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Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller Eric Chaim Kline P. O. Box 829 • USA – Santa Monica, CA 90406 Written during her years serving as a teacher and principal at M Street High School in Washington, D.C, this historically Tel. +1 818 9209968 significant work by Anna Julia Cooper, the author’s first book, is considered to be among the earliest works of black femi- [email protected] nism. Drawing on her own personal experiences and background, the book touches on a number of topics including insightful observations on gender, race and class, as well as socioeconomic issues. Throughout her writings Cooper main- Photography • Architecture • Art • Judaic • German and foreign-languages works tains the notion of the specific importance and value of the perspective of women of color. Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1858 – 1964) was a pioneering African-American feminist educator, scholar, author and activist. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, as a slave to prominent landowner George Washington Haywood, she went on to excel academically, received a Full descriptions and multiple images for each work are available on our website higher education and ultimately earn a PhD in history from the University of Paris-Sorbonne in 1924, at the age of 65. In www.klinebooks.com doing so, she became the fourth African-American woman in history to receive a doctorate. She died in in Washington, D.C. in 1964, at the age of 105. *The statement “Copyright 1892 by Anna Julia Cooper” is on the verso of the title page. Binding with some light rubbing to the extremities, including the head and tail of the spine. Binding in very good+, interior in near fine condition overall. Binding protected with modern mylar. Quite scarce. vg+ to near fine. Hardcover. [Brunet, Gustave]. Le Marquis de Sade: L’homme et ses écrits. Etude Bio-bibliographique. Sadopolis: Justin Valcourt, 1866. Furtwängler, Wilhelm. Collection of 12 items [Signed]. Ger- Limited Edition. 1/150 copies. 12mo. 69pp. 3/4 maroon leather many: 1915-1951. Orig. document. A collection of twelve over marbled boards with gilt decoration and lettering to spine. pieces from the renowned conductor of the Berlin symphony: Raised bands. Marbled end papers. Illustrated title page. Orna- one large format photograph with personal inscription on mental printers’ devices as head- and tailpieces. The headpieces mount, one signed photographic postcard, one original photo- seem to be based on the Marquis’ own sketches. 900,- graphic portrait, three signed typewritten letters, two signed Scarce and early account of the life and writings of French aristocrat, philosopher handwritten postcards, one signed music manuscript, one origi- and writer Donatien Alphonse François de Sade (1740-1814), best known for his nal press photo, a signed program of the Berlin Philharmonic explicit sexual works, as well as his writings depicting violence, criminality and Orchestra, and an unused photographic postcard. Text in Ger- blasphemy against the Catholic Church. Chapters listed at the back of the book: “L’homme”, “Ses écrits” and “Discours prononcé á la Section des Piques”. One of man. Good to very good condition overall. Loose leaf. 9.000,- 150 copies of which this is No. 128. Binding rubbed along joints. Some foxing to Contents: 1) Wilhelm Furtwängler Press Photo. Frankfurt, United Press. 7 x fly leaves. Text in French. Binding in overall good, interior in good+ to very good 9 1/2 inch original b/w photograph of Wilhelm Furtwängler conversing with condition. g to vg. Hardcover. Ernst Fischer. Fischer was the “Vorstand der Philharmoniker” (Manager of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra). 2) Signed photograph, 6.8 x 9.2 inch photograph mounted on 11.6 x 15.6 inch photo Bukowski, Charles. Crucifix in a grapher’s mount. 3) Signed photograph, 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Signed “Furtwängler,” in ink beneath image. 4) Signed musi- Deathhand: New Poems 1963-65 cal manuscript (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") containing three bars of music from an unidentified composition. 5) Letter from Wil- helm Furtwängler to the Herrn Generalintendendanten, dated 12 September 1930. Signed by Furtwängler. 6) Signed [Signed]. New York: Lyle Stuart, typewritten letter, “Dr. W. Furtwängler”, Berlin, 23rd October 1931. 