to Ben Helm in a letter to Samuel Haycraft. Ben Helm also became the owner of the Christopher Bush farm. It was Bush's daughter Sarah that became Abraham Lincoln's step-mother when Abe's mother Nancy Hanks died of milk disease. BIO CREDIT: Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions CHRISTOPHER BUSH 1730-1813 was said to have been born in Holland and came to America circa 1750 and to Kentucky at the end of the Revolutionary War. Thomas Lincoln Abe's father was probably more involved with Bush and his children than anyone else in Kentucky. Bush was a farmer a constable of Hardin County and Captain of Patrollers. Thomas Lincoln served as a patroller under him. Christopher's son Isaac had a close relationship with Thomas having made a flatboat trip with him to New Orleans 1806. He lent him money and sold Tom the Sinking Spring farm where the future president was born. And of course Christopher's daughter Sarah married Abe's father and raised young Abraham Lincoln. Anything by or about the Bush family from Kentucky should be considered quite rare. An unusual opportunity for the Lincoln collector. Because Christopher had died a few months earlier his wife Hannah appeared with her son Christopher Jr. Appeared. He would become Abe Lincoln's uncle. BIO CREDIT: East Coast Books. This ADS contains two pages of text on either side of a single sheet. It measures approx 7-1/2 x 13-1/4 in. It is in very good condition save for some age toning fold marks and micro-tears at the seams. Overall VG. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Signed by Author . Circuit Court, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky unknown
1955218862New York 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35 x 22 cm. approx 14 x 8-3/4 inches. Fine. Verso docketed in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "II-NN-15". Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35 x 22 cm. approx 14 x 8-3/4 inches. The original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF directed by Elia Kazan opened on March 28 1955. His portrayal of 'Brick' Maggie's alcoholic husband launched his career. unknown
1955219072New York 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length portrait from the rear Gazzara looking back over his shoulder. 1 vols. 32.5 x 23.5 cm. approx 12-3/4 x 9-3/8 inches. Fine. Verso docketed in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "II-NN-ii". Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length portrait from the rear Gazzara looking back over his shoulder. 1 vols. 32.5 x 23.5 cm. approx 12-3/4 x 9-3/8 inches. In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF directed by Elia Kazan which opened on March 28 1955. unknown
1955219071New York 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length frontal portrait of the actor seated in jacket and shirt with open collar. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.8 x 23.4 cm. approx 13 x 9-1/4 inches. Fine. Verso docketed in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "II-NN-4". Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length frontal portrait of the actor seated in jacket and shirt with open collar. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.8 x 23.4 cm. approx 13 x 9-1/4 inches. In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF directed by Elia Kazan which opened on March 28 1955. unknown
170133078Fulda 1701. Hardcover. fair. 4to. 185 leaves. Black cloth. Red edges. Illustrated title-page with Moses and Aaron on the sides and David killing Goliath at the bottom. Commentary on selections of the Zohar and other kabbalistic texts by Mordacai Ashkenazi published with the aid of his teacher Abraham Rovigo. These two kabbalists were both secret followers of the messianic claimant Sabbatai Sevi. Despite Sabbatai's conversion to Islam in 1666 and death in 1676 many of his followers continued to believe in him and worked to spread their particular heterodox brand of Judaism in defiance of the rabbinic establishment. As cover for his Sabbatian agenda Ashkenazi claimed that “Eshel Avraham†was simply a new interpretation of the Kabbalah based on his prophetic dreams. Ultimately this book is an important example of the success of the early eighteenth century Sabbatian underground to print books under the nose of the rabbinic authorities before it came out into the open with the printing of Nehemiah Hayon's “Migdal Oz.†Text in Hebrew. Backstrip missing but the book is still intact. Bottom corner chipped. Title-page torn and bottom strengthened. Slight worming to front leaves. Overall in fair condition. Steinschneider 4299:1. <br /> Samuel Wiener Bibliotheca Friedlandiana 991. hardcover
95204Black and white photograph of David Ben-Gurion boldly signed by him "D. Ben-Gurion." The photograph measures 5.25 inches by 3.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 10.5 inches. In near fine condition. A nice example. 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
