Rare books from M.Pollak Antiquariat - Est.1899

Wien: Gebr?der Paetel, 1900. First Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo. 244pp. Original wrappers preserved. 3 wormholes on the lower part of the margins.Some occasional foxing. In general a very good copy. German text. First edition.Very rare.

London: F.C.Moon, 1842. First Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Elephant Folio. David Roberts. Drawn by DAVID ROBERTS. Lithographed by Louis Haghe. Elephant folio. Original tinted FIRST EDITION LITHOGRAPH. Hand-colored. Size of image: 51 cm x 35,5cm ( 20,8 " x 14,48") + full margins with title, untrimmed. Faintest age-toning on few parts of margins, actually hardly visible (see photo). Very clean and very good condition with excellent imprint and stunning colors. Acid free mounting complimentary on request . International certificate of authenticity will be supplied. --ORIGINAL- LITHOGRAPHIE DER ERSTAUSGABE. Handkolorit. Ausser minimaler kaum sichtbarer heller Br?unung in wenigen Teilen der Aussenr?nder sehr sch?n und frisch erhalten.

Jerusalem: Bnay Bezalel Publishing Co., 1939. Numbered Edition . Original Cloth. Near Fine. Folio. 102pp Hebrew text+25pp English text+64 plates. ONE OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES NOT INTENDED FOR SALE (this one Nr. 28) of the entire limited edition of 400 copies. Minimal wear on bottom corners. Tight and strong binding. A fine copy, clean and very fresh copy. Unseen in this state. - Shipping Air Mail worldwide incl;uded.

London: A. Millar, 1764. Half Leather. Very Good. 4to.. VIII+256pp+ 23 folding plates ( complete) Very well bound in half leather (early 29th century) with marbled boards. Minimal occasional foxing. FIRST EDITION. A very good copy. SHIPPING AIR MAIL WORLDWIDE INCLUDED.

Osaka (Japan): Kaigai, 1983. Original Cloth Folder. Very Good. Large Folio (54 x 39cm). Danielle Ogier, Louis Pitaud, Jean Louis L'Hopitale. 48 superb colour plates by DANIELLE OGIER LOUIS PITAUD GROUP and JEAN LOUIS L'HOPITALE GROUP + 4 pp text.Folder with some wear and a few stains. Text and plates like new. A SUPERB COLLECTION of colourful TEXTILE DESIGNS on atttractive double spread prints, perfect also for framing. RARE

London: Arcadia Press, 1973. Limited/Numbered . Original Full Leather. Fine. Folio. LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 55 COPIES. Complete in 3 volumes.This is copy nr. 15. Signed on the title page by EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA A.F. Bound in superb blue morocco by ZAEHNSDORF . EDGES GILT. A FINE COPY OF THIS SUPERB BOOK. heavy item, additional shipping fees will apply)

London: The Soncino Press, 1935. 1st Edition . Original Cloth w. Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo- Big. 1935-1952. COMPLETE SET of 35 volumes, incl. Index Volume. Upper edges gilt. WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS. Two of the volumes have the original dust jackets from other volumes (originally from other volume numbers) and have a small paper label added to fit them to their correct volume number (please see last photograph) On one volume the dust jacket has a small missing part at the spine side only. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD , CLEAN AND FRESH COPY OF THIS FIRST EDITION OF THE FAMOUS ENGLISH SONCINO TALMUD. (very heavy item: 3 parcels of a total over 50 kg , additional shipping fees will apply for US postage+ $ 400, to Europe postage+ $ 180)

Shanghai: Shanghai People's Fine Arts, 1959. Limited Edition . Orig. Cloth. Good. Large Folio. Elephante folio. ( 54,5 x 39,5cm). Cover decorated with Chinese letters. With 100 full page mostly coloured hand-tipped plates. TEXT IN CHINESE ONLY.Some plates with small handwritten private translations of plates into English ( mostly on verso near Chinese description) A VERY BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION. Limited edition of 1000 Ex. - Edges with some wear, spine at ends rubbed and with some loss. Some light foxing on binding. INSIDE CLEAN AND FRESH. (A very heavy item with additional shipping fees)

Tokyo: Nigensha Publishing, 1980. Silk broidery. Fine. Folio. Leporello format book, bound in silk broidery and in the original decorative box. FOLIO. Attached brochure in English: Autor Chiang Chao-shen "LETTERS AND POEMS BY FOUR SUNG MASTERS SU SHIH... MI FEI" (+19pp English and Chinese) A FINE COPY. VERY CLEAN AND FRESH.

