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45 ITEMS - INCLUDING VERY RARE AND INTERESTING YIDDISH CURIOSITIES AND EPHEMERA, PALESTINE MANDATE AND ZIONISM, HOLOCAUST AND ANGLO JUDAICA

1. CONDER, C.R. & H.H.KITCHENER. - MAP OF WESTERN PALESTINE FROM SURVEYS CONDUCTED FOR THE COMMITTEE OF THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND London, Edward Stanford 1881 Large folding lithograph map printed in colours, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into marbled endpapers and housed in original cloth box with the publisher’s label. Measures approx. 160cm x 97cm. Bookplate William C Pickersgill. Very good condition. The Palestine Exploration Fund was established in 1865 and was extremely active in the mapping, archaeological and historical exploration of Palestine. They conducted a detailed and high quality survey of Palestine which led to the production of numerous books and maps. This item is one of the key maps produced from the survey. [ref: 18977 ] £950

2. SACHER, HARRY AND LEON SIMON. ZIONIST BANNER - BOUND VOLUME CONTAINING THE FIRST 12 ISSUES Manchester J. Massel & Sons, “The Cheetham Press” 1910 Red cloth, 24cm, 192 pp. Sacher and Simon were both protégés of Chaim Weizmann and went on to draft the Balfour Declaration. They were both very active in promoting Zionism in the early years. This periodical was published under the title “The Zionist” from 1911 until 1914. This period till the issuance of the Balfour Declaration was a critical period for the Zionist movement. Worldcat list only 2 holdings of this title (British Library and the NLI) [ref: 19023] £280

3. PALESTINE - THE JEWS AND THE ARABS [Printer] L E Joseph 1945 22cm, 8 pp. Cover title. OCLC locates one copy (National Library of South Africa). There is an additional sheet loosely inserted headed “The New Policy is No Answer” which deals with the British Government policy paper issued since the pamphlet was written. “As a Result of the Allied Victory in World War 1 the Arabs received Sovereignty over more than 1,200,000 Square Miles. Palestine constitutes less than 1% of the Total Territory”. A strong plea for the British Government to allow Jews into Palestine. [ref: 18993 ] £185

4. BLACK PAPER The British Terror in Palestine New York The Answer Publishing Co. for the American League for a Free Palestine [1946]Original printed wrappers, 23cm, 46 pp + (8) pages of photographs. Fiercely critical pamphlet on the British actions in Palestine. The front cover is in dramatic black with white lettering. It describes many of the search operations carried out by British soldiers such as “Black Sabbath” and the arrest of Rabbi Maimon (Fishman) on the Sabbath – he requested to walk to the police station but was forcibly bundled into a car. Rabbi Maimon was one of the signatories of the Declaration of Israeli Independence and was a member of the first Knesset. [ref: 19019 ] £350

5. BAWLY, L SYNOPSIS ON AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT IN PALESTINE Manchester Education Department of the University Zionist Federation 1931 Original wrappers, 26cm (quarto) 10 + (1) pp. Includes bibliography. There appear to be no copies on Worldcat or COPAC. Chipping to wrappers. [ref: 18696 ] £95

6. CROSSMAN, S. H. R., M.P AND FOOT, MICHAEL, M.P. - A PALESTINE MUNICH? London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1946. Original wrappers in the typical Gollancz style, 19cm., 31pp., text in English, overall in very good condition. Evaluates the situation in Palestine from the point of view of the Labour Party. Crossman was appointed to the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine and became a strong supporter of the Zionists. He became a great admirer of Weizmann. [ref: 14405 ] £150

7. HEAD-JENNER, CAPT. H.C. THE REAL ORIGIN OF THE BALFOUR DECLARATION Why Shed British Blood in Palestine [London] [1946] Original wrappers, 18cm, 30 + (2)pp. There is a striking image on the front wrapper. A pro-Zionist pamphlet with the profits going to the Shaare Zedek Hospital. [ref: 18992 ] £275

8. ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES, TZAVA HAGANAH L’YISRAEL GAZA STRIP AREA COMMAND Israel Defence Forces January 1975 Original wrappers, 28cm, 29pp. Cover title. Marked "Restricted." Covers the activities of the Military Administration ... from 1967 to 1974. Typescript, printed on one side of the page only. Worldcat lists one copy at the NLI. [ref: 18363 ] £180

