Fifteen prayer booklets and leaflets from synagogues in Australia, 19th-20th century.
Including: a dozen leaflets of Ohavei Shalom congregation – St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation (St. Kilda is a suburb of Melbourne), including the booklet “Order of Service to be performed at the Consecration of the St. Kilda Synagogue”, printed in Melbourne in 1872 in honor of the inauguration of St. Kilda Synagogue; leaflet of the Synagogue on Toorak Street in Melbourne, in memory of General John Monash, Jewish Australian engineer and industrialist, commander of Australian forces during World War I (Melbourne, 1931); booklet “Ziduk HaDin veSeder HaKevurah” [service of burial, Hebrew], of “Beit Israel” congregation in Sydney (1909; not in the NLI). Size and condition vary

Letters of Dalbert Hallenstein, On Active Service with the AIF. Melbourne: Norman bros. [No year mentioned, 1919?]. English.
A book with letters from Dalbert Hallenstein, a Jewish soldier in the Australian Army, written during World War I. The letters, most sent to his family, depict his service in France and the battle of Gallipoli, and are accompanied by black and white photos. It seems that the book was printed in a limited edition.
Dalbert Isaac Morris Hallenstein, served as a Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion of the Australian army. He fell in the line of duty in September 1918 in France, at the age of 25 (the last letter in the book was written several days before his death). Items from his estate are preserved in the Jewish Museum of Australia. 218 pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Leather binding of good quality (slightly damaged) with gold embossing. Gilt edges.

Behemoth Hatemeoth, the nomenclature of the prohibited animals of Leviticus, as determined by the most eminent authorities, both Jewish and Christian, by Abraham De Sola. Printed by John Lovell, Montreal, 1853. English (and some Hebrew). Only edition.
The author, Abraham De Sola (1825-1882) was a renowned rabbi, scholar, and orientalist, born in London. In 1847, when only twenty-two years old De Sola moved to Canada and became Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Congregation of Montreal ("Shearith Israel") and served there for thirty years. In 1853, McGill invited de Sola to become Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature. In 1873, by invitation of President Ulysses S. Grant's administration, De Sola opened the United States Congress with prayer. [1] Title-cover, 16 pp, 22 cm. Good condition. Inscription on the front cover. Minor creases at the corners. Minor tears on spine.
Apparently, this is the first book on the subject of Kosher Shechita (slaughtering) printed in America. One of the first Jewish books printed in Canada.
OCLC lists only one copy.