Roots In A Moving Stream. The Centennial History of Congregation B'nai Jehudah of Kansas City. [INSCRIBED, SIGNED]
by Adler, Frank J.
Kansas City: The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XXIII, 466, [2]pp. Original full cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Half-title page inscribed and signed by the author. Fascinating work being "the finest Jewish congregational history that has yet been written" (Jacob R. Marcus). Indeed, this book is the product of Adler's laborious research, countless interviews, and careful writing. The history of Congregation B'nai Jehudah is presented by the... Read More
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Die Nacht vor zehn Jahren" (Sweety)
by Adler, Hans
Wien: Georg Marton Verlag, 1934. Manuscript. Softcover. g to vg. Quarto. 38, 32, 27 (1) leaves. Black quarter binder's tape over gray wraps with blue lettering on cover. Detailing copyright and stage production rights on title page. Carbon copy on vellum paper as an unsalable sample for the stage. Arranged according to the premiere at the Deutsche Volkstheater in Vienna on March 21, 1934. The comedy in three acts is set at the chocolate manufacturer Villier's imaginary castle... Read More
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Neuzeitliche Miethäuser und Siedlungen (Modern Appartment Buildings and Settlements)
by Adler, Leo (Ed.)
Berlin-Charlottenburg: Ernst Pollak Verlag, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Large Quarto. xvi, 272pp. Original blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on cover, gilt lettering and ruling on red label of spine. Cream endpapers. Compilation of modern apartment buildings and settlements to demonstrate the work of contemporary architects. The book is devided into three chapters: low rise, medium rise and high rise buildings. "The observant viewer of contemporary architectural development will notice, particularly in these days,... Read More
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Sociologica: Aufsätze, Max Horkheimer zum sechzigsten Geburtstag gewidment [INSCRIBED]
by Adorno, Theodor W.; Walter Dirks (eds.)
Frankfurt: Europäische Verlagsanstalt, 1955. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Inscribed "E.H.W. with kindest regards F.P." on title page. Small Quarto. 77-156pp. Original printed tan wraps. Special print from Frankfurter Beiträge zur Soziologie (Frankfurt Contributions on Sociology) on request of the Institute for Social Research. Dedicated to Max Horkheimer on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Contains Friedrich Pollock's: Automation in USA. Observations on the Second Industrial Revolution. "An age of plenty for the living is now technologically... Read More
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Notes to Literature. Volume Two
by Adorno, Theodor W.; Rolf Tiedemann (Editor); Shierry Weber Nicholsen (Translator)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XX, 350pp. Original pictorial wrappers over blue cloth, with silver lettering on spine. Fascinating work containing volumes three and four of "Noten zur Literatur, including numerous essays on works by Mann, Bloch, Hölderlin, Karl Kraus, Siegfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin, and Stefan George. Also included are Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary topics: the physical qualities of books, political commitment in literature, books' titles, the lighthearted and the serious... Read More
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Bordell und Boudoir: Schauplätze der Moderne (Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso)
by Adriani, Götz
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. 296pp. Blue cloth with blind-stamped title on cover and spine in original color illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color & b/w photographic reproductions of art work by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Pablo Picasso. The paintings depict scenes from brothels & boudoirs and caused an uproar in the late 19th and early 20th century. Also includes b/w reproductions of photographs. Text in German. Tail of spine slightly... Read More
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The Kumiuta and Danmono Traditions of Japanese Koto Music
by Adriaansz, Willem
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. xii,493,(1)pp. Index and bibliography. Blue cloth titled in silver. Text in English with Japanese alliteration and numerous examples of printed music, including 182 full pages of printed sheet music.
