Ten volumes of the Babylonian Talmud, printed in Munich-Heidelberg, 1949 by the She'erit hapleita rabbis in the DP camps, "Published by the Vaad Agudat HaRabbanim in the American region of Germany". Each volume has two title pages. The first title page (in yellow) has illustrations and inscriptions of the extermination camps and destruction of European Jewry.
Tractates: Shabbat, Eruvin-Rosh HaShana, Pesachim-Ta'anit, Beitzah-Chaggiga, Gittin-Sotah, Bava Batra, Avoda Zara, Zevachim-Menachot, Bechorot-Me'ilah.
Ownership inscriptions by the Erlau Rebbe "Yochanan ben Maharam Sofer Av Beit Din of Erlau". The leaf margins have many glosses in his handwriting. He notes in his glosses also what he wrote "on the sheets of the Talmud of the yeshiva'.
The Erlau Rebbe, Rebbe Yochanan Sofer (born in 1923), a descendent of the Chatam Sofer, grandson of Rabbi Shimon Sofer of Erlau (son of the Ktav Sofer). His grandfather and most of his family perished in the Holocaust and he survived, ascended to Eretz Israel, established Torah institutes and established the Erlau Chassidut which is one of the largest Chassidic communities in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. One of the eldest rebbes of our generation, a leader of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah.
10 volumes, approximately 39 cm. Fair condition, use wear, original damaged bindings.

Moreh Nevuchim, with the Shem Tov, Afudi and Karshkash commentaries. Jieznas, [1742].
On the title page and book leaves are stamps, with the symbol of a crown and the initials S.S. Ownership inscriptions.
Several glosses in Ashkenazi writing [from the 1800s], by an unidentified writer including sharp criticism of the commentaries ["Rabbi Shem Tov should forgive me… he did not delve into the depth of the matter"; "In Chapter 41, the commentaries said incorrect things about the Rambam…"].
[1], 120, 123-127 leaves. 33 cm. Fair-good condition. Restored tear to title page. Stains, tears and moth damage. Damaged binding.

Sefer Ein Ya'akov, Talmud Agadot. Third Part. Slavita, 1835. Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira printing press.
A curled oriental signature on title page: Yehudah—Avraham—Mizrahi S"T". Tens of glosses on margins in an oriental Rashi script. Kabbalistic contents, hints and gematria.
300 leaves. 24 cm. Fair condition. Stains, tear and wear. Detached and damaged binding.

Mishpat Shalom, rulings and protocols of arbitrations by Rabbi Ya'akov Emden – the Ya'avetz, concerning monetary disputes between the three communities of Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek, which were united to one community, A.H.W. [Altona, 1775]. "Printed in the author's home".
Printed without a title page, the title on the first page: "Words of truth, justice and peace – which I Ya'avetz have judged and ruled disputes in our community of A.H.W.".
37 pages. 17.5 cm. Fair condition, restored damages. Elaborate leather binding.

Or Yisrael, responsa by Rabbi Israel Lifshitz. Kleve, 1770. Printed in a new printing press in Kleve. The only Hebrew book printed in Kleve.
The book deals primarily with "the Keve divorce" which caused an upheaval in the Jewish world of that time. Simanim 34-36, with sharp criticism of the Rabbis of Frankfurt am Main, were omitted. Siman 33 was printed with many changes. This copy was censored by pasting pieces of paper with softer expressions on the sharp words originally written (other copies we have seen have the criticism erased with black ink).
On the title page appears the stamp S.R.H. – the stamp of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), a prominent leader of Orthodox Jewry in Germany. Disciple of Chacham Breines of Hamburg, and Rabbi Ya'akov Etlinger, author of Aruch LaNer of Altona. From age 22, he began to serve in the Rabbinate in Oldenburg, Emden and Nicholsburg. In 1850, he was called by the eleven orthodox families in Frankfurt am Main to stand at the helm of the new Orthodox community Adat Yeshurun. Rabbi Hirsch was the first to stop the snowballing decline of Orthodox Jewry in Germany. His halachic and Torah authority granted him the distinct status of the leader of Eastern Europe Orthodox Jewry. He was very active in establishing separate communities in various cities throughout Germany and he educated a whole generation to Torah and mitzvoth with his books and articles (Igrot Tzafon, Chorev etc.).
31, 33-66, 69-120 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition, stains. Parchment binding detached and damaged.