BOOKS FOR SALE
The below-listed items are a small sample of items from my collection now offered for sale. Prices are in U.S. dollars. Shipping charge will be added to invoice. Please contact me by email ([email protected]) to order or to request a copy of my sale catalog.
LITERATURE
The below-listed items are a small sample of items from my collection now offered for sale. Prices are in U.S. dollars. Shipping charge will be added to invoice. Please contact me by email ([email protected]) to order or to request a copy of my sale catalog.
LITERATURE
- Ascher, Isidore G. Collected poems. — London : Elliot Stock, 1929. — xii, 300 p. ; 19 cm. — First Jewish Canadian poet. — $200.
- Bentley's miscellany. Vol. 56 (1864). — London : Chapman and Hall, 1864. — 655 p. — Partial contents: In the fields [poem] / by Isidore G. Ascher. P. 635-636. — Bound copy. — $150.
- Dewart, Edward Hartley. Selections from Canadian poets. — Montreal : John Lovell, 1864. — 304 p. ; 21 cm. — Includes five poems by Isidore G. Ascher from his Voices of the hearth, published in 1863. — $125.
- Layton, Irving. Nazi airman. [S.l.] : Colophon Books, 1990 (New Westminster, B.C. : Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry). — 1 sheet : 1 ill. ; 30 cm x 47 cm. — [No.] 19 in an edition limited to 50 numbered and 25 lettered copies, all signed by the poet. — $200.
- Cataract. — No. 3 (July 1962). — Montreal : Cataract., 1962. — [45] leaves ; 29 cm. — Editors: Leonard Angel, K. V. Hertz, Seymour Mayne ; contributing editor: Henry Moscovitch. — Poetry. Includes "An open letter to Irving Layton," by George Ellenbogen and Layton's reply. — Forty-five 8½x11-inch mimeographed sheets printed one side only and stapled in yellow cover with green titles painted on. — $60.
- Muller, Rick. Angels to Earth. — 1st ed. — Torrance, Calif. : Minuteman Press, 2016, c2014. — 43 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 21 cm. -- The first chapter of a graphic novel series, "These are humans," begins with an angel named Gavri, who is summoned to a planet deemed "Very Good" to help his fellow angels in the task of civilizing early humanity. The project was written and created by Rick Muller and his son Max, with artwork and lettering by Dan Jones. Although the Angels to Earth Facebook page touts "an epic 18-chapter saga," it appears no further chapters were published. Includes numerous biblical references from Genesis in two pages of sources listed at the back of the book. -- $60
- Korn, Rachel H. Di gnod fun wort. — Tel-Aviv : HaMenorah, 1968. — 94, [6] p. ; 23 cm. — Inscribed and annotated with numerous emendations by the author, Montreal, 1968. — $100.
- Grafstein, Melech. Meah shanah Y. L. Perets. — London, Ont. : M. Grafstein, [1952]. — 53, 55 p. : ill., ports., music ; 21 cm. — Hebrew, Yiddish or English. — Title on back book jacket: Isaac Leibush Peretz : published in commemoration of his 100th birthday. — $75.
- Trunk, Isaiah. Antologye fun der Yidisher proze in Poyln : tsvishn beyde velt milhomes (1914-1939). — New York : Cyco Bicher Farlag, 1946. — 637 p. ; 24 cm. — On verso of t.p.: An anthology of Yiddish prose in Poland between two world wars (1914-1939) / compiled by Aaron Zeitlin and J. J. Trunk. — $75.
- Kowarsky, Paul. Synagogue music for cantor and choir / composed by Paul Kowarsky. — Toronto Council of Hazzanim, 1990. — [v], 134 p. ; 28 cm. — Between 1980 and 2001, Paul Kowarsky served as Senior Cantor of Beth Tzedec Congregation in Toronto. — $100.
- Yacobovitz, Eliahu. Havah naaleh. — New York : Bagolah, 1947. — 31 p., piano-vocal score (46 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm. (hardcover). — Added t.p. title: Neginot l’Havah naaleh = Music to ‘Havah naaleh’ / Joseph Rumshinsky. — Illustrated by Nota Koslowsky, with a full page drawing of the horah dance by Saul Raskin. — "In a moving pageant, consisting of a prologue and six scenes, Havah Naaleh depicts the spiritual yearning and eternal aspirations of the Jewish people for the peace and fulfillment which can come only thru a return to the Land of Israel." — Two inserts. -- Edition of 1,000 copies. — Copy inscribed by the author. — $100.
- Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. Songs of our people. — Toronto : Torch Records, [1949?]. — 3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, shellac, mono. ; 10 in. + record set album (27 x 31 cm) : ill., port. — "This album marks the first appearance of the Jewish Folk Choir on records ...." — The inside front album cover provides a historical sketch of Toronto's Jewish Folk Choir and conductor Emil Gartner. The inside back cover lists lyrics to songs in romanized Yiddish with English translations. — Contents: Disc 1, side A: Our people shall never perish (Nein, nein). Disc 1, side B: Song of the black-smith (Dos lid fun shmid). Disc 2, side A: Left, right (Smol y'min). Disc 2, side B: Reb Dovidl - Humoresque. Disc 3, side A: Biro-bidjaner freilechs (Song of joy). Disc 3, side B: Palestinian nights. — $200
- Rosenberg, Stuart E. “The inter-faith dialogue now : what’s right, what’s wrong, what’s new?” — [Toronto?] : Published privately, [1969]. — 13 p. ; 22 cm. — “An address to the annual inter-faith dinner, Beth Tzedec Men’s Club, February 19, 1969, Toronto, Canada.” — Toronto bookseller's blind stamp on last page. — $50.