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![Theatrum Terrae Sanctae Et Biblicarum Historiarum cum Tabulis Geographicus aere Expressis; Urbis Hierosolymae quem Admodum ea Christi D. N. Tempore Florvit, et Suburbanorum eius Brevis Descriptio [COMPLETE]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/122/519/477519122.0.l.jpg)
Theatrum Terrae Sanctae Et Biblicarum Historiarum cum Tabulis Geographicus aere Expressis; Urbis Hierosolymae quem Admodum ea Christi D. N. Tempore Florvit, et Suburbanorum eius Brevis Descriptio [COMPLETE]
by Adrichomio, Christiano (Christian Kruik van Adrichem, Christianus Crucius Adrichomius)
Cologne: Arnoldi Mylij, 1593. Second edition. Hardcover. g+. Folio. [12], 286, [30], plus foldout maps. 3/4 calf over paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine; professionally rebacked with raised bands and brown leather title plate. Engraved title-page with images of Moses, Joshua, the Ark of the Covenant being carried through the Jordan river, and Mother Church with a cross. Decorative initials and head and tail pieces. Fascinating second edition of this scarce Biblical atlas, profusely illustrated with... Read More
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Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et biblicarum historiarium cum tabulis geographicis aere expressis
by Adrichomio, Christiano (Christian Kruik van Adrichem, Christianus Crucius Adrichomius)
Coloniae Agrippinae (Cologne): In Officina Birckmannica, Sumptibus Hermanni Mylij, 1613. Later edition (Fourth edition). Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio. [12], 286, [30]pp. Uncut. Modern gilt-stamped calf, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. Modern marbled endpapers. Engraved title. Decorative initials and tailpieces. Originally published in 1590, "Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarium" gives a striking and pictorial description of Palestine, of the antiquities of Jerusalem, and a chronology from Adam till the death of John the... Read More
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Die AEG und die Entwicklung der elektrischen Lokomotiven (1924) + Die 5000. elektrische Lokomotive der Allgemeinen Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (1938). 2 volumes
by AEG
NP: AEG, 1938. First edition. Softcover. vg. Collection of two illustrated booklets on the role of the Allgemeinen Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) in the development of electric locomotives. Ever since its foundation in 1887, AEG has pioneered advanced electrical engineering, being synonymous with German engineering, design and precision. - Die AEG und die Entwickelung der elektrischen Lokomotiven (1924): Quarto. 41, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Complete with its 9 photogravure plates depicting electric locomotives and 26 b/w in-text figs. Text... Read More
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Систематический указатель литературы о евреях на русском языке/ Sistematicheskii ukazatel literatury o evreiakh na russkom iazyke so vremeni vvedeniia grazhdanskogo shrifta (1708) po dekabr' 1889 g. (Systematic Guide to Russian-Language Literature About Jews. Supplement to the journal "Voskhod")
by Ландау, А.Е. (A.E. Landau, ed.)
St. Petersburg: типо-литография А.Е. Ландау (Printed by A.E. Laudau)/ Восходъ (Voskhod), 1892. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Octavo. 568pp. Burgundy cloth over decorative tan and grey paper boards. White paper label on the tail of the spine. Blue speckled right edge of the book block. Pages uncut. The work is a fascinating and comprehensive bibliography of Jewish-related publications in Russian, from the introduction of the Civil typeface* in 1708, through 1889. The book contains an astounding list... Read More
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The Oresteia [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]
by Aeschylus; E.D.A. Morshead (translated by), Michael Ayrton (Illustrated by)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Limited edition. Hardcover. good+ to near fine. 1/1500. Folio. xix, 177pp, [1]. Maroon buckram slip case, red label with gilt lettering on spine. Red leather over brown cloth boards, gilt letter "O" on front cover. Tan cloth label with gilt lettering mounted on spine. Frontispiece. This limited edition, #87 of 1500 copies hand numbered and signed by illustrator Michael Ayrton at colophon, contains finely printed illustrations in b/w and color reproduced... Read More
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Introduction à l'étude des hérésies religieuses parmi les Juifs. La Kabbale. Le Hassidisme. Essai critique
by Aescoly-Weintraub, A.-Z
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1928. First edition. Softcover. vg. Large octavo. XI + LI + 202pp. Original softcover. Uncut. Fascinating introduction to the study of Religious Heresies of the Jews, the Kabbalah, and a critical essay on Chasidism. Very minor age-toning on spine. Text in French. Overall, softcover in very good to near fine, interior in fine condition.
