[Signed] [First Edition] A New Art for an Old Religion Katz

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall). A Very Good- copy with slight stains to spine and covers (midsection of spine; lower right corner of upper cover); slight rubbing to covers (cloth/boards; chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges. [100] pages (unpaginated). 'Revised edition, with 15 added reproductions and 27 original motifs' (title page); based on the letters of the Hebrew alphabet and their original pictographic meanings. Introduction by C. J. Bulliet; explanatory notes by Shlomo Marenof; author/artist's preface to the revised edition. Signed (in full) and inscribed by Katz in black ink on front free endpaper, April 1952. In slightly soiled and rubbed publisher's heavy stock slipcase.Katz, A. Raymond (illustrator); 42 b/w Illustrations.

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