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(FT) Publishers cloth. 8vo. 160 pages. 23 cm. Second edition. In Yiddish. "My Reading Book. " Bound in blue cloth, with historiated initials and illustrations throughout. One of many version of this Yiddish primer composed by the pedagogue Israel Steinbaum; this edition is rare, and only one copy is listed on OCLC (U of Ottawa) , with less than 10 of any edition on OCLC as well. The author was the founder of Camp Harmony in Warren, New Jersey; he also was heavily involved in the Groyser verterbukh fun der yidisher shprakh project. Subjects: Yiddish language - Text-books. Light wear to cloth and endpages; hinges starting, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (YIDCHI-6-19). Seller Inventory # 29816
Title: MAYN LEYENBUKH; TSVEYTER TEYL
Publisher: New York; Farlag Dertsiyung
Publication Date: 1935
Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Soyer, Moses; Aronson, B.' et al (illustrator). In Yiddish. 160 pages. 191 x 141 mm. Fourth improved edition. Second edition. Boards and a few leaves detached. Bound in blue cloth, with historiated initials and illustrations throughout. Additional images available upon request. A Yiddish primer composed by the pedagogue Israel Steinbaum, who founded Camp Harmony in Warren, New Jersey; was involved in the Groyser verterbukh fun der yidisher shprakh project. YISROEL SHTEYNBOYM (ISRAEL STEINBAUM) (April 15, 1895 Stashev (Staszów), Poland - June 19, 1979 Miami, Florida) was an educator and the author of textbooks. His early education was in religious schools. He came to the United States and took up a variety of trades. He studied at Boston College and at the Teachers' College of Columbia University. From 1914 he was a teacher in the Jewish National Labor Alliance, the Workmen's Circle, and later the Sholem-Aleichem Folkshul. He was one of the founders of the Jewish teachers' seminary in New York as well as one of the pioneers of the modern Jewish school in America. In 1926 he became director of the Jewish children's colony in New Jersey, and there he later established, and ran until 1945, the first private Jewish "Home School" in America. In the years 1955-1970, he was secretary of the committee to publish Der groyser yidisher verterbukh (The great Yiddish dictionary) (New York, 1961-). He settled in Miami in 1970. He debuted in print with an article in Idisher kemfer (Jewish fighter) in New York. He went on to contribute to: Yivo-bleter (Pages from YIVO), Yidishe shprakh (Yiddish language), Shriftn (Writings), Kultur un dertsiung (Culture and education), Di naye velt (The new world), Idishe sotsyalistishe monatshrift (Jewish socialist monthly writing), Di feder (The pen), Ertsiung (Education), and Shul un lerer (School and teacher), among others. He mostly wrote about educational matters and reviews of textbooks and children's literature. He co-edited and later himself edited the journal if the Workmen's Circle, Kinderland (Children's land). His books include: Shpilbukh far kleyn un groys (Playbook for children and adults) (New York: Workmen's Circle, 1921), 128 pp.; Leyenbikher far der idisher shul (Textbooks for the Jewish school) (New York: Maks N. Mayzel, 1924), 6 vols., with a variety of subsequent editions through 1937; Metodik fun ershtn yor idish, hantbukh far lerer (Method for teaching the first year of Yiddish, a handbook for teachers) (New York: Ertsiung, 1924), 127 pp.;Unzer folk, a leyenbukh far eltere kinder (Our people, a textbook for older children) (New York: Ertsiung, 1932), 416 pp.; Der vokabular farn onheyber-klas in der amerikaner yidisher shul (The vocabulary for the beginner class of the Yiddish school in America) (New York: YIVO, 1944), 78 pp.; Di geshikhte fun yidishn lerer-seminar un folks-universitet in nyu-york, 1918-1968 (The history of the Jewish teachers' seminary and the People's University in New York, 1918-1968) (Jerusalem, 1978/1979), 84 pp. Seller Inventory # 015802
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Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In Yiddish. 160 pages. 191 x 141 mm. Sixth improved edition. Book's spine is dilapidated but internally the book is in excellent condition and printed on very good paper. With historiated initials and illustrations throughout. A Yiddish primer composed by the pedagogue Israel Steinbaum, who was the founder of Camp Harmony in Warren, New Jersey and was also very involved in the Groyser verterbukh fun der yidisher shprakh project. YISROEL SHTEYNBOYM (ISRAEL STEINBAUM) (April 15, 1895 Stashev (Staszów), Poland - June 19, 1979 Miami, Florida) was an educator and the author of textbooks. His early education was in religious schools. He came to the United States and took up a variety of trades. He studied at Boston College and at the Teachers' College of Columbia University. From 1914 he was a teacher in the Jewish National Labor Alliance, the Workmen's Circle, and later the Sholem-Aleichem Folkshul. He was one of the founders of the Jewish teachers' seminary in New York as well as one of the pioneers of the modern Jewish school in America. In 1926 he became director of the Jewish children's colony in New Jersey, and there he later established, and ran until 1945, the first private Jewish "Home School" in America. In the years 1955-1970, he was