Cook, Richard M.

Alfred Kazin: A Biography

Hartford, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Jewish literary critic Alfred Kazin was at the time of his death in 1998 one of the most prominent intellectuals of post-war America. Heavy focus on the journals that Kazin used to tell of his journey from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood to the head of the class. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x [1], 2-452 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 350024

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Cornill, Carl Heinrich

Music in the Old Testament

Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Company, 1909. First English Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Simple printed wraps, with prelims plus 26 pp. and with seven crisp black-and-white plates. First English Edition, having been translated from the German by Lydia G. Robinson. An offprint from "The Monist," April, 1909.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Keywords: Carl Heinrich Cornill music Old Testament music history

The Philadelphia Anti-Defamation Council

To Bigotry No Sanction: A Documented Analysis of Propaganda Against American Jews

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia Anti-Defamation Council, 1940. Second Printing. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy.1940. Octavo. 93 pp. Light wear to brown printed wraps, but binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Published by the Philadelphia Anti-Defamation Council to alert gentiles of rising anti-Semitism in the U.S. The title comes from a letter of President George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport in response to Congratulations Upon his first inauguration.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 347141

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Keywords: Bigotry|anti-Semitism|Judaica|Jewish culture|Jewish history

Virginia Cowles

The Rothschilds: A Family Fortune

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Faint dust-soiling along top edges, else clean and bright of interior. Bound handsomely in brown cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, with brilliant gilt illustration to front cover. If they had a modus operandi, it was the lending of money, the extension of credit to warring governments to sponsor their wars. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Big, tall, Imperial octavo format, and replete with black-and-white and full-color illustrations and full-page plates, quite fine. [8], 9-304 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 352373

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Keywords: Jewish history Jewish culture The Rothschilds The Rothchild family Virginia Cowles

Davidson, Gladys

The Old Testament Story Told to the Young

Clifford's Inn, T. Werner Laurie, . . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A particularly solid, handsome tome, bound in a tealish-green color, with fine gilt lettering to cover and spine, illustrations, ruled borders. 330 pp. + publisher's ads. No date of publication, but appears to be in the early 1900s. Lovely illustrations by Jan Brueghel, Rembrandt, Lorrain, Murillo, del Sarto, van Thulden, de Moya, Rook, Zelotti, van Leyden, Poussin and others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 346336

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Keywords: Gladys Davidson|Old Testament|Biblical story|Judaica|Judaism

Güdemann, M.

Quellenschriften Zur Geschichte Des Unterrichts Und Der Erziehung Bei Den Deutschen Juden. Von Den ã¤Ltesten Zeiten Bis Auf Mendelssohn

Berlin, Germany, A. Hofmann & Company, 1891. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Ex-library copy with accession markings to spine, embossed library stamp (from The Dropsie College) at title page, else bound in stiff brown buckram cloth, discolored a bit along edges, else strong and sturdy. New endpapers, previous owner's bookplate inside front flap, published originally in softpaper wraps, front thereof missing, that in rear detached but laid in in rear. Germany and Hebrew language texts. xxxii + 324 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Good

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Book number: 346223

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Dever, William G.; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Curators of the Israel Museum

Treasures from the Holy Land: Ancient Art from the Israel Museum

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello, another by Martin Weyl, Director of two different museums, Introduction by William G. Dever, an archaeologist, and another by Yael Israeli and Miriam Tadmor, then a list of contributors: Uri Avida, Magen Broshi, Michal Dayagi-Mendels, Yael Israeli, Yaakov Meshorer, Tamar Noy, and Miriam Tadmor. 252 illustrations, 72 full-color plates, 16 maps, chronology and bibliography. [6], 7-280 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 352429

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Keywords: The Holy Land Israel Museum Israel Palestine archaeology Philippe de Montebello Martin Weyl William G. Dever Yael Israeli Miriam Tadmor Uri Avida Magen Broshi Michal Dayagi-Mendels Yael Israeli Yaakov Meshorer Tamar Noy and Miriam Tadmor

Dresner, Samuel H.

The Sabbath; between the Generations

Bridgeport, Connecticut / New York, Hartmore House / The Burning Bush Press, . . Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Two fine-looking trade paperback copies, The Sabbath having been published in 1970 (94 pp. including index), while Between the Generations was published in 1971 (80 pp. including index and notes. Each is bound handsomely in printed stiff paper wraps. Samuel Hayim Dresner (1923–2000) was a U.S. Conservative rabbi, activist, scholar, and author, born in Chicago, educated at the University of Cincinnati then the Hebrew Union College. Ordained in 1951, and was a much beloved, influential writer on Jewish themes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 351323

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Keywords: Samuel H. Dresner The Sabbath Jewish history Jewish culture theology Judaism

Neugroschel, Joachim, ed. and trans.

