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1 FISHBURN BOOKS February 2015 JUDAICA LIST PH: FAX: INTERESTING ITEMS 1. ROBERTS, DAVID THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT & NUBIA. After lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts R.A. with Historical Descriptions by the Rev. George Croly, LL.D.[and William Brockedon, F.R.S] London Day & Son First quarto edition, 29.2 x 20.5cm. Six volumes bound in three physical volumes with 250 tinted lithographed plates, including frontispiece portrait in Volume I, title-pages, and 2 maps (the maps are not tinted). Plates have the original tissue guards. David Roberts ( ) had established himself as a topographical artist of note when in 1838 he planned a visit to the Near East. He departed in August 1839 for Egypt and spent the rest of the year visiting numerous tombs and sites in and around Cairo. Early the following year

2 he set out for the Holy Land visiting Suez, Mount Sinai, and Petra on the way. He spent several months visiting Biblical sites throughout Palestine including a considerable period in Jerusalem. He returned to England at the end of The three volumes have been rebacked, the spines are leather with gilt titles and decorations. The boards are cloth. All edges are gilt. Some foxing throughout. This is the quarto edition of the gargantuan folio edition of the same title from which the plates were photographically reduced in size. In the words of one critic, The fidelity of his accurate pencil, his skilful adherence to truth of costume and surroundings, his attention to characteristic effect in architecture and landscape, won immediate recognition and praise. [ref: ] 2,000 ITEM 1 2. THE BOOK OF ESTHER, ILLUSTRATED BY ZEEV RABAN (BEZALEL) JERUSALEM Jerusalem Miriam Publishing House 1947 First edition. Oblong 25 cm high by 30cm wide. Original Bezalel faux leather binding with copper plate mounted on front board. 11 tipped in colour plates include Hebrew text, with an English translation on the opposite page. An extremely good clean copy in fine condition. Only one copy listed on WorldCat (NLI). Colour plates printed by Henry Stone &

3 Son Ltd. Banbury, England. Text printed by Haoman Press, Jerusalem. Zeev Raban ( ) was one of the most important Israeli artists of the 20th Century. An excellent copy of an uncommon book. [ref: ] 350

4 3. JUDISCHES MUSEUM NIKOLSBURG. Nikolsburg circa 1936/1939 Portfolio of Illustrations published by the Jewish Museum of Nikolsburg 22 illustrations, including one duplicate. Ex library 23 x 17.5 cm. Includes a letter on headed paper from the Jewish Museum of Nickolsburg dated 20 th March, 1936 addressed to Maksymiljan Goldstein a noted researcher and collector of Jewish art. These objects originally belonged to the Jewish community or were in the possession of the many synagogues and institutions of learning in Nikolsburg. As the importance of the town faded, the items were gathered together and eventually put on display in the Central Jewish Museum for Moravia- Silesia which opened in Nikolsburg in After the occupation of the town by the Nazis, the contents of the museum were confiscated for an "ethnological" museum which the Nazis hoped to set up as part of their "final solution". As a result they were not destroyed, and after the war they were collected together in the Jewish Museum in Prague, where they remain today. See Jewish Gen Website. [ref: 7246 ] 395 ITEM 3

5 4. PHOTOGRAPHS SHE'ERIT HAPLETAH 1946 Approximately 75 photographs from years The photos relate to Mordechai and Devorah Rinrit, Holocaust survivors who came to Eretz Israel after the war. Apparently, Mordechai joined the Bnei Akiva movement and went back to Europe. Includes photos of Munich, Salzburg and other places after the War, as well as photos of Jewish youth movements. Most of the photos are 8 x 5.5 cm, some are 8 x 11 cm and some are postcard-sized, with divided backs like postcards. Some are annotated in Hebrew on the reverse. [ref: ] 1,500 ITEM 4

6 5. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - JEWISH SETTLEMENT POLICE Photograph album, of a guard in the Jewish Settlement Police, [second half of the 1930s] The album contains 36 photographs documenting the activities of the security guards of the Jewish Settlement Police and their training. In all the photographs the guards are seen dressed in uniforms, sometimes in staged positions on training exercises, next to an armoured car and at various sites. The Jewish Settlement Police was set up in 1936 as a section of the Notrim. They accompanied Orde Wingate in the Special Night Squads. Average size: 6.5X8.5 cm (some are smaller or.larger), album 19X28.5 cm. Good condition. [ref: ] CHODOWSKI, REV. A. T. - WINE - ITS USE AND ABUSE. THE WINES OF THE BIBLE. Sydney, Newtown Hebrew Congregation 1920 Original wrappers, 22cm, 16 pp, very good condition. Worldcat list no copies outside of Australia. [ref: 8749 ] 95

7 7. FELDMAN, W M RABBINICAL MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY London M L Cailingold 1931 Original blue cloth, 22cm, 232 pp with 56 diagrams. First edition. [ref: ] GEISMAR, OTTO. SEDER HAGADAH SHEL PESAH Berlin, Jalkut 1927 Original red cloth, 22 cm, 90 pp, some marking and wear at the spine, some minor foxing and staining. Overall a very good copy. Text in Hebrew with a German translation, illustrated by Otto (Natan) Geismar. ( ) ITEM 8

8 The Haggadah with Geismar s illustrations was initially published in Hebrew. In 1928, two separate bilingual editions one in German, and one in Dutch - with the original text and a translation were published. Geismar s early style has been characterized as minimalist and expressionistic. His Haggadah illustrations are marked by bold typography, radically simplified lines, freedom of treatment of traditional themes (e.g., the illustration for the song Had Gadya) and humour (the wicked son as a mocker who thumbs his nose at the wise one; the Plagues of Egypt; a child overcome by the wine and festivities at the end of the seder banquet, etc.). Geismar s optimistic logo can be seen at the end of the book: a little bird chirping in a tree next to an open cage, with the Hebrew initials Aleph Gimel = Otto Geismar. See [ref: ] GOLOMB, ELIYAHU THE HISTORY OF JEWISH SELF-DEFENSE IN PALESTINE ( ) The Zionist Library No.4 Tel Aviv Zionist Organisation Youth Department c.1940s Original wrappers, 16cm., 94pp., text in English, corners of wrappers and spine show signs of wear, but overall in a very good condition. Full page photograph of the author inside. Provides a general history of Jewish self-defence in Palestine from 1878 until [ref: ] IMBER AND BIALIK KÖNIGSBERGER ZIONISTISCHE VEREINIGUNG - HATIKVAH AND CH. N. BIALIK'S "BIRKAT AM" Königsberger Zionistische Vereinigung Single sheet folded to form 6pp, 17cm, text in Hebrew and German. Yellowing and staining to edges and external pages. Hatikvah and Ch. N. Bialik's "Birkat Am" in Hebrew and in German translation. [ref: ] JOSEPHS, MICHAEL MIDRASH MILIM - AN ENGLISH AND HEBREW LEXICON London B Wertheim Leather decorative binding, 371 pp. Leather is tearing at base of spine. Michael Josephs ( ) studied Talmud in Berlin where he became a maskil. In 1781 he set himself up as a merchant in London. In 1817, together with Chief Rabbi Hirschell and Joshua Van Oven he set up the Jewish Free School in London. He was regarded as the most distinguished Hebraist of his generation in England. (see Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History). The English entries in his dictionary were based on Johnson s English Dictionary (Brisman, Guide to Judaic Dictionaries and Concordances p 73) [ref: ] 225

9 ITEM KANTER, BERTA LIKE MAMA USED TO MAKE: A COLLECTION OF FAVOURITE AND TRADITIONAL JEWISH DISHES London, Children and Youth ALiyah, Committee for Great Britain c 1960 Spiral bound, stiff card covers, 21.5cm, the illustrations are very 1950s. Unusual period piece. Designed and illustrated by Suzanne Sarnoff, assisted by Jan Miller. Glassine covering to decorative wrapps. mostly removed, overall very good condition. Cookery Book [ref: 4933 ] 48

