Preface by William Morris (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Top half of spine is split down the front and rear edges. Buckram and spine label surfaces worn. Extremities worn. Light foxing and name inscription to end-papers, otherwise unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. London: Twentieth Century Press, Limited, 1907. 1907 printing. Worn copy, softcover, stapled binding, 15 pages. Covers soiled with corner chips to front cover, some minor insect damage to two tiny areas at the inner margins (text not affected), binding sound, pages age-toned but clean, no names or other markings. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1905. Alexander Moring, Ltd. Hardback. Book - Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In English transliteration of the Hebrew. Signed in English, signed and dedicated in Hebrew, by Cantor Bogzester. Wrappers detached. 12 pages. 305 x 228 mm. Preface in English and Yiddish by Pinchas Jassinowsky. "William Bogzester (1904-1970) was born in Vienna, where he had his first exposure to cantorial art, and he immigrated to the United States when he was in his twenties. In New York, in addition to freelance cantorial officiating, he was active in the Jewish Ministers Cantors Association (Hazzanim Farband), whose membership consisted mostly of traditional cantors - lay as well as professional. Throughout his life he was a highly visible personality among New York's cantorial fraternity, known affectionately by colleagues as "Willie Best." Prior to the existence of any formal cantorial schools in America, he also established a reputation as a private teacher, and several among the succeeding generation of accomplished cantors were his students. Bogzester wrote a number of cantorial compositions, some of which were programmed frequently in cantorial concerts - especially those presented by the Hazzanim Farband, often with a chorus of more than 100 voices." Neil W. Levin. Inscribed by Author(s).