secretary of the committee to publish Der groyser yidisher verterbukh (The great Yiddish dictionary) (New York, 1961-). He settled in Miami in 1970. He debuted in print with an article in Idisher kemfer (Jewish fighter) in New York. He went on to contribute to: Yivo-bleter (Pages from YIVO), Yidishe shprakh (Yiddish language), Shriftn (Writings), Kultur un dertsiung (Culture and education), Di naye velt (The new world), Idishe sotsyalistishe monatshrift (Jewish socialist monthly writing), Di feder (The pen), Ertsiung (Education), and Shul un lerer (School and teacher), among others. He mostly wrote about educational matters and reviews of textbooks and children's literature. He co-edited and later himself edited the journal if the Workmen's Circle, Kinderland (Children's land). His books include: Shpilbukh far kleyn un groys (Playbook for children and adults) (New York: Workmen's Circle, 1921), 128 pp.; Leyenbikher far der idisher shul (Textbooks for the Jewish school) (New York: Maks N. Mayzel, 1924), 6 vols., with a variety of subsequent editions through 1937; Metodik fun ershtn yor idish, hantbukh far lerer (Method for teaching the first year of Yiddish, a handbook for teachers) (New York: Ertsiung, 1924), 127 pp.;Unzer folk, a leyenbukh far eltere kinder (Our people, a textbook for older children) (New York: Ertsiung, 1932), 416 pp.; Der vokabular farn onheyber-klas in der amerikaner yidisher shul (The vocabulary for the beginner class of the Yiddish school in America) (New York: YIVO, 1944), 78 pp.; Di geshikhte fun yidishn lerer-seminar un folks-universitet in nyu-york, 1918-1968 (The history of the Jewish teachers' seminary and the People's University in New York, 1918-1968) (Jerusalem, 1978/1979), 84 pp. Seller Inventory # 013251
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1933 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 162 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 162 Steinbaum, Israel. Seller Inventory # LB990004109640
Quantity: 18 available
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. In Yiddish. 160 pages. 191 x 141 mm. Fourth improved edition. Title page has closed tear. Penciled on front free end paper: "6:30. Joe Hotchkiss Ted Lawrence Terry Lawrence Major Campbel Captiain Lopez" Second edition. Bound in blue cloth, with historiated initials and illustrations throughout. One of many version of this Yiddish primer composed by the pedagogue Israel Steinbaum. WorldCat lists only one copy (U of Ottawa), with less than 10 of any edition on OCLC as well. The author was the founder of Camp Harmony in Warren, New Jersey; he also was heavily involved in the Groyser verterbukh fun der yidisher shprakh project. YISROEL SHTEYNBOYM (ISRAEL STEINBAUM) (April 15, 1895 Stashev (Staszów), Poland - June 19, 1979 Miami, Florida) was an educator and the author of textbooks. His early education was in religious schools. He came to the United States and took up a variety of trades. He studied at Boston College and at the Teachers' College of Columbia University. From 1914 he was a teacher in the Jewish National Labor Alliance, the Workmen's Circle, and later the Sholem-Aleichem Folkshul. He was one of the founders of the Jewish teachers' seminary in New York as well as one of the pioneers of the modern Jewish school in America. In 1926 he became director of the Jewish children's colony in New Jersey, and there he later established, and ran until 1945, the first private Jewish "Home School" in America. In the years 1955-1970, he was secretary of the committee to publish Der groyser yidisher verterbukh (The great Yiddish dictionary) (New York, 1961-). He settled in Miami in 1970. He debuted in print with an article in Idisher kemfer (Jewish fighter) in New York. He went on to contribute to: Yivo-bleter (Pages from YIVO), Yidishe shprakh (Yiddish language), Shriftn (Writings), Kultur un dertsiung (Culture and education), Di naye velt (The new world), Idishe sotsyalistishe monatshrift (Jewish socialist monthly writing), Di feder (The pen), Ertsiung (Education), and Shul un lerer (School and teacher), among others. He mostly wrote about educational matters and reviews of textbooks and children's literature. He co-edited and later himself edited the journal if the Workmen's Circle, Kinderland (Children's land). His books include: Shpilbukh far kleyn un groys (Playbook for children and adults) (New York: Workmen's Circle, 1921), 128 pp.; Leyenbikher far der idisher shul (Textbooks for the Jewish school) (New York: Maks N. Mayzel, 1924), 6 vols., with a variety of subsequent editions through 1937; Metodik fun ershtn yor idish, hantbukh far lerer (Method for teaching the first year of Yiddish, a handbook for teachers) (New York: Ertsiung, 1924), 127 pp.;Unzer folk, a leyenbukh far eltere kinder (Our people, a textbook for older children) (New York: Ertsiung, 1932), 416 pp.; Der vokabular farn onheyber-klas in der amerikaner yidisher shul (The vocabulary for the beginner class of the Yiddish school in America) (New York: YIVO, 1944), 78 pp.; Di geshikhte fun yidishn lerer-seminar un folks-universitet in nyu-york, 1918-1968 (The history of the Jewish teachers' seminary and the People's University in New York, 1918-1968) (Jerusalem, 1978/1979), 84 pp. Seller Inventory # 011478
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