‎Bibliography‎

‎Maggs Bros. (compilers)‎

‎JUDAICA AND HEBRAICA: MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTED BOOKS, AND AUTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY, MARTYRDOM AND LITERATURE OF THE JEWS (CATALOG NO. 482)‎

‎Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 188 pages. Illus. Facsims. 20 cm. Mostly in English with some items’ title and/or details are in German, Spanish, or Latin. A chronologically organized bibliography of Maggs Bros. Catalog on Judaica. SUBJECTS: Jewish literature -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Jews -- History -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Cloth stained with tear along bottom of backstrip, but still nice. Internal pages are bright and clean. Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-27-7)‎

‎Ben-Menahem, N. and Y. Raphael‎

‎ARESET: SEFER SANA LE-HEQER HA-SEFER HA-‘IVRI (VOLUME I)‎

‎(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 512 pages. Illlus. 24cm. In Hebrew with additional title page in English. Title translates to English as, “Aresheth: An Annual of Hebrew Booklore. Volume I. ” CONTENTS (in Hebrew) : The Constantine Mahzor: A Bibliography of Its Poetry -- Manuscript Book Lists -- The Parenzo Printers in Venice -- Selihot According to the Ritual of Cologne -- Hebrew Printing at Izmir -- Letters of R. Moshe Hayim Morpurgo on Hebrew Books -- The Monash Printing House at Krotoschin -- Hebrew Periodicals in Hungary -- Seventy Years of Periodicals in Transylvania -- Manuscripts from the Library of Rabbi Nahum Dov-Ber Friedman -- Rabi Mases Hayim Litch-Rosenbaum’s Autobiography. Water stains on edges of endpages and jacket. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition with fair jacket. (BIBLIOG-27-16)‎

‎Ben-Menahem, N. and Y. Raphael‎

‎ARESET: SEFER SANA LE-HEQER HA-SEFER HA-‘IVRI (VOLUME IV)‎

‎(FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 570 pages. Illlus. 24cm. In Hebrew with additional title page in English. Title translates to English as, “Aresheth: An Annual of Hebrew Booklore. Volume II. ” CONTENTS (in Hebrew) : Biography of Rabbi Judah L. Maimon --- Lectures on Hebrew Manuscripts --- The Printing Press of R. Israel Bak in Safed --- Eleazar Rokeah --- The Jewish Congress in Hungary in 1869 --- The Development of Poetry in Hungary --- Letters of Hayim Selig Slonimski --- Bibliography of Passover Hagadot. Jacket worn at edges. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition with good jacket. (BIBLIOG-27-18)‎

‎Vajda, Georges‎

‎JÜDISCHE PHILOSOPHIE. BIBLIOGRAPHISCHE EINFÜHRUNGEN IN DAS STUDIUM DER PHILOSOPHIE, 19‎

‎Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 40 pages. 24cm. In German. Title translates to English as, “Jewish Philosophy. ” Series: Bibliographische Einführungen in Das Studium der Philosophie, 19 [Bibliographical Entries in the Study of Philosophy, 19]. CONTENTS: Allgemeine Hilfsmittel [General Resources] --- Die rabbinische Gedankenwelt [The Rabbinic Thought] --- Die jüdische Philosophie des Mittelalters [The Jewish Philosophy of the Middle Ages] --- Die jüdische Mystik [Jewish Mysticism] --- Die jüdische Philosophie der Neuzeit [The Jewish Philosophy of the Middle Ages]. Non-archival tape at top and bottom of spine, and corner of last page and back cover. Edges worn. Previous owner’s name and stamp on title page, otherwise internal pages are bright and clean. Good+ Condition. (BIBLIOG-27-24)‎

‎Goldwurm, Rabbi Hersh, Ed.‎

‎THE EARLY ACHARONIM: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE PROMINENT EARLY RABBINIC SAGES AND LEADERS FROM THE FIFTEENTH-SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES‎

