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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

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VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGER SOLE SHARED NONE
AT&T Inc. COM 00206R102 24,045 842,500 SH   DFND 1 0 842,500 0
AT&T Inc. COM 00206R102 1,359 47,623 SH   SOLE 0 47,623 0 0
Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc. COM 00770C101 8,440 800,000 SH   DFND 1 0 800,000 0
Alcentra Capital Corp COM 01374T102 1,370 211,717 SH   DFND 1 0 211,717 0
Alliance Data Systems Corp COM 018581108 10,971 73,100 SH   DFND 1 0 73,100 0
Alphabet Inc. CAP STK CL A 02079K305 3,135 3,000 SH   SOLE 0 3,000 0 0
American Midstream Partners LP COM UNIT RP IN 02752P100 2,332 769,724 SH   DFND 1 0 769,724 0
American Midstream Partners LP COM UNIT RP IN 02752P100 17 5,775 SH   SOLE 0 5,775 0 0
American River Bankshares COM 029326105 329 23,602 SH   DFND 1 0 23,602 0
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. COM 032511107 2,718 62,000 SH   DFND 1 0 62,000 0
Atlantic Capital Bancshares COM 048269203 15,553 950,093 SH   DFND 1 0 950,093 0
BKF Capital Group, Inc. COM 05548G201 335 29,380 SH   DFND 1 0 29,380 0
BRT Realty Trust COM 055645303 1,926 168,369 SH   DFND 1 0 168,369 0
BMC Stock Holdings Inc. COM 05591B109 19,553 1,263,105 SH   DFND 1 0 1,263,105 0
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises COM 05614L100 227 582,591 SH   DFND 1 0 582,591 0
Baker Hughes a GE Company COM 05722G100 215 10,000 SH   SOLE 0 10,000 0 0
The Bancorp Bank COM 05969A105 3,244 407,500 SH   DFND 1 0 407,500 0
Banc of California, Inc. COM 05990K106 17,203 1,292,500 SH   DFND 1 0 1,292,500 0
Bank of America Corporation COM 060505104 246 10,000 SH   SOLE 0 10,000 0 0
Barnes & Noble Edu. Inc COM 06777U101 1,593 397,300 SH   DFND 1 0 397,300 0
Blackberry Limited COM 09228F103 4,142 582,500 SH   DFND 1 0 582,500 0
Blackberry Limited COM 09228F103 356 50,000 SH   SOLE 0 50,000 0 0
CBM Bancorp, Inc. COM 1248XT104 313 25,000 SH   DFND 1 0 25,000 0
CIBL, Inc. COM 12543Y104 363 215 SH   DFND 1 0 215 0
CIT Group Inc. COM NEW 125581801 22,866 597,500 SH   DFND 1 0 597,500 0
CIT Group Inc. COM NEW 125581801 383 10,000 SH   SOLE 0 10,000 0 0
Campbell Soup Company COM 134429109 9,567 290,000 SH   DFND 1 0 290,000 0
Carbon Natural Gas Co. COM 14115T208 1,953 211,112 SH   DFND 1 0 211,112 0
Carter Bank & Trust COM 146102108 13,370 891,327 SH   DFND 1 0 891,327 0
Columbia Financial Inc. COM 197641103 7,645 500,000 SH   DFND 1 0 500,000 0
Continental Resources Inc. COM 212015101 4,019 100,000 SH   DFND 1 0 100,000 0
Continental Resources Inc. COM 212015101 6,832 170,000 SH   SOLE 0 170,000 0 0
Crimson Wine Group Ltd. COM 22662X100 8,136 1,039,804 SH   DFND 1 0 1,039,804 0
Cumulus Media Inc. COM 231082801 270 25,000 SH   DFND 1 0 25,000 0
Devon Energy Corp. New COM 25179M103 766 34,000 SH   SOLE 0 34,000 0 0
Dolby Laboratories Inc. COM 25659T107 33,573 542,900 SH   DFND 1 0 542,900 0
Dolby Laboratories Inc. COM 25659T107 201 3,255 SH   SOLE 0 3,255 0 0
DowDuPont Inc. COM 26078J100 15,777 295,000 SH   DFND 1 0 295,000 0
DowDuPont Inc. COM 26078J100 3,243 60,640 SH   SOLE 0 60,640 0 0
Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. COM 30227M105 1,421 331,200 SH   DFND 1 0 331,200 0
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 886 13,000 SH   SOLE 0 13,000 0 0
