Di Farshvundene Velt -- The Vanished World
by Abramovitch, Raphael (Editor)
New York: Forward Association, 1947. Hardcover. vg to near fine. Oblong 4to. 575pp. 21 x 27 cm. Red cloth with woodcut-illustrated paste-down and gold lettering. Illustrated title-page. This 1947 publication is the finest photographic documentary of Jewish life in Eastern Europe during the 1920's and 30's. It has never been superseded. In addition to choosing from some thousands of postcards and family photographs submitted by readers of the Yiddish "Daily Forward", the editors were able to reproduce images... Read More
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The Book of Memories/ Sefer Ha-Zikaron [SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR]
by Abrams, Z.
New York/ Chicago [Printed in St. Louis]: Farlag Yidin, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg-. Oblong 16mo. 128pp. 64ppp. 28pp. 19pp. Textured red cloth boards with gilt lettering and tooling on the front cover. Printed in perpendicular orientation to its binding, in a style similar to a calendar (bound at the top). Floral endpapers. Illustrated title page by Sol Nodel (1912 - 1976). Inscribed and signed by the author in Yiddish on the title page. This scarce... Read More
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![Ma'aleh Bet Horin, Ve-hu Seder Hagadah Shel Pesah/ Hagadah Shel Pesah, ke-Minhag Ashkenazim ukhe-Minhag Sefaradim [THIRD EDITION OF THE AMSTERDAM HAGGADAH, MISSING THE MAP]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/928/687/485687928.0.l.jpg)
Ma'aleh Bet Horin, Ve-hu Seder Hagadah Shel Pesah/ Hagadah Shel Pesah, ke-Minhag Ashkenazim ukhe-Minhag Sefaradim [THIRD EDITION OF THE AMSTERDAM HAGGADAH, MISSING THE MAP]
by Abravanel, Isaac; Moshe Alshich; Judah Loew ben Bezalel (the Maharal); Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (commentaries by); Abraham ben Jacob (illus.)
Amsterdam: Yaccov Proops, 1781. Third edition. Hardcover. g-. Quarto. [2] 52 double-sided leaves. Rebacked in modern brown leather spine over original period brown leather boards. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Modern endpapers. Profusely illustrated throughout with copperplate engravings. Includes both an initial illustrated title page with copperplate engravings surrounding the text (Ma'aleh Bet Horin) and a printed title page with decorative woodblock borders and the publisher's device. In addition to the Hebrew text, a few sections... Read More
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Portugal Medico ou Monarchia Medico-Lusitana, historica, practica, symbolica, ethica, e politica... Parte I.
by Abreu, Joseph Francisco Antonio Ignacio Noberto Augostinho Bras luis de
Coimbra: Joam Antunes, 1726. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. [42], 763, [1], 16pp. Text in Portuguese. Speckled calf with gold lettering, tooling and ruling on spine (lightly rubbed at extremities). Raised bands. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Head and tail of spine slightly wormed. Some rubbing on covers with moderate abbrasion on calf. Some leaves lightly browned. Blank lower outer corner of final leaves wormed (not affecting text). Minor and... Read More
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Geheim1 Kartenbeilagen zur Militärgeographischen Beschreibung von Polen (Secret1: Maps for the Geographical Description of Poland for Military Purposes) [TWENTY-FOUR MAPS]
by Generalstab des Heeres 9. Abteilung
Berlin: Generalstab des Heeres, 1939. Original document. Loose leaf. Very good condition. Octavo. 24 maps. Original red pebbled cloth portfolio case with black lettering on cover. Set of 23 maps issued by the German Army General Staff in Berlin in advance of the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Inside cover stamped "Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Wehrwirtschaftliche Abteilung" (Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht / Financial Department of the Army. Comprehensive set of maps used by the General Staff of... Read More
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Yad Ramah (On Tractate Bava Batra) (in 2 vols.)
