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New York: Hebrew Orphan Asylum Printing Establishment, 1876. 1st edition. Original half leather (Vols. 3,4,5) or modern cloth (Vol. 6). 8vo, 552, 768, 768, 768 pages. Illustrated. Jewish children's magazine edited by the Hebrew teacher of Emma Lazarus, which ran 8 volumes of 12 monthly issues each, from 1871-1878. Singerman S398 (he notes that most holdings are incomplete). Louis Schnabel (1829-1897) taught in the Talmud Torah of his native city, Prossnitz, Moravia, as well as "at Boskowitz and Vienna. In 1854 he went to Paris, where he remained until 1863, teaching in Derenbourg's school for boys and in Madame Cahn's school for girls. During this period he contributed extensively to the Jewish papers. Schnabel emigrated to America in 1869 and became superintendent of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York, establishing at the same time a magazine, 'Young Israel, ' which existed for eight years. In 1875 he became principal of the preparatory school for the Hebrew Union College; and in 1890 he took…
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YOUNG ISRAEL: AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUMES III-VI [3-6], EACH YEAR COMPLETE IN 12 ISSUES, 1873-1876, WITH VOLUME TITLES AND TABLES OF CONTENT. COMPLETE FOR THESE VOLUMES. [INCLUDES HALF OF ALL ISSUES PUBLISHED, WITH 48 CONSECUTIVE ISSUES IN 4 VOLUMES]
by (1xt) [Emma Lazarus connection] Schnabel, Louis & Brecher, M.; editors
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YOUNG ISRAEL: AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV (4), NRS. 1-12. COMPLETE FOR 1874 ISSUES IN 4 VOLUMES]
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New York: Hebrew Orphan Asylum Printing Establishment, 1874. 1st edition. Original half leather. 8vo, 768 pages. Illustrated. Jewish children's magazine edited by the Hebrew teacher of Emma Lazarus, which ran 8 volumes of 12 monthly issues each, from 1871-1878. Singerman S398 (he notes that most holdings are incomplete). Louis Schnabel (1829-1897) taught in the Talmud Torah of his native city, Prossnitz, Moravia, as well as "at Boskowitz and Vienna. In 1854 he went to Paris, where he remained until 1863, teaching in Derenbourg's school for boys and in Madame Cahn's school for girls. During this period he contributed extensively to the Jewish papers. Schnabel emigrated to America in 1869 and became superintendent of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York, establishing at the same time a magazine, 'Young Israel, ' which existed for eight years. In 1875 he became principal of the preparatory school for the Hebrew Union College; and in 1890 he took charge of the English classes for Russian immigrants…
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THE JEWS AND THE MOSAIC LAW
by Leeser, Isaac
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Philadelphia; Printed For The Author, And Sold By E. L. Carey And A. Hart, 1833. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original Cloth, rebacked. 1833-34 [5594]. Large 8vo. VIII, [1], 278 pages. 23 cm. . Leeser's first book.Rosenbach 375; Singerman 0578. "Part the First: Containing a Defence of the Revelation of the Pentateuch, and of the Jews for their adherence to the same." Bound with "Part the Second: Four Essays on the relative importance of Judaism and Christianity." Leeser's first book, published in 1833, a spirited defense of Jewish faith and practice. Bound in original cloth boards, re-backed with a new paper spine label. An important milestone in the history of Judaism in America. "In 1834, [Leeser] published The Jews and Mosaic Law, a defense of the Revelation of the Pentateuch and of the Jews ‘for their adherence to same. ' The book's twenty-six chapters show wide reading in the contemporary religious literature. Leeser was aware that just as he was reading works on religion written by Christians,…
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A collection of 17 'Australasian Stereo Views' published by the little-known South Australian photographer, Edwin C. Thomas
by [Stereographs]. THOMAS, Edwin C.