7) Handwritten and signed postcard. W. Furtwäng Inc., printed by the Loujon Press, New Orleans, 1965. First ler, Mannheim, 1915 (postmark), to the violinist Melanie Michaelis (1882-1941). 8) Signed typewritten letter. “Wil- edition. Signed with a drawing by Charles Bukowski on helm Furtwängler”, Mailand, 15th April 1951. 9) Handwritten and signed postcard. Mannheim, dated 29 May 1924. half-title and inscription with Bukowski’s signature and fully 10) Unused, 3 1/5" x 5 1/4" postcard of a b/w reproduction of a photograph showing Furtwängler reading a newspaper. 11) Original photographic portrait of Furtwängler. 6 1/4" x 9" mounted on 8" x 11" card. 12) Berliner Philharmonisches rendered drawing in red and silver on page opposite of colo- Orchester. 4 page fold-out pamphlet of a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on December 19th, 1949. phon at rear. 1/3 100. Small Folio. 101 (3)pp. Original stiff illustrated wrap-around dustwrapper attached at spine, with Gerhäuser, Emil; Hans Hildebrandt; Bernhard original brown belly band inserted. Laid in: Two handwrit- Pankok (illustr.). Stuttgarter Bühnenkunst: Insze- ten letters on Loujon Press letterhead by Jon Webb to Jerry nierungen der Königlich Württembergischen Hof Cushman, a reprint of an article about the Loujon Press published in a Tucson newspaper, oper von Werken Mozarts und von Schilling’s and a printed advertisement flyer for Bukowski’s “Crucifix in a Deathhand” and the Loujon Mona Lisa [Signed], 1/20 copies. Stuttgart: Wil- Press magazine “The Outsider” on the verso. 1.400,- helm Meyer-Ilschen, 1917. Limited deluxe edition. Foredge of first cardboard page set back 1 3/4 inches with holograph of title poem reproduced. The following 1/20. Quarto. Original vellum, gold-stamped with seven pages deckled and in different colors with widths gradually increasing containing the front endpaper, half- stunning floral designs on cover and spine, resting title, title page, dedication page, a note from Bukowski, and table of content. Deckled paper block with numbered in matching sturdy gold-stamped vellum clamshell box. Binding protected by modern blue cover pages for each chapter, four etchings with tissue guards by Noel Rockmore on yellow paper and poems mylar. All gilt edges. Ribbon marker. Decorative front and rear endpapers in vibrant colors. on cream-colored paper. Publisher’s note on front cover flap and bio for Noel Rockmore on back cover flap. Bound in a statement on Noel Rockmore by E. L. Berenstein on transparent paper at rear, followed by a blue sheet Numbered limitations page illustrated on verso with a reproduction of a b/w drawing. of paper inscribed with Bukowski note “For Jerry Cushman (red) Poems Sure Frontispiece etching signed in pencil by Bernhard Pankok, dated 1916. Title-page printed Poems Why Not? Charles Bukowski” (silver), and illustrated by Bukowski. in red and black with vignette. “Dieses Werk wurde in 300 numerierten Exemplaren her Decorative, transparent colophon with red print “gypsy lou series # 2 thirty-one hundred of this first edition…” and blue endpaper concluding this extraordinary gestellt. Für die Nummern 1-20 wurden von der Radierung 20 Vorzugsdrucke abgezogen, publication. Fine. Softcover. die Bernhard Pankok handschriftlich signierte.” Handsome copy of this elaborate publica- Cooper, Anna Julia. A Voice From the South. By A Black tion looking at productions by the Königlich Württembergischen Hofoper (theater) in Woman From the South. Xenia, OH: The Aldine Printing Stuttgart of operas by Mozart and Max Schilling’s Mona Lisa. 1.400,- 20 copies of a limited edition of 300 include an etching signed by the artist, this being one of them. This rare work House, 1892. First edition. Small octavo. (iii) [4] 10-304pp. focuses on the set design & scenery of these productions, recreated in color drawings by Pankok. Foreword “Das Burgundy and light brown buckram boards with gilt lettering on Bühnenbild” by Hans Hildebrandt. Illustrated with 7 plates in photogravure and 45 color reproductions of drawings of the front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. costumes and set designs. One drawing of Baron zu Putlitz, and another of E. Gerhäuser. Baron zu Putlitz was the Intendant (director) of the Königliches Hoftheater (Royal Court Theatre). All plates, including frontispiece, protected Photographic frontispiece portrait of the author with a facsimile by decorative tissue guards. Includes some in-text b/w drawings, plans & musical scores. Age wear, scuffing and signature and protective tissue guard. This scarce work is regard- staining on clamshell box. Front board slightly bowed. Minor scuffing and staining on boards. With extensive ed as among the earliest works of black feminism. 5.400,- informative text in German. Clamshell box in overall good, book in near fine condition. Hardcover. Eric Chaim Kline Eric Chaim Kline

