1. [Palestine Content] – [Luke, Harry].

Collection of eight (8) manuscript letters Sir Harry Luke received during his appointment as acting High Commissioner to the Government of Palestine (July 1928 – December 1928) from his father (J.H.Luke), mother (Eugenie Luke, nee Zamarski) and close family. Especially his father discussing also political matters that effected Sir Harry Luke during his posting in Jerusalem [in one letter from November 30th, 1928 J.H.Luke lets his son know that ‘I obtained two copies of the White Papers dealing with the Wailing Wall incidents – J.H.Luke asks provokingly: “Who was the Dept. Dir. Comm. ?” [during which the incident happened]. Some of the envelopes include multiple pages, plus several letters from other members of family that were posted to Luke’s appointment in Palestine together in one envelope. The letter from his father is of significance because it reflects the conversations Sir Harry Luke had with his father about the time during his posting as High Commissioner in Palestine.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London / Jerusalem, 1928. Octavo. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

2. [Transcaucasia Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry].

Manuscript “Notes for Lecture on Transcaucasia” on embossed Stationery of “Governorate Jerusalem”, clearly written during his appointment as Assistant governor of Jerusalem under Sir Ronald Storrs between the years 1920 – 1924. The wonderfully detailed preparation-manuscript cites many details from Luke’s mission to Transcaucasia as “British Chief Commissioner in the disturbed countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan; Luke later remembered the Armenian capital, Erivan, as ‘the saddest town’ he ever saw” (see Luke, Cities and Men, Volume 2, page 170).

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. [Jerusalem], c.1924. Quarto. 7 pages. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

3. [Jewish History / Judaica Collection] Lewisohn, Ludwig / Herzl, Theodor / Sartre, Jean-Paul / Scholem, Gershom / Zohn, Harry / Yehuda Amichai etc.

Library / Collection with more than 250 items originating from many different, important libraries of eminent historians and philosophers with a jewish background or interest like writers or translators like Harry Zohn, Isaac Bernard Cohen, Maurice Friedberg, William Jay Smith, Philip Rieff, Ben Malamud, etc. etc. Included are an enormous amount of important, rare and historically critical Books, Maps, Letters and Engravings relevant to Jewish History, Jewish Literature and Music, Jewish Heritage and Tradition, Persecution, Antisemitism through the Ages, Jews in Germany and the Holocaust, Zionism, Foundation of Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Jewish Legal History, Judaica in the 19th and 20th century etc. etc. Also included are a number of rare Jewish Children’s Books, Art and Jewish Cultural History. [The collection includes rare and collectable historical publications as well as modern publications and is progessively catalogued with detailed descriptions and wonderful images for each item. New additions can be seen reguarly on our website under “Libraries & Collections” – please look for “Jewish History Collection”].

London / Frankfurt / New York / Jerusalem and others, 1800 – 2000. Octavo / Quarto / Folio. Binding-Variations include decrorative historical bindungs as well as: Original Softcover / Orginal Hardcover / Original Hardcover with dustjackets in Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The international shipping of the collection with UPS Express Courier is included in the price.

4. Arbuthnot, John / [Daniel Conner Library].

Tables of Antient Coins, Weights and Measures – Explained And Exemplified in Several Dissertations [Including: “A Dissertation concerning the Doses of Medicines given by Ancient Physicians” / Including “Of the Jewish Coins in which their weights are likewise considered”]. The Second Edition – To which is added, An Appendix, containing Observations on Dr.Arbuthnot’s Dissertations on Coins, Weights and Measures by Benjamin Langwith.

London, Printed for D. Browne, without Temple-Bar; A.Millar, in the Strand; and J.Whiston and B.White, in Fleet-Street, 1754. Quarto (24 cm x 29 cm). Collation [complete as called for by Index]: Title, 11 unnumbered pages, 327 pages plus 18 plates (partly folded) with Weights, Measures and Values of Several Foreign Coins explained. Original 18th-century binding, recently rebacked in 18th-century-style by two english master-bookbinders. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front free endpaper with faded dampstain. Only very minor signs of foxing. Some minor wormhole – damage to the inner margins but not effecting the text. Wide margins. Extremely Rare Publication, now beautifully restored ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

5. von Gräfe [Graefe], Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht / [Provenance: Dr. Otto Simon (1873 – 1953 ?)– Exiled Jewish Ophthalmologist from Magdeburg to Cambridge]

Sammelband of rare publications on Ophthalmology / Ophthalmologie and Calabar Bean as a Remedy / The Sammelband includes: 1. [Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Graefe] – “Ueber Calabar Bean” – Auszug aus einem Vortrag gehalten in der Berliner medicinischen Gesellschaft am 24.Juni, 1863. 3 pages / 2. [Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Graefe] – Vorträge aus der Gräfe’schen Klinik, zusammengestellt und mitgetheilt von Dr.Engelhardt – I. Ueber Amblyopie und Amaurose (p.129 – p.144 aus dem Monatsblatt fuer Augenheilkunde, 1865) / 3. Vorträge aus der Gräfe’schen Klinik – Fortsetzung: Heilbare Form congestiver Amblyopie mit normalem Gesichtsfeld – (p.193 – p.275 aus dem Monatsblatt fuer Augenheilkunde, 1865) / 4.[Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Graefe] – Ueber v. Hasner’s Kritik der Linearextraction. – Separat-Abdruck aus den Klinischen Monatsblaettern fuer Augenheilkunde (Januar-Heft). Rostock, Carl Boldt, 1868. 20 Seiten / 5. [Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Graefe] – Noch ein Wort an den Verfasser der “Neuesten Phase”. (p.259 – 269)//.

Rostock u.a., Carl Boldt u.a., c. 1863 – 1868. Octavo. Private Hardcover with original offprints and pamphlet bound in. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely scarce and early publications by the pioneer of German ophthalmology.

6. Kayser, Rudolf / [Ilse Löwenthal-Einstein Kayser / Zohn, Harry / Eva Urgiss-Kayser / Walter ?]

Ilse – Ein Requiem – Signed and inscribed by Rudolf Kayser: “Für Walter zur Erinnerung an uns beide ! – Rudolf Kayser” – [From the library and collection of Harry Zohn with TLS loosely inserted: Typed Letter – signed by Eva Urgiss and addressed to Harry Zohn in New York, 1967. The amazing letter refers to Harry Zohn having alerted her to have found this book in the Rare Book Catalogue of Rare Book Dealer Rosenthal (possibly Bernard & Ruth Rosenthal) and Eva Urgiss is outraged about the fact that this very personal, only privately printed publication, which was only handed out to very few close friends, would have been sold to a rare book dealer and this rare bookdealer having the audacity to offer the book for sale. Eva Urgiss continues to speculate that she knows only of three Walter’s who could have been the recipients and she will investigate. She expresses how happy she is that Harry Zohn has purchased the book.]

[Holland], Privatdruck, 1936. Duodecimo (11 cm x 15 cm). 56 pages. Original Hardcover,professionally restored with new endpapers. Excellent condition in protective Mylar. Beautifully signed and inscribed. Unbelievably rare exile-publication.

