Mishnayot, including Kaf Nachat commentary [by Rabbi Shneur Feivush son of Rabbi Ya'akov], Seder Kodshim and Seder Taharot. [Offenbach], [1732].
Separate title-page for Seder Taharot. The word"Amsterdam" is emphasized on title-pages. Colophon at end of book"¦ 26 Elul 1732¦".
Margins of leaves contain dozens of glosses in ancient Ashkenazi handwriting from the period of the print. Binding leaves contain signatures and ownership notation [from 1820] of"Yoel¦ Arper Segal¦". Signature and ex-libris of Rabbi Eliezer HaLevi Dunner (1876-1950, rabbi in Ragashani and in Koloni, author of Zichron Yosef Tzvi and more).
[1], 143-172, 175, 276, [2], 278-462, [4] leaves (pagination differs slightly from that which is listed in the Bibliography Institute CD, last leaf unlisted). 13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, tears and wear on leaf margins. Number of detached leaves. Gilded paper cut. Ancient detached leather binding.

Aruch HaShulchan, on laws of Yoreh De'ah, by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein. Warsaw, 1897.
Rabbi Moshe Nachum's signature appears on title cover. Leaves contain many Halachic emendations and remarks, in his handwriting.
Ink-stamps of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Lempert of Stalavitch, author of Piskei HaGra.
Rabbi Moshe Nachum Wallenstein (1840-1922, Otzar HaRabbanim 15588), native of Papa, Hungary; he was a disciple of the Ktav Sofer, from whom he received rabbinic ordination. In 1864 he immigrated to Jerusalem and married the daughter of Rabbi Shimon Deutsch, disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Was leader of the Hungarian Jewry in Jerusalem. Appointed as Dayan in the Beit Din of the Maharil Diskin in 1889, and in 1908 was appointed as Av Beit Din of Jerusalem. Author of Bnei Moshe Responsa.
[2], 95; [2], 104; 171 pages [bound with title cover. Separate title-pages for chapters 61-78, 79-97, 98-122]. 23 cm. Good condition. Stains, minor moth stains, number of detached and worn leaves. Dry paper. Worn binding.

Two books of responsa with glosses and comments handwritten by Rabbi David Sperber: 1) Responsa She'elat Shalom, second edition, by Rabbi Shalom Toibesh. Lemberg, 1885. * 2) Responsa Chesed L'Avraham, second edition, two parts and insights on the Rambam, by Rebbe Avraham David, the Gaon of Buchach. Lemberg, 1898.
Two letters were found between the leaves of the books that were sent to Rabbi David Sperber; one a letter with a halachic query by Rabbi Matityahu Yechezkel Gutman Rabbi of BuhuֵŸi and Leova with particularly interesting content: "There is a tradition in our family from our grandfather Rabbi Liber The Great of Berdichev (he lived in the time of the Besht and was the grandson of the Rabbi of Ostropoli) not to marry a Cohen¦ the testament was not recorded¦ and the reason that was passed down was that we are descended from David and have the quality of kingship, and kingship and priesthood are not to be mixed together¦".
Rabbi David Sperber - the Gaon of BraֵŸov (1875-1962, Otzar HaRabbanim 5075) was amongst the leading Rabbis of Galicia and Romania. He was born in Zablatov, to a family of Vizhnitz Chasidim. Disciple of Rabbi Meir Arik. From 1908, he served in the rabbinate and in 1928, he became rabbi of BraֵŸov. He wrote Afarkesta D'Aniya, Michtam L'David, and other compositions on all areas of Torah. He became renowned for releasing agunot after the Holocaust permitting them to remarry. In 1949, he immigrated to Eretz Yisrael and was one of the heads of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
2 books and 2 letters, varied size and condition, good condition, with the exception of the responsa She'elat Shalom in fair-poor condition.

Midrash Rabba including all commentaries. Second section: Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim and the Five Megillot. Vilna, 1887. Numerous glosses (over fifty) in Ashkenazi handwriting from the printing period, containing commentaries, Chiddushim and themes for sermons.
37.5 cm. Fair condition, dry paper with wear and tear. Glosses on outer margins slightly cut off. Old binding.