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18 INTERESTING ITEMS
1. ROBERTS, DAVID THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA,
EGYPT & NUBIA. After lithographs by Louis Haghe from
drawings made on the spot by David Roberts R.A. with
Historical Descriptions by the Rev. George Croly,
LL.D.[and William Brockedon, F.R.S] London Day & Son
1855.
First quarto edition, 29.2 x 20.5cm. Six volumes bound in three
physical volumes with 250 tinted lithographed plates, including
frontispiece portrait in Volume I, title-pages, and 2 maps (the maps are
not tinted). Plates have the original tissue guards.
David Roberts (1796-1864) had established himself as a topographical
artist of note when in 1838 he planned a visit to the Near East. He
departed in August 1839 for Egypt and spent the rest of the year visiting
numerous tombs and sites in and around Cairo. Early the following year
he set out for the Holy Land visiting Suez, Mount Sinai, and Petra on the
way. He spent several months visiting Biblical sites throughout Palestine
including a considerable period in Jerusalem. He returned to England at
the end of 1839.
The three volumes have been rebacked, the spines are leather with gilt
titles and decorations. The boards are cloth. All edges are gilt. Some
foxing throughout.
This is the quarto edition of the gargantuan folio edition of the same title
from which the plates were photographically reduced in size. In the
words of one critic, “The fidelity of his accurate pencil, his skilful
adherence to truth of costume and surroundings, his attention to
characteristic effect in architecture and landscape, won immediate
recognition and praise.”
[ref: 11758 ]
£2,000
ITEM 1
2. THE BOOK OF ESTHER, ILLUSTRATED BY ZEEV RABAN (BEZALEL)
JERUSALEM Jerusalem Miriam Publishing House 1947
First edition. Oblong 25 cm high by 30cm wide. Original Bezalel faux
leather binding with copper plate mounted on front board. 11 tipped in
colour plates include Hebrew text, with an English translation on the
opposite page. An extremely good clean copy in fine condition. Only one
copy listed on WorldCat (NLI). Colour plates printed by Henry Stone &
Son Ltd. Banbury, England. Text printed by “Haoman” Press, Jerusalem.
Zeev Raban (1890-1970) was one of the most important Israeli artists of
the 20th Century. An excellent copy of an uncommon book.
[ref: 16581 ]
£350
3. JUDISCHES MUSEUM NIKOLSBURG. Nikolsburg circa 1936/1939
Portfolio of Illustrations published by the Jewish Museum of Nikolsburg
22 illustrations, including one duplicate. Ex library 23 x 17.5 cm.
Includes a letter on headed paper from the Jewish Museum of
Nickolsburg dated 20th March, 1936 addressed to Maksymiljan Goldstein
a noted researcher and collector of Jewish art.
These objects originally belonged to the Jewish community or were in
the possession of the
many synagogues and
institutions of learning in
Nikolsburg. As the
importance of the town
faded, the items were
gathered together and
eventually put on display
in the Central Jewish
Museum for MoraviaSilesia which opened in
Nikolsburg in 1936. After
the occupation of the
town by the Nazis, the
contents of the museum
were confiscated for an
"ethnological" museum
which the Nazis hoped to
set up as part of their
"final solution". As a result they were not destroyed, and after the war
they were
collected
together in
the Jewish
Museum in
Prague,
where they
remain today.
See Jewish
Gen Website.
[ref: 7246 ]
£395
ITEM 3
4. PHOTOGRAPHS – SHE'ERIT HAPLETAH 1946
Approximately 75 photographs from
years 1946-1947. The photos relate to
Mordechai and Devorah Rinrit,
Holocaust survivors who came to
Eretz Israel after the war. Apparently,
Mordechai joined the Bnei Akiva
movement and went back to Europe.
Includes photos of Munich, Salzburg
and other places after the War, as well
as photos of Jewish youth movements.
Most of the photos are 8 x 5.5 cm,
some are 8 x 11 cm and some are
postcard-sized, with divided backs like
postcards. Some are annotated in
Hebrew on the reverse.
[ref: 16589 ]
£1,500
ITEM 4
5. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - JEWISH SETTLEMENT POLICE
Photograph album, of a guard in the Jewish Settlement Police, [second
half of the 1930s] The album contains 36 photographs documenting the
activities of the security guards of the Jewish Settlement Police and their
training. In all the photographs the guards are seen dressed in uniforms,
sometimes in staged positions on training exercises, next to an armoured
car and at various sites. The Jewish Settlement Police was set up in 1936
as a section of the Notrim. They accompanied Orde Wingate in the
‘Special Night Squads’. Average size: 6.5X8.5 cm (some are smaller or
.larger), album 19X28.5 cm. Good condition.
[ref: 16591 ]
£495
6. CHODOWSKI, REV. A. T. - WINE - ITS USE AND ABUSE. THE
WINES OF THE BIBLE. Sydney,
Newtown Hebrew Congregation 1920
Original wrappers, 22cm, 16 pp, very good
condition. Worldcat list no copies outside of
Australia.
[ref: 8749 ]
£95
7. FELDMAN, W M RABBINICAL MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY
London M L Cailingold 1931
Original blue cloth, 22cm, 232 pp with 56 diagrams. First edition.
[ref: 16518 ]
£85
8. GEISMAR, OTTO. SEDER HAGADAH SHEL PESAH Berlin, Jalkut
1927
Original red cloth, 22 cm, 90 pp, some marking and wear at the spine,
some minor foxing and staining. Overall a very good copy. Text in
Hebrew with a German translation, illustrated by Otto (Natan) Geismar.
(1873 – 1957)
ITEM 8
The Haggadah with Geismar’s illustrations was initially published in
Hebrew. In 1928, two separate bilingual editions – one in German, and
one in Dutch - with the original text and a translation were published.
Geismar’s early style has been characterized as ‘minimalist’ and
‘expressionistic.’ His Haggadah illustrations are marked by bold
typography, radically simplified lines, freedom of treatment of
traditional themes (e.g., the illustration for the song Had Gadya) and
humour (the wicked son as a mocker who thumbs his nose at the wise
one; the Plagues of Egypt; a child overcome by the wine and festivities at
the end of the seder banquet, etc.). Geismar’s optimistic ‘logo’ can be
seen at the end of the book: a little bird chirping in a tree next to an open
cage, with the Hebrew initials Aleph Gimel = Otto Geismar. See
www.jewishmuseum.cz. [ref: 16588 ]
£185
9. GOLOMB, ELIYAHU THE HISTORY OF JEWISH SELF-DEFENSE IN
PALESTINE (1878-1921) The Zionist Library No.4 Tel Aviv
Zionist Organisation Youth Department c.1940s
Original wrappers, 16cm., 94pp., text in English, corners of wrappers
and spine show signs of wear, but overall in a very good condition. Full
page photograph of the author inside. Provides a general history of
Jewish self-defence in Palestine from 1878 until 1921.
[ref: 14013 ]
£75
10.
IMBER AND BIALIK KÖNIGSBERGER ZIONISTISCHE
VEREINIGUNG - HATIKVAH AND CH. N. BIALIK'S "BIRKAT AM"
Königsberger Zionistische Vereinigung
Single sheet folded to form 6pp, 17cm, text in Hebrew and German.
Yellowing and staining to edges and external pages. Hatikvah and Ch. N.
Bialik's "Birkat Am" in Hebrew and in German translation.
[ref: 12060 ]
£75
11. JOSEPHS, MICHAEL MIDRASH MILIM - AN ENGLISH AND
HEBREW LEXICON London B Wertheim 1834.
Leather decorative binding, 371 pp. Leather is tearing at base of spine.
Michael Josephs (1761 - 1849) studied Talmud in Berlin where he
became a maskil. In 1781 he set himself up as a merchant in London. In
1817, together with Chief Rabbi Hirschell and Joshua Van Oven he set
up the Jewish Free School in London. He was regarded as the most
distinguished Hebraist of his generation in England. (see Palgrave
Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History). The English entries in his
dictionary were based on Johnson’s English Dictionary (Brisman,
Guide to Judaic Dictionaries and Concordances p 73)
[ref: 16567 ]
£225
ITEM 11
12. KANTER, BERTA LIKE MAMA USED TO MAKE: A COLLECTION OF
FAVOURITE AND TRADITIONAL JEWISH DISHES London,
Children and Youth ALiyah, Committee for Great Britain c 1960
Spiral bound, stiff card covers, 21.5cm, the illustrations are very 1950s.
