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  • “masterpieces of the photographic art” – Albert Einstein on Marcel Sternberger’s portraits
    LOEWENTHEIL, JACOB

    The Psychological Portrait: Marcel Sternberger’s Revelations in Photography. Foreword by Phillip Prodger.. New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2016

    First edition, one of 100 copies of the Deluxe Estate Edition, signed and numbered by the author and accompanied by your choice of one of four 8 x 10 inch archival pigment photographs (Einstein, Freud, Shaw, or Kahlo).

    $165

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  • the first Jewish cookbook in English
    [MONTEFIORE, LADY JUDITH COHEN]

    The Jewish Manual; Or, practical information in Jewish and modern cookery, with a collection of valuable recipes and hints relating to the toilette. Edited by a Lady. London: Boone, 1846

    FIRST EDITION. The first Jewish cookery book in English, this book is a landmark in Jewish social history.

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  • the Traveling Salesman Problem
    (MATHEMATICS)

    Der Handlungsreisende wie er sein soll und was er zu thun hat, um Aufträge zu erhalten und eines glücklichen Erfolgs in seinen Beschäften gewiß zu sein. Von einem alten Commis-Voyageur.. Ilmenau: Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, 1832

    FIRST EDITION of “The Traveling Salesman: what he should be like and what he has to do to obtain orders and to be assured of successful business.” This anonymously authored, pocket-sized volume presents advice on travel and salesmanship.

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