The People of the Little Book Levitan, Kalman L. Published by Kaycee Press, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 1983 Condition: Near Fine Soft cover. >>MINIATURE BOOK<<

Title: The People of the Little Book

Publisher: Kaycee Press, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Miniature Book. 2 9/16" x 1 7/8". (24) printed pages. Title page printed in black and brown with Kalman's printer's mark, bookshelf headpiece and 2 tailpieces in brown. SIGNED by Kalman Levitan on back of title page.  Numbered signed edition limited to 200 copies. Levitan spent 30 years active duty in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He was a member of the Department of Defense Armed Forces Chaplains Board and served nine years as Senior Jewish Chaplain as advisor on Jewish activities to the Chief of Air Force Chaplains. He was Founder and first Chairman of the Miniature Book Society of America. He was an active teacher of Judaism. He received his BA from Yeshiva University, Master of Hebrew Letters from the Jewish Institute of Religion and Doctor of Divinity from Hebrew Union College. He did graduate study at Harvard Law School and Columbia University. In addition he published his own miniature books and wrote and edited volumes about miniature books. In 1983 he was instrumental in bringing together the collectors and publishers from around the United States that eventually formed the basis for the Miniature Book Society. Elected the Society’s first “Chairman” he helped draft bylaws and began an informal newletters. As a child, Rabbi Levitan’s father gave him a pocket-sized Hebrew prayer book printed in Warsaw in 1903. That was the beginning of a 2,000 volume collection that David Bromer (Bromer Booksellers, Boston) said was considered one of the most important collections. It spanned five centuries and included many rare and precious volumes.