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22153NY: Da Capo Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine with light sunning in very good dust jacket with tears and a few tiny chips.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Da Capo Press hardcover books
1973026014New York: Da Capo Press 1973. Edited with an introduction by Margaret R. Weiss. 178p. 82 b/w plates dj lightly chipped on the edges. Da Capo Press unknown books
1969175943Trenton NJ: New Jersey State Museum 1969. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 20 through November 16 1969. Features the director's statement from Kenneth W. Prescott Ph.D. Features an annotated checklist numerous black and white illustrations checklist and a selected bibliography perepared by Peggy Lewis. A clean near fine copy in stapled wrappers with laid in compliments slip. New Jersey State Museum unknown books
19694559Trenton New Jersey: New Jersey State Museum 1969. Softcover. VG- may have museum label inside front cover. Illustrated wraps. 80 pp. 39 bw plates. Lists 133 works. Very detailed chronology bibliography introduction. 2000 copies printed. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Trenton NJ: New Jersey State Museum Sept. 20 to Nov. 16 1969. New Jersey State Museum unknown books
1963173011New York: George Braziller Inc 1963. Second printing. Hardcover. 141 pages. Includes more than 100 reproductions with 8 in color. Also includes a chronology of Shahn's life and a bibliography of Shahn literature. A near fine copy with some slight foxing to the boards in a close to near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and a small chip to the top of the spine. George Braziller Inc unknown books
196819595Syracuse: Syracuse University 1968. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Oblong 4to. 853pp. Cream-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Dark green end papers. Authored by Martin H. Bush but with an essay and commentary by Ben Shahn. Illustrated One of 200 signed copies of which this is number 126. Signed by Ben Shahn on the half title and by Martin H. Bush on the title page. A trace of aging else a fine copy. in a near fine dust wrapper. Celebrates Shahn's remarkable mural at Syracuse University. Syracuse University hardcover books
198114238Santa Fe: Santa Fe East 1981. First Edition. Oblong quarto 22.5cm x 26cm. Cream linen boards stamped in black; illustrated dustjacket; 96pp. Bernarda Bryson Shahn's copy with her ownership signature in block letters to front endpaper. Mild toning and soil to board edges; a few brief tears to the fragile translucent dustwrapper; Very Good. Nicely produced catalog for a 1981 Shahn retrospective at Santa Fe East with text commentaries by John Canaday Martha Fleischman Kenneth Prescott and Jacob Schulman. More than 70 works reproduced included a section in color. Santa Fe East unknown books
198334918NY: Braziller 1983. First printing. 4to pp. 143. Text by James Thrall Soby. Plates mostly in black and white a few in color. Cover slightly soiled o/w a nice copy. No dj. Braziller unknown books
1986145299Berkeley CA: Judah L. Magnes Museum 1986. First edition. Softcover. 32 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 16 through May 11 1986. Introduction by Seymour Fromer. Curator statement by A. William Chayes. Essay by Milllicent Jick. Include an artist statement along with numerous illustrations. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Judah L. Magnes Museum unknown books
10403The first prime minister of Israel and its leading personality during the first 15 years of the Jewish state. Signed Typed Quoatation on about 3 x 4". Signed "David Ben Gurion". In excellent condition. unknown 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
19721331358London: W.H. Allen 1972. First British edition. Hardcover. Octavo; First British edition; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine white with brown print; DJ has edgewear foxing to spine and rear price-clipped; Boards in black cloth with gold print light wear to spine tail else clean and strong; Text block has light amount of penciled marginal notation else clean and tight; 317 pages. 1331358. FP New Rockville Stock. W.H. Allen hardcover books
