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réf. 121995Amsterdam Samuel Abarbanel Soeiro printer 1652. . First edition. Small 4to 19 x 15 cm modern half-vellum with Hebrew title embossed in red to spine housed in a modern blind-tooled and gilt red solander box; title and first three leaves professionally restored tears with loss to three leaves at the end of the volume; numerous hand-written inscriptions in old brown ink signatures and inscriptions to title occasional staining and marginal tears; text in Hebrew; 8 174 2 ll. ll. 69-72 mispaginated. Menasseh Ben Yossef Ben Israel 1604-1657 was a Portuguese Sephardi rabbi kabbalist writer diplomat printer publisher teacher of the philosopher Baruch Spinoza and founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam in 1626. This book is Ben Israel's only publication in Hebrew his other books were published in Spanish and Latin. Menasseh Ben Israel is an especially significant figure to British Jewry as he was the central advocate who successfully petitioned Oliver Cromwell to readmit Jews to England in the mid-1650s overturning the 1290 expulsion. Through his negotiations and writings he enabled the establishment of the first open Jewish community and synagogue in London. Despite his return to Holland at the end of his his efforts initiated the return of Jews to England for which he is remembered as the champion of British Jewish settlement. Presumably Menasseh Ben Israel gifted the book to his friend an important Ashkenazi Rabbi Moshe Shimshon Bacharach. Bacharach mentions Menasseh Ben Israel sever times in his responsa book 'Chavot Yair'. Both Moshe Shimashon and his son Yair Chaim read the book and left many marginal notes some of them appear to be critical of the text. Yair Chaim Bachrach was a Rabbi of the town of Worms and most likely due to financial need ended up selling the book to Rabbi Moshe Katz Naral who was a doctor and the Rabbi of Metz and came from an affluent family. Examples of Menasseh Ben Israel Hebrew hard-writing are scarce and few which makes this copy especially valuable. This copy does not contain the frontispiece portrait of the author not found in all copies does not contain the leaf at the beginning of the book with poems in praise of the books by rabbis does not contain last eight leaves in Latin 3-10 which include title contents and dedication by the author to Emperor Ferdinand III omitted from most copies. CB no. 6205 1; Roest p.798; Vinograd Amsterdam 202; Mehlman 1211; Fuks Amsterdam 190; Silva Rosa 59; Rubens 1814. Amsterdam, Samuel Abarbanel Soeiro (printer), 1652. hardcover
1498réf. ABC_49311Colophon: Venice: Petrus Liechtenstein for Johannes Lucilius Santritter 1498. 20th-century limp vellum sewn on 2 thin vellum straps laced through the joints with the manuscript name of the wrong author and year of publication on the spine. The work is housed in a modern marbled paper slipcase. 4to. With a woodcut title page and numerous tables. Highly important 15th-century work on navigation which helped sailors navigate more accurately. According to Gunn the work "immediately helped to revolutionize ocean navigation. Prior to the Almanach navigators seeking to determine their position in the high seas had to correct for "compass error" the deviation of the magnetic north from the true north by recourse to the quadrant and the Pole Star. But this proved less useful as they approached the equator and the Pole Star began to disappear into the horizon. Zacuto's Almanach supplied the first accurate table of solar declination allowing navigators to use the sun instead."The work contains dozens of astronomical tables charting the position of the sun moon and five planets between 1473 and 1530. The calculations were based on the Alfonsine Tables and the work of other astronomers. As the data were presented in simple tables with the positions of a planet easily interpolated between entries the work was easy to use. Zacuto's success in fusing his mathematical and astronomical observations with practical aspects of oceanic navigation such as the preparation of sea charts and instruments vital for the most important navigators of the time undoubtedly makes him a major contributor to the creation of the world of today.Abraham Zacuto 1452-ca. 1515 was one the most important geographers and cosmographers in the age of Columbus. His astrolabe astronomical tables and charts played a fundamental role in Portuguese and Spanish navigation to America and India as they were used by Vasco da Gama and Columbus. The navigators to Brazil and India also took Zacutos charts with them. As such Zacuto is one of the men who helped usher Portuguese global expansion.With a later ownership annotation on the title page and contemporary annotations in the margins throughout. The vellum is somewhat creased and browned with a dent on the back. The lower corner of the first few leaves shows some thumbing with brown ink stains on some leaves a water stain in the lower outer corner of leaves 81 and 82 not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Bibl. Hisp. No. 1060; Brunet V 1518; Darmstadt LB: 33/7667; Goff R110; GW M37517; Hain-Copinger 13798; ISTC ir00110000; Panzer VIII p. 356; USTC 991591; cf. Chabás J. and B.R. Goldstein Astronomy in the Iberian peninsula: Abraham Zacut and the transition from manuscript to print. In: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society New Series 90 2 2000; Gunn Geoffrey C. Overcoming Ptolemy: The Revelation of an Asian World Region Lanham Lexington Books 2018; Jews and the Americas: 165 Years of Collecting at the JCB Fall 2010 - Winter 2011 https://jcblibrary.org/exhibitions/jews-and-americas-165-years-collecting-jcb. Petrus Liechtenstein, for Johannes Lucilius Santritter, hardcover
1957réf. 180132New York: A.S. Barnes 1957. Presumed First printing. HC w DJ. Good/Good. Good/Good. SIGNED BY ARNOLD PALMER & JACK NICKLAUS. Presumed 1st/1st Barnes was notoriously inconsistent on printing statements and did not explicitly state first editions. Cream w green quarter cloth shelfwear scuffs/marks w some soiling to boards corners fraying unmarked binding sound. SIGNED by Palmer & Nicklaus to FFEP verso & recto was apparently torn out folded & creased and then poorly taped back in. Clipped DJ heavily edgeworn w nicks/chips open tears some soiling now in Brodart. Illustrations by Anthony Ravielli. This is a very rare utterly unique copy of a classic golf lesson book signed by two of the game's all-time great golfer-ambassadors. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012. A.S. Barnes hardcover
