Jewish Studies In Memory of George A. Kohut 1874-1933
by Baron, Salo W.; Alexander Marx (Editors)
New York: The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XCIII, [1], 61pp (English and German), 148pp (Hebrew). Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and printer's device in gilt on front cover. Frontispiece portrait of George A. Kohut with his signature in facsimile. Printer's device on title page. A commemorative volume of scholarly essays. Includes Bibliography of G. A. Kohut. Texts in English, German and Hebrew. Some age wear on binding with spine... Read More
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Myer Myers, Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York
by Barquist, David L. (Text); Jon Butler; Jonathan D. Sarna (Essays)
New Haven; London: Yale University Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XV, [1], 304pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over red cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Myer Myers, a Jewish silversmith in Colonial America, created outstanding works for leading members of the New York elite, and the objects made in his workshop have long been regarded as among the most important American statements of the Rococo style. These works are also... Read More
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Margaret Webster. A Bio-Bibliography
by Barranger, Milly S.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Sm. 8vo. ix, 230, [3]pp. Original olive cloth with imprinted black cover and title labels with gold lettering. B/w frontispiece portrait of Margaret Webster. Illustrated with few b/w reproductions of photographs. Minor sunning on front cover. Binding in very good, interior in fine condition. Number 47 of the series "Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts." Publisher's "Book News" leaf on this title laid-in.
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Congregational Church Hymnal
by Barrett, George S. (editor)
London: Congregational Union of England and Wales, 1887. n/a. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xxxiv. 655pp. xvi. 160pp. (4)238(2)pp. Black leather with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Age wear to spine and edges. Some small white stains and some scuffing to cover. Beveled edges. All gilt page edges. Silk endpapers. Gilt stamped inscription on endpaper to Mr. Edwin Bell. Inside dentelles in gilt. Hinges starting. This book is in three parts. Part 1 covers "Hymns with Tunes," part 2... Read More
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![Figurines et Reliefs en Terre Cuite de la Mésopotamie Antique: I, Potiers, Termes de Métier, Procédés de Fabrication et Production [INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D'ARCHÉOLOGIE DE BEYROUTH, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE ET HISTORIQUE, T. LXXXV]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/768/716/913716768.0.l.jpg)
Figurines et Reliefs en Terre Cuite de la Mésopotamie Antique: I, Potiers, Termes de Métier, Procédés de Fabrication et Production [INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D'ARCHÉOLOGIE DE BEYROUTH, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE ET HISTORIQUE, T. LXXXV]
by Barrelet, Marie-Thérèse
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1968. First edition. Softcover. vg to fine. Quarto (11 x 9"). [4], 538, [2]pp (Text), LXXXVIIIpp (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Illustrated with 88 photogravure plates, including 784 figures, this scholarly work on baked-clay figurines and low-relief plaques of ancient Mesopotamia represents the first volume of an illustrated catalogue of the collection of Mesopotamian terracottas in the Louvre. ... Read More
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Pomo Indian Basketry
by Barrett, Samuel Alfred
Berkeley: The University Press, 1908. First edition. Softcover. g. 8vo. 174pp. Tan wrappers with the signature of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of The American Indians in Pasadena, California. Discoloration and minor creasing to wraps. Title and author hand written in black ink on spine. Vol.7, No.3 of the University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, pp. 134-308. Illustrated with annotated b/w photographs and a fold out plate.... Read More
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Catalogo de Incunables y Libros Raros de la Santa Iglesia Catedral de Segovia
by Barrio, D. Cristino Valverde del
San Agustin: Segovia Imp. de "El Adelantado, 1930. First edition. Softcover. fair. 4to. xxiii,510,[1]28pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Catalog of the early printings and rare books of the Segovia Cathedral. Illustrated with 28 full-page b/w reproductions of photographs of illustrated book pages on glossy paper. Age wear, creasing, staining and some chipping on wraps, crudely repaired with clear tape at head of spine. Page 300 to end bumped throughout at lower end of pages, minor creasing and chipping to... Read More
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [EASTON PRESS DELUXE LIMITED EDITION WITH ALL 50 ORIGINAL RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF 1906]
by Barrie, James M.; Arthur Rackham (illustrator)
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2018. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine condition as new. Rackham, Arthur. 1/800. Quarto (in 11-1/2" x 8-1/2" slipcase). Full beige leather lettered in gilt, a.e.g., housed in publisher's matching beige cloth slipcase with Rackham illustration on front cover. Illustrated with 50 full-color plates by Arthur Rackham and considered to be his greatest work. This now out of print Easton Press facsimile is the same size as the original 1906 first edition. A fine,... Read More
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The Admirable Crighton [in Dramatic Form]
by Barrie, James Matthew (author); Hugh Thomson (illustrator)
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. Second printing (?). Hardcover. Very good. Thomson, Hugh. 235, (1)pp. Pale green cloth decorated in dark green and red, spine lettered in green. Decorated title page, frontispiece, illustrations and cover design by Hugh Thomson.There are 20 tipped-in color plates, each with a guard sheet with a vignette and descriptive letterpress. plus numerous black & white text drawings. "Once a month, Lord Loam encourages his servants to enter the drawing room for... Read More
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Peter Pan and Wendy
by Barrie, J. M.
