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189029087918902. Boards. Good. in red buckram covers with four lines of Hebrew above titledecorative covers in art nouveuish style. One folded sheet that opens up with fourteen pages of photographs numbers of photographs size varies some panoramic views continue over up to four pages; Locations include A Panorama of Jerusalem the Wailing Wall Tower of David Jaffa Street Mount of Olives Tomb of Absalom View of Bethlehem Nablos Mount TaborRischon le Zion Colony Rehovot Jessud Hamaaloh; captions in English German French Russian and Hebrew.Includes magnificent small folded color litho of exile Jews by the waters of Babylon and titleZecher le Churban Souvenir album hardcover
1854273209Carlton 1854. Boards. Good-. 177 pp.lacks last few pages with illustrations covers worn former owner name and date on pastedown hinge starting some child's pencil srawls on endpapers historial study tracing to Ishmael Moslem sites including Mt Sinai tour of the Mid East material on Mohammed and the beginnings of the Moslem faith etc. Scarce work do not see on worldcat Carlton hardcover
8°, con molte ill. n. t. e f. t. comprese nella numerazione, leg. ed. t. tela con vignette in oro e nero al piatto ant., titoli oro.
Royal octavo. Pp. 80. Appendices, tables. Original printed wrappers with His Majesty's Government seal to upper wrap, repeated on title. In fine condition. ~ First edition of this important document. The Committee was appointed by the Governments of the United States and of the United Kingdom to examine political, economic, and social conditions in Palestine in view of the position of the Jews in Nazi Europe, while considering the possible consequences of Jewish immigration and settlement in Palestine on the "well-being of the peoples already living therein".
Royal octavo. Pp. 80. Appendices, tables. Original printed wrappers with His Majesty's Government seal to upper wrap, repeated on title. In a very good condition, fine interior. - - First edition of this important document. The Committee was appointed by the Governments of the United States and of the United Kingdom to examine political, economic, and social conditions in Palestine in view of the position of the Jews in Nazi Europe, while considering the possible consequences of Jewish immigration and settlement in Palestine on the "well-being of the peoples already living therein".
149378273Nürnberg 1493. Originalt tresnitt med nyere kolorering. Folio. Arkets størrelse : 276 X 406 cm.Folio. Original woodcut with recent colouring. Size of sheet : 276 X 406 cm. Tysk. <br/><br/><em>Fra Hartmann Schedel : Liber Chronicarum. Utgitt av Anton Koberger i Nürnberg i 1493.“It is one of the best-documented early printed books—an incunabulum —and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.†Wikipedia.The publisher and printer was Anton Koberger the godfather of Albrecht Dürer who in the year of Dürer's birth in 1471 ceased goldsmithing to become a printer and publisher. He quickly became the most successful publisher in Germany eventually owning 24 printing presses and having many offices in Germany and abroad from Lyon to Budapest. Wikipedia.The large workshop of Michael Wolgemut then Nuremberg's leading artist in various media provided the unprecedented 1809 woodcut illustrations. Wikipedia.Utbedret rift ved nedre marg.Tear repaired at lower margin. </em> unknown
191919727(Paris, Geuthner), ca. 1919. Planches. 26 planches (5 cartes dépliantes et 21 planches avec nombreuses illustrations photographiques). In-4°, toile. Peu frottée et taché.
