Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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![1. Sifrut Israel Be-America [Hebrew literature in America], by Ephraim Deinard. New-York-Jaffa, [1913].
Composition in two](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale50-public/217.jpg "\"Sifrut Israel Be-America\" / \"Koheleth America\" – Ephraim Deinard")
Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
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1. Sifrut Israel Be-America [Hebrew literature in America], by Ephraim Deinard. New-York-Jaffa, [1913].
Composition in two parts. The first part (printed in New-York) includes essays on Hebrew literature, Hebrew language, Eretz Israel and more. The second part (printed in Jaffa by E. Ittin, with a separate title page) includes a list of all Hebrew books printed in the United States between the years 1735-1911.
VIII, 88, 110 pages, 23 cm. Good condition. Stains and some creases. Worming. Damages to title page (several restored tears). Dedication in pen on title page. Fine binding, leather spine.
2. “Koheleth America”, in two parts, by Ephraim Deinard. St. Louis: Moinester Press, 1926.
Two volumes in one book. Part A contains essays about literature in general and in the United States in particular; part B contains a list of all Hebrew books printed in the United States from 1735 until 1926 and a short critique about most of the books.
[1] leaf, IV, 71, 151, [5] pages, 27 cm. God condition. Stains and creases. Some tears. Binding slightly loose, with tears around the spine and margins.
Composition in two parts. The first part (printed in New-York) includes essays on Hebrew literature, Hebrew language, Eretz Israel and more. The second part (printed in Jaffa by E. Ittin, with a separate title page) includes a list of all Hebrew books printed in the United States between the years 1735-1911.
VIII, 88, 110 pages, 23 cm. Good condition. Stains and some creases. Worming. Damages to title page (several restored tears). Dedication in pen on title page. Fine binding, leather spine.
2. “Koheleth America”, in two parts, by Ephraim Deinard. St. Louis: Moinester Press, 1926.
Two volumes in one book. Part A contains essays about literature in general and in the United States in particular; part B contains a list of all Hebrew books printed in the United States from 1735 until 1926 and a short critique about most of the books.
[1] leaf, IV, 71, 151, [5] pages, 27 cm. God condition. Stains and creases. Some tears. Binding slightly loose, with tears around the spine and margins.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium
1. Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Albert Einstein. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916. German.
First publication in book form of Einstein's paper presenting his general theory of relativity. The paper was published the same year in the journal Annalen der Physik, and the book publication is in fact a reprint of the article, retaining the original typesetting but with different page numbers. The first edition differs from the following ones in that the verso of the title page bears the printed inscription "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig", and the back wrapper bears the printed inscription "Metzger & Wittig, Leipzig". 64 pp., 24 cm. Good condition. Tears to corners. Tear to back wrapper. Bound in hard binding, with original wrappers.
2. Das Relativitatsprinzip. Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen, H. A. Lorentz, A. Einstein & H. Minkowski. Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1913. German.
First edition of anthology including two papers by Einstein, published earlier in the journal Annalen der Physik and appearing here for the first time in book form. 89 pp., 25 cm. Good condition. Bound in hard binding, with original wrapper.
3. Über die Interferenzeigenschaften des durch Kanalstrahlen emittierten Lichtes, A. Einstein, Berlin: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1926. German.
Printout from the report of the Prussian Academy of Sciences 1926 convention, including two papers, the first by Einstein. 334-351 pp., 25 cm. Good condition.
First publication in book form of Einstein's paper presenting his general theory of relativity. The paper was published the same year in the journal Annalen der Physik, and the book publication is in fact a reprint of the article, retaining the original typesetting but with different page numbers. The first edition differs from the following ones in that the verso of the title page bears the printed inscription "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig", and the back wrapper bears the printed inscription "Metzger & Wittig, Leipzig". 64 pp., 24 cm. Good condition. Tears to corners. Tear to back wrapper. Bound in hard binding, with original wrappers.
2. Das Relativitatsprinzip. Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen, H. A. Lorentz, A. Einstein & H. Minkowski. Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1913. German.
First edition of anthology including two papers by Einstein, published earlier in the journal Annalen der Physik and appearing here for the first time in book form. 89 pp., 25 cm. Good condition. Bound in hard binding, with original wrapper.
3. Über die Interferenzeigenschaften des durch Kanalstrahlen emittierten Lichtes, A. Einstein, Berlin: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1926. German.
Printout from the report of the Prussian Academy of Sciences 1926 convention, including two papers, the first by Einstein. 334-351 pp., 25 cm. Good condition.
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![34 paper items related to Albert Einstein. [20th century through the beginning of the 21st century].
Among the items: invita](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale50-public/219.jpg "Collection of Items Related to Albert Einstein")
Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
34 paper items related to Albert Einstein. [20th century through the beginning of the 21st century].
