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Statutes and Practices of the Derech HaChaim Society – Jerusalem, 1889 – With Signatures of Society Leaders
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Statutes and Practices of the Derech HaChaim Society and gemach in the Or HaChaim yeshiva in Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Avraham Moshe Lunz, 1889. Hebrew and Yiddish.
On verso of title page (in Hebrew) and last page (in Yiddish) appears a printed form for membership in the society, with the details of the new member filled in by hand, and with signatures of the heads of the society and the society's stamp (date and details identical on both pages).
[7], 4-19, [1] pages. Approx. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dark stains to first leaves, affecting text and the heading on title page. Open tears, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper filling. All leaves coated with paper on both sides. Bottom of verso of title page appears to contain a reversed photocopy of last page of book (including filled-in handwriting), on a dark background (originally this part of the verso of the title page was left blank). New binding.
Sh. Halevy, No. 656.