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1739In-4°, mm 205x160, due opere in un volume di pp. (14), 489, (11), con 7 splendide tavole incise fuori testo e una nel testo. Seconda opera di pp. (16), 220, (14). Legatura coeva in piena pergamena rigida con titolo in oro su doppio tassello al dorso. Una macchia lungo il margine esterno del piatto posteriore, sporadiche fioriture alle carte interne, peraltro esemplare ben conservato. Lunga dedica alla prima carta bianca datata 1945, sigillo in ceralacca al contro-piatto. Testo in caratteri ebraici, greci e latini. Le sette tavole fuori testo raffigurano tradizioni ebraiche quali la circoncisione, rituali di sepoltura, flagellazione, l'erezione di un tabernacolo. La seconda opera è un'erudita analisi filologica sulle traduzioni del testo biblico, l'autore confronta le versioni greche con quelle siriache e giudaiche. Leusden fu tra i più insigni orientalisi della sua epoca, professore di lingua e cultura ebraica all'università di Utrecht dove morì nel 1699. Di quest'opera si ebbero numerose ristampe, non tutte con il bell'apparato iconografico.
rif. 13980461Alger: Imprimerie Pierre Fontana, 1894 gr. in-8 (24,5 x 16 cm), 179 pages. Reliure amateur moderne basane brune, première couverture conservée, petite tache en marge des derniers feuillets, autrement très bon état. Edition originale, très rare.
rif. 22929S.l., s.d. In-4, 10 ff. (quelques petites taches et minuscules déchirures dans les marges).
1899rif. 595Important ensemble de huit volumes sur les quinze constituant la monumentale collection de documents judiciaires consacrés à l’affaire Dreyfus, publiée sous les auspices de la Ligue française pour la défense des droits de l’homme et du citoyen. Cette publication constitue l'une des sources fondamentales pour l'étude de l'affaire Dreyfus, événement majeur de l'histoire politique, judiciaire et intellectuelle de la France contemporaine. Entreprise dans le prolongement des procès et des campagnes de révision, elle avait pour ambition de mettre à la disposition du public les pièces, dépositions, interrogatoires, plaidoiries et débats judiciaires qui avaient alimenté l'une des plus profondes crises de la IIIe République. À une époque où l'opinion française était profondément divisée, la publication de ces documents représentait une entreprise exceptionnelle de transparence judiciaire. Elle permettait aux lecteurs, juristes, historiens et citoyens de dépasser les récits partisans pour examiner directement les témoignages, les contradictions des accusateurs, les procédures militaires et les éléments ayant conduit à la condamnation puis à la réhabilitation du capitaine Alfred Dreyfus. Les huit volumes proposés présentent un intérêt particulier : ils rassemblent plusieurs des étapes décisives de l'affaire et de son dénouement judiciaire. L'ensemble comprend : - Le Procès de Rennes, tomes II et III : témoignages, débats et procédures du second conseil de guerre de 1899, au cours duquel Dreyfus, malgré les révélations intervenues depuis sa première condamnation, fut de nouveau déclaré coupable. Devant le conseil de guerre de Rennes, compte-rendu sténographique in extenso, 7 août au 9 septembre 1899. Stock, 1900, 584 pp. et 826 pp. De la 9e à la 15e audience ; De la 16e à la 25e audience. - La Révision du procès de Rennes, tomes I, II et III : documentation relative à la procédure de révision engagée devant la Cour de cassation, avec les audiences de 1904 et les développements judiciaires conduisant à la réhabilitation définitive de Dreyfus en 1906. Débats de la Cour de cassation, 15 juin au 12 juillet 1906. Rapport de M. le conseiller Moras, Réquisitoire de M. le procureur général Baudouin, Plaidoirie de Me Henry Mornard, L'arrêt, Annexes. Ligue française pour la défense des droits de l'homme et du citoyen. 