112 235 (SONCINO). Introductio ad litteras hebraicas [“Introduction to Hebrew Letters”]. FIRST EDITION. Latin and Hebrew interspersed. Hebrew provided with nikud (vowel points). ff. 7, (1 blank). Upper margin of opening leaf slightly stained, otherwise a clean copy. Later limp vellum. 8vo.[Vinograd, Pesaro 9 (not in JNUL); not in Adams]. Pesaro, Hieronymus Soncinus (i.e. Gershom Soncino), 1510. $7000-9000 ❧ A scarce Hebrew primer that guides the student in comprehending the Hebrew alphabet and the various vowel points. Concludes with Hebrew text of Chapter I of the Book of Psalms along with an interlinear Latin translation. Interestingly, the Hebrew pronunciation provided is of Sephardic enunciation rather than Aschkenazic - hence, a Hebrew letter punctuated with the vowel-point “kamatz” is here transliterated as “a” rather than “o.” 236 (SOVIET UNION). USSR. Antikvare Hebrayisher Bicher [“Antique Hebrew Books.”] Catalogue Number 1. Text in Yiddish and Hebrew. pp. 283 (sic). Brittle, previous owner’s signature on title. Upper cover (only) torn and bound into modern boards. Sm. folio. Moscow, Alfarbandisher Fareynikung / Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, (1930). $500-700 ❧ In the late 1920’s the Soviet government urgently required foreign currency to finance the rapid industrialization of Russia ordered in the first Five Year Plan. Hence the government sold off valuable paintings and other prized collections seized from the Russian nobility, wealthy classes and the church. Other sales were made in the same period, notably the Codex Siniaticus from the Russian National Library to the British Museum. This is a highly scarce sales-catalogue organized by the Soviet Foreign Language Bookstore “Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga” offering for sale (and priced in US dollars) 4,494 individually listed Hebrew antiquarian books. 237 (SPORTS). Martha Wertheimer, Siddy Goldschmidt, Paul Yogi Mayer (Eds.) Das Jüdische Sportbuch: Weg, Kampf und Sieg. Many photographic illustrated plates. pp. 64. Front endpapers removed. Original linen titled boards, light wear. 4to. Berlin, Verlag Atid, 1937. $200-300 Lot 235