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(Jt) Blank, Samuel L.
I HA-DEMA`OT.
(FT) 8vo. 176 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction, Hebrew. "[A] Hebrew novelist and short-story writer[, ] Blank, who was born in the Ukraine, spent his formative years in Bessarabia and in 1922 settled in the United States. His early stories described the Jewish farmers of Bessarabia, and his tetralogy Zon, Adamah, Nahalah, and Moshavah focused upon a simple protagonist, significantly and symbolically called "Bo'az. " Blank was not a subtle psychologist, but he vividly depicted the Jewish man of the soil in his primitive surroundings. When he attempted to portray the harsher realities of life after World War I, such as the pogroms in the Ukraine in his Bi-She'at Herum or the maladjusted immigrant in America, as in Mr. Kunis or Iy ha-Dema'ot, he verged on melodrama. Al Admat Amerikah and Ez ha-Sadeh were among his last works. " (EJ, 2007) Ex library with minimal markings, light worn spots on cover edges, good condition. (HebLit-6-2)
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(Jt) Brenner, Joseph Hayyim.
KETAVIM. VOLUME 2.
(FT) 8vo. 332 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. Volume two (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. "A disciple of the "psychology" approach to literature and a writer of the "uprooted" generation, Brenner [1881-1921] became a key figure of the school in modern Hebrew literature; he focused and ruthlessly exposed the anxieties, self-probing, and despair of intellectual anti-heroes overwhelmed by life in a society that had lost meaning and direction. His fiction, bleak and fiercely honest, nourishes, however, a belief in artistic truth where faith in all else has failed. In style, he considered himself a follower of Berdyczewski, and in social outlook, a disciple of Mendele Mokher Seforim. Like many Hebrew writers of the early decades of the 20th century, he was mainly influenced by Russian literature, specifically by writers such as Tolstoy and Dostoevski, and by such European writers as Nietzsche and Hauptmann. " (EJ, 2007) Backstrip missing and binding is loose, covers and endpapers wrinkled from water but text is clean, good- condition. (HebLit-5-21)
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(Jt) Brenner, Joseph Hayyim.
KOL KITVE Y.H. BRENNER. VOLUME 1.
(FT) 8vo. 305 pages. In Hebrew. Volume one only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 29 copies worldwide. Top edge gilt. "A disciple of the "psychology" approach to literature and a writer of the "uprooted" generation, Brenner [1881-1921] became a key figure of the school in modern Hebrew literature; he focused and ruthlessly exposed the anxieties, self-probing, and despair of intellectual anti-heroes overwhelmed by life in a society that had lost meaning and direction. His fiction, bleak and fiercely honest, nourishes, however, a belief in artistic truth where faith in all else has failed. A contemporary and friend of G. Schoffmann and U. N. Gnessin, Brenner, like them, was also influenced by M. J. Berdyczewski. In style, he considered himself a follower of Berdyczewski, and in social outlook, a disciple of Mendele Mokher Seforim. Like many Hebrew writers of the early decades of the 20th century, he was mainly influenced by Russian literature, specifically by writers such as Tolstoy and Dostoevski (he frequently mentions the latter in his letters) , and by such European writers as Nietzsche and Hauptmann. Brenner, a novelist, critic, philosopher, translator, editor, and publisher, wrote in Hebrew and in Yiddish. He exercised a powerful personal influence, often exceeding his impact as a writer and a critic, on his generation, and on the following one. His colleagues and friends saw in him "a secular saint caught in a world that was not worthy of him" (H. Zeitlin) , and he became their moral, social, and artistic yardstick. Brenner's approach to literature demanded a close link between the creative process, the artistic work, and real life. " (EJ, 2007) Covers missing, leather backstrip present, text in very good condition. (HebLit-4-9)
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(Jt) Cahan, Yaakov.
KITVE YA`AKOV KAHAN. VOLUME 1, SHIRIM.
(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Volume one (of twelve) only. First edition. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Cahan (1881-1960) was a Hebrew poet and Zionist. Devoted to the revival of the Hebrew language and culture, he coined the term "New Hebrew, " referring to a desired, beautiful, post-Diaspora culture. For him the Jewish Diaspora was everything hated and ugly. "Cahan's poetry revolves around two axes - messianism and the fusion of three major principles: beauty, holiness, and happiness. The messianic motif runs through most of his lyrical epics, verse dramas, and dramatized legends. It goes hand in hand with his identification of the Judaic-prophetic sanctity of life and the yearning for enlightened beauty and universal humanism, or with the identification of morality and the quest for happiness. " (EJ, 2007) Edgewaer, particularly on spine, front hinge and joint starting, good condition. (HebLit-4-14)
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(Jt) Cahan, Yaakov.
RABI MEIR U-VERURIYAH : DERAMAH BAT HAMESH `ALILOT.
(FT) 8vo. 128 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Meir, 2nd cent. -- drama; Berubiah, 2nd cent. -- drama. Cahan (1881-1960) was a Hebrew poet and Zionist. Devoted to the revival of the Hebrew language and culture, he coined the term "New Hebrew, " referring to a desired, beautiful, post-Diaspora culture. For him the Jewish Diaspora was everything hated and ugly. "Cahan's poetry revolves around two axes - messianism and the fusion of three major principles: beauty, holiness, and happiness. The messianic motif runs through most of his lyrical epics, verse dramas, and dramatized legends. It goes hand in hand with his identification of the Judaic-prophetic sanctity of life and the yearning for enlightened beauty and universal humanism, or with the identification of morality and the quest for happiness. " (EJ, 2007) Spine faded, otherwise very good condition. (HebLit-6-4)
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(Jt) Dinur, Ben-Zion.
