Gold Edited Introduction (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. xiii, 223 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Studies in Jewish History. Published in conjunction with an international exhibition, held at the New York Public Library, October 15, 1988 to January 14, 1989. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Profusely illustrated. *** "Appearing on the occasion of The New York Public Library's exhibition of the Hebrew book from antiquity to modern times, this beautifully illustrated volume will serve both as a preparation for viewing the exhibition (October 15, 1988 to January 14, 1989) and as a guide to further inquiry into the subject. Depicting the history and development of the making and distributing of Hebrew books from the Dead Sea Scrolls to modern times, this collection of essays and 100 illustrations (30 of them in color) examines, in a historical and cultural context, such topics as the decoration of Hebrew manuscripts, the origins of Hebrew printing, the Hebrew book in Christian Europe, translation into and out of Hebrew throughout the ages, and modern publishing. The contributors, all experts in their fields, share their knowledge in a manner that orients the novice, as well as informs the specialist. Many of the contributors offer new information, and some make material available for the first time in English. The volume includes such highlights as Frank Moore Cross' examination of the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for the study of the Hebrew Bible; Mordecai Glatzer's investigation of hitherto unexplored aspects of the first Hebrew printed books; Michael Grunberger's description of the complementary roles that publishers and authors played in nurturing the renascent Hebrew literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; David Ruderman's exploration of Christian ambivalence towards the Jews and their literature; and Chaim Potok's reflections on how certain Hebrew books have greatly influenced his own writing. Taken together, the essays in A Sign and a Witness treat the Hebrew book both as form and content. The volume reflects two themes in tension: the fundamental importance of the Hebrew book in itself, and the Hebrew book's role as a vehicle in the international traffic of ideas and meeting of cultures. / Leonard Singer Gold is Dorot Chief Librarian of the Jewish Division and Bibliographer in Jewish Studies at The New York Public Library." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: The Dead Sea scrolls: light on the text and canon of the Bible, by Frank Moore Cross; How Hebrew manuscripts are made, by Malachi Beit-Arie ; The decoration of medieval Hebrew manuscripts, by Evelyn M. Cohen; The Hebrew manuscript as source for the study of history and literature, by Menahem Schmelzer; Forming the great collections, by Joseph Gutmann; Early Hebrew printing, by Mordechai Glatzer; The development of Hebrew printing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, by Moshe N. Rosenfeld; The Hebrew book in a Christian world, by David B. Ruderman; Publishing and the rise of modern Hebrew literature, by Michael W. Grunberger; The art of the Hebrew book in the twentieth century, by Leila Avrin; Between Western culture and Jewish tradition: translations to and from Hebrew, by Robert Singerman; Text and texture: early adventures in the fourth dimension, by Chaim Potok. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. "First printing" statement to the copyright page, $19.95 printed to the jacket's flap. A collection of nineteen brightly colored comic and/or comic strip full stories, featuring Batman's enemy The Joker, that were originally published from 1941 through 1980. A well-preserved comic art collectible. Fine, firm, square and very tight in laminated lime-green boards with white titles to the front cover and to the spine; in a fine dust jacket illustrated by Kyle Baker; original printed $19.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Tall octavo; 10.5" X 7"; 288 pages.…

