New York: The American Jewish Committee, 1950. First edition. SEIDMAN R204: "...denial that communists are champions of civil liberties, since they deny to others the rights that they demand for themselves...they betray the rights of Negroes and Jews whenever it suits the interests of the Kremlin." Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Decorated..... More
Chicago & New York: Palestine Human Rights Campaign, 1990. Quarto (28cm). Photo-pictorial stapled card wrappers; 38pp; illus. Few spots of rubbing to covers, else fine. Extended anti-Zionist polemic, defending the idea of a Palestinian homeland, arguing that while "...the Palestinians have all the attributes of nationhood – a common history..... More
![Alida; or, Town and Country [Bound with] Abednego the Money Lender: A Novel. SAMMELBAND, Susan...](/pictures/medium/45369.jpg?v=1565385202)
New York: 1844-1845. Mixed Editions. 1. [Susan Anne Livingston Sedgwick]. Alida; or, Town and Country. New York: Henry G. Langely, 1844. Novel of a beautiful but willful woman whose character improves when her father moves the family out to the countryside of Brookfield, Massachusetts. WRIGHT I 2373. 2. Mrs. [Catherine]..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1940. First Edition. Octavo. Printed paper wrappers; 22pp. Slight external handling and wear, still Very Good or better in the original wrappers. In the publisher's booklet series "British Life and Thought." Samuel (1870-1963) the first practicing Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister (Home Secretary..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); dark blue cloth, with red spine label and signature on front; blue and pink dustwrapper; 3-152pp. Boards show minor rubbing to extremities, small bump to crown of spine. Dustwrapper well toned, original bright pink color still present on rear..... More
![The Hasidic Movement and the Gaon of Vilna [Inscribed & Signed?]. Elijah Judah SCHOCHET](/pictures/medium/38363.jpg?v=1529353909)
Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Inc., [1994]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in green pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; xv,[1],257pp. Corners bumped, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed (presumably by the author) on front flyleaf. More
![Eine Hochzeit ohne Musikanten: Erzälungen [Ben Shahn's Copy]. SCHOLEM-ALEJCHEM, Ben Shahn, alt....](/pictures/medium/47484.jpg?v=1581548414)
[Frankfurt a.M.]: Insel-Verlag, 1961. First German Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's decorative paper-covered boards, printed paper labels affixed to upper cover and spine; 157pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, spine label rather toned, else Very Good or better. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate..... More
![Notes from the Lower Classes [drop title]. Rosalind SCHWARTZ](/pictures/medium/29422.jpg?v=1529353605)
New York: The Feminists, n.d., ca. 1968. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); 2 typescript leaves printed on versos only, staplebound at top left-hand corner. About Fine. The Feminists organization rubberstamp to top edge of p. [1] as issued. Short autobiographical essay by a member of the militant Feminists organization, about growing..... More
![Small Archive from the Irene Kaufmann Settlement Fortieth Anniversary [January 17, 1935],...](/pictures/medium/34358.jpg?v=1529353763)
Pittsburgh: 1935. 1. Nine (of 15) promotional picture postcards (postally unused) featuring various Settlement facilities, including the swimming pool, the gym, the children's theater, the auditorium, the nearby synagogue, and the baby clinic. All 14x8.5cm.; all but one from etchings by the artist Samuel Filner. Minor dustiness, else all Near..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1954. First, Limited Edition. Tall octavo. Tan, rough linen boards, stamped in maroon and gilt; publisher's slipcase; [45]pp.; illus in text. Number 394 of 500 hand-numbered copies, signed by the artist and printed at the Spiral Press. Faint scratch to lettering on spine, else a Fine, unworn..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1965. First Trade Edition. First trade edition of Shahn's now-legendary Haggadah, originally issued in a limited edition portfolio by the Trianon Press. The trade edition is itself a handsome production and not over-common. Quarto (30cm). Tan linen boards, stamped in gilt; original acetate dustjacket (unprinted); xx, 130pp;..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First American Edition. Thick octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in brown decorative dust jacket, dark blue topstain; [8],642pp. Spine a bit toned with tiny loss at crown, cloth very lightly and unevenly faded, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound overall. One of the Polish-American's..... More