1963réf. 968641963. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three composition books. Small quartos. Modest wear mostly near fine. Heavily illustrated by the artist Ben Talbert one of the most important artists in the Los Angeles circle that revolved around Wallace Berman and his publication Semina. Berman and his circle were at the forefront of avant-garde cultural and artistic experimentation on the West Coast in effect the western equivalent of Andy Warhol and his Factory workers with sensibilities representing the Beat and early counterculture movements. These notebooks are from Talbert's most important period and the most important period for his circle when he was directly influenced by and collaborating with Berman and most of the artworks presage Talbert's most cherished and representative themes nudes intense sexuality S&M scenes and handwritten and illustrated plans for installations assemblages collages or sculpture. Several drawings and plans are initialed and dated although most are not as normal for sketchbooks. Related material laid in include several nude and mildly sexual photographs of Talbert and a woman named Gayle presumably his wife or girlfriend used by them as Christmas Greetings other clothed photographs of the couple a handmade Valentine from Gayle to Talbert several vintage color photographs of Talbert's framed work a couple of different invitations to memorial retrospectives of his works after his death in 1975 from a drug overdose at the age of 42 and several additional drawings by Talbert on a variety of different sizes of paper. The sketches ranging from fully detailed drawings to impressionistic nudes are executed in a variety of media: pencil pen and ink marker gouache colored pencil watercolor and a few in ball-point pen. There are 69 pages of reasonably fully executed drawings bound in plus an additional five laid in for a total of 74 pages of drawings. There are 21 pages of handwritten and illustrated plans for installations plus another two laid in for a total of 23 pages. There are about 14 pages of drawing exercises bound in where Talbert attempted to draw every conceivable object often more than a dozen objects to a page. There is one additional drawing mounted and used as a greeting card that we are reasonably certain is by Talbert as it is similar to his style and preferred subject matter a spurting penis but whose inscription: "Sam Luv Tony" gives us pause. While the drawings are appealing and interesting the plans for Pop installations assemblages and sculptures are fascinating especially considering the time in which they were conceived. They include chastity-belts shaped and illustrated as police badges and many variations on altered televisions mostly with sexual twists and innuendos. Talbert's work was the subject of a retrospective exhibit at the Andrew Roth Gallery in New York in March of 2007. This is previously unrecorded material representing vital and important work for an overlooked but important artist in the most interesting period of his career. hardcover
1968réf. 84328Atelier Mourlot. As New. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE & UNMARKED - LIMITED EDITION - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Corresponds to ASIN: B0006CB6MS. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1968. Atelier Mourlot unknown
1523réf. 67625First Edition of this" Book of Education" Rearranging the 613 Commandments of Maimonides BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI OF BARCELONA Pinhas. BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI Aharon. MAIMONIDES association Sefer ha-Hinnukh. Venice: Daniel Bomburg 283 i.e. 1523. First edition. Quarto in eights 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 230 x 175 mm. 179 leaves. Possibly lacking a final blank but textually complete. This book being an arrangement of the 613 commandments of Maimonides was originally attributed to Aharon Ben Joseph ha-Levi the brother of Pinhas. Text in Hebrew in two columns. Only one complete copy that we could find in the traditional auction houses the last fifty years which was at Sothebys on December 1 2008 and sold for $21250. Full modern brick-red sheep. Boards panel-ruled in blind. Boards with gilt tooled frame and gilt woven center devices. Gilt floral corner devices to boards. Spine ruled in gilt and blind and gilt floral devices in four compartments. Board edges ruled in gilt. Title-page the following leaf and the final leaf with inner margin repair. Some light marginal stains to preliminary leaves and some mostly marginal dampstaining to the final 40 approx leaves. Small red pencil note on the verso of the title-page and some pencil notations on the verso of the final leaf. Overall a very good copy. This text Sefer ha-Hinnukh Book of Education is a rearrangement of the 613 commandments of Maimonides in the Sefer ha-Mitzvot Book of Commandments. They are listed according to the weekly Torah portion. "Sefer Ha-Hinnikh one of the most popular books on the reasons for the commandments written in the thirteenth century.it is directed to students ages eighteen through twenty and is a prÈcis of Moses Maimonides work on the rational nature of the commandments. Sefer Ha-Hinnukh stresses observance of the commandments and says that performance should precede intention. A person must not try to calculate the reward for the fulfillment of a commandment but may consider its reasons. The author recommends that students read the book on Sabbath eves so that they will not run wild in the streets and states that the book is also of value to adults as a source for the study of halakhah." The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion HBS 67625. $22500 Daniel Bomburg hardcover books