YISRAEL BA-GOLAH : MEKOROT U-TE`UDOT. VOLUME 2.
(FT) 8vo. 224-478 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - history - 70-1789; Jewish Diaspora. SERIES: Toldot Yisrael ; ; kerekh 5-6; Variation: Dinur, Ben Zion, ; 1884-1973.; Toldot Yisrael mi-reshit yeme Yisrael `ad yamenu elah, ; kerekh 5. Dinur (1884-1973) , a graduate of Petrograd University, was a teacher and historian. He was also an activist who put his political views into practice; after emigrating to Palestine in 1921, he taught at the Hebrew University, was a founder of the periodicals Kirjath Sepher and Zion, wrote histories from a Zionist perspective, and was elected to the First Knesset. As a minister of education, he was responsible for the 1953 State Education Law. In 1973, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his life-long educational efforts. (EJ, 2007) Covers edgeworn, hinges repaired, pages tanned and fragile, good- condition. (HebLit-4-23)
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(Jt) Frank, Rafael
UBER HEBRAISCHE TYPEN UND SCHRIFTARTEN
Hardcover, 21-39 pages, Folio, 33 x 25 cm. In German. Contents: Zur einfuhrung. --In memoriam Rafael Frank. --Uber hebraische typen und schriftarten, von Rafael Frank. --Die renaissance des hebraischen, von dr. Jacques Adler. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew type. Hebrew language. "Sechzehnter Bertholddruck. " "Hergestellt in einer beschrankten auflage fur einem kreis von freunden. "--Leaf at end. Reprinted from Archiv fur buchgewerbe, 48. Jg. , hft. 11. Ex-library. Water stain to front and back cover. Slight browning on edges of pages. Hinge repair. Otherwise, good condition. (BIB-11-7)xx
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(Jt) Goldman, Yehuda.
NIMIM : SHIRIM.
(FT) 8vo. 48 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Hinges starting, half title page detached, good condition. (HebLit-4-10)
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(Jt) Halkin, Simon.
YEHIEL HA-HAGARI: ROMAN.
8vo. 211 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Halkin (1898-1987) was born in Russia; he and moved to the United States in 1914, where he taught at Hebrew Union College, and then to Israel in 1932. Only seven years later, he returned to the U. S. , and in 1949 became a professor at the Hebrew University. Aside from teaching, he wrote both poetry and prose, featuring motifs of dichotomies between the secular and the religious, and between the will to live and the desire to die. He also wrote literary criticism, and translated the work of others, such as Walt Whitman and Shakespeare, into Hebrew. (EJ, Silberschlag) Covers tanned, tear on back, good condition. (GER-28-4)
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(Jt) Harkavy, Albert
LE-KOROT HA-KITOT BE-YISRAEL
(ft) Cloth, 19 pages; 21 cm. In Hebrew. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (JTSA, Yale, Florida) . Subject: Jewish sects -- History. Harkavy (18351919) was a scholar of Jewish history and literature. Harkavy was born in Novogrudok, Belorussia. He studied at Lithuanian yeshivot and at the universities of St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Paris. On his return to Russia in 1870 he began teaching ancient Oriental history. The opposition in certain circles to the appointment of a Jew to a university lectureship prompted the Russian government to cancel his post, and he was transferred to the department of Jewish literature and Oriental manuscripts at the Imperial Library in St. Petersburg. In 1877 he was made head of that department, remaining in that position for the rest of his life. (Poliak in EJ, 2007) . From the library of Mayer Sulzberger, with his bookplate. Sulzberger was an American jurist and communal leader; first president of the American Jewish Committee, a founder of the J. P. S. , and officer of many Jewish institutions of higher learning. His book collection formed the nucleus of the JTS collection, the largest collection of Jewish books in the world outside of Israel. Fair Condition, stains on pages, but complete. (K-Rab 1-1)
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(Jt) Hazaz, Haim.
HA-YOSHEVET BA-GANIM.
12mo. 342 pages. In Hebrew. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Univ of Manitoba) . SERIES: Sifriyat "Dvir La`am. " Hazaz (1898-1973) was a Russian Hebrew writer. As a young man, he worked for the newspaper Ha-Am during the Russian Revolution, and escapes pogroms of 1920 by fleeing to the Crimean Mountains before moving to the recently-dismembered Ottoman lands and then to Western Europe. In 1931, he moved to Jerusalem. Hazaz had first been published in 1918, while still in Russia; his early stories were well received. In both his early writing and that done later in Germany and Israel, he conveys the anxiety felt by Jews during the early 20th century, between the Diaspora and the establishment of the state of Israel. For his contributions to Hebrew literature, Hazaz was awarded the Israel Prize twice, first in 1953 and again in 1971. After his death, the Hebrew Literary Center's building in Jerusalem was named after him. (EJ, 2007) Shalom Spiegel's copy with his bookplate. Has dust jacket. Very good condition. (HebLit-4-25)
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(Jt) Hillels, Shlomo.
BE-HAMIR ARETS : ROMAN BI-SHENE SEFARIM. VOLUME 2.