196310381Tel Aviv /Jerusalem: Massadah - P.E.C. Press LTD 1963. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. Signed first edition of Israel: Years of Challenge by David Ben-Gurion. Octavo 240pp. Orange cloth title printed in green on spine. No additional printings mentioned on copyright page. Clean text throughout a fine unread copy. Text in English. In publisher's very good jacket shallow chipping to spine small archival reinforcement to verso scuff mark to lower edge of front panel otherwise with bright and vibrant colors. Signed on the front free endpaper by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion signing in both English and Hebrew. David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime Minister of Israel. He was known as Israel's Founding Father for the role he played in establishing the nation. Massadah - P.E.C. Press LTD unknown books
1928133223N.p.: N.p. 1928. Two vintage oversize photographs from the first stage production of "The Front Page" in 1928 showing two different trio shots of the reporters who grace the majority of the play. The first photo a double weight 8 x 10 by Florence Vandamm with her blindstamped name on the recto shows Lee Tracy later played by Rosalind Russell onscreen Osgood Perkins and Frances Fuller. The second a oversize 11 x 14 uncredited but by White Studios in New York City shows the star Walter Baldwin later played by Cary Grant onscreen Osgood Perkins and Lee Tracy. Both photographs with numerous annotations and stamps on the verso. <br /> <br /> Excessively rare photographs from the first staging of the play that made Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur famous. The play would be published the same year in book form by Covici-Friede and was the basis for three 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 famously the classic screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940. N.p. unknown
1910020070Chicago IL: Hartzell-Lord Co. 1910. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 300 pages of text. Original hardcover binding is moderately worn with minor chipping to the top of the spine and a tiny crack to the top of the front hinge; red leather spine and corners and red cloth-covered boards. The text is clean and unmarked. Topics: Chicago Board of Trade; Speculation; Moral and ethical aspects; Commodity exchanges; Stock exchanges; Produce; Cotton; Tobacco; Grain. Includes excerpts from opinion by Justice Holmes excerpts from the speeches of Senator Vest Senator Orville H. Pratt and Senator E.D. White etc. First edition. Hartzell-Lord Co. Hardcover
1955219072New York 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length portrait from the rear Gazzara looking back over his shoulder. 1 vols. 32.5 x 23.5 cm. approx 12-3/4 x 9-3/8 inches. Fine. Verso docketed in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "II-NN-ii". Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length portrait from the rear Gazzara looking back over his shoulder. 1 vols. 32.5 x 23.5 cm. approx 12-3/4 x 9-3/8 inches. In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF directed by Elia Kazan which opened on March 28 1955. unknown books
1955218862New York 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35 x 22 cm. approx 14 x 8-3/4 inches. Fine. Verso docketed in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "II-NN-15". Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35 x 22 cm. approx 14 x 8-3/4 inches. Gazzara as the Original 'Brick'. The original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF directed by Elia Kazan opened on March 28 1955. His portrayal of 'Brick' Maggie's alcoholic husband launched his career. unknown books
1955219071New York 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length frontal portrait of the actor seated in jacket and shirt with open collar. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.8 x 23.4 cm. approx 13 x 9-1/4 inches. Fine. Verso docketed in ink giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "II-NN-4". Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length frontal portrait of the actor seated in jacket and shirt with open collar. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.8 x 23.4 cm. approx 13 x 9-1/4 inches. Ben Gazarra August 28 1930 - February 3 2012. In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF directed by Elia Kazan which opened on March 28 1955. unknown books
181661036London: Printed for G. and W. Nicol; F.C. and J. Rivington; Cadell and Davies. by W. Bulmer and Co. Clevelanf-row St. James's 1816. Large Paper Edition. Frontispiece. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. 9 vols. 8vo 26 x 15 cm. Bound in three quarter green contemporary morocco marbled boards. Fine minor foxing. Bookplate. Fine. Large Paper Edition. Frontispiece. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. 9 vols. 8vo 26 x 15 cm. Printed for G. and W. Nicol; F.C. and J. Rivington; Cadell and Davies... by W. Bulmer and Co. Clevelanf-row, St. James's unknown
1956131292Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1956. Revised Final Screenplay for the 1957 film. Included is a folded invitational program and a promotional still of child actor Rickie Sorensen who played Creighton Chaney age 8 in the film. Copy belonging presumed to Rickie Sorensen with his name in holograph pencil on a revised page. <br/><br/>A loose biography of actor Lon Chaney played by James Cagney portraying his beginnings as a vaudeville clown his struggle with cancer and finally the passing of his makeup kit to his son. Regarded as one of the better Hollywood films about Hollywood and a high point of Cagney's career. <br/><br/>Salmon titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated October 29 1956. Title page present noted as Revised Final Screenplay with credits for screenwriters Roberts and Goff. 141 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 11/2/56 and 11/14/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Program lightly rubbed with a couple of pinholes yet attractive. Film still Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
