(Brawer, A. J.; Speiser, E. A.; Wilson, J. A.; et al)

At the Dawn of Civilization. E.A. Speiser, Editor. Volume I of the World History of the Jewish People. First Series: Ancient Times

(New Brunswick, NJ) : Rutgers University Press, (1970). (1970). (New Brunswick, NJ) : Rutgers University Press, (1970). (1970). Fine. - Large octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed. xv & 388 pages. Color endpaper maps & black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Third printing.

"The World History of the Jewish People" was conceived as an ambitious and comprehensive 21-volume project, embracing the history of the Jewish people from prehistoric times to the present. It was compiled in Israel by Jewish History Publications (Israel - 1961) Ltd. and each volume was published by Rutgers as it was completed.

This volume describes the ancient Near East as a background for Biblical history. Fine .

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Book number: 5100

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: HISTORY; JUDAICA; JEWISH HISTORY; JEWS; WORLD HISTORY OF THE JEWS; NEAR EAST; ANCIENT NEAR EAST; A. J. BRAWER; E. A. SPEISER; J. A. WILSON; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Bialostotzky, B. J

Dream in Reality: Essays

(New York: W. C. Book-Farlag/Cyco-Bicher Farlag), 1956. 1956. (New York: W. C. Book-Farlag/Cyco-Bicher Farlag), 1956. 1956. Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on the front cover. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped & their bottom edges are dampstained. The spine is faded with its titling completely faded & there is light dampstaining to the tail. 484 pages. The contents are very good.

The text is in Yiddish. Very good .

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Book number: 15880

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA & HEBRAICA; AUTHOR; JEWISH; B. J. BIALOSTOTZKY; DREAM IN REALITY: ESSAYS; LITERATURE; YIDDISH.

Brin, Alexander; Trommer, Marie; Perlow, Max; Katz, Moishe; et al

The Ukrainian Jew in the Ukraine and the United States. Der Ukrainer Id in Ukrainia Un Amerika

(New York): The National Conference of Ukrainian Jewish Organizations of the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, Inc. (1944), (1944). (New York): The National Conference of Ukrainian Jewish Organizations of the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, Inc. (1944). (1944). Good. - Octavo, softcover. The wraps are lacking with the remnant of the front wrap laid in. The stapled contents consist of 31 pages in English & 160 pages in Yiddish. Black-and-white illustrations. The first & last leaves [English & Yiddish title pages] are darkened along the spine. Good reading copy.

First edition.

Scarce. WorldCat locates 8 copies. Good .

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Book number: 24292

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA & HEBRAICA; YIDDISH; THE UKRAINIAN JEW IN THE UKRAINE AND THE UNITED STATES; DER UKRAINER ID IN UKRAINIA UN AMERIKA; THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF UKRAINIAN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS; THE JEWISH COUNCIL FOR RUSSIAN WAR RELIEF; UKRAINIAN ARTS; UKRAINIA

Buber, Martin

Sette Discorsi Sull' Ebraismo. Tradotti Da Dante Lattes E Mose Beilinson Con Una Prefazione Del Prof. Alessandro Bonucci

Firenze: Israel Societa Tipografico-Editoriale, 1923. 1923. Firenze: Israel Societa Tipografico-Editoriale, 1923. 1923. Good. - Small quarto, blue cloth backed tan paper covered boards; printed labels on spine & front cover. The boards are rubbed, bumped & soiled with 4 small tears to the front & top edges of the rear board. The joints are split at the head of the spine & the label on the spine is chipped. xxi & 181 pp. plus colophon. The hinges are reinforced with linen tape. There is scattered light staining & soiling. 1 top page corner is creased & there are occasional pencil markings. Good.

Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies.

An Italian translation of Buber's work on Hassidism. Good .

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Book number: 1333

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA; JEWS; JEWISH; HASSIDISM; THEOLOGIAN; GERMAN; MARTIN BUBER; ITALIAN; LIMITED EDITION.

Caro, Georg Martin (1867-1912).

