Jerusalem: Massadah, 1951. Cloth. 8vo. 170 pages. Contains 8 pages of plates. In English and Hebrew, Melkman is writer and Yad Vashem director. Born in Amsterdam, during World War II Michman was deported to Belsen. Later he became head of the Jewish Agency cultural and immigration department in Holland. In 1957 he settled in Israel, where he was director of Yad Vashem, and from 1960 cultural director at the Ministry of Education. Among his writings are anthologies of Hebrew poetry and prose, Israel (1950) and Geliefde Vijand (1964) . He served as joint divisional editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica on the Holocaust. (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Poets, Hebrew. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Extremely minimal bumping to edges. Very nice gilt lettering on spine and cover. Colored endpapers. Possible signature of author at front. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-4-9).
Amsterdam: Joachimsthal, 1951. Cloth. 8vo. 170 pages. In English and Hebrew. Melkman is writer and Yad Vashem director. Born in Amsterdam, during World War II Melkman was deported to Belsen. Later he became head of the Jewish Agency cultural and immigration department in Holland. In 1957 he settled in Israel, where he was director of Yad Vashem, and from 1960 cultural director at the Ministry of Education. Among his writings are anthologies of Hebrew poetry and prose, Israel (1950) and Geliefde Vijand (1964) . He served as joint divisional editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica on the Holocaust. (EJ editorial staff) . SUBJECT(S) : Poets, Hebrew. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Slight creasing and bumping to edges and spine of cover. Minimal rippling to edges of textblock. Staining to cover. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-4-11).
1887réf. 120087P., Victor Palmé, 1887, fort in-8°, xi-388 pp, un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice et 42 gravures dans le texte et hors texte, reliure percaline rouge décorée noir et or de l'éditeur, coupes bisautées, tranches dorées, dos passé et lég. sali, qqs rares rousseurs (plus prononcées sur les premiers feuillets), bon état
Montréal: Robert Davies Pub. , 1996. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 116 pages. Contains illustrations. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Québec - Montréal - History - 20th century; Sephardim - Québec - Montréal - History - 20th century. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Univ of California Los Angeles, Univ of Toronto lib) . Minor shelf wear. Nice copies, clean text. Very Good condition. (SEF-8-3) . Difficult to find.
Jerusalem: World Zionist Organization, Organization Dept. , Research Section: Haifa Municipality, Ethnological Museum and Folklore Archives, Israel Folktale Archives, 1964. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 179 pages. In Hebrew. Preface in English. Noy is a scholar in Jewish folklore. His books cover a wide range of Jewish folklore: European, North African, Yemenite, and others. Born in Kolomyja, Poland, he graduated from a Polish secondary school, and then immigrated to Palestine where he began his academic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Noy's contribution to Jewish folklore has been pioneering. He founded and directed the Haifa Ethnological Museum and Folklore Archives (19561982) and edited the Israel Folktale Archives Publications series until 1981. He founded the Israel Folklore Archives, the largest treasure of Jewish folktales recorded in Israel. He was director of the Hebrew University Folklore Research Center from 1968 and edited Studies, its journal. He served as the Encyclopaedia Judaica departmental editor for folklore. [Elaine Hoter] SUBJECT(S) : Jews- Folklore; Tales Morocco. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Northwestern Univ, Univ of Chicago, Universiteit Van Tilburg. ) Bumping to top and bottom of spine. Very minor bumping to corners. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-6-1).
1797réf. 863041797 Paris, Denné, Poisson, 1797, in 8° relié pleine basane tabac de l'époque, dos lisse très orné, VIII-290 pages ; quelques rousseurs, petit travail de ver marginal aux premiers feuillets ; petits frottis, coiffe supérieure usée.
1977Paper wrappers, 8vo, 253 pages , [4] leaves of plates. Musical transcription by Israel Katz. In Spanish. Series: Fuentes para el estudio del romancero: Serie Sefardí, 4; SUBJECT (S) : Romances, Ladino. Ladino poetry -- Morocco -- Tangier. Poésie judéo-espagnole -- Maroc -- Tanger. Literatura sefardí; Poesía; Historia y crítica. ; Poesía sefardí; Historia y crítica. Includes indexes and Bibliography. Photocopied article by Israel Katz laid in: Judeo-Spanish Folk Poetry from Morocco (The Boas- Nahón Collection) ISBN: 8460010333. Light stain to cover, spine. Spine sunned. Otherwise, Very Good condition. (SEF-23-2)
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1942. Cloth. 8vo. Complete in 2 volumes. Illustrated, maps on endpapers. The story of Jewish life in Spain during the Middle Ages takes on startling timeliness. The fate of the Jews in the Iberian Peninsula during those dark ages appears almost like a preview of Jewish life in Nazi Germany, so striking is the parallel between them. Volume One is a political-economic study. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain; Joden; Middeleeuwen. Ex-library with minimal markings. Faint spots on covers, bumped corner. In Very Good condition. (ComHist-8-8)
1969Cloth. 8vo. ix, 399 pages. Illustrated. Volume 2. The story of Jewish life in Spain during the Middle Ages takes on startling timeliness. The fate of the Jews in the Iberian Peninsula during those dark ages appears almost like a preview of Jewish life in Nazi Germany, so striking is the parallel between them. Volume One is a political-economic study. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Spain; Joden; Middeleeuwen. Maps on endpapers. In Very Good condition. (SEF-36-4) .
