ISBN: 9780934710367 - From Danzig: An American Rabbi's Journey (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. From Danzig: An American Rabbi's Journey, Wolli Kaelter, Gordon Cohn, Pangloss Press, 1997, 297p, hc w/dj, dj bumped/scuffed/shelf wear/large tears, boards barely bumped/scuffed, text clean, solid binding, SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR---15.00. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by author on front free end page in black pen,"With fond memories of (Lu?) Wolli Kaelter" No additional printings. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; text has minor bump and soil speck to top edge else fine, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($25.00) has two 3/8" closed tears with 4 1/2" crease between tears to top front cover. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Author signed copy with inscribed to name covered. No text marks or dust jacket splits. Minimal use. Stock photo is incorrect.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Lg. 8vo. xviii,297pp. Maroon cloth with gold-stamped signature of Wolli Kaelter on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Original illustrated dust jacket. Rear of dj with b/w photographic reproduction of a portrait of the author. Inscribed by Kaelter on free front endpaper "To Shy + Flo, You got me here in the first place. I admire all that you have accomplished. (Signed) Walli." Title-page vignette. Fascinating autobiography by Wolli Kaelter. The rabbi revisits his childhood and youth in Danzig, the fateful voyage to America with four Berlin classmates in 1935 to attend Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and his student days there, his courtship of Sarah Shapiro, thirty-nine years and six settings of his rabbinate, as well as his travels and activities after his "retirement" in 1979. "The book is Wolli Kaelter as everyone knows him - always honest, full of good humor and high sprits, and serious reflection, particularly on the subject of rabbinic commitment, God, faith, and growing older." Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. Rabbi Kaelter passed away at 93 in 2008. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Some creasing on dj. Tight copy with dj in good+, book in near fine condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. Signed copy. The pages are lightly tanned at the edges. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.