Search Results: Judaica from Callaghan Books South

University of Chicago Press, 1972. 2nd Ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Good. (2d, Revised) Sturdy book, quality dark blue cloth, lighter blue illustration of menorah in oval at top front, white and blue lettering very fine on spine, 209 pages. DJ glossy blue with red design like the Star of David on front, spine and back right. DJ is worn along front bookfold edge, very slight wear to back tips, spine top right edge, spine bottom left edge, light wrinkles to back bottom edge. Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Liveright, 1939. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fair. Slightly smaller, thicker book, fine light brown cloth with black lettering on front and spine, 342 lightly browned pages. DJ glossy red beneath mylar with white lettering, small blue-tinted photo of Lewisohn at top back, praise at bottom back from Carl Van Doren in The Nation. ad inside back flap for book of Nazi quotes entited "Lunacy Becomes Us." DJ has slight wear and tiny tears to most edges and tips, small near-chip at top front edge, white back very slightly browned. Near Good DJ/Fine book.

Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.: Summit Books, 1984. 2d . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Large, heavy book, dark blue cloth spine, lavender boards, 448 pages: excepts from The Bible, Talmud, Midrash, Kabbalistic texts and more. DJ glossy rose with ornate blue borders on front, spine and back, praise from Northrop Frye, Harold Bloom and others. DJ has light crease at top back edge, some light dents at certain angles. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1988. First Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (1st) Printed in Italy. Very large, heavy book, quality maroon cloth with embossed title, very bright gilt lettering on spine, dark rose inside covers and adjacent end papers, 184 heavy glossy pages, profusely illustrated, many in color, a place for personal information with no entries. DJ glossy with color-photo of young man reading the Torah before the congregation, black spine and back. DJ and book, both As New.

Sentinel, 2015. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Large, sturdy book, black spine, cream marbled boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 254 pages including a glossy photo section. DJ glossy with a color photo portrait on front, black spine and back. DJ and book, both As New.

Viking, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. Large, thick, sturdy book, black cloth spine, cream boards, two tiny brown spots at bottom front, gilt lettering bright on spine, 520 pages including a glossy photo section. DJ glossy gray spine, back and borders top and bottom front, a photo portrait of Weizmann at middle front. DJ has very tiny surface nick at bottom front edge, remnant of price-tage at top front right. DJ and book, both Near Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fair. (1st) Introduction by David Riesman. Sturdy book, quality blue cloth, gilt lettering near-bright on front right, bright silver and gilt lettering on spine, 337 pages. DJ price-clipped, glossy with green and black bar-design and some half circles on front and spine, white back uniformly lightly browned, a list of contents and authors including Shlomo Katz, Grace Gulden, Harry Gersh, Isa Kapp, Irving Howe and others. DJ is worn with tiny tears to most edges. Fair DJ/Fine book.

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Hardcover. As New/As New. Large, very thick, heavy book, black cloth spine, black boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 756 pages. DJ glossy and colorfully designed beneath mylar, a color-illustration of court scene at top front, praise on back from Garry Wills and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy, thick heavy book, black covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, spine lightly sunken, 756 pages. DJ glossy with ornate gold border design to middle front, bottom edges as well as spine and top back edges, black background to front half, ornate colorful illustration "The Dream of Constantine" at top front. DJ creased along top edges. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Schocken Books, 1984. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Smooth brown cloth, gilt lettering very fine on spine, 245 pages, color illustrations by artist Uzan. DJ has shades of yellow with color illustrations by Rafael Uzan on front and back--primitive art by this Jewish Tunisian. DJ has tiny light scratch at top front edge next to tip, light wear to back tips, very tiny surface wear spot at bottom back. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Schocken, 1987. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade paperback, glossy cream wrappers, an illustration of blue and purple tree and roots at bottom front right, praise on back wrapper, 250 lightly browned pages. Spine bottom right edge has 3/4" tear, light wrinkles to spine. Near Very Good.

Cincinnati OH: Hebrew Union College Press, 1987. Hardcover. As New/As New. Essays include The Precepts of Judaism, Authority in Judaism, The Unity of God, The Name of God, Original Sin and Palestine in Jewish Theology. DJ and book, both As New.

Quality Paperback Book Club, 1998. Soft cover. As New. Introduction by Huston Smith. Trade paperback, glossy and colorfully designed on front wrapper, border to yellow back wrapper, 221 pages. , Mint Copy.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harper and Row, 1985. 1st US . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (1st U.S., 1st ptg.) Very large, very heavy book, blue cloth spine, black boards, very bright silver lettering on spine, b/w photo of rocky hills on front, 208 glossy heavy pages, profusely illustrated. DJ glossy and colorfully designed with close-up color photo of Pharoah's golden mask on front, blue spine and back with photo of mountain and sea at center back. DJ has tiny tear near middle of front bookfold edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1994. Color-Illustrated Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Patz, Nancy. (8th) Very large, very heavy book, beautiful color-illustrated covers in dark blue and purple with flowery borders front and back, 180 heavy glossy pages with beautiful color-illustrations throughout. DJ glossy with vellum-color background, flowery borders front and back, top and bottom, a color-illustration of children in parade front and back. DJ has very tiny nick at spine bottom right edge, light crease at top back edge next to spine. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. (1st) Large, heavy book, red cloth spine, smooth maroon boards with embossed title at top front, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 439 pages plus brief biographical note. DJ beneath mylar, glossy with ornate design and variety of colors, praise for Sachar's books on back, microtear at bottom front tip, tiny tear at spine bottom right edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

McGraw-Hill, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st) Large, heavy sturdy book, dark blue cloth spine, blue boards, gilt lettering near-bright on spine, 373 pages. DJ glossy red background beneath mylar, a stark beautiful color photo on front of huge rock mountain, reddish sands with footprints, small photograph of author at top back. DJ and book, both As New.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. (1st) Slightly smaller book, black spine, cream boards, gilt lettering very bright on spine, dark red with color-illustration from an Egyptian wall inside covers and adjacent end papers, four-line stamp of Unitarian church on top of first front end paper and half-title page, four-line stamp for eminent St. Petersburg Times columnist Bill Maxwell on half-title page also, 291 pages. DJ glossy with color photo of shoreline on front in gilt frame, gilt background to title on spine, praise for Cahill's "How The Irish Saved Civilization" on back for Richard Bernstein in New York Times Book Review, the New Yorker, Thomas Keneally and others. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book.

B'Nai B'Rith Department of Adult Jewish Education, 1962. 3d Ptg. . Hardcover. Good. Larger, sturdy book, black shiny cloth spine, marbled blue boards, silver lettering on spine near fine with gilt design very fine, 351 browned pages, interesting ink note on first front end paper. From Moses and David to Saadia to Vile Gaon. Light wear to bottom front edge, several very tiny lighter blue marks on back. Good.

Philosophical Library, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. On first front end paper: "Cordial greetings, Rabbi Max Raisin." Essays on Szold, Wise, Jabotinsky, Bialik, Schechter, Stybel, Manges, Sokolow, Haam, and Nordau. Sturdy book, light blue cloth, dark blue lettering very fine on spine, 249 lightly browned pages. DJ has two small chips to front, spine edge stained, Fair DJ/Fine book.