Chidushei Rabbi Chaim Helevi – novellae and commentaries on Maimonides, by Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Soloveichik. Brisk, 1936. First edition.
Rabbi Chaim HeLevi of Brisk, founder of Lithuanian methodology of learning. This book was written over the course of several years and was edited over and over again, "up to one hundred times" [as author's sons write in introduction]. Until this very day, it is considered one of the fundamental works on methods of learning and understanding the Talmud.
Owner's signature and penciled dedication before title-page.
[1], 112 leaves, 34.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing, some of the pages' edges are torn. Original binding with damaged edges, nearly completely detached. Missing spine.