9. JEFFRIES, J M N. - THE PALESTINE DECEPTION: “DAILY MAIL” INQUIRY ON THE SPOT London Carmelite House (1923) Original wrappers, 22cm, 72 pp. Much of spine worn away. Jeffries worked for Beaverbrook and was an anti-Zionist. This is severely anti-Zionist collection of essays as some of the chapter headings make clear. “Zionist Claims refuted – Phantom Benefits for the Empire” and “National Home for the Jews – Insincerity and Illusion”. [ref: 18739 ] £175

10. JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE MEMORANDUM ON ACTS OF ARAB AGGRESSION submitted to the United Nations Palestine Commission by the Jewish Agency for Palestine Lake Success, New York Jewish Agency for Palestine 1948 Original wrappers, 27cm, 21 pp. Deals with “Propaganda and Incitement Designed to Provoke a Breach of the Peace” and with “Direct Acts of Aggression. Many of the latter were organized outside of Palestine in neighboring Lebanon, Syria and Jordan and also from Iraq. [ref: 19004 ] £275

11. THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE MEMORANDUM ON TRUSTEESHIP FOR PALESTINE Observations on a Temporary Trusteeship for Palestine as Proposed by the United States (April 5, 1948). Submitted to the General Assembly of the United Nations by the Jewish Agency for Palestine. New York The Jewish Agency for Palestine 1948 Original wrappers, 28cm, 15 pp. Some age-toning and soiling to wrappers overall good condition. The presentation of the Trusteeship by the State Department was seen as a last minute betrayal by the Zionist community. [ref: 19002 ] £275

12. THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND. - A NATION REBORN: THE STORY OF HOW THE STATE OF ISRAEL WAS ESTABLISHED. London The Education Department of the Jewish National Fund 1969 2nd revised edition. Original wrappers, 22cm., 23pp., text in English, illustrated. In very good condition. OCLC records one copy at the Hebrew University. [ref: 14926 ] £60

13. GRANOTT, A. [ABRAHAM GRANOVSKY] THE LAND SYSTEM OF PALESTINE History and Structure London Eyre and Spottiswoode 1952 Original publishers cloth, dj. 22cm, 359 pp Includes 3 fold out plans. Slight wear and soiling to dust jacket, overall a very good copy. Land and land rights was always a major issue both under the Ottomans and under the British. Granovsky later Granot was one the experts on this he wrote several pamphlets on the subject. He was also a member of the First Knesset. [ref: 19006 ] £95

14. SHERTOK, MOSHE AND DR. ABBA HILLEL SILVER THE JEWISH AGENCY BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS Statements by Moshe Shertok and Dr Abba Hillel Silver Jewish Agency for Palestine [1948] Original wrappers, 27cm, 62 pp. There are six statements submitted before the Security Council between February 27th, 1948 and April 1, 1948. The first and last are by Moshe Shertok the others are by Dr Abba Silver. No place of publication is given. [ref: 19003 ] £250

15. [SIGNED]SOKOLOW, NAHUM. (1859-1936) HISTORY OF ZIONISM 1600-1918 [2 VOLUMES COMPLETE] With an Introduction by the Rt Hon. A. J. Balfour, with Eighty-Nine Portraits and Illustrations, selected and arranged by Israel Solomons, in 2 volumes London Longmans, Green and Co. 1919 First edition. 2 volumes. Original maroon cloth, 23.5cm, lii, 313 + lxiii, 480 pp.

Occasional foxing and some age toning. A seminal work on Zionism – a massive history of Zionism until 1918 by one of its foremost proponents and exponents. Extensively illustrated, the appendices reproduce many important source documents. A presentation copy “To Mr and Mrs L Margulies, with compliments of Nahum Sokolow, Paris , 23rd July 1919.” Some small erasure on front free endpaper and title page. Presumably Sokolow was in Paris for the Paris Peace Conference. Some dulling to spine of volume 1. Overall a nice set. [ref: 19034 ] £600