21623<p><b>BEN-GURION DAVID.</b> 1886-1973. Polish-born Israeli statesman who became Israel's first prime minister after proclaiming its independence in 1948. ALS. <i>"D. Ben Gurion"</i>. 1p. Postcard. Jerusalem March 6 1955. To Israeli historian and politician <b>BEN-ZION DINUR</b> 1884-1973. In Hebrew with translation. The postcard bears a postal cancellation that commemorates the 40th anniversary of the formation of Trumpeldor's famous Zionist Mule Corps.</p><p><i>"On the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of the 'Zionist Mule Corps' by Joseph Trumpeldor and his friends the youth should know more about the personal example set by the members of the Second Aliyah whose actions and heroism have become the personal educator of the people…"</i></p><p>An early Zionist Ben-Gurion moved to Palestine in 1906 to take up farming. Following his expulsion by Turkey at the outbreak of World War I he rallied British and American support to promote increased Jewish immigration to Palestine and after spending decades strengthening Palestine's Jewish community Ben-Gurion proclaimed the birth of Israel on May 14 1948. He assisted in creating the Israeli army often using military force to thwart Arab violence. After announcing his intention to leave public life Ben-Gurion moved to the newly founded Negev Kibbutz Sde-Boker in early 1954. He never completely abdicated his leadership role however and in February 1955 Ben-Gurion returned to public life first as minister of defense in which capacity he penned our letter. Following his tenure as defense minister he was reelected prime minister in November 1955.</p><p>Born in Pyatigorsk in the North Caucasus <b>Joseph Trumpeldor</b> 1880-1920 abandoned his training as a dentist to join the Russian army in 1902 losing an arm during the Russo-Japanese War. He returned to active duty as quickly as possible but was taken prisoner by the Japanese. After regaining his freedom he became the most decorated Jewish soldier in the Russian army and the first Jew to be offered an officer's commission. However because of his disability Trumpeldor resigned from the military to study law. Increasingly interested in Zionism's goal of establishing a Jewish homeland Trumpeldor immigrated to Palestine Erez Israel in 1911 then part of the Ottoman Empire where he lived and worked on several collective farms while helping defend Jewish settlements in the Lower Galilee. </p><p>With the outbreak of World War I in 1914 the Russian-born Trumpeldor became an enemy alien in Ottoman Palestine and was deported to Egypt where he organized his fellow deportees into a military organization created to assist the British liberation of Palestine from the Ottomans. In 1915 Trumpeldor established the Zion Mule Corps or Jewish Legion part of the 38th and 42nd Battalions of Royal Fusiliers and the subject of our letter. Most of the Jewish volunteers were sent to the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli Campaign where they fought heroically against the Turks. They returned to Egypt and the corps disbanded in 1916. </p><p>By 1919 Trumpeldor had returned to Palestine where he was instrumental in the immigration of Russian-Jewish soldiers to British-occupied Palestine. On March 1 1920 the Jewish farming village of Tel Hai in the Upper Galilee's Hulah Valley came under attack by Shiite gangs from neighboring Lebanon who were searching for French soldiers. Anticipating trouble a militia led by Trumpeldor and organized by the Jewish defense organization Hashomer arrived and a skirmish broke out resulting in a number of casualties on both sides including the fatally-wounded Trumpeldor who had been shot in the stomach. His last words were reported to have been "Never mind it is good to die for our country" "<i>Ein davar</i><i> </i><i>tov lamut be'ad</i>artzeinu" an expression that became as famous as Nathan Hale's "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Trumpeldor remains to this day one of Israel's greatest military heroes. </p><p>Born in the Russian Empire Dinur became involved in Zionist activities around the turn of the century. He immigrated to Palestine in 1921 where he continued his academic career as a scholar of Jewish history. At the time of our letter Dinur was a professor at Hebrew University as well as a member of the Knesset and Minister of Education and Culture succeeding Ben-Gurion in that post and serving from October 1951 until November 1955. </p><p>Written on an Israel Post postcard bearing a March 8 1955 Jerusalem post mark and a second ink postal cancellation in Hebrew and English commemorating the Zion Mule Corps. With normal wear and a file hole in the right margin. In excellent condition.</p><br /> books
196921223<p><b>DAVID BEN-GURION.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Avraham Zvion December 26 1969. 2 pp. in Hebrew on off-white faintly-lined sheets 4⅞ x 8⅜ in. </p><b><br /></b><b>Translation</b><p> <i>26.12.69</i></p><p><i>Sde-Boker</i></p><p><i>Dear Zvion</i></p><p> <i>I'm sorry for writing you things that until recently I hadn't realized that I would be required to. That's because I have admired all these years the work you've done for the Midrasha.</i></p><p> <i>However your actions following our conversation when we both agreed after a long discussion that you won't be leaving the school's management right now but only at the end of this year and meanwhile you'll assist the new person that will be assigned here to prepare the new education program for the Midrasha – initial university studies. You will then take two years off as education leave and afterwards will retrieve the management of the Midrasha.