ISAACS, Abram S[amuel]

Under the Sabbath Lamp

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1919. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); grey pictorial cloth, stamped in black and red; 7-259pp. Boards smudged and mildly soiled, extremities bumped. Textblock top edge dust-soiled; ex libris on front pastedown, else interiors mostly unmarked and sound. Very Good overall.

The second collection of short stories from Abram S. Isaacs, Professor of Hebrew at New York University, whose Stories from the Rabbis was published in 1893. Intended to be shared with the whole family, the stories in Under the Sabbath Lamp are built around the enduring social and domestic elements of Jewish life, especially pertaining to the Sabbath and holidays.

Price: $35.00

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