POPULATION LOSSES IN YUGOSLAVIA 1941-1945

Imprint: Zagreb; Dom & Svijet, 1997
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

Softbound. 8vo. 252 pages. 24 cm. First English edition. Translated from Croatian into English by Lidija Simunic Mesic. Original title: Gubitci stanovistva Jugoslavije 1941-1945. Written by Vladimir Žerjavic (1912 – 2001) a Croatian economist and a United Nations consultant; this volume is a survey of the demographic shifts and accompanying population losses during the second world war in Yugoslavia, the author arrives at a figure of one million deaths, rather then the 1.7 million presented by Tito to the United Nations in the late 1940’s. A controversial work. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Casualties - Yugoslavia. World War, 1939-1945 - Casualties - Yugoslavia - Statistics. Kriegsopfer Geschichte 1941-1945. Yugoslavia - Population - History. OCLC lists 25 copies. Light shelf wear to wraps, otherwise fine. Great condition. (HOLO2-104-38)

Stock number: 31633.

$US 500.00

[POSTER] INSTITUTE OF HAZANUTH : 1915-1937

Imprint: New York, Institute of Hazanuth., 1937
Binding: Hardcover

8vo; No Date (1950s) Glossy paper, Single sheet, 32cm x24cm. The Institute of Hazanuth was founded in 1915 by renowned Bnai Jeshurun hazzan and composer, Jacob Schwartz. His approach to hazanuth can be summarized as: “I realize the great need there is for a complete arrangement of the service from which a cantor is able to conduct the services in a manner befitting the dignity of the Jewish liturgy and which is, at the same time, true to tradition, and in keeping with musical standards.” Near Fine Condition. (MUSIC-7-27)

Stock number: 36899.

$US 100.00

POWSTANIE W GHETCIE WARSZAWSKIM 1943 R.; ZBIÓR DOKUMENTÓW.

Imprint: Warszawa, Pan´stwowe Wydawn. Literatury Politycznej, 1945
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, small 8vo, 50 pages, 21 cm. In Polish. An early (1945!) post-war assortment of eye-witness reportsand documentation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, 2 years earlier. Table of contents on the last leaf, listing out all 22 essays, some of which are reprinted here for the first time from diaries and newspapers. Also reproduces to flyers honoring the ghetto and a photo of yizkor services to those who perished there. "Between July 22 and September 12, 1942, the German authorities deported or murdered around 300,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. SS and police units deported 265,000 Jews to the Treblinka killing center and 11,580 to forced-labor camps. The Germans and their auxiliaries murdered more than 10,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto during the deportation operations. The German authorities granted only 35,000 Jews permission to remain in the ghetto, while more than 20,000 Jews remained in the ghetto in hiding. For the at least 55,000-60,000 Jews remaining in the Warsaw ghetto, deportation seemed inevitable. In response to the deportations, on July 28, 1942, several Jewish underground organizations created an armed self-defense unit known as the Jewish Combat Organization (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa; ZOB). Rough estimates put the size of the ZOB at its formation at around 200 members. The Revisionist Party (right-wing Zionists known as the Betar) formed another resistance organization, the Jewish Military Union (Zydowski Zwiazek Wojskowy; ZZW). Although initially there was tension between the ZOB and the ZZW, both groups decided to work together to oppose German attempts to destroy the ghetto. At the time of the uprising, the ZOB had about 500 fighters in its ranks and the ZZW had about 250. While efforts to establish contact with the Polish military underground movement (Armia Krajowa, or Home Army) did not succeed during the summer of 1942, the ZOB established contact with the Home Army in October, and obtained a small number of weapons, mostly pistols and explosives, from Home Army contacts. In October 1942, SS chief Heinrich Himmler ordered the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto and deportation of its able-bodied residents to forced labor camps in the Lublin District of the Generalgouvernement. In accordance with this order, German SS and police units tried to resume mass deportations of Jews from Warsaw on January 18, 1943. A group of Jewish fighters, armed with pistols, infiltrated a column of Jews being forced to the Umschlagplatz (transfer point) and, at a prearranged signal, broke ranks and fought their German escorts. Most of these Jewish fighters died in the battle, but the attack sufficiently disoriented the Germans to allow the Jews arranged in columns at the Umschlagplatz a chance to disperse. After seizing 5,000-6,500 ghetto residents to be deported, the Germans suspended further deportations on January 21. Encouraged by the apparent success of the resistance, which they believed may have halted deportations, members of the ghetto population began to construct subterranean bunkers and shelters in preparation for an uprising should the Germans attempt a final deportation of all remaining Jews in the reduced ghetto. The German forces intended to begin the operation to liquidate the Warsaw ghetto on April 19, 1943, the eve of Passover. When SS and police units entered the ghetto that morning, the streets were deserted. Nearly all of the residents of the ghetto had gone into hiding places or bunkers. The renewal of deportations was the signal for an armed uprising within the ghetto. ZOB commander Mordecai Anielewicz commanded the Jewish fighters in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Armed with pistols, grenades (many of them homemade), and a few automatic weapons and rifles, the ZOB fighters stunned the Germans and their auxiliaries on the first day of fighting, forcing the German forces to retreat outside the ghetto wall....Though German forces broke the organized military resistance within days of the beginning of the uprising, individuals and small groups hid or fought the Germans for almost a month....The Warsaw ghetto uprising was the largest, symbolically most important Jewish uprising, and the first urban uprising, in German-occupied Europe. The resistance in Warsaw inspired other uprisings in ghettos (e.g., Bialystok and Minsk) and killing centers (Treblinka and Sobibor)" (USHMM 2018).Subjects: Warsaw (Poland) --History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. Beautiful Polish commemorative bookplate from the early post-war years, touch of wear to crown of spine, some toning, Very Good condition, a very nice copy. (H-13-1-EU)

