Bloch Ben (38 results)
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Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Analog Yearbook
Bova, Ben (editor): Kate Wilhelm / Spider Robinson / Stephen Robinett / Sam Nicholson / Orson Scott Card / Robert Bloch
Language: English
Published by New York: Baronet Publishing Company / Analog Book # 023 1st Edition, 1978
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- First Edition
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, CanadaJohn McCormick
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------trade paperback. Modest shelfwear, a near fine copy.
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Seller: Chris Korczak, Bookseller, IOBA, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.Chris Korczak, Bookseller, IOBA
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mass_market. Condition: Very Good. Very mild shelfwear. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.
ANALOG YEARBOOK
Bova, Ben (editor) (Kate Wilhelm; Spider Robinson; Stephen Robinett; Sam Nicholson; Orson Scott Card; Robert Bloch; Barry Malzberg; Malcolm Thaler; Jeff Rovin; Gregory Benford)
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Interior illustrations by: Jack Gaughan; Broeck Steadman; Mike Hinge; and Janet Aulisio. This anthology contains: Julian by Kate Wilhelm; Too Soon We Grow Old by Spider Robinso…n; Guzman's Gardner by Stephen Robinett; More Deadly Than the Male by Sam Nicholson; Kingsmeat by Orson Scott Card; Oh Say Can You See by Robert Bloch; The Fifties by Barry Malzberg; Immunity to Cancer by Malcolm Thaler; Science Fiction in the Cinema 1977: Who Needed It by Jeff Rovin; The Awe and the Awful by Gregory Benford; and New Maps of Science Fiction by Williams Sims Bainbridge and Murray M. Dalziel. Size: 8vo. Jack Gaughan; Broeck Steadman; Mike Hinge; Janet Aulisio; (illustrator). Book.
PARTNERS IN WONDER
Ellison, Harlan (with Robert Sheckley; Ben Bova; Robert Bloch; Avram Davidson; Theodore Sturgeon; Joe L. Hensley; William Rotsler; A. E. Van Vogt; Henry Slesar; Samuel R. Delany; Algis Budrys; Robert Silverberg; Keith Laumer; Roger Zelazny)
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 352 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; store stamped. Cover art by Barclay Shaw. This story collection contains: Introduction: Sons of Janus; I See a Man Sitting on a Chair and the Chair is Biting His Leg - a novelette with Robert Sheckle…y; Brillo - a novelette with Ben Bova; A Toy for Juliette - with Robert Bloch; The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World - a novelette with Robert Bloch; Scherzo for Schizoids: Notes on a Collaboration - an essay by Ellison unassisted; Up Christopher to Madness - a novelette with Avram Davidson; Runesmith - with Theodore Sturgeon; Rodney Parish for Hire - with Joe L. Hensley; The Kong Papers - with William Rotsler; The Human Operators - a novelette with A. E. van Vogt; Survivor #1 - with Henry Slesar; The Power of the Nail - with Samuel R. Delany; Wonderbird - with Algis Budrys; The Song the Zombie Sang - with Robert Silverberg; Street Scene - with Keith Laumer; and Come to Me Not in Winter's White - with Roger Zelazny. Barclay Shaw; (illustrator). Book.
PARTNERS IN WONDER - Harlan Ellison Uniform Edition
Ellison, Harlan (with Robert Sheckley; Ben Bova; Robert Bloch; Avram Davidson; Theodore Sturgeon; Joe L. Hensley; William Rotsler; A. E. Van Vogt; Henry Slesar; Samuel R. Delany; Algis Budrys; Robert Silverberg; Keith Laumer; Roger Zelazny)
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Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 352 pp. Pyramid Book A3801. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon. This anthology contains: Introduction: Sons of Janus; I See a Man Sitting on a Chair and the Chair i…s Biting His Leg - with Robert Sheckley; Brillo - with Ben Bova; A Toy for Juliette - with Robert Bloch; The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World - with Robert Bloch; Scherzo for Schizoids: Notes on a Collaboration - by Ellison unassisted; Up Christopher to Madness - with Avram Davidson; Runesmith - with Theodore Sturgeon; Rodney Parish for Hire - with Joe L. Hensley; The Kong Papers - with William Rotsler; The Human Operators - with A. E. van Vogt; Survivor #1 - with Henry Slesar; The Power of the Nail - with Samuel R. Delany; Wonderbird - with Algis Budrys; The Song the Zombie Sang - with Robert Silverberg; Street Scene - with Keith Laumer; and Come to Me Not in Winter's White - with Roger Zelazny. Leo Dillon; Diane Dillon; (illustrator). Book.