1641réf. 2403London: Printed by William Stansby and Printed for Richard Meighen 1641. First edition. First volume printed 1616 second volume printed 1640 but dated 1631 1640 and 1641. Three folio volumes in two 290 x 190 mm. Contemporary brown calf with black and red morocco gilt lettered labels. Both volumes expertly rebacked retaining original spines. Collates complete according to Pforzheimer with the exception of initial and final blanks lacking in Volume I. Volume II with The Staple Newes bound before The Divell is an Asse Part IV bound before Part III and D3 bound before D2. Moderate soiling wear and signs of use throughout. Title page and first two leaves of Vol I with slight loss of upper corner slightly affecting image on title page lower corners absent from 401 439 539 and 779 not affecting text. Long marginal tears to C3 and D3 of Volume II. Cosmetic blemishes aside a very good and well margined copy in a contemporary binding. "This book. is a handsome specimen of typography. It reflects great credit upon its printer Stansby who was an apprentice and then successor to John Windet and himself a master printer. Such work entitles him to a front rank among the printers of the reign of James I. Jonson is said to have prepared the plays for the press himself and one or two matters of editing. certainly appear to show the author's hand. At the end of each play for instance is a statement telling when it was first acted and by whom whether the king's or the queen's servants. The names of the actors are also given. All of the works not included in the first were intended for a second volume which however did not appear until after Jonson's death in 1640" Grolier 100 English. Grolier 100 English 17. Pforzheimer 559. Pforzheimer 560. STC 14751. Printed by William Stansby [and] Printed for Richard Meighen unknown books
2000réf. 290781Writers Publishing House; 1 edition October 1. 20 2000-01-01. paperback. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pages Number: 10766 Language: Chinese. Publisher: Writers Publishing House; 1 edition October 1. 2007. Shuo Wen Jie Zi literature integration ancient volumes set of 14 volumes included range from the Tang and the next until the Qing Dynasty. divided into important that the text version of this deposit. General Theory . text study. radical research . Syria. six books of . Wen said. History of the six parts. two hundred species. A total of fourteen large volumes. Note that the . Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. Writers Publishing House; 1 edition (October 1. 20 paperback
1970réf. 822481970. Autograph letter signed by the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. It reads "Sdeh. Boker 28. 2. 70 Dear Mr. George P. Viegelmann Jr. I share entirely your view that it is vitally necessary for everyone in the Middle East to live in peace. I am expressing a private view: I would be ready to give up a great Part of the areas which we hold since the six day war if this would bring peace; by peace I mean friendship with our Arab neighbors and cooperation politically economically and culturally but perhaps only Russia can bring this about. I even doubt whether the American Gov. can achieve that. In the future there may be a change in Egypt. David Ben-Gurion." This letter is a very unique piece of history particularly in regards to Israeli-Arab relations and the study of peace in general. While publicly Ben-Gurion was the undoubted leader in Zionism privately at the end of his life he began to have other opinions. He desired peace even if it meant giving up land that they had fought to obtain. Ben-Gurion's thoughts on peace in his latter years is corroborated by the recent documentary Ben-Gurion Epilogue. This movie features footage that was taken in 1968 and only recently discovered. In the footage he explains that Israel's moral compass was inexorably tied to its treatment of the non-Jews living under its rule. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph of Ben-Gurion. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16.5 inches. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism which began early in life led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948 he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces. Subsequently he became known as "Israel's founding father." unknown books
1928réf. 80799New York: Covici-Friede 1928. First Edition. First Edition. Hecht and MacArthur's most important book and easily the rarest in jacket. A drama that is the basis for three key films: "The Front Page" in 1931 with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien "The Front Page" in 1974 with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and most importantly of all the classic screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940. A cornerstone film source title by two of the greatest screenwriters of Hollywood's golden era. Near Fine in a Near Fine example of the rare dust jacket. Easily the grandest copy we have ever seen. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Covici-Friede unknown books
1966réf. 492Paris. The Trianon Press. 1966. Folio. Loose within stiff wrappers. 135 xxivpp. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The illuminated pages were reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil. The frontispiece and title-page are original lithographs with color applied by hand through stencils. The frontispiece is signed by Shahn. This is the first edition of the Haggadah for Passover copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn published in a total edition of 292 copies each bearing the artist's signature and cipher on the frontispiece. This edition is one of 20 copies numbered I to XX and is printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. It includes an extra set of the color plates on Arches Vergé paper; a set of the plates left uncolored on Arches Vergé; and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece all contained in separate folders. All contained in a full vellum folding box with brass latches. Fine condition. The Trianon Press books