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Introduction à l'Étude des Hérésies Religieuses parmi les Juifs: La Kabbale, Le Hassidisme - Essai Critique
by Aescoly-Weintraub, A.-Z
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1928. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Quarto. XI, [1], LI, [1], 202, [4]pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers. Captivating introduction to the study of religious heresies of the Jews, the Kabbalah, and a critical essay on Chasidism by renown writer, historian, and ethnologist Aaron Ze'ev Aescoly-Weintraub (1901-1948). Ex-library copy with stamp on front cover and title page (Couvent des Franciscains, Toulouse - Bibliothèque), and reference number in pen at upper margin of... Read More
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Aesop's Fables. A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton and Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. [EASTON PRESS' LIMITED RE-CREATION OF THE FAMED 1912 EDITION]
by Aesop
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2020. First edition thus. 1/1200. Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-3/4"). Full dark green leather accented in red & gilt. A.e.g. Housed in publisher's green cloth slipcase with a gilt reproduction of the 1912 title page on front cover. Illustrated with Arthur Rackham's 13 tipped-in watercolor plates and 51 black & white drawings. Presented as they were in the rare limited first edition of 1912. A fine, as new copy (now out-of-print) still in the Easton... Read More
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Gandhiji's Reflections on Democracy
by National Council on Asian Affairs
Philadelphia: National Council on Asian Affairs, 1957. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Small folio. 55pp. Original decorative wrappers and endpapers. Illustrated half-title and title page. Decorative initials. Published to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Indian independence, this album contains quotations which express Gandhi's advocacy of democratic government. The quotations are combined with 26 striking photogravures showing (for most of them) democracy in action in India. Wrappers sunned on spine and along edges. Slight age-toning along paper margin.... Read More
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The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs
by Afnān, Ḥabīb Allāh (author); Ahang Rabbani (translator)
Leiden: Brill, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Octavo. xix, (3), 404pp. Indices and bibliography. Pictorial buckram with black spine lettered in white. Illustrated with several photographs and a map. A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block). The Bábí and Baháʾí Faiths represent two of the most important religious movements of modern times. This book relates the story of the evolution of the Bábí-Baháʾí... Read More
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![A Liturgical Discourse of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Containing a Clear, Solid Explanation in General and Particular of its Substance, Nature, Quality, Antiquity, Use, Rites and Ceremonies, deduced out of the Sacred Scripture, Apostolical Tradition, Holy Councils, Orthodox Fathers, continual Practise of Gods Church, and Unanimous Consent of all Christian Nations. Divided into Two Parts and Collected by A.F., the least of Friar Minors, for the help of devout Catholicks, in order to the more spiritual and profitable hearing thereof. The First Part [WITH] A Liturgical Discourse of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Wherein is Contained a Summary Explication of the Several Parts, Rites, and Ceremonies thereof, out of the Scriptures, Tradition, Councils, and Holy Fathers; Conformable to the Use and Practice of our Holy Mother the Church. The Second Part. Two volumes bound in one (Complete)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/708/412/986412708.0.l.1.jpg)
A Liturgical Discourse of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Containing a Clear, Solid Explanation in General and Particular of its Substance, Nature, Quality, Antiquity, Use, Rites and Ceremonies, deduced out of the Sacred Scripture, Apostolical Tradition, Holy Councils, Orthodox Fathers, continual Practise of Gods Church, and Unanimous Consent of all Christian Nations. Divided into Two Parts and Collected by A.F., the least of Friar Minors, for the help of devout Catholicks, in order to the more spiritual and profitable hearing thereof. The First Part [WITH] A Liturgical Discourse of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Wherein is Contained a Summary Explication of the Several Parts, Rites, and Ceremonies thereof, out of the Scriptures, Tradition, Councils, and Holy Fathers; Conformable to the Use and Practice of our Holy Mother the Church. The Second Part. Two volumes bound in one (Complete)
by A. F. (Richard Mason aka Angelus of St. Francis Mason )
NP [London]: NP, 1670. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5"). [36], 184, [8]pp (Part 1); [2], 318, [26],pp. Full calf, rebacked, but retaining the original covers and the gold-lettered leather title label on spine. Raised bands. All paper edges spotted in red. Place of publication from Wing M936. Decorative headpieces, initial and tailpiece. Long epistle dedicatory to Henry Arundel, Baron of Warder, and Count of the Sacred Empire. Angelus of St. Francis... Read More
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This is the Land: AGA-Film [SIGNED]
by Agadati, Baruch
Vienna: Film propaganda Ges.m.b.H., 1935. First edition. Softcover. vg. Signed B. Agadati in Hebrew on back cover. Large Quarto. 8pp. Original photographically illustrated stapled wraps with white and brown lettering. Aga-Film-Production 1935, Tel Aviv, Palestine. Directed by B. Agadati. Illustrated with exquisite photomontages in photogravure throughout, the synopsis of the film is disbursed in the program in English, Hebrew and German. "It happened fifty years ago. A group of Jewish students, the gates of higher learning slammed... Read More
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L'Union Indochinoise Francaise ou Indochine Orientale; Régions Naturelles et Geographie Economique
by Agard, A.
