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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Writings of Chaim Nachman Bialik and a selection of his translations. Berlin: Chovevei HaShira Ha'Ivrit, 1923.
Writings of Chaim Nachman Bialik in a fancy edition, high-quality leather bindings decorated with gold, with golden upper leaf-cuttings. Each of the volumes is signed at the end by Chaim Nachman Bialik and by the artist Yosef Bodko.
Volume 1 - poems; Volume 2 - Stories and literature; Volume 3 - translation of Don Quixote; Volume 4 - translation of William Tell.
"3,200 copies of this book were printedג€¦ the book's decorations and illustrationsג€¦ done by Yosef Bodko in Berlinג€¦ the first 200 copies were printed on very heavy paper, and the wood-cuttings are from the artist's original cuttings, all marked according to order in letters from aleph to resh, signed by the author and the artist, bound in parchment and not for sale on the marketג€¦". Volumes 25.5 cm. Very good condition.
Writings of Chaim Nachman Bialik in a fancy edition, high-quality leather bindings decorated with gold, with golden upper leaf-cuttings. Each of the volumes is signed at the end by Chaim Nachman Bialik and by the artist Yosef Bodko.
Volume 1 - poems; Volume 2 - Stories and literature; Volume 3 - translation of Don Quixote; Volume 4 - translation of William Tell.
"3,200 copies of this book were printedג€¦ the book's decorations and illustrationsג€¦ done by Yosef Bodko in Berlinג€¦ the first 200 copies were printed on very heavy paper, and the wood-cuttings are from the artist's original cuttings, all marked according to order in letters from aleph to resh, signed by the author and the artist, bound in parchment and not for sale on the marketג€¦". Volumes 25.5 cm. Very good condition.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Der Rabbi von Bacherach, Heinrich Heine, mit Originallithographien von Max Liebermann. Berlin: Propylֳ₪en, 1923.
"The Rabbi of Bacherach", Heine's story that was written following the Damascus blood libel of 1840, with lithographs by Max Liebermann. Copy no. 266 of 400 copies. Upper leaves cut - gilded. Binding with leather corners and leather spine. 9-57, [3] pp, 34 cm. Fair-good condition. First title-page partly detached. Minor stains, damages to binding.
"The Rabbi of Bacherach", Heine's story that was written following the Damascus blood libel of 1840, with lithographs by Max Liebermann. Copy no. 266 of 400 copies. Upper leaves cut - gilded. Binding with leather corners and leather spine. 9-57, [3] pp, 34 cm. Fair-good condition. First title-page partly detached. Minor stains, damages to binding.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Seven books and booklets published by Soncino:
1. Die Fabeln des Kuhbuches in Ubertragung, mit einem vorwort von Prof. Dr. Aron Freimann. Complementary book, with foreword by A. Freimann. Berlin, 1926.
2. Die Juden - ein lustspiel in einem Aufzuge, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Berlin, 1929. 200 copies printed.
3. Ein buch des gedenkes, Franz Rosenzweig. Berlin, 1930. Book of Remembrance for Franz Rosenzweig in Hebrew. 800 copies printed.
4-6. Soncino-Blֳ₪tter - Beitrֳ₪ge zur kunde des Jֳ¼dischen buches. Berlin, 1925-1929. Volume I, part 2; volume II, part 1; volume III, part 1.
7. Soncino- Nachrichten [Soncino News]. Addition to volume I of Soncino- Blֳ₪tter.
Various sizes and conditions.
1. Die Fabeln des Kuhbuches in Ubertragung, mit einem vorwort von Prof. Dr. Aron Freimann. Complementary book, with foreword by A. Freimann. Berlin, 1926.
2. Die Juden - ein lustspiel in einem Aufzuge, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Berlin, 1929. 200 copies printed.
3. Ein buch des gedenkes, Franz Rosenzweig. Berlin, 1930. Book of Remembrance for Franz Rosenzweig in Hebrew. 800 copies printed.
4-6. Soncino-Blֳ₪tter - Beitrֳ₪ge zur kunde des Jֳ¼dischen buches. Berlin, 1925-1929. Volume I, part 2; volume II, part 1; volume III, part 1.