‎Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 252 pages. 24cm. First Edition, First Impression. Series: The ArtScroll History Series. Biographical sketches of 300 great sages and leaders from the 15th-17th centuries. A panoramic range of biographies of great men from all from all Jewish communities - such as Arizal, R' Yosef Caro, Maharsha, R' Menashe ben Yisrael - as Jewish life moved eastward. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition with good jacket. (BIBLIOG-27-28)‎

‎Nadav, Mordekhai. Ed.‎

‎RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE BEQUEST OF CHARLES J. ROSENBLOOM, PITTSBURGH‎

‎Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 15, [2] pages. Illus. Port. 25cm. In English with some Hebrew. Catalog of items gifted to the university from Charles J. Rosenbloom, including “rare printed books, first editions, old manuscripts on vellum, mainly of European or American origin, and some from the Jewish sphere of culture. ” SUBJECTS: Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Exhibitions. Printing, Hebrew -- History -- Exhibitions. OCLC lists nine copies. Errata laid in. Top corner slightly bumped, but still nice. Bright clean copy in Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-27-30)‎

‎Cohen, Boaz‎

‎BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF PROFESSOR LOUIS GINZBERG COMPILED ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY‎

‎Original Stapled Wrappers. 8vo. 31 pages. Port. 23cm. “Ginzberg (1873–1953) , one of the outstanding Talmud scholars of the first half of the 20th century; leader and the major halakhic authority of the Conservative movement in North America. Ginzberg was a brilliant polymath, ‘a walking encyclopedia. ’ He knew most of the Bible by heart at age seven and had mastered much of rabbinic literature by age 14. His magnum opus, The Legends of the Jews, contains 36, 000 references which Ginzberg kept in his head. In addition to rabbinics, Ginzberg was an expert in philosophy, Kabbalah, and mathematics and he knew at least 12 languages. ” –EJ, 2007 SUBJECTS: Ginzberg, Louis, -- 1873-1953 -- Bibliography. With an appreciation by George Alexander Kohut. OCLC lists 21 copies. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-28-7)‎

‎Silberschlag, Eisig‎

‎FROM RENAISSANCE TO RENAISSANCE. [VOLUME] II: HEBREW LITERATURE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL, 1870 - 1970‎

‎Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Ix, 427 pages. 24cm. Series: From Renaissance to Renaissance. CONTENTS: Hebrew Literature in its Ancestral Home --- Singer of the Desacralized Land --- Rediscovery of Landscape --- Poet in Prose --- The Avant-Gardists --- The Neo-Liturgical Poets --- The Poets of Jerusalem --- The Revolutioner of the Hebrew Language: Abraham Shlonsky --- Holocaust --- Dissociation and Discontinuity in Contemporary Hebrew Literature --- Disengaged Poetry --- Mysticism in Poetry --- Poetry and Prose of Women --- The Rediscovery of Oriental Jewry in Hebrew Literature --- The Totality of Jewry in the Works of Hayyim Hazaz --- The Historical Novel --- Contemporary Israel in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry: Jew and Rural Renascence; Peasant and Poet --- Jew and Arab --- Children’s Paradise --- Neglected Areas in Hebrew Literature: Drama, Humor, Criticism --- Hebrew Literature as Source of Untapped Values. SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism. Israeli literature -- History and criticism. Publisher’s announcement pamphlet for “World Jewry and the State of Israel” laid in. Bright, clean copy in Very Good Condition with good jacket. (BIBLIOG-28-10)‎