10 13. LUZZATTO, SAMUEL DAVID CALENDARIO EBRAICO PER VENTI SECOLI ESTESO CON NUOVO METODO [HEBREW CALENDAR FOR TWENTY CENTURIES EXTENDED WITH A NEW METHOD] da Samuel David Luzzatto da Trieste, professore nell'istituto rabbinico di Padova : socio corrispondente dell'i. R. Istituto Veneto Padova A. Bianchi 1849 Original wrappers, 33 cm., 11 pp., text in Italian, charts. A very good copy. Samuel David Luzzatto ( ) was an Italian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. Worldcat lists only 2 copies in USA (JTS & California) plus 2 in the UK, 3 in Germany and one in the NLI. [ref: ] MEYER, DR ERNA. - HOW TO COOK IN PALESTINE. WIE KOCHT MAN IN EREZ-ISRAEL. Tel Aviv WIZO c 1925 Original wrappers, some wear to spine tearing towards bottom of spine, heavily yellowed/browned foxed. 8vo., pp (Paginated in both directions Hebrew and Western fashions). Trilingual text, in English, Hebrew and German. Iconic illustrated cover. [ref: 7155 ] 300

11 ITEM MYERS, REV. M.H. - JEWISH CALENDAR & DIARY Containing the Date of Each Sabbath and Festival for the Year 5637 with the Portion of the Law Read on Such Days, Also a Condensed Calendar and [Yahrzeit] Table for the Ensuing Ten Years as well as a variety of other useful information. London 1876, 5637 First edition. Original cloth, gilt titles, 25cm, 99 pp. Includes a sketch of Menasseh Ben Israel (from Kous Yeshuous) and a couple of other articles. Some minor signs of wear, overall a very good copy. Some great advertisements and illustrations. [ref: ] 175

12 16. RYE, REGINALD ARTHUR. - CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED HEBREW BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FORMING THE LIBRARY OF FREDERICK DAVID MOCATTA London Harrison and Sons 1904 Original printed paper covered boards with a cloth backstrip, top edge gilt. 23 cm, 803 pp. Portrait. Overall very good condition. It has the bookplate of Herbert Martin James Loewe, Exeter College Oxford from C G Montefiore dated July 1914 [ref: ] SCHATZ, BORIS & KLAUSNER, JOSEPH, BORIS SCHATZ HIS LIFE AND WORK MONOGRAPHY Jerusalem, B ne Bezalel 1925 Folio, 40cm, Decorative folio with text book in English and Hebrew, pp plus 40 plates, each of which has an English and Hebrew translation. The folio has an autobiography of Jewish artist Boris Schatz, founder of the Betzalel School of Art. In this bilingual monograph, he relates his works to his life and ideals. The work is prefaced by the historian Joseph Klausner, and is accompanied by 40 large black and white plates. The text pages themselves also feature some illustrations and text decoration. Text is in an orange softcover booklet, together with the plates in a sturdy box. Slight wear to slipcase, tiny bit of foxing to text booklet, overall very good condition. [ref: ] 375

13 18. SLOTKI, REV DR ISRAEL W. HISTORY OF THE MANCHESTER SHECHITA BOARD (A BOARD FOR THE ORGANISATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC OBSERVANCE OF THE JEWISH DIETARY AND OTHER RELIGIOUS AND HYGIENIC LAWS). WITH SOME GLIMPSES OF THE RELIGIOUS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF MANCHESTER AND SALFORD JEWRY Manchester, Manchester Shechita Board Orig. card wrappers with a cloth backstrip 24.5 cm 93 pp illus. Includes a picture of the induction of Dayan Weisz to the Manchester Beth Din. There is letter from Isadore Fishman commending Rev Slotki on the interesting nature of the book. [ref: ] 85