639 pp. et 716 pp. - Le Procès Dautriche, volume consacré à une procédure connexe de l'affaire, témoignant de ses prolongements judiciaires et internationaux. Compte-rendu sténographique in extenso, Société nouvelle de librairie et d'édition, 1905. 705 pp. Ces volumes sont particulièrement importants parce qu'ils documentent non seulement les accusations et les procédures, mais également le processus par lequel la justice française fut amenée à réexaminer ses propres décisions. Ils permettent de suivre la confrontation entre justice militaire et justice civile, raison d'État et droits individuels, témoignages et preuves documentaires. La révision de 1904-1906 constitue à cet égard l'un des épisodes les plus significatifs de l'histoire judiciaire française : elle aboutit à l'annulation sans renvoi de la condamnation de Dreyfus, le 12 juillet 1906, et à sa réintégration dans l'armée. Au-delà de leur valeur documentaire, ces volumes sont des témoins matériels de la mobilisation dreyfusarde et de la naissance d'une nouvelle conception de l'engagement intellectuel et de la défense des droits civiques, dont la Ligue des droits de l'homme fut l'une des principales expressions institutionnelles. Exemplaires d'époque en huit volumes in-8 (14 x 22,5 cm), reliés uniformément en demi-chagrin rouge, dos ornés de filets et encadrements dorés, titres et tomaisons dorés. Reliures présentant des frottements, épidermures et traces d'usage, particulièrement visibles aux dos, mais conservant une belle homogénéité d'ensemble. Ensemble incomplet de la collection générale (8 volumes sur 15), mais chaque volume présent est complet. Importante réunion de sources historiques originales, particulièrement intéressante pour les collectionneurs de livres sur l'affaire Dreyfus, l'histoire de la IIIe République, la justice militaire, les droits de l'homme et les grands procès politiques français.
1901rif. 190603La Revue Blanche Charpentier et Fasquelle Paris, Editions de la Revue Blanche, 1901 puis Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1903-1905. 5 volumes forts In-8 reliés demi basane brune, dos à nerfs, pièces de titre. 640 + 718 + 661 + 635 + 591 pages. Titre de chaque volume : Le procès de 1894 - Esterhazy - La crise : Procès Esterhazy , procès Zola - Cavaignac et Félix Faure - Rennes. La série compléte comprend deux volumes de plus intitulés : La révision et Index général. Les 5 volumes que nous proposons sont ceux de l'auteur. Chacun porte le monogramme JR en queue et chacun l'ex-libris de Joseph Reinach. Les tomes I et II sont revétus d'un petit cachet rond, sous le justificatif de tirage, portant la mention latine "nec spe nec metu" à traduire par "ni espoir, ni crainte". ATTENTION : Les reliures sont très abimées, il manque le second plat du tome I. Le corps des ouvrages est en bon état, on note juste les bords de pages un peu brunis et quelques uns légèrement effrangés. Joseph Reinach, journaliste et homme politique, ardent défenseur de Dreyfus dés le début de l'Affaire, dénonçant les malfaçons, demandant la révision. Il participa à la création de la Ligue des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen et fût Chef de Cabinet de Gambetta. Cet ensemble, bien qu'incomplet des deux derniers volumes et en mauvais état de reliure, reste chargé d'histoire de par sa provenance et mériterait la restauration par une nouvelle reliure.