Stock number: 41775.

$US 225.00

[PRESS PHOTOGRAPH] “THE WAR AS SEEN BY CHILDREN.”

Imprint: [The Refugee Children's Evacuation Fund], 1943
Edition: First Edition

1st edition.10 X 15 cm. Period photograph of three refugee children admiring one of the drawings, with caption on the back. Press photograph from 1943 British exhibit, “The War As Seen By Children. ” The exhibition, publicly supported by leading modern artist (and refugee) Oskar Kokoschka, opened January 4, 1943, in the Cooling galleries, New Bond street, a fund-raiser for the German refugee school at Theydon Bois. It was put together by the Refugee Children’s Evacuation Fund. Some edgwear. Overall good+ condition. (HOLO2-126-16a)

Stock number: 36936.

$US 200.00

PROGRAM / MINNESOTA FINNISH-AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY TWIN CITIES CHAPTER.

Imprint: St. Paul, Minn. : The Chapter., 1975-1983.
Binding: Paperback

4to. Published monthly. Includes 1975 May, Oct; 1976 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sept, Oct, Nov; 1977 Jan-Mar; 1978 Jan, Feb, Apr, Sept; 1979 Jan, Mar, May, Sept, Nov; 1980 Jan-May; 1981 Jan, Feb, June, Oct; 1982 Feb, Apr, Oct, Nov; 1983 Feb, Mar. SUBJECT (S) : Finnish Americans - history. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Minneapolis Public Library, Univ of Minnesota-Minneapolis) . Some have creases, small tears, or holes for a three-ring binder, overall good condition. (FIN-8-53)

Stock number: 23504.

$US 100.00

PROJECTS OF THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION.

Imprint: Jerusalem Foundation
Binding: Paperback

Fourth edition. Paper wrappers; 4to. 30 pages. Illustrated. Inside back cover has foldout map of Jerusalem showing location of projects. OCLC lis ts no copies worldwide. Corners slightly bumped; back cover has scratch. V ery good condition. (W-62)

Stock number: 15736.

