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Our Crowd
by Stephen Birmingham
Our Crowd is a book by Stephen Birmingham that documents the lives of prominent New York Jewish families of the 19th Century. Historian Louis Auchincloss called it "A fascinating and absorbing chapter of New York social and financial history... " There have been 14 editions of the book as of 2007.
Jewish Books & Ephemera
The Rothschilds
by Frederic Morton
Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 267 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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A$12.96
The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait
by Frederic Morton
Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Published in Penguin Books. 267 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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A$10.56
LOST IN AMERICA
by SINGER, Isaac Bashevis
1981. SINGER, Isaac Bashevis. LOST IN AMERICA. Paintings and Drawing by Raphael Soyer. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1981. Small quarto, green printed wraps. Uncorrected Proof Copy- which does not contain the Soyer illustrations, issued in advance of the trade publication. Signed by Singer ("Greetings, I.B. Singer") on the half-title page. Proof copies signed by this Nobel Prize-winning author are scarce. Very Good (little discoloration front cover and faint dampstain lower edge...
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A$394.03
Race? What the Scientists Say
by [Anti Semitism; World War II] Singer, Caroline
Camden, NJ: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1939. First edition limited to 1000 copies. Hardcover. Very good condition. Driven from one country to another for centuries, the Jews have long since lost any racial distinctions which they may once have possessed. In Europe and America they consequently reveal as much variation in physical type as do the gentile populations among whom they dwell" (p15). A treatise on religious intolerance. Orange paper boards, title in black at white label on front board, no title at...
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A$55.16
The Rothschilds: Portrait of a Dynasty
by Morton, Frederic
Kodansha, 1998. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$14.48
Satan in Goray
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
The Noonday Press, 1958. 1st. Paperback. GOOD/NONE . 239 pages. Stated first paperbound edition. Pages are clean, unmarked, and tight. Water stain at top of leading edges. Wear along all edges and small rubbed spots on spine. Black lines on rear cover.
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A$22.07
![[MINSK GHETTO] Mstiteli getto [i.e. The Avengers of the Ghetto]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/304/629/1391629304.0.b.jpg)
[MINSK GHETTO] Mstiteli getto [i.e. The Avengers of the Ghetto]
by Smolar, H
Moscow: Der Emes, 1947. 128 pp: ill. 20,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some soiling of the spine, otherwise near fine. The Russian edition of wartime memoirs 'Fun Minsker geto' by Hersh Smolar who was one of the leading members of the resistance in the Minsk ghetto and a commander of a partisan group operating in Belorussian forests. The Minsk ghetto existed from July 1941 to October 1943, being the largest in the occupied territory of the Soviet Union. Headed by Isay Kazints, Mikhail...
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A$1,497.30
The Dead Sea Scrolls : with Translations by the Author
by Burrows, Millar (1889-1980)
New York : Viking Press, 1955. Later Printiing. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 435 pages; Description: xv, 435 p. : ill., maps, facsim. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls --Manuscripts, Hebrew
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A$18.82
HANDBOOK OF COINS OF THE SOUTHERN LEVANT: PHOENICIA, SOUTHERN KOILE SYRIA (INCLUDING JUDAEA), AND ARABIA, FIFTH TO FIRST CENTURIES BC
by Hoover, Oliver D
Lancaster: CNG, 2010. 8vo, original laminated boards. lxxx, 201, (7) pages; well illustrated. New. Volume 10 of this useful series, this volumes includes coverage of Judaean coinage in addition to the rest of the southern Levant.
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A$118.21
MEANING OF MARRIAGE AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE FAMILY
by GOLDSTEIN, Sidney E
1940. GOLDSTEIN, Sidney E. MEANING OF MARRIAGE AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE FAMILY: A JEWISH INTERPRETATION. NY: Bloch Publishing, 1940. Small 8vo., navy-blue cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed by Goldstein on front endpaper. Good (sunned spine, ink presentation on front endpaper). $45.00.
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A$70.92
BIBLE LORE AND THE ETERNAL FLAME: A NUMISMATIC, HISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRIP THROUGH BIBLICAL TIMES
by Bressett, Kenneth
Whitman, 2022. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. New. An archaeological and numismatic roadmap of the Old and New Testaments. The Roman denarius, the Tyrian shekel, the first coin to feature an image of Jesus, and hundreds of other coins help provide a glimpse into daily life and trade from ancient Israel through the early years of the Christian church.
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A$28.37
A TALE OF THREE WISHES
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illustrated by Irene Lieblich
NY: FS&G, 1976 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FINE in a Fine dustjacket. FIRST PRINTING. 30 pages, cloth. Story of the legend of Hoshana Rabbah that says that on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles the sky opens & that anyone who sees it happen will have their wish granted..
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A$55.16
Operation Peace for Galilee: The Israeli-Palestine Liberation Organization War in Lebanon
by Richard A. Gabriel
Hill & Wang, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. <p>'Gabriel's book is beyond any doubt the most explicit, complete, and detailed study of the war in Lebanon. It's a thorough analysis which should be read and used by political and military planners, as well ass field commanders. The general public will find the book informative and fascinating.'- [From DJ Review David Halevy Time, Jerusalem Bureau]</p>Hill & Wang, 1984. Very Good/Good. 1984 FIRST EDITION Hill &...