‎Foundation For Judaism‎

‎PAVILION OF JUDAISM‎

‎Original Stapled Wrappers. Oblong 4to. [26] pages. 21 x 28cm. In English and French. Souvenir book for the Pavilion of Judaism at the World’s Fair held in Montreal in 1967 (Expo 67) . The pavilion was sponsored by Canada's Jewish community as a tribute to a people whose religion, culture and particular genius have left a mark on man and his world throughout the ages. Exhibits inside the building illustrated six sub-themes, the six main principles set forth in the Talmud; learning, education and law; love of God; love of Man; quest for truth; quest for justice, and quest for peace. SUBJECTS: Jewish art and symbolism -- Exhibitions. OCLC lists 13 copies. Covers lightly worn, vellum endpages foxed. Internal pages are nice and clean. Nearly Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-28-16)‎

‎Gersh, Harry‎

‎THE UNLIKELY TREASURE HOUSE‎

‎1985? Original Stapled Wrappers. [12] pages. Illus. Facsims. 26cm. Reprint. About the collections of rare printed and manuscript Judaica at Dropsie College. SUBJECT (S) : Archives - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia. Manuscripts, Jewish. Named Corp: Dropsie University – Archives. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (NYPL, Balch, Penn, HUC) . Bright, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-28-20xx)‎

‎The National Jewish Welfare Board‎

‎JWB CIRCLE: IN JEWISH BOOKLAND (16 VARIOUS ISSUES)‎

‎Original Paper Wrappers. 1948-57: 4to. 8 pages each. 29cm. 1966-68: Folio. 4 pages each. 38cm. Miscellaneous reviews of Jewish books. Volumes Included: November-December 1948; Dec. 1955; Sept. 1956; Dec. 1956; Jan. 1957; Feb. 1957; March 1957; April 1957; June 1966; Oct. 1966; Nov. 1966; Dec. 1966; Feb. 1967; Dec. 1967; Feb. 1968; March 1968. CONTENTS: American Jewry to Observe Jewish Book Month, Novemeber 26 – December 26, 1948 --- Hard Life Under the Communist Heel --- Shining Example of Decency and Courage [Golda Meir] --- Novel About Yemenite Jews in Israel --- A Significant Work on Jewish Lore --- A Picture of Jews and Gentiles in a Prosperous Suburban Community --- Jewry, Judaism and jewish Life Feelingly Portrayed --- High Calibre of Literary Creativity in Renascent Life of Israel --- Do They Have to Fight Them Again? --- 120 Stories Constitute Panorama of Jewish Life --- His Jewishness and Americanism Blended Well --- Relationship of Church and State Rulers to Jews --- The Old Jewish World of Eastern Europe --- Suffering of a Poor Jew in Russian Prisons --- How Can a Jew Preserve His Identity? --- Aspects of Western European Jewry: 1200-1650 --- Israel’s Accomplishments and Unfinished Tasks ---- Early Years of Modern Jewish ‘Identity Crisis’. SUBJECTS: Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. National Jewish Welfare Board -- Periodicals. Jews -- Periodicals. Minor, closed tears and discoloration to some issues, but all text is clear. Nearly Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-28-24)‎

‎9 JUDAICA AUCTION CATALOGS FROM SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK, 1981 - 2000‎

‎Paper-wrappers, 8vo, pages, in English, Originals, illustrated. Issues: May 12, 1981; June 23, 1983; February 1, 1984; June 26, 1984; December 05, 1984; November 25, 1985; December 18, 1986; March 16, 1999; December 12, 2000. SUBJECT (S) : auction --- catalog. Light wear, very good condition. (BIBLIOG-26-10)‎

‎Perry’s Gemoart (Publisher)‎

‎2 JUDAICA AUCTION CATALOGS FROM PERRY’S – 1986‎

‎Paper-wrappers, 8vo, pages vary , in English, Originals, illustrated. Auctions on September 17th , 1986 and January 22nd , 1986 were held in Tel Aviv, Israel. SUBJECT (S) : auction --- catalog. Light wear, very good condition. (BIBLIOG-26-13)‎

