Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1986. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 32 pages, illustrated with photos throughout by Rachel Cowan. Purple cloth, tall octavo. A clean bright copy in nice dust jacket with tiny closed tear at top by spine. Describes training, materials and tools and process of transcribing handwritten torah scrolls. More
Berlin: Judischer Verlag / Herlitz and Kirschner, 1927. Hardcover. IN GERMAN. 3/4 LEATHER. Leather is very worn. Corners nudged. Front cover attached half-way by mesh cloth only. Five classic bands and 5 panels (top panel missing). Gilt lettering on panels. Olive-green, cloth-covered boards. Frontispiece, color illustration of the Ten Commandments..... More
Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Inc., 1987. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. New foreward by author's daughter. Religion, according to the Rabbi Heschel, is an answer to man's ultimate questions, a response to the grandeur and mystery of human life. Offers a rational analysis of faith without using rationality to try and justify..... More
Los Angeles, California: Max Cohn, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth-over-boards, with gilt lettering to front. Rebacked in deep-red Niger Morocco (small-grained goatskin leather), ruled in gilt, with 5 raised bands, and dual contrasting spine labels. Head and tail untrimmed. Offsetting to endpapers, small edge-tears and occasional spotting to..... More
Chicago, IL: Thompson & Thomas, 1899. Leather-bound. Publication date somewhere around 1899-1901, but this is a guess, since no publication date included. Book is completely intact. Moderately worn Shaken. Fraying to top of spine. Front hinges started. Gilt lettering on spine with contrasting (red) label. Illustrated.770, with Table of Jewish Weights..... More
Germany: WURTTEMBERGISCHE, 1973. Hardcover. In Hebrew. Bound in light brown cloth boards, with maroon lettering to spine and cover, slightly faded. Sewn in silk ribbon. Very minor staining to boards, which are slightly shaken. 1434 pp, not counting maps. A 14-page English Key to the Symbols and Latin Words and..... More
Oxford: East and West Library, 1946. Hardcover. FIRST PRINTING. Mild wear to boards. Repaired blue, black and white jacket. Jacket price-clipped. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering in dark blue gilt trimmed label to front of blue boards. 197 pp with appendix, bibliography and index of names. Clean, tight. The..... More
New York: Judaica Illuminations, 1995. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Large book, measuring 14" x 9.5". Bound in dark cloth boards, with decorative covering to front board. Gilt lettering to spine. Three of four front corners nudged, some minor rubbing to boards, small half-inch tear to top of spine on both..... More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1899. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Bumped and worn corners and edges. Hinges starting. Age tanned. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front of maroon, cloth covered boards. Front is bordered in single gilt rule. Photogravure frontispiece, by Louis Loeb, with tissue..... More
