Chanuka
Liepaja (in Latvia): 1936. Ca. 79 х 52 cm. Chanuka evening of Keren Kayemet LeYisrael in Liepaja. More about Chanuka
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Collection of Five Photographs of the Ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto.
1947. Original, vintage, black and white photographs. Size: ca. 170 × 110 mm. A collection of five photographs of the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, taken during Herman Gilman’s visit in 1947. Three of the images are showing him and Józef Gitler-Barski among the ruins of the Ghetto... More about Collection of Five Photographs of the Ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto
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[In Hebrew:] Hurban Yahadut Varsha. [Liquidation of Jewish Warsaw. According to Official Documents Received by the Representation of Polish Jewry.]
[Tel Aviv]: [S.n. but Reprezentacja Żydowsta Polskiego], October 1943. First edition. Text in Hebrew, except for the map which is bilingual (Polish-Hebrew). Former collection copy, related ink inscriptions on the title page, private bookplate on title page verso (Rabbi Yehuda Liv), stamp on the second leaf and on p. 28... More about In Hebrew:] Hurban Yahadut Varsha. [Liquidation of Jewish Warsaw. According to Official Documents...
KZ - Bildbericht aus fünf Konzentrationslagern.
N. p. Amerikanischen Kriegsinformationsamt im Auftrag des Oberbefehlshabers der Alliierten Streitkräfte. (1945). Contains 44 photographs, taken during the liberation of five concentration camps: Buchenwald, Belsen, Gardelegen, Nordhausen and Ohrdruf. First photo publication in postwar Germany. (28) p. The aim of publishing this brochure by the American Office of War Information... More about KZ - Bildbericht aus fünf Konzentrationslagern
![List of Holocaust Survivors.] A türkheimi (Bajorország) volt koncentracios-tabor magyar...](/pictures/thumb/27.jpg?v=1557482875)
[List of Holocaust Survivors.] A türkheimi (Bajorország) volt koncentracios-tabor magyar foglyainak nevjegyzeke. [The List of Prisoners of the Former Concentration Camp of Türkheim (Bavaria).]
2 vintage, contemporary mimeographic pages. 11 names added to the list by unknown hand in ink. Lists more than 100 survivors, their dates of birth and addresses. Most of the people were from Budapest. The Türkheim KZ or Kaufering VI was a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp, it was... More about List of Holocaust Survivors.] A türkheimi (Bajorország) volt koncentracios-tabor magyar...
Schedule of the Jewish Minority Theatre in Riga
Riga: Ca. 1935. Printed poster in red and black. Text in Latvian and Yiddish. 50 × 70 cm. With the title and the dates of the shows of the theatre group "Ben-Ciona Vitlera" More about Schedule of the Jewish Minority Theatre in Riga
Stowarzyszenie Humanitarne “Braterstwo–B’Nei-B’Rith” w Warszawie 1922-1932. [The Humanitarian Association of The B’Nei-B’Rith Brotherhood in Warsaw 1922–1932.]
Warszawa: Brathetwo–B’Nei-B’Rith, 1932. First edition. Limited edition, printed in 400 copies. With five photographic reproductions. In publisher’s grey wrappers. 89, (7) p, and 5 plates. Publication of the Warsaw lodge of B’nai B’rith, the world’s oldest Jewish service organization, published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the foundation..... More about Stowarzyszenie Humanitarne “Braterstwo–B’Nei-B’Rith” w Warszawie 1922-1932. [The...
Tejas vakaru. [Tea Evening.]
Liepaja (in Latvia): 1935. Ca. 100 х 60 cm. Evening tea with "Palidziba" (Help) the Jewish Women's Association. More about Tejas vakaru. [Tea Evening
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We are Nimitz… [Cover Title:] United States Ship Nimitz CVN-68.
[N.p.]: [S.n.], [1977]. Contains chiefly color illustrations. First edition. In original blue cloth with gilt title and ornament on front panel. Inscribed to Moshe Dayan. 344 pages and [1] leaf folded plate. The second cruise book (July 7, 1976 – February 7, 1977) of the USS Nimitz, inscribed by Commanding... More about We are Nimitz… [Cover Title:] United States Ship Nimitz CVN-68
Wohngebiet der Juden in Litzmannstadt. [Residential Area of the Jews in Litzmannstadt.]