16. MENACHEM BEGIN; ANWAR SADAT; JIMMY CARTER; MENACHEM BEGIN; JIMMY CARTER; ANWAR SADAT THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS Documents Pertaining to the Conclusion of Peace Washington D C Embassy of Israel 1979 Original card wrappers. Not numbered [32pp] Maps. 28cm. A historic document outlining the peace agreement with Egypt. Contents 1. The Camp David accords. 2. The peace treaty with Egypt and associated documents. 3. Memoranda of agreement. 4. Addresses delivered at the peace signing ceremony on the White House lawn, 26 March 1979. [ref: 18693 ] £125

17. ANTIFASISZTA EGYSEG - 7 ISSUES Antifasiszta Egyseg [Anti-fascist unity] Tel Aviv 1947/48 7 individual issues of Antifasiszta Egyseg (an Anti Fascist periodical). Each issue is 16 pp, 25cm. Hungarian-language edition of “Kol-Ha’am”, a communist periodical (presumably from the Palestine Communist Party) on current political and economic matters, published in Tel Aviv. Text in Hungarian. Issues are dated (1947) June 20th, July 11, August 3, August 28, October, November and one from March 1948. A mimeographed magazine. Rare (one copy in Israel). [ref: 4436 ] £180

18. CZECHOSLOVAK JEWRY PAST AND FUTURE Special Issue On the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic New York Czechoslovak Jewish Representative Committee 1943 Original wrappers, 27cm, 42 pp. Text in English and Czech. There are messages from prominent Jews in London and New York including Stephen S. Wise, Nahum Goldman, S. Brodetsky, Ernest Frischer, Leib Jaffe, Maurice L. Perlzweig, Ignacy Schwarzbart, Ira Sud, L. Zelmanovits. The messages are poignant because of the contemporary destruction of Czechoslovakian Jewry. There are several articles on aspects of Czechoslovakian Jewish history. [ref: 18837 ] £150

19. DREYFUS. NEARLY 100 PHOTOS OF ACTORS AND SCENES IN THE DRAMA OF DISGRACE London Black and White Publishing Ltd 1899 Second Edition. 28cm, 32 pp. Very good condition. A rare photographic record of the Dreyfus Affair. There is one page introduction and the rest of the booklet consists of captioned photographs of the Dreyfus Affair. All the text is in English. [ref: 18362 ] £650

20. KOHLER, MAX - PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY Printed Opinion Addressed to Hon. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State New York 1933 Original wrappers, 28cm, 12pp. stamped confidential. Worldcat lists one copy at Harvard. A legal opinion relating to the treatment of Jews in Germany. The first part deals with the treatment of American Jewish citizens in Germany and the 2nd part deals with citizens of other countries. Max Kohler (1871-1934) was a US attorney and the son of Dr Kaufmann Kohler who headed the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. [ref: 16876 ] £350

21. KUPPERSTIEN (COOPERSTIEN), LEIB [HOLOCAUST] MEGILLAT STRUMA [SCROLL, STORY OF THE STRUMA] Tel Aviv Organisation of Oleh Rumania B’Eretz Yisrael 1942 Original wrappers, Text in Hebrew, 134 pp. The Struma was a boat carrying about 800 Jewish refugees from Romania to Mandatory Palestine. It arrived in Istanbul in December 1941 but was towed out to the Black Sea and abandoned by the Turkish authorities when it became clear that visas to Palestine would not be granted. The boat sank in February 1942 with only one survivor (David Stollar). At the end there is a letter in English addressed to Sir Harold MacMichael, the High Commissioner of Palestine. Presentation copy from the author to Rabbi Yehudah Leib Maimon, who was a member of the first Knesset and one of the signatories to the Declaration of Independence. Also has Rabbi Maimon’s bookplate (upside-down). [ref: 19008 ] £250

22. ROSS, HENRYK (PHOTOS) KLUGMAN (EDITOR) THE LAST JOURNEY OF THE JEWS OF LODZ Photographed by Henryk Ross and Edited by Aleksander Klugman Tel Aviv S. Kibel Publishing ND circa 1960 Original black cloth, oblong, 32w x 23h cm. 84 pp. A photo book. Captions in Hebrew, Yiddish, English, French, German and Polish. Some wear to cloth at fore-edge, otherwise a very good copy. [ref: 19010 ] £285