More imagesPublished by Avon Books, 1971
- Softcover
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus. Published by Avon Books, 1971. 12mo. Paperback. Book is very good.
Partners In Wonder 4
Harlan. with: Robert Bloch / Ben Bova / Algis Budrys / Avram Davidson / Ellison (Author), Leo & Diane Dillon (front cover)
Published by New York: Pyramid Books, 1975
- Softcover
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.Tacoma Book Center
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . B000LEJVW8 Mass Market Paperback. Later Printing from 1976. Tight sound unmarked copy in Good condition. No Signature.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Neikas Publications, Center Harbor, NH, 1982
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Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.biblioboy
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Center Harbor, NH, Neikas Publications 1982. First Edition. Softcover Illustrated anthology where each story and Robert Bloch's introduction is 50 words or less! Edited by Michael Bastraw with an introduction by Rober Bloch and stories by Piers Anthony, Fred Saberhagen, John Brunne…r, Spider Robinson, Ben P. Indick, Brian W. Aldiss, F. M. Busby, Don D'Ammassa, Susan M. Shwartz, Chris Steinbrunner, Sheriann Lewitt, and others. Decorated wrappers [about 5.25" x 8.25"], saddle-stapled, 52 pages illustrated with drawings. A near fine copy with minor edgewear. See Photos whbx 7E / e-bybx. George Lailas and John Geisel (illustrator).
THRILLING SCIENCE FICTION: February, Feb. 1973
Thrilling Science Fiction (Cordwainer Smith; Robert F. Young; Harry Harrison; Ron Goulart; Edmond Hamilton; Robert Bloch; Norman Spinrad; Ben Bova; Robert Rohrer; Jack Sharkey; Thomas M. Disch)
Published by Ultimate Publishing, NY, 1973
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.Books from the Crypt
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Add to basketSingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Near Fine. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "On the Sand Planet" by Cordwainer Smith; "Jupiter Found" by Robert F. Young; "Mute Milton" by Harry Harrison; "Two Days Running and Then Skip a Day" by Ron Goulart; "Sunfire!" by Edmond Hamilton; "The Man Who Murdered Tomorrow" by Robert Bloch; "Your N…ame Shall Be. . .Darkness" by Norman Spinrad; "Intelligent Life in Space" by Ben Bova; "The Intruders" by Robert Rohrer; "The Seminarian" by Jack Sharkey; "The Demi-Urge" by Thomas M. Disch. Illustrated by Jack Gaughan, Finlay, Gray Morrow, Schelling, and Blair. Mild tanning; insignificant wear. Book.
- Softcover
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United KingdomHay-on-Wye Booksellers
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Condition: Good. Unused. Minor shelf wear to extremities, gentle mark at base corner of text block. Contents clean and unread.
Chicago Review: vol. 9, #1, Spring 1955
Karmatz, F. N., editor, Arnold J. Toynbee, Ben Shahn, Conrad Aiken, Robert Bloch, et al.
Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1955
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- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. 144p., covers lightly-worn otherwise a very good trade paperback literary journal in turquoise pictorial wraps. Toynbee's 20-page contribution is an essay, "A Business School of Intellectual Action".
- Softcover
Seller: HPB-Red, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.HPB-Red
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Language: English
Published by Philosophical Library, New York, 1958
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Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketLight Blue Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dust Jacket. First Edition. 231 Pp. Blue Boards. Book Near New, Light Wear And Bumping At Ends Of Spine. Dj Priced $6.00, Bright And Clean, Not Price Clipped, Rubbing And Wear At Corners With Small Losses At Head And Foot Of Spine With Very Narrow 1/2" V…-Chip At Top Rear Spine Edge. Cover Design By Ben Shahn (illustrator).