1546réf. 5968Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg 1546. First edition. Very Good/First printed edition editio princeps of the 11th century commentary on portions of the pentateuch by the Bulgarian poet and Talmudist Tobiah ben Eliezer. Published by the house of the seminal printer of Hebrew books Daniel Bomberg under the supervision of his scholar-in-residence extraordinaire Cornelio Adelkind. Venetian law at this time limited Hebrew publishing to Gentile printers. Bomberg a protestant from Antwerp entered this lucrative market and with Adelkind's help became its prime exponent until his death in 1549. . Folio 32 cm; 93 leaves. Text in Hebrew. Title within architectural border reproduced in Amram "Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy" p. 215 also in the Jewish Museum's 1989 exhibition catalogue "Gardens and Ghettos: the Art of Jewish Life in Italy" page 50. Some section headings within ornamental borders. Bound in c19 or c20 dark red crushed morocco ruled in gilt and decorated with arabesques on both boards; spine with raised bands and compartments tooled and titled in gilt; green polished leather doublures with red crushed morocco dentelles bordered in pointillé accented with arabesques; green moiré free endleaves. Edges gilt. Binding not signed. Joints and crown adroitly reinforced with Japanese paper; corners somewhat worn down. Occasional contemporary notes in manuscript in text; brief stain on leaf mem-tet and lightly along the bottom edge of leaves nun-bet and nun-gimmel. Text otherwise pristine. Title page light possibly washed. Old library ink stamps from an institution in Warsaw on title page. Red morocco ex-libris of mining magnate and philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn 1849-1938. References: Adams T-766; BM Italian 674; Steinschneider 7304 #1; Amram 215 illustration and 222. Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg hardcover books
2000réf. 213011Lujiang Press. People s Publishing House; 1 editio 2000-01-01. hardcover. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Hardcover. Pages Number : 36120 Language: Chinese. Publisher: Lujiang Press. People s Publishing House; 1 edition December 1. 2009. rare moment Min Series set of 60 volumes Traditional Vertical Version is a series . a hide set Min rare moment of integration work. Fujian Min engraved in the history of the territory of ancient Inscription completed. including the official moment. Sike. Square. and monasteries carved wood block prints and so on. Min carved rare series set of 60 volumes . Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. Lujiang Press. People s Publishing House; 1 editio hardcover
1966réf. 1080131966. Paris: The Trianon Press 1966. 80 leaves. Large unbound folio in stiff glassine covered wrappers housed in large vellum box stamped with gilt lettering on front back and spine with double clasp closure but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Fine condition. § One of 16 super deluxe copies lettered K to Z which include an extra set of colored plates on Auvergne hand-made paper a set of uncolored plates on Arches Verge paper three each of the original guide sheets and stencils and two proof states of the frontispiece. This is copy K. Signed and stamped with the artist's cypher on the frontispiece. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. He collaborated with Diego Rivera and undertook commissions for the Farm Security Administration. Perhaps his most famous work the Jersey Homesteads Mural has also been linked to the Haggadah and the themes of slavery the struggles of immigrants deliverance and redemption were important throughout his career. unknown
1966réf. 10801380 leaves. Paris: The Trianon Press 1966. 80 leaves. Large unbound folio in stiff glassine covered wrappers housed in large vellum box stamped with gilt lettering on front back and spine with double clasp closure but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Includes an extra set of colored plates on Auvergne hand-made paper a set of uncolored plates on Arches Verge paper three each of the original guide sheets and stencils and two proof states of the frontispiece enclosed in paper folders in a linen portfolio with ties. Fine condition. § One of 16 copies numbered K to Z with this being K. Signed and stamped with the artist’s cypher on the frontispiece. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. He collaborated with Diego Rivera and undertook commissions for the Farm Security Administration. Perhaps his most famous work the Jersey Homesteads Mural has also been linked to the Haggadah and the themes of slavery the struggles of immigrants deliverance and redemption were important throughout his career. The Trianon Press hardcover books
1966réf. 492Paris. The Trianon Press. 1966. Folio. Loose within stiff wrappers. 135 xxivpp. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The illuminated pages were reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil. The frontispiece and title-page are original lithographs with color applied by hand through stencils. The frontispiece is signed by Shahn. This is the first edition of the Haggadah for Passover copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn published in a total edition of 292 copies each bearing the artist's signature and cipher on the frontispiece. This edition is one of 20 copies numbered XIII of XX and is printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. It includes an extra set of the color plates on Arches Vergé paper; a set of the plates left uncolored on Arches Vergé; and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece all contained in separate folders. Text in Hebrew and English. All contained in a full vellum clamshell box with brass latches designed by Gerald Binney. A rare limited and gorgeous copy in perfect condition. The only one on the web offered from this limited edition of 20 copies. The Trianon Press
1948réf. 24454In 1947 as the British mandate over Palestine established by the League of Nations in 1922 was about to expire the United Nations called for partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. Jewish leaders accepted the plan but Arab leaders announced that they would oppose its implementation by force. President Harry Truman had endorsed partition despite opposition within his administration. On March 19 1948 the U.S. shockingly reversed its position supporting partition; instead it called for a temporary United Nations trusteeship. David Ben-Gurion as head of the Jewish Agency masterfully worked to contain the damage. Less than two months after writing this letter Ben-Gurion and the recipient of this letter Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Maiman both would help draft and sign Israel's Declaration of Independence. DAVID BEN-GURION.Autograph Letter Signed "D. Ben-Gurion" to Rabbi Yehuda Leib Fishman. March 23 1948 Israel. In Hebrew one page on The Jewish Agency for Palestine stationery. 