1970rif. List3712United States 1970. 33 items: 28 postcards and five pamphlets. Generally excellent. A collection of postcards and pamphlets for hotels resorts and some planned neighborhoods around the US-mainly in New York New Jersey and Florida-with most advertising that they did not accept Jewish visitors. Many of the resorts' restrictions are stated implicitly advertising "restricted" "exclusive" or "carefully selected" clientele or mentioning their proximity to "Catholic and Other Christian Churches". Other postcards are explicit: the Marine Terrace Hotel in Miami advertises "Strictly Gentile Clientele" Mountain Lakes in Bethel New York is described as "a restricted Gentile Vacation Colony" and Awosting in New Jersey assures patrons that "The most careful Christian restriction insures the congenial atmosphere characteristic of the community." Pamphlets for Thendara Lodge and Locust Cottage both in New York state that they are "Gentiles Only"; and the collection includes a souvenir pamphlet for Mooseheart Illinois a planned community operated by the Loyal Order of Moose "an international fraternity restricted to members of the Caucasian or White race". The extent of discrimination against Jewish people inspired the publication of the Jewish Vacation Guide 1917 which documented hotels restaurants and services that were friendly to Jewish clients as the later Negro Motorist Green Book did for African Americans. The items in the collection come from twenty locations eighteen of which did not accept Jewish clients. The two postcards advertising resorts that explicitly catered to Jewish clientele come from Twin Pines in the Lake George region which advertises "Jewish American Cuisine" and Yarkony's Kosher Hotel at the Adler in Sharon Springs. These two hotels were part of the "Borscht Belt" an area of upstate New York that attracted Jewish vacationers mainly from the city. The area flourished between the 1920s and 1960s with hundreds of resorts offering Kosher food Shabbat and holiday services and entertainment. Of interest to historians of anti-Semitic discrimination in the US and of travel and recreation in the midcentury.
1970rif. List3712United States 1970. 33 items: 28 postcards and five pamphlets. Generally excellent. A collection of postcards and pamphlets for hotels resorts and some planned neighborhoods around the US-mainly in New York New Jersey and Florida-with most advertising that they did not accept Jewish visitors. Many of the resorts' restrictions are stated implicitly advertising "restricted" "exclusive" or "carefully selected" clientele or mentioning their proximity to "Catholic and Other Christian Churches". Other postcards are explicit: the Marine Terrace Hotel in Miami advertises "Strictly Gentile Clientele" Mountain Lakes in Bethel New York is described as "a restricted Gentile Vacation Colony" and Awosting in New Jersey assures patrons that "The most careful Christian restriction insures the congenial atmosphere characteristic of the community." Pamphlets for Thendara Lodge and Locust Cottage both in New York state that they are "Gentiles Only"; and the collection includes a souvenir pamphlet for Mooseheart Illinois a planned community operated by the Loyal Order of Moose "an international fraternity restricted to members of the Caucasian or White race". The extent of discrimination against Jewish people inspired the publication of the Jewish Vacation Guide 1917 which documented hotels restaurants and services that were friendly to Jewish clients as the later Negro Motorist Green Book did for African Americans. The items in the collection come from twenty locations eighteen of which did not accept Jewish clients. The two postcards advertising resorts that explicitly catered to Jewish clientele come from Twin Pines in the Lake George region which advertises "Jewish American Cuisine" and Yarkony's Kosher Hotel at the Adler in Sharon Springs. These two hotels were part of the "Borscht Belt" an area of upstate New York that attracted Jewish vacationers mainly from the city. The area flourished between the 1920s and 1960s with hundreds of resorts offering Kosher food Shabbat and holiday services and entertainment. Of interest to historians of anti-Semitic discrimination in the US and of travel and recreation in the midcentury. books
1777rif. UUI-12240In-8 relié, A La Haye, Aux dépens des libraires, 1777, 303 pp. Sous reliure postérieure assez frottée mais solide, intérieur propre. Bon exemplaire de cette très rare édition originale. Poids 360 g. Envoi lettre verte. Frais d'envoi 6 euros sur la France, 12,20 euros pour l’étranger (tarifs de base hors envois suivis). Possibilité de remise en mains propres sur Paris, possibilité d’envoi MONDIAL RELAY, n'hésitez pas à me contacter avant de passer commande. Twitter : @Pontneuf06.
rif. 10162PSST! Collection complète du n° 1 (5 février 1898) au n° 85 (16 septembre 1899). Reliure pleine toile grise. En fin du volume est reliée une rare affiche publicitaire du journal " Le Youpin ". Ensemble en très bon état.
rif. GF242907 pages 1/4 in-folio - découpées pour l'impression dans le "Soir" et réajustées -
rif. GF268696 pages in4 - bon état -
rif. 29401Paris, Mathäus Merian 1898-1899, 405x282mm, demi-chagrin rouge, dos à faux-nerfs, fleurons et titre dorés, plats papier marbré. Très bel exemplaire.