‎Kramer, Shalom; Yehoshu’a Tan Pai‎

‎SIFRE LIMUD BA-YAHADUT, MIVHAR BIBLIYOGRAFI‎

‎(FT) Original Wraps. 12mo. 285 pages. 19 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Text books on Judaism: a bibliography by Y. Tan-Pai and S. Kramer. Subjects: Jews -Bibliography. OCLC lists 26 copies. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-30-2)‎

‎Gurock, Jeffrey S.‎

‎AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE‎

‎Softbound. 12mo. XXI, 195 pages. 18 cm. First edition. With an introduction to the State of the Field (Introductory and Reference works) ; Colonial and early National Period; era of German migration; era of East European migration; the close of East European Immigration to the present; special topics (Zionism, Holocaust, Anti-semitism) and Future Directions for research. Subjects: Jews - United States - Bibliography. Juifs - États-Unis - Bibliographie. United States - Ethnic relations - Bibliography. États-Unis - Relations interethniques - Bibliographie. Light wear to covers, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-30-7)‎

‎Harvard University. Library‎

‎GUIDE TO JUDAICA MICROFORMS IN THE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY‎

‎Original wraps. 8vo. [10] pages. 23 cm. First edition. Guide to the Judaica Microfiche and Microfilm resources at Harvard; with sections devoted to bibliographies, dissertations, manucscripts, periodicals, Yiddish books, Hebrew books, Israel, and special topics. Subjects: Jews - History - Sources - Bibliography. Harvard University. Library - Microform catalogs. OCLC lists 18 copies. Light soiling to outer edges of wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-30-22)‎

‎Jewish Book Council Of America‎

‎JEWISH BOOK ANNUAL 5706; VOLUME 4; 1945-1946‎

‎Publishers cloth. O. VI, 116, 150 pages. 23 cm. Published annually. In English, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Includes English essays on recent Hebrew books, recent Yiddish books, the Hebrew University Press, outstanding Jewish books of the twentieth century, an essay on I. L. Peretz, book reviews and critiques, biographies in the Jewish Book Annual, as well as other essays on booklore. Hebrew essays on Hebrew literature in Palestine, Children’s literature in Palestine, and other essays on contemporary Hebrew literature. Yiddish essays include an essay on Yivo, I. L. Peretz and Hassidism, the Jewish public library in Montreal, bibliography of Yiddish books published June 1944-May 1945, Jewish book collections in American universities and libraries, and other essays on Yiddish booklore and bibliography. Includes recently published items related to the Catastrophe in each section. Subjects: Jews - Periodicals. Jewish literature - Periodicals. Jewish literature - Bibliography - Periodicals. Joodse boeken. Institutional stamps on endpages, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (BIBLIOG-30-26)‎

‎Harari, Abraham‎

‎SEFER LIMUD…[HEBREW TYPEWRITER TRAINING MANUAL]‎

‎(FT) Original wraps. 12mo. 32 pages. 20 cm. Revised edition. In Hebrew. First published in 1950, republished consecutively three times throughout the 1950’s in New York City; printer unknown. Textbook for writing on a Hebrew Typewriter, employing training exercises and illustrated aids, with an emphasis in training using the “blind method”. Booklet, but long edge adjusted format, with page order reversed so as to allow one to employ a single page at a time, keeping the manual open flat, and then coming through back around using one page at a time [page order is; 1, 2, 3, 32, 4, 31, 5, 30, 6 … etc]. An interesting manual for contemporary Hebrew Typing. Subjects: Manuals-Hebrew Typewriter. OCLC lists 1 copy, at the Natl Libr Israel. Wraps soiled and faded, first endpage lightly soiled, internally fresh and clean. Good condition. (BIBLIOG-30-31)‎

‎California) Stern, Norton B‎

‎CALIFORNIA JEWISH HISTORY; A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY: OVER FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY WORKS FOR THE PERIOD GOLD RUSH TO POST-WORLD WAR I.‎

‎8vo. 175 pages. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- California -- Bibliography. In very good condition (AMR-41-34)‎

