(Exhibition Broadside) Tenement Songs: Sheet Music Of The Jewish Immigrants -

Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Pubns Inc, 1992. SIGNED first edition. Trade softcover. Published Iola, Wisconsin: Krause, 1992, first printing. 8vo. wrappers. 616pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Inscribed by WCBS FM101 radio host Don K. Reed, with his inscribed 5x7 promo photo laid in, plus laid in June 24, 2000 DooWop concert reunion program, East rutherford, NJ, with 10 signatures of the artists: The Penguins, The Angels, Who's Johnny, Kenny Vance & the Planotones, John Kuse & the Excellents and producer Richard Nader. All fine. Signed. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

As new hardcover, missing CD. 1st edition, rare 3000 copies. excellent profusely and beautifully illustrated book onthe history of Greek musical folk instruments, from the Fivos Anoyanakis Collection. A wonderful book.

This book is in good condition. There is wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and the edges are worn as well. The corners are bumped as well. The previous owners names are affixed and written on the inside of the front and back cover boards.There is staining on the front, back and spine of the cover boards. The pages are yellowed and tanned, but free of markings. "For each worshiping generation "the people called Methodists" have provided a revised edition of the HYMNAL. In every revision, however urgent the need for different devotional expression, the constraining motive has accorded with the counsel of the apostle:"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord...." - Preface from The Methodist Hymnal

"Complectens Voces omnimodas quae in sacris biblis exstant: Exemplorium Biblicorum copies et Locorum difficilium ex hebraeorum commentariis explicatione auctum et illustration accesserunt Lexicon Breve Rabbinico-Philosophicum et Index Latinos. Editio Nova, Sedulo recensita." Quarter tan calf with marbled boards. 616pp, right binding in gilt tooled quarter calf. Some foxing to pages and lightly tanned pages. Bumps and scuffs to cover consistent with age. Corners with wear and bumps.Johannes Buxtorf (December 25, 1564 – September 13, 1629) was a celebrated Hebraist, member of a family of Orientalists; professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and was known by the title, "Master of the Rabbis". His massive tome, De Synagoga Judaica (1st. ed. 1603), scrupulously documents the customs and society of German Jewry in the early modern period.

Rufus Littel, Philadelphia, 1819; octavo (4 3/8" x 7"), 420 pgs.; illustrated; full calf. A detailed scriptural history of both Old and New Testaments, from Genesis through the life and teachings of Christ and his apostles, including a wealth of Judaic history, prophesy, custom, belief, and ritual, the whole organized into an engaging question and answer format. Authored by venerable 18th century English cleric and polymath Isaac Watts, D.D. (1674-1748), best remembered today for his enduring sacred hymns. Three engraved fold-out illustration plates at the back of the book depict exterior and interior views of the ancient Hebrew Tabernacle, keyed for identification. The Holy Of Holies in the third plate is has a small hinged engraved paper veil, which when lifted reveals the contents inside. Very Good. Binding absolutely tight, sound, and square, moderate external wear, two miniscule chinks of the leather at the top extremity of the spine panel, a pair of worm holes in the blank bottom… Read More

New York: Poet's Guild, 1925. 1st separate edition, broadside. Published in "The Unbound Anthology" series by The Poet's Guild in New York City. Also known as "The Christodora Broadsides." Exceptionally elusive and very scarce. This poem is among Dickinson's most popular pieces. Overall size: 7.5 inches high x 5 inches wide. A lovely copy showing only gentle aging tones, in fine condition.

New York: Poet's Guild, 1925. 1st separate edition, broadside. Published in "The Unbound Anthology" series by The Poet's Guild in New York City. Also known as "The Christodora Broadsides." Exceptionally elusive and very scarce. The title of this poem was later changed to "The Blue Bird," and is among Dickinson's most popular poems. Overall size: 7.5 inches high x 5 inches wide. A lovely copy showing only gentle aging tones, in fine condition.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, 1973; First Edition, second printing; Signed; 8vo, 342 pages. Collection of 24 stories set in the United States and pre-war Poland. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Warmly inscribed, "With Love," and signed by the author to renowned Los Angeles philanthropist and patron of the arts Anna Bing Arnold and her husband Aerol. Clean, crisp, and bright, no chips or tears.

The Macmillan Company, NY, 1925; First Edition, second printing (June, 1925); 8vo, 377 pages; illustrated. First book by Rabbi Lewis Browne, a revealing history of the Jews, with 50 illustrated maps by the author. Widely regarded as one of the foremost comparative religionists of his day, Browne graduated Hebrew Union College in 1920 and was ordained rabbi to Temple Beth Israel in Waterbury, Ct. by Rabbi Stephen Wise. He left the rabbinate in 1926 to devote his time more fully to writing, and was thereafter much in demand on the national lecture circuit, where he was frequently teamed with Sinclair Lewis. Browne died a mysterious death in 1949 at his home in Santa Monica, California reportedly of "suicide by poison." Fine, in illustrated red cloth boards with gilt titles. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A handsome copy.

No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Zurich: International Record Exchange, 1965. Vintage original 3 x 6" (7 x 15 cm.) flyer, double sided, fine. Concert flyer for a concert in Baden, Switzerland, on December 4, 1965. Smith was one of the great proponents of the stride style on the piano.