The History of the Jews: From the War With Rome To the Present Time
by Adams, H. C.
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. [4], 412pp. Original decorative cloth with gold lettering on spine and medalion in gilt on front cover. Beveled edges. Remarkable popular history of the Jews, from the deposition of Archelaus (6 CE) to 1885. Moderate age wear on binding with some rubbing along edges. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in good+ to very good condition.
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Alvin M. Owsley of Texas: Apostle of Americanism [SIGNED]
by Adams, Marion S.
Waco, Texas: NP, 1971. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xiii,272pp. Blue cloth with signature of Owsley stamped in gilt in original dust jacket. Heavy chipping and tearing to dj. Signed by author on free front endpaper. Frontisportait of Owsley. Wonderful biography of this American soldier, orator, diplomat and past commander of the American Legion. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. Dj in poor, book in very good condition.
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A Nature Diary [SIGNED by Adams & Lawrence]
by Adams, Richard; John Lawrence (illus.)
Harmondsworth/New York: Viking/ Penguin, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. fine. Quarto. 160pp. Illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering on the covers and spine. Black buckram boards, with gilt lettering on the spine. Signed by both Richard Adams and illustrator John Lawrence on the title page. This a first edition of this delightful account of Adam's various travels in the natural environment. "' 'This', says Richard Adams of his "Nature Diary," is not a catalogue of rare and... Read More
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What We Bought: The New World
by Adams, Robert
Hannover: Stiftung Niedersachsen, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Oblong Octavo. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket red cloth with blind-stamped lettering on spine. Scenes from the Denver Metropolitan Area 1970-1974. Awarded "Spectrum," the international prize for photography of the Niedersachsen Foundation. In his foreword Robert Adams briefly sketches the history of Denver from its founding in 1861, Walt Whitman's remarks of affection in 1882, Jack Kerouac's in 1957, and the startling period of growth in the 1960s and 70s when... Read More
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West From The Columbia. Views At The River Mouth [SINGED]
by Adams, Robert
New York: Aperture Foundation, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine to fine condition. Oblong Folio (12 1/4 x 12 3/4"). 79 (1)pp. Original light gray half-cloth over textured off-white boards with gilt lettering on spine, in original photo-illustrated , black and white lettering on spine. Textured light gray endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Signed Robert Adams on front endpaper. "West from the Columbia is an essay in photographs about the meeting of a great river with the sea. The... Read More
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The Place We Live. A Retrospective Selection of Photographs 1964-2009. 3 Vols
by Adams, Robert
New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shipping box.. Small Folio. Original cream cloth with blind-stamped lettering on covers, blue on spine, in original gray, respectively blue dustjackets, photo-illustrated on back covers, housed in original printed publisher's white cardboard box. Cream textured endpapers. Frontispiece photographs. The set contains six hundred and seventy-five tritone plates. "The title is taken from John Szarkowski's foreword to The New West (1974). He wrote that... Read More
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Alders. Photographs by Robert Adams [ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED]; Poems by Carolyn Dunn
by Adams, Robert (photographer); Carolyn Dunn (poems)
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First edition. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). (12)pp. Lime green boards lettered in white. Illustrated with four photographs reproduced in duotone and one tipped-in photograph printed from the original negative by Rolfe Horne. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed on the limitation leaf by Robert Adams. "A book of three poems, four photographs reproduced in duotone, and one original photograph." OCLC "This is volume #12 from the Nazraeli Press Series "One Picture... Read More
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For 1978 and Beyond... Virginia and Ansel Adams [50th Wedding Anniversary announcement for Virginia and Ansel Adams]
by Adams, Virginia and Ansel; George Waters (Supervised by); Edmond Gross (Graphic Design by)
NP: Pacific Lithograph Company, 1978. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Large glossy page folded to make four 9" x 12" pages. 50th Wedding Anniversary announcement for Virginia and Ansel Adams. Inside features a striking photolithographic reproduction of one of Adams' iconic images: "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley", with Ansel Adams' facsimile signature at lower right margin. On page facing the photolithograph is a poem titled "I have learned" written in 1798 by William Wordsworth.... Read More
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Late Hittite Emar : the Chronology, Synchronisms, and Socio-political Aspects of a late Bronze Age Fortress Town
by Adamthwaite, Murray R.
Louvain: Peeters, 2001. First edition. Stiff wraps. near fine. Quarto (12" x 8-1/2"). xxiii, (1), 293, (1)pp. 11 page bibliography. Laminated pictorial red wrappers lettered in white. Illustrated with 2 photos of cuneiform tablets. An ex-library book with rubber stamps on title page & at bottom of text block and call letters on spine. "Late Hittite Emar" examines the economic and juridical texts from ancient Emar... to correlate the kings of Emar with the known kings... Read More
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British Workshops and the War
by Addison, Christopher
London et.al: Cassell and Company Limited, 1918. Softcover. vg. Ex-library copy: "With compliments of FREDERICK P. LEE. Fellow of Royal Colonial Institute." [Stamp to front wrapper] 8vo. 52 pp. Illustrated white wrappers with black lettering. Minor foxing, scuffing, rubbing to wrappers, with minor tears at spine. Frontis. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. In English. Very good condition.
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The Evidences of the Christian Religion: With Additional Discourses on the Being and Attributes of God, and the Other Important Doctrines of Natural and Revealed Religion
by Addison, Joseph
Glasgow: Robert Urie, 1759. Fifth edition enlarged. Hardcover. g to vg. 12mo (7 x 4 1/4"). XXIV, 25-311 [ie 310]pp. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. Raised bands. "Although he was a celebrated playwright during the 18th century, modern English speakers remember Joseph Addison for his perfection of the English essay as a genre in his magazine "The Spectator." "The Spectator" would publish short papers on philosophical, theological, or other topics meant... Read More
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Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703
by Addison, Joseph
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1705. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. (12) 534 (10)pp. Rebound in modern half calf over marbled boards with gilt ruling and lettering on red leather label of spine; raised bands. Speckled edges. Black double frame on title page. Historiated headpiece on dedication page. Handsome first edition of Addison's famous journey through Italy with some in-text illustrations depicting various Italian coins. "After travelling south to Marseilles Addison took ship for Italy on 12... Read More
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The Black Aesthetic
by Addison Gayle, Jr. (ed.)
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc, 1972. First paperback edition. Softcover. Very good condition. Octavo. xxiv, 409 (2)pp. Original black stiff wraps with white, yellow,red and green lettering on cover and spine. Collection of essays on black aesthetics including contributions of thirty-three writers, including Langston Hughes "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," on theory, music, poetry, drama and fiction, edited by literary critic Addison Gayle, Jr. The book "... is up to its eyelids in... Read More
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Lodz Ghetto: Inside a Community Under Siege. With an Afterword by Geoffrey Hartman. Annotations and Bibliographical Notes by Marek Web
by Adelson, Alan; Lapides, Robert
New York: Viking Press, 1989. Hardcover. g. Large 8vo. xxi, 526 pp. Many b/w photographs throughout. Black boards with black cloth spine and dj. Minor wear to the bottom edge of the book. Otherwise in good condition.
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Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart, mit beständiger Vergleichung der übrigen Mundarten, besonders aber der Oberdeutschen (Erster Theil, von A-E)
by Adelung, Johann Christoph
Leipzig: Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf und Comp, 1793. Second revised. Hardcover. vg. Ex-library. 4to. viii,1992,[1],pp. Numbered double-columns on each page, starting from 1 through 1992. Modern black cloth with handwritten label pasted on spine, modern endpapers. Ex-libris of Hebrew Union College on inside of front board, blind-stamp of the same on lower margin of title-page. Rare 2nd edition of Adelung's 1793 dictionary on High German. Some age wear, scuffing and staining on binding. Small waterstaining on bottom edge... Read More
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Enarrationes, de aegrotis, et morbis in Evangelio. Opus in miraculorum Christi Domini amplitudinem Ecclesiae Christianae elimatum
by Ader, Guillelmi (Guilhem Ader)
Tolosae (Toulouse): Raymundi Colomerii, 1623. Second edition. Hardcover. fair to g+. Octavo [24], 458, [6]pp (Index). Full contemporary vellum, with yapp edges. Engraved vignette on title page. Second edition of this scarce and extravagant medical treatise by Guilhem Ader, the renowned Occitan language writer from Gascony, who studied medicine in Toulouse and became a physician in the Duc of Joyeuse's army. In this work, Ader deals with diseases and the miraculous healing power of Jesus Christ. This treatise... Read More
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The Voice of America on Kishineff
by Adler, Cyrus (ed.)
