14:15:57


[Login]   
[Book List]  
 
Bidding Information
Lot #    24192
Auction End Date    7/7/2009 12:36:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Mikve Israel
Title (Hebrew)    מקוה ישראל
Author    [Women - Only Ed.] David Miller
City    Oakland, California
Publication Date    1924
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 32 pp. plus title wrappers, 205:145 mm., light age staining, stamp on title. A very good copy of a rare booklet bound as published in modern cloth boards.
          
Paragraph 1    An early California Hebrew imprint.
          
Detailed
Description		    Instructions on the construction (with architectural plans) and maintenance of a Mikveh in one's home, printed as many women refused to use public Mikvehs for health reasons.
          
Associated Images
2 Images (Click thumbnail to view full size image):
  Order   Image   Caption
  1   Click to view full size  
  
  2   Click to view full size  
  
  
Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Women
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Yiddish, some Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica