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Philadelphia. Fair with no dust jacket; Cloth; The Jewish Publication Society of . America; 1929. Brown cloth, fair, slight fraying to spine, corners bumped, hinges cracked, webbing showing, p.o.n, 454 pgs ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

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2 Small Temple Stamps, FPD & BPD, Private Temple and Presentation Name Plate FLEP, Slight toning, else content appears as unread and unblemished with Very Good+++ brown cloth covered boards displaying minimal surface/edge wear. Flat Signed FLEP & BLEP by Alex Alan Steinbach.
A collection of the family letters of the leading American Jewess of her day.
" Gratz is believed to be the model for the Rebecca character in Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe."
Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) was a preeminent nineteenth-century Jewish American educator and philanthropist. Many letters in this volume were to and about Montrealers, since Rebecca Gratz had constant communication through letters and visits with her niece/adoptive daughter, Mrs. Jacob Henry Joseph (née Sara Gratz Moses). Mrs. Joseph was an important Montreal philanthropist.
Daughter of an old and prominent Jewish-American family, Gratz was active from a very early age in philanthropic causes. As early as 1801, when she was 21, she was secretary of the "Female… Read More

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1929. PHILIPSON, Rabbi David. LETTERS OF REBECCA GRATZ. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1929. 8vo., brown cloth. First Edition. Signed presentation from Philipson on the front endpaper: "To Mr. & Mrs. Louis Salant, With the compliments of David Philipson. Cincinnati, Sept 29 1941." Gratz is believed to be the model for the Rebecca character in Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe." Very Good (minor cracking front hinge- still tight; lower corner front cover bit bumped). $75.00.

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