34 books published by Dr. Moshe Spitzer ,"Tarshish" publishing house, and a number of books published by Schocken and designed by Dr. Spitzer. [Palestine and Israel, 1940s to the 1970s].
The collection includes the first, numbered, edition of "The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke" (the first "bibliophile" book published by "Tarshish") ; "Alay Higayon, selected compositions by leading French moralists" (Hebrew) translated by Yitzchak Shenhar, (unnumbered copy), a numbered and signed edition of "Haray Yerushalayim veKol HaYisurim" by Malachi Beit-Aryeh; "Kelev Chuzot" by S.Y. Agnon with illustrations by Avigdor Aricha; poems by Avraham Ben Yitzchak in three different editions (one limited); three volumes of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante and other books.
Enclosed are a catalogue of the exhibition "Dr. Moshe Spitzer - Books, Letters, Design", and an additional catalogue about the activities of Moshe Spitzer in the Israel Museum Publications department and a short promotional leaflet about "Tarshish" publishing house.
Total of 34 books and 3 brochures, and other publications. Several books appear in two copies. Size and condition vary.