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The original gelatin silver photographs with the pairs of images (printed as one plate, 86 × 144 mm) mounted on light yellow cards (98 × 178 mm), uniformly printed and decorated on the verso ('Photographed by Edwin C. Thomas. Australasian Stereo Views'). Some have hand-written captions (see below). Minimal signs of age and handling; overall, in excellent condition. The 'Petersburg Times' on Friday 12 May 1893 contained a short article under the headline 'Photography'. 'It will be noted by our advertising columns that Mr Edwin C. Thomas has commenced business at Petersburg as a Photographer, and thus another long felt local want has been filled. The Studio, which is replete with the latest accessories to the photographic art, is in Jervois Street, opposite the Courthouse. Besides the ordinary work of the photographer Mr Thomas makes a specialty of stereoscopic views, in which he is very successful. The prices quoted for photographs are extremely moderate, whilst good work is assured. We believe there…
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South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
by SHACKLETON, Ernest
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London: William Heinemann, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, William Heinemann, March 1920 (first edition, fourth impression)/ November 1919. Royal octavo, xxii (last blank), 376 pages with 6 sketch maps (one full-page) plus a colour frontispiece with a captioned tissue-guard, a double-page panorama and 86 full-page plates and a large folding map. Silver-pictorial dark blue cloth, top edge dyed blue; covers a little flecked, with slight wear to the extremities; edges foxed, with occasional scattered foxing elsewhere; some light pencilling (mainly marginal emphases against passages of text describing scenes depicted in the plates, with numbers relative to the order in the list of plates); old repair with clear tape (now discoloured) to a short tear to a blank portion of the folding map near the stub; minor signs of age and use; overall, a very good copy with the trimmed pictorial front panel of the dustwrapper (now mounted on brown paper) loosely inserted. The Imperial…
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Undine: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
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Undine, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1919 Undine is a romantic tale, written in 1811 by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. Adapted from German by W. L. Courtney.Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English, 1867 - 1939).Published by William Heinemann Ltd. Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York, 1919Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 15 color plates tipped-in on matte leaves, with a captioned tissue guard, and about 40 drawings at openings, headers, and tail-pieces. 1919 Edition, at title page. Text printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. Illustrations by Hentschel Colourtype. 136 pages.Green textured boards and spine, embossed cover design, gilt embossed titles and design. Front cover with Rackham depiction of Undine. Monochrome endpapers illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
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[Playscript]: The Square Root of Wonderful
by McCULLERS. Caron
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New York: Arnold Saint-Subber / Hart Stenographic Bureau, 1957. Softcover. Near Fine. Quarto. P. 34; 29; 27 leaves printed rectos only. Screw-bound into dark blue plasticized wrappers titled in silver. A touch of soiling on the wrappers, very near fine. Produced by Arnold Saint-Subber, the Broadway production featuring Anne Baxter lasted only 45 performances. *OCLC* locates no copies of the screenplay.
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[Screenplay]: The Fixer
by TRUMBO, Dalton (Bernard Malamud)
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Beverly Hills, Ca: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. Quarto. 129 mechanically produced leaves printed rectos only, with additional blue revision sheets bound in. Bradbound blue wrappers. Inventory control number 85 on front wrap. Title page credits writer Trumbo, director John Frankenheimer and producer Edward Lewis. A bit toned, else near fine. The novel was the winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Dalton Trumbo scripted the John Frankenheimer film starring Alan Bates and Dirk Bogarde.
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A Penny for the Poor
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New York: Hillman-Curl, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Translated by Desmond I. Vesey. Verse translation by Christopher Isherwood. Tiny stamped initials on half-title and copyright page, else fine in handsome near fine dust jacket with a light toning on the spine. A novel (later re-issued as *Threepenny Novel*) loosely based on John Gay's *The Beggar's Opera*, filtered through Brecht's experiences among the criminal fringe elements of the Weimar Republic. A novelization by Brecht of his famous collaboration with Kurt Weill, the 1928 musical drama *The Three-Penny Opera* (the opera had not previously appeared in America). The play continues to be widely performed, was filmed on many occasions, and provided the popular hit song "Mack the Knife." A nick copy of an important title.
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Mr. Norris Changes Trains
by ISHERWOOD, Christopher
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London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Spotting on the boards, some overall light foxing, very good in spine-toned, near very good dust jacket with several internal repairs. Isherwood lived in Berlin from 1929 to 1933 - his observations on the decay of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism form the basis for this title, which was later combined with *Goodbye to Berlin* as *The Berlin Stories*, the latter ultimately becoming the musical and subsequent film *Cabaret*.
