RE: [ha-Safran]: Uncle Tom's Cabin in Hebrew

2007-02-15 Thread Stahl, Sheryl
I realize the question has been answered, but I just saw a new resource at OCLC that might be of interest. Its called WorldCat Identities. You type in the name of an author and it gives you lists of works by the author and the most heavily held books about the author. It also give editions in

Re: [ha-Safran]: Uncle Tom's Cabin in Hebrew

2007-02-08 Thread Batya Kaplan
Dear Joel, A search in the Union List of the Israeli Library Network (ULI) brought up at least 21 distinct records. You may access ULI at http://libnet1.ac.il/~libnet/uli and search Hebrew titles in Hebrew letters. A search in ULI will display all the holdings of the academic libraries in

RE: [ha-Safran]: Uncle Tom's Cabin in Hebrew

2007-02-08 Thread Miller, Philip
Gates may have included printings. For example, HUC, NY has one published in Warsaw by Zuckerman in 1897 that is hotsaah 2 u-metukenet. That means there was an earlier printing as well, and that the 1902 might have been a reprint of the 1897. This would indicate that there was both the interest

RE: [ha-Safran]: Uncle Tom's Cabin in Hebrew

2007-02-08 Thread Joel Bresler
Thanks to all of you who have responded. It has been an education for me!! There are other issues with Professor Gates's version, see http://www.newyorker.com/printables/critics/061106crbo_books1 but this minor point does not seem to be one of them. We are indeed the people of the book. Best,