(FT) 8vo. 263 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. "Hillels [1873-1953] was raised in Bessarabia, and he served as principal of the Jewish public school of Marcolesti. In 1918 he headed the Office of the Federated Councils which was established in Romania to aid the refugees fleeing the Ukraine in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In 1921 he moved to Kishinev where he was appointed supervisor of the Tarbut Hebrew schools in Bessarabia. In 1925 he settled in Palestine where he taught in the Mikveh Israel agricultural school and was the director of Beit Bialik (Bialik House) in Tel Aviv. During World War II he lived in the United States. His early pieces appeared in the 1890s in Ha-Zefirah and in Ha-Meliz. However, his best works were written after he went to Palestine... His writings are realistic, and tempered by a profound faith in man. " (EJ, 2007) Ex library with minimal markings. Very good condition. (HebLit-5-32)
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(Jt) Ibn-Zahav, Ari.
YERUSHALAYIM SHEL MA`ALAH.
(FT) 8vo. 91 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jerusalem - poetry; Poetry, Hebrew. Ex library. Gift inscription on half title page, good condition. (HebLit-5-12)
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(Jt) Jawitz, Wolf.
TOLDOT YISRAEL : METUKAN `AL PI HA-MEKOROT HA-RISHONIM. VOLUME 9 : ME-RESHIT RABANAN SABORAI 4234 `AD SOF YEME HA-GEONIM.
(FT) 8vo. 236 pages. In Hebrew. Volume nine (of fourteen) only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - history; Israel - history. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Bookplate, occasional spots on pages, otherwise good condition. (HebLit-5-17)
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(Jt) Karni, Jehuda.
SHE'ARIM.
(FT) Large 8vo. 235 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry, Hebrew. "Born in Pinsk, [Karni's (1884-1949) ] first Hebrew poem was printed in Ha-'efirah when he was 12. In 1921 he settled in Palestine and from 1923 until his death was on the editorial board of the daily Haaretz. Karni's early poetry, influenced by Bialik and Tchernichowsky, was individualistic, romantic, and abstract. His settling in Palestine brought about a radical change in his creative spirit. He was one of the first Hebrew poets who abandoned the Ashkenazi accentuation and shifted to the new Sephardi accent thus bringing his diction closer to rhythms of spoken Hebrew. His poetry became more concrete, reflecting the new landscape and his personal struggle for identity against the backdrop of the complex political, cultural, and economic issues which agitated the small Jewish community of mandatory Palestine. " (EJ, 2007) Ex library. Covers worn at corners, pages starting to tan, good condition. (HebLit-5-3)
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(Jt) Kaufmann, Yeh?ezkel
TOLDOT HA-EMUNAH HA-YIS? REELIT: MI-YEME K? EDEM AD SOF BAYIT SHENI
(FT) 8vo. 220 pages. Volume 1, part 1 (only) . In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism History. Kaufmann, (18891963) , biblical scholar, thinker, and essayist. Born in the Podolia region of the Ukraine, Kaufmann studied in the modern yeshivah of Ch. Tchernowitz (Rav Za'ir) in Odessa and at the advanced courses of Baron David Guenzburg in Petrograd (Leningrad) , and received a Ph. D. From the University of Berne in 1918. After World War I he lived in Berlin, where he began to work on his scholarly writings. In 1928 he migrated to Erez Israel and taught in the Re'ali School in Haifa. In 1949 he was appointed professor of Bible at the Hebrew University, a post he held until his death. (EJ, Gevaryauha) In good condition (heblit1-11)
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(Jt) Kipnis, Levin.
LE-KEVER-AVOT : MAHAZOR IDILIYOT.
8vo. 115 pages. In Hebrew. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide. "[Kipnis was an] author of children's Hebrew literature. Born in Ushomir, Volhynia, he went to Erez Israel in 1913, studied at the Bezalel School of Arts, and taught in a kindergarten. After a period of study in Germany in 1923 he joined the staff of the Lewinsky Teachers' Seminary in Tel Aviv... [He] also wrote children's stories in Yiddish and...edited the journals for kindergarten teachers, Gannenu and Hedha-Gan. In 1978 he was the recipient of the Israel Prize for children's literature. A collection of essays examining the influence of Kipnis on Hebrew children's literature was published under Iyyunim bi-Y? Irat Levin Kipnis in 1982." (EJ, 2007) Simon Greenberg's copy, with his bookplate. Backstrip mostly missing, covers worn, inscription on fly leaf, good condition. (HebLit-6-12)
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(Jt) Klausner, Joseph.
HISTORIYAH SHEL HA-SIFRUT HA-`IVRIT HA-HADASHAH : SHE`URIM. VOLUME 3.
(FT) Large 8vo. Viii, 451 pages. In Hebrew. Volume three (of six) only. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, modern - history and criticism. Klausner (1874-1958) "was an active Zionist and a fervent nationalist throughout his life, and his Zionist views color all his work. A delegate to the First Congress, he was greatly influenced by the political ideas of Herzl, although his cultural approach remained that of the Hovevei Zion and Ahad Ha-Am. He attended nearly every subsequent Congress until the eleventh, contributing surveys on them to Ha-Shilo'a h. From 1930 he began to identify himself more and more with the policy of Jabotinsky and was regarded by the Revisionist Party, and later by its successor, H erut, as the ideologist of the movement. He edited the monthly Beitar (together with B. Netanyahu) from 1932-33 and came out vigorously, both in speech and in writing, in support of the ideals of the right-wing nationalists. In 1949 they put his name forward as their candidate for the first president of the State of Israel in opposition to Chaim Weizmann. " (Staff, EJ) Shalom Spiegel's copy with his bookplate. Tanned, otherwise very good condition. (HebLit-5-8)
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(Jt) Lachower, Yeruham Fishel.