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1962. Cloth. 8vo. 200 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - History - To 70 A. D. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ex-library with minimal markings and withdrawn stamps. In Very Good condition. (SEF-8-17) .
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1962. Cloth. 8vo. 200 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - History - To 70 A. D. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ex-Library with minimal markings. In Very Good condition. (SEF-8-17B) .
New York, 1930. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages. Illustrated. De Sola Pool was a U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. He was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. His works include: The Kaddish (1909; 19643) ; Hebrew Learning Among the Puritans of New England Prior to 1700 (1911) ; Capital Punishment Among the Jews (1916) ; Portraits Etched in Stone: Early Jewish Settlers, 16821831 (1952) ; An Old Faith in the New World: Portrait of Shearith Israel, 16541954 (1955) ; Why I Am a Jew (1957) ; and Is There an Answer? : An Inquiry in Some Human Dilemmas (1966) , the last three with his wife, TAMAR DE SOLA POOL (18931981) . Mrs. Pool was national president of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943 and held executive positions with several other national and world Jewish organizations, among them the American Jewish Committee, the World Zionist Organization, and Youth Aliyah. [Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica]. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Slight bumping to edges. Slight creasing to corners. Otherwise in Very Good condition. Seldom seen. (SEF-7-11).
1930Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages. Illustrated. De Sola Pool was a U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. He was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. His works include: The Kaddish (1909; 19643) ; Hebrew Learning Among the Puritans of New England Prior to 1700 (1911) ; Capital Punishment Among the Jews (1916) ; Portraits Etched in Stone: Early Jewish Settlers, 16821831 (1952) ; An Old Faith in the New World: Portrait of Shearith Israel, 16541954 (1955) ; Why I Am a Jew (1957) ; and Is There an Answer? : An Inquiry in Some Human Dilemmas (1966) , the last three with his wife, TAMAR DE SOLA POOL (18931981) . Mrs. Pool was national president of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943 and held executive positions with several other national and world Jewish organizations, among them the American Jewish Committee, the World Zionist Organization, and Youth Aliyah. (Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica) . OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. From the libary of Abraham Katsch, with his personal bookplate. Spine repair, Small chip to corner, repaired with archival tape on inside of front cover. Otherwise in Good + condition. (MX-33-12).
New York, 1980. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages. Illustrated. De Sola Pool was a U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. He was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. His works include: The Kaddish (1909; 19643) ; Hebrew Learning Among the Puritans of New England Prior to 1700 (1911) ; Capital Punishment Among the Jews (1916) ; Portraits Etched in Stone: Early Jewish Settlers, 16821831 (1952) ; An Old Faith in the New World: Portrait of Shearith Israel, 16541954 (1955) ; Why I Am a Jew (1957) ; and Is There an Answer? : An Inquiry in Some Human Dilemmas (1966) , the last three with his wife, TAMAR DE SOLA POOL (18931981) . Mrs. Pool was national president of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943 and held executive positions with several other national and world Jewish organizations, among them the American Jewish Committee, the World Zionist Organization, and Youth Aliyah. (Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica) . Very Good condition. (SEF-23-22).
