Benjamin Dias Fernandes. "A Series of Letters on the Evidences of Christianity (as They First Appeared in the Occident)." viii, 258 pages. 12mo, publisher's cloth, minor wear; early owners' inscriptions and bookplate on front endpapers. Second edition. An introduction by Isaac Leeser explains the long genesis of this book. The author was an 18th-century Jewish emigrant from Jamaica to England. Some of his unpublished letters were featured in the first Jewish magazine in America, Solomon Henry Jackson's "The Jew; being a Defence of Judaism against all Adversaries," in 1823, under the title "Dea's Letters." Leeser got his hands on a fuller manuscript of the letters and published them in this volume. Singerman 1322 (1854 first edition). Philadelphia, 5619 [1859?]
"Souvenir of Confirmation, Hebrew Free School Association." 10 leaves on heavy board stock, one bearing a photograph of the Board of Directors, and another with an engraving of the school's planned new building. Oblong 4to, publisher's gilt cloth, tale label on backstrip, minor wear; minimal dampstaining, inked number on title page; bookplate of the organization's vice president Uriah Herrmann on front pastedown. An elaborate souvenir program for the 1891 confirmation class, including a short history of the Association. Singerman 4250; 3 in OCLC. [New York]: [De Leeuw & Oppenheimer], 31 May 1891.
Hebrew Sabbath School Union of America. "Guide for Jewish Sabbath-School Teachers." vi, 102 pages. 8vo, later plain wrappers; minimal war to contents. Articles include "Instruction in Biblical History" by K. Kohler; "Religio-Moral Instruction in the Sabbath-School" by D. Philipson; "On Instruction in the Post-Biblical History" by B. Felsenthal; "How to Teach Biblical History in the Primary Grades" by E. N. Calisch; and "How to Organize a Sabbath-School" by H. Berkowitz. It is undated, but described as a recent publication in the 14 November 1895 issue of the American Israelite. Singerman 3914; none traced at auction. Cincinnati, OH: Bloch Printing, [1895].