New York: Scribners, 1953. Hardcover. fair. Edmund Blampied. 8vo. vii, 216 pp. Decorated tan cloth w/dj. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Minor staining to edges. Dj missing large chips. Creased to edges. Some spotting to top edge. Frontis. Many illustrations. Fair condition.
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George Meredith 1909
by Barrie, J. M.
London: Constable and Co, 1909. First limited edition. Hardcover. Very good+ to near fine condition. 1/500 unnumbered. Sextodecimo. 15 [1]pp. Original cream cloth gilt lettering and red ruling on cover. All pages with red frame. Decorative head and end piece and decorative initial. Contains one full-page wood engraving. Printed by Charles Wittingham at the Chiswick Press. Written by J. M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, in honor of George Meredith, the great English poet and novelist of the... Read More
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The Little White Bird
by Barrie, J. M.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Good-. Octavo. viii, 312pp. Original black cloth with beveled edges and gilt lettering and ruling on spine, protected by modern mylar. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated map of "The Child's Map of Kensington Garden" by H. J. Ford. Fantasy novel with first appearance of Peter Pan. Some light wear along edges, small chip at head of spine. Binding rubbed. Previous owner's name inked to front free endpaper.... Read More
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Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions
by Barrow, Isaac
London: Brabazon Aylmer, 1679. Second edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 1/2"). [14]pp. 319, [1]pp. Original full calf. Raised bands. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Isaac Barrow by D. Loggan. Decorative headpieces. A collection of twelve sermons preached upon several occasions by the celebrated English Christian theologian and mathematician Isaac Barrow (1630-1677). In his sermons, considered by many as masterpieces of argumentative eloquence, Barrow avoids controversy and preaches morals. However, he was also a... Read More
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Travels in China, containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min, and a Subsequent Journey Through the Country from Pekin to Canton
by Barrow, John
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804. First edition. Hardcover. vg to vg+. Quarto. ix (i), (1) 632pp., 8 plates, two of them double-paged, incl. frontispiece. Rebound in orange leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on spine, raised bands. Frontispiece. Five plates in colored aquatints, three uncolored line-engravings. Contains various musical scores. "It will be noticed that Barrow, like William Alexander, was in the suite of the Earl of Macartney's embassy of 1792... Read More
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Exiles + Emigrés: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler
by Barron, Stephanie; Sabine Eckmann et al.
Los Angeles / New York: Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1997. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Lg. quarto. 432pp. Blind-stamped black cloth with red lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Photographic title-page. "The rise of the Nazis in the 1930s caused an unprecedented upheaval in German art circles, uprooting hundreds of artists from their homeland. As German armies invaded neighboring countries, eventually occupying Paris, the capital of the Western art... Read More
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Exiles + Emigrés: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler
by Barron, Stephanie; Sabine Eckmann et al.
Los Angeles / New York: Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Lg. quarto. 432pp. Blind-stamped black cloth with red lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Photographic title-page. "The rise of the Nazis in the 1930s caused an unprecedented upheaval in German art circles, uprooting hundreds of artists from their homeland. As German armies invaded neighboring countries, eventually occupying Paris, the capital of the Western art world, more artists were... Read More
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Art and Life in Polynesia [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]
by Barrow, T.
