Search Results: Judaica from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Berkeley: Tree Books, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine dw. 8vo, ~64pp, card wrappers with dustwrapper. This is the first of three states seen: Here the title is "Blessing Over Ashes" is shown on dustwrapper and title page; an amended jacket changing title to "A Blessing Over Ashes" (with the same interior) was issued subsequently, and a reprint edition in smaller format was issued in 1975, with the title corrected on cover and interior. This first version is rare (I have never seen another copy with this uncorrected jacket). Contains short prose works on Kabbalistic and mystical themes. Nice copy, just about as new.

San Francisco: Inter-Hillel Council of Northern California, 1963 / 5723. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by editor and contributor Leland Meyerzove on the inside front cover. The rare first issue of this unusual Hillel-affiliated literary magazine from 1963. Two pages have ink editorial corrections, presumably made by the editor.

San Francisco: San Francisco State College Hillel Foundations, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 56pp, stapled wrappers. The rare second issue of this unusual Hillel-affiliated literary magazine from 1964. Includes a brief "Statement to The Burning Bush" by Allen Ginsberg as well as a 16-page review-essay on Ginsberg's work by editor Leland S. Meyerzove entitled "Allen Ginsberg: Poet of Hebraic Mysticism." Also Lewis S. Feuer on "Anti-Semitism: Soviet Style" and writing by Shirley Kaufman and others. Unmarked copy with minor outer soil and toning.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1958. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [iv]+60pp, printed wrappers. A nice unmarked copy of this lecture from the collection of Sir Joseph Gold (no marks of ownership).

New York: The American Jewish Committee, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 72pp, printed wrappers. Scarce issue of this important intellectual review, includes Napoleon Street, an advance excerpt from Herzog by Saul Bellow. Also Mary Ellmann on the Dering Case (A Surgeon at Auschwitz), plus Hilton Kramer on Marc Chagall, other interesting content. Unmarked copy, a bit of cover and reading wear, typical toning of stock.

New York: The American Jewish Committee, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 80pp, printed wrappers. Scarce issue of this important intellectual review, includes the essay Writing About Jews by Philip Roth. Also two documents on Russian Art and Anti-Semitism, plus an early review of Susan Sontag by Robert W. Flint, other interesting content. Unmarked copy (except for light erased writing to cover), a bit of cover wear, typical toning of stock.

East Meadow, NY: Four Worlds Journal, 1985 / 5745. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 68pp, stapled wrappers. Solid copy of this uncommon Kabbalistic literary magazine. Includes a section of Chabad Aphorisms translated by Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi. Unmarked copy, original staple holes and mailing label, light wear.

East Meadow, NY: Four Worlds Journal, 1985 / 5745. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 68pp, stapled wrappers. Uncommon Kabbalistic literary magazine. Unmarked copy, closed tears at mailing closure staple holes (from opening), mailing label, light other wear.

East Meadow, NY: Four Worlds Journal, 1985 / 5745. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Nice copy of this uncommon Kabbalistic literary magazine. Unmarked copy, light wear.

East Meadow, NY: Four Worlds Journal, 1985 / 5745. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 68pp, stapled wrappers. Solid copy of this uncommon Kabbalistic literary magazine. Includes a section story of Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi retold by Howard Schwartz. Unmarked copy, original staple holes and mailing label, light wear.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 5717; 1956. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in VG dustwrapper. 8vo, x+452pp, black cloth with spine lettering stamped in silver. Includes index. A biographically arranged anthology of Heine's writing. Book is as new except for a small and attractive previous owner book label to front pastedown. Jacket is not price clipped and has light wear to back cover and edges.

San Francisco: House of Love and Prayer, Inc, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Rare 1970s journal of Hasidic Judaism, includes teaching stories, poems, and artwork. Text in English with a little Hebrew. Ex-library copy from Naropa Institute with circulation card pocket in back and minor waviness.

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1966. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. 8vo, 216pp, blue cloth with spine stamped in silver. A very nice copy of this Yiddish novel translated into English by Jacob Sloan and Jackson Mac Low. Appears unread; jacket is not price-clipped.