Norton B. Stern (47 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Unbound. Condition: Good. Minor shelf wear/soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with top edge stained and illustrated dust jacket. California Jewish Series III. 136pp. Illustrations with bibliography and index. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with stained top edge, others untrimmed. California Jewish History I. 175pp. Index and appendix. Signed by author. 1180 copies printed. Light shelf wear. NEAR FINE.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 136 p., illustrated. [B1:4:3].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ as Issued. A lovely, crisp unmarked hardcover in very good condition; light rubbing to cloth on spine head and edges of boards. No DJ.

Unbound. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A clean copy in standard used condition, free of damage with minimal handling and shelf wear. No writing, highlighting, or remainder marks. Dj lightly scuffed & toned in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. 136p., illustrated with period photography in sepia, first edition cloth boards in dust jacket, untrimmed edges, a handsome Clark Co. production. The book itself is faintly damp-damaged with an area of fading to top-edge tint, boards yawn somewhat; the dj is badly edgeworn, rubbed and chipped. Clean within, sound and unmarked, but as is, a good-only copy. California Jewish history III.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Los Angeles, this is a collection of articles on some of the city's early Jewish residents. Contains articles and six sections of interspersed black white photos called "Picture Parade" in the table of contents. Articles are: The Founding of the Organized Jewish Community of Greater Los Angeles, by William M. Kramer; The Old Jewish Cemetery in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles; The Banker of the Southland in 1885, by Joseph D. Lynch; An 1869 Jewish Standard for Gentile Behavior, by Norton B. Stern and William M. Kramer; Emil Harris: Los Angeles Jewish Chief, by Norton B. Sterna nd William M. Kramer; When the Franco-Prussian War Came to Los Angeles, by Norton B. Stern; The Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles in 1892, by Virginia Katz; The Location of Los Angeles Jewry at the beginning of 1851, by Norton B. Stern; The First Jew to Run for Mayor of Los Angeles, by Norton B. Stern; and Jews in the 1870 census of Los Angeles, by Norton B. Stern. 6 x 9 inches, 144 pages, with index. In very good condition, with the exception of a partial crease to the upper right hand corner of the back cover, causing it to curl outwards a bit.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine copy in hardcover with near fine jacket.

HC. 136pp ISBN 0870620037 Colorful character of old Los Angeles and a brief diary of the trip to Arizona and life in Tucson of the early 1880s. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations (illustrator).

Blue Cloth Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. VG- or Better. First Edition. 136 pages. A nice printing production with deckled edges. Lots of illustrations. The half-title is labelled "California Jewish History III." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. "Over 550 works for the period Gold Rush to post-WWI." This descriptive bibliography includes printed book sources, magazines, periodical literature sources, unpublished works, memoirs, California Jewish newspapers and newsletters and more. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-175 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Short biography of a member of one of Los Angeles' early Jewish families, who hung out with the likes of George M. Cohan, Jimmy Durante, Adolph Zukor, Carl Laemmle and others. Includes a copy of his diary, found mislabeled at the Los Angeles County Museum. Apparently part of series "California Jewish History" III. 136 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. 96pp; Clean, tight copy, VG+ condition. Journal of Jewish History in the Western states of the USA. This issue: Chico's Jewish Community in the 20th Century Part I; A Protest Against Sectarian Texts in California Schools in 1875; Jews Among the Indians: The Evolution of an Idea; much more. Illustrated with photos.…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket, frontispiece photo, 136 pp., b/w illustrations, bibliography, index.

175 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth. First edition. Bookplate; slight fraying at one corner; tight and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth, 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 inches, 175 pages. Fine.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 24 pp., b/w photos An off-print from the Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, July 1975.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, ii, 62 pp., b/w photos Articles are "Where the Jewish Press Was Distributed in Pre-Civila War America," Rudlf Glanz, "Homes of Prominent San Francisco Jews in the 1880s - A Gallery Story," materials provided by Samuel Sokobin, "Picture Story Number Seven" Early Arizona Lady Physician - Dr. Anna Reznikov," "The Location of Los Angeles Jewry at teh Beginning of 1851," Norton B. Stern, "A Conversion and Marriage in San Francisco in 1859," "Some Further Notes on Michael Goldwater," "The Western Journal of Isaac Mayer Wise (Part III)," edited by William M. Kramer.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG/VG, white dj has one closed tear and minor soiling, 1st edn, over 500 works from 1849-1920s.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The third in the series, "California Jewish History". Illustrated with vintage photographs. 136 pages, bibliography, index. Dust jacket and book are in Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers with minor wear, 44 pp., b/w photos Articles are "Marco Ross Newmark, 1878-1959: First Jewish Historian of the Southland," Justin G. Turner and Norton B. Stern, "The First Synagogue in Los Angeles," Tom Owen, "The Cohn Mansion - Folsom, California," Wray Burrows, "Memoirs of Marcus Katz: San Bernardino Pioneer," edited and with an introduction by Stern. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. 175 pages with index. Tiny ding to the edges of the last three pages, else fine in near fine plain white paper dust jacket as issued. Book.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. 175 pages. Includes periodical sources and unpublished works. A near fine copy. Appendix on California Jewish newspapers. California (illustrator).

First Edition. A fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 175 pages; Description: 175 p. 25 cm. Subjects: Jews --California --Bibliography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Glendale CA: Arthur H Clark Co, 1967. [Over Five Hundred Fifty Works for the Period Gold Rush to Post-World War I]. A very good copy in blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, without a dustwrapper. An impressive description of noteable books about the Jewish experience in helping to settle California from its earliest years.…