The Story of the Jewish Calendar by Eisenberg, Azriel - 1958

NY: Abelard-Schuman Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1958), 62pp. Ex-lib, pocket has been removed from the rear endpaper, leaving a thinned area and an open small tear, else G in G, price clipped dj which is enclosed in a plastic cover and taped to the covers in library fashion. For a juvenile audience. Explains the difference between the solar and lunar calendars, how the dates of religious holidays are set, the names of the Jewish months, and how they got their names, the names and time of religious holidays, the different names for the Sabbaths throughout the year, and what their significance is, and includes a discussion of the proposed world calendar. All interspersed with fascinating stories about individual people and the part they played in the setting up of the Jewish calendar..

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1958. Hardcover . Good. Elisabeth Friedlander. Decorative wood engravings.

New York,, Ny, U.S.A.: Abelard-Schuman, 1958. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Friedlander, Elizabeth . First Edition (Nap - No Additional Printing Stated, Thus First). No Ownership Information Present And The Text Appears To Be Clean And Free Of Marks. Page Edges And Endpapers Moderately Tanned. The Unclipped Jacket Has Tears And Tiny Chips. Moderate Soiling To The Jacket.

Abelard-Schuman, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. Small edge tears on jacket.Award plate.Light tanning.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London; New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1958. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Elisabeth Friedlander (wood engravings). First edition first printing Large octavo hardback, 64 pp. Illustrated Very Good condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions.

Abelard. GOOD- Reading Copy/Good-. 1958. Ex-library. Hard Cover. Ex-Library (D167) .

NY: Abelard-Schuman, 1958 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE in a Very Good+ Dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Endpapers are foxed, (yellowed), edges of book and dj lightly soiled, interior bright and clean..

Abelard-Schuman, London And New York, 1958. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 62 pages; Wood Engravings by Elisabeth Friedlander. A comprehensive study of the Jewish Calendar.