Emek HaChachma, by Rebbe Mordechai Dov of Hornostaipil. Satmar, 1928. Second edition by the author's grandson Rebbe Chaim Halberstam. On the introduction page is a nice dedication in his handwriting and with his signature, for the bar-mitzvah boy "Yosef Stern".
Rebbe Chaim Halberstam (1885-1942), firstborn of Rebbe Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert (son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). For 40 years, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam lived in Satmar where he served as dayan and had his own Beit Midrash. He was very beloved by his maternal grandfather, Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky of Hornostaipil as apparent in his responses to his grandson in the Emek HaChochma responsa (Satmar, 1928). His elderly father was 80 at the time of his funeral and he eulogized his son bitterly.
[8], 158, [2] pages; [4], 3-90, [10] leaves. 19 cm. Good condition, stains and wear.