Search Results: Titles starting with A from Dan Wyman Books

Brooklyn, NY; Vaad Lehoromas Keren Hatorah, Comm. To Strengthen Torah Judaism, 1960. Orginal Wraps. 12mo. 30 pages. 15cm. Second edition. In English and Yiddish, back to back. Possible first edition, no markings indicating date. Pamphlet published by a Brooklyn based organization alongside their other conservative and religious texts examining modern Jewish relationships to religious practice. Subjects: Travel - Religious aspects -- Judaism. Travel (Jewish law) . OCLC lists 11. Bright, clean and fresh. Very good condition. (AMR-43-49).

New York; Jewish Liturgical Music Society Of America, 1972. Original Wraps. 8vo. 15 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Paper delivered at a memorial tribute and concert on Nov. 23, 1971, the fifth yahrzeit of A. W. Binder's death. Abraham Wolf Binder was an American Jewish composer and scholar active in the intellectual and artistic Jewish music circles of early 20th-century New York. Revered alike as a composer, pedagogue, and writer, Binder also founded the Jewish Liturgical Music Society of America. Subjects: Binder, Abraham Wolf, 1895-1966. OCLC lists 13 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (MUSIC-2-42) Xxxx.

Astoria, Or. : Pacific Development Society, 1928. Paperback. 12mo. 100 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Small tears at ends of backstrip, moisture stains on back cover and edges, good condition. (FIN-22-17).

Astoria, Or. : Pacific Development Society, 1928. Paperback. 12mo. 100 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Finns - United States; Immigration. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Covers edgeworn and lightly soiled, good condition. (FIN-20-25).

Chicago, Ill: Central YMCA College, 1944. First Edition. Paper Wrappers. 8vo; 72 pages; 23 cm. Bibliography on page 39. "Selected bibliography" on pages 70-72. A Holocaust-era publication. "Central YMCA College was a fully integrated college that closed in 1945 when the College leadership, faculty & student body abruptly resigned. They resigned because they believed that the YMCA was going to introduce quotas and reduce the number of minority students. The departing faculty & students founded what became Roosevelt University in Chicago" (Bolerium). "One of a series ... By the seminar in psychological problems of morale in the Department of psychology at Harvard university under the direction of Professor G. W. Allport and Professor H. A. Murray. " But why was morale in the department so bad? That is the question this booklet does not answer. Light toning, Very Good Condition (Holo2-160-24).

Hardcover. Vienna: Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1933. Cloth; royal 8vo. Lvi, 308, 300+ pages. Title page in Hebrew on verso. Frontispiece mounted photograph of Chajes. In German and Hebrew. Series: Veröffentlichungen der Alexander Kohut memorial foundation, bd. VII. A memorial volume prepared by a committee of friends; prefatory note signed by V. Aptowitzer and A. Z. Schwartz for the committee. Chajes was a rabbi, scholar, and author. "During his nine years of office in Vienna, the second largest community in Europe, Chajes was the undisputed spiritual leader of Austrian Jewry, though his Zionist views were unpopular with the wealthy and comfortable assimilationists, and his liberal scholarship as well as his Zionism antagonized most of the Orthodox. But his influence on the younger generation was considerable. In time he was recognized as one of the leading men in world Jewry. A fine orator and a charismatic personality, Chajes greatly impressed his audiences with his sermons and speeches… Read More

London, The Society's Office, 1889. Hardcover. First edition. Half leather binding with raised bands, 8vo, 304 pages with 51 illustrated pages. Contains 4 foldout maps. Part of the Palestine exploration fund series. Gottlieb Schumacher (1857 - 1925) "was an American-born civil engineer, architect and archaeologist of German descent, who was an important figure in the early archaeological exploration of Palestine" (Wikipedia, 2018) . OCLC: 342794. Good Condition with library markings. (Zion-16-3).

Pisa; Al Yede Shemuel Molkho, 1811. Publishers cloth. 8vo. [8, 272, 76] pages. 21 cm. In Hebrew. First edition of these novellae on tractate Keritot by R. Jacob Shimshon Shabbethai ben Raphael Issachar Sinigaliah. The title page states that the novellae are on the gemarra, perushe Rashi, and Tosafot. The title page is dated ‘he Lord has redeemed Jacob' (Jeremiah 31: 10) . There are approbations from R. Jacob David Zinzheim; and R. Jacob Nunes Weiss and R. Solomon ben David Hayyim Malakh, followed by R. Jacob Shimshon Shabbethai's introduction and the text. After the novellae, which comprise the greater part of the book, is a second section entitled Shomer Shabbat with its own foliation. It includes supplementary material to several of R. Jacob Shimshon Shabbethai's other works, namely Shabbat shel Mi and Ya'akov Le-Hok, here entiled Haghot ali Hok. R. Jacob Shimshon Shabbethai ben Raphael Issachar Sinigaliah was a rabbinical author. He was born in Ancona and died in Sinigaglia 1840. R. Sinigaglia… Read More

Pisa; Al Yede Shemuel Molkho, 1811. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. [8, 272, 76] pages. 21 cm. In Hebrew. First edition of these novellae on tractate Keritot by R. Jacob Shimshon Shabbethai ben Raphael Issachar Sinigaliah. The title page states that the novellae are on the gemarra, perushe Rashi, and Tosafot. The title page is dated ‘he Lord has redeemed Jacob' (Jeremiah 31: 10) . There are approbations from R. Jacob David Zinzheim; and R. Jacob Nunes Weiss and R. Solomon ben David Hayyim Malakh, followed by R. Jacob Shimshon Shabbethai's introduction and the text. After the novellae, which comprise the greater part of the book, is a second section entitled Shomer Shabbat with its own foliation. It includes supplementary material to several of R. Jacob Shimshon Shabbethai's other works, namely Shabbat shel Mi and Ya'akov Le-Hok, here entiled Haghot ali Hok. R. Jacob Shimshon Shabbethai ben Raphael Issachar Sinigaliah was a rabbinical author. He was born in Ancona and died in Sinigaglia 1840. R.… Read More

