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Auction 88 · March 17, 2020

K2 Online Sale: Hebrew & Judaic Books and Manuscripts

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Friedrich Wilhelm Kuechen. The Jewish Maiden. A Ballad. Written and Composed for the Piano Forte.

Auction 88 · Lot 1

Friedrich Wilhelm Kuechen. The Jewish Maiden. A Ballad. Written and Composed for the Piano Forte.

Hammer price $200

Sylvester B. Beckett. Hester, The Bride of the Islands: A Poem.

Auction 88 · Lot 2

Sylvester B. Beckett. Hester, The Bride of the Islands: A Poem.

Hammer price $80

Constitution of the Universal Israelitish Alliance / Statuten der Alliance Israelite Universelle.

Auction 88 · Lot 3

Constitution of the Universal Israelitish Alliance / Statuten der Alliance Israelite Universelle.

Benjamin Dias Fernandez. Letters on the Evidences of Christianity.

Auction 88 · Lot 4

Benjamin Dias Fernandez. Letters on the Evidences of Christianity.

Hammer price $200

Benjamin Szold. Hebrew Primer.

Auction 88 · Lot 5

Benjamin Szold. Hebrew Primer.

Bericht über die Bildung der ersten Niederlassung russischer Juden in den Vereinigten Staaten zu Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, erstattet von dem Verein zur Beförderung israelitischer Auswanderer nach den Vereinigten Staaten in New-York.

Auction 88 · Lot 6

Bericht über die Bildung der ersten Niederlassung russischer Juden in den Vereinigten Staaten zu Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, erstattet von dem Verein zur Beförderung israelitischer Auswanderer nach den Vereinigten Staaten in New-York.

Hammer price $900

Sulzberger, Mayer (American judge and Jewish communal leader, 1843-1923). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead to Rabbi Marcus Brann, in English with a few words in Hebrew.

Auction 88 · Lot 7

Sulzberger, Mayer (American judge and Jewish communal leader, 1843-1923). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead to Rabbi Marcus Brann, in English with a few words in Hebrew.

Hammer price $125

Council of Jewish Women. Welcome! Willkommen! Vilkomen!

Auction 88 · Lot 8

Council of Jewish Women. Welcome! Willkommen! Vilkomen!

Hammer price $150

Va’ad Lehotza’at Iton Ivri Yomi Be’America [Invitation to a meeting for the Committee to Establish a Daily Hebrew Newspaper in America].

Auction 88 · Lot 9

Va’ad Lehotza’at Iton Ivri Yomi Be’America [Invitation to a meeting for the Committee to Establish a Daily Hebrew Newspaper in America].

Hammer price $150

Group of eleven printed pamphlets on Abraham Lincoln by Emanuel Hertz. Texts in Hebrew, English, Arabic, Armenian, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish.

Auction 88 · Lot 10

Group of eleven printed pamphlets on Abraham Lincoln by Emanuel Hertz. Texts in Hebrew, English, Arabic, Armenian, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish.

Petition to President William H. Taft from the Jewish residents of the Lower East Side.

Auction 88 · Lot 11

Petition to President William H. Taft from the Jewish residents of the Lower East Side.

The New Kew Gardens Synagogue, Adath Yeshurun and Community House. Dedication Ceremonies. Sunday, April 3rd, 1949.

Auction 88 · Lot 12

The New Kew Gardens Synagogue, Adath Yeshurun and Community House. Dedication Ceremonies. Sunday, April 3rd, 1949.

Eustace M. Shilstone. Monumental Inscriptions in the Burial Ground of the Jewish Synagogue at Bridgetown, Barbados.

Auction 88 · Lot 13

Eustace M. Shilstone. Monumental Inscriptions in the Burial Ground of the Jewish Synagogue at Bridgetown, Barbados.

Medallic History of the Jews of America. Complete set of 120 medals housed in two original albums with detailed text commentary.

Auction 88 · Lot 14

Medallic History of the Jews of America. Complete set of 120 medals housed in two original albums with detailed text commentary.

Hammer price $300

Dinim of Shechitah [Laws of Kosher slaughtering with questions and answers for the practicing Shochet].

Auction 88 · Lot 15

Dinim of Shechitah [Laws of Kosher slaughtering with questions and answers for the practicing Shochet].

Hammer price $350

Hebrew-Yiddish Eye-Chart.

Auction 88 · Lot 16

Hebrew-Yiddish Eye-Chart.

Hammer price $500

(Anti-Semitic parody). Harry Hananel Marks. Down With the Jews! Meeting of the Society For Suppressing the Jewish Race. A Terrible Plot Against the Chosen People.

Auction 88 · Lot 17

(Anti-Semitic parody). Harry Hananel Marks. Down With the Jews! Meeting of the Society For Suppressing the Jewish Race. A Terrible Plot Against the Chosen People.

Hammer price $400

(Anti-semitica). Marilyn R. Allen. America Forever.

Auction 88 · Lot 18

(Anti-semitica). Marilyn R. Allen. America Forever.

Hammer price $40

(Anti-semitica). Anti-immigrant petition to Congress by the Boot and Shoe Workers Union.

Auction 88 · Lot 19

(Anti-semitica). Anti-immigrant petition to Congress by the Boot and Shoe Workers Union.

Hammer price $70

Document for the sale of 25 African slaves aboard the brigantine Africa, owned by Jacob Rodrigues Rivera and Aaron Lopez.

Auction 88 · Lot 20

Document for the sale of 25 African slaves aboard the brigantine Africa, owned by Jacob Rodrigues Rivera and Aaron Lopez.

Hammer price $4,500

(British Parliamentary Act). Anno Decimo tertio Georgii II Regis. An Act for Naturalizing such Foreign Protestants, and others therein mentioned, as are Settled, or shall Settle in any of His Majesty’s Colonies in America.

Auction 88 · Lot 21

(British Parliamentary Act). Anno Decimo tertio Georgii II Regis. An Act for Naturalizing such Foreign Protestants, and others therein mentioned, as are Settled, or shall Settle in any of His Majesty’s Colonies in America.

Hammer price $2,500

(British Parliamentary Act). Anno Tricesimo Nono Georgii III Regis.

Auction 88 · Lot 22

(British Parliamentary Act). Anno Tricesimo Nono Georgii III Regis.

Hammer price $200

Joshua van Oven. A Manual of Judaism, Detailed in a Conversation Between a Rabbi and his Pupil.

Auction 88 · Lot 23

Joshua van Oven. A Manual of Judaism, Detailed in a Conversation Between a Rabbi and his Pupil.

Together, three individual works.

Auction 88 · Lot 24

Together, three individual works.

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