Israel

Temples and High Places in Biblical Times: Proceedings of the Colloquium in Honor of the Centennial of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

175x245 mm. VII+182 pages + 24 plates. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt spine. Jacket edges wrinkled and worn. Spine edges slightly worn. Else in good condition.

La foi d'Israel. Ses dogmes, son culte, ses cérémonies et pratiques religieuses, sa loi morale et sociale, sa mission et son avenir

Paris, Au Bureau de l'Université Israélite, 1859. In-8 relié demi-basane rouge, dos lisse à filets dorés. 442 pages. Quelques rousseurs, une page de garde (blanche) un peu abimée. Ex-dono. Exemplaire correct.

Das Geliebte Land: Sagen aus Palastina

14.5x19.5 cm. 295 pages. Hardcover. Cover is chafed. Spine slightly faded. Ex-Libris Sticker on inner cover. Sticker and pen writing on first white page. Several pages slightly age stained. Else in good condition.

Die Opfermaterie in Babylonien und Israel, I.Teil

Volume 1 (all published), xx + 468 + [i] pp., 23cm., softcover, in the series "Sacra Scriptura Antiquitatibus Orientalibus illustrata" volume 4, copy from the belgian orientalist Arnold Van Lantschoot O.Praem (with his signature and 1 stamp), text clean and bright, good condition, X103840

With Our Army in Palestine.

20x14cm. XI+288 pages. Hardcover. In good reading condition.

10 [Ten] Historical Sites of the Holy Land by Ludwig Blum [SIGNED BY ARTIST].

SIGNED BY ARTIST WITH DEDICATION dated 11.1964. Ludwig Blum (1891-1975) was a Czechoslovakia-born Israeli painter who emigrated to Israel in 1923, and became known as "the painter of Jerusalem" due to his faithful, yet charming depictions of the Old City and the hills of Jerusalem, and the surrounding Judean desert. This album contains the following paintings: 1.Jerusalem as seen from the Mount of Olives; 2.The Citadel of David (David's Tower); 3.The Street of the Jews; 4.Via Dolorosa; 5.The Temple Area; 6.Market in the Old City of Jerusalem; 7.Bethlehem; 8.Nazareth; 9.Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee; 10.The Sea of Galilee. Contains English and Hebrew captions and a short biography of the artist in English. 325x250mm. 12 pages & 10 plates with caption pages/protective sheet between them. String-bound Softcover. Cover yellowing and wrinkled. Cover edges and corners bumped/wrinkled. Rear cover slightly stained. Rear cover upper edge slightly torn. Artist's signed dedication of pre-title front whitepage. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of Holy Land paintings by an eminent 20th-century Israeli painter is in good condition.

HISTOIRE DE L'ETAT D'ISRAEL

Toulouse, Privat 1982. Fort In-8 carré relié pleine toile sous jaquette illustrée. 519 pages avec tableaux et photos hors texte. Tirage limité numéroté. Bel exemplaire

HISTOIRE DE L'ETAT D'ISRAEL

Toulouse, Privat, 1982. Petit in-4 carré relié toile vert pâle avec jaquette, 516 pp avec des illustrations dans et hors texte. Numéroté. Excellent état.

Jeremiah 1-25 (Old Testament Message Series, Volume 9)

217 pages including bibliography and maps. Brings into our life and religion today the ancient word of God to Israel. Light wear. Unmarked. solid attractive copy. Book

Der Jüdische Nationalfonds, ein Instrument zur Abhilfe der Judennot: 1.-10. Tausend

Features one b&w old photo of Bezalel art school. 14x20.5 cm. 62 pages. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with the usual marks. Cover corners slightly chafed. Spine slightly worn. Page 13 edge partly torn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.

Choix de Textes Relatifs a la Divination Assyro-Babylonienne [TWO VOLUME SET]. Avec 4 planches. (Vol. II - Fascicule I).

RARE TWO VOLUME SET. This rare book is a compilation of original texts related to divination in Assyria and Babylonia with commentaries and transliteration by the noted Assyriologist Alfred Boissier, especially renowned for his researches into the art of Assyro-Babylonian divination. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 225x145. [VIII+275] + [70] pages. Softcover. Pages slightly yellowing. Inner cover coming loose from binding (but still intact). [VOL.1]: Cover edges worn. Front cover upper corner creased. Spine front hinge edges tattered. Spine worn, edges peeling. Rear cover and some pages upper corner bumped/wrinkled. Pages rough cut as published. Few pencil marks on several pages. Last two pages slightly age-stained. Binding loose and visible between several pages. [VOL.2]: Rear cover slightly stained, bottom corner tattered. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book on fascinating and enigmatic subject by one of the leading experts in the field of divination in the ancient Near East is in good condition. We may have in our stock another book on Babylonian and Hittite mantic art by Alfred Boissier.