$US 100.00

PYHÄKOULUN LAULUKIRJA : KOKOELMA SUOMEN JA ENGLANNIN KIELISIÄ LAULUJA JA VIRSIÄ PYHÄKOULULLE JA KODILLE.

Imprint: Hancock, Mich. : Suomalais-Luteerilainen Kustannusliike., 1924.
Binding: Hardcover

24mo. 140 Pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Sunday schools - hymns; Hymns, English. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Kent State Univ) . Covers worn and darkened, tear in spine, front hinge split, owner's name inside front cover, good condition. (FIN-17-13)

Stock number: 22060.

$US 125.00

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON MIDDLE EAST PROBLEMS: A POCKET GUIDE.

Imprint: New York, The American Jewish Committe
Binding: Paperback

Paper wrappers; 16mo. 48 pages. Map on inside back cover showing cease-fi re lines, June 1967. OCLC lists four copies worldwide. Excellent conditio n. (W-62)

Stock number: 15737.

$US 100.00

RABENU GERSHOM, RASHI, YEHUDAH HASID

Imprint: New York: Farlag Kinder-Ring Bay Dem Bildungs-Komitet Fun Arbeter-Ring,, 1941
Binding: Paperback

Paper wrappers, 8vo. , 32 pages. In Yiddish. Illustrated stories for children based on the lives of the Rabbis Gershom, Rashi and Yehudah Hasid. Series: Kinder-Ring bibliotek; Historishe geshtaltn. SUBJECT (S) Named Person: Gershom ben Judah, Me'or ha-Golah, 10th/11th cent. -- Fiction. Rashi, 1040-1105 -- Fiction. Judah ben Samuel, ca. 1150-1217 -- Fiction. Responsibility: Yudl Mark. Illustrations by Y. Nayshlos and B. Tumarin. OCLC list 22 copies. Some water-stains on covers, but inner pages clean. Very good condition. Kazdan 143. (YIDCHI-2-8)

Stock number: 29835.

$US 100.00

RAIVAAJAN TYÖVAINIOLTA II.

Imprint: Fitchburg, Mass. : Raivaajan Kirjapainossa., 1905.
Binding: Paperback

8vo. 142 pages. In Finnish. Volume two of a seven volume serial, published from 1905 to 1911. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Harvard, Univ of Minnesota-Minneapolis, Balch Institute, Lakehead Univ) . Covers are missing, edgeworn, light spots on title page, good condition. (FIN-22-27)

Stock number: 22293.

$US 100.00

RAV [ISHIYUTO U-PE`ULOTAV].

Imprint: Jerusalem : Sifriyah Biografit Talmudit ; Mekhirah Roshit, "tarbut", 1925.
Binding: Hardcover

(FT) 8vo. 390 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Rav, 3rd century. Hinges repaired, corners bumped, pages tanned, good condition. (RAB-22-4)

Stock number: 20487.

$US 100.00

REFUGEES.

Imprint: New York, Jewish Agricultural Society, 1939
Binding: Paperback

Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 7 pages. Holocaust refugees. Extract from the Annual Report of The Jewish Agricultural Society, Inc. Slight fold, small corner chip, Good+ condition. (HOLO2-82-7)

Stock number: 17506.

$US 100.00

REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ALIEN IMMIGRATION. WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND APPENDIX. VOL. I: THE REPORT.

Imprint: London: Printed By Wyman & Sons For HMSO, 1903
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback

1st edition. Original printed wrappers, Folio (large) , viii, 52. Following extensive Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe into the United Kingdom this Report was commissioned "To inquire into and report upon: (1) The character and extent of the evils which are attributed to the unrestricted immigration of Aliens, especially in the Metropolis; (2) The measures which have been adopted for the restriction and control of Alien Immigration in Foreign Countries, and in British Colonies; and to advise what remedial or precautionary measures it is desirable to adopt in this country. " Light edgewear to bright blue wrappers, otherwise Very Good Condition. (kh-3-27)

Stock number: 36053.

