Rare, Signed & First Edition Book Auction

1939, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. His masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in the correct first issue dust jacket as illustrated by Elmer Hader. Dust jacket has clipped inner corners, edge wear and small tears along top of dust jacket. Cloth covered hardcover has foxing at top of pages and along top of book. Small lightly penciled "2.75" written inside front cover.

A stunning art-deco livre d'artiste, with 16 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY LABOUREUR illustratiing the manuscript by Giraudoux.  Cobalt Blue Wrappers, Custom Chemise and Cloth-Backed Slipcase, Paris 1919.  The text--the heretofore unpublished original version of the eighth chapter of "Simon le pathetique"--is lithographed in blue, in facsimile of Giraudoux's manuscript. The brightly colored lithographs are among Laboureur's earliest book illustrations: they were executed in 1919, although the book was not completed until 1924.

Black Cloth with Some Light Rippling Across Spine,Has Soiling and Aging inside Covers, Browning on Exterior of Pages.  Dust Jacket with Edge Wear, Small Tears, Foxing, Looks Like Glue Residue Along Inner Edges of Paper.

"THE JEW AS RACE DESECRATOR" Excessively rare anti-Semitic book, Der Jude als Rasseschander ("The Jew as Race Desecrator"), by Dr. Kurt Plifschke, illustrated by Philipp Rupprecht ("Fips"), (Berlin: Verlag Deutsche Kulter-Wacht), ca. 1934. 122pp.  28 illustrations, with repro. of the original cover. Possibly the most virulent anti-Semitic publication created during the Third Reich, with graphic images including caricatures of Jews leering at "Aryan" women (one being crucified and whipped), Jews spitting upon non-Jews, Jews clutching at innocent women, etc. Chapters cover such topics as how Jews see themselves, teachings of the Talmud, Jewish law, Jewish trade in women, and the need to punish and jail Jews. Simply unbelievable content. Book Measures 6" x 8.25".

German anti-Semitic publication Juden sehen Dich an ("Jews Look At You"), by Dr. Johann von Leers (Berlin: N-S Druck und Verlag), 1933. 96pp. 8vo. with photo illustrations, in heavy stock boards with pictorial dust jacket. Extensive criticism of German and other European Jews of the time, including Albert Einstein (three photos, pp. 32-34), Charlie Chaplin (pictured on p. 71), Max Warburg, Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, etc. The cover illustration is a heavily retouched caricature meant to be a Jew but who more closely resembles Al Capone...likely an intentional effort.  Dut Jacket Has Splits, Tears, Brittleness, it is in Protective Jacket.

Cloth-backed boards, gilt foil dust jacket with light wear and handling.  Looks like moisture touched bottom of spine on dust jacket with small stain, 1/2" tear at bottom of jacket back cover.  First Edition

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Published by Cigaretten Bilderdienst, Berlin, Germany, 1933, 1st Edition.  Hardcover, cloth, no jacket, Propaganda Book on Hitler.  Full Page Plate Illustrations, 2 in color, 235 PASTED-IN. Photographs obtained from inside cigarette packages as promotion. Very good tan cloth with some light wear. Gilt titles, gilt stamped head on cover, blindstamped swastika. Some wear, slight tanning to pages.   Includes a large fold-out of a rally,"Standartenwweihe im Luitpoldhain 1933" with some stains and fold and tear damage.

Dust Jacket With Wear and Some Edge Tears, Chips.  Pasted in Book Ownership Tag. The author was the brother of Nobel Prize-winning author, Isaac Bashevis Singer, but was a noted Yiddish novelist in his own right.

"In The Cause of Architecture" has Clipped Dust Jacket, DJ Has Wear, Facsimile Signature.  "Decorative Designs" is ExLibrary and May Have Marks, Stamps, Writing, Wear, Associated With Exlibrary Books.

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Dust Jacket in Protective Cover.

Dust Jacket in Protective Cover.

Dust Jacket in Protective Cover.

An Invitation To The White House Has Light Dust Jacket Wear.

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Dust Jacket Has Clipped Corners, Edge Wear, Chips, Small Edge Tears.

Bears by Ruth Krauss and Illustrations by Maurice Sendak.  Signed by Sendak on Title Page at Bottom.  Hardcover in excellent condition.  Approx 9" x 7.75".

Signed on first loose front page. 11.25" x 9".  Excellent.

Approx 12" x 11".  Dust Jacket is in protective cover.

Profusely Illustrated With Jacob Steinhardt Woodcuts, Calligraphy by Franzisca Baruch, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1953 1st Edition. This 10 x 13 ½ unpaginated book is two books in one. The English version reads left to right from the front cover. Then Hebrew version reads from right to left from the back cover. Lightly Soiled Beige Covers Are Stamped With Giant Fish.

Text by Maurice Maeterlinck, Cyriel Buysse, L Dumont-Widen, Published by,Ernest Van Hammee,,Brussells.

Heavy paper folio, 11" x 15",unpaginated, 108 pages, illustrated, exceptional full page ads, paper types vary, tipped in Photo Plates.  Contains many full page ads illustrating various war items including bombs, airplanes, engines/motors, vehicles,etc. The extensively illustrated portion of war coverage has captioned translations in German, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, French and English. Main text area in English, most ads in French.

Cover has Separated From Contents and Has Splits and Tears.  Interior is complete and in good shape.

The Universal Jewish encyclopedia an authoritative and popular presentation of Jews and Judaism since the earliest times; edited by Isaac Landman.  Buffalo Public Library Copies in Nice Shape Which May Have Stamps, Plates, Markings common to ex-library books.