7. Levy, Arthur Joseph / Zangwill, Israel.

Archive / Collection of more than 350 items, letters, documents, ephemera, pamphlets, manuscript notes, receipts , manuscript letters from the private library of Providence (Rhode Island) lawyer, Arthur (Art) Joseph Levy. The collection includes an important, controversial typescript-essay (8 pages) on Israel Zangwill’s address before the American Jewish Congress at Carnegie Hall on October 14th, 1923 (″Watchmen, what of the Night ?”); with manuscript annotations and remarks on Israel Zangwill’s position “the hopes of Jewry for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine are doomed to disappointment”. The collection includes a plethora of interesting letterheads of jewish organizations and also important documentation of Levy’s contribution to and support for the “Palestine Foundation Fund”, (receipt from Boston, Mass. June 1923). Levy, who was a graduate of Brown and Boston University Law School, practiced law in Providence, Rhode Island and led an active life as a member and leader of several Jewish civic organizations, such as the Jewish Family and Children’s Service, which he established and led for twenty years, Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society, the Temple Beth-El Brotherhood, the Miriam Hospital, the Touro Fraternal Association and the Jewish Home for the Aged of Rhode Island. He was also a prominent member of the American Bar Association, the Brown University Alumni Association and the Brown Club of Rhode Island. Highly regarded as a jurist, he was a member of the Commission to Consolidate State Laws, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Federal Tax Institute of New England and an editor of the Rhode Island Bar Journal. Included in this archive are a group of letters written during World War I discussing his role in the Jewish Welfare Board of the United States Army and Navy, an invitation to a fund-raising dinner for the Jewish Orphanage of Rhode Island, a group of documents and letters discussing the establishment of a Jewish country club in Providence, several documents from the early 1920s concerning the mostly Jewish fraternity Phi Epsilon Pi and several items relating to Levy’s personal life, such as personal letters, bills from clothiers and invitations to social events. (Main source of the description of this archive is the research of our colleague Greg Talbot from The Lawbook Exchange).

Providence (Rhode Island), Cambridge (Massachusetts), New York, 1917 – 1931. Octavo and A4. Two heavy folders with original documents. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. Müller, Peter / Mueller, Peter.

De Jure Praegnantium – Vom Rechte Schwangerer Weiber [On the Rights of Pregnant Women – Abortion / Adultery / Marriage Fraud in the 18th century].

First Edition. Jena, Literis Ac Sumtibus Joh.Christ. Croeker, 1744. Octavo (17 cm x 21,5 cm). 160 pages plus 8 pages of an Index. Modern Hardcover with 18th-century bookblock bound in. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Faded dampstain to lower margins of some pages. An immensely important, early publication on women’s rights and pregnant women and their rights in particular.

9. Krause, Rev. W.H.

The Tabernacle and Priesthood – Lectures, delivered in Bethesda Chapel, Dublin by the Late Rev. W.H.Krause, A.M. [With the following, remarkable color lithographs on the Tabernacle, The Ritual and Framework of the Tabernacle and the High Priests of Israel: 1. The Tabernale in the Wilderness / 2. The Golden Framework of the Tabernacle & The Coverings / 3. The Ark of the Covenant / 4. The Table of Shewbread / 5. The Golden Candlestick / 6. The Holy Place / 7. The Altar of Burnt Offering / 8. The Altar of Incense / 9. The Laver / 10. The High Priest of Israel on the Great Day of Atonement / 11. The High Priest of Israel in his Robes of Glory & Beauty]

Original, First Edition. Dublin, George Herbert, 1880. Small Octavo. Colour-Frontispiece, VIII, 160 pages with 11 full-page chromolithographic illustrations (including frontispiece). Original Hardcover, recently professionally restored with new endpapers. Publisher’s red cloth with gilt lettering on front board. The book is now in protective Mylar. This is an extremely scarce book !

10. [Lewisohn, Ludwig] Herzl, Theodor.

Tagebücher 1895-1904. [Ludwig Lewisohn’s personal copy, with some annotations and several textmarkings / Heavily annotated inside rear covers].

3 Volumes. Berlin, Jüdischer Verlag, 1922 – 1923. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 648 pages, 620 pages, 662 pages. Hardcover / Original Cloth. Good condition with only minor signs of wear. Slightly rubbed and minor stains on cover. Cover of the volume 1 is loose and 1-3pages are fixed with tape. Interesting markings and annotations in pencil throughout the books and endpaper/ pastedown. Name of Lewisohn signed on endpaper. German Edition of Herzl’s Diary.