Among the items: invitation to a lecture by Einstein in Lemel School in Jerusalem, during his visit to Palestine in 1923; Eretz-Israeli notebook for pupils with the portrait of young Einstein; American postcard from 1934, depicting Adolf Hitler, with a sword covered with blood, chasing away Albert Einstein with a halo over his head; various philatelic items.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Some items appear in several copies.
Among the items: invitation to a lecture by Einstein in Lemel School in Jerusalem, during his visit to Palestine in 1923; Eretz-Israeli notebook for pupils with the portrait of young Einstein; American postcard from 1934, depicting Adolf Hitler, with a sword covered with blood, chasing away Albert Einstein with a halo over his head; various philatelic items.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Some items appear in several copies.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Three books on architecture, by Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953), a world-renowned architect, one of the outstanding Jewish architects of the 20th century. Berlin: Rudolf Mosse, 1928-1930. German.
1. Amerika, Bilderbuch eines Architekten, 1928.
2. Russland Europa Amerika, ein architektonischer Querschnitt, 1929.
3. Das Gesamtschaffen des Architekten - Skizzen, Entwürfe, Bauten, 1930. Includes paper jacket, usually missing (with restored damage).
Size and condition vary.
1. Amerika, Bilderbuch eines Architekten, 1928.
2. Russland Europa Amerika, ein architektonischer Querschnitt, 1929.
3. Das Gesamtschaffen des Architekten - Skizzen, Entwürfe, Bauten, 1930. Includes paper jacket, usually missing (with restored damage).
Size and condition vary.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Collection of catalogues of Hebrew books. Jerusalem, Germany, Amsterdam and Oxford. Hebrew, English, German and Dutch.
1-5. Four catalogues and a price list - Antiquariat J. Kauffman, Frankfurt am Main, 1927-1931.
6. Catalogue no. 4 of the bookseller Wolf Topilowsky. Cologne, 1931.
7. Kedem-Katalog der Judischen Literatur. Berlin.
8. Alte Judaica, Liste 29 - Antiquariat Taeuber & Weil, Munich, [1930s].
9. Hebraica Judaica - Katalog 1. A. Packter, Amsterdam, 1934.
10. Hebraica, for the greater part from the library of late Dr Peritz, Liegnitz, catalogue no. 61 - International Antiquariaat (Menno Hertzberger). Amsterdam.
11-18. Seven catalogues and a pamphlet - publishing house and bookseller Bamberger and Wahrman, Jerusalem, 1934-1936.
19-20. Catalogue no. 79 of A. Rosenthal Ltd., Oxford, [1970s]. English. Two copies.
Total of 20 booklets. Size and condition vary.
1-5. Four catalogues and a price list - Antiquariat J. Kauffman, Frankfurt am Main, 1927-1931.
6. Catalogue no. 4 of the bookseller Wolf Topilowsky. Cologne, 1931.
7. Kedem-Katalog der Judischen Literatur. Berlin.
8. Alte Judaica, Liste 29 - Antiquariat Taeuber & Weil, Munich, [1930s].
9. Hebraica Judaica - Katalog 1. A. Packter, Amsterdam, 1934.
10. Hebraica, for the greater part from the library of late Dr Peritz, Liegnitz, catalogue no. 61 - International Antiquariaat (Menno Hertzberger). Amsterdam.
11-18. Seven catalogues and a pamphlet - publishing house and bookseller Bamberger and Wahrman, Jerusalem, 1934-1936.
19-20. Catalogue no. 79 of A. Rosenthal Ltd., Oxford, [1970s]. English. Two copies.
Total of 20 booklets. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
Collection of catalogues of auction houses: * Parke-Bernet Galleries, 3 catalogues, 1967-1970. * Sotheby's - 62 catalogues, 1970-2004. * Christie's, 28 catalogues, 1980-2001. * Catalogue of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim of Radin, 1987. * Swann Galleries catalogue, December 1993. Butterfield & Butterfield catalogue, March 1992, and more.
Total of 94 catalogues. Overall good condition.
Total of 94 catalogues. Overall good condition.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of catalogues and books on Jewish art, Ketubot and Judaica. Including: "Menorat HaHanukkah" (Hanukkah Lamp), by Mordechai Narkiss, 1939; "The Stieglitz Collection, Masterpieces of Jewish Art", Chaya Benjamin; "Omanut Ve-Umanut Be’Eretz Israel Ba-Mea Ha-Tesha Esreh" [Arts and Crafts in Eretz Israel in the 19th century], (Israel Museum, 1939); "Jewish Tradition in Art, the Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica" by Dr. Yesha’ayahu Shachar (Israel Museum); and other important and rare catalogues.
Total of 112 books. Size and condition vary. A complete list of books will be provided upon request.
