Atomistische Theorie. Mit Einer Lithographierten Tafel
by Wurtz, Adolphe
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. g. 12mo. VIII, 314 pp. Three quarter cloth over paper covered boards. The Author, Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817 - 1884) was a French chemist. He is perhaps best remembered by chemists for the Wurtz reaction, to form carbon-carbon bonds by reacting alkyl halides with sodium, and for his discoveries of ethylamine and ethylene glycol. This particular volume was the personal copy of Dr. Gustav Zeuner (1828 - 1907) who was... Read More
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Systematische Wege von der Septuaginta zum hebräischen Urtext. Erster Teil
by Wurtz, Franz
Stuttgart: Verlag W. Kohlhammer, 1937. First edition. Softcover. vg. Large octavo. XXII + 1026pp. Original printed softcover. Uncut. First volume of a fascinating study of the systematic way from the Septuagint to the Hebrew text. Spine slightly age-toned. Minor chipping on front board. Text in German with some Hebrew. Overall, softcover in good to very good, interior in near fine condition.
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Die Academien der Araber und ihre Lehrer. Nach Auszugen aus Ibn Schohba's Klassen der Schafeiten [German]
by Wüstenfeld, Ferdinand
Göttingen: Academia Georgia Auggusta, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. g+. 8vo. viii, 136pp. (German) 20pp. (Arabic). Original paper wrappers in half leather over red marble paper boards. Classic introduction to Arabic literature, offering an overview of the major academies in the Islamic world. This work was reprinted in 1970. Ferdinand Wustenfeld was a leading 19th century German orientalist, who taught at the University of Göttingen. Text in German and Arabic. Some foxing and age toning to leaves. Overall in... Read More
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Polizeiverordnung vom 9. August 1930 (Gerüstordnung)
by Wutzky, I. V. (Mayor)
Berlin: Magistrat Berlin, 1930. First edition. Softcover. vg+. Octavo. 29 (1)pp., 7 folding plates. Original green wraps with black lettering, Berlin Coat of Arms and decorative ruling on cover and title page, protected by modern mylar. This Scaffolding Ordinance (Gerüstordnung), published in the official register of the City of Berlin on August 31, 1930, No. 35, regulates the production, maintenance usage of various kinds of scaffolding for the owner, manufacturer, the contractor and his delegates. The ordinance takes... Read More
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![A Comparative Review of the Opinions of Mr. James Boaden, (Editor of the Oracle) in February, March, and April, 1795; and of James Boaden, Esq. (Author of Fontainville Forest, and of a Letter to George Steevens, Esq.) in February, 1796, Relative to The Shakespeare MSS. By a Friend to Consistency [BOUND WITH 7 SCARCE PAMPHLETS & EPHEMERA]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/747/634/1692634747.0.l.jpg)
A Comparative Review of the Opinions of Mr. James Boaden, (Editor of the Oracle) in February, March, and April, 1795; and of James Boaden, Esq. (Author of Fontainville Forest, and of a Letter to George Steevens, Esq.) in February, 1796, Relative to The Shakespeare MSS. By a Friend to Consistency [BOUND WITH 7 SCARCE PAMPHLETS & EPHEMERA]
by Wyatt, Matthew or John
London: Printed for G. Sael, 1796. Hardcover. Poor to very good condition. Octavo bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards, containing eight pamphlets and ephemera. Binding with front cover and spine detached but present, wear along edges with leather at corners missing. Illustrated book plate of Joseph Swift Whistler on inside front cover. Signature of three free endpapers, title page and leaf with pages 1-2 loosely laid in. Short New York Times article on Shakespeare dispute from... Read More
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Biografia: Bylych Wiezniow Politycznych; Niemieckich Obozow Koncentracyjnych (Tom I)
by Wykonawczy, Komitet; Andrzej Szmerski; Dr. Inz. Antoni Gladysz
Philadelphia: Wydawnictwo "Promyk, 1974. Hardcover. vg. Oblong 4to. 367pp. Illustrated cloth, mylar jacket. Illustration on cover shows a prisoner electrocuted by barbed wire with "Arbeit macht frei" on top of drawing and a smoking chimney of a crematorium on background. Color frontispiece. Collection of biographies of Polish prisoners that were held in Nazi concentration camps such as Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, Mauthausen and others. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs, many of tortured inmates, corpses, and the horrors... Read More
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Ida Wyman: Chords of Memory [SIGNED]
by Wyman, Ida (Photography + Text); Melanie Herzog (Text)
Softcover. Fine condition. Signed Ida Wyman on title page. Quarto. 60pp. Original photo-illustrated wraps with black lettering on cover. Frontispiece photograph. Illustrated with forty-one full-page b/w photographs, incl. frontispiece and cover photos, by Ida Wyman and some in-text photographs. With essays by Melanie Herzog, "Ida Wyman: Chords of Memory," and Ida Wyman "ACME Newspictures." Ida Wyman was a member of the New York Photo League in the 1940s and '50s and shot over one hundred assignments for Life... Read More
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A Practical Treatise on Ventilation
by Wyman, Morrill
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1846. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xvi, 420 pp. Purple cloth binding. Illustrated with some b&w diagrams and figures. Binding almost completely faded to brown. Corners bumped. Wear to head and tail of spine. Text clean, and book in overall good condition.
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The Jews in Mediaeval Cracow: Selected records from Cracow Municipal Books / Zydzi W Sredniowiecznym Krakowie: Wypisy zrodtowe z ksiag miejskich krakowskich / Yehudei Krakow bi-Mei ha-Beinim: ha-atakot ha-mekoriyot mi-sifrei ha-rishum shel ha-ir Krakow
by Wyrozumska, Bozena
Krakow: Polska Akademia Umiejetnosci, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Short quarto. 286 pp. Pictorial paper covered boards. Book is fully annotated with an index. Consists of transcriptions of original records from Cracow during the middle ages, all of which are in Latin. Includes an introduction in both Polish and English. Book is in near fine condition.
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Kiergaard and Heidegger: The Ontology of Existence
by Wyschogrod, Michael
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. XII, 156pp. Original printed wrappers over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Printer's device on title page. This book is a study of the problems of Being in the writings of two great thinkers Kiergaard and Heidegger. The author first discusses the traditional ontological concepts in terms of which the problem of Being has been raised historically. He then traces in parallel chapters Kiergaard's and... Read More
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The Body of Faith: Judaism as Corporeal Election
by Wyschogrod, Michael
New York: Seabury Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 265pp. Half cloth over black paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine in original price-clipped dust jacket. Deckled fore-edge. "The author asserts that the faith of Israel is a carnal faith and in surveying the tradition of self-reflection within Judaism, he argues that Judaism has been denigrated by "spiritualizing" tendencies originating in rationalistic influences from Maimonides and Spinoza to the more contemporary understanding of Judaism as primarily a rational... Read More
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The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion [SIGNED]
by Xu, Xin
Jersey City, NJ: Ktav Publishing House, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto. (xii) 197pp. Illustrated multicolored glossy dust jacket with white lettering over black on the front cover and spine. Glossy black buckram boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Signed by the author in English, Chinese and Hebrew on the front free endpaper. The most comprehensive study of the historic Jewish community of Kaifeng China, by Chinese professor and scholar Xu Xin, considered the foremost authority... Read More
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The British Association / Granada Guildhall Lectures 1962
by Yadin, Yigael; Yoshinori Maeda; J. K. Galbraith
Manchester: Granada TV Network Limited, 1962. First edition. Softcover. vg. 12mo. 102pp. Original decorative wraps. Contents: The Past Speaks to the Present by Professor Yigael Yadin. Television for Teaching by Yoshinori Maeda. The Language of Economics by Dr. J. K. Galbraith. Minor rubbing to edges of wraps, head of spine slightly chipped. Very good condition.
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The Ben Sira Scroll From Masada
by Yadin, Yigael (Introduction, Emendations and Commentary by)
Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society and The Shrine of the Book, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. 49, [18], 45pp.Original half cloth over tan paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. On April 8th 1964, was discovered in one of the casemates of the eastern wall of Masada, Scroll fragments containing chapters 39, 27-43, 30 of the "Wisdom of Ben Sira" (Ecclesiasticus) in the original Hebrew version. This work makes available, for the first time, all the... Read More
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The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands In the Light of Archaeological Study (Complete in 2 Vols.)
by Yadin, Yigael
Jerusalem: International Publishing Co. LTD, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. vg+ to near fine. Quartos. Vol 1 [8], 245pp. Vol 2 [5], 247-484pp. Gilt-stamped leatherette over marbled paper boards housed in original marbled paper covered cardboard slipcase with black title-label. Captivating work discussing all the facets of the art of warfare, its implements, techniques and strategy in Biblical lands. Profusely illustrated throughout with color & b/w photographic reproductions and illustrated figures of artifacts, weaponry, pottery, excavation sites & landscapes.... Read More
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The Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness
by Yadin, Yigael (ed.)
Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, n/d. Hardcover. fair. 397,vi,pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. "This book is divided into two parts: an introduction and emendated edition of the text with a full commentary. Since the Scroll of The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness deals with a variety of subjects to which it returns several times it seemed preferable to dedicate a separate chapter to the detailed... Read More
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Masada. [VOLUMES 1 to 4 (of 8)]. The Yigael Yadin Excavations 1963-1965. Final Reports
by Yadin, Yigael and others
Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, The Hebrew University, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Folio (12-1/2" x 9-3/4"). 4 volumes. Light brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Profusely illustrated with photographs (many in color), drawings, archaeological ground plans & maps. An ex-library set with rubber stamps on title pages & bottoms of text blocks, and library pockets on rear pastedowns,otherwise near fine. Contents: 1. The Aramaic and Hebrew ostraca and jar inscriptions / Yigael Yadin and Joseph... Read More
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The Temple Scroll: The Hidden Law of the Dead Sea Sect
by Yadin, Yigael
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985. Hardcover. g. 4to. 261pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. History and analysis of the famous Dead Sea Temple Scroll by Yigael Yadin, one of the foremost archeologists of the 20th century. Yadin passed away shortly after finishing this book. Includes numerous photographs. Top of dj creased. Head and tail of spine bumped. Overall in good condition.
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Haverim V'Didim
by Yaffed, Emmanuel
Haifa: Eshkol. Hardcover. g. Oblong 8vo. 22pp. Blue half cloth over white paper boards with illustrations of animals. Hebrew children's book with poems about various animals such as camel, lamb, parrot and mouse. B/w and colored illustrations. Text in Hebrew. Back board stained. Tear to one of the pages. Overall in good condition.
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Ancient Nomads of the Aralo-Caspian Region : The Duana Archaeological Complex. University of Sydney Central Asian Programme
by Yagodin, V. N. and A. V. G. Betts and S. Blau
Leuven: Peeters, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto (12" x 8-1/2"). viii, 138, (2)pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with numerous drawings, archaeological ground plans and 7 maps. An ex-library book but with minimal rubber stamps on title page & at bottom of text block, otherwise fine. The content of this volume centers around archaeological fieldwork carried out by Yagodin and others on the Ustiurt Plateau, a remote upland desert region lying between the... Read More
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Die Sprache des Pentateuch in Ihren Beziehungen zum Aegyptischen mit einer Hieroglyphischen Beilage
by Yahadu, A. S.
London: Luzac & Co, 1936. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. XXXII. 301 + (2) + (16 pages of Egyptian Hieroglyph comparison and analyses) pp. Red cloth. Errata slip attached. Some sunning to spine, bumping to crown and bottom of spine. Some minor scuffing to rear board. Otherwise book is in very good condition.
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The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945. Translated from the Hebrew by Ina Friedman and Haya Galai
by Yahil, Leni
New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. g. Large 8vo. xviii, 808 pp. Black boards with black cloth spine. Dj. In good condition.
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Decorative Arts of Japan
by Yamada, Chisaburoh F. [General Editor]
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. g. Folio. 262pp. Gold stamped, textured paper covered boards in original illustrated dust jacket. Designed to "present a historical survey of Japan's decorative arts through a series of full-color reproductions of carefully selected masterpieces." Filled with ceramic, lacquer, metal work, and textile objects made for use as opposed to decoration. Profusely illustrated with 107 color tipped-in plates of kogei ( or "industrial arts"), from before the third century B. C.... Read More
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Yamagata
by Yamagata, Hiro; Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Elephant Folio. 350pp. Original dustjacket over blue cloth with matching clamshell box, both with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece double-page color photograph. Comprehensive publication on the work of one of the most popular artists, lavishly produced with exhaustive color and b/w reproductions of Yamagata's paintings, drawings, watercolors, serigraphs, etc. throughout, including foldouts. Foreword by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Bibliography, list of plates, and title index at rear. Additional shipping required.... Read More
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The Path of Green Leaves [[ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED]
by Yamamoto, Masao
Tucson, Arizona: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Fine condition. Signed Masao Yamamoto in Japanese on colophon and hand-numbered 430/500. Original gelatin silver print pasted to final page (2 13/16 x 1 3/4"). Small Octavo. 8 leaves. Original silver paper-covered boards with white lettering on covers and spine. Green endpapers. A book of twelve reproductions (eleven photographs and one drawing,) a short explanation, and one original photograph (altered by hand). "The path connected our house to... Read More
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