First edition. Later boards. 8vo. 160 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to Democracy and Totalitarianism: Foundations of the Doctrine. Holocaust-era imprint. First in a pre-state series on major political and social movements. Aharon Reuveni (1886-1971) was born in the Ukraine. He left his own country for the United States in 1904 but returned to Russia in 1906, excited by the winds of revolution. He was exiled to Siberia with his family in 1908 for hiding arms. He escaped and reached Eretz Israel in 1910, after extensive travels in China, Japan and Egypt. He became active in public affairs (his brother, Yitzhak Ben Zvi, became the second president of Israel) and published in a several fields, including novels, poems, essays on Hebrew literature, and research on early Jewish history. SUBJECTS: Democracy -- Philosophy. Totalitarianism -- Philosophy. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good Condition. (HEB-50-42)
First edition. Period boards. 12mo. [186 pages], 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to The Beauty of a Moral Life. Nathan Amram (1791-1870) is best known as the financial emissary (ShaDaR) for Hebrons Jewish community and the chief rabbi of Alexandria. He authored dozens of texts over the course of his life that dealt with a wide variety of topics from philosophy to kabbalah to halacha. Sefer Noam Ha-Midot is a three-part anthology of wisdom and information from a range of sources. Each section of the book deals with a different topic and contains brief statements. (Wiki) CD000156020. Vinograd: Salonica, 885. SUBJECTS: Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. All text is clean and clear. Repair to binding. Overall in Good Condition. (HEB-48-43)
First edition. Period boards. 12mo. [186 pages], 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to The Beauty of a Moral Life. Nathan Amram (1791-1870) is best known as the financial emissary (ShaDaR) for Hebrons Jewish community and the chief rabbi of Alexandria. He authored dozens of texts over the course of his life that dealt with a wide variety of topics from philosophy to kabbalah to halacha. Sefer Noam Ha-Midot is a three-part anthology of wisdom and information from a range of sources. Each section of the book deals with a different topic and contains brief statements. (Wiki) CD000156020. Vinograd: Salonica, 885. SUBJECTS: Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Ex-library with usual markings. Title page has some clear tape on it and is very lightly soiled. Faded water stain throughout. All text is clean and clear. Overall in Good Condition. (HEB-48-43A)
Original Brown Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. [12]-19 pages ; 22 cm. Offprint from Essays Presented To Leo Baeck On The Occasion Of His Eightieth Birthday, published by East and West Library in London in 1954. This copy is inscribed by Bentwhich on the wrappers, With Normans Love and Apologies. Norman De Mattos Bentwich OBE MC (1883 1971) was a British barrister and legal academic. He was the British-appointed attorney-general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist Norman Bentwich was the oldest son of British Zionist Herbert Bentwich. (Wikipedia, 2017) Creased along the middle of every page. Otherwise about very good condition. (BR-11-56)
First edition. Later boards with original paper wrappers bound in. 8vo. 24 pages; 22 cm. Written in Yiddish. Title translates to Land of Israel during the war and after the war in English. Typo on inside title page that lists publication year as 1934 instead of 1943. Divided into various chapters. Meir Berlin, later changed to the more Hebraic, Meir Bar-Ilan, was an Orthodox rabbi and leader of Religious Zionism, the Mizrachi movement in the United States and the British Mandate of Palestine. He inspired the founding of Bar Ilan University in Israel which is named for him (Wikipedia, 2016) . SUBJECT(S) : Zionism, Mizrachi. OCLC lists 2 holdings worldwide (Univ of Florida, Harvard) , none in New York or anywhere off the Eastern Seaboard. Dampstaining of pages. Some minimal stains and rips. Library stamp and two pencil marks that do not affect text. Good + condition. (zion-12-9)
Publishers cloth. 4to. 190, [2] pages. 27 cm. First Yiddish edition. In Yiddish. Adaption from the Hebrew with the same title. Yizkor for fallen Fighters and Workers in Eretz Yisroel. Published in New York for the World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers, Po'alei Zion, Palestine Committee. Yiddish edition edited by David Ben-Gurion (18861973) , Zionist leader, Israeli statesman, first prime minister and defense minister of Israel; member of the First to Eighth Knessets. Bound in black cloth with gilt title, black endpages, two illustrated title pages, and dozens of illustrations throughout. Subjects: Jews - Biography. Zionists - Biography. Jewish-Arab relations - History - 1917-1948. Halutzim. Palestine - History - 1917-1948. World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers - Po'alei Zion; Palestine Committee. OCLC lists 23 copies. Minimal edgewear. Slight toning. Some rubbing. Ex-library markings. Very good condition. (SPEC-36-60A)