Internationale Arbeiterhilfe für Sowjet-Russland & Koebner, F. W. Cocain: Mondaine und Demimondaine Neuer Deutscher Verlag. Sichel und Hammer. Illustrierte Skizzen. Berlin: Grotilgo-Verlag, 1921. First edition. Octa- Internationale Arbeiter-Zeitung (Complete III. Jahrgang, vo. 84pp. Original illustrated wraps with black lettering on containing 12 Issue so fthe Periodical). Berlin: Internatio- cover, protected in modern mylar. Collection of fourteen nale Arbeiterhilfe für Sowjet-Russland, 1923-1924. III. short stories around cocaine. Franz Wolfgang Koebner was Jahrgang. Scarce, complete run from Oct. 1923 – October a German writer, journalist, and the a co-founder of the 1924 of “Sichel und Hammer” (Sickle & Hammer), a pre- magazines “Elegante Welt” and “Das Magazin”. The title cursor of the Communist periodical “Arbeiter Illustrierte page image is signed “von Puttkammer”. 1.400,- Zeitung” (AIZ). Scarce complete run of the Communist Koebner was born into an upper middle class German-Jewish family. He propaganda periodicals third year (III. Jahrgang), provid- was known for his flamboyant life style and dabbled for some years as a screenwriter. During the Third Reich he was prohibited to write and he being an important historical insight into the early years of came a member of the staff at the Varietétheater Scala in Berlin. Little is the Soviet Union, communism in Germany in the early known about him from the years 1933 to 1945. After the war he worked 1920’s, as well as other cultural, social and political again as an editor and became successful with the new version of “Elegante Welt” which fusioned with the fashion magazine “Madame” in 1970. Scarce; events of the time. 7.700,- five OCLC entries. Text in German. Wraps with light wear along edges, spine Illustrated with many b/w reproductions of photographs showing: Lenin, with two 1" chips below top and at tail, and two closed tears. Small water Hitler, Ludendorff, Stalin, Fritz Ebert, Mussolini at the 1st year anniversary stain in margin of front cover, along top of back cover, and at top of foredge, not affecting margins. Block browned. of the Fascist takeover, President Woodrow Wilson at the White House, Lenin’s successor Rykow, George Grosz, Overall in good condition. g–. Softcover. Henri Barbusse, Charlie Chaplin, Russian actor Moskwin, Heinrich Zille, Hilde Schewior, Anatole France, Henry Ford, Leon Trotsky, Willi Münzenberg (who founded the periodical), Alexander Moissi with the Tolstoi family, Henry Kühn, Fritz. Original Copper Bowl [With] Marty, Artur Mahraun, Rasputin, Rosa Luxemburg, Lenin’s partner N. K. Krupskaja. Other photographs depict defen- An Original Design Sketch & 4 Books of the dants of the Hitler-Putsch trial (Wagner, Pernel, Brückner and a very young Ernst Röhm), Lenin’s preserved body & Artist’s Work [Signed]. NP, n/d. A unique his funeral, “Gewerksschaftshaus” in Berlin by architect Max Taut, New York City skyline, Brooklyn Bridge, Wool- worth building, a Ku Klux Klan meeting, Nazi funeral, laying a wreath at Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg’s original handcrafted metal artwork by German grave, Hitler-Brigade controlling the border at Thuringia, and many others. Also contains b/w photographic reproduc- artist Fritz Kühn (1910-1967), in the form of a tions of artwork by Otto Dix (Der tote Soldat), Käthe Kollwitz (Die Überlebenden and Bauernaufstand), George Grosz bowl forged from steel with a molten copper (Sonntagsspaziergang), Diego Rivera, Theophile Steinlen, Heinrich Zille, Hans Baluschek, A. Birkle (Die Arbeits- layer, accompanied by the original design with maschine), Georg Scholz, Otto Nagel (Der Jubilar), Rudolf Schlichter, Honoré Daumier, as well as a few anti-Nazi caricatures. Interesting articles include the Hitler-Putsch, Lenin’s death, “Lenin auf der Tribüne”, by Leon Trotsky, notes by Kühn. The bowl weighs 3.2 lbs, mea- the Worowski murder, corruption by the Zsar, and many others. Text in German. Issues 1 – 4 in smaller format (9" x sures 6 3/4" x 6 3/4" in diameter