Unusual period piece. Designed and illustrated by Suzanne Sarnoff,
assisted by Jan Miller. Glassine covering to decorative wrapps. mostly
removed, overall very good condition. Cookery Book
[ref: 4933 ]
£48
13.LUZZATTO, SAMUEL DAVID CALENDARIO EBRAICO PER VENTI
SECOLI ESTESO CON NUOVO METODO [HEBREW CALENDAR FOR
TWENTY CENTURIES EXTENDED WITH A NEW METHOD] da Samuel
David Luzzatto da Trieste, professore nell'istituto rabbinico di
Padova : socio corrispondente dell'I. R. Istituto Veneto Padova A.
Bianchi 1849
Original wrappers, 33 cm., 11 pp., text in Italian, charts. A very good
copy. Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865) was an Italian Jewish scholar,
poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement.
Worldcat lists only 2 copies in USA (JTS & California) plus 2 in the UK, 3
in Germany and one in the NLI.
[ref: 16580 ]
£275
14. MEYER, DR ERNA. - HOW TO COOK IN PALESTINE. WIE KOCHT
MAN IN EREZ-ISRAEL. Tel Aviv WIZO c 1925
Original wrappers, some wear to spine tearing towards bottom of spine,
heavily yellowed/browned foxed. 8vo., 141 + 155 pp (Paginated in both
directions Hebrew and Western fashions). Trilingual text, in English,
Hebrew and German. Iconic illustrated cover.
[ref: 7155 ]
£300
ITEM 14
15. MYERS, REV. M.H. - JEWISH CALENDAR & DIARY Containing
the Date of Each Sabbath and Festival for the Year 5637 with the
Portion of the Law Read
on Such Days, Also a
Condensed Calendar and
[Yahrzeit] Table for the
Ensuing Ten Years as
well as a variety of other
useful information.
London 1876, 5637
First edition. Original cloth,
gilt titles, 25cm, 99 pp.
Includes a sketch of Menasseh
Ben Israel (from Kous
Yeshuous) and a couple of
other articles. Some minor
signs of wear, overall a very
good copy. Some great advertisements and illustrations. [ref: 15200 ]
£175
16. RYE, REGINALD ARTHUR. CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED
HEBREW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
FORMING THE LIBRARY OF
FREDERICK DAVID MOCATTA London
Harrison and Sons 1904
Original printed paper covered boards with a
cloth backstrip, top edge gilt. 23 cm, 803 pp.
Portrait. Overall very good condition. It has
the bookplate of “Herbert Martin James
Loewe, Exeter College Oxford from C G
Montefiore dated July 1914”
[ref: 16587 ]
£95
17. SCHATZ, BORIS & KLAUSNER, JOSEPH, BORIS SCHATZ HIS LIFE
AND WORK MONOGRAPHY Jerusalem, B’ne Bezalel 1925
Folio, 40cm, Decorative folio with text book in English and Hebrew, 36 +
28 pp plus 40 plates, each of which has an English and Hebrew
translation. The folio has an autobiography of Jewish artist Boris Schatz,
founder of the Betzalel School of Art. In this bilingual monograph, he
relates his works to his life and ideals. The work is prefaced by the
historian Joseph Klausner, and is accompanied by 40 large black and
white plates. The text pages themselves also feature some illustrations
and text decoration. Text is in an orange softcover booklet, together with
the plates in a sturdy box. Slight wear to slipcase, tiny bit of foxing to text
booklet, overall very good condition. [ref: 14893 ]
£375
18.
SLOTKI, REV DR ISRAEL W. HISTORY OF THE
MANCHESTER SHECHITA BOARD 1892 - 1952 (A BOARD FOR THE
ORGANISATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC OBSERVANCE
OF THE JEWISH DIETARY AND OTHER RELIGIOUS AND HYGIENIC
LAWS). WITH SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIGIOUS AND
ECONOMIC HISTORY OF MANCHESTER AND SALFORD JEWRY
Manchester,
Manchester
Shechita
Board 1954 5714
Orig. card wrappers
with a cloth
backstrip 24.5 cm 93
pp illus. Includes a
picture of the
induction of Dayan
Weisz to the
Manchester Beth
Din. There is letter
from Isadore Fishman commending Rev Slotki on the interesting nature
of the book. [ref: 16590 ]
£85