$US 100.00

REVOLIUTSIONNAIA ROSSIIA [REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA]. Nrs 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 71, 73, 75, 76

Imprint: St. Petersburg,, Revoliutsionnaia Rossiia, 1904
Binding: Paperback

1904. 4to. Original paper wrappers. 24 to 28 pages per issue. In Russian. The journal was published in St. Petersburg from 1900—1905 by the Russian Socialist Revolutionaries party. SUBJECT(S) : Socialism -- Periodicals. Russia -- Politics and government -- 1894-1917 -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Volume has minor tear to the spine, some edgewear, overall in very good condition. Ex-library stamps (Library of the Bund in Russian) on title pages of each issue in the volume (RUS-9-95) . OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide.

Stock number: 17974.

$US 150.00

ROSH-HASHANAH CONTEMPORARY SERVICE.

Imprint: Temple Emanuel Newton
Binding: Paperback

Paper wrappers; 12mo. 24 pages. In Hebrew and English. OCLC lists no cop ies worldwide. Very good condition. (W-62)

Stock number: 15738.

$US 100.00

RULES OF THE WEST CENTRAL JEWISH UNITED BENEFIT AND DIVISIONAL SOCIETY. BEING THE AMALGAMATION OF THE FOLLOWING SOCIETIES – WEST CENTRAL HEBREW UNITED LOYAL BRETHREN, WEST LONDON HEBREW BENEFIT AND DIVISIONAL, HEBREW NEW YEAR BENEFIT AND DIVISIONAL, SOHO HEBREW NEW YEAR BENEFIT AND DIVISIONAL. RULS FUN DI VEST SENTRAL IDISH FERAYNIGTE BENEFIT AUN DIVIZHYANAL SASAYTE…

Imprint: London: Printed by The Hanbury Press, 1921
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paper Wrappers

1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 8vo, [46] pages. Yiddish and English on facing pages, parallel pagination except for final 2 pages which are only in Yiddish. Throughout London, Yiddish speaking migrants developed a web of autonomous mutual aid associations, sustaining them through the poverty and under-employment. We could locate not a single copy of this booklet anywhere: not on OCLC, not on KVK, not in the British Library. Extremely rare, perhaps a unique surviving copy. Light wear to wrappers, one corner dogeared, Very Good- Condition. (BR-12-22-'elx)

Stock number: 42350.

$US 500.00

SÄKENIÄ : SOSIALISTINEN KUUKAUSIJULKAISU.

Imprint: Duluth, Minn. : Päivälehti Kustannusyhtön Kirjapaino., 1914.
Binding: Hardcover

8vo. 544 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Socialism - periodicals; Finnish-American - periodicals. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Harvard, Minnesota Hist Soc, Oregon Hist Soc, Seattle Public Library, Univ of Minnesota -- Minneapolis) . Good condition; front hinge split. (FIN-4-3)

Stock number: 22692.

$US 125.00

SÄKENIÄ : SOSIALISTINEN KUUKAUSIJULKAISU. 1915-1918 [FOUR ANNUAL VOLUMES BOUND TOGETHER]

Imprint: Duluth, Minn. : Päivälehti Kustannusyhtön Kirjapaino., 1915-1918.
Binding: Hardcover

8vo. 465-560, 490, 97-528, 96, 385-560 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Socialism - periodicals; Finnish-American - periodicals. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Harvard, Minnesota Hist Soc, Oregon Hist Soc, Seattle Public Library, Univ of Minnesota -- Minneapolis) . Lacks backstrip, Good condition. (FIN-4-5)

Stock number: 22694.

$US 375.00

SÄKENIÄ : SOSIALISTINEN KUUKAUSIJULKAISU.