Sozial - Und Wirtschaftsgeschichte Der Juden IM Mittelalter Und Der Neuzeit Von Georg Caro. Band I: Das Fruhere Und Das Hohe Mittelalter. (Volume 1 Only).

Leipzig: Buchhandlung Gustav Fock, 1908. 1908. - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Rebound into decorated boards backed with a brown cloth spine with the original paper cover mounted onto the front board and a holographic title label on the spine. The covers are rubbed, soiled and stained. [v], vii, [i] & 514 pages. The top edges of the pages are lightly darkened and there is occasional soiling. The front edge of the first few leaves are bumped and there is an inscription boldly penciled on the front endpaper. Good. First edition. Volume 1 of 2. ["Social and Ecomonic History of the Jews in the Middle Ages and Modern Times"]. From the series "Grundriss der Gesamtwissenschaft des Judentums". The German economic and social historian Georg Martin Caro (1867-1912) studied with Harry Bresslau in Strasbourg where he completed his Ph.D. thesis in 1891. He traveled and resided in Italy before teaching at Zurich University. Focusing on medieval and modern economic history in Italy and Central Europe he published works on the subject. His unfinished work "Sozial - und Wirtschaftsgeschichte der Juden in Mittelalter und der Neuzeit" published in 2 volumes in 1908 through 1924, contributed to Jewish historiography and was subsequently translated into Hebrew. Good .

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Book number: 96821

Catalogue: Judaica

Keywords: JUDAICA; JEWISH HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; SOZIAL - UND WIRTSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE DER JUDEN; IM MITTELALTER UND DER NEUZEIT; DAS FRUHERE UND DAS HOHE MITTELALTER; GEORG MARTIN CARO; GERMAN LANGUAGE; ECONOMIST; SOCIAL HISTORIAN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENT

(Chanin, N.). N. Chanin Jubilee Committee

N. Chanin

(New York: N. Chanin Jubilee Committee), 1946. 1946. (New York: N. Chanin Jubilee Committee), 1946. 1946. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is very lightly bumped. The spine is rubbed & faded & its head is slightly chipped. 434 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white portrait plates, including a frontispiece. Very good.

First edition.

This is the history/biography of the labor leader N. Chanin. The last hundred or so pages consist of congratulatory letters from friends and associates. The text is in Yiddish. Very good .

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Book number: 15879

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA & HEBRAICA; JEWISH; YIDDISH; LABOR LEADER; N. CHANIN; N. Chanin Jubilee Committee; BIOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATIONS; PORTRAITS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Gorelick, Aaron. (1880-1955)

Sturemdige Youren

New York: Grenich Printing Corp. 1946. 1946. New York: Grenich Printing Corp. 1946. 1946. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with a crease to the cloth of the front cover. The spine is slightly faded with the head lightly chipped & frayed. 420 & [2] pages. Very good.

First edition. The text is in Yiddish.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 16195

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA; HEBRAICA; YIDDISH; STUREMDIGE YOUREN; AARON GORELICK; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HOLOCAUST; BELARUS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Gottheil, Richard J. H

Zionism

Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1914. 1914. Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1914. 1914. Very good. - (Movements in Judaism). Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine. The covers are bumped with a tiny white mark on each cover. The spine is slightly faded. 258 pp. B&W frontispiece & 6 B&W plates. Very good.

First edition.

The history of Zionism, written from a Zionist point of view. Very good .

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Book number: 1151

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA; ZIONISM; HISTORY; ISRAEL; JEWS; RICHARD J. H. GOTTHEIL; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Jasin, Rabbi Joseph. (1883-1968). Rabbi of the Fort Worth Congregation Beth-El (1904-1908).

Two Typed Letters Signed by Zionist and Fort Worth, Texas Rabbi Joseph Jasin.

