Judaica

8vo (19 x 11.5 cm); [2], 510 ll.; woodcut illustrations in the text; text in Hebrew and Yiddish in Tzena U'rena font; contemporary-style 20th-century calf boards, morocco label and gilt decoration to spine.

Second edition, 4to (22.5 x 17 cm); 182, [2] pp., text in Latin and Hebrew; marginal tears to first two leaves. Ownership signatures to title page and many marginal notes to text in Latin in old brown ink; late 19th-century cloth-backed marbled boards, with red morocco label to spine, this lettered in gilt, corners rubbed.

First edition. 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm). Title printed within ornamental border; library stamp on title and on one or two other leaves, restorations to corners of title and last three leaves. Renewed contemporary calf boards with gilt title to spine. Text in Hebrew. A very good copy.

Foolscap, (335 x 205 mm), printed in black ink. Text in Hebrew. Very small marginal tears and fold marks. 4 pp.

ff. [6], 54, [1], 56-63, [1], 64-193, [1], 195-256, [1], 18; some stains and wear, worming, with professional repairs. Old ownership inscription and stamps, Polish censor stamp to first leaf. Later green leather binding with gilt ornaments, spine faded, housed in a marbled cardboard slipcase.

First issue, (238 x 155 mm), original illustrated wrappers with typographical original woodcut (somewhat dusty, faded, stapling rusted), small owner's stamp to front wrapper. Browning due to paper, some staining and creasing. Text in Yiddish, 48 pp.

No. 3 of 9 Hors Commerce, of a total edition of 584, introductory leaf, first & last prints signed by the illustrator. 58 original serigraphs, 'pulled by hand on Rivs 270 gr. (Arjomarie-Prioux) by Atelier Arcay in Paris'. Text in Hebrew with English in Preface. Exquisite velvet binding, with gilt lettering and ornament, matching original solander box, slightly rubbed (520 x 425 mm). A fine copy.

First edition, first issue indicated by the closing left flower vignette on p.86, 8vo, (240 by 160 mm), text in German. Recent calf boards, one leaf cut in bottom right corner with no damage to text, pencil inscriptions and pen notations on two leaves, small marginal tears. 86 pp.

First Hebrew edition, 8vo, (205 x 130 mm); contemporary black cloth with original upper wrapper pasted on top. Some marginal browning to pages. Small marginal tears to the first 4 leaves and the last leaf with no damage to text. Dedication to previous owner Dr. Reuven Madel, in Hebrew to the front endleaf, dated 'Lodz, 1985'. Title, i-iv, 5-82 pp.

First edition, 8vo (20.5 x 13 cm); xiv, 96; 291, [7] pp.; contemporary polished calf, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, early inked initials letters and shelfmark to front pastedown, nineteenth-century ink inscription to rear pastedown; slightly rubbed, with a small chip to head of spine and some light scuffing to boards, one or two paper-flaws to page numbers, small hole to I2, barely touching a single character of text, occasional mark, light damp-staining to rear endpapers, else a very crisp and clean copy.