The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus, edited by Arnold Danvers Power. Chelsea (London): Ashendene Press, 1932 (indicated in the colophon). English.
Bibliophile edition of "The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus" (also called "Wisdom of Sirach", "Ben Sira" or "the Book of Ecclesiasticus") – part of the Jewish apocrypha, attributed to Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira, apparently written in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period.
One of 328 copies printed on paper (25 additional copies were printed on vellum), in black and red. Initial letters hand-executed (in blue and green) by British calligrapher Graily Hewitt (1864-1952) and his assistants, Ida Doris Henstock and Helen Elizabeth Hinkley.
Orange limp vellum binding, with four ties (made by H. Smith and Son, Ltd.)
"Booksellers continually declare the Ashendene Ecclesiasticus to be the finest book from the private presses. These are the people who handle the books and know them better than anyone else, and there is good ground for this opinion" (Colin Franklin, The Private Presses, p. 60.)
[1] ff., 182 pp., approx. 29 cm. Good condition. Uneven edges. Abrasions and minor blemishes to cover.
Missing original slipcase.

The Song of Songs. Fine, large-format edition, with eight etchings by Ya'akov Boussidan (b. 1939). Hebrew.
Text printed on soft semi-transparent paper. Copy numbered 3/15, marked "proof" and dated "'69"; signed by Boussidan. All etchings signed by Boussidan in pencil, marked "A.P" and dated.
8 ff. + 8 etchings, approx. 46X59 cm. Good condition. Some damage to boards and slipcase.

Maftir Yonah, artistic edition, with etchings by Mordechai Beck and calligraphy by David Moss. Rochester, New York: Bet Alpha Editions, 1992. Hebrew.
Copy no. 21 of an edition of 70 copies (twenty additional copies were numbered separately), signed by Beck in the colophon. Stab-sewn paper wrappers.
"The hand-made Abaca paper was especially produced for the edition by Izhar Neumann at the Tut-Neyar Paper Mill, Zichron Ya'akov. The printing of the etchings was executed under the supervision of the artist at the Jerusalem Print Wirkshop by Sidon Rothenberg, who also printed the text on an 1886 Albion handpress. The Print Workshop is under the supervision of Arik Kilemnik."
Enclosed: a loose folded sheet with a short article by Beck, titled "Between Nineveh and Tarshish"; English colophon on verso.
Placed in a fine wooden box, decorated with an illustration of a whale.
[9] ff., 37.5 cm. Good condition.

Eicha, calligraphy by David Moss. Wood engravings by Leonid Gorban. [Berkley]: Bet Alpha, 1997. Hebrew.
A bibliophile edition of the Book of Lamentations (Eicha). The text is accompanied by six wood engravings depicting wooden European synagogues, all burned down by the Germans during the Holocaust. The book is printed on hand-made paper "prepared especially for this book in Maniagni paper mill". Copy no. 21 from an edition of 120 copies. Signed by the artists in the colophon.
[16] leaves, 33.5 cm. Very good condition. Placed in a cardboard slipcase.