1861Jean Czynski a combattu l'antisémitisme en Pologne et ensuite en France où il a contribué au mouvement fouriériste. Il a été l'un des rédacteurs de la « Démocratie pacifique » et fut l'un des rares sinon le seul à combattre l'antisémitisme de certains fouriéristes comme Toussenel. Dès l'introduction de ce texte, Il rappelle le rôle de Beniowski dans la lutte pour l'indépendance polonaise et cite ses rares contemporains et compatriotes qui ont combattu l'antisémitisme. Il rappelle également que Moïse et le Christ étaient tous les deux Juifs «et « voulaient établir une nouvelle société parfaite, sans maîtres et sans esclaves ». S'affranchissant d'un tabou des chrétiens de l'époque, il conclue longuement son texte par une adresse aux Juifs convertis qu'il adjure de se souvenir de leur origine pour devenir « les apôtres de la réconciliation entre les enfants de la même patrie entre les chétiens et les israélites. C'est le seul et unique moyen de votre réhabilitation ». Rare.
1777rif. ST20535-04La Haye The Hague but Geneva: Aux dépens des Libraries 1777. FIRST EDITION. 215 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". 1 p.l. 303 3 pp. Publisher's marbled paper wrappers flat spine edges untrimmed. A Large Paper Copy. Benesco 1860. Andrew R. Morehouse "The Voltaire Collection in the Rare Book Room" The Yale Library Gazette 17 no. 4 1943 p. 75. Paper wrappers a bit faded as expected slightly defective at corners and a little curled otherwise and perhaps even so A VERY FINE COPY--the text within immense margins entirely clean fresh and bright. This is a remarkable survival in its original wrappers of a work related to one of the most resonating controversies of Voltaire's life and writings--the question of his anti-Semitism. A giant of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest of French writers and philosophers Voltaire real name François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778 writes here in response to "Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire" a 1776 critique by Antoine Guénée objecting to the anti-Semitism especially as expressed within a commercial context in our author's "Dictionnaire Philosophique." Deeply philosophical and leavened with satire the 120 chapters of the seminal "Dictionnaire" were widely read much condemned and not infrequently burned as they challenged religious authority advocated for toleration and dealt with many social and political issues from an uncomfortable Enlightenment perspective. And there can be no doubt that Voltaire's "Dictionnaire" does in fact contain critical remarks about the Jews; at the same time the author's criticism is extended with equal warmth to organized religion in other forms. In the present response to Guénée Voltaire is nothing if not scathing which in the end works against him. As Voltaire scholar Andrew R. Morehouse wryly puts it the text here expands upon Voltaire's previous points in such a way as to "justify the accusation that he is cruelly anti-Semitic." This work is not exactly rare but it is very unusual to find it in original wrappers as here particularly in such fine condition. Aux dépens des Libraries unknown
1777rif. ST20535-04La Haye The Hague but Geneva: Aux dépens des Libraries 1777. FIRST EDITION. 215 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". 1 p.l. 303 3 pp. Publisher's marbled paper wrappers flat spine edges untrimmed. A Large Paper Copy. Benesco 1860. Andrew R. Morehouse "The Voltaire Collection in the Rare Book Room" The Yale Library Gazette 17 no. 4 1943 p. 75. Paper wrappers a bit faded as expected slightly defective at corners and a little curled otherwise and perhaps even so A VERY FINE COPY--the text within immense margins entirely clean fresh and bright. This is a remarkable survival in its original wrappers of a work related to one of the most resonating controversies of Voltaire's life and writings--the question of his anti-Semitism. A giant of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest of French writers and philosophers Voltaire real name François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778 