by Abulafia, Meir ben Todros HaLevi ("Ramah"); Yosef Elia HaLevi (ed.); Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi (commentary)
Thessaloniki: Mordekhai Nahman ve-David Yisraelig'ah, 1791. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg-. Two volumes, large quarto. Vol.1: [2], 157. Vol.2: [3], 158- 274, [1] 35. Double-sided leaves. Rebound in modern burgundy mottled faux-leather boards, with gilt lettering on the front covers, gilt lettering and ruling on the spines. Edges of the book block in red. Title pages bordered with small woodcut motifs. The first printed edition of this commentary on the Talmudic tractate Bava Batra by famed... Read More
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Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature
by Abusch, I. Tzvi
Leiden: Brill, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. xvi, 240pp. Index and 11 page bibliography. Brown boards lettered in white with yellow band at top. A fine, as new copy. Among the most important sources for understanding the cultures, religions, and systems of thought of ancient Mesopotamia is the large corpus of magical and medical texts directed against witchcraft. The most important of these texts is the Akkadian series Maqlû ("Burning"). [Maqlu is the longest and... Read More
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The Magical Ceremony Maqlû: a Critical Edition
by Abusch, Tzvi
Leiden: Brill, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto (11-3/4" x 8-3/4"). xxii, 404pp. Bibliography. Text in English with transliterated Assyrian incantations. Brown boards lettered in white with yellow band at top. Very slightly rubbed at tips and extremities of spine, otherwise a fine, copy. "These were only minor remarks scribbled in the margins of an excellent and most welcome edition of Maqlû, a real monument. This book is the firm foundation on which future studies... Read More
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Raffaele Pettazzoni and Herbert Jennings Rose, Correspondence 1927–1958 The Long Friendship between the Author and the Translator of The All-Knowing God. With an Appendix of Documents
by Accorinti, Domenico (author); Raffaele Pettazzoni; H J Rose (contributors)
Leiden: Brill, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Octavo. xxvii, (1), 503, (1)pp. Indices and 31 page bibliography. Pictorial buckram with black spine lettered in white. Illustrated with text photos, drawings and facsimiles (several in color). A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block). "Raffaele Pettazzoni (1883-1959), Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Rome and one of the leading historians of... Read More
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El Antirretrato del Dr. Villanueva; ochos oleos de Fernando Leal Audirac
by Acha, Juan
Mexico City: Galeria de Arte Mexicano, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large 4to. 155 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket. Dj slightly scuffed on top and bottom of spine, on bottom edge and on all corners. The set of oil paintings presented in "The Anti -Portrait of Dr. Villanueva in Eight Parts" can be discussed as a polyptych in the manner of pure painting and what Audirac has to say he seeks to make... Read More
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Concepts of Science: A Philosophical Analysis
by Achinstein, Peter
Baltimore, Maryland: John Hopkins Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiii, 266pp. Brown cloth with silver lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Professor Achinstein analyses such concepts as definitions, theories, models. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Age wear, creasing and staining on dj. Dust jacket in fair, book in overall very good condition.
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Piktogramme - Die Einsamkeit der Zeichen (Pictograms - the loneliness of signs)
by Ackermann, Marion (Hrs. / Ed.); Marion Ackermann, Pirkko Rathgeber, Theodora Vischer, Hadwig Goez, Cara Schweitzer, Daniela Stöppel, Wolf Tegethoff, Ulrich Wilmes, Georges Didi-Huberman and Tanja Zimmermann
Stuttgart; München: Kunstmuseum Stuttgart; Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Large quarto. 380, [18]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over pictorial wrappers. This striking catalog was published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, which evolved from the observation of signs in daily life and how their meanings have changed. Minor shelf wear. Some creasing and a taped closed tear along upper margin of dust-jacket. Text in German and English (pp. 307-380). DJ in... Read More
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Readings in Modern Jewish History: An Example of a Human Life
by Acosta, Uriel; Helen Lederer (trans)
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1958. Reprint. Softcover. g+ to near fine. Quarto. 23 leafs. Original printed wrappers. Poignant autobiography of this freethinking rationalist who became an example among Jews of one martyred by the intolerance of his own religious community. Uriel Acosta is sometimes cited as a forerunner of the renowned philosopher Benedict de Spinoza. Minor age wear and some toning on wrappers with nice inked signage in upper right corner of front... Read More
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Conjeturas sagradas sobre los Prophetos primeros (Sacred Conjectures on the First Prophets). Two parts bound in one volume (Complete)
by Acosta, Yshak de (Isaac) (Text by); David Nieto (Approbation by)
Leyden (Leiden): Thomas van Ge'el, 5482. First edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Quarto (9 3/4 x 8"). [8], 426, [1] blank leaf, [1] leaf (Second title), 427-906pp. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Contemporary previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "Ce livre appartient à moi, Isaac de Mozes. Celui qui le trouvera aura à bonté de moi le .... en lui donnant une pièce de six sols pour la peine. Le... Read More
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![Epistolae Praepositorum Generalium ad patres et frates Societatis Iesu [BOUND WITH] Instructio [AND] Industriae](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/732/948/1428948732.0.l.jpg)
Epistolae Praepositorum Generalium ad patres et frates Societatis Iesu [BOUND WITH] Instructio [AND] Industriae
by Acquaviva, Claudio; Ignatius of Loyola, et. al.; Bernardo Angeli (ed.)