TOLDOT HA-SIFRUT HA-`IVRIT HA-HADASHAH, `IM DUGMAOT SHEL MIVHAR HA-SIFRUT LA-TALMIDIM VELE-MITLAMDIM. SEFER 1, MI-YEME TSEMIHAT HA-SIFRUT HA-HADASHAH BE-ITALYA `AD SHEKI`AT HA-HASKALAH BA-MA`ARAV. VOL 1 OF 3.
(FT) 4to. Xii, 149 pages. In Hebrew. Volume one (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, modern - history and criticism. Lachower (1883-1947) was a Hebrew literature critic and historian. "[His] approach to literature is both critical and scholarly. He studies the literary method and conceptual framework of the author, quoting copiously from the work under discussion. But he also probes the author's motives, stressing the different and often contradictory trends in his work and personality. Lachower's own writing, at times, alternates between an objective, matter-of-fact, somewhat dry style and impressionistic musings couched in metaphorical, often ornate, language. During the early period he discusses contemporary authors of the modern national renaissance, e. G. , S. Tchernichowsky, H. N. Bialik, Z. Shneur, U. N. Gnessin, and others. His detailed discussion of D. Frischmann and M. J. Berdyczewski shows a certain affinity in outlook between him and these two authors. He shunned the social-national approach to literature then current among his contemporaries. Instead of interpreting a work in the light of social conditions, he attempted to expound its intrinsic meaning. Besides the aesthetic aspects of literature, he was deeply interested in its philosophical and conceptual presuppositions. " (EJ, 2007) Covers edgeworn, pages a little tanned, good condition. (HebLit-4-20)
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(Jt) Lamdan, Isaac.
MASADAH : POEMAH.
(FT) 16mo. 94 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. Sixth edition. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Lamdan (1899-1954) was a Ukrainian-born poet. He moved to Israel in 1920, after hard years during WWI, and joining, and then breaking with, the Russian Communist revolution. In Israel he spent a few years as a halutz, and then devoted himself to writing. "Lamdan's magnum opus, Massadah (1927) , an epic poem in blank verse of six cantos, comprising 35 poems, established his reputation. The poem reflects the spirit of the young pioneers of the 1920s who had left behind them not only the memory of the brutal senseless murders of defenseless Jews, but also their shattered illusions about the possibility of establishing a free, revolutionary society in Eastern Europe. Massadah, the last fortress which continued to hold out against the Romans even after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 C. E. , in Lamdan's poem symbolizes Erez Israel, the last stronghold of the destroyed Eastern European Jewish communities. " (EJ, 2007) Covers edgeworn, a little shaken, good condition. (HebLit-4-3)
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(JT) Landshuth, L.
`AMUDE HA-`ABODA: RESIMAT RASE HAP-PAJTANIM U-MA`AT MIT-TOLDOTEHÄM `AL SEDER ALFA BETA `IM MISPAR PIJJUTEHÄM HAN-NIMSEIM BE-SIFRE TEFILLOT MINHAG POLEN, ASKENAZ, SEFARAD, ROMA, CARPENTRAZ, ALGIER, MEHÄM BE-DEFUS U-MEHÄM BE-KITBE JADDOT B-KTBY YDWT.
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. vi, 314, xxxiii pages. Facsimile edition. In Hebrew. Title on verso "Amude ha-Aboda (Columnae Cultus) : Onomasticon Auctorum Hymnorum Hebraeorum eorumque Carminum, cum Notis biographicis et bibliographicis, e fontibus excusis et mss. " ["Thesaurus of the most important Paytanim with alphabetical index of the Piyyutim"]. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (Niedersachsische Staats-und U. ) . Ex-library with minimal markings. Lacks boards. Internal pages are nice and clean. Good condition. (RAB-52-9)
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(JT) Landshuth, L.
`AMUDE HA-`ABODA: RESIMAT RASE HAP-PAJTANIM U-MA`AT MIT-TOLDOTEHÄM `AL SEDER ALFA BETA `IM MISPAR PIJJUTEHÄM HAN-NIMSEIM BE-SIFRE TEFILLOT MINHAG POLEN, ASKENAZ, SEFARAD, ROMA, CARPENTRAZ, ALGIER, MEHÄM BE-DEFUS U-MEHÄM BE-KITBE JADDOT B-KTBY YDWT.
Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. vi, 314, xxxiii pages. Facsimile edition. In Hebrew. Title on verso "Amude ha-Aboda (Columnae Cultus) : Onomasticon Auctorum Hymnorum Hebraeorum eorumque Carminum, cum Notis biographicis et bibliographicis, e fontibus excusis et mss. " ["Thesaurus of the most important Paytanim with alphabetical index of the Piyyutim"]. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (Niedersachsische Staats-und U. ) . Ex-library with minimal markings. Boards detached but present. Internal pages are nice and clean. Good condition. (RAB-52-9a)
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(Jt) Lange, Friedrich Albert.
TOLDOT HA-MATERIALISMUS U-VIKORET `ERKO BI-ZEMANENU.
(FT) 8vo. Xvii, 430 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Materialism. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Ex library. Good condition. (HebLit-4-8)
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(Jt) Lebensohn, Micah Joseph.
SHIRIM, ME-ETH MICAH JOSEPH LEBENSOHN, `IM TOLEDOT HA-MESHORER ME-ETH REUBEN BRAININ.
