Pirke Aboth by Raskin Eugene (2 results)
Published by Bloch Publishing Company, 1969
- Hardcover
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.Structure, Verses, Agency Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Second Edition of this new printing of the 1940 edition, bound in blue cloth with gilt decorations and lettering. Replete with black-and-white illustrations by the Jewish artist and engraver Saul Raskin. 10 1/2" x 14" in width and height, respectively, at 136 pp. Bright and shiny…dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, especially to tips, but protected by a plastic coat, not being price-clipped. Two previous owners' gift inscriptions, one in Hebrew, another in English, from 1971. Text is in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. According to a Wikipedia article, "Pirkei Avot (Hebrew: ???????? ???????; also spelled as Pirkei Avoth or Pirkei Avos or Pirke Aboth), which translates to English as Chapters of the Fathers, is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims from Rabbinic Jewish tradition . . . Pirkei Avot consists of the Mishnaic tractate of Avot, the second-to-last tractate in the order of Nezikin in the Mishnah, plus one additional chapter. Avot is unique in that it is the only tractate of the Mishnah dealing solely with ethical and moral principles; there is little or no halakha (laws) found in Pirkei Avot." Foreword by the son of the artist, Eugene Raskin.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.
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Seller: Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First American Thus. Original First 1969 American Thus. Second Edition of the 1940 First Edition. New preface by the authrors son Eugene Raskin.Very Good Hardcover Near Very Good Dust Jacket. Huge Folio Volume. Dozens of full page b/w drawings. Clean 136 pp. NOT… a library copy. Light overall shelf cover wear little tears on dust jacket but overall tight, internally clean and solid. Hebrew wisdom literature. Angel lore and sin retribution and heavenly reward. One muct look closely at the illustrations. Meditations on death and true life. Hebrew text and English translation surrounding. Dozens of full page black and white intense Ashkenazi drawings by Saul Raskin illuminating the text. Angels both dark and light, heavenly women and the temptations of greed and misdirected sex. Amazing art wedded to text. Shadows from camera. Clean endpapers. See our Three Geese in Flight Scans of Cover and Sample drawings and text. Saul Raskin B/W Drawings (illustrator).