at the widest, 11 1/2"). Numbers 5 – 12 larger format, measuring 10 3/4" x 15". Nr. 1–3 with “Deutsche-Ausgabe, Sowjet-Russ- and 4 1/4" x 4 1/2" at the shortest point, with a land im Bild / 3. Jahrg.” on the cover. From issue 5 on “Sichel und Hammer, Illustrierte Internationale Arbeiterzei- tung. Neuer Deutscher Verlag…” printed on front. All issues with 16pp., including original front and rear covers, height of 1 1/2". The original design is drawn in stapled and bound in marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Some issues with the original tipped-in red ad- pencil, with notes and signature (in red crayon) by Kühn on a 5 1/2" x 8" piece of scrap vertisement bands. Boards almost detached. 3/4 of bottom part of cloth spine missing. Remnants of handwritten title- paper. Verso of paper with some typewritten dialogue, not related to the subject. Some chip- label present near head of spine. Small stamp of “Sozialwissenschaftliches Archiv” on top-margin of each cover. ping on top-edge of paper, otherwise very good condition. Unique convolute of an original Front wrapper of first issue detached but present, second leaf almost separated from staples. Edges of those leaves creased and slightly chipped. Edges of few other pages creased and slightly chipped. Usual age toning to outer edges art piece and four books (the art piece is included in on of the books). 1.600,- of pages. Binding in poor, periodicals in overall good+ condition. Hardcover. Books: 1) Grassi-Kunsthandwerk. Herausgegeben vom Grassimuseum Leipzig. 1951. 8vo. 114pp. Wraps with original, attached pictorial dust jacket. Includes b/w reproduction on page 100 of a photograph showing the Karlweis, Oskar. Collection of Original Oskar copper-bowl described above. 2) Kühn, Friz. Kompositionen in Schwarz und Weiß: Bekenntnisse in Bildern von Karlweis Photographs (many signed) [With] Fritz Kühn [Inscribed by artist]. München, (1959). F. Bruckmann. Quarto. 154, [4]pp. Three-line birthday inscription by Kühn to a young lady on free front endpaper, dated “28. 5. 59”. Boards slightly bowed. Minor Life Magazine (April 10, 1944) Containing A staining and scuffing on binding. Text in German. Overall very good condition. 3) Berlin. ND. Ulrich Special Article on Karlweis’ Performance in Riemerschmidt. 1.–3. Tausend. Sm. Octavo. 24pp. Wrappers with original dust jacket attached. Illustrated with “Jacobowsky and the Colonel” on Broadway. 14 b/w photographic reproductions of decorative metalwork by the artist. Text in German. Slight age toning on The collection includes a total of 40 images and dw, small chip on bottom edge of dw on front. Overall very good condition. 4" x 5 1/2" postcard by Kunsthaus Tempelhof with invitation to the Fritz Kühn exhibition “Hier spricht das Eisen”, laid in. The exhibition took one magazine issue. 900,- place in Berlin from February 21 to March 22, 1948. 4) A two page fold-out leaflet “Schmiedekunst Fritz Kühn”, 1) Twenty-four signed (and inscribed) b/w photographs of also by Kunsthaus Tempelhof, laid in. Illustrated with two b/w photo Karlweis, both inscribed to Trude (Brodheim) with stamp of graphic reproductions. Slight creasing to leaflet, otherwise very good “Sellman Photos” and “Phot. Willinger” on verso. One signed condition. g. Softcover. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" Christmas & New Year’s card depicting Karl- weis on stage in uniform. Remaining twenty-one signed cards Mendelsohn, Erich. Erich Mendelsohn: 2 Original Color show the actor in portrait, in various characters, as well as four images of Karlweis in traditional Lederhosen. Average Pastel Drawings [Inscribed]. San Francisco, ca 1940s. size of photos 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". 2) Fifteen original b/w photographs of the actor with his son, signing autographs, in This collection includes 2 original multicolored drawings traditional costumes, suits (one in bathrobe), at home, posing, etc. Two of the photos (3 1/2" x 5") show Karlweis and his son Giorgie in Lederhosen. Photos by Trude Beininger (?). The twelve remaining photographs (average of 2 1/4" x in pastel, each measuring approx., 3 3/4" x 4 3/4" and 3 1/2") were most likely taken from one of Karlweis’ private photo albums. 3) 3 3/4" x 5 3/4" canceled postcard, sent to mounted on folded white paper cards. 6.800,- Trude Brodheim by Karlweis from Warsaw on March 15, 1935, telling her that the tour is a sensational success. Image in Both cards are inscribed in blue ink from Mendelsohn and his wife Louise, duo tone of the Hotel Europejski on front of postcard. 