Mantique Babylonienne et Mantique Hittite [LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES] Avec 5 planches hors texte.

RARE LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES! This research into the nature and history of Babylonian and Hittite mantic art by the noted Assyriologist Alfred Boissier, published in 300 copies, contains 5 b&wplates. 250x195mm. 78 pages. Softcover. Cover edges and corners slightly worn. Spine edges slightly tattered. Front cover and 2 first pages coming loose from binding. Pages rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is in good condition.

SOMETHING NEW FOR ISRAEL AND FOR YOU

No date (1951) . First edition, Original paper wrappers with blue and black font. 6 pages; 13.5 x 7cm. Cartoon-illustrated promotional booklet from the first year Israel Bonds were ever offered. This was the third year of Israel’s Existence, still during the DP period. Includes 8 blue, white, and black cartoons depicting the ways in which Israel bonds are helpful to the young State of Israel and to the person purchasing them, each with a caption. Cartoon topics include absorbing new immigrants, expanding fishing and citrus industries, and manufacturing chemicals at the dead sea. “It is up to us to determine whether they are to accomplish their objective in the three-year economic development program, or whether they are to struggle for a generation, because of lack of adequate capital. The full subscription of the $500, 000, 000 Bond Issue must be our answer. If we give them the tools, they will do the job. ” SUBJECT(S) : Bonds of Israel Government, Israel, Economics. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. One faint pencil marking that does not affect text. Very good + condition. Rare and important (zion-11-47)

Mission Survival. The People of Israel's story in their own words: from the threat of annihilation to miraculous Victory.

NEUM TESHUVAH LE-RAV-HOVLIM ITALKI : `ALIYAH BET ME-ITALYAH, 1945-1948 = IN RESPONSE TO AN ITALIAN CAPTAIN : ALIYA BET FROM ITALY 1945-1948

1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 272, 112 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew and English. This book accompanied an exhibition on Italian immigrants who were illegally smuggled to Palestine during the Aliyah Bet program. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Italy -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Holocaust survivors -- Italy -- Migrations -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (NLI, NYU, YU, UCBerkeley) . Near fine condition. (ZION2-1-19)

Der Neue Orient: Eine Einführung in das wirtschaftliche und staatliche Werden der Orientländer

24.5x17.5cm. 89 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine yellowing. Cover corners missing. Spine tattered and water-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.

SUITORS AND SUPPLIANTS. The Little Nations at Versailles. Introduction by Arthur Krock.

pp. xiii, 301. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket; price clipped and somewhat worn. A secret diary of the little incidents of the Peace Conference, at the end of World War One, that made so many decisions that influenced the course of events in the 20th (and 21st) century. Coldwar/Economics 4

Loquentes Linguis. Studi linguistici e orientali in onore di Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti / Linguistic and Oriental Studies in Honour of Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti / Lingvistikaj kaj orientaj studoj honore al Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti. A cura di / edited by / redaktis Pier Giorgio Borbone, Alessandro Mengozzi, Mauro Tosco.

EXTREMELY RARE Festschrift in honour of Fabrizio Angel Pennacchietti (b.1938), an eminent Italian linguist, renowned expert in Semitic languages, founder of the International Academy of Sciences San Marino, and President of the Italian Institute of Esperanto. Contains 73 papers by the following authors: E.Albrile, M.G.Amadasi Guzzo, W.Arnold, F.Aspesi, A.Avanzini, S.Baldi, V.Barandovská-Frank, F.Bellino, Joshua Blau, V.Blazek, P.G.Borbone, R.Borghero, Aziza Boucherit, E.Braida, S.Destefanis, F. Briquel Chatonett, A.Desreumaux, A.Binggeli, V.Brugnatelli, G.Canova, A.Catastini, C.Ciancaglini, M.Compareti, F.Crevatin, S.Cristoforetti, G. del Olmo Lete, Werner Diem, R.Favaro, H.Frank, Pelio Fronzaroli, A.Catagnoti, M.Galletti, G.Garbini, M.E.B.Giolfo, Fe.Gobbo, G.Goldenberg, F.Israel, Otto Jastrow, H.Jungraithmayr, E.Kallas, Olga Kapeliuk, A.S.Kaye, Geoffrey Khan, R.G.Khoury, P.Larcher, Edward Lipinski, G.Lusini, A.Macelaru, P.Marrassini, C.Martone, G.Mazzini, Alessandro Mengozzi, A.Mettouchi, C.Minnaja, M.Moriggi, Heleen Murre-van der Berg, S.Noja Noseda, E.Odisho, A.Orengo, M.Pazzini, A.M.Piemontese, B.Poizat, A.Roccati, A.V.Rossi, R.Saccagno, H.Satzinger, G.Savà, G.Scarcia, S.Pellò, G.Silfer, Gàbor Takács, G.Tamani, M.Tosco, R.Tottoli, C.M.Tresso, M.Rivalta, R.Voigt, A.Vrajitoru, Andrzej Zaborski. 245x170mm. XII+751 pages. Gilt Hardcover and spine. Front cover upper corner and spine edges bumped. Rear cover slightly scratched and slightly dust-stained. [SUMMARY]: This rare festschrift is in very good condition.

