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New York: Summit Books, 1991. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. Set in late fifteenth century Spain, the story deals with a young man, a "converso" (a person descended from Jews who converted to Christianity) wandering through Spain at the time of the Holy Inquisition. Originally published in Spanish as "1492 vida y tiempos de Juan Cabezón de Castilla" in 1985 in Mexico. 285pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: New York University Press, 1970. Ex library copy with creasing to the edges of the dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, remains of paper labels inside front board and on f/ep, ink stamp on f/ep and on rev of title page. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being a collection of pieces by different authors on the fiction writings of Bernard Malamud. 353pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1969. Ex library copy with label on spine of price-clipped dustwrapper and an ink stamp on title page, contents page and inside back cover. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends and edges of blue boards, sellotape marks inside front and back covers, new front endpaper fitted, but otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's second autobiographical work, this one follows on from his "House of Ashes" and deals with his life between the end of WW2 when he left his home in Losice, eastern Poland, and travelled through Germany and Italy to Naples, where he sailed to the US. 217pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1990. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book containing fourteen articles by different authors on aspects of Jewish history and culture, all originally appearing in the YIVO Annual between the 1940s and the early 1980s. The articles are: ''The Eastern European era in Jewish History'' by Abraham Joshua Heschel, ''Swislocz: Portrait of a Jewish Community in Eastern Europe'' by Abraham Ain, ''A Kheyder in Tyszowce (Tishevits)'' by Yekheil Shtern, ''The Discovery of Mendele Moykher-Sforim and the Beginnings of Modern Yiddish Literature'' by Dan Miron, ''The Struggle of the Vaad Arba Arazot for the Jewish Right of Religious Worship in Breslau in the Seventeenth Century'' by Bernhard Brilling, ''The Jews in the Cities of the Republic of Poland'' by Jacob Lestchinsky, ''The Economic Background of… Read More

Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2003. English language edition. Very slight creasing to top edge of dustwrapper and some scratching to back panel of same. Original owner's gift message (blacked out) takes up most of f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Issued to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Spertus Gallery in 2003-04, deals with the Temple at Jerusalem, and with the ''Temple Scroll'' which was one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 167pp, illustrated throughout, mostly in colour.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Valentine Mitchell & Co Ltd, 1995. Some creasing to the front cover, an ink stamp on top edge of pages ''Production Copy'', otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at six modern Hebrew (Israeli) novels where the characters leave Israel and then come back. The novels covered are: ''Past Perfect'' by Yaakov Shabtai, ''Molcho'' by A B Yehoshua, ''Death in the Rain'' by Ruth Almog, ''Minotaur'' by Benjamin Tammuz, ''The Private Empire of Zmiri-Picasso'' by Shlomo Nitzan, and ''Not of this Time, Not of this Place'' by Yehuda Amichai. 125pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper and Row, 1968. Creasing and some small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, an old address (Asher Bitan, Tel Aviv) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of the hard-cover book. The author's first novel, originally published in Hebrew as "Lo' Me'Akhshav, Lo Mi'Kan" in 1963 and here translated into English by Shlomo Katz, the story deals with an Israeli Jew visiting the German town he left before the War. 344pp.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Southside, 1974. Paperback edition published by Southside in 1974. Some creasing to the spine and scuffing to spine ends and corners, a small water-mark to the top edge of back cover, some yellowing to outer pages, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author's memories of her childhood in 1929-32 in the Jewish community of Glasgow's Gorbals area. 160pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at Western thinking on the Jews from the seventeenth century onwards, including links between Jewish and Christian messianism, the association of the Jews with universalist and transformative ideas in philosophy, politics, literature and social thought; and more. Lengthy inscription by the author to original owner on title page, signed "Adam". 358pp.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.