FMC Corp. COM 302491303 18,488 250,000 SH   DFND 1 0 250,000 0
FMC Corp. COM 302491303 3,328 45,000 SH   SOLE 0 45,000 0 0
FSB Bancorp COM 30289C102 3,089 181,713 SH   DFND 1 0 181,713 0
Farmers & Merchants Bank COM 308243104 1,563 203 SH   SOLE 0 203 0 0
Federal Life Group, Inc. COM 313533101 1 100 SH   DFND 1 0 100 0
First Bank COM 31931U102 2,425 200,100 SH   DFND 1 0 200,100 0
First of Long Island Corp COM 320734106 1,696 85,000 SH   DFND 1 0 85,000 0
Franklin Resources Inc. COM 354613101 6,190 208,700 SH   DFND 1 0 208,700 0
Franklin Resources Inc. COM 354613101 817 27,530 SH   SOLE 0 27,530 0 0
GAMCO Investors, Inc. COM 361438104 912 54,000 SH   DFND 1 0 54,000 0
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 1,287 170,000 SH   DFND 1 0 170,000 0
Groupon, Inc. COM 399473107 7,360 2,300,000 SH   DFND 1 0 2,300,000 0
Groupon, Inc. COM 399473107 640 200,000 SH   SOLE 0 200,000 0 0
Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Rty Trust Unit UNIT BEN INT 40222T104 143 5,000,000 SH   DFND 1 0 5,000,000 0
Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Rty Trust Unit UNIT BEN INT 40222T104 21 721,942 SH   SOLE 0 721,942 0 0
Gyrodyne, LLC COM 403829104 1,398 80,800 SH   DFND 1 0 80,800 0
Gyrodyne, LLC COM 403829104 81 4,658 SH   SOLE 0 4,658 0 0
Halcon Resources Group COM PAR NEW 40537Q605 306 180,000 SH   DFND 1 0 180,000 0
Halliburton Co. COM 406216101 399 15,000 SH   SOLE 0 15,000 0 0
Helmerich & Payne Inc. COM 423452101 4,794 100,000 SH   DFND 1 0 100,000 0
Hess Corporation COM 42809H107 2,765 68,282 SH   SOLE 0 68,282 0 0
Highland Bankshares Inc. COM 430893107 2,062 396,458 SH   DFND 1 0 396,458 0
Hugoton Realty Trust TEX Unit Ben Int UNIT BEN INT 444717102 103 190,440 SH   SOLE 0 190,440 0 0
ICC Holdings, Inc. COM 44931Q104 677 49,630 SH   DFND 1 0 49,630 0
Innoviva, Inc. COM 45781M101 916 52,500 SH   DFND 1 0 52,500 0
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 37,544 800,000 SH   DFND 1 0 800,000 0
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 58,663 1,250,000 SH   SOLE 0 1,250,000 0 0
Investors Bancorp, Inc. COM 46146L101 13,364 1,285,000 SH   DFND 1 0 1,285,000 0
JBG SMITH Properties COM 46590V100 310 8,912 SH   DFND 1 0 8,912 0
Jack in the Box Inc. COM 466367109 2,585 33,302 SH   DFND 1 0 33,302 0
Jefferies Financial Group COM 47233W109 7,812 450,000 SH   DFND 1 0 450,000 0
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. COM PAR $0.01 483007704 5,072 56,800 SH   DFND 1 0 56,800 0
Kearny Financial Corp. COM 48716P108 17,854 1,392,697 SH   DFND 1 0 1,392,697 0
LICT Corp. COM 50187G104 3,974 275 SH   DFND 1 0 275 0
Luther Bank Corp COM 550550107 2,751 305,000 SH   DFND 1 0 305,000 0
MB Bancorp Inc. COM 55280E104 2,418 171,459 SH   DFND 1 0 171,459 0
MSB Financial COM 55352L101 3,122 174,897 SH   DFND 1 0 174,897 0
The Macerich Company COM 554382101 4,328 100,000 SH   DFND 1 0 100,000 0
The Medicines Company COM 584688105 3,637 190,000 SH   DFND 1 0 190,000 0
Mercantil Bank Holding Corp. CL A NEW 58734F305 5,204 400,000 SH   DFND 1 0 400,000 0
Meredith Corp. COM 589433101 18,605 358,200 SH   DFND 1 0 358,200 0
Meridian Corp. COM 58958P104 5,154 300,190 SH   DFND 1 0 300,190 0
Meridian Bancorp, Inc. COM 58958U103 1,432 100,000 SH   DFND 1 0 100,000 0
Mid-Southern Bancorp COM 59548Q107 1,812 156,578 SH   DFND 1 0 156,578 0
