Hebrew Yiddish Miscellany

Another miscellany. The kinds of things that interest me, please me and keep me interested in the trade as I stumble through my third decade in the book trade.

Aaron, of Pesaro. [Minkowsky, Aaron?]. Zeh Sefer Toledet Aharon" Asher Sipur mi-yeme hayav maym holado ad moto ve-nidfas al"yad benav ve-hotanu Yakh" ve-hovah le-bet ha-dafus den Iten Yuni 1903. Shanat 763. Cincinnati, Ohio, Press of Samuels Printing Co., 1903. Octavo, paper covers, 20 pp. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew. #518 in Yosef Goldman's Hebrew Printing in America V. 1, P. 458. A short account of the author's take in America which he took to task in a humorous but highly educated way. (78151)     $35.00 

Effron, Louis, edited by. Der Bezim: Humoristisher Zshurnal mit Ernste Khonos/ The Bezim, a Journal for Humor and Satire, Vol. 1, No. 1, September, 1945. Philadelphia, PA., Louis Effron, 1945. Duodecimo, stapled paper covers, 20 pp., political cartoons by Zagat. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish. OCLC Number: 33347842. Political humor with strong comic images. Uncommon. (78449)      $30.00

Freud, Sigmund. Ha-Psikhologyah shel ha-hamon veha-analizah shel ha-ani. Jerusalem, Hed Ha-Hinukh, 1927/8. First Hebrew Language Edition. Small octavo, paper covers, 86 pp. Softbound. Very Good. Translated from the German into Hebrew by Y. Dvosis. Sifriyat "Hed Ha-Hinukh," Sefer Rishon.Appears to be a translation of Massenpsychologie und Ich-Analyse: Die Zukunft einer Illusion, first published in German in Leipzig in 1921. One of the earliest translations of Freud into Hebrew. (78311)      $75.00

Glicenstein, Simon.  Admor Yoman rishme bikure mi-Lyubavitsh be-Erets Yisra'el. Jerusalem, Menahem-Av, 789 [1929]. Duodecimo, stapled paper covers, 24 pp. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew. A short biographical work about the Sixth Lubavitsh Rebbe Yosef Yitshak Schneerson. Glicenstein wrote about Rabbinical history in a way that must have been acceptable to Orthodox community. (78244)      $50.00

Hakohen, Shoshan. Pil'e ha-tsadikim: sipurim u-ma'asiyot meha-tsadikim u-kedoshe elyon  ... Djerba, Tunisia, Ya'akov Hadad, 1935. Duodecimo, black cloth spine, marbled paper covers, 36 pp., yellowed paper. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew. (78270) A book of Sephardi legends. One of Hakohen's works published in his lifetime.     $50.00

Komplas de Purim: por rekontar el nes de Purim ... Vienna, H.S.L. Vortman, 1891/2. Octavo, sewn paper covers, 23 pp. Softbound. Good. Text is in Ladino (78330) First published in 1851/2. A Ladino Purim anthology of humorous songs.    $150.00

Rapoport, Abraham. Neki kapayim u-var mitsvah: derush she-darash ... Avraham Kats Rapaport Shrentsil be-yom she-na'aseh bar mitsvah. Frankfurt am Main, Bet ha-defus "Defus", 1925. Small octavo, paper covers, 40 pp. with a facsimile of the original title page. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew. Reprints the original title-page from the Krakow edition of 1598. A facsimile reprint of an early collection of Bar Mitsvah drashes, (78333)     $45.00
 
Shirim la-milu'im: yom hukam al kise ha-rabanut be-kehilah kedoshah Levorden ... Avraham ben.. Shabtai Levisson .../Feestzangen bij de installatie van den Weleerw. heer A.S. Levisson als Opperrabbijn van het Synagogaal Ressort Friesland. Amsterdam, Typ. Van Crefeld & Co., 1924. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 8  pp. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew and Dutch. A special prayer service on the installation of Avraham Shabatai Levisson as rabbi at the Friesland synagogue. (78260)      $35.00

Todah ve-kol zimrah: be-vate kenesiyot bi-medinat Britanya li-melot 25 shanah le-memshelet ha-melekh 'Gorg' ... al kise malkhuto, yom 1. 9 Iyar 5695/ Prayer and thanksgiving : for the semi-jubilee of His Majesty's accession to the throne, Sunday 12th May 5695-1935. London, Office of the Chief Rabbi, 1935. Octavo, stapled paper covers with mild wear, 12 pp. Softbound. Very Good-. Text is in Hebrew and English on facing pages. (78258)      $80.00

Yaari, Abraham. Ha-Defus ha-Ivri bi-Shklov. Jerusalem, 1946. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 50 pp.  Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew. Shklov was a small town but at its height between 1780 and 1850 it was a center for Jewish printing in Eastern Europe and for the Lubavitch movement. (78326)      $30.00

Yidisher almanakh Pariz, 1931/ Almanach Juif 1931, Paris. Paris, Farlag der nayer dor, 1931. Octavo, paper covers with rough wear to the spine, 120, 168 pp., calendar, b/w photos. Softbound. Good-. Text is in Yiddish and French. An important resource on the Jews of France in the interwar years. An uncommon title. (77193)     $75.00

Zekher Tsadik Livrakhah: Memorial Exercises in Memory of Solomon Schechter Kaf"Het Tevet 676, Aeolina Hall, New York. New York, 1916. Octavo, string-bound paper covers mildly soiled and lightly creased 19 pp., Hebrew and English text on facing pages. Softbound. Good. Text is in Hebrew and English. Contents are "Psalm XVI," "Shokene Botte Homer, A Dirge," Solomon ibn Gabirol, Introductory address by Jacob H. Schiff, Addresses by Louis Marshall, Louis Ginzberg, Charles Isaiah Hoffman, Herman Lissauer, "Psalm XLIX," "Hazkarah," concluding with Alenu and Karddish. The Psalms and prayers were chanted by all and led by Reverend S. Jacobson. Uncommon. (78225)      $50.00

Hebrew Children's Books Again

A selection of readers for young readers, published in the first half of the century in Mandate Palestine, Israel, Germany and Poland. With one additional item about Jewish education in Lithuania and the American philanthropy that supported it.

Berdichevsky, Micah Joseph. Be-derekh rehokah: sipurim ve-agadot. Tel Aviv, Kupat ha-sefer, Undated [1920 or 1922]. Short octavo, stapled paper covers, 20 pp., small incidental drawings. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew. Rare. A collection of short stories and tales adapted for younger readers. (78325)      $75.00

Berkovitz, Y.D. Shevilim: pirke sifrut le-Mikra ve-limud. G. Y. D. Berkovitz. Berlin, Agudat bate-sefer Ivrim, 1920. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 16 pp., yellowed paper. Softbound. Good. Text is in Hebrew. a school reader. (74208)     $20.00

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich. Ne'arim: sipur. New York, Hotsa'at Sofrim, 1922. Small octaco, stapled paper covers, 16 pp., minor wear to the rear cover, front cover design by Saul Raskin. Softbound. Good. Text is translated into Hebrew from the original Russian. Mikra'ot Ketanot Hoveret Vav. Another school reader. (78245)     $15.00

De Amicis, Edmondo. Min ha-Apeninim ve-ad ha-Andim. Frankfurt am Main, Hotsaat Omanut, c. 1923. 16mo, soiled paper covered boards with black lettering and illustration, small chip at the head of the spine, 63 pp., a few illustrations. Hardbound. Good. Translated into Hebrew from the Italian by A. Almoni. A short tale by De Amicis adapted for the younger reader. Omanut produced art books and this volume, like their others, shows a more artistic aesthetic than most Hebrew publishers work. De Amicis wrote in the late nineteenth century in the vibrant atmosphere of a newly unified Italy. His works embodied both the nationalism of the time and a socialist bent that emerged in the middle years of his writing career. (77615)     $35.00

Frishman, David. Shevilim: pirke sifrut le-Mikra ve-limud. B. David Frishman. Berlin, Agudat bate-sefer Ivrim, 1920. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 16 pp., yellowed paper. Softbound. Good. Text is in Hebrew. (74207)     $20.00Melumad, N. Purim. Hagim: Gimel. Tel Aviv, A.Y. Shtivel, no date (1960s?). Octavo, stapled paper covers, b/w drawings. Softbound. Good. Text is in Hebrew. (78140) Another school text.    $15.00

Gibel, Ya'akov. Sifriyah le-bar be rav. Five fascicles: Hoveret Rishonah: Be-Lel Lag Ba-Omer, Gibel. Hoveret Shniyah: Tefilat Ha-Rav. Hoveret Shelishit: Temunat Matan Torah, by L. Fingold. Hoveret Revi'it: Shene Halomot, by L. Fingold. Hoveret Hamishit: Huledet Ha-Ba'al-Shem-Tov. Five of eight pieces. New York, Hotsa'at Ben-Or, 1920s?. 16mos, stapled paper covers, 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 pp., b/w drawings. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew, (77618) a group of very small little booklets meant for children's hands based on holiday and Hasidic themes.    $35.00

Melumad, N. Purim. Hagim: Gimel. Tel Aviv, A.Y. Shtivel, no date (1960s?). Octavo, stapled paper covers, b/w drawings. Softbound. Good. Text is in Hebrew. (78140) With reproductions of older dull illustrations as well as contemporary stylish line drawings by an uncredited artist. Part of a series by the author on the Jewish holidays.    $15.00


Mendele Mokher Seforim. Shevilim: pirke sifrut le-Mikra ve-limud. Vav-Zayin. Mendele Mokher Seforim. Berlin, Agudat bate-sefer Ivrim, 1920. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 32 pp., yellowed paper. Softbound. Good. Text is in Hebrew. (74209) Another school text.    $25.00

Pe'ulot Keren Edu'ard M. Tsheis li-temikhat talmidim u-studentim be-Lita be-meshekh hamesh shenot ha-limudim 1928/29-1932/33/ Report of the Activities of the Edward M. Chase Student Aid Foundation in Lithuania. School Years 1928/29 - 1932/33. Kaunas/ Kovno, Edward M. Chase Student Aid Foundation in Lithuania, [1933]. Duodecimo, paper covers, 48, 32 pp., b/w frontispiece, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew and English from opposite ends of the volume. (78292) Chase was a New Yorker actively interested in aiding the youth of Kovno, his home town. He put his own money into the project and solicited additional donations with modest success. I can't say what became of the fund or the school that it supported.    $45.00

Sholem Aleichem. Ma'ot shel Hanukah: mishak be-shalosh temunot: Mishak be-Shalosh Temunot.  Shalom-Alekhem li-vene ha-ne'urim. Tel Aviv, Dvir, 1928. Octavo, stapled paper covers with mild dog-earing at the open corners, 20 pp. Softbound. Good. Translated into Hebrew and adapted for schools by Y.D. Berkowitz. (78290) A short play adapted from the Yiddish by Sholem Aleichem's son-in-law.    $35.00

Steinberg, Judah. Sihot yeladim: Kovets sihot mekoriyot li-yeladim. Warsaw, Hotsa'at Tushiyah, no date. Octavo, paper covers, 116 pp. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Hebrew. With vocabulary notes in Russian. (78251)     $35.00