1987réf. 17659Atlanta: Scholars Press 1987. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xvi. 209 pp. In English. Maroon cloth with white lettering on front cover and spine. Book condition: Fine. Part 85 of the "Brown Judaic Studies" series. Scholars Press hardcover books
1983réf. 27582Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press 1983. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XIX 1 156pp. Original blue cloth with David's star in gilt on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Neusner's introduction and guide to the entire work explores the Talmud's enigmatic origins and development. A true "taxonomy" this volume classifies the Talmud in relation to its antecedents and identifies its principal components in relation to one another. Neusner includes five chapters of general and specific comparison followed by four appendixes supplying examples to illustrate the generalizations of the text. Minor foxing on upper covers and top edge. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1987réf. 17658Atlanta: Scholars Press 1987. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xi. 234 pp. In English. Green cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. Book condition: Fine. Part 73 from the "Brown Judaic Studies" series. Vol. 2 contains: "Literature Religion and the Social Study of Judaism. Scholars Press hardcover books
2002réf. 17513Boston Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers 2002. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii 329pp. A hint of edgewear to dust jacket with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine. Bound in cream cloth over boards with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Mild wear to binding with bumping to corners. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean bright and unmarked. ABOUT THIS BOOK: If Moses Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad were to meet what would they tell one another about Judaism Christianity and Islam Three of today's leading scholars explore the topics such a conversation might entail in this comparative study of the three monotheistic faiths. In systematic side-by-side descriptions they detail the classical theologies of Judaism Christianity and Islam and the authoritative writings that convey those theologies-Torah Bible and Qur' n. They then compare and contrast the three faiths which though distinct and autonomous address a common set of issues. While asserting that this book is by no means a background source for issues and conflicts among contemporary followers of Judaism Christianity and Islam the authors nevertheless aspire to reveal among the three a common potential for mutual understanding. Publisher. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii 329pp. A hint of edgewear to dust jacket with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine. Bound in cream cloth over boards with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Mild wear to binding with bumping to corners. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean bright and unmarked. ABOUT THIS BOOK: If Moses Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad were to meet what would they tell one another about Judaism Christianity and Islam Three of today's leading scholars explore the topics such a conversation might entail in this comparative study of the three monotheistic faiths. In systematic side-by-side descriptions they detail the classical theologies of Judaism Christianity and Islam and the authoritative writings that convey those theologies-Torah Bible and Qur'Än. They then compare and contrast the three faiths which though distinct and autonomous address a common set of issues. While asserting that this book is by no means a background source for issues and conflicts among contemporary followers of Judaism Christianity and Islam the authors nevertheless aspire to reveal among the three a common potential for mutual understanding. Publisher. Brill Academic Publishers hardcover books
1988réf. 17651Atlanta: Scholars Press 1988. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xxi. 249 pp. In English. Gray cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Book condition: fine. Part 146 from the "Brown Judaic Studies" series. Scholars Press hardcover books
1963réf. 33402Jerusalem: Hebrew Union College Press 1963. First edition. Hardcover. g. 4to. 327pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine in original printed dust jacket. A collection of essays on Jewish thought by leading early 20th century Jewish scholars such as Abraham Heschel Ahad Ha-Am Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem. Text in Hebrew. Wear to dj. Front free endpaper creased. Edges sunned. Overall in good condition. Hebrew Union College Press hardcover books
2020réf. 16875Newburgh: Thornwillow Press 2020. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Fine. Illustrations by Herb Roe. Foreword by William Cook Miller. Limited to 385 copies. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Thornwillow Press paperback books
1973réf. 33001Jerusalem: Israel Universities Press 1973. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 353pp. Original blue cloth cover with silver lettering on spine. Bibliography of English sources on the Holocaust produced by Yad Vashem and the YIVO institute. Cover scratched. Overall in very good condition. Israel Universities Press hardcover books
1959réf. TB24815Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1959. First Edition. First printing Very good in lime green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with mild dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with modest rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and with light soiling to the rear panel. Translated from the German and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. This is volume 27 in the University of Oklahoma's collection of books referred to as The American Exploration and Travel series. 114 pages of text including a list of other volumes in the American Exploration and Travel Series an index bibliography a list of elevations and locations and text. Originally published in German in 1859 this was the author's account of his participation in the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 from Missouri to explore railroad routes to the Pacific. A lame horse forced his return to the main party an event which saved his life as Gunnison and the accompanying personnel were massacre by Indians. Schiel then joined the command under Lt. Beckwith which eventually reached the Pacific shore the following year. Howes S159 University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
