Cloth with gilt lettering, 8vo. , 319 pages (Vol. 1) , 206 pages (Vol. 2) , 204 pages (Vol. 3) . Annual reports on the operation of the seminary. Includes photographs of faculty and graduating students, as well as 10 pages of advertisements in back. SUBJECT (S) : Jews-Study and Teaching-Periodicals. “The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) was founded in 1886 through the efforts of two distinguished rabbis, Dr. Sabato Morais and Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, along with a group of prominent lay leaders from Sephardic congregations in Philadelphia and New York. Its mission was to preserve the knowledge and practice of historical Judaism. ”(jtsa.edu) Volumes 1 - Memorial issue to President Solomon Schechter. Articles by Louis Ginzberg, Mordecai Kaplan, Alexander Marx, and others. Some wear to cover and spine, spine and back cover tanned. Very good condition. Volume 2 – Dedicated to Louis Marshall, then Chairman of the Board of Directors. Wear to spine, very good condition. Vol. 3 - Ex-library with bookplate in front and bookpocket in back. Hinge repair. Wear to spine and covers. Small tears to edges of back few pages, pencil marks on some pages. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide : Spertus Inst Of Jewish Studies (Chicago) , Univ Bibl Johann Christian Senckenberg (Germany, Hebrew Union Coll. (OH) , Danish Nat. Lib. , and The Royal Lib. Of Denmark. Good condition. (RAB-39-8)