</i></p><p> <i>I wouldn't have believed anyone that you are capable and ready to do this an action that in my opinion may bring the destruction of the Midrasha in Sde-Boker.</i></p><p> <i>But I have had meetings. Several female students that have recently graduated the teacher seminar in the Midrasha and now became fresh teachers all over the country came to me to voice support for your claims. I heard these claims with a great sorrow not because I didn't like it since I'm capable of hearing claims I dislike. I was upset because those claims came from you.</i></p><p> <i>You invited me to Even-Ari in Avdat and I enjoyed your invitation since I heard interesting things about the feasibility of fertilizing the desert without Yarden Yarkon and not through desalination of sea water. But all of this was just a preparation for your claims.</i></p><p> <i>I happened to arrive</i> <2> <i>at the parliament for a few moments and two good acquaintances came to visit me.</i></p><p> <i>One of them is a teacher Levin who is nowadays a member of the parliament and you recruited him to stir up the Teachers' Union against the Negev Committee.</i></p><p> <i>The second person who has earned a respectful position in our modern history is a lawyer Klausner. You summoned him to prosecute the Negev Committee.</i></p><p> <i>Although I honor your activities in the Midrasha and I do not have an authority to intervene in its management as a citizen I feel an obligation to do so since this enterprise that you managed to raise to such a level might be sacrificed in your war against the Negev Committee.</i></p><p> <i>During the last meeting I spoke to you and you came up with three new demands claiming that if they are accepted by the Committee you'll agree to leave for studies at the end of the year.</i></p><p> <i>At the meeting I did not want to acquiesce to these propositions but I could not understand how you came up with them and how it goes along with what should be done with the head of the Teachers' Union and with Mr. Klausner.</i></p><p> <i>I do not know if there is any value in my writing to you nor do I think that my sorrow will change your mind. However as one who cherishes and admires your work in the development of the Midrasha for more than five years I feel an obligation not only towards the Midrasha but also to you to tell what lies on my heart.</i></p><p> <i>Please do not bring the destruction of the Midrasha!</i></p><p> <i>With respect and deep sorrow</i></p><p> <i>D. Ben Gurion</i></p><p><b>Historic Background</b></p><p>Following David Ben-Gurion's vision to build a university in the Negev desert the construction of Midreshet-Ben Gurion began in 1963. The Midrasha was founded as a governmental corporation which owned the campus and ran all municipal affairs. The Negev Committee headed by Ya'akov Ya'akovson operated as the board of directors.</p><p>In 1964 the Negev Committee assigned lieutenant-colonel Avraham Zvion to become the principal of the Midrasha. With heart and soul Zvion built a vigorous community reaching over 1000 members. He started several different specialized schools i.e. high-school teacher seminars and recruited excellent teachers to join and promote the enterprise. Despite his unquestionable achievements Zvion's character was harsh and he did not take well to critics. After a dispute the Negev Committee decided to let him go. Zvion recruited the head of Teachers' Union and a member of the parliament Shalom Levin to sue the Negev Committee utilizing the services of the attorney Klausner. Zvion also had dozens of fresh teachers recently graduating the Midrasha teacher seminar on his side.</p><p>While approached by several of Zvion's supporters and feeling great appreciation for his achievements Ben-Gurion was greatly upset that Zvion's actions against the Committee might destroy the Midrasha. Zvion left the Midrasha in 1970.</p><p>Michael Even-Ari mentioned in the letter is a famous botanist. In 1959 he founded a research farm at the ruins of Avdat an ancient Nabatean city. His work explaining how the Nabataean culture was able to supply thousands of inhabitants in a similar arid climate with early runoff rainwater management was crucial for modern Israeli agriculture.</p> books
197926492Berlin: Berliner Künstlerprogramm des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes 1979. First edition. 1 portfolio ill. ; 22 cm.; Title from container. 8 pamphlets in red vinyl folder. Text in English French and German. Issued by the Berliner Künstlerprogramm des Deutschen Akademischen; Austauschdienstes. Includes bibliography 1 p. Fine. One of 1000. <br/><br/> Berliner Künstlerprogramm des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes unknown books
