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(AMERICAN JUDAICA) - Group of c. 24 printed books. Each with American-related provenance. Including: * Bible. Hosea cum Thargum. Paris, 1556. With inscriptions by members of families Gratz, Moses and Hart. * Sepher Shefa Tal. Hanua, 1612. With signature of Jacob Franco Lugarto. * Jacob Emden. Lechem Shomayim. Wandsbeck, 1720. With signatures of Jacob Lazarus, David Wolff and J.E. Eger. * Bible. Tikun Sofrim. 4 (of 5) volumes. Amsterdam, 1767. Provenance: Family Gratz - Henry Joseph - Clarence de Sola. * Machzor. Hebrew prayers for Festivals. Lacking title-page. c. 1790. Signatures of Jacob Phillips, Solomon Bush and Rebecca Bush. * Bible. Chumash. Vol. V (of 5). Amsterdam, 1792 Inscriptions by Solomon Hunt, Baltimore/Richmond, 1834-5. * Poems, Chiefly Occasional, by the late Mr. Clifton. New York, 1800. Signature of Rebecca Gratz. * Walter Scott. The Lay of the Last Minstrel. New York, 1811. Inscribed by Joseph Phillips to his niece Catherine Phillips. * Thomas Thrush. Letters to the Jews. Particularly Addressed to Mr. Levy of Florida. York, 1829. Inscribed by the Author. * Sepher Hakuzari. Lemberg, 1866. With inscription dated 1885 by Isaac Teomim to his son, departing from Syracuse, NY to England. * Yosef Messing. Avnei Shesh. Breslau, 1866. Inscribed by the author’s son to Rabbi Benjamin Szold. * H.Z. Sneersohn. Palestine and Roumania. New York, 1872. Lacking final 8 pages. Inscribed by the Author. * Additional nine signed or inscribed volumes. Variously worn and bound. v.s.