Romeo and Juliet (Ram and Yael)
Vienna: Georg Brag, 1878. In later half cloth and new endpapers. XII, 168 pp (One page missing after the title page, but not from the text of the translation). Romeo and Juliet's first translation into Hebrew. More
Vienna: Georg Brag, 1878. In later half cloth and new endpapers. XII, 168 pp (One page missing after the title page, but not from the text of the translation). Romeo and Juliet's first translation into Hebrew. More
Kiev: Kooperativver Farlag “Kultur Lige”, 1927. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. 71, (1) p. The Kultur Lige edition of Sholem Aleichem’s short story, Moshkele the Thief. In the original, illustrated, modernist wrappers. More
Budapest: Schwarz, [1916]. 3. edition. in original paper. 39, 16 p. More
Moskwa: Wydawnictwo Literatury w Jezykach Obcych, 1944. First Polish edition. With 13 photographic illustrations. In publisher’s, illustrated wrappers. 22, (2) p. and 4 plates. First Polish edition of Simonov’s report on the Red Army’s discovery of the Nazi death camp at Majdanek. With 11 reproductions of the famous images, taken..... More
(Debrecen): Hanoir HaCioni - Machieket Hatarbut, (1946). Mimeograph small poster. Printed in blue. 210 × 295 mm. Illustrated advertisement poster for the book “Demokratikus Purim” that has been published in Debrecen (Hungary), 1946. The book was a parody in three acts, written by Smuél Stauber. The characters from the..... More
Moszkva (Moscow): Idegennyelvű Irodalmi Kiadó, 1944. With 13 photographic illustrations. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s, illustrated wrappers. 22, (2) p. and 4 plates. First Hungarian edition of Simonov’s report on the Red Army’s discovery of the Nazi death camp at Majdanek. With 11 reproductions of the famous images, taken after..... More
Brno: [S.n.], [1956]. First edition. Signed by both artists. With a photographic reproduction of the musicians. 4 p. Signed concert program of Władisław Szpilman and Tadeusz Wroński, for a performance in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Szpilman, the Polish-Jewish pianist, known for his memoir "The Pianist” about his survival of the Holocaust..... More
Warszawa (Warsaw): Spóldzelnia Wydawnicza, 1946. First edition. In original illustrated cover, designed by Maria Hiszpańska(-Neumann). 204, (4) p. Władysław “Władek” Szpilman (1911–2000) was a Polish-Jewish pianist, composer and memoirist. He became world-famous by Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winner film, “The Pianist” (2002) which is based on this memoir “Śmierć Miasta”, wherein Szpilman..... More
Krakowie [Krakow]: Czytelnika, 1951. First edition. Cover illustrated. 4 p. Władysław “Władek” Szpilman (1911–2000) was a Polish-Jewish pianist, composer and memoirist. He is renowned by Roman Polanski’s film “The Pianist” which is based on his memoirs, recounting how he survived the Holocaust. Szpilman studied as a pianist in Warsaw..... More
Lodz - Warsaw: Książka i sztuka, 1919. Illustrated throughout by Arthur Szyk. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated brown wrappers, printed in red. Bound with red string. (16) leaves. Szyk's first published completely illustrated book, an extremely scarce, satirical anti-German illustrated work. Arthur Szyk, together with the poet Julian Tuwim..... More
Krakow: Drukarnie Narodowa, 1945. With 25 reproductions of Tolkatchev’s drawings. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 13, (3) p., a 12 illustrated plates. First edition of this collection of Tolkatchev’s illustrated reportage on Auschwitz and its liberation. One of the earliest illustrated books about the Holocaust. Zinowij Tolkaczew (Zinovii..... More
Budapest: 1939. First edition. In original paper. 576 p + 1 loose folded insert. The work is a comprehensive historical study of the laws relating to Jews in Hungary from the time of their emancipation in 1867 and the "Numerous Clauses" in 1920, through the passage of the anti-Jewish laws..... More
Budapest: 1946. In original black paper. 32 p. Catalogue of the first post-WWII Holocaust exhibition that was held in Budapest in 1946. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with 9 photomontages by Szots Jeno, 8 by Lorincz Gyula, as well as illustrations by Sraga Weil, Bán Edit, Blassberg János, A...... More