Bunge Limited COM 616962105 26,987 505,000 SH   DFND 1 0 505,000 0
Bunge Limited COM 616962105 2,138 40,000 SH   SOLE 0 40,000 0 0
News Corp COM 65249B109 5,278 465,000 SH   DFND 1 0 465,000 0
NI Holdings Inc. COM 65342T106 6,975 443,400 SH   DFND 1 0 443,400 0
Northeast Bancorp COM 663904209 3,875 231,637 SH   DFND 1 0 231,637 0
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. COM 67401P108 635 150,100 SH   DFND 1 0 150,100 0
pdvWireless COM 69290R104 1,661 44,431 SH   DFND 1 0 44,431 0
PDL Community Bancorp COM 69290X101 631 49,501 SH   DFND 1 0 49,501 0
PCSB Financial COM 69324R104 7 369 SH   SOLE 0 369 0 0
Papa Murphy's Holdings COM 698814100 12,024 2,531,369 SH   DFND 1 0 2,531,369 0
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. COM 704699107 2,538 100,800 SH   DFND 1 0 100,800 0
Permian Basin Rlty Trust UNIT BEN INT 714236106 82 13,841 SH   SOLE 0 13,841 0 0
Plains All American Pipeline UNIT LTD PARTN 726503105 8,166 407,500 SH   DFND 1 0 407,500 0
Plains All American Pipeline UNIT LTD PARTN 726503105 222 11,081 SH   SOLE 0 11,081 0 0
Plains GP Holdings LP LTD PARTNR INT A 72651A207 3,339 166,130 SH   DFND 1 0 166,130 0
Plains GP Holdings LP LTD PARTNR INT A 72651A207 1,897 94,388 SH   SOLE 0 94,388 0 0
Popular, Inc. COM UNIT RP IN 733174700 14,166 300,000 SH   DFND 1 0 300,000 0
Prudential Bancorp Inc. COM 74431A101 2,286 129,896 SH   DFND 1 0 129,896 0
Red Hat, Inc. COM 756577102 1,054 6,000 SH   DFND 1 0 6,000 0
Regions Financial Corp. COM 7591EP100 4,240 316,878 SH   DFND 1 0 316,878 0
SI Financial Group COM 78425V104 1,750 137,500 SH   DFND 1 0 137,500 0
S&W Seed Company COM 785135104 28,860 15,945,017 SH   DFND 1 0 15,945,017 0
William H. Sadlier, Inc. COM 786327106 1,018 21,217 SH   DFND 1 0 21,217 0
San Juan Basin Realty Trust Unit UNIT BEN INT 798241105 481 100,240 SH   SOLE 0 100,240 0 0
Sanofi-Aventis SA, CVR SPONSORED ADR 80105N113 1,553 3,235,625 SH   DFND 1 0 3,235,625 0
Sanofi-Aventis SA, CVR SPONSORED ADR 80105N113 167 348,043 SH   SOLE 0 348,043 0 0
Steel Holdings LP Ltd Prshp Unit LTD PRTRSHIP U 85814R107 77 5,773 SH   SOLE 0 5,773 0 0
Tejon Ranch Co. COM 879080109 7,544 455,000 SH   DFND 1 0 455,000 0
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. SPONSORED ADR 881624209 1,617 104,875 SH   SOLE 0 104,875 0 0
Tidewater Warrant Exp 11/24/24 *W EXP 11/24/202 88642R174 4 7,444 SH   DFND 1 0 7,444 0
Trinity Place Holdings Inc. COM 89656D101 19,883 4,581,392 SH   DFND 1 0 4,581,392 0
Twenty First Century Fox A CL A 90130A101 1,203 25,000 SH   DFND 1 0 25,000 0
Twenty-First Century Fox Class B CL B 90130A200 5,256 110,000 SH   DFND 1 0 110,000 0
Vornado Realty Trust SH BEN INT 929042109 6,699 108,000 SH   DFND 1 0 108,000 0
Waterstone Financial Inc. COM 94188P101 20,131 1,201,121 SH   DFND 1 0 1,201,121 0
Westlake Chemical Corp. COM 960413102 6,074 91,800 SH   DFND 1 0 91,800 0
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. COM 969904101 2,775 55,000 SH   DFND 1 0 55,000 0
Wright Investors Service Holdings COM 982345100 314 825,691 SH   DFND 1 0 825,691 0
XPO Logistics, Inc. COM 983793100 7,273 127,500 SH   DFND 1 0 127,500 0
York Traditions Bank COM 987159100 2,450 131,000 SH   DFND 1 0 131,000 0
TechnipFMC plc COM G87110105 6,309 322,200 SH   DFND 1 0 322,200 0
Chubb Limited COM h1467j104 4,354 33,706 SH   DFND 1 0 33,706 0
Constellium N.V. COM N22035104 2,167 310,000 SH   DFND 1 0 310,000 0