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. XXVI, 491, [1], ix. Original cloth with blind-stamped printer's device on front board, and red lettering on front cover and spine. Printer's device on title-page. A sample of American reactions to the Kishinev pogrom of 1903, where Jews were attacked and dozens killed by a Christian mob, while Czarist officials either did nothing or possibly encouraged it. This book also offers a fascinating window on... Read More
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The Voice of America on Kishineff
by Adler, Cyrus (editor)
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. very good -. Small octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). xxvi, 491, (1), ix, (3)pp. Black cloth lettered in red, embossed central device on front cover. Spine dulled, inner front hinge reinforced with binder's tape. Gift donation bookplate on front pastedown, and numerous (but not offensive) library rubber stamps & markings of "University of California.
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The Voice of America on Kishineff
by Adler, Cyrus (ed.)
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. fair. Octavo. XXVI, 491, [1], ix. Original cloth with blind-stamped printer's device on front board, and red lettering on front cover and spine. Printer's device on title-page. A sample of American reactions to the Kishinev pogrom of 1903, where Jews were attacked and dozens killed by a Christian mob, fueled by anti-Semitic reports of the murder of a Christian child, while Czarist officials either did nothing or... Read More
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Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, Number 15: Jews in the Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States Being The Address Delivered by Cyrus Adler, Ph.D. President of the Jewish Historical Society At the Thirteenth Annual Meeting Held in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 27th, 1905
by Adler, Cyrus
Baltimore, MD: American Jewish Historical Society, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. VII, [1], 122, 12pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work pointing out the Jewish issues presented by the United States in its dealings with foreign nations, especially with Turkey, Switzerland, Morocco, Roumania, Russia and Persia. Some age-wear on binding with upper spine rubbed with tiny abrasion. Slight soiling on covers. Endpapers and title-page slightly soiled. Binding in overall... Read More
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American Jewish Yearbook [100 volumes] + Index
by Adler, Cyrus (ed. et al)
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 2000. Hardcover. g to g+. Quartos & large Octavos. Consecutive run from 1899 to 2000. Also includes the Index (for volumes 1-50). Thirty-four with dust jackets. Bindings in brown, green, and blue cloth with gold lettering on spines. Blind stamped front boards on volumes 1 through 8. Vols 14,15, 48-50, 71,72 & 74 are ex-library. The set discusses American Jewish History and notable figures; includes directories of local and national Jewish organizations,... Read More
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Biblical Antiquities: A Description of the Exhibit at the Cotton States International Exposition, Atlanta 1895
by Adler, Cyrus; I. M. Casanowicz;
NP: NP, ND. Softcover. vg. 8vo. [1],954-1023pp. & 46 plates. Bound in modern maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. Modern front and rear endpapers. Detailed report on the collection shown at the 'Biblical Antiquity' exhibition at the 1895 Cotton States International Exposition, held at the U. S. National Museum in Atlanta. Illustrated with 46 full-page b/w photographic reproductions of objects shown at the exposition. Lacking original wraps and title-page. Tight copy in near fine condition.
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The History of the Jews in London
by Adler, Elkan Nathan
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1930. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 255 pp. In English. Blue Cloth. Some age wear on spine, small tear where title page is attached and slight yellowing of pages, otherwise book in good condition. From the "Jewish Communities Series
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London (Jewish Community Series)
by Adler, Elkan Nathan
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1930. Hardcover. g. 12mo. xv, 255 pp. Original dark blue cloth with blind stamp border and gold lettering on cover and spine. History of the London Jewish community. B/w reproductions of paintings of Rabbi Solomon Hirschel, Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler and Sir Moses Montefiore. Includes chapters on depictions of Jews in English drama and novels. Faded spine with wear at top and bottom. Interior in good condition. Overall in good condition. ... Read More
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London
by Adler, Elkan Nathan
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1930. Hardcover. vg. 12mo. xv,255pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Ex-libris of Arthur S. Wolpe and stamp of the same in front endpapers. History of Jews in London. Jewish Communities Series. Illustrated with a few b/w reproductions of paintings as well as a plan. Very good condition.
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