8.5 x 11 in. Translation "Please convey to the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine the following – As I was deprived of the possibility of taking part in the meetings of the Executive I ask to be allowed to appoint a member to be the head of Defence so that I can transfer this work from myself as soon as possible. I wish to point out that because of the remarks that were heard in the discussion of our answers to the American announcement I refer to the remarks of Golda Myerson and Kolotny I am of the opinion that paragraph 'C' should be changed by way of adding a demand for an immediate agreement that a temporary Government be formulated in accordance with the version that I gave to my Secretary Svi Marmion." Historical Background Ben-Gurion responded forcefully to the new American position in a statement to the Tel Aviv Press Club on March 20: "We shall not agree to any kind of trusteeship whether permanent or temporary even for the shortest time. We shall no longer submit to any foreign domination whatever. … The Jewish State exists and will continue to exist because we defend it. … our political program falls under three headings in the order I name them: security; a Jewish State; a Jewish-Arab alliance." On March 22 Abba Hillel Silver on behalf of the Jewish Agency indicated that the Agency would not discuss the American proposal for trusteeship as it had not yet been submitted to the Security Council. The next day the Jewish Agency for Palestine and the National Council of Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi issued a joint statement that Israel intended to proceed to independence. Ben-Gurion was determined to strengthen their position by shaping his provisional government and making it clear that the Jewish state would come into being with or without international approval. Accordingly on March 25 Moshe Shertok Sharett sent the chairman of the U.N. Palestine Commission an urgent request for the establishment of a provisional government including a list of proposed members. The "'paragraph C'" referenced in the present letter undoubtedly corresponds to a passage in either the March 23 or March 25 statements to the U.N. For the full final text of both see Appendices A and B below. As noted the final wording was influenced by future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and by Moshe Kolodny Kol. They may have been advocating for the wording that appeared in the third paragraph of the March 25 statement "the Provisional Council of Government thus designated be empowered in consultation with the United. Nations Commission to co-opt additional members representing groups both Arab and Jewish…" Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Maiman 1875–1962 the recipient of this letter was born in Bessarabia and emigrated to Palestine in 1913. A renowned author and Talmudic scholar he was a founding member of Mizrachi. He helped draft Israel's Declaration of Independence and became Minister of Religions and War Victims. He served in the First Knesset until 1951. APPENDIX A STATEMENT ADOPTED BY THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE JEWS OF PALESTINE VAAD LEUMI MARCH 23 1948 The Jewish Agency for Palestine and the Vaad Leumi have learned with regret and astonishment of the attitude adopted by the United States representative in the Security Council concerning the United Nations decisions on Palestine. The Jewish Agency and the Vaad Leumi declare: 1. The Jewish people and the Yichev in Palestine will oppose any proposal designed to prevent or postpone the establishment of the Jewish State. 2. We categorically reject any plan to set up a trusteeship regime for Palestine even for a short period of time. A trusteeship would necessarily entail a denial of the Jewish right to national independence. It would leave Palestine under a foreign military regime. 3. The failure and disintegration of the Mandatory administration the continuation of which was unanimously rejected by the United Nations necessitates the early arrival in Palestine of the United Nations Palestine Commission. The Provisional Council of Government of the Jewish State should be recognized without delay by the United Nations Palestine Commission so that authority may be transferred to it as envisaged in the United Nations decisions. 4. Upon the termination of the Mandatory administration and not later than May 16 next a provisional Jewish government will commence to function in cooperation with the representatives of the United Nations then in Palestine. In the meantime we shall do our utmost to minimize the chaos created by the present government and we shall maintain so far as lies in our power the public services neglected by it. 5. The Jewish people extends the hand of peace to the Arab people and invites representatives of the Arab population of the Jewish State to take their rightful place in all its organs of government. The Jewish State will be glad to cooperate with the neighboring Arab States and to enter into permanent treaty relations with them to strengthen world peace and to advance the development of all countries of the Near East. After a bloody Arab-Israeli conflict following the British withdrawal the State of Israel was proclaimed in May 1948. Ben-Gurion was designated the first Prime Minister a position he held for the majority of the next fifteen years. APPENDIX B THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE 16 East 66th Street New York 21 N.Y. March 25 1948 The Chairman United Nations Palestine Commission Lake Success New York Sir: In pursuance of the oral representations made by me to the Commission on March 17 on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and. the National Council of the Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi concerning the appointment of a Provisional Council of Government for the Jewish State I have the honor now as a matter of urgency to reiterate the request that the Provisional Council of the Jewish State should be immediately established and that it be composed as follows: Mr. David Ben-Gurion Mr. Itzhak Ben-Zvi Mr. Fritz Bernstein Mr. Eliahu Berligne Mr. Eliahu Dobkin Mr. Meyer Grabovski Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Mrs. Rachel Kagan Rabbi Wolf Gold Mr. Abraham Katznelaon Mr. Itzhak Greenbaum Saadia Khuvashi Mr. Eliezer Kaplan Dr. Georg Landauer Mr. Moshe Kolodni Mr. Evi Lurie Mrs. Goldie Meyerson Mr. Nachum Nir Mr. Moshe Shapiro Mr. David. Pinkas Mr. Moshe Shertok Mr. David Remez Mr. Berl Repetur Mr. Mordecai Shatner Mr. Zorach Warhaftig 2. The above list comprises all the Palestinian members of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine as well as the fall membership of the National Council of the Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi. Included are representatives of the following parties and groups: Palestine Labor Party Mapay General Zionists Mizrachi Orthodox Zionists Hapoel Hamizrachl Hashomer Hatzair now merged. Achditt Avoda Aliya Hadasha Wizo Yemenites Organization 3. It is proposed further that the Provisional Council of Government thus designated be empowered in consultation with the United. Nations Commission to co-opt additional members representing groups both Arab and Jewish not at present included in the membership of the Jewish Agency for Palestine or the Vaad Leumi. Negotiations with this object in view have been successfully concluded with some Jewish groups and are still in progress with others. 