Resultados da Pesquisa: the alphabet of creation an ancient

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Schocken Books, New York, 1965 . Second printing 1967. Paperback. Very Good. Very good condition; shows minimal wear with pages clean and tight in binding; Please refer to the photos for book condition and additional photos are provided upon request. Message me with any questions and I promise to respond quickly. *Fast and secure shipping of your item always.

Dust jacket has heavy wear along spine and upper edge has part of dust jacket missing (see photos).
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Hardcover Book in Dust Jacket. Binding square and tight and contents clean and bright. Tips bumped and light soiling along very bottom of front edge. Jacket is price clipped and shows moderate edge wear and is now enclosed in a removable mylar protective sleeve. First Trade Edition with no statement of first edition or subsequent printings noted on copyright page. A limited printing of 550 signed copies preceded this edition.

Pantheon Books, Random House, January 1954. *Hardcover. Used/No Jacket. NO DJ. Cover as shown. Cream Linen cover is VG w/ red inlay and gilt also VG. TExt is clean, unmarked, w/ no visible defects. Overall, a VG+ copy.

Schocken Book. Illus. by Shahn, Ben. Very Good. Soft cover. Light shelf wear. Small, light pen mark on cover. Store sticker on back cover. A sturdy, unmarked copy. Explores the mystical teachings of the Zohar, a foundational text of Jewish mysticism. The book delves into the concept of creation through the lens of the Hebrew alphabet, presenting each letter as a key to unlocking divine mysteries. Shahn explores the spiritual significance of each letter and its role in the cosmic and creative forces. With rich symbolism and deep insight, the book offers a profound exploration of the mystical traditions surrounding the Hebrew alphabet and its connection to the process of creation..

New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1974. . 4to. Tall. [21 pp.]. Soft, glossy orange wraps with white lettering and red illustrations. Very good with marginal sunning and creasing along spine. Black and white gravure illustrations. Some pages printed on laid white paper. First free front end paper inscribed in blue ink on upper right corner to Peter Selz from “Barbara”, dated 6/22/76. First SHOCKEN Paperback Edition, Fifth Printing, 1974.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1954.. First edition. Small thin 4to. (48) pp. Publisher's cream cloth, gilt lettered and decorated red panels to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Illustrations throughout. Jacket rather worn with losses, some foxing to the cloth but internally very good.

Printed at The Spiral Press and published by Pantheon, New York: (1954)., 1954 n.p. Printed on Reves mould-made paper. Illustrated with large Hebrew letters and drawings by Ben Shahn. Inked ownership of W. Kinter, 1956. Slight offsetting from large color Hebrew letters. Quarto. Original natural linen binding. Embossed gold lettered Hebrew title printed on red background on front board and spine. Some loss of red on spine title and front board. Hardbound. Limited edition of only 500 copies. This is number 413 and signed by Ben Shahn, the artist. "The Alphabet of Creation" is one of the legends from the "Sefer Ha-Zohar" an ancient Gnostic work written in Aramaic by a thirteenth century Spanish scholar named Moses de Leon who presented the work, not as his own, but as mystic knowledge revealed many centuries earlier to the Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai. The present interpretation has been rather freely adapted by Ben Shahn from the English translation of Maurice Samuel and other… Ler mais

New York: Pantheon, 1954. First, Limited Edition. Tall octavo. Tan, rough linen boards, stamped in maroon and gilt; publisher's slipcase; [45]pp.; illus in text. Number 394 of 500 hand-numbered copies, signed by the artist and printed at the Spiral Press. Faint scratch to lettering on spine, else a Fine, unworn copy in a lightly rubbed, Very Good slipcase.

New York: Schoken Books, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Tall 8vo. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. Finely bound copy by Toronto bookbinder Don Taylor. Full purple leather and green leather spine. The covers divided in twelve panels of Hebrew letters cut from coloured paper, one to each panel, with gilt titles to the lower fore-edge panel of the front board and rear. A nice book.

New York: Spiral Press for Pantheon, 1954. New York: Spiral Press for Pantheon, [1954]. First edition. One of 50 copies printed on Umbria handmade paper, signed by Shahn and with an original drawing by him. This copy being number five. Tall octavo (10 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 275 x 170 mm). [44] pages including colophon and numerous Shahn illustrations plus the frontispiece of an original Shahn watercolor of the letter 'Zadhe', signed by him below. Publisher's natural linen cloth with black morocco gilt spine label (English) and cover label (Hebrew). In publisher's cardboard slipcase. Slipcase with a small piece missing from bottom. Overall a fine copy. "The Alphabet of Creation is one of the legends from the Sefer Har-Zohar, or Book of Splendor, an ancient Gnostic work written in Aramaic by a thirteenth century Spanish scholar named Moses de Leon who presented the work, not as his own, but as mystic knowledge revealed many centuries earlier to the Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai" (colophon). HBS 66047. $1,850.