- Softcover
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 280 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Visual Culture of Baptism in the Middle Ages : Essays on Mediaeval Fonts, Settings and Beliefs
De Torrens, Harriet M. Sonne (EDT); Torrens, Miguel A. (EDT); Altvater, Fran, Dr. (CON); Bloch, Amy R., Dr. (CON); Debby, Nirit Ben-Aryeh, Dr. (CON)
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Visual Culture of Baptism in the Middle Ages : Essays on Mediaeval Fonts, Settings and Beliefs
De Torrens, Harriet M. Sonne (EDT); Torrens, Miguel A. (EDT); Altvater, Fran, Dr. (CON); Bloch, Amy R., Dr. (CON); Debby, Nirit Ben-Aryeh, Dr. (CON)
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Visual Culture of Baptism in the Middle Ages : Essays on Mediaeval Fonts, Settings and Beliefs
De Torrens, Harriet M. Sonne (EDT); Torrens, Miguel A. (EDT); Altvater, Fran, Dr. (CON); Bloch, Amy R., Dr. (CON); Debby, Nirit Ben-Aryeh, Dr. (CON)
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Visual Culture of Baptism in the Middle Ages : Essays on Mediaeval Fonts, Settings and Beliefs
De Torrens, Harriet M. Sonne (EDT); Torrens, Miguel A. (EDT); Altvater, Fran, Dr. (CON); Bloch, Amy R., Dr. (CON); Debby, Nirit Ben-Aryeh, Dr. (CON)
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More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1962
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of short stories. Featured are Sweets to the Sweet by Robert Bloch, The Strange Children by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, The Likeness of Julie by Logan Swanson, It Will Come to You by Frank Belknap Long, A Gnome There Was by Henry Kuttne…r, Nightmare at Twenty Thousand Feet by Richard Matheson, In the Midst of Death by Ben Hecht, Gabriel-Ernest by Saki, Baynter's Imp by August Derleth, Enoch by Robert Bloch, For the Blood is the Life by F. Marion Crawford. Of the eleven stories in this collection, two are original appearances - The Likeness of Julie and Nightmare at Twenty Thousand Feet. Nightmare became one of the top ten "Twilight Zone" episodes of all-time. It aired in 1963 starring William Shatner as Bob Wilson. SIGNED by Shatner on the page opposite the story. Shatner made a stray mark on the first page of the story when signing. Small 1/4-inch stain on pages 130 and 131 of the Crawford story. Light edgewear. Small chip to the top right corner of the front cover. Slight reading creases to the spine. Will include ticket for the event with the book. In very good condition. Signed by Author.
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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.
Kingdom Of Fear: The World of Stephen King.
Underwood, Tim, & Chuck Miller (eds.); King, Stephen; Greeley, Andrew M.; Bloch, Robert; Thompson, Bill; Campbell, Ramsey; Strieber, Whitley; Fiedler, Leslie; Barker, Clive; Ellison, Harlan; McDowell, Michael; Nolan, William F.; Brown, Stephen P.; Herron, Don; Indick, Ben P.; Bosky, Bernadette Lynn; Monteleone, Thomas F.
Published by San Francisco, CA & Columbia, PA: Underwood & Miller., 1986
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Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 8vo. 267 pp. Black Cloth, Dust Jacket, Very Good. Signed dedication facing page 99 from William F. Nolan (one of the contributors) to Herb Yellin, Lord John Press, Hartridge, CA. First Edition.
Run For Your Life: Night Train from Chicago (Original screenplay for the 1966 television episode)
Robert Bloch (screenwriter); Ben Gazzara, Brock Peters, Louise Sorel, Val Avery (starring); Richard Benedict (director)
Published by Universal Television, Universal City, 1966
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- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerRevised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 27 of the 1965-1968 television series, originally aired on April 11, 1966, on NBC. The series followed Paul Bryan, who, after being told he has only months left to live, embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode, Bryan searches fo…r a mysterious nun, and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1959), although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels, short stories, radio, cinema, and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft, Bloch received the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award, and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 2/25/66, with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves, with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with a single staple at the top left corner.
Published by E. A. Telgener 1840 / 1848, Hannover, 1840
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Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, IsraelThe Book Gallery
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Add to basket2 different books bound together, both written by Solomon Blogg (Bloch), who founded the Hebrew printing press (with Telgener) in Hannover, and worked to spread Hebrew literacy among Jews and non-Jews alike. Both titles are written in Hebrew and Yiddish (more correctly, Hebrew transcription of German). The first title, Kohelet S…hlomo, is an extensive manual to religious Jewish life. The different customs and prayers are listed and Hebrew, then translated and explained in Yiddish. The second title is a passover Haggadah, also with Yiddish translation and annotation. 215X170mm, 190+30 double pages. Grey quarter-cloth hardcover. Cover worn adn bumped. Cover peeling at edges. Spine torn. Pages yellowing, stained and wavy. Despite the aforementioned wear, these rare books are in good condition for reading. The book is in : German Hebrew Yiddish.
