johnson rare books & archives, ABAA (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. This riveting account draws on interviews with those who were hidden as children and the Christian women who rescued them. Textual photographs. Inscribed and dated by Vromen on the title page. Octavo. Light bumping to the corners and tips, with some very mild rubbing to the dust jacket. Better than very good.

Seller Inventory # 68679

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 233 p. Edited and Translated by Moses Hadas. New York: Published for The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning by Harper & Brothers, 1951. First edition thus. A Hellenistic work of the 2nd century BCE, the Letter of Aristeas describes the Greek translation of the Hebrew Law by seventy-two interpreters sent into Egypt from Jerusalem at the request of the librarian of Alexandria, resulting in the Septuagint translation. Part of the Jewish Apocryphal Literature series, with the original Greek printed opposite the English translation. Octavo. Original cloth binding, with burgundy and gilt titles. Ink signature to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is price-clipped and somewhat edgeworn, with a small ink price stamp to the front flap; otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # 55340

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 240 p. Foreword by Alexander Marx. Frontispiece. Inscribed by Goodblatt on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt and burgundy titles. Mild wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. Inscribed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 63832

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Jennifer Coleman (illustrator). First Edition. Inscribed by the translator on the front flyleaf. The classic story of exorcism, possession, and love in a Jewish community of eastern Europe. Illustrated by Jennifer Coleman. Octavo. Original red buckram boards, with gilt titles. Light rubbing to the corners and tips, with just a hint of edgewear to the dust jacket; else near fine.

Seller Inventory # 75851

Wraps. Condition: Very good. Inscribed by Fania F�nelon on the dedication page. The French musician's acclaimed memoir about survival in the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, based on a diary she kept at the concentration camps. F�nelon's account served as the basis for the television film Praying for Time (1980) starring Vanessa Redgrave. Octavo: [402] p. Original printed paper wrappers. A bit of minor toning and wear along the extremities, with some mild creasing to the spine; else very good.

Seller Inventory # 76340

Small collection of Zionist material from the 1970s showing efforts to build both financial and political support in the United States for the struggling new nation of Israel. The group includes three memos issued by the national office of the Radical Zionist Alliance (RZA), a grassroots, chapter-based organization officially founded in 1970. The group supported national self-determination for both Jews and Palestinians. Their slogan was "Be a Revolutionary in Zion and a Zionist in the Revolution," expressing their belief that migration to Israel was the best means to change Israeli society and influence American Jewish consciousness. So many of their key leaders returned to the Promised Land, the RZA ceased functioning in 1972. One of the documents in this group is a one-page typed memo dated October 13, 1970, providing an update about organizing efforts and a call for financial help. "This cannot be overemphasized: WE ARE BROKE. Comrades are not getting propaganda because we can't always pay to mail it." The collection also includes: Color flyer for the Salute to Israel Parade, held Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 11 a.m. in New York. The community-wide parade was held to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of Israel. Outreach letter from The Jewish Right dated February 1971. The Los Angeles-based organization promised to galvanize Jewish people against communism and other threats. "It is time that we, the rational, decent, law-abiding and God-fearing true Americans let our voices be heard." Flyer for the workshop "Anti-Semitism Today Action & Reaction in the Continuing Crisis" sponsored by Temple Betham in Amherst, New York on Sunday, December 2, 1973. Flyer and brochure advertising bonds to help support Israel. There is no date on the material, but it is penciled November 1973. The material urges the recipient to provide Israel one-month's salary: "Continuing war crisis has caused ever increasing defense expenditures.".

Seller Inventory # 76891

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. This is Nr. 289 of 300 copies printed on antique laid paper. Goldschmidt (1871-1950) was a Lithuanian-born scholar and bibliophile who translated the entire Babylonian Talmud into German. Quarto: 60 p. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a vellum spine with gilt titles. Near fine.

Seller Inventory # 76045

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Frank Lalou (b.1958) is a writer, artist, and Hebrew calligrapher. All of his modern-day "illuminated manuscripts" are eminently collectible, but in these bilingual renditions of sacred texts Lalou has truly found his metier. His particular calligraphic style is suited to the aesthetics of both English and Hebrew letter forms. His design also incorporates invented shapes with appear alphabetic but in fact only mimic the abstract features of a true written script. The effect is at once modernist and timeless, hinting even at a pre-Babel language. This "one of book" is signed and dated by Lalou alongside his chop stamp. Quarto. Text in Hebrew and English. Issued loose, the unsewn sheets are laid in hand-painted and hand-lettered Fabriano wrappers in black and red accents. The text is primarily in black, with red, orange, and blue accents, and accompanied by full-page die-cut illustrations with tissue guards. Housed in a red cloth-covered slipcase, with a printed paper spine label. Fine.

Seller Inventory # 65159