Die deutsche Synagoge, oder Ordnung des Gottesdienstes für die Sabbath-und Festtage des ganzen Jahres zum Gebrauche der Gemeinden, die sich der deutschen Gebete bedienen. Herausgegeben von E. Kley und C. S. Günsburg. Berlin: Maurerschen Buchhandlung, 1817. German. Part I.
One of the first alternative prayer books printed in Germany by the first followers of the reform movement with order of prayers for Saturdays and holidays for congregations that are interested in praying in German.
In the beginning of the 19th century a movement started in Germany, interested in changing and updating the Jewish way of life and the versions of prayer. The first attempt to establish a reform synagogue was in 1810 in the town Seesen near Hannover. This attempt did not last long. In 1815 a second attempt to conduct reform prayers was done in Berlin. This attempt, which also did not last long, was initiated by the two authors of the book offered here – Eduard Kley und Carl Siegfried Günsburg. They delivered sermons and led joint prayers, most of which were in German. Following this attempt they published the prayer book offered here. Only one "Siddur", published anonymously one year earlier, preceded this reform prayer book. It is possible that it was published by the same two authors. The second part of this prayer book was printed one year later, in Berlin as well.
Eduard Kley (1789-1867) turned to manage the reform school in Hamburg which opened in 1817, and took an active part in the establishment of the reform synagogue in Hamburg which opened in 1818.
XXIV, 272, [7] pp, 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tear to one leaf. New binding. Ex-library copy.

Verzeichniß sämmtlicher Handeltreibenden zu Breslau... für das Jahr 1855 [List of all of the Tradesmen in Breslau… for the Year 1855]. Published by the Secretariat of the Breslau Trade Bureau, [1855]. German.
A publication of the Trade Bureau of Breslau (Wrocław, now in Poland) with a list of tradesman and capitalists in the city. The list contains many Jewish names, including ten individuals named Cohn and seven named Levy or Lewy. The professions they engaged in include banking, trade in gold and silver, a garment store, trade in oil, leather, alcoholic beverages and more. For each business the registry lists the name of the business, the name of the owners, the field of trade and the address.
[3], 45 pp., 24 cm. Good condition.
OCLC lists a single copy, in Poland. Not in DNB or NLI.

Vorfahren der Kinder Ettlinger, genealogical study prepared by Shlomo Ettlinger. Self-published, Nahariya, 1941. German.
Two volumes documenting all of the family members Ettlinger was able to trace, from the 16th century on, most from Frankfurt am Main and its surroundings. Includes name lists of family members and a page (or more) dedicated to each family member with all of the details known about him or her and a picture (if one exists). The entire study was typed out on a typewriter and hand-bound with string. The photographs are original and glued onto the leaves.
On the inside cover of the first volume is a declaration by the author stating that this copy belongs to his
daughter, and that there is only one other copy, delivered to the National Library in Jerusalem. A search in the NLI online catalogue uncovered no such copy. There is also no other copy in any library in the world. The only existing copy is a microform copy in the collection of the Leo Baeck Institute.
Unnumbered pages (hundreds). 31 cm. Very good condition. Damage to bindings.

Jeremias, der Bericht vom Schicksal einer Idee, Josef Kastein. Original typewritten manuscript of the book “Jeremiah, Report on the Fate of an Idea” (monograph on Jeremiah the Prophet) by Josef Kastein. German.
The book was published in Vienna in 1938. On the cover is a handwritten dedication by the author, in Hebrew, from 1937.
Josef Kastein (1890-1946), German-Jewish writer, biographer, historian, poet and reporter active in Germany and Palestine, an attorney by profession. Born in Bremen, Germany, immigrated to Palestine in 1934 following the Nazi rise to power. Died of tuberculosis in Haifa in 1946.
288 pp. typewritten and placed in simple cardboard portfolio, 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Torn title page, with open tears. Wear to leaf margins. Some foxing. Cardboard portfolio worn, torn and stained.

Berühmte Männer und Frauen, ein illustrirter Protest gegen den Antisemitismus [famous men and women, illustrated protest against anti-Semitism], by Carl Sigmund Grüenfeld. Illustrations by Carl Edler Von Stur. Vienna, 1886. German.
Portraits of famous Jews (authors, artists, public figures, intellectuals, and more). Among them: Moses Montefiore, Moses Mendelssohn, Yom-Tov (Leopold) Lipman Zunz, Isaac Noah Manheimer, the Rothschild family, Salomon (Shlomo) Heine, Anton Rubinstein, Lina Morgenstern, and many others. Accompanied by short biographies.
[14] leaves + [12] plates (portraits), 41.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and dampstaining. Slight damages. Loose and worn binding (with tears around the margins and spine).