Goldin, Judah (selected and translated by) - Drawings by Ben-Zion The Living Talmud, The Wisdom of the Fathers and its Classical Commentaries New York, Limited Editions Club (printed at the Spiral Press) 1960
Folio, the binding is natural-grain goatskin vellum on the spine, stamped in genuine gold; the sides are a fine quality of black buckram. The top edge is hand gilded with pure gold leaf. 226 pp number 1221 of 1500. Signed by illustrator. A very nice copy in a slipcase.
£110.00 [Ref: 4797]Malka, Jacob - Avraham Manor (ed) Haggadah of the Gates Jerusalem, Studio Malka 1987
First ed. Folio, orig cloth, dj, 168 pp. Illustrated in colour. Text in Hebrew and English. Beautiful modern Haggadah text in Hebrew and English. Hebrew and English title pages. There are printed letters of appreciation from the both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi Chief Rabbis, Rabbis Abraham Kahana Shapira and Rabbi Mordechai Eliahu
£75.00 [Ref: 4778]Oppenheim, Moritz - introduction by Dr Leopold Stein Bilder Aus Dem Altjudischen Familienleben Nach Original Gemalden von Moritz Oppenheim Frankfurt au Main 1901
Folio Decorative pictorial cloth. Family scenes from the Jewish Life of Former Days. Known as the painter to the Rothschilds, 'Oppenheim was the first to dare to depict the beauty of everyday Jewish Life' see see Heuberger, G & Merk in Moritz Oppenheim - Jewish Identity in 19th Century Art. The book contains 20 scenes of traditional Jewish Life.
£950.00 [Ref: 5006]Shahn, Ben (illustrator) Ecclesiastes, or, The Preacher in the King James translation of the Bible with Drawings by Ben Shahn, engraved in wood by Stefan Martin, Calligraphy by David Soshensky New York, Spiral Press 1965
"The binding is in genuine parchment back with buckram sides, stamped in gold with slipcase" (from prospectus) (the book is also housed in a grey gold stamped chemise, which matches the slip case) Format is 10 x 13 inches. This edition is limited to to 285 copies (this is no 105) which is signed by the artist (Ben Shahn), the wood engraver (Stephen Martin), Calligrapher (David Soshensky) and the printer (Joseph Blumenthal). The type is Emerson, hand-set. The paper is Rives, heavyweight, mouldmade in France. An excellent copy of a very hansome volume. There is a copy of the original propectues loosely inserted.
£275.00 [Ref: 4795]Vermes, Geza (translated, with an Introduction and Commentaries by - Illustrated by Shrag Weil (signed by illustrator) The Dead Sea Scrolls Westerham, Limited Editions Club 1966
Folio, quarter leather with cloth boards. Signed by the artist Shraga Weil, number 14 of 1500 copies. 241 pp, 16 colour plates, (8 of which are double page) several black and white illustrations as well. An excellent copy in a slipcase.
£95.00 [Ref: 4796]