[Poland]: Early 1940s. Handwritten map of the Lodz ghetto with legend, marks and signs in red, green, and black ink, and pencil. Drawn on a contemporary German, mimeographed map, printed in black. Handwritten legend in Polish. 55 cm × 39 cm. Handwritten map of the Lodz Ghetto, drawn by a.... More about Wohngebiet der Juden in Litzmannstadt. [Residential Area of the Jews in Litzmannstadt
Zionist Handbill for the Election of the Members of the Zionist Congress, 1946.
Hungary: 1946. 1 page. Mimeographed copy in blue. Text in Hungarian. 210 × 297 mm. Calling the Jews to buy the Zionist Shekel in order to participate in the election of the delegates of the Twenty-second Zionist Congress in Basle, the first Congress after the Holocaust and the last during... More about Zionist Handbill for the Election of the Members of the Zionist Congress, 1946
Sefer ha-Tamar. Das Buch von der Palme des Abu Aflah aus Syracus. Ein Text aus der arabischen Geheimwissenschaft. Nach der allein erhaltenen hebräischen Ueberstzung herausgegeben und übersetzt von G. Scholem Dozent an der hebräischen Universität Jerusalem. Heft II. Ueberstzung.
Hannover: Kommissionverlag der Orient-Buchhandlung Heinz Lafaire K.-G. (Arthur Scholem, Berlin), 1927. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed to Kitty Marx-(Steinschneider). In publisher’s printed wrappers, printed in red and black. 59, (1) p. Scholem’s translation of the medieval alchemist text, inscribed in German to Kitty Marx-Steinschneider (1905–2002), a close friend of him..... More about Sefer ha-Tamar. Das Buch von der Palme des Abu Aflah aus Syracus. Ein Text aus der arabischen...
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Rinktinės zydu apysakos. O[zeris] Finkelsteinas, Ch[ackelis] Lemchenas, G[enrikas] Zimanas. [Selected Jewish Stories.]
Kaunas: Spaudos Fondo Leidinys, 1931. Illustrated with three black-and-white photographic reproductions of the authors’ portraits. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Untrimmed. 232, (2) p., and 3 plates. Scarce, Lithuanian edition of Yiddish literature. With modernist cover design. A collection of short stories by Yiddish authors, such... More about Rinktinės zydu apysakos. O[zeris] Finkelsteinas, Ch[ackelis] Lemchenas, G[enrikas] Zimanas....
I. R. privilegiata società nomata Assicurazioni Generali Austro Italiche stabilita in Trieste. Approvata con Superiore Ordinanza dell’Eccelso Governo del Littorale. Riconosciuta dagli altri governi dello stato.
Venezia: Giuseppe Antonelli, 1833. First edition. Published unbound. 15, (1) p. and 14 plates with charts. In this very early broshure Generali introduces its services and the conditions of life assurance. Gererali has been established somewhat more than a year before the date of this publication on December 26, 1831... More about I. R. privilegiata società nomata Assicurazioni Generali Austro Italiche stabilita in Trieste....
Pismo na zemi. / Písmo na zemi. Dle staré pověsti od Selmi Lagerlöfové přeložila A. G. Huebrová. [Skriften pá jordgolvet. / The Writing on the Ground.]
V Praze [Prague]: Ženská Národní Rada, 1934. First edition. Numbered copy. In publisher’s wrappers with woodcut title designed by Bochořáková-Dittrichová, and with three (two of them are full page) woodcut illustrations by her. 13, (3) p. Bochořáková-Dittrichová’s illustrations for Selma Lagerlöf’s biblical short story, her last book published in her..... More about Pismo na zemi. / Písmo na zemi. Dle staré pověsti od Selmi Lagerlöfové přeložila A. G....