(FT) 16mo. 45 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew poetry. SERIES: Sifriyah `Ammamit; [no. 12]. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Born in Vilna, Lebensohn (1828-1852) was a Haskalah poet. His father was the poet Abraham Dov Lebensohn, and Micah had the benefit of a secular education as well as a religious one. At an early age he began his literary career with translations, including Schiller's German Aeneid, which established his reputation. Stricken at 17 with tuberculosis, which would kill him a few years later, he tried spa treatments, and produced some of his best work - influenced by the Romantics and reflective of the poet's knowledge of his oncoming death - while resting in places such as the Reinerz spa. His father published collections of Lebensohn's poems posthumously. (EJ, 2007) Tape label on spine, covers a bit darkened, good condition. (HebLit-6-16)
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(Jt) Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim.
NATAN HE-HAKHAM: SHIR SIHAH BE-HAMESH MA`ARAKHOT
(FT) 12mo. Xxix, 272 pages. Hebrew translation of Nathan der Weise. SUBJECT(S) : Drama. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. One of the outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment in Germany, Lessing was devoted to the principle of toleration. Through a physician, Aaron Solomon Gumpertz, he became a friend and admirer of Moses Mendelssohn, whom he encouraged to publish his first philosophical work. Mendelssohn was the inspiration for Lessing's Nathan der Weise, his last play, and once more a plea for toleration. Based on the parable of the three rings, adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron, the play presents Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as three sons of a benevolent father who has given each an identical ring, although each one claims that his ring alone is authentic. Nathan is made the spokesman for the aspirations of the Enlightenment: tolerance, brotherhood, and love of humanity. (Graetz, EJ) Ex library. Boards worn, front joint cracked, pages a little tanned, moisture stain on top edge, good condition. (GER-26-12)
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(Jt) Levin, Shmarya.
BI-YEME HA-MA`AVAR : KOVETS MAAMARIM.
8vo. Xxi, 280 pages. In Hebrew. Frontispiece. SUBJECT (S) : Zionism - biography; Levin, Shmarya, 1867-1935. Embossed covers, gilt title on spine. Front hinge starting, spine darkened, good condition. (HebLit-6-3)
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(Jt) Lipson, Mordekhai.
MI-DOR DOR : MA`ASIYOT VE-SIHOT, AMAROT U-BEDIHOT, HAMTSAOT VE-HIDOT, HANHAGOT U-MIDOT, MIN HA-SHAGUR BE-FI HA`AM `AL ISHE YISRAEL MI-DOR DOR. VOLUME 1.
(FT) 8vo. Viii, 311 pages. In Hebrew. Volume one (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - anecdotes; Rabbis - anecdotes. Lipson (1885-1958) was a "Hebrew writer and folklorist. Born in Bialystok, he was ordained as a rabbi in 1903. After teaching for several years, he immigrated to the United States in 1913. There he wrote for the Hebrew and Yiddish press and edited the Hebrew weekly Ha-Ivri. He founded and edited the New York Hebrew daily Hadoar, which was the only modern Hebrew daily to appear in the U. S. When the newspaper was taken over by the Histadrut Ivrit and turned into a weekly, Lipson served for a period as editor. He immigrated to Erez Israel in 1930 and edited the religious daily Ha-Zofeh from its inception, in 1937, until 1944. For more than a generation he collected Jewish folklore which appeared in Mi-Dor-Dor, Anshei Middot, Midrash Zuta, and Emshol Lekha Mashal. He also translated many books from Hebrew to Yiddish and from Yiddish to Hebrew, including works by I. J. Singer, I. Bashevis Singer, and J. Opatoshu. " (EJ, 2007) Ex library. Backstrip detached, otherwise good condition. (HebLit-5-15)
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(Jt) Meltzer, Shimshon.
SEFER HA-SHIROT VEHA-BALADOT.
(FT) 8vo. 314 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry, Hebrew. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Meltzer (1909-2000) was "[born] in Tluste (eastern Galicia; present-day Tolstoye) , [and he] immigrated to Palestine in 1933, after having taught in Horodenka, Galicia. For a time he taught secondary school in Tel Aviv, but from 1937 he engaged in editorial work; first in the daily Davar, and later in the Am Oved publishing house and in the children's magazine Davar li-Yladim. From 1959 he was on the editorial staff of the Zionist Library publications of the Jewish Agency. His first poems were published in Ba-Derekh, the magazine of the teachers' seminary in Lvov where he studied. After his arrival in Erez Israel his poetry appeared mainly in Davar, but also in various literary journals. Meltzer attempted to capture the folk flavor of Eastern European Jewry by using hasidic tales and motifs in his ballads. [He] translated extensively from Polish-Jewish writers, especially from Yiddish writers, dramatists, and poets. " (EJ, 2007) Has worn dust jacket. Gift inscription, top corner bumped, good+ condition. (HebLit-5-30)
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(Jt) Niger, Samuel; Menachem Ribalow.
AHISEFER : MEASEF LE-DIVRE SIFRUT, HEKER HA-LESHONOT BE-YISRAEL VE-TARGUMIM MIN HA-SHIRAH HA-IDIT.