Gloversville, NY: September 10 and October 8, 1919. 1919. - Two typed letters, each filling most of a sheet of 11 inch high by 8-1 /2 inch wide New Jewish Chronicle letterhead with a decorative heading in black. Both letters are signed "Joseph Jasin". In the September letter, a red ink decorative arrow draws attention to 1 paragraph. There is some soiling to the bottom edge of the October letter, as well as a pencil note and a "date answered" stamp. Folded three times for mailing. Very good Following an interview with the Pond Lyceum Bureau in New York City, Jasin writes to the bureau about his interest in giving his lecture "Modern Myths and Miracles". In October he follows up with a second letter, both times emphasizing that the materials he left with the staff should be returned to him. Joseph Jasin [1883-1968], a native of Poland and an early Zionist, arrived at a young age as a newly ordained rabbi at the Reform Jewish Congregation Beth-El [formed in 1902] in Fort Worth, Texas. He reinvigorated the religious school and doubled the membership of the congregation. He remained in Fort Worth until 1908 when he was drafted to New York as secretary of the Federation of American Zionists, the forerunner of the Zionist Organization of America. At that time Zionism seemed like an impossible dream and Jasin and fellow Reform Zionists found themselves denounced by all but a very few American Reform rabbis and by Orthodox and Conservative Zionists as a turncoat for following Reform. Later in life Jasin went on to a pulpit in Pasadena California where he established a prison chaplaincy and developed an interest in parapsychology. He remained an organizer, editor and innovator throughout his career. Very good .

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Book number: 36425

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Keywords: JUDAICA & HEBRAICA; ZIONISM; TWO TYPED LETTERS SIGNED BY ZIONIST AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS RABBI JOSEPH JASIN; POND LECTURE BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY; TLS; T.L.S.;TYPED LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CONGREGATION BETH-EL; FEDERATION OF AMERICAN ZIONISTS

Kahana, Duberish b.r.sh

[Title in Hebrew]: Darkhe Ha-Lashon: Le-to'Elet Ha-Mathilim le-Havin Ule-Horot... Dikduk Leshon Ha-Kodesh / Melukat U-Mesudar Me-Et Duberish B.R. Sh. Kahana. [Loosely Translated: The Way of the Language for the Beginner / to Understand and Teach Hebrew Grammar, Collected from Recent Authorities in Simple Language to Facilitate Easier Learning for Our People; and Everything Organized in the Proper Way"]

[Published] with permission of the Censor [with Censor's black ink stamp], Warsaw: printed with new type by the engraver Avi, [1822]. [Published] with permission of the Censor [with Censor's black ink stamp], Warsaw: printed with new type by the engraver Avigdor, son of Yo'el, [Date]: 582, [1822]. [1822]. Very good. - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in plain green cloth with faded Hebrew lettering stamped on the spine. The covers are rubbed and stained with a chip to the cloth next to the rear joint. The collation is as follows: [112] leaves, 45 pages, and [3] leaves, with a decoated tail-piece. There is occasional scattered foxing and some soiling. A predious owner's name is penned at the bottom of the title page and rear endpaper. A censor's stamp and the stamp of an old bookseller appear on the title. Very good.

At the foot of the title is the following in Polish: "DARKE HALUSZON / Czyli Gramatyke Jezyka hebraysjiego / W. Warszawie 1822 / W Drukarni W. J. Lebenssohna". Very good .

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Book number: 19268

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: HEBRAICA; RELIGION; GRAMMAR; LANGUAGE; JEWISH STUDIES; CENSOR'S STAMP; EDUCATION; TEACHING; DUBERISH B.R.SH. KAHANA; DARKHE HA-LASHON; WARSAW; POLAND; AVIGDOR, SON OF YO'EL; DARKE HALUSZON; WARSZAWIE; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; LINGUISTICS

Lasch, Gerson

Pikude Ha-Shem. Die Gottlichen Gesetze Aus Den Zehn Geboten Entwickelt Und in Ihrem Geiste Aufgefasst. Ein Hausbuch Fur Israeliten Zugleich Ein Handbuch Beim Religionsunterricht

Leipzig: Commission bei Heinrich Hunger, 1857. 1857. Leipzig: Commission bei Heinrich Hunger, 1857. 1857. Very good. - Octavo, brown cloth backed with brown leather & titled in gilt between decorative bands in gilt on the spine. The binding is bumped & the spine & the edges of the covers are rubbed. xii, [ii], iv, 509 & [1] pages. There is an owner's book label on the front pastedown. Very good.