7. Soncino- Nachrichten [Soncino News]. Addition to volume I of Soncino- Blֳ₪tter.
Various sizes and conditions.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $350
Sold for: $938
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The Pentateuch. Berlin: Soncino Publishing Company, [1930-1933]. 850 copies printed. Two parts bound together. Introduction booklet is missing. Wide margins, heavy paper of good quality. Leaves are not numbered, 41.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Fine cloth and leather binding.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Reden, Berichte und Weissagungen Jesajas - aus dem Urtext uּˆbertragen durch Lazarus Goldschmidt. Berlin: Max Perl Publishing, 1918.
Book of Isaiah translated into German by Lazarus Goldschmidt.
Elaborate edition. The opening letters of each chapter were hand-painted. Upper page-cutting is gilded. Leather binding of excellent quality with golden decorations, made by H. Fikentscher, Leipzig. Copy no. 19 of an edition of 200 numbered copies. 86, [1] pp, 35 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.
Book of Isaiah translated into German by Lazarus Goldschmidt.
Elaborate edition. The opening letters of each chapter were hand-painted. Upper page-cutting is gilded. Leather binding of excellent quality with golden decorations, made by H. Fikentscher, Leipzig. Copy no. 19 of an edition of 200 numbered copies. 86, [1] pp, 35 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Neun Holzschnitte zu ausgewaּˆhlten Versen aus dem Buche Jeschu ben Elieser ben Sirah. [Nine woodcuts for particular sections ofג€¦ Ben Sira book], with foreword by Arnold Zweig. Ninth publication by Soncino Press, Berlin, 1929.
Introduction in German. Text is in Hebrew with the German translation around it. Copy from an edition of 800 copies, signed by Steinhardt, printed on quality paper. [4], 24, [4] pages, 28 cm. Very good condition. Ex-libris. Library stamps.
Introduction in German. Text is in Hebrew with the German translation around it. Copy from an edition of 800 copies, signed by Steinhardt, printed on quality paper. [4], 24, [4] pages, 28 cm. Very good condition. Ex-libris. Library stamps.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Carnaval, Scֳ©nes Mignonnes sur Quatre Notes, par Robert Schumann. Berlin: Horodisch & Marx, 1924. German.
Music notes for the composition Carnival (Office 9) by the composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856), accompanied by 15 etchings by Ernst Oppler. The etching on title page is signed by the artist in pencil. Copy no. 158 from the edition of 420 copies. Good condition. Minor foxing. Minor damage to cover edges and spine.
Music notes for the composition Carnival (Office 9) by the composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856), accompanied by 15 etchings by Ernst Oppler. The etching on title page is signed by the artist in pencil. Copy no. 158 from the edition of 420 copies. Good condition. Minor foxing. Minor damage to cover edges and spine.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Sold for: $325
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Reshuyot LaChatan. Tel Aviv, Kislev [1936].
"Composed by one of the first Ashkenazi poetsג€¦and never printed until I, Zalman Schocken, woke up andג€¦published them for my first-born sonג€¦and his brideג€¦on their wedding dayג€¦Tel Aviv." Colophon: "ג€¦copied from manuscripts on parchment and one hundred copies printed nowג€¦" Black and red ink on quality paper with particularly wide margins. 54 pp, [1] leaf, 31.5 cm. Very good condition, except for: missing spine, damages near the spine.
"Composed by one of the first Ashkenazi poetsג€¦and never printed until I, Zalman Schocken, woke up andג€¦published them for my first-born sonג€¦and his brideג€¦on their wedding dayג€¦Tel Aviv." Colophon: "ג€¦copied from manuscripts on parchment and one hundred copies printed nowג€¦" Black and red ink on quality paper with particularly wide margins. 54 pp, [1] leaf, 31.5 cm. Very good condition, except for: missing spine, damages near the spine.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Chalomotav shel HaShabtai R' Mordechai Ashkenazi, about the dreams notebook of R' Mordechai Ashkenazi, disciple of R' Avraham Ravigo, by Gershom Scholem. Leipzig: Schocken (Schocken Library/Jerusalem, Researches and Sources, First Book), [1938].