23. ADLER, REV. DR. HERMANN THE IDEAL JEWISH PASTOR: A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE, ON JUNE 23RD, 5651-1891, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS INSTALLATION, BY THE REV. DR. HERMANN ADLER, CHIEF RABBI OF THE UNITED HEBREW CONGREGATIONS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. London Wertheimer, Lea and Co. 1891 Original wrappers, 22cm, 19 pp, very good condition, wear to covers. [ref: 19011 ] £100

24. ADLER, REV. MICHAEL THE JEWS OF THE EMPIRE AND THE GREAT WAR London For The Jewish War Services Committee by Hodder and Stoughton (London) 1919 Original wrappers, 21.5cm, 15 pp. Topics covered: Jewish voluntary enlistment, chaplains, Jewish War Services Committee, hospitals, records, Jewish units, casualties and honours (casualties listed, 8674. Honours listed, 1105), Victoria Crosses, Jews at sea, in the air and on land, further stories of Gallantry. Slight age toning and mild soiling to wrapper otherwise a very good copy. [ref: 17972 ] £150

25. ASSOCIATION OF OLD BOYS OF THE LIVERPOOL HEBREW SCHOOLS LIVERPOOL HEBREW SCHOOLS - FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY BROCHURE 5664 - 5713 Liverpool T Y Lyon and CO Printers Original cream printed wrappers, 24.5cm, 160 pp. Illustrated, there are numerous photos of members and past members, there is a history of the association at the beginning. [ref: 18991 ] £150

26. BLACK, I. I. [YISRAEL YITZHAK SCHWARTZBERG] SHVILIE HAYAHADUT B’ANGLIA - THE PATHS OF JUDAISM IN ENGLAND Manchester 1903 Original printed orange wrappers, 21.5cm, 125 pp., Text in Hebrew. Some wear at spine overall good condition. [ref: 19000 ] £125

27. BULL, SIR WILLIAM (COMPILER) AND JOCELYN BRANDON (EDITOR) "FORTITER ET RECTE" A Short History of the Brandon Family (1492- 1935) London Ronald F. Brandon - printed at the Hogarth Press 1935 [ref: 19020 ] £85

28. BUTLER, R.A. THE EDUCATION BILL At a Special Meeting of the Board of Deputies of British Jews on January 10th 1944. An address on the Education Bill as it affects the Anglo-Jewish Community was given by Mr. R.A. Butler, M.P., President of the Board of Education. Professor S. Brodetsky, President of the Board of Deputies, was in the Chair, and the gathering included representatives of Jewish educational organizations. London 1944

Original wrappers, 21cm, 13pp, text in English, covers slightly stained and staples a bit rusty, still in good condition. Includes a vote of thanks from the Chief Rabbi Dr J H Hertz. Rare item only 2 physical copies on Worldcat (Frankfurt and NLI). [ref: 11410 ] £85

29. CALCRAFT, H. G.[BURNETT, JOHN]. LABOUR STATISTICS. RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 12 SEPTEMBER 1887; FOR COPY OF REPORT TO THE BOARD OF TRADE, ON THE SWEATING SYSTEM AT THE EAST END OF LONDON BY THE LABOUR CORRESPONDENT OF THE BOARD. London Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1887 Unbound, sewn, 31.5cm, 20 pp. Very good condition. This is after the large immigration of Russian Jews started to arrive in London and many of these immigrants worked in the sweatshops. “In these sweating dens nineteen twentieths of the toilers must be Jews, large numbers of whom are yet unable to speak the language of the country they work in ...” [331] Deals extensively with the Jewish community in London’s East End. No copies listed on Worldcat. [ref: 6965 ] £180

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30. CLARK, CUMBERLAND. - CHARLES DICKENS AND HIS JEWISH CHARACTERS. AUTOGRAPH CORRESPONDENCE. BETWEEN THE NOVELIST AND MRS ELIZA DAVIS (WIFE OF JAMES P DAVIS) RELATIVE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AND AS TO THE CHARACTERS OF “FAGIN” IN “ OLIVER TWIST” AND “RIAH” IN “OUR MUTUAL FRIEND”; ALSO CONCERNING THE PRESENTATION BY MRS DAVIS TO CHARLES DICKENS OF A COPY OF THE HEBREW BIBLE. London, Chiswick Press 1918. Original red gilt cloth, 23 cm, 38 + (1) pp. Some offsetting from a piece of newspaper on pages 8 and 9. A little staining on the inner margin on a few pages. Presentation copy with an ink inscription from the author. The author states “The conquest of Palestine and the fall of Jerusalem has directed the attention of the civilized world to the problem of the Jewish people.” Mrs Davis met Dickens when she purchased his house and thought him a kind man which prompted her to confront him over some of his characters that she felt were anti-Semitic.[ref: 19017] £175