HOW TO TALK DIRTY AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE / THE PROPERTY OF A LADY / BIFFEN'S MILLIONS
Bruce, Lenny / Jack Finney, Charles Beaumont, Fredric Brown, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury, Lawrence Durrell, Robert Bloch, Ben Hecht, Philip Roth, Shel Silverstein, Ian Fleming, James Baldust-wrapper in, P. G. Wodehouse, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur C. Clarke
Published by Playboy / HMH Publishing, 1963
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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. HOW TO TALK DIRTY AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE, Playboy / HMH Publishing, 1963 & 1964, first edition, 6 volumes complete, vg to near fine copies. Also contains original contributions by Jack Finney, Charles Beaumont, Fredric Brown, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury, Lawrence Durrell, Robert Bloch, Ben Hecht, Philip Roth, Shel S…ilverstein, Ian Fleming (THE PROPERTY OF A LADY), James Baldust-wrapper in, P. G. Wodehouse (BIFFEN'S MILLIONS), Ernest Hemingway, Arthur C. Clarke, et.al. (Postage guaranteed to be more than any amount noted).
More imagesShviley olam. Sefer Kolel Tekhunot kol artsot tevel lemakhlakotehen [Shvile OlamSh'vile 'olam. Sefer Kolel. Tekunot kol artsot tevel le-mahlekotehen]
Bloch, Samson, ha-Levi. [shimshon ben Itzhak Halevi Bloch] (Born 1784 in Galicia, Poland - died 1845)
Language: Hebrew
Published by b Meyerhoffer, Zolkiew, 1827
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. (31) pages, 138 leaves for a total of 307 pages. 190 x 117 mm. This volume, one of three published, deals with Africa, including Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Sahara desert, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, and some other countries or regions and subjects. Notations in Russian on free en…dpapers include: "To the gentleman Buyer of the First Guild", which was a well known rank of merchant that certain educated Jews were able to attain. Becoming a merchant of the first guild usually require conversion to Christianity. It allowed them to live beyond the Pale of Settlement. Samson (Simson) ben Isaac Ha-Levi Bloch was a Galician author; born in Kulikow, near Lemberg, 1782. He died there Oct. 7, 1845. He received the usual Talmudical education, but was also studied the Bible and Hebrew grammar, not common in Galician curriculum at the time. He made the acquaintance of his uncle's illustrious pupil, Nachman Krochmal, and their friendship lasted to Krochmal's death in 1840. Bloch married early, went into business without any training or knowledge of the world, failed at it, drifted from one occupation into another, and remained poor all his life. But he persevered, trying to make a name for himself in literature. He studied German and other languages, and many Jewish and non-Jewish commentaries on the Bible. He was an early devotee of the "Haskalah." His first literary attempt resulted in the publication of the epistle which Solomon ben Adret wrote against the study of philosophy, especially by young men, and the famous response by the poet Jedaiah Penini or Bedersi, known as "Hitnazlut ha-Bedarshi" (Bedersi's Defense of Philosophical Studies), Lemberg, 1809. In 1812 Bloch was called to Vienna to fill the place of corrector in the Hebrew printing-establishment of Anton Schmid, made vacant by the death of the grammarian Ben Ze'eb. There he translated into Hebrew Manasseh ben Israel's "Vindiciæ Judæorum" from the German translation of it by Dr. Marcus Herz, and published it with an introduction and a biographical sketch of the author (Vienna, 1813). Family affairs compelled his return to Kulikow, and, after several years of continual struggle with poverty, he took Krochmal and Rapoport advice and took up the writing of Hebrew books as a profession. In 1822 appeared the first volume of his important work, "Shebile 'Olam" (Paths of the World), a description of the geography and Asia's countires (Zolkiev). It still has a literary value on account of its incomparable style and of the attacks on the folly and superstition of the Eastern nations contained therein, which were really intended for fools and deluded people nearer home. The second volume (Africa) is even better than the first, and is interspersed with biographies of Alfasi, Maimonides, and other famous Jews who were born or lived in Africa (Zolkiev, 1827). Bloch journeyed through Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, and Austria, to obtain subscriptions for his work (see the 7 pages of their names at the beginning of the book). He was honored and assisted by the enlightened wherever he came; but the treatment accorded to Hebrew authors by the general public, especially by the ignorant among the wealthy classes, so disgusted him that he never finished the volume on Europe, although the sections describing Spain, Portugal, and part of France were already written. His last years were spent in poverty and disappointment in his native city, with visits to neighboring Lemberg and Zolkiev. At his death he left his 9 year-old daughter to the guardianship of his intimate friend R. Hirsch Chajes of Zolkiev. Bloch translated into Hebrew Zunz's biography of Rashi, to which he wrote an introduction and many notes (Lemberg, 1840). He also wrote many letters on literature which appeared in various Hebrew periodicals. The most important of them is on philosophy and Kant, in "Kerem Hemed," v. 1, letter 34. The unfinished part of his geography of Europe was published under the title "Zehab Sheba" (Zahav Sheva).