Berlin: Max Perl, 1918. Limited/Numbered PRIVATE PRESS. Full Decorative Leather. Very Good. Folio -. 86pp. FOLIO.. Eines von 200 numerierten Exemplaren , gedruckt bei Offizin Trowitzsch & Sohn. Mit wunderschönem Buchschmuck alten Bibeln-Initialen nachempfunden. Prachtvoller Meister-Ganzledereinband (von Hübel & Denck, Leipzig) mit zentriertem Ornament mit Goldverzierung. Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Rücken am Kopf 3cm ohne die Verzierung und glattem Ersatz. Vorsatz stockl., mit Namenszug des Vorbesitzers und Jahr, dazu sein hebräisches Ex Libris. Innen vollkommen sauber und frisch. Ein sehr schönes Exemplar dieser seltenen bibliophilen Handpressen-Ausgabe --- Übersetzt ins Deutsche wurde dieses Werk aus dem masoretischen Text (dem URTEXT DER HEBRÄISCHEN BIBEL) von LAZARUS GOLDSCHMIDT(1871 Litauen -1950 London), einem der bedeutendsten Orientalisten und Gelehrten des Judentums seiner Zeit. Er kam 1890 nach Berlin zum Studium der Orientalistik.… Read More

Jerusalem -: Makor, 1974. Limited Edition . Original Half Leather. As New. 4to. Fine hand bound half leather. .A LIMITED EDITION OF 135 COPIES BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE LENINGRAD LIBRARY ( Codex Leningrad B19a) . Facsimile of the oldest complete manuscript (dated 1008 CE) of the HEBREW BIBLE in Hebrew. Loewinger D.S. Editor. FINE COPY- Heavy item ( additional shipping fees will apply: total of $ 90 to the USA or Canada for reg.airmail shipping)

Jerusalem -: Makor, 1974. Limited Edition . Original Half Leather. As New. 4to. Complete in 3 vols. Fine hand bound half leather. .A LIMITED EDITION OF 135 COPIES BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE LENINGRAD LIBRARY ( Codex Leningrad B19a) . Facsimile of the oldest complete manuscript (dated 1008 CE) of the HEBREW BIBLE in Hebrew. Loewinger D.S. Editor. FINE COPY- Heavy item ( additional shipping fees will apply: $ 90.00 in total to the USA and Canada , reg. airmail)

Berlin- London: Rembrandt Verlag, Marlborough Fine Art, 1967. Limited/Numbered PRIVATE PRESS. Original Cloth Box. Very Good. Big Folio. Henry Moore. Title page, 4pp and colophone.+80 coloured plates. ONE 0F 180 COPIES OF THE GERMAN EDITION (COPY NR. 24) SIGNED BY HENRY MOORE. Without the original lithograph called for. Remark in the colophone: " Die Lichtdrucke wurden in der graphischen Anstalt Ganymed , Berlin hergestellt." - Original folio red linen case with some light wear and small 3cm tear on head of spine, Otherwise a very good clean and fresh copy.

Paris: Andre Sauret, 1963. Limited/Numbered . Original Cardboard. Very Good. 4to. 183pp. EXEMPLAIRE SUR GRAND VELIN D'ARCHES. ONE OF 125 COPIES (THIS COPY 55) SIGNED BY ANDRE SAURET AT COLOPHONE. Cover is an original lithograph by BRAQUE. Missing the frontispice and the title page ( both were original lithographs) FINE PRINTING BY THE MOURLOT PRESS IN PARIS.SUPERB COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WORKS OF BRAQUE. A VERY GOOD AND CLEAN COPY.

London: The Soncino Press, 1935. 1st Edition . Original Cloth w. Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo- Big. 1935-1952. COMPLETE SET of 35 volumes, incl. Index Volume. Upper edges gilt. WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS. Two of the volumes have the original dust jackets from other volumes (originally from other volume numbers) and have a small paper label added to fit them to their correct volume number (please see last photograph) On one volume the dust jacket has a small missing part at the spine side only. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD , CLEAN AND FRESH COPY OF THIS FIRST EDITION OF THE FAMOUS ENGLISH SONCINO TALMUD. (very heavy item: 3 parcels of a total over 50 kg , additional shipping fees will apply for US postage+ $ 400, to Europe postage+ $ 180)