183433065Berlin: Herausgabe der Mischna 1834. First edition. Hardcover. g. Complete 6 volume set. 4to. Three-quarter blue cloth over marbled paper boards with raised bands and red title-labels. Marbled edges all around. Marbled endpapers. Mishnah with Judeo-German translation and the classic commentaries of R. Obadiah Bartenura and R. Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller. This project was headed by the pioneering Jewish historian Isaac Marcus Jost. The Mishnah had previously been translated into German by Johann Rabe in the Onolzbach 1760-63 edition and into Judeo-German in the Vienna edition started in 1817. Text in Hebrew and Judeo-German with a German introduction. Several backstrips chipped. Edges rubbed. Volume 1 front free endpaper detached but still present. Some foxing to page margins. Overall in good- condition. Herausgabe der Mischna hardcover
MM-001The very first autobiography of Mantle first edition from 1953 signed by Mantle. Condition of book fine. Condition of dust jacket fine but it is price clipped. hardcover
180255778Saloniki Thessaloniki: Mordekhai Nahman and David Yisraeliga 1802. Second edition. Modern cloth. Very good-. Quarto 25 by 16.5 cm. 2 136 leaves. Hebrew text in rabbinic font arranged in two columns. Title within elaborate letterpress borders with textual quotations; woodcut printer's device verso title approbations page; publication date in chronogram. Recent royal blue cloth; text block with speckled edges. Title leaf reinforced with tissue along fore-edge; title with tear along gutter 7 cm and small mostly marginal worm traces; worming vanishes by the sixth leaf with very minimal text loss; slightest marginal worm tracing at final 20 leaves; entry at bottom margins of the title and four other pages excised in black marker not affecting text; several leaves lightly toned else a very good copy with crisp clean text.<br /> <br /> Very scarce second edition of this collection of rabbinic responsa issued by Moses ben Isaac Segal Mintz 15th century. First published at Krakow in 1617 this is the author's only published work. Born in Mainz between 1420 and 1430 Moses Mintz studied with Jacob Weil and Israel Isserlein and while still quite young was appointed rabbi of Würzburg. Mintz led a peripatetic life which allowed him to investigate Jewish customs and communal regulations in many towns. After the 1453 expulsion of the Jews from Würzburg he returned to Mainz until the expulsion of 1462. He subsequently went to Landau and Ulm. In 1469 he was appointed rabbi of Bamberg. Four years later he was in Nürnberg and the following year in Posen. There he made preparations to emigrate to Palestine but for unknown reasons decided to remain in Posen until the end of his life.<br /> <br /> "Mintz's prominence and recognized authority resulted in may other rabbis turning to him with halakhic queries on such issues as issur ve-heter dietary laws and communal customs" Heller. His circle of correspondents included Israel Isserlein Joseph Colon Eliezer Treves and his cousin Judah Mintz. As the present collection notably deals with practical issues of contemporary importance especially civil and matrimonial law -- including customs and the enactments of Rabbenu Gershom -- they provide insight into Jewish life in fifteenth-century Germany. Issues of some notable responsa include taxes placed on Jews by local rulers; obligations of a wealthy man to his wife's poor relatives; a woman who committed adultery repented and swears the child is from her husband; if a person blind in one eye can be a judge in a case of halitzah when a man is released from the general obligation to marry his deceased brother's widow; and if one should mourn for a murderer. "Of special value are three responsa in manuscript entitled 'The Three Branches' which are an important source for the history of the yeshivot rabbinic schools of Germany in the 15th century. They depict the woeful condition of pupil-teacher relations which had broken down as a result of the arrogance of the teachers and their exaggerated concern for their dignity as well as because of the pupils' desire for greater freedom of activity and the acquisition of social status" EJ.<br /> <br /> Approbations of Istanbul rabbis: Ezekiel Refael Chaim Alfandari; Michael Ashkenazi; Moshe Frishko<br /> <br /> Provenance: Ink stamps of the Yeshiva Ha-Metivta ha-Gedolah Jerusalem at approbation page and bottom margin of one text page. References: Enc. Jud. 1st ed. 12: 65-66; M. J. Heller The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book pp. 346-347 first ed. 1617; Vinograd Salonica 515; Cf. Steinschneider 6529.1 ed. Krakow 1617 - but not noting the present edition!<br /> <br /> Title and imprint Hebrew: תשובות ×ž×”×¨×³×³× ×ž×™× ×¥ × ×“×¤×¡ פה ש××œ×•× ×™×§×™ ×™×¢×³×³× ×‘×“×¤×•×¡ מרדכי × ×—×ž×Ÿ וחברו דוד ישר×ליג׳ה<br /> <br /> Date chronogram: 5562 = ×•×™×¨× ×ž×©×”<br /> <br /> Yeshiva stamp: ×”×ž×ª×™×‘×ª× ×”×’×“×•×œ× ×‘×™×ª הר×ש׳׳ל ישיבה תיכון. Mordekhai Nahman and David Yisraeliga unknown