First edition.

A work on the Decalogue in Jewish theology. The text is in German with an index in Hebrew in the rear.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 29945

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA; LAW; THEOLOGY; ETHICS; DECALOGUE; TEN COMMANDEMENTS; PIKUDE HA-SHEM; DIE GOTTLICHEN GESETZE AUS DEN ZEHN GEBOTEN; GERSON LASCH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; RELIGION; HEBRAICA; GERSON LASCH; JEWISH; JUDAISM.

(Shochat, Israel). (Persoff, Nick)

Narratives by Israel Shochat and Others Involved in the Bar Giora Organization [Later Called Hashomer] from the Early Part of the 20th Century, As Translated by Nick Persoff for the Famed Hollywood Scriptwriter Ben Hecht

circa [1950]. [1950]. circa [1950]. [1950]. Very good. - sc 43 manuscript pages typed on one side of 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets, with an autograph letter signed by Nick Persoff as cover letter. The material consists of translations by Nick Persoff of what appear to be diaries or short memoirs by Jewish settlers including Israel Shochat, Tova Portugali, Yechezkel Nisamov, Turner, and Igal Portugali, recounting events taking place in Palestine during the early part of the 20th century. Persoff appears to be seeking to interest the scriptwriter and author Ben Hecht in these fascinating narratives. His cover letter, penned in blue ink on an 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheet apologizes for the poor typing "the girl came highly recommended". He says that he's included "very little material on their relationship to each other, and many of the notes are rather sketchy.." but if Ben Hecht is still interested they can get all of the material. This letter is signed "Nick". The narratives include a 10-page account by Israel Shochat. In this narrative Israel Shochat describes events from his 1904 arrival in Palestine through a meeting in Yitzhak Ben Zvi's room establishing the Bar- Giora organization, later called Hashomer. Hashomer was created to protect Jewish life, its motto here translated as "with blood and fire Judea fell; with blood and fire will Judea rise". A Jewish defense organization it provided protection for Jewish settlements and Kibbutz.

This account, typed on one side of ten 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets, describes Israel Shochat's initial interest in agriculture though there was much resistance to Jewish workers in Palestine. Arab and Jewish farmers were often robbed by bandits or troubled by houligans. Shochat's initial interest in protecting the farmers was inspired by the Cherkassian tribe of Arabs "They didn't look like the natives, nor did they dress like the natives. They were small in number, but brave and strong and enjoy great respect from their neighbors..When Chenkin had trouble with any tribe the Cherkessim always came to his help." Forming a group of their own to protect the Jewish farmers, their initial efforts were fraught with trouble caused by the Arab groups which traditionally guarded the fields. "The Arab guards organized the Arab youth in a gang and came together all together to rob the fields that were assigned to the Jewish guards, and to show that they didn't come just to rob for the need of grapes they left bunches and bunches of grapes strewn on the fields.." He later recounts the August 1907 meeting at "Ben Zvi's room" officially forming the Bar Giora. "Our own Sedgera was guarded then by Cherkesim and Beduina. Our first job was to make ourselves fit for the work. We taught out members to shoot. They had to exercise daily after work. Special importance was put on knowledge of the place, the caves, the neighboring tribes, their habits and their fighting strength.."

Always a colorful figure Shochat later went to Constantinople with David Ben Gurion and Yitzhak Ben Zvi to study law. Returning to Eretz Ysrael during the first World War, he suggested the creation of a Jewish brigade to help the Turks defend the country but was deported back to Turkey by the authorities who were suspicious of his motives. In 1925, convinced that the British were the enemies of the Jews, he sought to align his defense group with that of the Soviet Secret Service, though that project failed.

A 9-page account by Igal Portugali, also typed on one side of 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets, recounts his colorful adventures as a guard and his relationship with the many Arab tribes, and his service as an honor guard during Baron Rothschild's visit to Palestine.

Igal Portugali helped prepare the settlement of Merchavia which Joshua Hankin had purchased on behalf of the Jewish Colonial Association.