London; H. Frowde, 1905. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. 177, [6] pages. 23 cm. First edition. With 6 pages of fascimiles. Collection of bibliographic essays: Some missing chapters of Ben Sira - Karaitica - An ancient bookseller's catalogue - Professor Blau on the Bible as a book - A letter of Menasseh ben Israel - Jewish literature and the diaspora - The humours of Hebrew mss. - The romance of Hebrew printing - Zur jüdisch-persischen litteratur / Prof. Bacher. The author, Elkan Nathan Adler (1861-1946) , was an "Anglo-Jewish bibliophile, collector, and author. Adler, the son of Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, was a lawyer by profession and had unusual opportunities to travel under favorable conditions and to build up a remarkable library. He was among the first persons to realize the importance of the Cairo Genizah. He visited Egypt in 1888 and 1895-96 and brought back approximately 25, 000 fragments from the Genizah. His library ultimately included about 4, 500 manuscripts of which he published a… Read More

Paperback. New York: Jewish Book Council of America, 1945. Wrappers; 8vo. 126 pages. Illustrations in black and white; music. Title repeated in Hebrew and Yiddish. Text partly in Hebrew and Yiddish. Published on the occasion of the proclamation of an annual Jewish Book Month. Jewish literature -- History and criticism. OCLC lists seven copies worldwide. Cover soil; pages browning. Very good condition. (CT-3).

Berlin; G. Reimer, 1910. Hardcover. Later Cloth. 4to. VI, 509 pages. 27 cm. First edition. 'Abraham Geiger: His Life and Work'. With frontispiece portrait of Abraham Geiger. A biography of Abraham Geiger, written by his son Ludwig Geiger (1848-1919) , "German literary historian; a fervent adherent of the symbiosis of Judaism and Germanness. Son of Abraham Geiger, he studied philology and history in Heidelberg, Goettingen, and Berlin and concluded his academic studies in 1873 with a dissertation, presented to Leopold von Ranke on the attitude of Greek and Roman authors to Judaism and Jews. In 1880 he was appointed extraordinary professor of the history of literature at Friedrich Wilhelm University, Berlin. Later he additionally became a lecturer at the Lehranstalt fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums. Geiger was a versatile scholar, editor, and translator. His major contributions were to Renaissance, Humanism, and Reformation studies, German-Jewish history, and research on Goethe and other writers of… Read More

1930. Paperback. Paper wrappers; 8vo. 16 pages. OCLC lists 35 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (AMR-45-18).

New York: No Publisher (The Author). Paperback. Paper wrappers; 8vo. 30 pages. Cover title. "Delivered at the Bronx County Bar Association, February 8, 1928." Frontispiece photo of Lincoln. Illust rated. OCLC lists fourteen copies worldwide. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Contributions in law Cover sunned; hole punched. Very good condition. (PC-1).

Paperback. Paper wrappers; 8vo. 17 pages. Cover title: "Delivered over WOR, February 11, 1928." Frontispiece sketch of Lincoln. OCLC lists thirteen copies wor ldwide. Edges sunned; hole punched. Very good condition. (P-2-66).

New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary, 1909. Paperback. 1st Edition. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 29 pages. Schechter was a rabbinic scholar and president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Born in Rumania, he moved to Britain in 1882 and there became a spokesman for Jewish traditionalism. In 1901 he moved to New York and became the president of the Seminary. During his tenure the Seminary became one of the most important centers of Jewish learning and Jewish and intellectual revival. He regarded Zionism as a bulwark against assimilation and in 1913 attended the 11th Zionist Congress in Vienna. He is regarded as the chief architect of Conservative Judaism in the United States (Horin EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : American Poltical, Government History, Biography, President Lincoln. Edgewear and some mild discoloration to covers. Otherwise in very good conditioin. (AMR-41-41-P).

New York. Paperback. Paper wrappers; 8vo. 10 pages. Reprinted from The Jewish Tribune of February 10, 1928. Frontispiece photo of Lincoln. OCLC lists fourteen copies worldwide. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Psychology Cover sunned; hole punched. Very good condition. (P-2-70).

New York: No Publisher (The Author), 1928. Paperback. Paper wrappers; 8vo. 9 pages. "Reprinted from The American Hebrew of February 10, 1928." Frontispiece sketch of Lincoln. Hertz was an authority on Lincoln and assembled the largest private collection of material relating to him, including 4, 000 previously unknown items. He wrote many publications about Lincoln (Temkin, EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Psychology Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Relations with Jews. Near Fine Condition. (amr-40-12) xx.

New York, 1924. Paperback. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 7 pages. Cover title. "An address delivered over WOR February 12th, 1924." OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Some browning; dog-eared top right. Good condition. (PC-1).

[New York]: No Publisher (The Author), 1929. First Edition. Paper wrappers. 10 pages; "Delivered under the Auspices of the United Synagogue over WEAF--February 6, 1929." Hertz was an authority on Lincoln and assembled the largest private collection of material relating to him, including 4, 000 previously unknown items. He wrote many publications about Lincoln (Temkin, EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Fine Condition, (amr-40-6).