1930Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages. Illustrated. De Sola Pool was a U. S. Rabbi, civic and communal leader, and historian. He was born in London, pursued his rabbinic studies, first at Jews' College, London, and then at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Pool wrote several significant works and monographs in the fields of American Jewish history, religion, education, and Zionism, and edited and translated Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew liturgical works. His works include: The Kaddish (1909; 19643) ; Hebrew Learning Among the Puritans of New England Prior to 1700 (1911) ; Capital Punishment Among the Jews (1916) ; Portraits Etched in Stone: Early Jewish Settlers, 16821831 (1952) ; An Old Faith in the New World: Portrait of Shearith Israel, 16541954 (1955) ; Why I Am a Jew (1957) ; and Is There an Answer? : An Inquiry in Some Human Dilemmas (1966) , the last three with his wife, TAMAR DE SOLA POOL (18931981) . Mrs. Pool was national president of Hadassah from 1939 to 1943 and held executive positions with several other national and world Jewish organizations, among them the American Jewish Committee, the World Zionist Organization, and Youth Aliyah. [Editorial Staff Encyclopaedia Judaica]. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Slight bumping to edges. Slight creasing to corners. Otherwise in Very Good condition. Seldom seen. (SEF-45-13)
1860réf. R115325Roma, Tip. della Civilta Cattolica 1860 vii + 1103pp., 27cm., publisher's hardcover (intact but with some traces of use), most of the texts are in Spanish, few occasional foxing, good condition, weight: 2kg., R115325
189063pp. + original 19th cy. photograph tipped in on title page, 18cm., hardcover in full red cloth with gilt title, text in Portugese, 2 stamps at blanco endpaper and one at verso of title page, good condition, very rare, H90374
1890réf. H90374s.l., Typ. da "Gazeta de Portugal" 1890 63pp. + original 19th cy. photograph tipped in on title page, 18cm., hardcover in full red cloth with gilt title, text in Portugese, 2 stamps at blanco endpaper and one at verso of title page, good condition, very rare, H90374
Jerusalem: (No Publisher) , 1972. Paperback. 4to. 215 pages. Illustrations at front. Typed list of attendees included. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism-Congresses. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Covers scuffed, light wear to covers. Some smudging to edges of text block. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SEF-1-20) .
Paris: Presses universitaires de france, 1952. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 398 pages. Contains several fold-out maps in color. In French. Andre Chouraqui is an author and public figure. Born in Asn-TMmouchent, Algeria, Chouraqui studied political economy and Muslim law at Paris University and the Institut de France. A World War II French resistance fighter, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government and also received various Israel decorations. Chouraqui was one of the few North African Jewish intellectuals who immigrated to Israel. He was deputy mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1969. In June 1977 Chouraqui was awarded a gold medal by the French Academy for his literary work. His literary works, which have been translated into several languages, include La CrMation de l'Etat d'Israel (1948) ; Les Juifs d'Afrique du Nord (1952; revised translation, Between East and West: a History of the Jews of North Africa, 1968) ; and essays on biblical studies and medieval philosophy, among which Introduction aux "Devoirs des Coeurs" de Bahya Ibn Paquda (1950) , La pensMe juive (1965) , and Lettre B un ami Arabe (1969) . He also wrote a biography of Theodor Herzl (1960; A Man Alone (1970) ) . (EJ [David Corcos]) A rare and authentic book on North-African Jews. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Africa, North - History. : Bumping to spine. Chipping to bottom of cover on spine. Some creasing and bumping to cover. Many pages are un-cut. Rippling to textblock. Fold-out maps and images still beautifully intact. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-4-14) xx
Paris: Presses universitaires de france, 1952. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 398 pages. Contains several fold-out maps in color. In French. Andre Chouraqui is an author and public figure. Born in Asn-TMmouchent, Algeria, Chouraqui studied political economy and Muslim law at Paris University and the Institut de France. A World War II French resistance fighter, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government and also received various Israel decorations. Chouraqui was one of the few North African Jewish intellectuals who immigrated to Israel. He was deputy mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1969. In June 1977 Chouraqui was awarded a gold medal by the French Academy for his literary work. His literary works, which have been translated into several languages, include La CrMation de l'Etat d'Israel (1948) ; Les Juifs d'Afrique du Nord (1952; revised translation, Between East and West: a History of the Jews of North Africa, 1968) ; and essays on biblical studies and medieval philosophy, among which Introduction aux "Devoirs des Coeurs" de Bahya Ibn Paquda (1950) , La pensMe juive (1965) , and Lettre B un ami Arabe (1969) . He also wrote a biography of Theodor Herzl (1960; A Man Alone (1970) ) (David Corcos in EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jews - Africa, North - History. Bumping to spine. Chipping to bottom of cover on spine. Some creasing and bumping to cover. Many pages are un-cut. Rippling to textblock. Fold-out maps and images still beautifully intact. Otherwise in Good condition. (SEF-7-1)
1995Paper wrappers, 4to, liii, 556 pages. Includes facsimiles. In Italian. Series: Textos y estudios "Cardenal Cisneros" de la Biblia Poliglota Matritense, 57; SUBJECT (S) : Masorah. Masora. Includes bibliographical references and index. Other Titles: Sefer Oklah weoklah; Okhlah ve-okhlah. Slight wear to spine, small dent to corner of front cover, and first 100 pages. Very good condition. (SEF-23-13)
198325x19. 417p. Ilstr. Fotogr.
1598réf. LBW-1400[Anvers, 1598]. 82 x 103 mm.
1598réf. LBW-1398Anvers 1598 80 x 102 mm.