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1938ref. 24044Wien: Self published 1938. Hardcover. g. Ex-library. 8vo. 253pp. Original blue cloth rebacked with red linen. "Zweck dieser Arbeit ist wie Verfasser schon in seinem Buch über das talmudische Sklavenrecht ausführte in erster Linie die Rechtssätze des talmudischen Rechtes das bis nun einer modern-wissenschaftlichen Bearbeitung und systematischen Darstellung entbehrte nach moderner Methode in ein wissenschaftliches System zu bringen und so die bisher im Talmud verschüttet und vergraben gelegenen Kulturwerke zu heben und moderner Wissenschft zugänglich zu machen."Contents: Einleitung. Einteilung der Sachen. Das Eigentumsrecht. Die originären Erwerbsarten des Eigentumsrechtes. Die derivativen Erwerbsarten des Eigentumsrechtes. Author title place and date handwritten in white lettering on spine. Staining and scuffing on boards corners rubbed. Library stamp on front and rear free endpapers and on title-page. Age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Text in German with some Hebrew. Tight copy with binding in good interior in very good condition. Self published hardcover books
1931ref. 19547Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning 1931. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. vii189pp. brown cloth. Age wear and some water staining on binding. Hinges starting. Thesis by Simon Ginzburg for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning on the founder of Modern Hebrew Literature Moses Hayyim Luzzatto. Binding in fair interior in overall very good condition. The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning hardcover books
1952ref. 13480Chicago: The College of Jewish studies 1952. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 197pp. kuf-chav-bet/122pp Hebrew. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering of title on cover English back cover Hebrew and spine both. Minor staining and rubbing to boards. Page 47-50 loose. Plate reading "New York Bloch Publishing Co. The Jewish Book Concern" pasted on title page. Very interesting account of history and development of Chicago's Jewry that constitutes one of the largest Jewish community worldwide. Text in English and Hebrew. Overall good condition. The College of Jewish studies hardcover books
1956ref. 20501New York: Cultural Department of the World Jewish Congress and the Torah Culture Department of the Jewish Agency 1956. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 73pp. in English 157pp. in Hebrew. Blue cloth with gold lettering on front and rear covers and spine in original printed decorative dust jacket. Signed by editor on front endpaper. Independent Hebrew and English title pages. Sunning and age wear to dj. Dj in good book in near fine condition. R. Moses Maimonides Rambam was a 12th century Jewish philosopher and halachic legal scholar. A highly controversial figure both during his lifetime and after his death but generally acknowledged as the preeminent Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. He was born in Córdoba Spain but fled as a child due to Almohad persecution of Jews. He eventually settled in Egypt where he served as a rabbi physician and philosopher. His fourteen-volume Mishneh Torah his only work not in Arabic still carries canonical authority particularly within the Yemenite Jewish community as the codification of Talmudic law. His other work includes a commentary on the Mishnah entitled Kitab al-Siraj Kitab al-Fara'I a book on precepts and the philosophical work Dalalat al-Ha'irin known in Hebrew as the Moreh Nevukhim The Guide to the Perplexed. The major premise is an attempted philosophical/theological reconciliation of the Hebrew Bible and Greek knowledge and explaining away anthropomorphic and antropopathic terms in the Bible. This work came to play a central role in all subsequent major controversies over philosophy within the Jewish community during the Middle Ages. Cultural Department of the World Jewish Congress and the Torah Culture Department of the Jewish Agency hardcover books
1845ref. 20223Frankfurt: Verlag von Hermann Johann Keßler 1845. Softcover. g. 8vo. vi. 109pp. Original illustrated printed paper wrappers. Forepage edge untrimmed. Pages unopened. Introductory work and commentary on the seminal work of Maimonides Rambam the Guide to the Perplexed. Text is in German with Gothic script. There are also some insertions in Hebrew. Repair and age wear to binding with 2" at bottom of front wrapper minor tears and creasing at edges. Browning and foxing throughout. Overall good condition. R. Moses Maimonides Rambam was a 12th century Jewish philosopher and halachic legal scholar. A highly controversial figure both during his lifetime and after his death but generally acknowledged as the preeminent Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. He was born in Córdoba Spain but fled as a child due to Almohad persecution of Jews. He eventually settled in Egypt where he served as a rabbi physician and philosopher. His fourteen-volume Mishneh Torah his only work not in Arabic still carries canonical authority particularly within the Yemenite Jewish community as the codification of Talmudic law. His other work includes a commentary on the Mishnah entitled Kitab al-Siraj Kitab al-Fara'I a book on precepts and the philosophical work Dalalat al-Ha'irin known in Hebrew as the Moreh Nevukhim The Guide to the Perplexed. The major premise is an attempted philosophical/theological reconciliation of the Hebrew Bible and Greek knowledge and explaining away anthropomorphic and antropopathic terms in the Bible. This work came to play a central role in all subsequent major controversies over philosophy within the Jewish community during the Middle Ages. Verlag von Hermann Johann Keßler unknown books
