The Inside Story of UNRRA, an Experience in Internationalism: A First Hand Report on the Displaced People of Europe
New York: Lifetime Editions, [c1949]. 21 cm, 307, illus., usual library markings, spine faded, edges soiled. More
New York: Lifetime Editions, [c1949]. 21 cm, 307, illus., usual library markings, spine faded, edges soiled. More
New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. 519, v.1 only of the 2-vol. set, illus., notes, index, front DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: Random House, 1999. First Printing. 556, v.2 only of the 2-vol. set, illus., notes, chronology, index. More
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. vi, [4], 117, [3] p. Notes. Selected Readings. More
Tel Aviv: Israel Publishing Co. Ltd., 1951. First? Edition. First? Printing. 148, illus., decorative binding opens from left to right, ink notation on front endpaper, text is in English, Hebrew, & French. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 518 pages. DJ has price present. DJ has some wear, soiling,and edge tears. Excerpt from KIRKUS REVIEW: Maybe not the largest, maybe not the most secret, but ... the most exciting -- at least as recollected by Ruth Kluger about her operations with the Mossad in World War II. That was a group of ten secret individuals (nine men and a woman) who tried to smuggle Jews out of Europe into Palestine as Hitler was making his final decision between deportation and incineration -- and every country in the world ""regretfully"" barred its doors. Unbelievable obstacles -- finding ship owners willing to lease vessels at premium in wartime; calming down passengers confined shipboard, endless baksheesh (bribes) to border officials, stationmasters, harbormasters, embassies (for phony transit or entry visas); evading British ships and border patrols which sent illegal immigrants (only 10,000 legal per year) back to where they came or, at best, to some Palestinian prison; and finally, money from rich Jews unwilling to believe their civilized world was collapsing all around them. This is truly a tragic, story no one, Jews, gypsies, or the great untouched, should ever forget. More
Jerusalem: Boys Town, 1975. Reprint Edition. 22 cm, 391, illus., endpaper maps, glossary, boards slightly soiled and worn, edges slightly soiled, gift bookplate on half-title. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 286, [4] pages. Inscribed on fep. Index. Edward Irving "Ed" Koch (December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American lawyer, politician, political commentator, movie critic and reality television arbitrator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1990. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". The author of an ambitious public housing renewal program in his later years as mayor, he began by cutting spending and taxes and cutting 7,000 from the city payroll. As a congressman and after his terms as mayor he was a fervent supporter of the State of Israel. He crossed party lines to endorse Rudy Giuliani for mayor in 1993, Michael Bloomberg in 2001, and President George W. Bush in 2004. A popular figure, he rode the New York City Subway and stood at street corners greeting passersby with the slogan "How'm I doin'?" He won re-election in 1981 with 75 percent, the first New York City mayor to win endorsement on both the Democratic and Republican party tickets. He won his second re-election with 78 percent of the vote. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 255, [1] pages. Illustrations. Index. Some pages off-white/discolored. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Gay & Nana -- I'm now eligible for P.E.N. All the best Ed 12/9/85. The "N" has overwritten an earlier letter. Displaying his characteristic candor, wit, and outrageous frankness, Koch offers a behind-the-scenes account of how the political game is played, won, and sometimes lost. Edward Irving Koch ( December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. A popular figure, Koch rode the New York City Subway and stood at street corners greeting passersby with the slogan "How'm I doin'?" He was a lifelong bachelor, had no children and did not come out as gay during his lifetime. A 2022 New York Times article posthumously identified him as gay. Koch was first elected mayor of New York City in 1977, and he won reelection in 1981 with 75% of the vote. He was the first New York City mayor to win endorsement on both the Democratic and Republican party tickets. In 1985, Koch was elected to a third term with 78% of the vote. In the years following his mayoralty, Koch became a partner in the law firm of Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman LLP and a commentator on politics, as well as reviewing movies and restaurants for newspapers, radio and television. He also became the judge on The People's Court (1997–99) following the retirement of Judge Wapner. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xv, 335 p. map. 23 cm. Occasional footnotes. More
Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1967. Reprint Edition. 167, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears/chips. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Printing. 25 cm, 366. More
New York City: Shengold Publishers, Inc., 1979. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. DJ and book have wear and soiling. Bookplate of previous owner on fep. Preface. Notes. The contents are divided into eight chapters: Prolegomenon, The State of Shock, Despair, The World Stands Accused, The Complaint Against Heaven, Confession, Unshaken Faith, and Conclusion. This book is an in-depth study of predominant Holocaust themes as reflected in Hebrew poetry during and in the post-Holocaust periods. Rabbi Kohn consulted leading contemporary Hebrew poets, like Aharon Zeitlin, Yehudah Leib Bialer, Israel Efros, Shimon Halkin, and Chaim Chamiel. The material was selected on specific topics such as Shock, Despair; and Reactions to a silent and indifferent world in full view of the annihilation of the Jewish people; and the sense of guilt of those who survived and of those who were not "there"... This study unveils for the first time, for the English reading public, poetic sources on the Holocaust. Poetry is the closest emotional testimony of the victims and witnesses of the Holocaust whose testimony reverberates from every verse, particularly of those who can no longer personally bear witness. They eternalized their feelings poetically. Poetry comes closest to a recorded testimony of our martyrs. They conveyed their anguish through verse before dying, thus letting us emotionally experience that imponderable moment and help us, albeit vicariously, identify with that suffering. Thus the martyr and victims testify in poetic genre for the annals of human history what happened, while the other poets record their anguished protest and speak the conscience of our partially decimated people. More