4. Upon the appointment of the Provisional Council of Government it is suggested that the United Nations Palestine Commission should instruct the Provisional Council to proceed with the establishment of a central administrative organ of government as indicated in Article 7 of Part I B of the Resolution of the General Assembly. 5. I venture in conclusion to point out that under Article 4 of Part I B of the Resolution of the Assembly if by 1 April 1948 a Provisional Council of Government has not been set up the United Nations Palestine Commission will be under the obligation to communicate that fact to the Security Council. It is earnestly hoped that the need for the Commission to report failure in this respect will be obviated by the immediate appointment of the Provisional Council of Government of the Jewish State. Sincerely yours Moshe Shertok books
1904réf. 183176Vienna: Georg Szelinski 1904. One of the first Muslim women to publish a text First edition presentation copy inscribed by the author to a leading Austrian feminist on the front wrapper verso. A political exile from the Ottoman Empire Ben Aïad lectured across Europe denouncing the sultan's despotism the status of Turkish women and the dynamics of the royal harem based on her first-hand observations. The inscription reads "A Madame Marianne Hainisch Hommage affectueux d'une reconnaissante amie qui l'admire et qui se sent forte sous sa protection Haïrié Benaïad. Vienne Mars 1904" "To Madam Marianne Hainisch a heartfelt tribute from a grateful friend who admires her and feels strong under her protection. Vienna March 1904". Hainisch 1839-1936 was the most prominent advocate for female education and suffrage in early 20th-century Austria. She founded the League for Extended Women's Education 1888 the Federation of Austrian Women's Organizations 1902 and the country's first women's political party 1929. Ben Aïad b. 1873 and Hainisch both attended the International Women's Congress in Berlin 13-18 June 1904 and Ben Aïad was part of the New Women's Club an organization in Hainisch's Federation. Ben Aïad was the daughter of the Ottoman official Mahmoud Ben Aïad 1805-1880. Originally from Tunisia he absconded to Paris in 1852 with a stolen fortune before settling in Istanbul. Ben Aïad married Ali Nuri Bey a Swedish convert born Gustaf Noring whose advocacy for liberty in the Ottoman Empire caused the couple to flee to Europe. "This experience of political persecution and exile gave Haïrié an occasion to engage in opposition politics" Blili p. 90. Die Türkische Frau prints one of Ben Aïad's speeches delivered in Vienna in early 1904 making her "one of the first Muslim women to publish a text" Blili p. 90 The speech was suppressed by the Austrian authorities because they "feared to grieve a neighbouring monarch" Washington Post p. 43. Octavo. Half-tone portrait frontispiece of the author tissue guard. Original printed wrappers rebacked. Wrappers toned and lightly soiled a handful of nicks to rear wrapper extremities contents clean: a very good copy. Leïla Blili "Nazli Hanem Kmar Bayya and Khiriya Bin Ayyad: Three Women Living between Istanbul Cairo and Tunis in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries" in Odile Moreau & Stuart Schaar eds Subversives and Mavericks in the Muslim Mediterranean 2016; Washington Post 15 May 1904. unknown
1928réf. 1000004551This is #112 of only 224 made and signed by Ben MacDonald! Scotland's Gift Golf is a masterpiece of early golf literature written by the Father of American Golf Course Architecture C.B. Macdonald. Considered by historians to be the most important book ever written on early American golf this book details the birth of golf in the United States in the late nineteenth century and the formation of the U.S.G.A. in 1894. In addition to a detailed summary of the characteristics of an ideal golf course this guide provides rare insight into the methods and philosophies that Macdonald used to design some of the world's most renowned courses including the National Golf Links of America Mid-Ocean Club Lido and Yale Golf Club. It also includes personal anecdotes and correspondence describing the development of the rules of golf as well as the evolution of the modern golf ball and golf club. Written in 1928 this book features 56 black-and-white photographs from the author's personal collection including rare photos of Bobby Jones Young Tom Morris and Francis Ouimet. Also included is an appendix which highlights the oldest surviving rules of golf from 1754 as well as the amended version from 1858. This is the first editiononly 224 printed in rare presentation vellum hardcover issued numbered and signed by Ben MacDonald. In red boards and vellum spine with gilt top pages and all drawings and illustrations. Also has golf links map! "A true golfer's dream from the man who put golf literally on the map." charles Scribner's sons hardcover