1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. 161 pages. 26 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to Jewish Law: Science Quarterly. A fascinating Zionist Hebrew journal from the early Soviet period providing insight into the rarely discussed topic of the Jewish legal revival movement that occurred in Palestine during the British Mandate. It deals with practical, modern applications of Jewish law that were, no doubt, highly influential on the development of law in modern Israel. Dikshtein was a leading advocate of creating a legal system based on Jewish law, but fit for statehood. (Likhovski, 2006) . He was a practicing lawyer in Europe before emigrating to Palestine. He was also awarded the Israel Prize for jurisprudence in 1957. (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jewish law -- Periodicals. OCLC lists three copies worldwide (HUC, Brandeis, Harvard) , none in New York. Ex-library with usual, minimal markings. Pages are browning, but clean. Overall Very Good Condition. (YID-30-39)
First edition. Contemporary boards. 8vo. 486 pages, 23 cm. In French. Title translates to Essay on the History of Geography in Palestine After the Talmud and Other Rabbinic Sources. Joseph Derenburg (1811 1895) was a Franco-German orientalist who was born in French-controlled Mainz. He played a large part in the revival of Jewish education in France. Though much of his work focused on Saadia, this essay is his most important work. It is an original contribution to the history of the Jews and Judaism in the time of Christ, and has been much used by many later historians of the subject. SUBJECTS: Jews -- History -- 586 B. C. -70 A. D. Jews. Rabbijnse literatuur. Geografie. OCLC Number: 474636288. Ex-library with usual markings. Very Good Condition. (ZION-14-64)
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 47 pages ; 19 cm. In English. Herzls testimony, as well as a transcript of a question and answer session with the Zionist leader before the British Royal Commission in 1902 to discuss the Jewish Question in Europe and the Likelihood of ongoing Jewish immigration to Britain. With an introduction from Jacob De Haas, the secretary of the First Zionist Congress. In his testimony Herzl says, The fact that there is now for the first time since Cromwell a perceptible number of our people in England is the true cause of this Commission being called together. Those who deny this are, I feel quite certain, perfectly sincere. When they cry out about Alien Immigration, they are quite unconscious of the true cause of their complaint. They feel the pain and they point to the place which hurts But I think it right to say that the mere establishment of this Commission has created a difficulty (The) Commission must either recommend restrictive legislation or not . To keep out the poor oppressed Jews cannot, I believe, be successful. But if restrictive legislation is not recommended, there mere fact of this Commission having sat will give an impetus to immigration to England; it will have formed an additional notification of the desirability of England as a place for emigration. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Small tears along the top of a few pages with no test effected. Overall good+ condition. (SPEC-42-26)
First edition. Original blue paper wrappers. 8vo. 87 pages; 22 cm. Divided into 19 sections with topics such as The White Paper of 1939, The Struggle for a Jewish Fighting Force, and Restitution and Reparations. Includes three appendices, one of which is a letter between Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the first President of Israel, and Mr. George Hall, Secretary of State of the (British) Colonies. In particular, they directed their energies towards ensuring that the Jews as a people should be permitted to make a worthy contribution under their own flag in the war against the enemy of civilisation, and towards rescuing as many of the Jews in Europe as possible from the deadly perils to which they were exposed. Despite the pressing current problems, the Executive, looking forward confidently to a successful issue of the war, also did all they could to formulate and press for the adoption of a policy in regard to Palestine which would lead to the fulfilment of the age-long aspirations of the Jewish People. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism, Palestine, WWII. Slight toning and minimal markings. A Hebrew name written in blue pen that does not affect text. Very good condition. (zion-12-17) .
First edition. Later boards with original paper wrappers bound in. 12mo. 70 pages; 18 cm. Yiddish with additional cover page in Russian or Ukrainian. Scarce Soviet-1920s publication on Antisemitism and Zionism, divided into 13 chapters. Title translates to Anti-Semitism and Yiddish Nationalism. M. Kiper was the editor of The Communist Path, a Yiddish-language newspaper published during the Russian Civil War, and an author about Jewish life in Ukraine. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism, Pogroms, Anti-semitism. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (GW Univ, Harvard, HUC) , none in New York. Browning and some pages stuck together. Library bookplate and some pencil markings. Minimal tearing. Good + condition. Scarce (zion-12-2) .
