Bien h erman m (3 Ergebnisse)

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-v] vi [vii] viii-ix [x] [1-2] 3-528 [note: first two leaves are blanks], flyleaf at rear, publisher's burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, slate coated endpapers. First edition. Partly interplanetary fiction with an account of a journey of the prophet Elijah via fiery chariot to the moon and his adventures among its inhabitants. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 33. Locke, Voyages in Space 38. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Bleiler (1978), p. 23. Reginald 01251. Wright (III) 519. Spine lean, cloth rubbed, scuffed and stained, hairline cracks along inner hinges which are still holding tight, a sound, good copy. (#172991).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dustjacket, as Issued. First Edition. 200 pages. 9.25 x 6 inches. Hinges exposed, damage to spine. The boards are green with gilt lettering. Gilt lettering on spine. The author, German born Herman Milton Bien immigrated to America in 1854 and worked as a rabbi, teacher, merchant, journalist and politician. He is the author of an 1866 Passover Hagadah, which he titled "Easter Eve", which tells you what kind of "reform Jew" he was. The poems in this present volume, many of which are of an American patriotic nature and one memorializes Rabbi Max Lilienthal. In 1863 he was elected to the Nevada state legislature. The reform temple Congregation Anshei Chesed in Viksburg (became Reform in 1873) hired Bien as rabbi in 1883 but they dumped him in 1895. He tried to get a position at Temple Emanuel in Birmingham and when Temple Emanuel turned him down he killed himself, leaving a suicide note that his life was a failure.…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-v] vi [vii] viii-ix [x] [1-2] 3-528 [note: first two leaves are blanks], flyleaf at rear, original maroon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, slate coated endpapers. First edition. Partly interplanetary fiction with an account of a journey of the prophet Elijah via fiery chariot to the moon and his adventures among its inhabitants. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 33. Locke, Voyages in Space 38. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Bleiler (1978), p. 23. Reginald 01251. Wright (III) 519. Spine and front panels a bit faded, one signature just starting, a clean, tight, very good copy. (#74704).…