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Winter's Tales
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(New York): Random House, 1942. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition in the form of tall galleys. Butcher paper brown wrappers with applied printed publisher's label, and another label ("An 'A' Book to be considered at the Next Meeting") which in our experience was issued by the Book-of-the-Month Club to chose selections. Small chips on the bottom label, small tears at extremities of the wrappers, a little bowed, else near very good.
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[Playscript]: The Displaced Person. Adapted from stories by Flannery O'Connor
by DAWKINS, Cecil. (Flannery O'Connor)
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New York: The American Place Theatre, 1966. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. P. 42; 41. Mimeographed leaves printed rectos only in purple. Control number written on titlepage. Prong-bound and reinforced amateurishly but neatly with masking tape, some modest toning, very good. The play ran off-Broadway for just 17 performances. *OCLC* locates no copies.
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Flosculi Sententiarum: Printers Flowers Moralized
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Northampton, Massachusetts: Gehenna Press, 1967. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Small folio. Quarter vellum gilt and marbled papercovered boards. Type-face designed by Bruce Rogers. Arranged by Leonard Baskin. Copy number 183 of 200 numbered copies. A beautiful book.
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[Screenplay]: All the Way Home
by REISMAN, Jr., Philip. (James Agree)
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[No place]: David Susskind's Production, 1963. Softcover. Near Fine. Quarto. 186 mechanically produced leaves printed rectos only. Bradbound red wrappers. Inventory control number on first leaf. Title page credits writer Reisman. Title on a spine label, one corner chipped on rear wrap, a little smudging or staining on the front wrap, very good or better. Screenplay based on James Agee's novel *A Death in the Family*, and Tad Mosel's Pulitzer Prize winning play based on the novel *All the Way Home.*.
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The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle
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London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1968. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Folio. Fine in printed wrappers, and laid into the finished dust jacket, which is near fine with small tears. Publisher's printed letter laid in announcing the upcoming of this title and *Smith of Wootton Major* Tolkien's poems set to Donald Swann's music. An uncommon format for this title.
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When She Was Good
by ROTH, Philip
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New York: Random House, 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof in the form of tall galleys printed rectos only in plastic spiral printed blue wrappers. A little age-toning, cheap proofing paper a little toned, else near fine. Very uncommon format of the author's third book.
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Anecdotes of Destiny
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New York: Random House, 1958. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof in the form of tall galleys printed rectos only. Blue wrappers with applied publisher's label. Toning along the spine, faint crease in lower right corner, else near fine. Five stories, including the novella "Babette's Feast," which was the basis for the acclaimed 1987 film (the first Danish film of any of her works, as well as the first Danish winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar). Extremely uncommon in this format.
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Karikaturen Vom Achten Internationalen Psychoanalytischen Kongress Salzburg-Ostern 1924
by Szekely-Kovacs, Olga; Bereny, Robert
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Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag. 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The boards are sprung and soiled. Rear half of the pages are somewhat warped. The book contains caricatures of attendees of the Salzburg conference. This is Joan Riviere's copy, (her caricature included) and is signed and dated by her on the front free endpaper; "Salzburg, April, 1924." Riviere, was a favored, early English translator of Freud and analyst. A very scarce item. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The tomb of the vizier Ramose
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Very rare, one of 500 only copies. Based on preliminary work by the late T.E. Peet and illustrated with the help of H. Burton, Nina M. Davies, W.B. Emery, and G.S. Mileham. EEF - Mond excavations at Thebes 1. EES, London, 1941. First edition. Large folio, 48 pages, 57 plates. Original beige cloth, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Van Siclen III. Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: New Kingdom, Amarna, Pyramids, Tombs, Temples & Towns.
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The Mayer Papyri A & B. Nos. M 11162 and M. 11186 of the Free Public Museums, Liverpool
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Extremely rare. Egypt Exploration Society, London, 1920. First edition. Large folio, vi & 20 pages, 27 plates. Original cloth with boards, a very good copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Van Siclen III. Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: New Kingdom, Language, Texts & Writing.
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