writes here in response to "Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire" a 1776 critique by Antoine Guénée objecting to the anti-Semitism especially as expressed within a commercial context in our author's "Dictionnaire Philosophique." Deeply philosophical and leavened with satire the 120 chapters of the seminal "Dictionnaire" were widely read much condemned and not infrequently burned as they challenged religious authority advocated for toleration and dealt with many social and political issues from an uncomfortable Enlightenment perspective. And there can be no doubt that Voltaire's "Dictionnaire" does in fact contain critical remarks about the Jews; at the same time the author's criticism is extended with equal warmth to organized religion in other forms. In the present response to Guénée Voltaire is nothing if not scathing which in the end works against him. As Voltaire scholar Andrew R. Morehouse wryly puts it the text here expands upon Voltaire's previous points in such a way as to "justify the accusation that he is cruelly anti-Semitic." This work is not exactly rare but it is very unusual to find it in original wrappers as here particularly in such fine condition. Aux dépens des Libraries unknown books
1914rif. 1221Paris, Crès et Cie, 1914, in-8, broché, frontispice portrait de l’auteur, XII-314 pages, (2) feuillets(Achevé d’imprimer à Niort et catalogue de l’éditeur), couverture imprimée sur vergé gris, rempliée.
1948rif. CCC-818111. Paris, aux éditions Lanauve de Tartas, (sans date) 1948 In 12, 30 pages. En feuilles ( broche) sous couvertures souples. Jaquette ornée d'une pièce de titre contrecollée. Exemplaire en tres bon état. Non--coupe. Édition originale numérotée 148/150 sur papier BKK de Rives. Rare pamphlet et premier livre publié par Céline à son retour de Sigmaringen. Céline répond ainsi à un article de Sartre publié quelques années plus tôt dans Les Temps Modernes, "Portrait d'un antisémite..." ... Photos possibles
1931rif. 264494Paris: Éditions R.I.S.S. 8 Avenue Portalis 1931. First edition with errata pasted to front pastedwown. Illustrated with b/w photos and facsimiles. 226 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown printed wrappers. Tear to tail of spine front hinge coming unglued. In glassine wrapper. With contemporary add for The Rebirth of Conservatism by Dorothy Crisp laid in. First edition with errata pasted to front pastedwown. Illustrated with b/w photos and facsimiles. 226 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first edition of this notorious work of anti-Semitism. Based largely on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion Waters Flowing Eastward warns of a comming Jewish new world order. Éditions R.I.S.S. 8, Avenue Portalis unknown
1931rif. 264494Paris: Éditions R.I.S.S. 8 Avenue Portalis 1931. First edition with errata pasted to front pastedwown. Illustrated with b/w photos and facsimiles. 226 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown printed wrappers. Tear to tail of spine front hinge coming unglued. In glassine wrapper. With contemporary add for The Rebirth of Conservatism by Dorothy Crisp laid in. First edition with errata pasted to front pastedwown. Illustrated with b/w photos and facsimiles. 226 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first edition of this notorious work of anti-Semitism. Based largely on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion Waters Flowing Eastward warns of a comming Jewish new world order. Éditions R.I.S.S. 8, Avenue Portalis unknown books
rif. 289730Steiger & Cie Berne 1898 In-12 ( 205 X 135 mm ) de 192 pages, demi chagrin cerise, dos à nerfs janséniste, la jolie couverture noire "art nouveau" a été conservée ( Reliure de l'époque ). Violent texte antisémite contemporain du "J'Accuse...!" de ZOLA. Edition originale rarissime. Bel exemplaire.
1933rif. 20501933 Editions Paul Iribe, Paris, 1933-1934-1935. Format in-4, 9 numéros sont en format "journal". Couvertures et illustrations en couleurs, principalement dus à Paul Iribe. Parution hebdomadaire.