31. DAICHES, SAMUEL PHD DIVORCE IN JEWISH LAW No. 1 Publications of the Society for Jewish Jurisprudence. London, Society for Jewish Jurisprudence 1926 Original wrappers, 23cm, 10pp, text in English, very good condition Reprinted from the "Journal of Comparative Legislation," November 1926 [ref: 11386 ] £35

32. [BEATLES] DELLER, JEREMY AND PAUL RYAN - THE LIVERPOOL OF BRIAN EPSTEIN Liverpool, Tate Liverpool 2007. Original wrappers, 31 p.: ill., maps; 21 cm. All edges gilt. Artist book by Jeremy Deller on Brian Epstein and Liverpool. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-garde' held at Tate Liverpool, 20 Feb. - 9 Sept. 2007. Brian Epstein was the legendary Beatles manager. Very good condition. [ref: 18955 ] £45

33. ELDERS OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY ASCAMOT OR LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE JEWISH CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHAMAIM London Printed by Wertheimer, Leman Street, Goodmans Fields 5591 - 1831 Cloth, iii + 147 pp. The Ascamot were first published in 1785 in Portuguese and in 1819, they were translated into English by order of the Meeting of the Elders (the translation was undertaken by three Gentlemen from their body). This is the first publication in English - Roth refers to this edition and an 1819 edition in Magna page 297 No 8, however I can find no holding of the 1819 edition or reference to it. Neville Laski in his extensive chapter on the printed editions of the Ascamot sees this edition as the outcome of the 1819 translation. See page 29 of The Laws and Charities of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation of London. COPAC locates one copy at Oxford, Worldcat locates a few in the USA and one at NLI [ref: 19013 ] £325

34. GOLUB, JENNIFER L. WORKING PAPERS ON CONTEMPORARY ANTI-SEMITISM - WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT BLACK ANTI- SEMITISM? New York City The American Jewish Committee 1990 Original wrappers, 21.5cm, 34 pp, very good condition. [ref: 7059 ] £30

35. GUTMAN, RABBI M I HAGGADAH SHEL PESACH Biblioteca “Baal Sem Tov” Bucharest, Bucuresti 1947 More recent cloth, Yudlov 4033. An uncommon Haggadah. [ref: 19021 ] £95

36. LAWRENCE, HARRY L., BAIREY, ZEV HAGGADAH SHEL PESAJ Mexico Beth Israel Community Center 1962 Original wrappers, 22 cm, 49 pp, text in Hebrew and English, illustrated. Very good. [ref: 18592 ] £85

37. HALEVY, J. – [ETHIOPIAN JEWRY] TE E'E EZA ÂZA SANBAT (COMMANDEMENTS DU SABBAT) / ACCOMPAGNE É DE SIX AUTRES E ÉCRITS PSEUDO-E ÉPIGRAPHIQUES ADMIS PAR LES FALACHAS OU JUIFS D'ABYSSINIE ; TEXTE E ÉTHIOPIEN ; Paris E Émile Bouillon 1902 Original printed wrappers, 26cm. xxxv, 239 pp. Text in French and Ethiopic. Some age toning to wrappers and slight chipping overall very good condition. [ref: 19001 ] £180

` 38. MANIFESTO OF THE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF TAILORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND TO THE UNORGANIZED WORKERS IN THE CLOTHING TRADE London Printed in the Commonweal printery, 40 Berner Street, Commeicial Road, E [1893] Single sheet, 44 x 28 cm. Text in English and Yiddish. Not dated but someone has written May 1893 on it. Has been restored and backed on jappaned paper. [ref: 19042] £350

