Approx. 20 tickets, receipts, invitations and other ephemera items, documenting the activity of Jewish organizations and institutions in Vilnius. Vilnius, ca. 1910s to 1930s. Yiddish, a little Polish and Hebrew.
Among the items: * "Honorary Ticket" for a ball of the "Mizrachi" youth (recto stamped with the "Mizrachi Youth Federation in Vilnius" stamp. Verso atamped with "The Society for History and Ethnography named after S. An.Ski in Vilnius" stamp) * Receipt issued by the "Vilner Farlag fun B.A. Kletzkin" publishing house. * Receipt for a donation for the Ort organization in Vilnius. * Membership card of the union of Jewish writers and journalist in Vilnius. * Receipt for payment of membership fee for the organization of Jewish teachers in Vilnius. * Mimeographed programme with illustrations and handwritten additions, for a celebration marking a year to the establishment of the "HaChaver" organization in Vilnius. * And more.
Enclosed are two ephemera items which are not from Vilnius.
Size and condition vary.

A leaf from an issue of The Illustrated London News, with an article about the Jews of Kāifēng, China. [London], December 1851. English.
An early documentation of the Jewish community of Kāifēng, based on reports by representatives of The London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews, who visited the community in 1851. The article describes the ethnic origin, clothing and social status of the Jews of Kāifēng, their religious texts, and more, accompanied by illustrations of two members of the community.
[1] leaf, 40.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and small tears to margins (not affecting the text). Several stains.

Merckwürdige Staats-Assemblée in dem Reiche derer Todten, zwischen einem gantz besondern Klee-Blat, oder, Dreyen unartigen Staats-Ministern, nemlich: dem Duc de Ripperda, dem Grafen von Hoymb, und dem Juden Süß-Oppenheimer, unknown author. Published by "Hunniades", "Tetuan" [actually, printed by Bader in Regensburg], 1738. German.
An anti-Semitic composition. An imaginary encounter between three officials who were prosecuted: Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (Süss the Jew, 1698-1738), Juan Guillermo Ripperdá (1680-1737) and Karl Heinrich von Hoymb (1694-1736).
At the beginning of the book, an engraving depicting the alleged encounter, containing hints to the life stories of the participants and to the circumstances of their deaths.
[6], 192 pp + [1] engraved plate. 20 cm. Fair-good condition. Dampstains, stains and creases. A paper strip is mounted on verso of the engraving. Several inked notations. Erased stamps. New binding and endpapers.

Der Deutsche Michel Und Die Juden [The German Michael and the Jews], an anti-Semitic leaflet by Leopold Oesterreicher [pseudonym]. [Vienna]: M. Lell, [1848]. German.
This anti-Semitic leaflet, printed during the Spring of Nations (the Revolutions of 1848), calls to deprive Jews of their civil, social and political rights. It appeals to "German Michael", as a typical prototype of the good, honest German, and warns him against the Jews by using anti-Semitic stereotypes: the Jews control the world by means of their money, their cunning and exploitation; the Jews were behind the French Revolution; the Jews endanger England; Polish Jews flood Austria; and more.
[1] leaf, 40 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains. Several creases and tears along edges.

A round paper label – advertisement for the newspaper La Libre Parole and an illustrated booklet for children. [France, late 19th century to ca. 1940s].
1. A round paper label – advertisement for the anti-Semitic newspaper La Libre Parole. [France, late 19th century or early 20th century].
One of its sides is designed as the French cockade with the printed caption "Vive Drumont, A Bas les Juifs" ["Long live Drumont – begone the Jews"]. On its other side appears the portrait of the newspaper's editor, the anti-Semitic writer and journalist Eduard Drumont (1844-1917) and around it the caption "Tous les bons Francais listen la Libre Parole" ["All good French read the La Libre Parole"].
Diameter: 4.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
2. Youpino, an illustrated anti-Semitic booklet for children. [Paris]: N.E.F, [1930s or early 1940s].
The booklet describes the course of life of a French Jew, his childhood, youth and adulthood. On every page appears a large illustration depicting the Jew's shameful behavior at every age, and beneath it a short explanation ending with the words "Since he is Jewish!" (French). The last page, depicting the expulsion of the Jew from France, reads: "And on that day everyone will rejoice… since there will be no more Jews!".
[6] leaves (not including the cover), 20.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains.