Three books dedicated to genealogy and to biographies of Jewish scholars and sages.
1. Biography book of the Yachya family, by Eliakim Carmoly. Isaac Kaufmann publishing house, Frankfurt, [1850].
The book outlines the history of Don Yachya family starting with Don Yachya, who, according to this book, lived in Spain in the 12th century, and ending with the descendants of this family mentioned in contemporary literature.
Eliakim Carmoly (1802-1875) – bibliographer, scholar and collector of Hebrew manuscripts.
43 pp, [2] leaves, 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears and small open tears at margins of leaves. Stains. Creases. No cover.
2. History of the Rosenthal Family, by Yekutiel Yehudah Gruenwald. Kazburg Brothers printing press, Budapest, 1920.
"Biography of Rabbi Naftali Rosenthal and the biographies of his famous sons…"
Yekutiel Yehudah Gruenwald (1890-1955), Hungarian-American rabbi and historian, known for his studies of Hungarian Jewry.
104 pp, 22 cm. Fair-good condition. Tears and open tears. Stains. Pen inscriptions on the cover.
3. Knesset Israel, biographies of Jewish scholars known for their wisdom and deeds, from the days of the Geonim until the author's days by Shmuel Yosef Fuenn. Published by N.N. Sachs, Avraham Zuckermann, Warsaw, 1886.
A biographical lexicon of Jewish sages from the days of the Geonim until the author's days. Volume A: letters Aleph-Yod. The other volumes were printed under the title "Gedolei Israel".
Shmuel Yosef Fuenn (1818-1890), Jewish author and scholar, member of Haskalah movement and one of the Vilnius Jewish community leaders.
704 pp, 22 cm. Good condition. Tears and small open tears. Ex-library copy. Ownership ink-stamps. Re-bound. Some defects to spine and to inner side of binding.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.

Menorat HaHanukkah, by M. [Mordechai] Narkiss, drawings by Meir Gur-Arieh. Jerusalem: "Bnei Bezalel" and Bialik Institute by the Jewish Agency, 1939.
A comprehensive study accompanied by numerous illustrations and photo-plates about the history of the Hanukkah Lamp from historical and artistic aspects. The book is dedicated in print to the memory of Prof. Boris Schatz. This is a copy out of an edition of 400 copies.
18, 102 pp, [1] leaf, LXIV photo-plates, n pp, 31.5 cm. Good condition. Slight damage. Signatures are slightly detached from each other. Small tears. Slight defects to binding and spine. Stains to binding.

14 bibliography and research books by Moshe Steinschneider and Haim (Heinrich) Brody, about bibliography and linguistics in Hebrew books. Frankfurt, Berlin, Hildesheim, New York and Jerusalem. 1920-1973. German, Latin and some Hebrew.
The collection includes:
1. Die Geschichtsliteratur Der Juden in Druckwerken und Handschriften by Moritz Steinschneider. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1905. German.
2. Die Arabische Literatur der Juden, Ein Beitrag zur Literaturgeschichte der Araber, grossenteils aus handschriftlichen Quellen, by Moritz Steinschneider. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1902. German.
3. Bibliographisches Handbuch, über die theoretische und praktische Literatur für hebräische Sprachkunde [bibliographic guide totheoretic and practical literature for the Hebrew language], by Moritz Steinschneider. Jerusalem: Bamberger & Wahrmann, 1937. German.
4-6. Catalogus librorum hebraeorum in bibliotheca Bodleiana [catalogue of Hebrew books in the Bodleian library] by Moritz Steinschneider. Berlin: Welt, 1931. Latin. Three parts in three volumes.
7-10. Hebräische Bibliographie, blätter für neuere und ältere Literatur des Judenthums, by Moritz Steinschneider. Hildesheim, New York: Georg Olms, 1972. German. 21 brochures in four volumes.
11-14. Zeitschrift fur hebraische Bibliographie [periodical for Hebrew bibliography], by Heinrich Brody, Aron Freimann. Hildesheim, New York: Georg Olms, 1973. German. Twenty four brochures in four volumes.
Total of 14 books. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Books were not thoroughly examined and are sold AS IS.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.

"Nuyork vi es Lakht un Veynt, a Roman fun Idishn Leben" [The Crying and Laughing New York, a Novel of Jewish Life], by Moses Seiffert. [New York, late 19th century]. Yiddish.
A novel by the Yiddish playwright, author and translator Moses Seiffert. The novel, published in the Jewish-American weekly "Di Yiddishe Gazetten" (or in the newspaper "Yiddishes Tagblatt"), was never published in book form, and the present copy is apparently an edition printed for the newspaper's subscribers only.
Moses Seiffert (1851-1922), one of the most fruitful Yiddish authors of the early 20th century, was born in Ukmergė, Lithuania and brought up in an enlightened environment. In 1886 he immigrated to New York and tried his hand at writing. Some of the novels he wrote were printed by publishing houses, but most of his work was only printed in the period's newspapers.
Not in NLI. One copy in OCLC.
Singerman 3990.
208 pp. Approx. 26.5 cm. Thin leaves, dark and fragile. A number of detached leaves. Trimmed margins, with text omission to several pages. Small tears to leaf margins, ownership ink-stamp on title page and endpaper. Damage to binding.