1959réf. 6376Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very fine/Near Fine. First English translation. Translated from the German and Edited by Thomas N. Bonner. 114pp. Drawings and maps by Joe Beeler. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Schiel served with the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 to explore the possibilities of a railroad route to the Pacific. Fate allowed him to escape the massacre of Gunnison's command and he continued the remainder of the expedition under the command of Lieutenant Beckwith wintering with the Mormons at Salt Lake City and reaching the coast the following year. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
1914réf. 81162Princeton:: Princeton University Press. Very Good. 1914. Hardcover. B00085J0LW . Three fold-out maps. First edition. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering top edge gilt. No dust jacket.; 140 pages . Princeton University Press, hardcover books
1962réf. 104710NY:: New York University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Designed and illustrated by Felix Cooper. First edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. . New York University Press, hardcover books
1947réf. 258995Buenos Aires: Grupe Dovid Edelshtat 1947. 384p. hardcover in green cloth mild wear; text in Yiddish. Collection of essays marking the 25th anniversary of Peter Kropotkin's death. Grupe Dovid Edelshtat unknown books
1947réf. 258996Buenos Aires: Grupe Dovid Edelshtat 1947. 384p. hardcover in blue cloth mild wear; text in Yiddish. Collection of essays marking the 25th anniversary of Peter Kropotkin's death. Grupe Dovid Edelshtat unknown books
1948réf. 011083Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1948 Pictorial boards with light shelf wear and occasional soil to pages lacks dust jacket. The story of a sailor who steals a rainbow and the little boy who fights to get it back with the help of fairy-like creatures. An uncommon Slobodkin title. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Louis Slobodkin. Square 4to. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1998réf. 120458New York: DCA Gallery 1998. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 16 through June 20 1998. Essays by Ann Lumbye Sorensen and Jacob Greve. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A very near fine copy in white printed wrappers. Seemingly fairly uncommon. DCA Gallery unknown books
1953réf. 75944Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover in jacket. Calligraphy By Franzisca Baruch - book measuring 13 1/2 x 10 1/ inches bound in tan cloth with blind-stamping to the upper cover and gilt stamping to the spine in a dust jacket with soiling and wear/chipping to the edges. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. . Jewish Publication Society hardcover books
1978réf. 423482Watkins Glen New York: The American Life Foundation for The Athenaeum Library of Nineteenth Century America 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1870 edition entitled: Beautifying Country Homes. A Handbook of Landscape Gardening. Folio. Approximate measurements: 13 1/2" x 10 1/4". 40pp. Illustrated with 4 color plates and 23 plates in rear. Dampstains on front wrapper only corners flared top rear corner creased still a very good copy. The American Life Foundation for The Athenaeum Library of Nineteenth Century America unknown books
1993réf. 327691San Francisco: Tachyon Corp 1993. Magazine. 41p. 8.5x11 inches short stories poetry reviews illustrated with drawings very good magazine in stapled pictorial gray wraps. Weisman is a science fiction editor living in SF whose publishing house Tachyon has published dozens of works by major authors. This periodical is not listed at his site. Tachyon Corp unknown books
1905réf. S0393Stuttgart:: Konrad Wittwer 1905. 1905. 8vo. xiv 320 pp. 107 figs. index. Red cloth gilt; top hinge of spine torn 1/2 inch else fine. Ex-Carnegie. Konrad Wittwer, 1905. hardcover books
1957réf. 171058New York: George Wittenborn 1957. Hardcover. Later printing. Text in German French and English. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white. Page edges lightly foxed overall Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket with light foxing to the spine and a small bruise to the bottom left corner of the rear panel. George Wittenborn unknown books
réf. 4548ZEITLIN Jacob. SMALL RENAISSANCE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE. Los Angeles: Jacob Zeitlin 1972. 8vo. Wrappers. 16 pages. First book appearance. A paper read to the Bibliographical Society of America in 1955 and printed by them in the Papers at that time. unknown books
1975réf. 565188New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Small quarto. 96pp. Heavily illustrated in color. Fine in an about near fine dust jacket with light toning along the spine and moderate edgewear. McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover books
1943réf. 60977Cambridge Massachusetts: The Nuttall Ornithological Club. Very Good. 1943. Hardcover. -Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club No. IX; with Two Plates. 144 pages light shadowing to edge of front and rear endpages 11" x 8 1/2" green cloth with gilt printing to spine. Contents are bright and clean a very nice copy. . The Nuttall Ornithological Club hardcover books
1843réf. 38419Boston: T H Carter and Company. Very Good. 1844c1843. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. Nice copy of this early edition. . T H Carter and Company hardcover books