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1897: Jewish Prayer Book. Hebrew and German.
1897: Fine old Jewish prayer book, 468 pages in Hebrew and German: " Gebete der Israeliten" ( Prayers of the Israelites. Translated by J. N. Mannheimer. Published in Wien by Josef Schlesinger.
Decorative cover with bone scrimshaw.
There is some aging of the cover ( Normal wear of a payer book in use. Just the spine shows more obvious aging ). There are no tears or folds inside the book. The...
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Art Nouveau Booklet: Guidebook for Girls.
Decorative vintage booklet with hand painted ornament ( lilies ) at the book cover. The image of the praying girl is pasted on it.
The booklet is a counsel, advising girls how to stay clean wile they grow up and become ladies, written by a priest.
15 pages, written on an outdated German, some hand written lines at the end of the text.
4,4 x 6,4 inches. Clean and sound.
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9 / 11: 2 authentic Newspapers from September 2001
2001: 2 Newspapers reporting the World Trade Center Terror Assault in New York.
One is the European edition of "The Wall Street Journal" ( English )and the other one is the " Frankfurter Rundschau " ( German ). Both are hard to find.
Quite a few colour and b/w photos and quite a few articles on the WTC terrorist attack.
Both are from September 12th, complete, mint.
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1873. Fabulous Antique Newspaper: Complete with many fine Illustrations
This is an original, authentic "The Illustrated London News" Newspaper – 1873, March 1st.
There are quite a few articles and pictorials of e.g, "The colliery in Staffordshire", "Vessels used in the Zanzibar Slave trade", images of 4 ships for slave transportation…and many more.
All in all there are 16 illustrations.
The condition is satisfying as there are no...
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Old Brochure of the Hamburg – America Line, cruising to China and Japan
1930s: 16 pages introduction booklet issued by the “Hamburg Amerika Linie “. They offered tours from Germany to China and Japan.
6 x 8 inches with many images depicting Chinese and Japanese scenes as well as details of the cruisier.
The text is in German. Moderately used.
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1898: Gutenberg Bible. Phototype Facsimile
1898: 16 x 9,5 inches Chromolithograph depicting a page from the Gutenberg bible, printed in 1455. Printed by Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig. Litho by Meyers Germany 1898. 2 horizontal centerfolds.
This print shows a text from Luke 1 -11: “And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense”.
In the mid-fifteenth century Johannes Gutenberg invented a way of...
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1878: Beautiful European Prayer Book with Chromo Litho
1878: Prayer book, “ Remember Your Confirmation ” printed in Austria. Distributor for North America was E. Huesman & Bro in Cincinnati.
The inside of the book is more or less faultless, the cover shows slight wear.
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Old European Prayer Book by Benzinger Brothers. Decorative, 1879
1879: Passion week prayer book, boxed cover with fine relief of Holy Mother and Jesus.
The book has been printed by Benzinger in Einsiedeln, Germany.
The inside of the book is more or less faultless ( some brown spots from aging exist ), the cover shows slight wear.
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Beautiful European Prayer Book for Confirmation. Printed 1910
1910: Confirmation keepsake - prayer book, leather, boxed cover.
Chromolithograph of Holy Jesus. Compiled in 1878 in Brixen.
The book has been printed by I. Steinbrenner. Winterberg, Wien and New York.
The inside of the book is clean and without faults, the cover shows slight wear.
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Superman comic: 1981 and 1987. 2 x Special
Superman comic: 1981 and 1987. 2 x Special Edition in German Superman Comic: Special Edition Nr. 10 and Nr. 30, ( 1981 and 1987), each 82 pages, quite scarce now. Condition fine to very fine ( one with minor fault at lower left corner).
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Riffles and Guns booklet from 1938. Many Illustrations.
1938: 24 pages booklet. Prospect of an Austrian producer of guns and rifles. Many illustrations. 30 + weapons are introduced and though it is written in German it is a useful source for specialists. The booklet had a vertical fold otherwise fresh and without any faults. Scarce.
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