8vo. 583 pages. In Hebrew. English title: Studies in the literatures and languages of the Jews, short stories and translations from Yiddish poetry. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature - history and criticism; Yiddish literature - translations in Hebrew. Samuel Niger was the pseudonym of Samuel Charney (1883-1955) . A Zionist influenced by Adah Ha-Am and a Russian socialist revolutionary, he joined the Zionist-Socialist Workers Party, and was repeatedly arrested and tortured by Russian authorities. Though his first literary efforts were in Russian and Hebrew, his mature work was written mostly in Yiddish. After being imprisoned by Polish legionaires in 1919, Niger left for the United States. In New York, he worked for Der Tog, a Yiddish daily; beginning in 1920, he worked for the paper for 35 years, "becoming the most revered and feared Yiddish critic of his generation. " Outside of strictly literary work, Niger worked with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research from its inception, a and helped found the Congress for Jewish Culture. (Liptzin, EJ) "Born in Chudnov, Volhynia (Russia) , Ribalow (1895-1953) received a yeshivah education and also studied at the University of Moscow; he emigrated to the United States in 1921. Two years later he was appointed editor of the Hebrew weekly Hadoar. For 30 years he wrote his weekly editorials under his pseudonym, M. Shoshani, and hundreds of essays which appeared in various periodicals and, eventually, were collected in five volumes. As an essayist he concentrated on literary criticism, especially of Hebrew poetry. Though his love for Hebrew sometimes led him to hyperbolic evaluations of Hebrew writers, he was a perceptive critic. Many Hebrew authors in the U. S. Made their debut under his guidance. Ribalow was a leader of Histadrut, an organization which propagates Hebrew culture in the United States. With Israel's President Izhak Ben-Zvi, he was co-president of the World Hebrew Union. "(EJ, Silberschlag) Ex library in library binding. Pages slightly water stained and wrinkled throughout, good condition. (HebLit-6-1)
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(Jt) Nordau, Max Simon.
KETAVIM NIVHARIM. VOLUME 2.
(FT) 8vo. Frontispiece photo. In Hebrew. Volume two (of six) only. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Nordau (1849-1923) was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization. He was a political Zionist, not a cultural or religious Zionist, having ceased being an observant Jew at eighteen, instead becoming a "militant naturalist and evolutionist, " and making his fame with Die Conventionellen Luegen der Kulturmenschheit, first published in 1883. Also at eighteen, he started his career in journalism, on the staff of the Pester Lloyd. While condemning modern culture and politics, the situation of the Jewish people was never far from Nordau's mind. He met Theodor Herzl in 1982, and soon after began discussing the possibility of a Jewish state with him. He was vice president of the First through Sixth Zionist Congresses, and president of the Seventh through Tenth. (EJ, 2007) Bookplate, otherwise very good condition. (HebLit-5-19)
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(Jt) Rabinowitz, Solomon; Daniel Persky.
SEFER HA-MISHKALIM : MEHKARIM BA-MISHKAL HA-`IVRI U-MAAMARIM BI-SHEELOT HA-LASHON.
(FT) 8vo. 257 pages. In Hebrew. English title: Sefer hamishkalim : studies in Hebrew philology. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language - metrics and rhythmics; Hebrew poetry - history and criticism. Very good condition. (HebLit-5-10)
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(Jt) Regelson, Abraham
KAYIN VE-HEVEL: SHIR
8vo. 60 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Cain (Biblical figure) -- Poetry. OCLC lists 28 copies worldwide. Regelson, (18961981) , was a Hebrew poet. Born near Minsk, Regelson arrived in the United States as a boy of nine. Though his formal education was not extensive, he read voluminously and acquired substantial knowledge in poetry and philosophy. He began to publish poems immediately after World War I. Although mainly a poet, he also wrote philosophical essays and satirical sketches, and translated from English into Hebrew, and from Hebrew and Yiddish into English. (EJ, Silberschlag) In good condition. (Heblit1-8)
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(Jt) Rivlin, Eliezer.
HARVOT YERUSHALEM (HORVOT YERUSHALAYIM)
(FT) 8vo. 59 pages. In Hebrew. Second edition. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Jerusalem - history -- 17th century; Jerusalem - history; Governors - Jerusalem - biography; Muhammed ibn Farrukh, fl. 1635; Jerusalem - ethnic relations. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Rivlin (1889-1942) was an "historian and journalist in Erez Israel. Rivlin was born in Jerusalem into one of its old established families. He went into business and then became the secretary of the United Old Age Home in Jerusalem. As a young man, he became a correspondent for the New York Yiddish paper, Morning Journal, and also published studies on the history of Jewish settlement in Erez Israel, Jerusalem in particular, and in neighboring countries. In this field, Rivlin's major achievement was his revised and enlarged edition of Aryeh Leib Frumkin's Toledot Hakhmei Yerushalayim 1490-1870, which he expanded into a history of all Jewish settlement in Erez Israel. Rivlin also published selections from the Pentateuch commentary by the 16th-century Jerusalem rabbi and physician Raphael Mordecai Malkhi, Likkutim mi-Perush ha-Torah shel R. M. Malkhi; a biography of Joseph Sundel Salant; a new edition of the 17th-century work on Jerusalem, Horvot Yerushalayim; and Sefer ha-Yahas le-Mishpahat Rivlin u-Mishpahat ha-Gra mi-Vilna. His collection of material on Erez Israel in the responsa literature remained unpublished. " (2007, EJ) Ex library. Pages tanned, good condition. (HebLit-4-4)
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(Jt) Rubin, S.
HIDOT HA-`OLAM.
8vo. 76 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophy of nature. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Univ of Michigan, Temple Univ) . Pages tanned, good condition. (HebLit-4-7)
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(Jt) Scharfstein, Zevi.
HA-HINUKH BE-ERETS YISRAEL.