Rome: Collegio Romano, 1615. Hardcover. Very good. Three jointly issued works in sammelband, octavo. [8], 396, [4, blank]; [4], 48, [4, index]. [8], 119, [7, index]pp. Lacks final blank leaf. Titles with elaborate woodcut borders and device; woodcut lettrines, head- and tailpieces; printed side notes. Contemporary vellum, ruled and tooled in blind; spine with raised bands, manuscript titles. Old library label at pastedown, shelf labels at spine tail and front endleaf, stamps at verso first two titles. Occasional... Read More
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Tractatus de poenis delictorum, quem Salmanticae auditoribus suis dictabat licentiatus don Ioannes Vela & Acuña diui Bartholomaei collega & cathedra voluminis publico stipendio praefectus
by Don Ioannes Vela y Acuña (Juan Vela y Acuña)
Salmanticae (Salamanca): Didacus à Cussio. Expensis Martini Perez Bibliopolae (Diego de Cussio for Martin Pérez bookseller), 1596. Prima Editio (First edition). Hardcover. f to g+. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/2"). [8], 199, [1]pp. Later full mottled sheep with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Title page with a 3 1/2 x 2 1/2" striking woodcut of Madonna and Child, seated and crowned by two angels. Decorative headpiece, initials, and tailpiece. Scarce first edition... Read More
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Adami
by Adami, Valerio (artist); Hubert Damisch and Henry Martin (text)
New York: Leon Amiel, 1974. Hardcover. Very good +. Square quarto (11"). 196pp. Color illustrated dust jacket, white spine lettered in black, over green cloth lettered in orange. Illustrated throughout with photographic endpapers, black & white text photos and some color drawings (including 3, double-page unsigned lithographs). 2" closed tear at bottom of dust jacket front panel, otherwise a near fine copy. "Adami (b. 1935) has participated fully in this book, in the choice of illustrations and... Read More
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Ken Adam Designs The Movies: James Bond And Beyond
by Adam, Ken; Christopher Frayling
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Very good- to fine condition. Small Oblong Quarto. 229 [3]pp. Original silver cloth with small debossed vignette on cover, black lettering on spine, in original illustrated dustjacket with white and red lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers, halftitle and frontispiece. Title page printed in white lettering on black. Includes impressive gatefold of the war room in Dr. Strangelove. Extensive publication illustrating the career of production designer Ken Adam. The... Read More
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Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia
by Adam, Robert; William Robertson; Charles-Louis Clérisseau (illus.)
[London]: for the Author, 1764. First edition. Modern full morocco. Very good. Large folio (53.0 by 38.0 cm). iv, [7, subscribers' list], [1, blank], 33, [1, blank] pp; 53 (of 54) leaves, comprising 60 (of 61) engraved plates (7 double-suite, 6 folding), each numbered according to the descriptive list on pp. 19-33. Plate I serves as frontispiece; five leaves each contain two or three smaller plates. Plate VI, a floor plan of the palace restored, is lacking. Recent... Read More
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Ansel Adams: Images 1923-1974
by Adams, Ansel
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. vg. Folio. Oblong. 127pp. Black and gray cloth with silver lettering to cover and spine in original dj. Minor bumping to bottom edge. Slight discoloration to edges. Creasing, chipping, discoloration and minor closed tears to dj. Pictorial endpapers. "These are the finest images of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century - Ansel Adam's selection of the important works of his career to date, presented in the... Read More
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Taos Pueblo [SIGNED BY ANSEL ADAMS]
by Adams, Ansel; Mary Austin
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. 1/950. Elephant folio. Brown half leather over sienna cloth resting in matching cloth slipcase. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated title-page plus facsimile of original title-page from 1930 edition, along with the original colophon for copy No. 1 (signed by Adams and Austin). Minor half-inch light scratch at lower spine, else a fine, clean copy. Copy No. 947, signed by Adams on the colophon. Original colophon with facsimile... Read More
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A Manual of Historical Literature
by Adams, Charles Kendall
New York: Harper & Brothers, n/d. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xxxviii,720pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Scuffing to boards. Hinges starting. "A Manual of Historical Literature comprising brief descriptions of the most important histories in English, French and German together with practical suggestions as to methods and courses of historical studies for the use of students, general readers, and collectors of... Read More
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Jolly Old Sports
by Adams, Frank
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1919. Hardcover. vg. Sm. folio. Unpaginated (44 leaves). Quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards with color illustrated onlay, as published. Scarce, profusely illustrated early 20th century English children's book accompanied by humorous rhymes. Includes three comic tales, telling the stories of unlucky hunters and fishermen: Three Jolly Huntsmen, The Little Man and his Gun, Three Jolly Fishermen. Illustrated with colorful reproductions of drawings by Frank Adams. The artist was a popular children's book... Read More
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The Genuine Works of Hippocrates
by Adams, Francis; Trans
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, 1985. Classics of Medicine Library. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 872 pp. Gilt decorated gray leather binding. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Plates. Facsimile. Translated from the Greek with a Preliminary Discourse and Annotations by Francis Adams, LL.D. Overall, in fine condition.
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Favourite Nursery Rhymes
by Adams, Frank
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1910. Hardcover. vg. Small 4to. Unpaginated [approx. 45 pp]. Cloth backed pictorial boards. Six color plates plus numerous full and partial page line drawings. Classic nursery rhymes illustrated by Adams with fine color plates and line drawings in his bold, distinctive style. Some cover soiling, otherwise very good.
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