4) LIFE Magazine. April 10. 1944. Folio. 124pp. Includes three- and were sent as season’s greeting cards. Mendelsohn depicts San Fran- page review on Karlweis’ brilliant portrayal of a Polish refugee in the Broadway production of “Jacobowsky and the cisco cityscape with one being of the Golden Gate Bridge. The cards are Colonel”, written by Franz Werfel, including 13 b/w reproductions of photographs from the play. No other actor at the accompanied by a folded 6-page photo-illustrated pamphlet from the time could have played the part more convincingly since Karlweis (who was Jewish) fled from Nazi Germany in 1933. University Art Museum of the University of California, Berkeley, “February/ Some age wear and creasing on wraps, interior in overall very good condition. All items in overall very good condition. May 1969”, which includes a short piece on an exhibition of Mendelsohn’s Unique signed photograph collection of one of the most popular Austrian stage and movie actors. Softcover. drawings. Near fine condition. Eric Chaim Kline Eric Chaim Kline

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. 1/150. Octavo (5 1/4 x 8”). 223, [1]pp. Original gilt-stamped morocco, with gold lettering The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied to spine. Top edge black. Half-title signed by Romola Nijinsky. Publisher’s logo on title. Poland: Note addressed to the Governments of the United One of 150 numbered and signed copies, of which this is No. 41. 1.200,- Nations on December 10th, 1942, and other documents. Published by Romola Nijinsky (Vaslav Nijinsky’s wife) a year after her first biography of her husband, these memoirs London: Published on behalf of the Polish Ministry of were discovered by her before Nijinsky went into an asylum. Illustrated with 16 b/w photographic reproductions, “HarcIstenét” provides firsthand information on the noted premier danseur of the Ballets Russes, it also offers a Foreign Affairs by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., [1942]. First chronicle of the couple’s life as well as Nijinsky’s artistic development. Written with charm, these insightful memoirs edition. Octavo. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, with provide valuable information on the iconic ballet dancer and choreographer. Minor shelf wear. Some white staining at red lettering on front cover. The first published documen- head and tail of spine. Slight age toning along paper margin. Text in Hungarian. Binding in overall good to good+, tation of the Holocaust in the English language. 2.500,- interior in very good condition. g+ to vg. Hardcover. As indicated in the Introductory Note, “The purpose of this publication is Presciano, Amministrazione del 1792 e to make public the contents of the Note of December 10th, 1942, ad- 1793 e 1794 [Original 18th Century Ital- dressed by the Polish Government to the Governments of the United Nations concerning the mass extermination of Jews in the Polish territo- ian manuscript on food and textile pro- ries occupied by Germany.” Jan Karski, a Polish resistance fighter, having duction]. Presciano, Italy: NP, 1793. been smuggled into the Warsaw Ghetto and having later disguised as a Manuscript. Folio (12 1/4 x 8 3/4“). [2], Ukrainian camp guard, reported his observations to the Polish, British and 178 written pages. Original full soft vel- U.S. governments. This pamphlet describes the German atrocities in detail. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Paperback. lum, with handwritten lettering to front cover. String ties. Unique 18th-century Moses, Adolf & Isaac S.; Emil G. Hirsch (eds.). Der Zeitgeist. Ein israelitisches manuscript being a ledger of the village Familienblatt. Organ für die Interessen des amerikanischen Judenthums. Milwaukee: of Presciano, province of Arezzo, for the Adolf & Isaac S. Moses & Emil G. Hirsch, 1880-1882. First edition. Folio. 1040pp., years 1791 to 1793. 