A second account by Igal Portugali, entitled "Igals Story of Vacation" is typed on 14 sheets. The first few pages of this narrative vividly portray the Jewish and Arab tribesmen's relationships to their horses, and the pride they took in them and in their guns. His narrative includes accounts of his father and mother's lives.

A final nine pages include narratives by Tova Portugali, Igal's sister who was married to Mendeleh, as well as by Igal's wife, Igal himself, Turner (a student at the University in Tel Aviv) and a paragraph about Becker. Turner's brief narrative includes the following passage: "Your letter didn't find me in Yama. I have been ordered to Mascha --- The work is very hard here. We are surrounded on all sides by many 'friends' -- as you know these tribes are all very tough. We can expect them as guests each night. --- The nights this time of year are wet and black. You find yourself walking along, feeling your way along the walls. In one hand you hold your gun and with the other you feel your way.."

Though the pages are slightly darkened, they are in very good condition, with several corrections and annotations in ink, presumably by Persoff, throughout. A unique item purchased from the widow of Ben Hecht. Very good .

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Book number: 31616

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: HISTORY; MANUSCRIPTS; ISRAEL; JEWISH; JUDAICA; ISRAEL SHOCHAT; MANYA SHOCHAT; JEWISH DEFENSE ORGANIZATION; FOUNDING; SETTLEMENTS; PIONEER; PALESTINE; HASHOMER; BAR-GIORA; TOVA PORTUGALI; YECHEZKEL NISAMOV; IGAL PORTUGALI; ARAB TRIBES; MIDDLE EAST; MIDEAST

Sombart, Werner

Die Zukunft Der Juden

Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1912. 1912. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1912. 1912. Very good. - Octavo, softcover, bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & the spine & extremities are darkened. There is a tear to the head of the spine with small pieces out of the head & the tail. 91 pages plus 5- page publisher's catalog, unopened. The contents are very good.

First edition.

Werner Sombart [1863-1941] was a German historical economist who incorporated Marxist principles and Nazi theories in his writings on capitalism. The text is in German. Very good .

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Book number: 12478

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA; JEWS; ECONOMICS; CAPITALISM; WERNER SOMBART; DIE ZUKUNFT DER JUDEN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Taylor, Isaac

The Spirit of the Hebrew Poetry. With a Sketch of the Life of the Author and a Catalogue of His Writings

New York: William Gowans, 1862. 1862. New York: William Gowans, 1862. 1862. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth with an oval vignette & 4 stars stamped in gilt on the front cover & in blind on the rear cover. There is a large piece out of the head & tail & the right side of the spine and most of the gilt titling is lacking. The rear joint is split. The covers are bumped & rubbed. x & pages [11]-303 & [7] pages. There is some staining to the title & occasional light foxing. Despite the loss of cloth on the spine, this is a good tight copy.

First American edition.

From the library of Leonard Charles Van Noppen with his signature dated 1903 on the front endpaper. Van Noppen [1865-1935] was a Dutch-born, American-educated academic, translator and poet, who, as a member of the United States Naval Reserves authored "The Challenge: War Chants of the Allies, Wise and Otherwise". Below Van Noppen's signature, is inscribed in pencil: "Presented to the Editor of the Churchman by the Publisher". Good .

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Book number: 15021

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA; HEBRAICA; LITERATURE; SCRIPTURES; BIBLICAL; PROPHETS; PROPHECY; THE SPIRIT OF THE HEBREW POETRY; ISAAC TAYLOR; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LEONARD CHARLES VAN NOPPEN; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

Waldman, Neil

Masada

New York: Morrow Junior Books, (1998). (1998). New York: Morrow Junior Books, (1998). (1998). Very good. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY NEIL WALDMAN - Small quarto [9-3/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards in a matching dust wrapper. 64 pages. Profusely illustrated in black, white & gray. The bottom front edge of the spine is bumped, else, near fine.

First edition, signed in full by Neil Waldman on the title page and dated "Nov 14, 1999".

Written and illustrated by Neil Waldman. Very good .

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Book number: 33338

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: JUDAICA & HEBRAICA; LLUSTRATED; JEWS; HISTORY OF THE JEWS; MASADA; NEIL WALDMAN; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.