1997ref. 19990Wesport CT; London: Praeger 1997. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xv. 181 1pp. Green cloth with embossed gold lettering. Work on the History of the Russian-Jewish immigration to the U.S. Illustrated with 39 tables as issued. Near fine condition. Praeger hardcover books
1952ref. 8184Chicago: The College of Jewish Studies 1952. Hardcover. g. Large 8vo. English section 197 pp. Hebrew section 120pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on front and rear covers and spine. Collection of articles relating to Jewish life in Chicago. Bibliographical information on Chicago as well as numerous tables on the Jewish population in Chicago and Chicago's Hebrew and Yiddish presses. Text in English and Hebrew. Head and tail of spine bumped and creased. Edges bumped. Some staining to fore edge. Overall in good condition. The College of Jewish Studies hardcover books
1902ref. 18679Breslau: Schlesische Verlagsanstalt v. S.Schottlaender 1902. Softcover. g. 8vo. 344pp. Illustrated wrappers. Work on the Talmud and Rabbinic opposition to it especially Leon de Modena "Kol Sakal". Here Stein refutes Reggio's view that most of the Talmudic ordinances were not intended for perpetual observance; and were practised only by the rigorous Pharisees. According to Reggio it was not until much later that the casuists "posekim" established such ordinances as a part of the Law. Consequently Modena was in many cases wrong in attacking the Talmudists. Reggio's theory has been refuted by Simon Stern in the preface to his German translation of Modena's works published under the title "Der Kampf des Rabbiners Gegen den Talmud im XVII. Jahrhundert." Spine missing with a part of it loose but present. Binding still firm. Age wear to wrappers. Owner's writings and stamps to inside of front wrappers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. In German. Binding in fair book in good condition. Schlesische Verlagsanstalt v. S.Schottlaender unknown books
2004ref. 34210Salt Lake City UT: Signature Books 2004. New. 270pp. Octavo. Illustrated wrappers. Illustrated. Index. Glossary. Bibliography. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. For the past 175 years the Latter-day Saint Mormon church has taught that Native Americans and Polynesians are descended from ancient seafaring Israelites. Recent DNA research confirms what anthropologists have been saying for nearly as many years that Native Americans are originally from Siberia and Polynesians from Southeast Asia. In the current volume molecular biologist Simon Southerton explains the theology and the science and how the former is being reshaped by the latter. Signature Books unknown books
1912ref. 61590Boston MA: Richard G. Badger; The Gorham Press 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. 67pp. Very slim duodecimo 19.5 cm Red cloth over boards pictorially stamped in black. The front board is spotted and and both boards have several small light moisture stains. The bottom edge of the front board is also a bit sunned. The extremities are a bit dinged. The title page has small stab marks in the inside gutter. Book still sturdy. Illustrated throughout. "The City of Roses" is an ode to the city of Portland Oregon. Richard G. Badger; The Gorham Press hardcover books
1974ref. 30811Provo UT: Simon K. Benson The Scribbler 1974. Reprint. Paperback. SIGNED. 414pp. Octavo 21.5 cm Yellow and black illustrated wraps. With a dust jacket. Very good. The wraps are faintly creased and the spine is ever so slightly rolled. There is a small light stain on the bottom edge of the text block. The bottom corners of the pages at the beginning of the text are gently bumped. The dust jacket is in good condition. Mildly rubbed creased and age-toned. There are numerous losses from the edges of the jacket. The largest loss is from the paper at and near the head of the spine and measures 3 inches wide by 1 inch at its deepest. There are multiple closed tears along the edges and folds as well. The longest closed tear measures 2 inches long. Inscribed by the publisher Simon K. Benson The Scribbler on the dedication page. From the dust jacket- "Through the republication of this volume combining as it does two rare histories of early Provo- you now have an opportunity to purchase Early Pictorial Provo by William M. Wilson an Early History of Provo by J. Marinus Jensen. Both were long out of print and they will live again in this nostalgic voyage into the past. Simon K. Benson (The Scribbler) paperback books
1962ref. 39528New York: Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs 1962. 16p. staplebound pamphlet minor foxing to front cover pen mark next to author's biographical statement. Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs unknown books
1945ref. 332983Haarlem: De Patriot 1945. 30p. staplebound booklet printed at the end of the German occupation; pages toned with minor foxing otherwise very good. "De Patriot" was a Dutch paper banned under the occupation. "Front Line: Flashes from Illegal Life. De Patriot unknown books
1977ref. 603635Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. 324pp. Light soiling on topedge and boards very good in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
2005ref. 1396538London: BBC Books 2005. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 448 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine grey with black and gold lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price uncut: "£20.00". Minor shelf wear. Text block clean. Signed by Schama on title page. Shelved African-American history. 1396538. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. BBC Books hardcover books
