Elegies for the Ninth of Ab According to the Ashkenazic rite, Translations and Notes. [Oxford]: The Union of Hebrew and Religion Classes for their Oxford Summer School, 1920. English. Two copies formerly owned by the British-Jewish historian Cecil Roth. Two copies of a book of Elegies for the Ninth of Ab, according to the Ashkenazic rite. The book was published on the event of the summer conference of the "Union of Hebrew and Religion Classes", an organization founded in 1907 with the purpose of arranging and coordinating Hebrew and Judaism classes for students of the "United Synagogue" community in the London area. Roth is named as one of the editors of the book. 1. Copy printed on thick paper, in fine vellum binding. Supplement (6 leaves, stenciled) places in a separate folder. 64 ff. + [2] plates (illustrations), 21.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Supplement: [6] leaves, 33 cm. Good condition. Fold marks. Minor stains. Several minor tears to margins. Tears in center of leaves (where the folding lines cross), with minor damage to text. Book in cardboard slipcase (supplement in matching folder). 2. Copy in half-leather binding; bound with "Die Trauergesänge für Tischah beab" – elegies for the Ninth of Ab according to the Ashkenazic rite, and the Book of Lamentations; Hebrew-German edition (Rödelheim: M. Lehrberger & Co., [early 20th century]). Elegies for the Ninth of Ab: [1] leaf (printed wrapper), 320 pp. + [6] ff. of supplement (missing [2] plates. Die Trauergesänge für Tischah beab: [4], 320 pp. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Margins of Elegies for the Ninth of Ab trimmed close to text (minor damage to text and pagination). Signature on one of the endpapers: "Joel Snowman". Provenance: the estate of Ezra Gorodetsky (received from Cecil Roth).