New York: Farrar/Straus/Giroux, [1984]. First Thus. Octavo (24cm.); original cloth in green pictorial dust jacket by Cynthia Krupat; [10],335,[1]pp. Fine. Collection of short stories, most previously published. More
![Lost In America [Limited Edition, Signed]. Isaac Bashevis SINGER, Raphael SOYER, novel,...](/pictures/medium/18903.jpg?v=1580166338)
New York: Doubleday, 1981. First Edition. An semi-autobiographical novel set in New York, richly illustrated throughout. Limited Issue, one of 500 numbered copies signed by the author, with a numbered, signed color print by the illustrator laid in. Octavo; maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; original paper-covered..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. First Edition. Singer's translation of the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction, presented for a juvenile audience and superbly illustrated throughout. First Printing. Quarto; red cloth, with titling and illustrations stamped in black on spine and front panel; dustjacket; [39pp]; illus. Fine..... More
![Yentl the Yeshiva Boy [Limited Edition, Signed]. Isaac Bashevis SINGER, Antonio FRASCONI, story,...](/pictures/medium/18828.jpg?v=1580166338)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. First English Language Edition. Limited Issue, one of 450 numbered copies signed by the author and artist. Quarto; cream cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; brown cloth slipcase; 58pp, [6]; illus. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, with a touch of..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. First Trade Edition. A lovely copy of Singer's translation of the traditional Golem story, richly illustrated throughout by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz. First Printing. Octavo; maroon cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 84pp; illus. Fine in a price-clipped, else..... More
![The Golem [Limited Edition, Signed]. Isaac Bashevis SINGER, Uri SHULEVITZ, story, illustrations](/pictures/medium/18899.jpg?v=1580166338)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. First Edition. A lovely copy of Singer's translation of the traditional Golem story, richly illustrated throughout by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz, and desirable in the limited issue. Limited Issue, one of 450 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Octavo; brown..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1950 (but ca. 1966). Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket, red topstain; [10],611pp. Very light rubbing to jacket extremities, else Near Fine. This translation originally published by Knopf in 1950; while the only date given is the copyright date of 1950, this..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First English Language Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original two-toned cloth in decorative dust jacket by George Salter, grey topstain; [10],611,[2]pp. Shallow chips and closed tears to jacket extremities, none affecting text; spine and rear panel a shade darkened, else Very Good. More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1985. First American Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original blue-grey cloth-backed decorative boards embossed in black and gilt, matching board slipcase; viii,[2],122,[14]pp. Fine. "Philip and Muriel Berman Edition." Forms part of the Author's Workshop series. Includes the title story "Gifts" in the original Yiddish. More
[London]: Secker & Warburg, [1961]. Octavo (20cm.); original simulated cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; 244pp. Jacket extremities rubbed, a few shallow closed tears, small loss to spine foot; portion of printer's imprint (reprint statement?) redacted in heavy black ink affecting title page with offsetting to p. [2]. Still, About..... More
![The Fools of Chelm and their History [...] Translated by the Author and Elizabeth Shub....](/pictures/medium/21316.jpg?v=1529353305)
London: Abelard, [1975]. First U.K. Edition. Small quarto (22cm.); original simulated cloth in orange pictorial dust jacket; [4],57pp.; illus. Jacket spine faded, else About Fine. More
![A Young Man in Search of Love [Limited Edition, Signed]. Isaac Bashevis SINGER, Raphael Soyer](/pictures/medium/21320.jpg?v=1529353305)
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First American Edition. Limited to 300 copies with laid in color print signed by Raphael Soyer of which this is no. 199. Octavo (24.5cm.); original cloth, author signature facsimile embossed in silver on upper cover, silver-lettered spine; blue marbled board slipcase, decorative paper label..... More
New York: Noonday Press, 1955. First English Language Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket by Ellen Raskin; xi,[1],239pp. Minor edge wear to jacket extremities, some toning to rear panel and spine, interior fine. Very Good. Novel set in seventeenth-century Poland in the aftermath of the Chmielnicki..... More