New York: Random House, c1983. First American Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 256, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, black and red marks on top edge, DJ stuck to boards, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Duquesne, PA: Filcer & Blair, 1901. 89, small piece missing at page 5/6 with minor loss of text to p.5, boards worn and soiled, numerous pencil marks to text. More
New York: Macmillan, [1956]. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 495, usual library markings, boards somewhat worn and soiled, boards somewhat bowed. More
Place_Pub: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 236, illus. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. First edition. Scribner "A-6-69" on verso. Hardcover. ix[1], 307 p. : illus., maps (on lining papers); 24 cm. Index. More
Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 2013. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. v, [1], 337, [1] pages. Illustrations. Author's Note. Chronology. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Two page corners creased, Author sentiment. Genealogy chart endpapers. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To Michael Dunn My Fellow Texan Nick Kotz. This work was a joint project of the Center for Texas Studies at TCU and TCU press. Nathan K. "Nick" Kotz (September 16, 1932 – April 26, 2020) was an American journalist, author, and historian. His most recent book, The Harness Makers Dream: Nathan Kallison and the Rise of South Texas, tells the story of Ukrainian immigrant Nathan Kallison's journey to the United States. He is best known for his 2005 book Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America, chronicling the roles of US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. in the passage of the 1964, 1965, and 1968 civil rights laws. Kotz won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1968 for his reporting of unsanitary conditions in many meat packing plants, which helped ensure the passage of the Wholesome Meat Act. Kotz's other books include A Passion For Equality: George Wiley and the Movement (with Mary Lynn Kotz); Let Them Eat Promises: The Politics of Hunger; and The Unions (with Haynes Johnson). Nick Kotz won many of journalism's most important honors, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award, the Raymond Clapper Memorial Award, and the first Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award. His book Wild Blue Yonder: Money, Politics, and the B-1 Bomber won the Olive Branch Award. More
Tel-Aviv: Sifriat Poalim, [1968]. 1st Eng Lang? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 96, illus. (some color), DJ worn, soiled, and edges chipped, gift inscription in Hebrew at rear. More
Brooklyn, NY: Jewish Combatants Publishers House, 1986-1991. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. FOUR VOLUME SET. Volumes One (646, [2]) pages and Two (648 pages)are second Revised Edition. Volume Three (646, [2]) pages-- may be first edition (publicaiton date is 1986), and Volume Four (648 pages) has a publication date of 1991. Illustreated with almost 800 Documents, Maps, Photographs, and Drawings. Endpoaper maps. This repository of accounts of Jewish resistance by partisan and underground activities contains memoirs, letters, testimonies, biographies, and autobiographies of members of the resistance movement. Through these accounts, Kowalski attempts to portray the Jewish partisan as a courageous soldier engaged in a threefold battle: fighting the Nazi invaders, enduring the indigenous antisemitism of the population, and struggling to survive within the underground resistance movement. More
New York: National Jewish Welfare Board. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 11, [1] pages plus covers. Format is approximately 4 inches by 5 inches. Illustrated front cover. Includes Literary References and a list of Jewish Welfare Board publications for Jewish military personnel. This was published for Jewish Personnel in the Armed Forces of the United States. This is one in a series of Jewish inspirational pamphlets published for personnel of the Jewish faith in the Armed Forces of the United Sates by the National Jewish Welfare Board--a member agency of the United Service Organizations [USO]. The author is believed to be the Rabbi Saul Kraft who was a noted scholar and was a U.S. Army Chaplain during WWII. He served as Hillel director for many years at Queens College in NY and was a visiting professor of Jewish Studies at the George Washington University and American University in Washington, DC. Tu BiShvat is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. It is also called Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot, literally "New Year of the Trees". In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration. More
Philadelphia, PA: Edward Stern & Company, 1901. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 226 pages. Spine edges worn, boards soiled. Inscribed by the author (inscription signed "the author"). More
New York: BasicBooks, c1994. First Printing. 25 cm, 369, illus. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Crown Forum, 2013. First Edition [stated]. Sixteenth printing [stated]. Hardcover. Signed by the author on fep. Other ink notations on fep and inside of back cover. Ink notation on DJ flaps. Substantial red and black Ink notations noted throughout the book. Charles Krauthammer (March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist. A conservative political pundit, in 1987 Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize for his column in The Washington Post. His weekly column was syndicated to more than 400 publications worldwide. Krauthammer received acclaim for his writing on foreign policy, among other matters. He was a leading neoconservative voice and proponent of United States military and political engagement on the global stage, coining the term Reagan Doctrine and advocating both the Gulf War and the Iraq War. In August 2017, due to his battle with cancer, Krauthammer stopped writing his column and serving as a Fox News contributor. Krauthammer died on June 21, 2018. More