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A$97.88
The Rothschilds
by Frederic Morton
Penguin, 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 267 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates to centre of book. Pull-out family tree to final page. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to edges. Sticker to...
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A$9.82
THE JOURNEY HOME
by ANTLER, Joyce
1997. ANTLER, Joyce. THE JOURNEY HOME. NY: The Free Press, [1997]. 8vo., boards in dust jacket; 410 pages. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation by Antler on front endpaper. Fine in fine d/j. $15.00.
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A$23.64
ANTIOCH AND JERUSALEM: THE SELEUCIDS AND MACCABEES IN COINS
by Jacobson, David M
London: Spink, 2015. 8vo, original pictorial boards. vii, 168 pages; illustrated in color. New. A new work on the coinage of the Maccabees in the context of their conflicts with the Seleucids.
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A$75.65
BEN-GURION: THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN
by ST. JOHN, Robert
1959. ST. JOHN, Robert. BEN-GURION: THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959. 8vo., blue and black cloth, with Star of David stamped in gilt, in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by St. John with "Shalom!" on the front endpaper. Very Good; some rubbing & wear (small creases & tears; price-clipped) d/j. $25.00.
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A$39.40
The Yiddish Theatre in America
by Lifson, David S
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Photographs and illustrations augment this readable, accessible social history of the Yiddish Theatre, especially in the 1930s. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bumping to spine head and foot. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate...
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A$22.07
SHIELD OF DAVID: THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S ARMED FORCES
by ALLON, Yigal
1970. ALLON, Yigal. SHIELD OF DAVID: THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S ARMED FORCES. NY: Random House, [1970]. Small quarto, cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Allon, a major-general who was also a Knesset member and Minister of Labor, recounts the history of the Israeli military from Hashomer, to the Zion Mule Corps, to the present day. Signed by Allon on the title pagre and dated by him "Jerusalem, 1976." Near fine; few minor tears d/j. $50.00.
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A$78.80
The Dead Sea Scrolls
by Burrows Millar
Outlet, 1987. 17x5x23cm. 1987. Cartonné. 435 pages.
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A$25.15
JEWS IN AMERICAN WAR
by FREDMAN, J. George
Jewish War Veterans Of the U.S., 1943. FREDMAN, J. George. [With Louis A. Falk]. JEWS IN AMERICAN WARS. NY: Jewish War Veterans Of the U.S., [1943]. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition, fourth printing (so stated). The book documents military contributions by Jews to fight for and support America- issued when much anti-Jewish sentiment was being issued in Germany. Signed inscription by Fredman on the front endpaper: "Compliments of J.G. Fredman. Jan., 26, 1945." Good (some cover wear;...
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A$78.80
THE JEWS OF MEDIEVAL FRANCE: THE COMMUNITY OF CHAMPAGNE
by TAITZ, Emily
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994. First Edition, first printing. Uncommon signed presentation from Taitz on a front blank page: To Les & Gloria with my love & best wishes, Emily Taitz." This book studies the Jewish community of Champagne from the fifth century to the expulsion of 1306. It documents the growth and decline of the community, examines its interrelationships with the larger Christian culture, and presents a model for the study of other communities. The economic and political...
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A$236.42
![[GEOGRAPHY IN YIDDISH] Geografiya chastey sveta i vazhneyshikh stran (krome SSSR) [i.e. Geography of Parts of the World and Major Countries (Except for the USSR)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/827/058/1369058827.0.b.jpg)
[GEOGRAPHY IN YIDDISH] Geografiya chastey sveta i vazhneyshikh stran (krome SSSR) [i.e. Geography of Parts of the World and Major Countries (Except for the USSR)]
by Ivanov, G
Moscow: Der Emes, 1941. 256 pp.: iIl., maps. 22.6x14.9 cm. In original publisher's cardboards. Spine and edges slightly rubbed. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. Third edition. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GEOGRAPHY MANUALS IN YIDDISH PUBLISHED FEW YEARS BEFORE THE SUPPRESSION OF JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION. In the USSR geography was introduced as a separate subject in school education in 1927. Seven years later, with the adoption of the decree On Teaching Geography in Primary and Secondary Schools the position...
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A$551.64
THE STORY OF THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING: ITS MEANING AND MESSAGE
by SCHWARZBART, Isaac I
NY: World Jewish Congress Organization Department, 1953. First Edition. Signed presentation from Schwarzbart on the title page, dated 1953. 8vo., printed wraps; 23 pages. Very Good (very minor wear covers; contents clean & tight).
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A$78.80
Auschwitz-Birkenau
by Smolen, Kazimierz (Konsultacja)
WarszawaPanstwowe Muzeum Oswiecim, 1979 Black cloth on flexible boards, blind-stamped title; Oblong 4to.,(Exposed to a slight damp and with front cover tending to rise higher thsn usual.). 96 grim black & white plates of the interiors, exteriors, including a thumbnail photographic montage of ihundreds of nmates Plates preceded by sixteen full-page testemonials from world leaders, incluiding and with reproductions of their signatures, Castro, Tito, Gerald Ford, De Gaulle, Pope John Paul II and others....
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A$55.16
