Collection: Jewish Literature

NY: Carlton, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. viii+94pp. First edition. Inscribed by the author to former owners' on the front free end paper. Grey cloth boards. Near fine in a very good unclipped jacket that shows Light wear at the spine ends and a few short closed tears.... More

NY: Pantheon, 1980. First edition. 8vo. 208pp. Tan/purple boards with light blue cloth backing and silver spine titles. Signed and affectionately inscribed to former owners on the front free end paper. Light toning to edges of textblock, light off-setting to pastedowns, else fine in a... More

NY:  Jewish Publication Society of America, 1941. Hardcover. 8vo. 394pp. First edition (no subsequent printings noted; 1941 date on both copyright and title pages). Full brown cloth with matching brown topstain, and black spine titles & front panel motif. Light bumping at spine ends, very... More

NY: Charles Reznikoff, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. 311pp. First edition. Full blue cloth. Very light bumping to spine ends and board corners. Minor forward cocking to spine. Former owner's name inked on front free end paper. The uncommon first edition self-published by Reznikoff in 1963, thus... More

First English language edition of the Austrian Jewish writer's final novel, originally published in 1938, a sequel of sorts to his earlier Radetzky March.NY: The Overlook Press, 1984. Translated by John Hoare. First edition. Octavo (8.25 x 5.75 in.); 157pp.; blue papered boards backed with... More

Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1972. 8vo. xxxiv+114pp. Stated second printing. Grey cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Near fine in a near fine jacket with light rubbing along rear spine hinge and some very faint dampstaining along top of rear panel. More

NY: Melville House, 2013. Signed by Segal on the title page. First edition. Octavo (8.75 x 6 in.); 167pp.; off-white papered boards, in dust jacket. Lightly bumped to top rear corner, else fine in a fine, unclipped jacket, just lightly scuffed at base of spine.... More

NY: Viking, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 291pp. Grey boards with blue cloth backing and red spine titles. Fine in a near fine unclipped jacket, with minor rubbing, and some crumpling along top edge. The final novel by the inventive & experimental Israeli writer. Translated by... More

First edition of this autobiographical novel (his second, following My Jewish Roots) by the Jewish author of The Wise Men of Helm and others. Translated from the Yiddish by Moshe Spiegel. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1963. First edition. Octavo, 8 1/2 x... More