Imprint: Duluth, Minn. : Päivälehti Kustannusyhtön Kirjapaino., 1920.
Binding: Hardcover

8vo. 576 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Socialism - periodicals; Finnish-American - periodicals. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Harvard, Minnesota Hist Soc, Oregon Hist Soc, Seattle Public Library, Univ of Minnesota -- Minneapolis) . Good condition. (FIN-4-11)

Stock number: 22700.

$US 125.00

SÄKENIÄ : SOSIALISTINEN KUUKAUSIJULKAISU.

Imprint: Duluth, Minn. : Päivälehti Kustannusyhtön Kirjapaino., 1916.
Binding: Hardcover

8vo. 554 pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Socialism - periodicals; Finnish-American - periodicals. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Harvard, Minnesota Hist Soc, Oregon Hist Soc, Seattle Public Library, Univ of Minnesota -- Minneapolis) . Good condition; front hinge broken. (FIN-4-4)

Stock number: 23088.

$US 125.00

SAFEGUARDING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

Imprint: New York, JAC of Synagogue Council of America
Binding: Paperback

Cover title: Statements of Policy and Position on Religion anad Public Education and Other Aspects of Church-State Relationships Jointly Adopted by th e Synagogue Council of America and the National Community Relations Advisor y Council, Compiled December 1957. Paper wrappers; small 8vo. 15 pages. OCLC lists three copies worldwide. Excellent condition. (W-62)

Stock number: 15739.

$US 100.00

SBÍRKA KOSTELNÍCH PÍSNÍ PRO VEREJNOU A DOMÁCÍ POTREBU.

Imprint: Chicago: Tisk. Ceských Benediktinu., 1930.
Binding: Paperback

24mo. 64 pages. In Czech. Second edition? SUBJECT (S) : Songs, Czech; Czechs – religious life – America; Czech-Americans. OCLC lists no copies of this edition worldwide. Worn, with tear half way up spine, owner's name on title page, good condition. (Czech-5-10)

Stock number: 24902.

$US 100.00

SEDER SELIHOT MI-KOL HA-SHANAH...

Imprint: Sulzbach: Zekel Aharon, 1829.
Binding: Hardback

8vo, 89 leaves. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Repentance -- Judaism -- Prayer-books and devotions. Selihot are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays and on Fast Days. This copy is unique in including all selihot for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, as well as the Fast of Gedaliah, according to the customs of the Ashkenazi community in Frankfurt. No copies on OCLC. Lacks outer binding, edgewear to leaves, on final leaf (only) extending into a bit of the text, but with no loss. Rag paper has held up very well, easily rebound or used as is. (GH-3-6)

Stock number: 16963.

$US 200.00

SEDER RITUAL OF REMEMBRANCE: FOR THE SIX MILLION JEWS WHO PERISHED AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS AND FOR THE HEROES

Imprint: New York, Seder Ritual Committee, 1960
Binding: Hardback

Pamphlet. 8vo. 4 pages. 24 cm. In English and Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Seder -- Liturgy. Judaism -- Liturgy. Cover Subtitle: “Lest We Forget! ” OCLC lists only 5 copies worldwide (Hebrew Union College, Eastern Shores Library System, Mead Public Library, University of Leeds, Harvard College Library) . Few pen marks and stains, good condition. (HOLO2-37-17)., OK 06/12

Stock number: 26404.

$US 100.00

SEDER TIKUN LEL SHAVU’OT VE-LEL HOSHA’NA RABA

Imprint: Yozefov: Bi-Defus Sh. Ve-B. Zetser Ve-Y. Rener, 1868
Binding: Hardback

Hardcover, 280 pages, 140 leaves, 12mo, 21 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Shavuot -- Liturgy -- Texts. Hoshana Rabba -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists 2 libraries worldwide (George Washington University and University of Austin Texas) . Ex-library with bookplate. Repair to spine. Hinges repaired. Bumped corners and edges. Otherwise good condition. (Rab-48-3)

Stock number: 26971.

$US 100.00