The Shtetl

New York, Richard Marek Publishers, 1979. Second Impression. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in brown cloth covers, with embossed illustration to front cover, and sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Housed in a simple slipcase but that is covered with decorated paper, quite nice. Contributions by Jacob Ben Isaac Ashkenazi, Yetzek Leyb Peretz, Avrom Reyzen, Sholom Aleichem, Lamed Shapiro, Fishel Bimbko and many others. 569 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 346305

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Keywords: The Shtetl|Jewish history|Jewish culture|Joachim Neugroschel

Bilski, Emily and Sigrid Bauschinger, eds.

Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder, bound in a short quarto format, bound handsomely in black cloth with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. From the publisher's blurb, "Between 1890 and 1918 the city of Berlin evolved into a commercial and industrial hub that also became an international center for radical new ideas in the visual, performing, and literary arts. Jews were key leaders in developing this unique cosmopolitan culture. Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918 vividly documents the many ways that Jewish artists and entrepreneurs participated in this burst of artistic creativity and promoted the emergence of modernism on the international scene. Contributions by the editors Sigrid Bauschingerer and Emily Bilski, and several others, published in conjunction with the exhibition under the same name that was held at The Jewish Museum in New York from November 14, 1999--April 23, 2000. First edition, first printing, and illustrated throughout in black-and-white and full color plates. 265 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New/New,

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Book number: 347530

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Bilski, Emily and Sigrid Bauschinger, eds.

Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder, bound in a short quarto format, handsomely, in black cloth with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. From the publisher's blurb, "Between 1890 and 1918 the city of Berlin evolved into a commercial and industrial hub that also became an international center for radical new ideas in the visual, performing, and literary arts. Jews were key leaders in developing this unique cosmopolitan culture. Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918 vividly documents the many ways that Jewish artists and entrepreneurs participated in this burst of artistic creativity and promoted the emergence of modernism on the international scene. Contributions by the editors Sigrid Bauschingerer and Emily Bilski, and several others, published in conjunction with the exhibition under the same name that was held at The Jewish Museum in New York from November 14, 1999--April 23, 2000. First edition, first printing, and illustrated throughout in black-and-white and full color plates. 265 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 349881

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Keywords: Emily Bilski|Judaica|Judaism|Jewish history|Jewish culture|Berlin|Germany|Jews|metropolis|Sigrid Bauschinger|Emily Bilski

Epstein, Morris

A Picture Parade of Jewish History

New York, Shengold Publishing Company, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy red covers beyond creasing from the rear panel backwards. Black and white lettering. Each of the stories is comprised of a 12-panel cartoon strip that accompanies a single, double-column text. Jewish history and culture are depicted in stories that include Hilliel, Rashi, Maimonides, Friends of Columbus, Thomas Kennedy, Lincoln and the Jews, Henrietta Sold, Orde Wingate, Hannah Senesh, Degania, Einstein, Mickey Marcus, and many more. 124 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 351930

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Keywords: Morris Epstein Jewish history Jewish culture cartoons

Feinstein, Elaine

A Captive Lion: The Life of Marina Tsvetayeva

New York, E.P. Dutton, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Light toning to heavy paper, else clean and unmarked. A range of black-and-white photographs of Marina Tsvetayeva, considered one of the greatest European poets of the 20th century. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [14], 15-289 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 348658

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Keywords: Marina Tsvetayeva |Elaine Feinstein|Zionism|Zionists|Jewish history|Jewish culture

Carole Fink

Marc Bloch: A Life in History

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. According to the publisher's blurb, "This is the first biography of Marc Bloch (1886-1944), historian, soldier in both world wars, and leader of the Resistance, who was captured, tortured, and died a heroic death. Based largely on Bloch's private letters, diaries and papers, as well as on other unpublished documents, it traces the remarkable life of this French-Jewish patriot under the Third Republic." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xix + 371 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 349110

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Keywords: Marc Bloch|The Annales|French history |The Holocaust|French culture|social history

Freid, Jacob

Jews in the Modern World, Volume Two

New York, Twayne, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A big, broad survey of Jewish history and Jewish culture edited by Jacob Freid, being Volume Two of a three-volume set, and with contributions by him and by Gordon Willard Allport, Salo Wittmayer, Baron Nathan C. Belth, David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Boraisha, Uriah Z. Engelman, Benjamin R. Epstein, Robert Gordis, Mordecai Menachem Kaplan, Bernard Kramer, Jacob Lestchinsky, Samuel Levitas, Will Maslow, Alexander H. Pekelis, Leo Pfeffer, Harold Uriel Ribalow, Jacob Robinson, Moshe Sharett, and many others. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Top-stained in red. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Prelims, 321-744 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 352392

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Keywords: Jewish history Jewish culture Jacob Freid Gordon Willard Allport Salo Wittmayer Baron Nathan C. Belth David Ben-Gurion Menachem Boraisha Uriah Z. Engelman Benjamin R. Epstein Robert Gordis Mordecai Menachem Kaplan Bernard Kramer Jacob Lestchinsky Samuel L