![Appeal. Mayor of Capital City Budapest. June 10, 1944. No. 62.239./1944–IV.] Felhívás....](/pictures/thumb/501.jpg?v=1435119765)
[Appeal. Mayor of Capital City Budapest. June 10, 1944. No. 62.239./1944–IV.] Felhívás. Budapest Székesfőváros Polgármestere. 1944. június 10. 62.239./1944–IV. szám.
(Budapest): Kintzig János tanácsjegyző (Budapest székesfőváros házinyomdája), (1944). Original printed poster. With the coat of arms of Budapest. Signed in print by the Deputy Mayor of Capital City of Budapest. 315 × 475 mm. Order of the Deputy Mayor regarding the compulsory report of the stocks and other properties in..... More about Appeal. Mayor of Capital City Budapest. June 10, 1944. No. 62.239./1944–IV.] Felhívás....
Bogdánfy Géza és Gerlóczy Gedeon okl. épitészek munkái. 1922–1923.
Budapest: [Privately printed at “Fejér és Glatter”], [1923]. Photographically illustrated throughout. First edition. In publishers printed wrappers. 31, (1) p. First edition of this architectural album, the oeuvre of the firm of the two Hungarian architects Géza Bogdánfy and Gedeon Gerlóczy. The most part of the book, the forward..... More about Bogdánfy Géza és Gerlóczy Gedeon okl. épitészek munkái. 1922–1923
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[Epistle of Rabbi Samuel]; [Epistola Samuelis]; [Title from incipit:] Hic Incipit Prohemium Unius Libelli Translati De Arabico In Latinum De Inductione Ad Fidem Catholicam Iudeorum A Quodam iudeo Confecto.
Around the first half of the fifteen century. Manuscript in Latin. Large margins. Paper with unidentified watermark. Text in black ink, headings, initials and rubrications in red. With a note by later hand on title page, about Alfonsus: “Parisis per manum fratris Alfonciis”. In modern half vellum binding. 20 leaves..... More about Epistle of Rabbi Samuel]; [Epistola Samuelis]; [Title from incipit:] Hic Incipit Prohemium Unius...
Bylismy w Oswiecimiu. 6643 Janusz Nel Siedlecki, 75817 Krysytn Olszewski, 119198 Tadeusz Borowski. [We Were In Auschwitz. 6643 Janusz Nel Siedlecki, 75817 Krysytn Olszewski, 119198 Tadeusz Borowski.]
[Munich]: Oficyna Warszawska na Obczyznie, 1946. First edition. Numbered copy. In publisher’s illustrated cardboard. 212, (4) p. First edition of this accurate description of Auschwitz and other concentration camps and the brutality of daily life by three former Polish political prisoners. Dedicated to the U.S. Seventh Army, the liberator of... More about Bylismy w Oswiecimiu. 6643 Janusz Nel Siedlecki, 75817 Krysytn Olszewski, 119198 Tadeusz...
W Kwestji Organizowania Demonstracji i Swieta Majowego. (Tlumaczenie z Zyd. z. Nr 27, 29 i 31 Arbeiterstimme). Wydawnictwo Ogolno-Zydowskiego Zwiazku Robotniczego na Litwie, w Polsce i Rosyi. / W Kwestji Organizowania Demonstracji i Święta Majowego. (Tłumaczenie z Żyd. z. Nr 27, 29 i 31 Arbeiterstimme). Wydawnictwo Ogòlno-Żydowskiego Związku Robotniczego na Litwie, w Polsce i Rosyi. [How to Organize Demonstrations and May-Days. (Translations from the “Arbeiterstimme” no. 27, 29, 31.) Published by the General Union of Jewish Workers in Lithuania, Poland and Russia.]
London: Bund (Rosyjska Soc-demokratyczna Partja Robotnicza [Russian Social Democratic Workers Party]; Abraham Nathanson.), 1903. In original paper. Text in Polish. 22, [2] p. The publisher of this scarce booklet is the “Bund”, the General Union of Jewish Workers in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in Lite, Poyln... More about W Kwestji Organizowania Demonstracji i Swieta Majowego. (Tlumaczenie z Zyd. z. Nr 27, 29 i 31...