1942rif. 194122Buenos Aires: Ediciones Alerta 1942. The Argentine voice against barbarism First edition collecting statements by prominent Argentines from politics academia the labour movement and religious circles condemning anti-Semitism the Nazi persecution of Jews and the ongoing Holocaust. The introduction reports that one million Jews had already been murdered. It warns that anti-Semitism in Argentina "is not numerically strong but it is well positioned and very high up. the Argentine people anti-racist by tradition and by upbringing know that here too it is necessary to defeat the Nazis at the same time that they are being defeated throughout the world. This pamphlet is yet another contribution" translated. The pamphlet's warning about Nazi influence within Argentina was well-founded. Argentina remained neutral until March 1945 and its large German community included organized Nazi sympathisers. After taking office in 1946 Juan Perón's government facilitated the "ratlines" bringing Nazi fugitives from Europe to Argentina. Octavo. Original wrappers. Toned wrappers partly detached with tape repair on verso: a good copy of a fragile publication. unknown
1860rif. 535891860. Softcover. Good- to good condition. 1. Discrimination in Switzerland. Washington D.C. House of Representatives. 1860. Octavo. 101pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover. Collection of correspondence between US officials and Theodore S. Fay among others at the time secretary of the US legation in Bern Switzerland. In 1859 Fay had delivered a report to the Swiss Federal Council Memorandum concerning the admission of North American Israelites to settle in Switzerland that was important in the struggle for emancipation of Jews in Switzerland. It had provided an overview of discriminatory Swiss laws against Jews in Switzerland while going to great depth to refute arguments that supported these laws. As a result small steps were taken in the Swiss cantons contributing to the eventual emancipation of Jews in Switzerland in 1866. Missing wraps but for most of spine. Very lightly age-toned. 2. Address "To the President of the United States." Single light blue printed leaf. Not dated. Memorial of Subscribers of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania protesting against the Swiss laws discriminating against Jews in Switzerland. An attempt to influence the President to take steps to abolish the discrimination against Jews in Switzerland. Light wear along edges of leaf small chips and folded several times. Undated. 3. This Memorial. 1857. Printed Octavo circular 4pp. Protest addressed to the President of the United States against the Swiss for their restrictive laws against American Jews. Vigorous protest to President James Buchanan against blatant anti-Semitism in Switzerland. "It so happens that certain Cantons of the Swiss Confederation among which Basle and others have laws prohibiting Israelites from sojourning temporarily domiciliating or establishing themselves permanently. The treat. has clearly failed. for we are met by a dark age prescriptive law declaring us unworthy of participating in the rights of our fellow citizens on account of our professing the Israelitisch religion." This demand illustrates the disparity between the United States Constitution which protects freedom of religion and yet is not doing enough to protect these same freedoms for its citizens when they travel abroad. Signed by various Jewish petitioners including Isaac M. Wise of Ohio. Scarce: Singerman 1515 cites two other known copies of this pamphlet. With some wear along edges small chips and folded three times. Lightly age-toned. unknown
1860rif. 535891860. Softcover. Good- to good condition. 1. Discrimination in Switzerland. Washington D.C. House of Representatives. 1860. Octavo. 101pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover. Collection of correspondence between US officials and Theodore S. Fay among others at the time secretary of the US legation in Bern Switzerland. In 1859 Fay had delivered a report to the Swiss Federal Council Memorandum concerning the admission of North American Israelites to settle in Switzerland that was important in the struggle for emancipation of Jews in Switzerland. It had provided an overview of discriminatory Swiss laws against Jews in Switzerland while going to great depth to refute arguments that supported these laws. As a result small steps were taken in the Swiss cantons contributing to the eventual emancipation of Jews in Switzerland in 1866. Missing wraps but for most of spine. Very lightly age-toned. 