1416réf. 1418138London: printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre; Printed by R. Cotes T. Newcomb T. Mab and A. Coles for John Saywell 1614/1652. First Edition. Hardcover. Quartos 2 volumes. In Very Good condition. Rebound in 20th century quarter leather and buckram. Spines paneled with morocco label and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Edges of text blocks dyed red. Raleigh with the Poem and the engraved title page all 8 folding maps and the Errata leaf at the end. Engraved title page and letterpress title page with small amounts of reinforcement to versos. With closed tear to K3 Pp2 and 6R5 small burn hole to Ll3 lower fore corner of Rr2 3I2 5Z1 missing small repair to 4K4r and 5Q6-5Y6 with very small Japanese tissue repair to fore edge. Light and small scattered tide-marks along lower edge. Small amount of worming along upper gutter. With blank leaf 3K4 but lacking terminal blank 7C6. Printer's name and bookseller's address from colophon. "The first part of the historie of the vvorld . The third booke" caption title begins new pagination on 4A1r. Ross lacking half-title. Ross with bookplate to front pastedown original front blank entirely laid down. Ink name of R. Shelby Darbishire 1909 to recto of Poem in Raleigh and original front blank of Ross. Shelved case 4. ESTC: S116300. Pforzheimer: 820. ESTC: R218398. Written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London the History of the World consists of a million words spanning from the biblical creation of the world to 146 BCE. The work was intended to serve as an educational tool for Henry Prince of Wales 1594-1612 and includes numerous references to warfare law and kingship. It was entered 15 April 1611 in the Stationers' Register but not published until 29 March 1614 due to the death of Prince Henry. Once published James had it immediately suppressed and subsequently issued with no title page and therefore no authorial acknowledgement.; "In the century that followed the publication it was vastly influential.The book went through eleven editions in the 17th century outselling even Shakespeare's collected works. It was not until 5 January 1615 that a letter from Archbishop Abbot reached The Stationers Company telling them that he had express orders from His Majesty that the book should be suppressed and withdrawn from shops. By this time the book had nearly sold out and it does appear from the letter that the Archbishop may once have praised it." Raleigh Trevelyan; "Sir Walter Raleigh's book is called in by the king's commandment for divers exceptions but especially for being too saucy in censuring princes. I hear he takes it much to heart for he thought he had won his spurs and pleased the king extraordinarily." Letter from John Chamberlain Esq to Sir Dudley Carleton; Alexander Ross' continuation is titled: "The history of the world: the second part in six books: being a continuation of the famous history of Sir Walter Raleigh Knight: beginning where he left; viz. at the end of the Macedonian kingdom and deduced to these later-times: that is from the year of the world 3806. or 160 years before Christ till the end of the year 1640. after Christ". 1418138. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed [by William Stansby] for Walter Burre; Printed [by R. Cotes, T. Newcomb, T. Mab, and A. Coles] for John Saywell hardcover
1546réf. 5968Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg 1546. First edition. Very Good. Folio 32 cm; 93 leaves. Text in Hebrew. Title within architectural border reproduced in Amram "Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy" p. 215 also in the Jewish Museum's 1989 exhibition catalogue "Gardens and Ghettos: the Art of Jewish Life in Italy" page 50. Some section headings within ornamental borders. Bound in c19 or c20 dark red crushed morocco ruled in gilt and decorated with arabesques on both boards; spine with raised bands and compartments tooled and titled in gilt; green polished leather doublures with red crushed morocco dentelles bordered in pointillé accented with arabesques; green moiré free endleaves. Edges gilt. Binding not signed. Joints and crown adroitly reinforced with Japanese paper; corners somewhat worn down. Occasional contemporary notes in manuscript in text; brief stain on leaf mem-tet and lightly along the bottom edge of leaves nun-bet and nun-gimmel. Text otherwise pristine. Title page light possibly washed. Old library ink stamps from an institution in Warsaw on title page. Red morocco ex-libris of mining magnate and philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn 1849-1938. References: Adams T-766; BM Italian 674; Steinschneider 7304 #1; Amram 215 illustration and 222. First printed edition editio princeps of the 11th century commentary on portions of the pentateuch by the Bulgarian poet and Talmudist Tobiah ben Eliezer. Published by the house of the seminal printer of Hebrew books Daniel Bomberg under the supervision of his scholar-in-residence extraordinaire Cornelio Adelkind. Venetian law at this time limited Hebrew publishing to Gentile printers. Bomberg a protestant from Antwerp entered this lucrative market and with Adelkind's help became its prime exponent until his death in 1549. Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg hardcover
1640réf. 1315045London: Printed by Richard Bishop and Robert Young and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard 1640/1641. Second Folio Printing. Hardcover. Folios 2 volumes; VG; rebacked with new calf spines burgundy labels with gilt lettering previous boards preserved; marbled endpapers; both volumes have previous owners name and information on sfep; For volume 1 the subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. That to "Poëtaster" has imprint "London printed by Robert Young. M.DC.XL.". "Epigrammes" begins new pagination and register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous. Most of the parts have special title page with imprint: London Printed by R. Bishop 1640. "Poëtaster" has title page with imprint: "London Printed by Robert Young M.DC.XL.".; The title page is engraved and signed "Gulielmus Hole fecit".; Signatures: A-Kkk6 Lll4; 2A-2T6.; For volume 2 it consists of two volumes 2 and 3 the former intended as a continuation of the first volume published in 1615. Vol. 2 was edited by the author vol. 3 by Sir Kenelm Digby. The three plays comprising volume 2 "Bartholmew sic Fayre" "The Diuell is an asse" and "The staple of nevves" each have separate title page with imprint ". printed by Iohn. Beale. for Robert Allot . 1631"; "; Signatures: A6 B-M4 Aa-Cc4 2D-H4 2I6 N-Y4 Vol. 3 B-Q4 R2 S-X4 Y2 Z4 Aa-Oo4 Pp2 Qq4 2A-K4 2L2 2M-R4 3A-P4 3Q2 3R-V4. Closed tear to L4; CK consignment; shelved case 0. The first printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections and emendations; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second volume was printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641 lacks a general title page and the order of the parts varies in published editions. This volume contains later works most of them unpublished or uncollected previously.; ESTC Citation No. S112456 ESTC Citation No. S111824. 1315045. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed by Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, in St. Paules, Church-yard hardcover books