1.200,- Vol. 1, Nos. 1-26, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-26, Carefully and elegantly written on hand-made rag Vol. 3, Nos. 1-18, 20 and 21, total of paper by an unknown administration official of this little Italian town, this manuscript documents the quantity of 65 issues. Bound in 20th century blue various goods produced in Presciano during the years 1792, 1793, and 1794. Among the 26 various goods stated in cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Or- the ledger are grains, wine, lupini beans, fodder, grass peas, fruits, hens and eggs, pigeons, walnuts, almonds, cheese, oil, chickory, rye, linen, wool, straw, etc. The ledger also indicates the amount of money generated by the sale of each ange endpapers. Zeitgeist (Spirit of good. This manuscript is a living testimony of how a late 18th-century Italian village lived off the goods produced by the Time) was a biweekly publication its inhabitants. Binding partly age-toned. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in Italian. Binding in overall of Jewish interests in the US started good to good+, interior in very good condition. g to vg. Hardcover. by the brothers Adolf and Isaac Mo- Saroyan, William and others. William Saroyan Collec- ses in 1880. 4.100,- tion. 25 Items: Manuscripts, Letters, Notes, Telegrams, In 1881 the Moses brothers were joined by the Books and Photographs [including a Seven-Page Typed reform Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch and continued publishing Der Zeitgeist until the end of 1882. Essay on George Bernard Shaw] [Some signed and in- Adolf Moses and Emil G. Hirsch both were scribed by Saroyan]. 8.600,- influenced and had studied under Abraham Geiger Contents: 1) Seven-Page Typed Essay on George Bernard Shaw, written by in Germany. The Zeitgeist was a source for Rabbis, teachers and educated Jews in all aspects of contemporary issues William Saroyan in London on “October 4, 1944, 12:15 A.M.” Includes the and matters of dispute. It was intended to be a true Jewish family weekly for learning and entertainment. The mission author’s holograph corrections (both additions and deletions) throughout. for the publication is laid out in detail in its first issue of January 1, 1880 (“Der Zeitgeist soll nicht nur für den Unpublished. Manuscript preceded by a typed cover sheet from Saroyan. jüdischen Prediger bestimmtes, religiöses Zeit- und Streitfragen gewidmetes Blatt sein, sondern vor Allem ein 2) Two Letters: Correspondence between Saroyan and Whit Wellman at the israelitisches Familienblatt im vollsten Sinne des Wortes bilden. Für die jüdische Familie, den Stolz und Zauber Five Star Weekly in San Francisco, (April 16, 1937 – June 15, 1937). unseres Stammes, solle ‘der Zeitgeist’ eine Quelle der Belehrung und edlen Zerstreuung werden”). Der Zeitgeist Author’s signature, with corrections throughout. 3) Correspondence focused on Jewish-American events to be presented and interpreted from a between Saroyan and Arnold Gingrich, founder and editor of Esquire “liberal viewpoint.” Next to its aim to publish material helpful for a better Magazine: A Telegram, Two Notes and a Letter (Nov. 26- Dec. 31st understanding of Judaism in general, it clearly states that in religious 1937). Signed by Saroyan. 4) Two letters of correspondence between matters it will represent a reasoned Reform Jewish approach. Each of the Saroyan and the editor of the New Yorker, William Maxwell. (August 29, issues contained a mix of entertaining stories and poetry, reports on events 1938 and August 31, 1938). In this letter Saroyan asks for bad writings by in the US and Germany, developments in the American religious good writers because he is editing An Anthology of Lousy Writing. discussion, e.g. the woman in the Talmud, eulogies and commemorative Signed William Saroyan. 5) Correspondence between Saroyan and Louis Adamic, author and editor of Common addresses, practical tips, and some advertisements. Vol. I complete, vol. II Ground Magazine: Two Notes (October 28th, 1938 and September 5th, 1941). 6) Letter to Saroyan from missing first 6 issues, vol. III missing nos. 19 and 22-26. Only 4 locations M. A. Penny, manager of Penny-Newman Grain Co. in Fresno, California. Dated January 20, 1941. 7) Two letters to OCLC. Text in German. Binding rubbed with light wear along edges. Saroyan from Margaret Anderson, managing editor of Common Ground, dated March 14th, 1941 and October 25th, Stamps of Jewish Institute of Religion and Klau Library (Withdrawn from 1941. 8) Letter to Saroyan from M. Veradzents, Asbarez Publishing Company. 9) Letter to Saroyan from Harold Collection) on title page. Some age toning to issues. Light, sporadic foxing Clurman, American theater director and drama critic, dated August 24th, 1948. 