Rutland; Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1973. First Tuttle edition. Hardcover. g. Large quarto. 191, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth with blue lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Half-title inscribed and signed by the author to Norman Hurst. Color frontispiece. In 323 fascinating illustrations, including 43 in full-color, this work depicts the romantic races and places of Polynesia. Polynesian art expresses the racial-religious character of these oceanic peoples - men who courageously sailed unknown seas with their... Read More
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Names of Hungarian Jewish Women in the Stutthof Concentration Camp. Nevek Magyar Zsidó Nök a Stutthof - I Koncentrációs Táborban (Volume IV)
by Bar-Shaked, Gavriel (ed.)
New York: Yad Vashem. Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto. xlix,679pp. Original printed glossy paper-covered boards. Introductory text by G. Bar-Shaked in English and Hebrew. The work lists the names of over 15,000 Hungarian Jewish girls and young women that were deported from Hungary to Auschwitz, and from there transferred (mainly through Riga) to the Stutthof Concentration Camp in July and August of 1944. Names organized by town with year of birth, mother's maiden... Read More
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Der Bauer in der deutschen Vergangenheit. Monographien zur deutschen Kulturgeschichte, VI. Band
by Bartels, Adolf
Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1900. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 142pp. Stiff wrappers covered with gilt stamped, decorated cloth. Minor wear to head and tail of spine and edges. Decorated endpapers. Gilt top edge. Minor foxing to fore-and bottom page edges. A beautiful book on the role of the German farmer from the 15th to the 18th century. Wonderfully illustrated with 168 facsimiles from the original monographs. Text in German in Gothic letters. In very good condition.
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Über ein Sasanidisches Rechtsbuch
by Bartholomae, Chr
Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1910. Softcover. g. 8vo. 25pp. Illustrated wraps. Minor creasing and staining to wraps. Pages unopened. "Siztungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Stiftung Heinrich Lanz, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Jahrgang 1910, 11. Abhandlung." Text in German. Wraps in good, interior in very good condition.
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Konstantinopel [Berühmte Kunststätten No. 11]
by Barth, Hermann
Leipzig; Berlin: E. A. Seemann, 1901. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Quarto. [6], 201, [5]pp. Original illustrated soft cloth, with gold lettering to front cover and spine. All paper edges red. Publisher's logo on title page. Decorative initials. Illustrated with no less than 103 b/w photographic reproductions, this work is a remarkable history of Constantinople, a city famed for its architectural masterpieces (the Greek Orthodox cathedral of Hagia Sophia, the sacred Imperial Palace where the Emperors lived,... Read More
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![An Analysis of Vatican 30 [INSCRIBED]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/007/204/9780878204007.OL.0.m.jpg)
An Analysis of Vatican 30 [INSCRIBED]
by Barth, Lewis M.
Cincinnati, Ohio: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1973. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xvii, 342 pp. Brown cloth binding. Monographs of the Hebrew Union College. No. 1. Ex-library copy, belonging to Professor Eugene Mihaly, of the Hebrew Union College. Inscribed to Dr. Mihaly from Lewis Barth. Historical analysis and facsimiles of texts. In near fine condition.
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The Long Now
by Barth, Uta (Photographs); Russel Ferguson; Holly Myers; Jonathan Crary (Texts)
New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Quarto. 384pp. Original boards photo-illustrated in color with white lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, including several gatefolds. Uta Barth's photographs are represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the Guggenheim, Whitney Museum, among others. This publication is illustrated with more than three hundred color reproductions of Barth's challenging photographs of ordinary... Read More
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![At The Edge Of The Decipherable: Recent Photographs by Uta Barth [SIGNED with Original Mounted Photograph]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/638/982/1275982638.0.l.jpg)
At The Edge Of The Decipherable: Recent Photographs by Uta Barth [SIGNED with Original Mounted Photograph]
by Barth, Uta
Los Angeles: MOCA, 1995. Collector's Edition. Numbered 1/45 and signed by Barth on title page and lable at back of print. Quarto. Original deluxe hardbound slipcased edition with an original print mounted to woodblock, chipped mylar cover.
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The Stranger in Early Modern and Modern Jewish Tradition
by Bartlett, Catherine and Joachim Schlör (editors) and 12 other authors
Leiden: Brill, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. xii, 291, (1)pp. Index. Illustrated green boards with purple, red and green spines, lettered in white. Illustrated with 10 text figures (some in color). A fine, as new copy. "Angels are the ultimate stranger. They come from another world and have a special place in the art of the Russian Jewish painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985). In My Life (1923) the young Chagall recalls one memorable night in Saint-Petersburg.... Read More
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