2. Address "To the President of the United States." Single light blue printed leaf. Not dated. Memorial of Subscribers of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania protesting against the Swiss laws discriminating against Jews in Switzerland. An attempt to influence the President to take steps to abolish the discrimination against Jews in Switzerland. Light wear along edges of leaf small chips and folded several times. Undated. 3. This Memorial. 1857. Printed Octavo circular 4pp. Protest addressed to the President of the United States against the Swiss for their restrictive laws against American Jews. Vigorous protest to President James Buchanan against blatant anti-Semitism in Switzerland. "It so happens that certain Cantons of the Swiss Confederation among which Basle and others have laws prohibiting Israelites from sojourning temporarily domiciliating or establishing themselves permanently. The treat. has clearly failed. for we are met by a dark age prescriptive law declaring us unworthy of participating in the rights of our fellow citizens on account of our professing the Israelitisch religion." This demand illustrates the disparity between the United States Constitution which protects freedom of religion and yet is not doing enough to protect these same freedoms for its citizens when they travel abroad. Signed by various Jewish petitioners including Isaac M. Wise of Ohio. Scarce: Singerman 1515 cites two other known copies of this pamphlet. With some wear along edges small chips and folded three times. Lightly age-toned. unknown books
1914rif. 43558Warsaw: S. Krakowskiego 1914. First edition. Softcover. vg. Octavo. 8pp incl. covers. Original covers with Art Nouveau illustration framing black lettering protected by modern mylar. Extremely scarce Polish anti-Semitic pamphlet related to the 1911 murder of the 13-year-old Ukrainian boy Andrei Yushchinsky and the subsequent trial and political scandal that resulted known as the Beilis trail or the Beilis affair. The case is considered a infamous example of the Blood libel and evidence of rampant anti-Semitism in Russia during the period. The identity of the author is not known but is credited under the likely psuedonym "Alm Fuw" on the last page. The pre-trial investigation of the case accusing Menahem Mendel Beilis Beilis Affair of the ritual murder was conducted by the foremost investigator of the Kiev Police Department Nikolay Krasovsky. Beilis a Jewish brick-factory worker was accused of the murder based on the testimony of a lamplighter who claimed he had witnessed Beilis kidnapping of Yushchinsky. Under horrific conditions Beilis spent more than two years in prison awaiting his trial which took place from September 25th through October 28 1913. The Russian right-wing press and politicians started a campaign throughout Russia against Jewish communities with accusations of the ritual murder. Despite the investigation by the local police which clearly linked the murder to a criminal gang killing Yushchinsky because he most likely had overheard conversations revealing information relating to crimes the gang committed the investigators in charge were dismissed. Evidence and many other aspects of the trial were manipulated by government officials at the highest level. Archival documents prove that the jury was rigged and monitored and witnesses were bribed or threatened. The trial sparked international criticism both from Jewish and non-Jewish intellectuals among them Maxim Gorky Vladimir Korolenko Alexander Blok and Alexander Kurpin. Yushchinsky was abducted on a Saturday morning while Beilis was at work. Ironically the alibi was the result of Beilis' unusual habit of working on the Jewish Sabbath and eventually the lamplighter confessed that he had been confused by the secret police. The prosecution's case was further undermined when it became clear that the body of the boy showed 14 wounds rather than 13 which was deemed to be in accordance with the "Jewish Ritual" a fact the prosecution had spent a great deal of effort to establish. However after several hours of deliberation the jury acquitted Beilis. After his acquittal Beilis left Kiev for Palestine and later settled in the United States. There he published his memoir under the title "The Story of My Sufferings" in Yiddish 1925 and a year later in English. Beilis story became the basis for Bernard Malamud's novel "The Fixer" which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Text in Polish. Very light wear along edges of pamphlet. Contemporary price stamp on cover and year penciled to bottom. Pamphlet in overall very good condition. One one Polish institutional holding worldwide based on OCLC records. S. Krakowskiego unknown