10) Two Letters: Correspondence and a few minor chips to foredge. Occasionally small remnants of paper between Saroyan and Leland Hayward, Broadway and Hollywood producer, dated October 7th, 1948 and October glued to pages. Binding and interior in overall good to very good condition. 9th, 1948. Signed “Bill Saroyan”. 11) Letter from Saroyan to George Gode c/o Harold Matson, Saroyan’s literary g to vg. Hardcover. * Reference: Encyclopedia Judaica. agent, dated March 6, 1949. 12) Two Telegrams: Western Union Telegram to Saroyan from Bishop Arthur W. Moulton dated March 18, 1949. Western Union Telegram to Saroyan from Hanna Dorner, Executive Director Nijinsky, Vaslav; Romola Nijinsky (ed.); Paul Claudel NCASP (National Council of Arts, Sciences & Professions), dated March 29, 1949. 13) Two handwritten notes (Postword by). Harc Istenét: Nizsinszkij Naplója (Nijin- between Saroyan and Sam on Hotel Fresno Letterhead, n.d. Signed. 14) Two 8x10 inch photographs of Saroyan. Stamps on back of both photos say “PHOTO BY FIKRET OTYAM, Ankara/Turkey” with date (May 1, 1964) and sky’s Memoir) [Signed]. Budapest: Grill Károly subject line: “Saroyan getting his shoes shined on the street.” “Saroyan in a field leaning on an ox, that is yoked to a Könyvkiadóvállalata, [1935]. Limited First edition. second ox with Saroyan’s hat hanging from its horn.” vg. Eric Chaim Kline Eric Chaim Kline

Schilling, Diebold. Die Luzerner Chronik des Diebold Schilling 1513 (Complete Collection of Original Facsimile Sheets Used for the 1981 Reprint of Schillings 1513 Manu- script) with “Die Schweizer Bilder- chronik des Luzerners Diebold Schilling” & Various Ephemera from Prof. Dr. Eduard Studer. The 1513 manuscript is the most impres- sive of all chronicles by the Schwei- zerische Eidgenossenschaft, giving an important insight into the political, social, economic and religious life of Lucern. The work provides fascinating insight Two Color Sample Catalogs from the Masuya Hanbei Kimono Shop (桝屋半兵衛) into life and customs of late 14th through early 16th century Switzerland. 4.100,- [Containing 200 cloth color samples]. (Kyoto?): 桝屋半兵衛 (Masuya Hanbei) Kimono Facsimile sheets (unbound): Total of 680 leaves in fold-out with 443 pages of color reproductions from the original Shop, ca. 19th century. Oblong small octavos. 9 x 7". A total of 36 leaves in two vols. 1513 manuscript. These prints are proof copies owned by Prof. Eduard Studer, one of the editors of the 1981 edition. Original stiff beige wrappers with blind-stamped circular, geometric and floral motifs. Sheets printed on recto and verso, uncut with color strip on top- and bottom edge of each leaf. [WITH] “Die Schweizer Bilderchronik des Luzerners Diebold Schilling 1513”. Luzern: Faks.-Verlag, 1981. (x) [57] 724pp. Tan Purple-string-tied binding, with black calligraphy on the front covers. Gilt-speckled linen with title-label in original color illustrated dust jacket. Signed and dated “Luzern, 7.10.81” by Eduard Studer. endpapers. The works are two beautifully produced kimono color sample books from the Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions of complete text and plates from the original 1513 manuscript. shop of Masuya Hanbei, mounted on handmade textured Washi paper. The catalogs Includes 58 photographic reproductions of color illustrations from manuscript, which are also shown in b/w. Very contain a total of 200 samples (100 each) of colors for informal Kimonos, ranging from minor creasing on dust jacket. Tight copy with dj in very good, book in near fine condition. This volume accompanied the facsimile and includes expert description and analysis of the manuscript. [WITH] Original publisher’s prospectus bright to muted tones. 3.200,- for the facsimile edition. Folio. Gilt-stamped wraps with 10 page tipped-in pamphlet, ordering slip, and full-page One of the books is labeled 新印 (Shinin; meaning new colors) and the other is labeled 栄印 (Sakaein; meaning color reproductions of two plates from manuscript, as issued. Text in German. Corners of wraps slightly bumped and popular colors). Interesting colors featured include 銭色 “coin color”, 今紫 “trendy purple”, とび色 auburn, 時色 creased. Near fine condition. [WITH] Die Luzerner Chronic des Diebold Schilling 1513. Eine wissenschaftlich “color of the Toki” (the Crested Ibis); a kind of salmon pink, 宮色 “Imperial color”, 納戸色 “peacock blue”, 桔梗色 bearbeitete Faksimile-Ausgabe. Kunstkreis, Faksimile-Verlag Luzern. 