1871réf. 60912Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1871. Each directory a second edition. 8vo. 3 volumes: 128 116; 81 pp. Extra illustrated with 16 original mounted photographs six portraits and 10 architectural images of Washington buildings all about 6 x 4 inches including three signed photographs of President Ulysses S. Grant Vice-President Schuyler Colfax and Speaker of the House James G. Blaine in the 1871 directory all three were serving in office at the time other mounted photographs of Presidents Andrew Johnson 1869 directory and Abraham Lincoln 1867 directory; the 1864 Anthony Berger image taken at the Brady Studio in 1864 plate of the U.S. Capitol from a wood engraving folding map of Washington D.C. Photographs of the buildings include the White House Patent Office Post Office Treasury Department War Department Navy Department Agriculture Department the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution Castle. The sixth portrait photograph is of Addison H. Laflin 1823-1878 U.S. Representative from New York 1865-1871; this is his daughter Grace Laflin's copy gilt-stamped on the upper board "Grace Laflin / From Her Father / March 4 1871." Repaired scrape on rear board small tear in lower edge of one leaf but an impressive extra-illustrated volume in an attractive presentation binding. Contemporary presentation binding: red morocco professional restoration to rear joint gilt gilt rules framing the boards enclosing an intricate ornamental rule pattern gilt title and ornaments between raised bands on spine gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. 9763. Benjamin Perley Poore was a newspaperman and clerk of the committee of the U.S. Senate on printing records where he began editing the Congressional Directory in 1867. He later served as editor of the "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" and as a well-connected member of the Washington political scene compiled his "Reminiscences of Sixty years in the National Metropolis" Philadelphia 1886. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1614réf. 1313997London: printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane 1614. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio; G; bound in early diced brown calf newly rebacked with new spine and corners paneled with gilt lettering; housed in a custom brown buckram covered clamshell; With the Poem and the engraved title page. Both have been trimmed and inlaid possibly having been married to this copy from another.; With 5 folding maps Lacking 3 maps: the Arabian Desert pages 414/415 Troy 452/453 and Troy 454/455. Maps trimmed incredibly close with map of the Middle East impacted just slightly.; Lacking blank leaf 3K4 and terminal blank 7C6; 4G3r has the woodcut initial hand-colored with the color bleeding over to the facing page; with the Errata leaf at the end; Printer's name and bookseller's address from colophon.; "The first part of the historie of the vvorld . The third booke" caption title begins new pagination on 4A1r.; LD consignment; shelved case 4. Written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London the History of the World consists of a million words spanning from the biblical creation of the world to 146 BCE. The work was intended to serve as an educational tool for Henry Prince of Wales 1594-1612 and includes numerous references to warfare law and kingship. It was entered 15 April 1611 in the Stationers' Register but not published until 29 March 1614 due to the death of Prince Henry. Once published James had it immediately suppressed and subsequently issued with no title page and therefore no authorial acknowledgement.; "In the century that followed the publication it was vastly influential.The book went through eleven editions in the 17th century outselling even Shakespeare's collected works. It was not until 5 January 1615 that a letter from Archbishop Abbot reached The Stationers Company telling them that he had express orders from His Majesty that the book should be suppressed and withdrawn from shops. By this time the book had nearly sold out and it does appear from the letter that the Archbishop may once have praised it." Raleigh Trevelyan; "Sir Walter Raleigh's book is called in by the king's commandment for divers exceptions but especially for being too saucy in censuring princes. I hear he takes it much to heart for he thought he had won his spurs and pleased the king extraordinarily." Letter from John Chamberlain Esq to Sir Dudley Carleton; ESTC S116300;. 1313997. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed [by William Stansby] for Walter Burre [and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane] hardcover books
1945réf. 149147Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1945. Draft script for the 1945 film with an additional seven page addendum on pink stock with alternate endings written out in a treatment form. In addition to containing an alternate ending the date on the script coincides with the takeover of the project by RKO from original producer David O. Selznick in July 1945 making it one of the earliest possible drafts to bear the RKO label. Selznick who was never happy with the film's script or casting sold it to RKO after the disastrous production of "Duel in Sun" began absorbing most of his time and money. Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Claude Rains. Set in and shot on location in Brazil with Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden and Santa Anita Park & Racetrack. Red titled wrappers front wrapper dated July 16 1945 and rubber-stamped production No. 1490 credited to both Hecht and Hitchcock. Title page integral with the first page of text. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 160 followed by 7 pages on pink stock numbered A-G and titled "ALTERNATIVE ENDING." Mimeograph duplication all pages on white and pink onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very God plus with some tiny closed tears bound with three gold brads. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 137. Ebert l. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
