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| This selection contains 9 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 9 |
| CAHAN, ABRAHAM Bleter Fun Mayn Leben No Publisher Given. 1926. Hard Cover. Bleter Fun Mayn Leben [??? I cannot read Yiddish and can only guess by the copyright date that this book is a volume from Cahan’s autobiography]. 1926. No city or publisher given in English. Believed first edition. With six photos, a frontis I believe to be the author, a photo of a woman dated 1896, and a photo of a man(perhaps an earlier picture of Cahan) as well as a few other photos of various unidentifiable people. Abraham Cahan, born in Russia, emigrated to the US and became an influential voice in the Yiddish speaking community, speaking on the side of labor and socialist causes. Cahan also founded and edited the important Yiddish language newspaper, Forward. This book, believed to be one of five volumes of his autobiography, is in GOOD+ condition. What appears to be a small white smudge of paint on the front cover. Very light soiling. Light rubbing. Light pulling, fading and fraying to the spine. Inner text clean and solid with the page with the photo of the woman DETACHED and laid in. Pages a bit toned. Nice copy of this very hard to find work in GOOD+ condition. Good/No Jacket. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 | £UK 60.25 | JP 8826] Book number: 000469 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| COHEN, SIMON Shaaray Tefila. A History of its Hundred Years 1845-1945 New York, Greenberg, Publisher. 1945. Hard Cover. With several black and white illustrations. This is a history of the congregation of Shaaray Tefila, following it through its various synagogues to its location in 1945. In VERY GOOD condition. Light, uneven toning to the covers. Corners bumped; spine pulled and sunned. Inner text clean and tight with previous owner’s name largely written in pen on inside front cover. Light browning to the page edges. Nice copy of this work in VG condition. Very Good/No Jacket. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP 2206] Book number: 000470 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| EDWARDES, ALLEN Erotica Judaica. A sexual history of the Jews New York, Julian Press. 1967. Hard Cover. Believed first edition. This book explores the role sex played in influencing Jewish culture and examines biblical passages for insight into historical beliefs and traditions. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. VERY GOOD jacket and book. Light wear to the jacket, mostly to the extremities. Light fading to the book extremities. Inner text clean and solid. Nice in VERY GOOD condition. Very Good/Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP 1324] Book number: 000397 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| FRIEDMAN, LEE M. Early American Jews Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. 1934, First Edition. Hard Cover. Believed first edition. Hard cover. No jacket. 238 pages including index. With several black and white illustrations. Top page edges gilt. A history of early Jewish immigration and settlement in the U.S. especially to Boston and New York, examining their impact and history pre-revolution. VERY GOOD condition with minor rubbing and fading to the covers. Spine rather faded. Minor edgewear. Text clean and solid. Very Good/No Jacket. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP 1324] Book number: 001969 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| JENKS, WILLIAM AUTHOR OF PREFACE The History of the Jews. From the taking of Jerusalem by Titus, to the present time, comprising a narrative of their wanderings, persecutions, commercial enterprises, literature, manners, customs, and forms of worship. Boston, M.A. Berk. 1844. Hard Cover. No author for the text given. The History of the Jews. From the taking of Jerusalem by Titus, to the present time, comprising a narrative of their wanderings, persecutions, commercial enterprises, literature, manners, customs, and forms of worship. With an account of the various efforts made for their conversion. Boston: 1844. M.A. Berk, publisher. Third American edition. With a frontis illustration of Jerusalem and a portrait of a Polish rabbi. There does not appear to be any other illustrations. Hardcover. This history covers the Jewish people in the context of the Roman empire, as well as the wars of Mohammed against the Jewish tribes, the golden age Judaism AD 660-1171, the Iron Age of Judaism 1130-1500, and the persecution of Jews in Switzerland and other European nations during the Middle Ages. In GOOD condition. Heavy scuffing and fading to the covers. Some soiling. Spine faded. Moderate edgewear with the corners bumped and rounded and the spine pulled. The fabric along the hinge is beginning to wear out in some spots. Text block is solid. Some foxing to the first and last several pages, but for the most part the text is clean and bright. Solid copy of this history in GOOD condition. Good/No Jacket. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP 2206] Book number: 000471 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| MELJON, ZEEV EDITOR Towns and Villages in Israel No Publisher Given. 1966. Hard Cover. Hardcover with dust jacket. With many black and white photos, as well as a few in color. Gives a brief history of the founding of each town, as well as the planning that went into town and government development. POOR jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Heavy scuffing, tearing and chipping to the jacket. Some of the tears have been poorly reinforced with masking tape. Moderate soiling and fading. Some soiling and fading to the book. Light edgewear with a bit of bumping to the corners. Inner text clean and solid. POOR/VERY GOOD condition. Very Good/Poor. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP 2206] Book number: 000239 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| MIEDER, WOLFGANG AND DAVID SCRASE, EDITORS Reflections on the Holocaust. Festschrift for Raul Hilberg on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday Burlington, Vt, The Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0970723741). Hard Cover. A collection of essays on the holocaust ranging from the treatment of Ukranian Jews by the Germans, Nazi Justiz, Finland's Jews and the Final Solution and many others. Extensive citation of references within. In FINE condition with no visible wear. Fine/No Jacket. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP 1589] Book number: 000855 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| RAPHALL, MORRIS J. The Post-Biblical History of the Jews. From the close of the Old Testament, about the year 420 B.C.E. till the destruction of the second temple, in the year 70 C.E. New York, D. Appleton and Co. 1866. Hard Cover. Volume 1 ONLY of a two volume set. This scarce history discusses in great detail Judea under the Persian and Greeks, as well as the Macabees. 405 pages. In FAIR condition. Some scuffing, moderate uneven fading and soiling to the covers. Heavy wear to the backstrip with some loss and tattering of the fabric on the upper half. Corners bumped and frayed. Binding just starting to split at the hinges. Inner text is clean and solid. Still a nice copy of this hard to find work in FAIR condition. Fair/No Jacket. USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 | £UK 51.25 | JP 7502] Book number: 000353 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| SHULMAN, ABRAHAM . WITH A FOREWORD BY ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER The Old Country: the lost world of East European Jews New York, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1974, First Edition. Hard Cover. Hardcover in a clipped jacket. Many photos, taken from the archives of the weekly Yiddish newspaper “The Forward”. These photos, along with the accompanying essays, document the daily life of Jews living in East Europe in the early 20th century. In GOOD+/VERY GOOD condition. Some soiling, sun darkening and fading to the jacket. Light edgewear. 2 inch tear to the top of the back jacket, along with another small tear near the top spine. Small piece of the jacket missing from lower spine. The book is faded and rubbed at the extremities. Inner text clean and tight. Nice photo history in GOOD+/VERY GOOD condition. Very Good/Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP 1324] Book number: 000259 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. |
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