‎(jt) Bloch, Joshua, compiler.‎

‎THE PEOPLE AND THE BOOK: THE BACKGROUND OF THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA.‎

‎Cloth; large 8vo. 134 pages. Quarter red cloth with gold lettering, decorative paper covered boards, indices. Twenty-six black-and-white illustrations. Preface by Loius M. Rabinowitz. Introduction by Joshua Bloch. "A tricentennial exhibition at the New York Public Library, sponsored by the Louis M. Rabinowitz Foundation, October-December, 1954." Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-12) . Jews -- History -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Jews -- United States -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Bit of edgewear; otherwise, very good condition. (AMR-41-37)xx‎

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‎JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES: A QUARTERLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE. CLASSIFIED INDEX OF ARTICLES, VOLS I-V‎

‎8vo. 4 pages. In English. Index of articles from the Holocaust period. (AMR-27-50)‎

‎Soltes, Mordecai‎

‎THE YIDDISH PRESS, AN AMERICANIZING AGENCY‎

‎Publishers cloth. 8vo. 242 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Originally written as the author’s dissertation at Colombia University, serialized in the American Jewish year book, volume 26, September 29, 1924, to September 18, 1925, pages165-372. “Moredecai Soltes (1893-1957) was a Jewish author and educator. He wrote the The Yiddish Press: An Americanizing Agency, and served as chairman of National Committee for the Jewish Book Week. Soltes was also on the executive staff of the National Jewish Welfare Board, and served as Director of Education from 1925-1944. He was the Executive Director and Professor of Community Service at Yeshiva University's School of Education and Community Administration from 1944-1957.”(Guide to the Mordecai Soltes Papers; Yeshiva University) Subjects: Yiddish newspapers. Americanization. Light wear to cloth and outer edges. Internally fresh and clean. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-32-7)‎

‎(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)‎

‎[JT] Bloch, Joshua.‎

‎OF MAKING MANY BOOKS : AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BOOKS ISSUED BY THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1890-1952.‎

‎8vo. Ix, 329 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – bibliography; Publishers and publishing – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia – bibliography; Jewish Publication Society of America – bibliography. Bloch (1890-1957) was an American “librarian, bibliographer, and reform rabbi. Born in Dorbian, Lithuania, Bloch went to the U. S. In 1907. He taught at New York University from 1919 to 1928; from 1922 until his death he served as chaplain in several hospitals of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene. His main work, however, was as head of the Jewish Division of the New York Public Library, a post which he held from 1923 to 1956; under his direction the Library developed as one of the major collections of Judaica in the United States. Bloch arranged many major exhibitions of Judaica there. Many of his bibliographical researches into the history of Hebrew printing were published by the Library, such as Hebrew Printing in Riva di Trento, [and] Early Hebrew Printing in Spain and Portugal. He also founded the quarterly Journal of Jewish Bibliography in 1938 and was its editor until 1943. In 1940 he was appointed to the publication committee of the Jewish Publication Society and a year later to the editorial board of the Jewish Apocryphal Literature Series; as a result of these connections he wrote On the Apocalyptic in Judaism and Of Making Many Books (1953; an annotated list of the books issued by the Jewish Publication Society, 1890–1952) . The following year he published The People and the Book, on 300 years of Jewish life in America. ” ("EJ, some edge wear, Binding solid and tight. Very good condition. (SPEC-37-2)‎

‎Baron, Salo Wittmayer.‎

‎BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES, 1938-39.‎

‎New York: Conference on Jewish Relations. Wrappers; large 8vo. Iv, 3-291 pages. Holocaust period publication. Series: Jewish social studies, Publications, ; no. 1. Reprinted with additions and index from Jewish social studies, vol. Ii, numbers 3 and 4./ Also retains the paging of the original work. Jews -- Bibliography. Water damage throughout, but text still good, overall good condition. (BIBLIOG-34-4)‎