Egitto - Paesaggio, Costumi, Architettura

RARE Italian edition of 'Ägypten. Landschaft. Volksleben. Baukunst', a photographic album of Egypt by two German Egyptologists Ludwig Borchardt (1863-1938) and Herbert Rüdiger Ricke (1901-1976). 310x240mm. XXVIII text pages & 272 b&w full-page plates. Maroon cloth Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine, laid in brown board slipcase. Slipcase edges tattered, spine cracked and partly missing at edges. Cover bottom corners slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Page 13/13 creased, edge slightly torn (7&20mm) (plate only slightly creased at bottom corner). Page 217/218 torn). Pages yellowing. This extremely rare photo album of Egypt by two eminent scholars of its history, culture and architecture is otherwise in good condition.

Catalogue des Sceaux Ouest-Sémitiques Inscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale, du Musée du Louvre et du Musée Biblique de Bible et Terre Sainte.

RARE catalog of West-Semitic stamp seals from the National Library of France, the Louvre Museum and the Biblical Holy Land Museums in Paris. 295x210mm. X+134 pages. Softcover. Cover dirty/slightly stained. Cover upper left corner water-stained. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine wrinkled. Spine hinges rubbed. Spine upper edge tattered. Errata et corrigenda page in-bound between front inner cover and whitepage. Previous owner's name (the world-renowned epigrapher - Ada Yardeni) is written in pen on front whitepage upper corner. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare catalog, of immense interest to archaeologists and scholars of the Ancient Near East is in good condition.

Trichoptera of the Levant. [SERIES]: Fauna Palaestina: Insecta VI.

280x190 mm. 291 pages. Hardcover. Spine upper edge bumped. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.

Trichoptera of the Levant. [SERIES]: Fauna Palaestina - Insecta VI.

280x190mm. 291 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Else in good condition.

Trichoptera of the Levant: Imagines. [SERIES]: Fauna Palaestina - Insecta VI.

28x19 cm. 291 pages. Hardcover. As new. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.

BEREYSHES FUN MEDINES-YISROEL: REPORTAZSHN (COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES)

Cloth, 8vo. , two volumes, 536 pages. In Yiddish. Illustrated with photographs. “ The Beginnings of the State of Israel”. Subjects: Palestine -- History -- 1929-1948. Israel -- History -- 1948-1967. Israel -- Description and travel. Botoshansky (1892–1964) , was a “ Yiddish novelist, journalist, and critic. Botoshansky was born in Bessarabia. He was active in Romania from 1914 to 1926 as a literary pioneer of Yiddish, and, thereafter, in Buenos Aires as editor of the Yiddish daily, Di Prese. In 1914–15 he was one of the founders and editors of Likht, Romania's first modern Yiddish periodical, and collaborated with Jacob Sternberg in writing for the renascent Yiddish theater. In Argentina, Botoshansky quickly emerged as a leader combating the influence wielded in the Yiddish theater by the criminal elements who were then prudishly called "white slave traders" he never ceased to play a prominent role in Jewish cultural life there. His writings include travel sketches of North and South America and of Israel. Two of his dramas, Hershele Ostropolyer and Reb Ber Lyover (1928) , were staged in Argentina and Soviet Russia. His works include Mir Viln Lebn ("We Want to Live, " 1948) and Di Kenigin fun Dorem-Amerike ("The Queen of South America, " 1962) , both fictional travel sketches; Di Lebnsgeshikhte fun a Yidishn Zhurnalist ("The Biography of a Jewish Journalist, " memoirs, 3 vols. , 1948) ; and Pshat ("Simply Speaking, " literary essays, 1952) (Astro, EJ, 2007) . Other titles: El Genesis del Estado de Israel. Bereshit fun Medinat Israel. Bereshit fun Medinat Yisra'el. Very good condition. (YID-17-12A)