Published by Ferlag Moriah, Jerusalem, 1923
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardbound. Condition: Good. Second Printing. Octavo, mildly edgeworn black cloth with gold lettering, xii, 264 pp. Text is in Yiddish.
Published by Moshe Shmeul Sklarsky, New York, 1950
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Octavo, blue cloth with gold lettering, xii, 180 + 208 pp., index. Lacking the free front endpaper of the first volume Text is in Yiddish.
Published by Moshe Shmuel Sklarsky, New York, 1948
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavos, black cloth, 180+ 201, 154, 130 pp. Text is in Yiddish. OCLC Number: 13986028.
Published by Moriyah 1911-1912, Odessa, 1911
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardbound. Condition: Good. Octavos, gray cloth with white lettering, minort wear and fraying at the spinenends (small chip near the base of the first volume), 180+ 206 pp. , yellowed paper Text is in Yiddish.
Published by Dvir: Otsar Shirat Israel BeSfarad, Tel Aviv, Palestine
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Black Buckram. Condition: Very Good+. Second Edition. 1927. A very nice copy of this handsome edition with stylised, red endpapers. This copy with some rubbing at crown and foot of spines, some mild wear at joints, some loss of gilt to lettering on front boards and along spines, and some tanning to pages. Vol 1 with one closed tear to title-page and one closed tear to half-title. Overall, a clean and solidly bound set. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Dvir: Otsar Shirat Israel BeSfarad, Tel Aviv, Palestine
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Black Buckram. Condition: Very Good+. Second Edition. 1927. A very nice copy of this handsome edition with stylised, red endpapers. This copy with some rubbing at crown and foot of spines, some mild wear at joints, some loss of gilt to lettering on front boards and along spines, and some tanning to pages. Vol 1 with one closed tear to title-page and one closed tear to half-title. Overall, a clean and solidly bound set. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Hotsaat "Moriah", Berlin, 1925
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardbound. Condition: Good. Second Edition. Octavo, green leather with gold lettering, viii, 484, viii, 494 pp., b/w photo + iv, 552, xv pp., vi, 414 pp., + vi, 448, iv, 568 pp., b/w photos, yellowed paper Text is in Hebrew.
Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. Pas de jaquette. Edition originale. Vol. I only; cloth-backed binding with boards decorated by Budko; binding rubbed on edges but still in good condition; end papers with some browning, inside good condition without any stains; 221, (3) pp. Illustrations by Joseph Budko. text in russian language; the book contains two small fliers of the editor with a list of books published in russian;
Published by Berlin, Zal'tsman, Saltzmann., 1922
Seller: Antiquariat J.J. Heckenhauer e.K. - Tübingen & München, Tuebingen, Germany
First Edition
2 Bände. Gross Oktav. 221, 3, 200 pp. With a frontispiece, illustrated title in woodcut and several illustrated head-pieces and vignettes. Hardcover, illustrated half cloth binding. Illustrierte Original Halbleinenbände. Etwas angestaubt, Ecken leicht bestossen und ohne die einfarbigen braunen Schutzumschläge, sonst gut. A bit dusty, corners slightly bumped, without the brown dustjackets. Rare first edition, no reprint. Joseph Budko (1888-1940), born in Plonsk, studied at the art school in Vilna and moved in 1910 to Berlin, where he met Hermann Struck, in 1933 he emigrated to Israel. Sprache: russisch.
Published by Dvir, Tel-Aviv/Berlin, 1925
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g to g+. First edition. Quartos. Vol.1: (xvi) 174pp. Vol.2: (xii) 156pp. Green cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering and motif on the front covers. Gilt lettering and motifs on the spines. Decorative endpapers. Signed and inscribed by acclaimed Hebrew poet Hayim Nachman Bialik and his longtime collaborator Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzki, to seminal Hebrew writer and philosopher Ahad Ha'am (Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg, 1856 - 1927), on the half-title. Both Bialik and Ravnitzky served as the editors, arrangers and commentators of these volumes. The inscription states "The fruit of our joint labor, in joint suffering, a gift of love to Ahad Ha'Am", dated March 27th, 1924. Each of the title pages contain the ownership inscriptions of Ahad Ha'Am at the top. This set collects the entirety of the poetic works of 11th century Spanish-Jewish poet and philosopher Solomon ibn Gabirol. The set is organized into two volumes, with the first (1924) containing his "secular poems", and the second (1925) containing his religious poems ("sacred poems"), including "Keter Malchut", considered his magnum opus. Commentary, organization and editing of the works throughout the volumes by Hayim Nachman Bialik and Y.H. Ravnitski. Each volume contains a table of Hebrew abbreviations (roshe tevot) used. Text in Hebrew. Bindings with some degree of bowing to the front boards. Light rubbing to extremities, with the second volume with light soling the front cover and some rippling and water stains throughout. Spine of vol.2 repaired along the hinge. Vol.1 with some tears, chipping and damp stains to the half-title, with some addition damp stains along the gutter of the introductory pages. Decorative endpapers of vol.1 reinforced with japan tissue. Age toning to pages throughout both volumes. Bindings in good- to good, interiors in good- to good+ condition overall. Hebrew title: ???? ???? ?? ????? ??? ??????, ???"? *A later edition from 1927 was released in 5 volumes.