2001ref. 1396432London: Headline 2001. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 274 pages. In Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. Green spine with yellow and white lettering. Wrapped in plastic. Signed flat and dated by Simon Scarrow. Shelved in Hallway. First UK Edition First Printing Limited Edition. 1396432. Special Collections. Headline hardcover books
2001ref. 1389442London: Headline 2001. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 274 pages. In Very Good condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. Green spine with yellow and white text. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering with white numbered sticker on front cover price uncut '£17.99'. Boards show minor wear on head edge of front joint and head and tail edges of spine. Text block shows mild age toning on head edge. Signed by Simon Scarrow dated February 8 2001 on title page. Shelved in Hallway. First UK Edition First Printing. 1389442. Special Collections. Headline hardcover books
2010ref. 103919New Castle Delaware Pinner and London England: Oak Knoll Press The Private Libraries Association The British Library 2010. Hardcover dust jacket. 7.25 x 10.75 inches. Hardcover dust jacket. 224 pages. The 1860s are considered the "Golden Age" of illustrated periodicals a time when the "knockabout" humor of the 1840s which was dominated by illustrators such as Cruikshank Doyle and Phiz gave way to a more considered style grounded in serious artistic principles allowing for deeper expression and emotion in artistic output. The first book of its kind Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s focuses extensively on the illustrated magazine as a distinct form. Illustrated Periodicals provides a new and informative approach to the study of "sixties" periodicals revealing the previously unstudied area of the complex interrelationships between the various parties involved in the production of these magazines: publishers editors artists engravers and authors. The book considers the effects of these relationships on creative output both artistic and literary and in so doing provides a detailed historical reconstruction of the essential character of the periodicals of that era. The book includes over 120 reproductions of engravings and preparatory drawings almost all of them original size. Additionally the text contains two appendices; the first includes a reflection of the work that goes into collecting and researching these periodicals. The second lists the key illustrators engravers publishers editors as well as magazines mentioned throughout the text each including a brief description. This work is an informative and colorful choice for those interested in the history of periodicals the production of magazines and art. Simon Cooke has written widely on the subject of Victorian art and literature. He received his doctorate from Exeter and his teaching qualifications from the Open University and the University of Leicester. Cooke is currently a teacher of English language and literature. Available outside North and South America from The British Library. Oak Knoll Press, The Private Libraries Association, The British Library hardcover books
1971ref. 105848Seattle:: University of Washington Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else very good in a very good small abrasion on front panel dust jacket. . University of Washington Press, hardcover books
1955ref. 166199New York: The Tamiment Institute 1955. 30p. staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch decorated wraps staples rusted else very good copy. Reprint; first appearance The New Leader Magazine for 19 December 1955. Tamiment Institute Public Service Pamphlet. Wolin was "born in Russia active as a youth in the democratic socialist movement but after the Bolshevik seizure of power continued his literary work in Germany and France." Following WWII "he joined the ideological unit of the Voice of America The Tamiment Institute unknown books
1977ref. 601568Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 324pp. Remainder spray on bottom edge else near fine in about a near fine dust jacket with a closed tear on the rear panel. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1974ref. 012719NY: Thomas Crowell. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a slight wrinkling at head of spine. Signed by the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 473 pp . Thomas Crowell hardcover books
ref. 009570NY: Jazztone Society. Very Good. N.D. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps very good. ; 16mo sq; 12 pp . Jazztone Society paperback books
1999ref. 600984London: Walker Books 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Edited and illustrated by Simon James. Slim quarto. Tiniest bit bumped at the corners and spine ends else fine in pictorial boards and a very good dust jacket sunned at the spine and cover panel with corresponding bumping and a bit of soil. Although not marked in any way from the library of contributor Charlotte Zolotow with a publisher's complimentary slip laid in. Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department and the acclaimed author of over 65 children’s books. Walker Books hardcover books
1958ref. 331087Paris 1958. 30p. pamphlet corner of p. 23/24 is taped vertical crease. Text in Ukrainian. The Jewish anarchist Sholem Schwarzbard assassinated Petliura in 1926 stating afterwards "I have killed Petliura to avenge the death of the thousands of pogrom victims in Ukraine who were massacred by Petliura's forces without his taking any steps to prevent these massacres. unknown books
