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.

$15,000

Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its influence on General Virtue and Happiness. London: Robinson, 1793

FIRST EDITION. In Political Justice, his most famous work, Godwin responds to Burke’s attacks on the French Revolution and Thomas Paine. He applies the principles of the Revolution to inquire into the philosophical basis of government. Believing that political and social institutions are tyrannical and corrupt, Godwin calls for reason to guide human affairs and advocates individual liberty.

$12,000

On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.. London: John Murray, 1866

FOURTH EDITION. On the Origin of Species is “certainly the greatest biological book ever written” (Freeman) and “the most important single work in science” (Dibner).

$7,000

On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.. London: John Murray, 1861

THIRD EDITION. On the Origin of Species is “certainly the greatest biological book ever written” (Freeman) and “the most important single work in science” (Dibner).

$6,800

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1948

FIRST EDITION of this classic, a book that helped usher in the sexual revolution.

$3,500

[:en]Le Deuxieme Sexe [The Second Sex][:]. Paris: Gallimard, 1949

FIRST EDITION. One of 2000 numbered copies (from an edition of 2,150).

$3,500

Printing and the Mind of Man: a descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of western civilization during five centuries. Munich: Pressler, 1983

SECOND EDITION, revised and enlarged.

$300

Pardes Shoshanim … Asirei ha-Tikvah (Garden of Roses … Prisoners of Hope). Amsterdam: Joseph Athias, 1673

First edition of Asirei ha-Tikvah which, apart from Purim Spiels, was “the first Hebrew-language drama to be printed” (Davidi).

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Der jüdische Gil Blas. Leipzig: Friese, 1834

First edition. This is the first printing of the legend of the Golem of Prague.  

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“A Solution to the Question of the Jews” (in Hebrew) in Ha-Tzfirah, issues 11 and 14 (January 24 and 28, 1896). Warsaw, 1896

FIRST HEBREW EDITION of this landmark essay by Herzl on “A Solution to the Question of the Jews.” This is the first appearance of Herzlian Zionist thought before a Hebrew-speaking audience, preceding the publication of Der Judenstaat.

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