(FT) 8vo. 191 pages. Illustrated. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Education - Palestine; Schools - Palestine. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Scharfstein (1884-1972) was a Hebrew educator both in Galicia and the United States, where he moved in 1914. In 1916, he began teaching at the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary, eventually becoming professor of Jewish education, and serving there until 1960. "A prodigious contributor to the Hebrew press, his column in the American Hebrew weekly Hadoar dealt with political and, especially with literary events. From 1907 Scharfstein also published educational texts embracing Hebrew literature, Jewish education, Bible, and Hebrew language. " (Silberschlag, EJ) Ex library. Boards chipped and stained, back hinge starting, good condition. (HebLit-4-13)
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(Jt) Shakespare, William, Frischmann, David
KORYALANUS (CORIOLANUS)
First Hebrew edition. Original boards. 8vo, 271 pages, 21 cm. Ex-library with usual markings. This is a Hebrew translation of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus". Very Good Condition. (AC-1-19)
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(Jt) Shimoni, David
BA-HASHAI: PIRKE SHIRAH U-MAHASHAVAH
(FT) 8vo. 333 pages. In Hebrew. Shimoni, (18861956) , was a Hebrew poet. He was born in Bobruisk, district of Minsk, Russia, the son of a learned maskil. Shimoni studied with private tutors and read avidly, especially in the impressive library belonging to the father of his childhood friend, Berl Katznelson. He soon began to write, publishing his first poem, a free translation from the Russian of Simon Frug, in Gan Sha'ashu'im. His first original poem, "Sihat Resisim" (1902) , appeared in the children's paper Olam Katan, but his career is considered to have begun with the poem "Bein ha-Shemashot" (1902) , published with Bialik's encouragement in Lu'ah Ahi'asaf (no. 12, 1904) . (EJ, Staff) In very good condition (Heblit1-10)
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(Jt) Shmueli, Ephraim.
TOLDOT `AMENU BA-ZEMAN HE-HADASH. VOLUME 2.
(FT) 8vo. 167-336 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two (of seven) only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - history - 70-1789; Jews - history - 1789-1945. "Born in Lodz, Poland, Shmueli emigrated to Erez Israel in 1933. He taught at several U. S. Institutions of Jewish learning, and in 1969 was professor of philosophy and religion at Cleveland State University. Most of Shmueli's literary and journalistic efforts-all in Hebrew-were devoted to education, sociology, history, and philosophy. " (Silberschlag, EJ) Covers have spots of wear, good condition. (HebLit-6-15)
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(Jt) Shneour, Zalman.
GESHARIM : SHIRIM UPOEMOT, 1900-13.
4to. 350 pages. In Hebrew. Third edition. SUBJECT (S) : Poetry. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Univ of Cape Town, London Borough of Hamlet Towers, Univ of Leiden) . Shneour was a "Hebrew and Yiddish poet and novelist who, together with Bialik and Tchernichowsky, is considered to be one of the three great figures in Hebrew poetry of his generation. " (EJ, 2007) Tape with title on spine, past of front cover faded, good condition. (HebLit-4-16)
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(Jt) Slouschz, Nahum.
BE-IYE HA-YAM : (MI-SEFER HA-MASA`OT) .
12mo. 112 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish historians - biography; Slouschz, Nahum, 1872-1966; Western Mediterranean - description and travel; Mediterranean Sea - description and travel. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Slouzschz, a scholar, writer, archeologist, historian and translator, was born near Vilna. He spent his young adulthood in Odessa, where he was part of the Hovevei Zion movement and the Hebrew renascence. He later moved to Geneva, where he was a founder of the Swiss Zionist Federation. For a time he joined the Jewish Territorial Organization in order to investigate the possibilities of a Jewish settlement in Tripoli-Cyrenaica. In 1904 he became the chair of Hebrew language and literature at the Sorbonne. During World War I he was involved in activities to influence the French government to agree with the Balfour Declaration, and in 1919 he moved permanently to Erez Israel, where he reviewed the Palestine Exploration Society and edited its publications. He discovered the ancient second-century synagogue of Hammath in Tiberias and excavated Absalom's Tomb in Jerusalem (EJ) Covers a little worn, back is spotty, good condition. (HebLit-6-14)
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(Jt) Smirin, Shalom.
YOSHIYAHU U-TEKUFATO.
(FT) 12mo. 120 pages. Illustrated. In Hebrew. First edition. SUBJECT(S) : Josiah, King of Judah. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Shalom Speigel's copy with his bookplate. Has tanned, edgeworn dust jacket. Underlining and marginalia throughout (presume Spiegel's) , good+ condition. (HebLit-4-18)
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(Jt) Smolenskin, Perez
MA'AMARIM: VOLUME 1
(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Smolenskin, (1840 or 18421885) , was a Hebrew novelist, an editor, and a publicist. A leading exponent of the Haskalah in Eastern Europe and an early advocate of Jewish nationalism, Smolenskin is best known for the important Hebrew monthly Ha-Shahar which he founded in 1868, and edited12 volumes in alluntil his death (EJ Patternson). Spine repaired, title page detached, hinges starting. Otherwise clean and fresh, good condition. (Heblit-1-15)
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(Jt) Tchernichowsky, Saul.
SIPURIM.