![In Yiddish:] Literarishe Revi. (Eynmoliker numer). Red. Oyzer Varshavski. Perets Markish, Y. Y....](/pictures/thumb/1175.jpg?v=1500036815)
[In Yiddish:] Literarishe Revi. (Eynmoliker numer). Red. Oyzer Varshavski. Perets Markish, Y. Y. Zinger, Ilya Erenburg, Itsik Fefer, Oyzer Varshavski, L. Kenig, E. Finigberg, L. Blumenfeld, Sh. Gidal. Tseykhnungen fun Mark Shagal.
Paris: [S.n.] (Imp. d’art Voltaire), 1926. Illustrated with reproductions of seven drawings (of which one full page) by Marc Chagall. First edition, first number, complete run. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 31, (1) p. Marc Chagall-illustrated, scarce Yiddish avant-garde literary review, the first and only number of the last glint of..... More about In Yiddish:] Literarishe Revi. (Eynmoliker numer). Red. Oyzer Varshavski. Perets Markish, Y. Y....
Swiatowladne daznosci Zydow. Szkic polityczny. / Światowładne dążności Żydów. Szkic polityczny. [The World-Dominating Aspiration of the Jews. Political Sketch.]
(Warsaw): (S.n.) (P. Szwede), (1921). First edition. In original, illustrated wrappers, printed in red. 32 p. Chmielowski’s antisemitic pamphlet. On the cover an antisemitic image, a caricature of a Jew trying to grab, apparently with bad intentions, a white bird with a crown. The bird could be the White Eagle..... More about Swiatowladne daznosci Zydow. Szkic polityczny. / Światowładne dążności Żydów. Szkic...
Dialogo entre el Amor, y un Cavallero Viejo, hecho por el famoso Autor Rodrigo Cota, el tio, natural de Toledo, el qual compuso la Eloga, que dicen de Mingo Revulgo, y el primer Autor de Celestina, que algunos falsamente atribuyen à Juan de Mena. Anadido el Blason de las Mugeres, discurrido por sus perfecciones, y calificado con las plausibles calidades de muchas insignes Matronas, qua celebran las Historias Sagradas, y Profanas.
[Madrid]: [Se hallara à Imprenta de Don Pedro Joseph Alonso de Padilla, Impressor, y Mercader de Libros; vive en la Calle de Santo Thomàs, junto al Contraste], [around 1740]. In 20th century leather. Panels blind tooled, spine gilt with red title vignette. Marbled endpapers. 8º; (16) p. Extremely scarce edition... More about Dialogo entre el Amor, y un Cavallero Viejo, hecho por el famoso Autor Rodrigo Cota, el tio,...
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Utrum Pentateuchus a Samaritano Sacerdote sit Conscriptus (Q. D. B. V., […] Adversus Auctorem Judicii de Richardi Simonii Historia V. T. Critica, publice different Praeses M. Sebastian Ezradus, & Respondens Hermannus Pfingsten, Buxtehuda Bremensis. Ad diem Dec. Anno MDCXCV.)
Vitembergae (Wittenberg): Literis Schrödterianis, Acad. Typ (Schrödter), 1695. First edition. Papered spine. (4º) A1–B4.; (16) p. Sebastian Edzardi (1673–1736) was a German philosopher, theologian and Lutheran missionary. Studied philosophy and theology at the Wittenberg University and became a professor of logic and metaphysics at the Academic Gymnasium of Hamburg. He..... More about Utrum Pentateuchus a Samaritano Sacerdote sit Conscriptus (Q. D. B. V., […] Adversus Auctorem...
Vagabondages. A travers, la peinture et les paysages, les bêtes et les hommes.
Paris: Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 1921. With numerous marginal illustrations by Henri Epstein. First edition. Limited, lettered. One of the fifteen lettered copies that were printed for the author. In publisher’s paper with illustrated wrappers, protected with tracing paper. (5), 2–306, (2) p. The illustrator of the book is Henri Epstein... More about Vagabondages. A travers, la peinture et les paysages, les bêtes et les hommes