Joseph Malamut Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: g- to g. First edition. Small Quarto. 224 pp. Blue cloth with decorative, gothic lettering on front cover. Work is composed of biographical entries of prominent Jews of the South and Western United States accompanied by b/w portrait photographs of Jewish pioneers. Binding with very light wear along edges. Stamps of previous owners on inside front and back covers abd free endpapers. Block somewhat age-toned. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. MALAMUT, Joseph, editor. Southwest Jewry. An Account of Jewish Progress and Achievement in the Southland. Vol. I. Los Angeles: Sunland, June, 1926. Tall octavo, original blue cloth gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First edition of this important record of prominent Jewish figures in the Southland, with extensive biographies and gravure portraits of leading civic, religious and business notables, including Hollywood s Jack and Harry Warner, Sid Grauman, Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg. This scarce 1926 volume chronicles the history and many contributions of leading Jewish figures in the Southland. Offering a glimpse into the past that covers the pioneering "prospector and trader, the grazer and the farmer," this work also contains detailed biographies and black-and-white photogravure portraits, highlighting the accomplishments of major philanthropists, civic leaders, financiers, artists and musicians, prominent rabbis and enterprising business leaders, along with Hollywood s Jack Warner and Harry Warner, Louis B. Mayer, Sid Grauman, Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer, and Irving Thalberg. Two subsequent volumes in this series were published over the next few decades. With introductions by David Edelman and the California Jewish Review s J.J. Cummins. Leaf of Patrons facsimile signatures. Photographs by Fred Hartsook. BB1.…