(FT) 12mo. 108 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. CONTENTS: Ashkenazim--Nitpardah ha-havilah--`Erev Yom Hakipurim--Holo ha-perati shel ha-"Doktor" ha-tsa`ir-- Be-bet ha-kevarot--Flotenforlageh. Saul Tchernichowsky (1875-1943) , was born in Russia, and educated there as well as in Germany and Switzerland. Aside from rendering translations from English, German, French, Greek, and Latin, he was a Hebrew-language poet in his own right. He began publishing in 1892, and his first book, Hezyonot u-Manginot, or Visions and Melodies, came out in 1898. Aside from being a poet and translator, Tchernichowsky was a physician and a dedicated Zionist, visiting Palestine in 1925 and then settling there six years later. (Schweid, EJ). Parts of covers faded, spine slightly chipped, half-title detached, pages tanned, good condition. (HebLit-6-17)
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(Jt) Urbach, Symcha Bunem
AMUDE HA-MAHASHAVAH HA-YISREELIT. (PART ONE ONLY)
(FT) 8vo. 267 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Philosophy, Jewish. In very good condition (Heblit1-9)
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(Jt) Wallenrod, Reuben.
KI FANAH YOM : SIPUR.
(FT) 8vo. 234 pages. In Hebrew. English title: Dusk in the Catskills. First edition. Inscription. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 29 copies worldwide. Wallenrod (1899-1966) was a "Hebrew writer on American Jewish life. Born in Vizno, Belorussia, he emigrated to Erez Israel in 1920, but shortly afterward left to study in France and the United States. Wallenrod served as instructor and later professor of Hebrew literature at Brooklyn College in New York. From 1929, he frequently contributed stories and essays to Hebrew periodicals. His novels Ki Fanah Yom and Be-Ein Dor, as well as his collections of short stories Ba-Deyotah ha-Shelishit and Bein Homot New York, describe the life of immigrant Jews in the United States and their difficulty in adjusting to their new surroundings. Among his works are essays and literary criticism Mesapperei Amerikah, a travelogue Derakhim va-Derekh, and others. He was coauthor, with Abraham Aharoni, of Fundamentals of Hebrew Grammar and Modern Hebrew Reader and Grammar. In English he wrote The Literature of Modern Israel and in French, Dewey, l'éducateur. " (EJ, 2007) Good+ condition. (HebLit-4-11)
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(Jt) Warnheim, W.
KEVUTSAT HAKHAMIM : KOLEL DIVRE MADA` PERI... HAKHAMIM SHONIM. WISSENSCHAFTLICHE AUFSÄTZE...
(FT) 12mo. 118 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Talmud - study and teaching. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Covers worn, endpapers and title page tanned and chipped, water stain in bottom corner throughout, good- condition. (HebLit-5-2)
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(Jt) Zeitlin, Aaron.
BEN HA-ESH VEHA-YESHA` : POEMAH DRAMATIT.
(FT) 8vo. 391 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Poetry, Hebrew. "[Zeitlin] grew up in Gomel, Vilna, and Warsaw. His early poetic works were lyrical; later, philosophic concepts appeared in his verses, and then followed an attempt to express mystical religious insights within formal rhythmic structures. A philosophic aesthete deeply rooted in Jewish tradition and mysticism, Zeitlin's lyrics are often contemplative liturgic hymns. Well versed in world literature, Zeitlin wrote with equal facility in Hebrew and Yiddish. [In 1926] he became literary editor of the Warsaw Yiddish daily Unzer Ekspres. When [WWII] came, he was saved; in the spring of 1939, Maurice Schwartz invited him to New York for the Yiddish Art Theater's premiere of his play. The war prevented Zeitlin's return to his family, all of whom were killed by the Nazis. As contributor to the New York Yiddish daily Jewish Morning Journal and professor of Hebrew literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Zeitlin profoundly influenced the American Jewish scene after World War II. His Hebrew essays, poems, and lectures during his frequent visits to Israel similarly influenced Hebrew literature. " (EJ, 2007) Good condition. (HebLit-5-14)
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(Marx, Alexander) Frankel, David, editor
SEPHER HA-YOVEL: A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MARX BY COLLEAGUES, DISCIPLES AND FRIENDS = SEFER HA-YOVEL LI-KHEVOD PROFESOR ALEKSANDER MARKS: BI-MELOT ARBA`IM SHANAH LI-KHEHUNATO BE-TOR SAFRAN BE-YISRAEL
Large 8vo; 154 + 10 pages; Later leather boards over Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 154, x pages, [6] pages of plates. Subtitle: "On Completing Forty Years of Distinguished Service as Librarian of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America." One essay by Moses Marx in English: "The Last Hebrew Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century: The Second Edition of the Mashal Ha-Kadmoni and the Quarto Tur Orah Hayyim"; remainder of essays are in Hebrew. Good condition. (FEST-1-121)
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(Marx, Alexander) Frankel, David, editor
SEPHER HA-YOVEL: A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MARX BY COLLEAGUES, DISCIPLES AND FRIENDS ON COMPLETING FORTY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AS LIBRARIAN OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA.
Large 8vo; 154 + 10 pages; 1 essay (10 pages) by Moses Marx in English: The Last Hebrew Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century: The Second Edition of the Mashal Ha-Kadmoni and the Quarto Tur Orah Hayyim (on Gershom Soncino and includes 6 photo plates of the book) ; remainder of essays are in Hebrew. Very Good+ Condition (FEST-6-6)
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(Marx, Alexander) Frankel, David, editor
SEPHER HA-YOVEL: A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MARX BY COLLEAGUES, DISCIPLES AND FRIENDS ON COMPLETING FORTY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AS LIBRARIAN OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA.
Large 8vo; 154 + 10 pages; 1 essay (10 pages) by Moses Marx in English: The Last Hebrew Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century: The Second Edition of the Mashal Ha-Kadmoni and the Quarto Tur Orah Hayyim (on Gershom Soncino and includes 6 photo plates of the book) ; remainder of essays are in Hebrew. Bottom of spine bumped, Good Condition (FEST-6-6A) xx
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