"One hundred and fifty copies printed", as a token of friendship for R' Shlomo Zalman Schocken on his sixtieth birthday". Private, non-commercial edition, with wide margins on fine paper, handmade. The book opens with and introduction to a dozen of the chapters of the manuscript of the notebook, which is in the Schocken Library in Jerusalem, attachments and two facsimilies. [6], 100, [2] pp, 29.5 cm. Good condition. Damages to end paper and to spine.
"One hundred and fifty copies printed", as a token of friendship for R' Shlomo Zalman Schocken on his sixtieth birthday". Private, non-commercial edition, with wide margins on fine paper, handmade. The book opens with and introduction to a dozen of the chapters of the manuscript of the notebook, which is in the Schocken Library in Jerusalem, attachments and two facsimilies. [6], 100, [2] pp, 29.5 cm. Good condition. Damages to end paper and to spine.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Yaג€™ari, Yehuda. Shlumiel Matza Tzel, A Fairy Tale from the Present; with nine wood-cuts by Jacob Pins. Jerusalem: "Tarshish" (Dr. Moshe Spitzer), [1947].
Adaptation of "Sipuro HaMufla shel Peter Shlumiel" by the German-French poet Adelbert von Chamisso. A limited edition of three hundred copies was printed. 37, [1] pp, 24.5 cm. Good condition. The first two pamphlets somewhat loose. Minor foxing-marks to first leaves. Minimal moth-damages.
Adaptation of "Sipuro HaMufla shel Peter Shlumiel" by the German-French poet Adelbert von Chamisso. A limited edition of three hundred copies was printed. 37, [1] pp, 24.5 cm. Good condition. The first two pamphlets somewhat loose. Minor foxing-marks to first leaves. Minimal moth-damages.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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1. Shenhar, Yitzchak. The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke, with illustrations by Avigdor Aricha. Jerusalem: Tarshish Publishing, 1953. 1250 copies printed. Good condition.
2. Bialik, Chaim Nachman. Safiach. With lithographs and drawings by Avigdor Aricha. Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, the Jewish Agency, 1955. Good condition.
3. Agnon, Shmuel Yosef. Kelev Chutzot, small section of Temol Shilshom, with illustrations by Avigdor Aricha. Jerusalem: Tarshish Publishing, 1960. Very good condition. Paper cover slightly damaged.
4. Avigdor Aricha, drawings from the years 1965-66, with text by Samuel Beckett. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Tarshish and Dvir, 1967. Good condition.
2. Bialik, Chaim Nachman. Safiach. With lithographs and drawings by Avigdor Aricha. Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, the Jewish Agency, 1955. Good condition.
3. Agnon, Shmuel Yosef. Kelev Chutzot, small section of Temol Shilshom, with illustrations by Avigdor Aricha. Jerusalem: Tarshish Publishing, 1960. Very good condition. Paper cover slightly damaged.
4. Avigdor Aricha, drawings from the years 1965-66, with text by Samuel Beckett. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Tarshish and Dvir, 1967. Good condition.
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
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Brecht, Bertholt [Berthold]. A Children's Crusade - Kinderkreuzzug, with twenty four lithographs by Gershon Knispel. Translated by Rephael Eliaz. Introduction by Willem Sandberg and epilogue by Mati Meged. Jerusalem: Tarshish, 1966.
"The poem was composed by Brecht while he was in exile in Finland and is published in Hebrew on the tenth anniversary of his death, in opposition to all wars and in his memory". Five hundred numbered copies printed and signed by Gershon Knispel. Presented here is copy no. 463. Folder, in original package 47x34 cm. Good condition. Foxing-marks.
"The poem was composed by Brecht while he was in exile in Finland and is published in Hebrew on the tenth anniversary of his death, in opposition to all wars and in his memory". Five hundred numbered copies printed and signed by Gershon Knispel. Presented here is copy no. 463. Folder, in original package 47x34 cm. Good condition. Foxing-marks.
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