1st edition. Original boards. 4to. 233 pages, 32 cm. In English. Includes multiple sessions on Iraqs emancipation, along with issues related to Palestine. Originally distributed to the council and members of the League. The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization that was initially founded in 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference, ending WWI. Its mission was to maintain world peace (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: League of Nations - Iraq -- History -- 1921. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Danish Library, Durham U. , Canada Library) , none outside of Europe. Ex-library with usual markings. Damp stains to first few pages. Pages are browning. Contents are very good. Overall good condition. Scarce. (ZION2-1-12)
1st edition. Bound in later boards, 12mo, 156, 48 pages, Includes illustrations ; 20 cm. In Hebrew. Title page, first leaf, and fold out map in facsimile. SUBJECT (S) : Bible. Old Testament -- Commentaries. OCLC lists only 1 copy worldwide (BRITISH LIBR) . Includes large fold out hebrew map of Eretz Israel and the Eastern Mediterranean (here in facsimile) , as well as 5 other illustrations, 4 of which fold out as well. Ex-library with usual marks, expected staining, corner tear to last leaf not affecting text, otherwise Very Good. (kh-6-9)
First edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages; 23 cm. Three eloquent High Holiday sermons written by the renowned Rabbi Judah Leon Magnes about what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. We moderns- and the Jews imagine themselves to be the modern of the moderns, just as they often strive to be more royal than the king- are apt to be very boastful of our education, our culture, our vast mechanical and commercial and scientific enterprises; and we are at times justified in smiling casually at much of the simplicity and naivete of the life of even a generation back. SUBJECT (S) : Reform Judaism. OCLC lists 2 holdings worldwide (HUC, NLI) . Slight tear in cover. Front and back pages slightly rubbed. Some general toning, margin notes on one page. Good+ condition. (zion-11-3)
First edition. Original paper wrappers, in later pamphlet protector. 8vo. 21 pages; 23 cm. Written in Hebrew with additional title pages in English at back. English title: H. Lewy: Memorial addresses by J. L. Magnes, M. Schwabe, and G. Scholem. Includes a list of Lewys scientific publications in many languages at the back. Dr. Hans (Yohanan) Lewy was a prolific scholar of classical philology and Jewish Hellenism with a particular focus on Philo. Though he died at only 44, he had an extensive academic career. Judah Leon Magnes was a prominent Reform rabbi in both the United States and Mandatory Palestine. He is best remembered as a leader in the pacifist movement of the World War I period, his advocacy of a binational Jewish-Arab state in Palestine, and as one of the most widely recognized voices of 20th century American Reform Judaism (Wikipedia, 2016) . Moshe Schwabe was a German-Israeli classical scholar and epigraphists (Wikipedia, 2016) . Gershom Scholem was a German-Israeli philosopher, widely regarded as the founder of the modern, academic study of Kabbalah, became the first Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Wikipedia, 2016) . He was close friends with Walter Benjamin and Leo Strauss and published works including Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941) , Sabbatai Zevi, the Mystical Messiah (1957) , and On Kabbalah and its Symbolism (1965) . Includes black-and-white headshot of Lewy. SUBJECT(S) : Hans Lewy. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Slight browning of original paper wrappers. Several library markings including stamps and stickers. Minimal pencil markings that do not obscure text. Good + condition. A Very Rare Gershom Scholem imprint (zion-12-14)
First edition. Original paper wrappers rebound in period boards. 8vo. 74 pages ; 17 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to âThe Land of Israel Today and Onwards. Â Meyouhas (1868-1942) was a popular figure during the Yishuv. He wrote extensively Muslims of Palestine. The Meyouhasâ are a Jerusalem Sephardi family that has produced notable rabbis and merchants in Jerusalem for hundreds of years. SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Description and travel. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (JTS) . Ex-library with usual markings. Good- Condition. Scarce. (ZION-14-29).
First edition. Original black boards with gold font. 8vo. 287 pages; 24 cm. Written in German. Title translates roughly to Comrades of His Era Consider Herzl. Dr. Tulo Nussenblatt was a famous Zionist scholar and historian before WWII. During the Holocaust, Nussenblatt housed many people in his bunker in the Warsaw ghetto. He died in the uprising, still clutching his briefcase full of book materials about Theodor Herzl, about whom he wrote this book. Divided into dozens of short essays on Herzl by various authors with black-and-white head shots. Also includes facsimiles of letters, important documents, and political cartoons. SUBJECT (S) : Theodor Herzl. Loose spine. Minimal tears and markings on pages. Toning of pages. Library stamps, bookplate, and call numbers on spine. Good + condition. (zion-12-38)
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 10 issues, approximately 40-50 pages each with multiple pages of advertisements from the period, 24 cm. Published every two weeks by the Department of Commerce and Industry (1922-24) and the Department of Customs, Excise and Trade (1924-1931) . SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Commerce -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 16 holdings worldwide, most appear to be incomplete (OCLC: 162116616) . Wrappers have some chips in the margin. Pages browning. All contents are very clear and good. (ZION2-2-19)