Green cloth hardcover. Condition: very good +. no jacket. Contents to Volume 6: Geography, Ethnology, Zoology Botany, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Astronomy, Miscellaneous Memoranda. Geography, Ethnology, Zoology, Botany, Minerology, Astronomy and Miscellaneous Memoranda. 280 pages. Ex library with label inked out on spine, pocket and sticker on inside rear cover. reprint of 1905 edition, edited with Introduction, Notes, and Index, by Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 383pp. Binding very slightly cocked with the tiny impression of an owner name (no ink or pencil) on the front fly and a bit of light evidence of pencil erasure in the table of contents, near fine in modestly worn, near fine dust jacket with a very short tear on the rear panel. Contains James Baldwin's classic story "Sonny's Blues" as well as contributions by John Cheever, Flannery O'Connor, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, William Eastlake, and others.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 254pp. Fine with very light browning at endpapers in a near fine dustwrapper with very gentle wear at extremities. With essays by Nelson Algren, James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Herbert Blau, George P. Elliot, Herbert Gold, Paul Goodman, Elizabeth Hardwick, Seymour Krim, Mary McCarthy, Arthur Miller, Warren Miller, William Saroyan, William Styron, Harvey Swados and Gore Vidal.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Arthur H Clark Co, Cleveland, OH. 1904. 329 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Contains vocabulary comparisons between English to Esquimeaux, Iroquois, and multiple Algonquian languages, and fold out map of eastern Canada. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first printing. Binding square. Slight loosening of front hinge. Pages clean and unmarked. Jacket not price clipped. Wear to edges and spine ends. Two very small closed tears. 31 stories by authors including Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon, J.T. M'Intosh, John Wyndham, Kurt Vonnegut and many others.…

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Octavo (approx. 5 3/4" wide by 8 1/2" tall) red cloth covers with titles in black. x + 566 pages. Book is in near fine condition. Dust jacket spine sunned, price clipped, with some creasing, and a few small chips, fair. 25 Stories, 8 Novelettes. Studio.…

hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 3rd printing. Octavo (5 1/2" wide by 8" tall) aqua-colored cloth with black titles on spine, 384 pages. Some browning at top edge of book block, and offset browning on endpapers. Dust jacket price clipped, spine faded, chipped, with some all-over tanning. Includes poetry, fiction, reportage, drama, literary criticism. Leftist literature. 082504B.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback 1st ed. 504 pp Bound in green cloth with black titles both book and dust jacket are in very good condition. The jacket is edge worn with a little loss at the spine tips and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, VG/VG, 1963 , EARLY ISSUE, VG CONDITION WITH SLIGHTLY SOILED STAINED EDGES TO DJ & TINY CHIPS . BACK OF DJ SAYS FEW 0F 500 AUTHORS, 293 PGS, Glossary, Small blue cloth has Copper titles onspine cvr & edge Stain on front bk EDGE, LARGER FORMAT ,GOLD & WHITE EL ENDPAPERS HAVE former Owner Name & pencil notations on intro pg, FOREWORD ,NOT PRICECLIPPED SAYS PRICE CATAGORY , 1ST THERE R TRANSLATIONS FROM 30 HYMNS OF Rigveda, Songs that R Not Only of Profound Religious Importance but Have A Glow & Rapture THAT R THE VERY STUFF OF POETRY. THEN COME ENGLISH VERSIONS OF 5 of most significant Upanishads, Bks completed by Dr. Barnett s well-known translation of Famous Indian song.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, 1962, Early Reprint, BLUE DJ ILLUSTRATION of Dorian Gray BEING PAINTED IN B/W, SCUFF RUBBING TO SPINE DJ , TINY CHIPS EXTREMITIES OF DJ & DJ SPINE END chips & lite wear edgves DJ SPINE , Very Good+ in a Very Good- dust jacket. Rubbing along panel edges. Chipping at spine crown. 428 PGS, back of DJ says few of 500 Authors. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1958, 1ST EDITION REPRINT,VG+/VG-, AS-IS, SMALL BURGUNDY CLOTH COVER GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR, LARGER FORMAT, SMALL TEAR FRONT DJ DJ LITE RUB WEAR & TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS ,BACK DUSTJACKET SMALL RUB SCUFF SAYS REVIEW OF EVERYMAN S LIBRARY BS, 427 PGS +ADS, NOT ILLUSTRATED, BACK OF DJ SAYS FEW OF 500 AUTHORS, Emma Woodhouse .Handsome , Clever & Rich , With a Comfortable Home & Happy Disposition, Seemed 2 Unite some of Best blessings of Existence, & had Lived Nearly 21 YRS in the World with Very Little to Distress R VEX HER, Until she embarked on her Persistent Matching for Her Less Fortunate Friend, Harriet Smith.…