17996Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. hardcover. near fine/very good-. 307 pages. 8vo red & black clothprice-clipped and edgeworn d.w. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America 1967. A near fine copy in a very good- dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Jewish Publication Society of America unknown books
1997261209Oakland CA: the auhtor 1997. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides very good. Also included is a photocopy of an edited version of the piece as it appeared later in the Tribune. Visnick a white teacher and union activist laments "the resurfacing of race-baiting and teacher bashing by certain school board members. Based on the 1996 Oakland Teachers' Strike here is a perspective and a program to help us move 'Beyond Ebonics.' the auhtor unknown books
195515520N.P.: Privately printed 1955. marbled paper paper cover label. Bibles. 12mo. marbled paper paper cover label. 34 pages. With illustrations showing the pages of many famous Bibles. Privately printed unknown books
1888017167Sacramento CA: State of California. Very Good. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Newer black buckram binding with gold gilt on front. Original wrappers may be missing but pamphlet itself in very good condition with very small corner chip missing on map. The 1887-88 Biennial Report published by the state of California regarding its management of Yosemite Valley. Congress passed landmark legislation in 1864 granting the state of California authorization to manage Yosemite Valley and the land embracing the Mariposa Big Tree Grove. After much lobbying especially by the Sierra Club and John Muir Congress authorized the federal government to manage these lands in 1905. These early reports remain scarce and document the early management of Yosemite Valley including visitation trends development and revenue. 2590 people visited the valley in 1885. Includes full page map of Yosemite Valley. Full runs of biennial reports exist in several institutions. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 24 pp . State of California hardcover books
1940007635New York: The John Day Company 1940. Third Edition. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. Caddy Alice. Gilt pictorial stamped into front cover. Edges and corners sharp binding tight. Dj with closed tear top spine end slight chipping to spine ends rubbing to right edge front panel. Delightful illustrations throughout. Signed and inscribed at ffe then signed again on the next page by authro Burman. The John Day Company unknown books
2003174313Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press 2003. Hardcover. VG. Color-illustrated boards with gilt lettering. Unpaginated. Many BW and color illustrations. "Ben Watts has rapidly emerged as one of today's top photographers. His collection of photographic moments captured both on assignment and while working on personal projects covers a broad range of subjects from street photography to fashion shoots from hip-hop culture to high school wrestlers. Watts's images not only show the personal visual diary of an artist but provide a new look at what it means to be young and urban. Often with short notes from himself or his subjects scribbled on the photos or with bits and pieces from the "site" an airplane boarding pass an entry ticket Watts's images are put together in collages and combinations that are humorous and insightful at the same time." -FirstSearch. Princeton Architectural Press hardcover books
19651315989New York City: Hart Publishing Company 1965. Softcover. Large Octavo; G-/paperback; pp 192; ivory spine with black text; covers show sunned spine; moderate wear to exterior; slight creases to front; rubbing wear to edges; text block has slight toning to exterior edges; interior clean; minor cracking to front gutter; profusely illustrated. 1315989. FP New Rockville Stock. Hart Publishing Company unknown books
2012UFOUBIL00fpEcco 2012. Very Good. Fountain Ben. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. New York : Ecco 2012. 307pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges rubbed. Ecco paperback 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
192425278n.p.: Reprinted from "The Plough The Loom and The Anvil" 1854 by John L. O'Connor 1924. 1 vols. 34 pp. 8vo. Original gray boards gray cloth spine printed label on upper cover a fine copy in slightly worn original glassine dust jacket. 1 vols. 34 pp. 8vo. A short biography and tribute to the famed editor and publisher of the American Turf Register the greatest of the early American sporting publications. A very scarce book<br/><br/><br/><br/> Great Inscription Inscribed "John B. Van Urk with best wishes from Ernest R. Gee New York Nov 22 1943. Reprinted from "The Plough, The Loom, and The Anvil" 1854 by John L. O'Connor unknown books