- Shtern, Yekhiel. Kheder un beys-medresh. — New York : Bibliotek fun YIVO, 1950. — 128 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. — On verso of t.p.: Kheyder and beys-medresh : a study in traditional Jewish education. — $75.
- Jewish Community Council of Montreal. Zakony evreĭskoĭ zhizni. — Montreal : Jewish Community Council, [1974?]. — 93, [28] p. ; 18 cm. — Title on added t.p.: Shulhan aruch mekutsar. — Text in Russian, with calendars in Hebrew. — Includes: Luah-yomi / mat Avraham Hayim Bernshtayn. — "To our brethren in the Soviet Union as a token of genuine friendship, brotherhood and peace." — "Dedicated to the memory of the late Chana Zasloff, Montreal". — $35
- Lask, Israel Meir. The Kalish book. — Tel-Aviv : Issued by the Societies of Former Residents of Kalish and the Vicinity in Israel and U.S.A., 1968. — 327, [5] p., [76] p. of plates : ill., facsims., map, ports. — A condensed English version of Sefer Kalish,, published in Tel-Aviv in two volumes in 1964 and 1968. — $75.
- Shinar, Mordehai. Sefer zikaron li-kehilat Pints’ev. — Tel-Aviv : Published by the Union of the Remnants of the Jewish Community of Pinczów (Poland), 1970. — 480 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. — A book of memory of the Jewish community of Pinczów (Poland). — $100.
- Hoffman, Benzion. Toyznt yor Pinsk : geshikhte fun der shtot : der Yidisher yishev, institusyes, sotsyale bavegungen, persenlekhkaytn, gezelshaftlekhe tuer, Pinsk iber der velt / unter der redaktsie fun B. Hofman (Tsivyon). — New York : Pinsker Branch 210, Workmen's Circle, ©1941. — xv, 500 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 29 cm. -- $100
- Hart, Moses. Power of attorney by Moses Hart to Alexander Hart. — Montreal, Jan. 12, 1832. — 1 leaf folio ; 18.4 x 30.5 cm. — Paper seal present, remains of red wax seal. Signed by Hart, witnessed by H. K. Major and E[zekiel] M. Hart. — A larger-than-life figure in his day, Moses Hart (1768-1852), the eldest son of Aaron Hart, dealt in land, banking, beer, steamboat navigation, as well as philosophy, politics, and law. — $500.
- Freshman, Charles. The autobiography of the Rev. Charles Freshman : late Rabbi of the Jewish synagogue at Quebec, and graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary at Prague; at present German Wesleyan Minister at Preston, Ontario. — Toronto : Samuel Rose, Wesleyan Book Room, 1868. — xvi, 316 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 19 cm. — Provenance: Private library of George Scales, Belleville, Ont., 1876. — Bookseller's stamp. — $100.
- B'nai Israel Congregation (London, Ont.). Dedication : B'nai Israel Congregation, London, Canada, September 11th, 1960, 19 Elul, 5720. — [London, Ont. : The Congregation, 1960]. — [92] p. : ill., ports. ; 31 cm. — Cover title: Congregation B'nai Israel, 1885-1960. — Provenance: Signed on t.p. by Rabbi Morris D. Margolis, first rabbi (1944-48) of the Conservative-affiliated synagogue. — $100.
- Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta. Land of promise : the Jewish experience in southern Alberta. — Calgary : The Society, 1996. — viii, 270 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 x 27 cm. — “1889-1945.” — Inspired by an exhibit of the same name which made its debut at the Calgary Jewish Centre in Nov. 1992 in honor of Canada’s 125th anniversary year. — Book coordinator: Jay Joffe. — Copy no. 717 of original edition of 1,000 copies. — Presentation copy to John Loftus, author, former Army intelligence officer, and former prosecutor with the U.S. Justice Department's Nazi-hunting unit. — $125.
- Jewish Public Library (Montreal). Yoyvl shrift fun der Yidisher Folksbibliotek, 1914-1964. — Montreal : Jewish Public Library, 1964. 82, 13 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23 cm. — Chiefly Yiddish, with some text in English. — English cover title: Fiftieth jubilee, 1914-1964. — Library stamp of the Bund Archives, N.Y., on front cover. — $75.
- White, William Charles. Chinese Jews. — Ottawa : Printed for the Royal Society of Canada, 1944 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press). — P. 191-200 ; 25 cm. — Cover title. — Offprint from: Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Third series, section II, v. 38, 1944. — $35.
Hora dance. Drawing by Saul Raskin in Havah naaleh by Eliahu Yacobovitz.