Total of 112 books. Size and condition vary. A complete list of books will be provided upon request.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
Unsold
Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum, London, edited by R. D. Barnett. Stephen Austin and sons Printing Press, London, 1974. English.
A catalogue divided according to topics: synagogues, holidays, Jewish life cycle, books and manuscripts. Includes detailed records of exhibits and more than two hundred photo-plates in color and in black and white.
XXVI, 184 pp + CCVII plates, 30 cm. Good condition. Slight wear to dust jacket.
A catalogue divided according to topics: synagogues, holidays, Jewish life cycle, books and manuscripts. Includes detailed records of exhibits and more than two hundred photo-plates in color and in black and white.
XXVI, 184 pp + CCVII plates, 30 cm. Good condition. Slight wear to dust jacket.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of books and catalogues on photography, including books on photography in Palestine, on the work of photographers Avraham Soskin, Tim Gidal, Rudi Weissenstein, Robert Capa (including the book "Slightly Out of Focus" from 1947), and others.
Total of 27 books. Size and condition vary. A complete list of books will be provided upon request.
Total of 27 books. Size and condition vary. A complete list of books will be provided upon request.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
1. Pinkas HaKehilot [Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities], Latvia and Estonia. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1988.
2-7. Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1976-1999. Six volumes.
8. Pinkas HaKehilot, Yugoslavia. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1988.
9-11. The Jews of Lithuania. Volumes 1-3. 1960-1967.
Size and condition vary.
2-7. Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1976-1999. Six volumes.
8. Pinkas HaKehilot, Yugoslavia. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1988.
9-11. The Jews of Lithuania. Volumes 1-3. 1960-1967.
Size and condition vary.
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![Passover Haggadah / Kriegs-Hagadah 1914-1915 [War Haggadah, 1914-1915]. Brno (Brunn): Max Hickl, 1915. German and Hebrew.
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Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah / Kriegs-Hagadah 1914-1915 [War Haggadah, 1914-1915]. Brno (Brunn): Max Hickl, 1915. German and Hebrew.
"War Haggadah", Passover Haggadah in Hebrew and German on facing pages, for the Jewish soldiers fighting in World War I. Introduction by David Feuchtwang, with black-and-white illustrations. Ya'ari 1854; Otzar HaHaggadot 2626.
63, [1] pp., 22 cm. (bound in a hardcover binding. Wrappers missing). Good-fair condition. Stains (dark stains on some leaves), damage to binding.
"War Haggadah", Passover Haggadah in Hebrew and German on facing pages, for the Jewish soldiers fighting in World War I. Introduction by David Feuchtwang, with black-and-white illustrations. Ya'ari 1854; Otzar HaHaggadot 2626.
63, [1] pp., 22 cm. (bound in a hardcover binding. Wrappers missing). Good-fair condition. Stains (dark stains on some leaves), damage to binding.
Category
Passover Haggadot
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![Passover Seder. [Kibbutz] Maoz Chaim Shturman, [1945].
Non-traditional Haggadah, with numerous illustrations. Includes a tex](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale50-public/228.jpg "Kibbutz Maoz Chaim, 1945 – Especially Beautiful Copy, Hand-Colored")
Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 16, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Passover Seder. [Kibbutz] Maoz Chaim Shturman, [1945].
Non-traditional Haggadah, with numerous illustrations. Includes a text on Elazar Ben-Yair and the last zealots of Masada, as well as a title page with the title "We Have All been Orphaned", followed by texts about the Holocaust: "We have lost our parents - I have lost my only son - a young wife - I have lost my entire family --- the whole community has been orphaned. The nation has lost the center of Jewry. Where is Polish Jewry? Where is the center of Hassidic Jewry? Where is the Torah center? Where is the center of Zionist pioneering? - I have seen before me hundreds and thousands of death wagons…".
In this copy, the front cover and 16 illustrations in the Haggadah text have been accurately and meticulously painted using watercolors.
[19] leaves, 21 cm. Some stains and creases to Haggadah main text. Tears to cover margins.
Non-traditional Haggadah, with numerous illustrations. Includes a text on Elazar Ben-Yair and the last zealots of Masada, as well as a title page with the title "We Have All been Orphaned", followed by texts about the Holocaust: "We have lost our parents - I have lost my only son - a young wife - I have lost my entire family --- the whole community has been orphaned. The nation has lost the center of Jewry. Where is Polish Jewry? Where is the center of Hassidic Jewry? Where is the Torah center? Where is the center of Zionist pioneering? - I have seen before me hundreds and thousands of death wagons…".
In this copy, the front cover and 16 illustrations in the Haggadah text have been accurately and meticulously painted using watercolors.
[19] leaves, 21 cm. Some stains and creases to Haggadah main text. Tears to cover margins.
Category
Passover Haggadot
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