39. DOS GIRANGEL FUN BRITANIA [THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AUGUST - OCTOBER 1940] London Galil Publishing Co, printed by the Narod Press 1941 Original decorative wrappers. 24cm, 34 pp. Text in Yiddish. Spine has been taped. A complete Yiddish translation of the illustrated version of the pamphlet “The Battle of Britain, August - October 1940.” There is a note on the inside back cover “A full translation by permission of the Controller of His Majesty’s Stationery Office, of the “Battle of Britain” issued for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information. Crown Copyright reserved. Available from “The Battle of Britain” in Yiddish Jewish Publications Appeal Royal Airforce Benevolent Fund. (Apply to to the Hon. Sec., The Rev. M. J. Rosenfeld, 137, Regent St, W.1.) Published by the Galil Publishing Co, Printed in England by the Narod Press.” On the rear cover is says “In Aid of the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund, Souvenir Copy Commemorating the Battle of Britain” OCLC locates one copy at UCL. [ref: 19040] £350

40. HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE HMSO DOKUMENTUM MIKOACH DOS BEIGYN ZICH MIT DEITSCHE BIRGER IN DEITSCHLAND 1938-1939 [GERMANY NO. 2 (1939): PAPERS CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF GERMAN NATIONALS IN GERMANY, 1938-1939.] PRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY London, Printed by the Narod Press, 1941. Original wrappers, 21 cm, 47 pp, a rare Yiddish translation of Cmd 6120. No copies listed on Worldcat. Spine taped, some heavy soiling on pages 20 and 21. A very rare apparently unrecorded pamphlet. [ref: 19041] £200

41. KATZ, MOSHE DENTISTIK/DENTISTRY. An essay, with quotations from the Talmud, and practical directions for all. London, 62 Myrdle St. E. 1 194, 3 Original blue cloth with gold lettering, 18.5cm., 48pp., text in Yiddish, some slight discoloration to top board, overall good condition. An essay, with quotations from the Talmud, and practical directions for all. A rare Yiddish medical book. [ref: 14416 ] £275

42. JONAS, TOBIAS. PRAK TISHE METHODE FAR DER IDISHER SHRAYB-MASHIN: SISTEMATISHER VEG VI ZIKH OYSTSULERNEN SHRAYBEN PINKTLIKH UN SHNEL OYFN IDISHEN TAYPRAYTER - PRACTICAL METHOD FOR JEWISH TYPEWRITING. New York, Tobias Jonas, 1929. Opens from the top Worldcat lists 2 copies - NYPL and YIVO 28 cm x 21 cm 50 pp illus portrait. A guide for learning how to type in Yiddish with a separate photograph of a Remington Hebrew/Yiddish typewriter. Some wear and some corners chipped away. [ref: 19014] £275

43. TOLSTOY, LEO. - DER KOYEKH FUN FINSTERNISH Warsaw : Edelshtayn, 5671 [1910]. Cloth 19cm, 142 pp Text in Yiddish. Pages heavily browned. Title page beginning to come away from binding. Repair to title page, no loss of text. Actor Jacob Adler had a New York hit in 1904 with his own Yiddish translation—the first successful production of a Tolstoy play in the United States. [ref: 19015 ] £95

44. KIMHI (KIMCHE), DAVID [THE REDAK] SEFER MICHLOL Furth Izik Zindorff 1793 Original boards, 20cm, 5 + 218 leaves. Text in Hebrew. An important book of Hebrew grammar by Rabbi David Kimchi also known as the Radak circa 1160 - 1235. Some wear to board and spine, still robustly bound. [ref: 18358 ] £250

45. SCHNEUR, ZALMAN - STRUCK, HERMANN (ILLUSTRATOR) VILNA [VILNAH POEMAH METZUYERET] AN ILLUSTRATED POEM Berlin Verlag Hasefer 1923. Original decorative red gilt cloth. 26 x 20 cm. Text in Hebrew with 10 illustrations from drawings made by Hermann Struck. A poem in Hebrew by Zalman Schneur (1887 - 1959) - a Hebrew writer and poet. Illustrated by Hermann Struck (1876 - 1944) A Jewish artist most noted for his etchings. The poem was actually written in 1917 and the drawings were made by Herman Struck in Vilna during the First World War. The poet and artist worked independently. One of a limited edition of 1,700. The illustrations are sepia toned. A bit of wear to cloth, a little piece is worn away on the back board. Previous owner’s stamp on title page. A little bit of foxing and rear hinge is shaken. [ref: 14986 ] £280