20 page booklet, three reproductions of color “Bellflower color”, and 利休色, a color inspired by the Japanese tea master Rikyu; a kind of greenish-gray. Each plates, 46 page special-issue and 12 page Separatdruck of “Ciba-Geigy Zeitschrift Nr. 1/73”, resting in original brown fabric sample is on hand-dyed silk, measures approximately 1 3/4" x 2 1/4", is bordered by black paper, and is noted wraps folio with gold lettering on front. Both illustrated with color and b/w photographic reproductions. Includes with catalog number and color name written in calligraphy over beautifully marbled paper labels. The producer's booklet with other facsimile editions by same publishers. Two images in booklet with rich gold overprinting. Creasing name is written in calligraphy on the back covers of each of the catalogs. Wrappers with some creasing, abrasions and minor tears on wraps. Text in German. Wrappers in very good, interior in near fine condition. [And WITH] and light stains to the covers, as well as some rubbing to extremities. Interiors with some light sporadic stains/ Voluminous ephemera including correspondence and 26 handwritten leaves by the author related to the publication. smudges to the papers. A few sporadic minor wear or abrasions to the samples themselves, with most still clean and bright. Wrappers in in good, interiors in very good condition overall. g to vg. Softcover. Schneider, Christian P. Reise Vanvild, M. (or Wanwild). Bay Undz Yidn Bei Unz Yuden (Among Us Jews). Zamelbukh beschreibung von Cairo in Egyp- Far Folklorun Filologie. Warsaw: Pinkhas Graubard (Di Welt), 1923. Small Folio. (8)pp, iii ten in das gelobte Land, und über (i)pp., (6) 19-217 (6)pp., 4 plates. Original gray wraps with blue woodcut and lettering on Gallilea, Syrien und Libanus cover, protected by modern mylar. The most important collection of Yiddish folklore and zurück im Jahr 1797 des P. songs by the Warsaw circle of Jewish folklorists gathered around Noah Prylucki (Noyek Christian Schneider, Franziska Prilutski, 1882-1941). These Yiddish ethnographical and philological studies include Purim ner Ordens Priester und Missio shpils, songs of thieves, prisoners and prostitutes, and some scores. 3.400,- nair in Egypten [Original Manu- The contributors are Pinkhes Graubard, Moses Joseph Dickstein, Shmuel Lehman and A. Almi. Illustrated with three script]. NP, 1797. Manuscript. portrait photographs and two group photographs, with tissue guards, several in-text woodcuts, and facsimiles. The 8vo. xvi, 240pp. (10). Manu- most productive collector of Yiddish folklore and songs was Shmuel Lehman (1886-1941). From his collection of children’s folklore and thieves songs, numerous anecdotes and tales of the Jewish underworld were published with script bound in contemporary two Purimshpils in this anthology. Lehman was light blue paper-covered boards, known to use every excuse to meet with ordi- author’s name and title hand nary people, his work as bill collector, selling written on spine. A unique capti- lottery tickets, etc., or he took on work that would take him to the country side to collect vating account by Franciscan material. The collection was edited by M. Van- missionary Christian P. Schnei- vild, pen name of Moses Joseph Dickstein, who der, describing his experiences of also used the pseudonym Leib Kave or Kava Shloyme-Leyb, one of the most important his 1797 travel from Egypt, to the Holy Land, Galilee, Syria and Lebanon. 6.100,- scholars of Yiddish folklore. His literary and A mounted engraving serves as frontispiece showing a bridge on a river in the Cedron Valley near Jerusalem. ethnographic exploits contributed vastly to the Includes summary and details about the author’s life handwritten by an unknown author in the 1820s, after shaping of Jewish culture as a modern Europe- Christian Schneider’s death. Title page and summary section with decorative borders. Headpiece at beginning of an culture. Text in Yiddish, Hebrew type. Wraps manuscript, most chapters with vignette tailpieces. Text in German with cursive script. Moderate age wear and with light spotting and sunned around edges. foxing on binding. Corners rubbed. Small sticker of “Wenzel Kara”, and paper-slip with printed information on the Block browned due to use of acidic paper, some manuscript pasted on inside of front board. Frontispiece engraving partly faded. Binding in overall good– to good, light sporadic foxing. Wraps and interior in interior in good+ to very good condition. g– to vg. Hardcover. overall good condition. g. Softcover.