Hanoi: Imprimerie d'Extreme-Orient, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Lg. 4to. 370,[2],pp. Brown cloth spine over map illustrated paper-covered front cover, illustration in duo-tone on back board, black lettering on spine. Binding protected by modern mylar jacket. Signature of previous owner on inside of front board. Fascinating study and analysis of French Indochina by Prof. A. Agard, includes many statistics. Illustrated with 14 full-page color maps (some in rich vibrant colors), b/w photographic reproductions of photographs, as well as... Read More
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Histoire Naturelle des Poissons d'Eau Douce de l'Europe Centrale: Embryologie des Salmones
by Agassiz, Louis; Carl Vogt; Antoine Sonrel
Neuchatel, Suisse: Institut Lithographique de H. Nicolet, 1842. First edition. Hardcover. fair to g. Folio. [10] leaves (Half-Title, Title, Notes and Captions), [14] leaves (lithographic plates). Original illustrated paper covered portfolio. Second part (Livraison II) of the "Embryologie des Salmones", by Louis Agassiz* and Carl Vogt, containing 14 plates (in which 3 are partly colored) by Carl Vogt and Antoine Sonrel*. Sonrel, who has been employed by Agassiz in Neuchatel, was one of the outstanding lithographic artists of... Read More
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Egypt The Sinaitic Desert and The Holy Land
by Agate, Margaret M.
London: Paisley. Printed for Private Circulation by Alexander Gardner, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. 245pp., 87 plates. Original half leather over green cloth boards with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering on spine. Protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece by Captain Adlercron with printed tissue guard. The other photographs taken by Agate's husband William Agate. "Margaret Agate kept a diary of her journey in Egypt between Autumn 1901 and Spring 1902. She made an excursion on... Read More
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Olympiajahr... Photographier-Jahr.. Camera heraus..!
by Agfa
Berlin: Agfa, 1936. First edition. Softcover. vg. 12mo. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Splendid 1936 Agfa catalogue featuring the latest cameras and other photographic supplies. Includes price list. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with numerous photographic reproductions in photogravure. Spine slightly rubbed and creased. Text in German. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in very good condition.
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Hundert Jahre Photographie und die Agfa (Schmalfilm)
by I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft (Agfa)
Berlin: NP, 1939. Hardcover. vg. History of 100 years of photography on 4 rolls of original 16mm film. Each film is stored in its original tin box and is resting in a wooden carrying case with compartments. Case has metal locks and leather handle. "100 Jahre Photographie 1839-1939 Agfa" in blue letters on cover of case. Inside of case is lined with blue velvet. Additional small wooden box within case holding 20 mounted slides. About 20 slides are... Read More
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The Generations of the Jewish Nation: From Creation to the State of Israel / seire tahavolate ejtemaee va mazhabiye melate yahood / سير تحولات اجتماعى و مذهبى ملت یهود
by Gaddy (Bahram) Aghalarpour
Canoga Park, CA: H. S. Mortazavi Co, 5766. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over photo-illustrated paper covered boards. Ribbon marker. Written by an Iranian Jew, this monumental volume tells the story of ancient Israel from the beginnings* to the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel (to be known as the State of Israel), on May 14, 1948. This book is profusely illustrated throughout with numerous color and b/w photographic reproductions and includes several... Read More
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