Sosnowiec: Yung-Fen Ekonomja Press, 1936. In original illustrated paper. 48 p, Cover illustration – linocut by Zygmunt S. Boim, graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. The Young Zagłębie group of artists was established in 1933. The members – poets, writers and plastic artists – dedicated themselves..... More
Budapest: Magyar Királyi Belügyminisztérium (Magyar Királyi Állami Nyomda), November 29, 1944. Unbound as published, stiched. Signed by the secretary of the Minister of the Interior. With the stamp of the Royal Ministry of Interior of Hungary. 14 p. The official list of 600 Hungarian Jews exempted from the “race laws”..... More
Budapest: Hechaluc [Groszmann Sándor]. 1945]. Cover design and the linocut illustrations by Shraga Weil. Only edition. In original illustrated hard paper. With the original white dust cover. 216 p. One of the earliest book about the Hungarian Holocaust. Published by Hechaluc (Hehalutz), the Zionist resistant movement, whose legendary headquarters was..... More
1939. Drawing-Watercolor, Mixed media drawing. In a sketchbook. 38 page. Vlastimil Beneš is often associated with the artists of Skupina 42, with whom he is connected by generational and ideological connections. Nevertheless, his work is rather characterized by a distinct individuality that is difficult to classify into generally formulated artistic..... More
Budapest: Dated on November 17, 1944. 1 page, typed document bearing Wallenberg's stamped signature, the stamp of the Königlich Schwedische Gesandtschaft in Budapest, and a signature of probably the Swedish Ambassador, Carl Ivan Danielsson in green ink. An exceptionally rare Hungarian Holocaust document with Raoul Wallenberg's stamped signature. Typed..... More
Berlin: Bi-defus Ḥevrat ḥinukh neʻarim; Jüdischen Freyschule. [546] 1786. First edition. After leaf 10, numbering reverts to 1 and the text of Maimonides' Hilkhot Ḳidush Ha-Hodesh begins; Naṿeh Kodesh continues as a commentary to it. In contemporary half cloth. (4°); (2), (10),(41) leaves and one folded, engraved page of geometric..... More
Budapest: (Hasomér Hacair). (1946). In an original folder. 10 plate with text plate. Ten plates with printed illustrations by Shraga Weil, documenting the holocaust period and life in the camps. Shraga Weil (Ferenc Ferdinánd; 1918–2009) was a Hungarian born Israeli painter. He studied at the Academy of Art in Prague..... More
Moscow-Kharkov-Minsk: Tsenṭraler Felḳer-Farlag fun FSSR, 1930. Tears and creases to cover (open tears to spine). Notation in pen to front cover. Back cover detached. Leaf possibly missing at end. 127 [2] pp. Cover design by D. Sokolowski. A book on the subject of the cinematic arts and photography, with illustrations..... More
Budapest: Vida Miklós, [ca. 1949]. First edition.Loose, as issued. Title and table of contents in Hungarian and English. In publisher’s green paper portfolio. 32 plates. 32 lithographs by István Zádor, depicting the work of the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Hungary, after WWII. István Zádor (1882–1963) was a...... More
Tel-Aviv: Am Oved, (1973). First edition. In publisher’s cloth, with the photographic dust jacket. Association copy. Inscribed by Shazar to Moshe Dayan. 222, (2) p. Inscribed by Zalman Shazar, President of Israel to the Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan. More
New York: “Poland Fighters” Polish Labor Group, (1944). First English edition, second printing. With two facsimile illustrations. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Teresa Żarnowerówna. 48 p. One of the earliest published eyewitness accounts of Auschwitz concentration camp. The striking cover image of crossing barbed-wire fences, with the handwritten text..... More
Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kinder- und Jugend-Alijah, Bismarck-Photo, Around 1930. In original portfolio. 10 photos Photographs: 11 x 16 cm, portfolio: 35 cm. Ten photographs in a portfolio (with an enclosed dedication card). The photographs are mounted on thick papers, accompanied by handwritten captions in German, and depict the Aliyat HaNo'ar..... More