22098Near Fine. THE ZERO MOSTEL CONDOLENCE ARCHIVE<br /> SEPTEMBER 1977-APRIL 1978<br /> The Death of Tevye: The Private Condolence and Legal Archive of Horizon Press Publisher Ben Raeburn<br /> <br /> A profoundly intimate self-contained manuscript and ephemera archive documenting the immediate shock private grief and permanent institutional legacy following the sudden death of theatrical legend Zero Mostel on September 8 1977. <br /> <br /> Comprising 10 pieces of correspondence/legal papers plus a memorial program preserved in the private files of Mostel's closest friend and publisher Ben Raeburn of Horizon Press the collection bridges the gap between the post-war New York artistic avant-garde and the formal establishment of Mostel's public memory. <br /> <br /> The archive features deeply personal correspondence from photography titan Aaron Siskind poets and publishers Coburn Britton and Stanley Moss philosopher James K. Feibleman intellectual critic Manny Geltman author Morris Lurie and music editor Rose N. Rubin. Crucially the collection includes the private legal files of Mostel's personal attorney Harold Cande mapping out the behind-the-scenes funding and design of the permanent Zero Mostel Study Carrels at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Library. <br /> <br /> The archive culminates in the rare unmailed official program for the first-anniversary retrospective at Lincoln Center featuring cover art by Al Hirschfeld. An irreplaceable primary research assemblage documenting the final earthly footprint of a mid-century cultural icon. <br /> <br /> KEY FEATURES<br /> The Siskin Postcard: Original postcard sent from Paris by legendary photographer Aaron Siskind signed 'Aan' dated September 11 1977 balancing professional obligations with heavy personal grief.<br /> The Literary Circle: Highly expressive urgent condolence letters from major independent publishing and literary figures including Coburn Britton on 'PROSE' letterhead philosopher James K. Feibleman poet Stanley Moss Australian author Morris Lurie and 'Dissent' editor Manny Geltman.<br /> The Peer Connection: A rare emotionally raw handwritten note from prominent music editor and folk song authority Rose N. Rubin speaking directly to the internal family dynamic of the estate.<br /> The Legal Papers: Three detailed legal documents from Brooklyn Counselor Harold Cande and Yeshiva University outlining a $10000 memorial library tribute funded in Mostel's honor.<br /> The Culmination: The official four-page Lincoln Center exhibition invitation from September 1978 complete with Al Hirschfeld's definitive caricature of Mostel as Tevye.<br /> Specs: 11 distinct archival items including 1 postcard 6 letters handwritten and typed 1 legal carbon copy and 1 exhibition program. Sizes vary from standard postcard dimensions to 8.5 x 11 inches.<br /> Provenance: Retained intact within the private estate files of Horizon Press founder Ben Raeburn and Pat Pearcy.<br /> <br /> CONDITION <br /> Memorial Announcement: The card block is crisp structurally sound and entirely free of postal cancellations or addresses. Shows light uniform hand-soiling throughout the pale-green cardstock. While typically a detraction within the context of this specific provenance this gentle patination strongly suggests intimate repeated handling by Raeburn in the years following his friend's passing-a moving physical testament to a lifelong association.<br /> Letters and Notes: Some were folded for mailing. All remain in fine to near fine condition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -<br /> While the public record documents Zero Mostel as a towering mercurial force of the American stage this private archive captures the immediate unvarnished shock of his sudden passing within the elite nucleus of the post-war New York avant-garde. Horizon Press under the visionary direction of publisher Ben Raeburn served as a vital sanctuary for mid-century modernism fostering deep cross-disciplinary alliances between theatrical icons abstract photographers independent poets and political critics. <br /> <br /> This collection is far more than a repository of grief; it is a primary document charting how a close-knit artistic community mobilized to transform raw loss into permanent legacy-moving from intimate private condolences to formal legal advocacy and ultimately to public institutional commemoration at Lincoln Center. Preserved intact within Raeburn's estate files it stands as an irreplaceable testament to the profound unspoken bonds that underwrote twentieth-century American cultural history.<br /> <br /> SCHOLARLY FEATURES<br /> Epistolary Value: Offers unedited raw insights into how the post-war Manhattan intellectual crowd experienced a sudden monumental loss.<br /> Provenance Integrity: Represents a cohesive unculled sub-file from an elite independent publisher's estate guaranteeing authentic historical context.<br /> <br /> SUBJECTS: Zero Mostel Ben Raeburn Horizon Press Aaron Siskind Al Hirschfeld Performing Arts History New York Publishing History Mid-Century Intellectuals.<br /> GENRES: Archival Collections Correspondence Ephemera Memorial Programs.<br /> <br /> FULL ANALYTICAL OVERVIEW TRANSCRIPTIONS with IMAGES Available via PDF HERE unknown
