Lot 274
"The Tale of the Scribe" by S.Y. Agnon – Bibliophile Edition in German – Berlin, 1923
Die Erzählung vom Toraschreiber ["The Tale of the Scribe"], by S.Y. Agnon. Berlin: Marx & Co., 1923. German.
A short story by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, translated to German by his friend, the lawyer Max Strauß.
The German translation of the story was published in July, 1917, in Martin Buber's Jewish monthly "Der Jude" – before the Hebrew original was ever printed (see: "S.Y. Agnon: A Biography, " Dan Laor, Schocken, 1998, p. 112; Hebrew).
Decorative initial designed by Joseph Budko.
Copy no. 93 of a limited edition of 400 copies.
40, [2] ff., 15 cm. Good condition. Some minor stains. Pencil inscriptions. Traces of a sticker on inside front cover. Faded inked stamp on one endpaper. Minor stains and abrasions to cover. Stains to spine. Inscription on spine faded.
