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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Das neue Pathos, Drittes und viertes heft, August 1913 [The New Pathos, issues 3-4, August 1913]. Berlin: Officina Serpentis, 1913. German.
Issue of the journal "Das neue Pathos" - literary-artistic journal edited by Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, Robert Renato Schmidt and Paul Zech, serving as a platform for Expressionist artists in Germany. Writers include: Else Lasker-Schüler, Oskar Loerke, the journal's editors, and others.
Numbered copy ("F") out of a bibliophilic edition of 100 copies.
The issue includes six original prints: an etching by Jacob Steinhardt (signed); a lithograph by Waldemar Rösler, a lithograph by Raoul Hausmann, a woodcut by Erich Heckel, a woodcut by Walter Botticher, and an additional etching on the colophon page.
68 pp, 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Loose cardboard binding (signatures slightly loose), no spine. Tears to margins of back binding and last leaves.
Issue of the journal "Das neue Pathos" - literary-artistic journal edited by Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, Robert Renato Schmidt and Paul Zech, serving as a platform for Expressionist artists in Germany. Writers include: Else Lasker-Schüler, Oskar Loerke, the journal's editors, and others.
Numbered copy ("F") out of a bibliophilic edition of 100 copies.
The issue includes six original prints: an etching by Jacob Steinhardt (signed); a lithograph by Waldemar Rösler, a lithograph by Raoul Hausmann, a woodcut by Erich Heckel, a woodcut by Walter Botticher, and an additional etching on the colophon page.
68 pp, 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Loose cardboard binding (signatures slightly loose), no spine. Tears to margins of back binding and last leaves.
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January 9, 2018
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Der Weisen Gesänge, Max Liebermann zum 80. Geburtstag, 20. VII. 1927 by H. Hoeyer and E.W. Tieffenbach (Officina Serpentis press, Berlin], 1927. German.
Collection of texts (psalms, Goether, Kant, Glal a-Din Rumi, Plato, and more) published in honor of Max Lieberman's eightieth birthday, a bibliophilic edition printed in 20 copies.
Bound in a leather binding of good quality. On inner side of front binding appears a dedication from 1929 (printed in German) to Else Rosenkranz, who later married Herman Meyer, one of the heads of "Soncino - Friends of the Hebrew Book in Berlin" and owner of "Universitas Booksellers" in Jerusalem.
[12] leaves, 31.5 cm. Good condition. Upper margins of leaves are somewhat darkened. Stains and defects to binding. Tears to spine.
Collection of texts (psalms, Goether, Kant, Glal a-Din Rumi, Plato, and more) published in honor of Max Lieberman's eightieth birthday, a bibliophilic edition printed in 20 copies.
Bound in a leather binding of good quality. On inner side of front binding appears a dedication from 1929 (printed in German) to Else Rosenkranz, who later married Herman Meyer, one of the heads of "Soncino - Friends of the Hebrew Book in Berlin" and owner of "Universitas Booksellers" in Jerusalem.
[12] leaves, 31.5 cm. Good condition. Upper margins of leaves are somewhat darkened. Stains and defects to binding. Tears to spine.
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January 9, 2018
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Bücher, Bücher, Bücher, Bücher; Elemente der Bücherliebeskunst von Karl Wolfskehl. Mit Beiträgen von Curt von Fabel du Faur und Emil Preetorius [ Books, Books, Books, Books; The Foundations of Bibliophilia, by Karl Wolfskehl, with essays by Curt von Fabel du Faur and Emil Preetorius]. Munich: Rupprecht-Presse, [1932]. German.
Book on bibliophilia by the German writer and poet Karl Wolfskehl (1869-1948). The book was printed in a limited edition of 300 copies. 75 copies printed by the members of the Munich Book Lovers Club (Gesellschaft der Münchner Bücherfreunde) and numbered separately. Present copy numbered XLV.
103, [2] pp, 23 cm. Good condition. Inserted in cardboard slipcase.
Book on bibliophilia by the German writer and poet Karl Wolfskehl (1869-1948). The book was printed in a limited edition of 300 copies. 75 copies printed by the members of the Munich Book Lovers Club (Gesellschaft der Münchner Bücherfreunde) and numbered separately. Present copy numbered XLV.
103, [2] pp, 23 cm. Good condition. Inserted in cardboard slipcase.
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January 9, 2018
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Two books with woodcuts by Franz Masereel:
1. Das Gemeinsame, by Rene Arcos, translated by: Friderike Maria Zweig. Leipzig: Insel, [ca. 1920]. German.
A book by Rene Arcos with 27 woodcuts by Franz Masereel. Numbered copy, 35/100. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in a vellum binding.
177, [2] pp, 16.3 cm. Good condition.
2. Figures et Grimaces, by Franz Masereel. Paris: Écrivains Réunis, 1926.
60 woodcuts by Franz Masereel. Numbered copy, 186/400.
[65] leaves, 19.3 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Dedication on front endpaper. Stains and tears to wrappers.
1. Das Gemeinsame, by Rene Arcos, translated by: Friderike Maria Zweig. Leipzig: Insel, [ca. 1920]. German.
A book by Rene Arcos with 27 woodcuts by Franz Masereel. Numbered copy, 35/100. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in a vellum binding.
177, [2] pp, 16.3 cm. Good condition.
2. Figures et Grimaces, by Franz Masereel. Paris: Écrivains Réunis, 1926.
60 woodcuts by Franz Masereel. Numbered copy, 186/400.
[65] leaves, 19.3 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Dedication on front endpaper. Stains and tears to wrappers.
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January 9, 2018
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"Saddan Theater presents The Big Crase", program of a play by "Saddan Theater". [Palestine, ca. 1936]. Hebrew and some English.
A program for the play "The Big Craze" by Avigdor HaMeiri, printed towards the performance of this play at "Saddan" theater. The program includes a biography of the author, sayings and citations concerning war and five illustrations by the Flemish artist Frans Masereel (1889-1972).
15, [1] pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases, stains and defects.
Not in NLI.
A program for the play "The Big Craze" by Avigdor HaMeiri, printed towards the performance of this play at "Saddan" theater. The program includes a biography of the author, sayings and citations concerning war and five illustrations by the Flemish artist Frans Masereel (1889-1972).
15, [1] pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases, stains and defects.
Not in NLI.
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Five bibliophilic publications. Germany, 1925-1932.
1. Promotional booklet of "Horodisch & Marx" publishing house. Berlin, [ca. 1925]. German.
The brochure includes six sample pages from the books "Venezianische Gondellieder" by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (the book was published in 1925 and included engravings by Hermann Struck), and "Carnaval, Scenes mignonnes sur quatren notes par Robert Schumann" (the book was published in 1924 and included engravings by Ernst Oppler).
[8] pp, 32 cm. Good condition. Small tears at lower margins.
2. Alphabetum Hebraicum [Hebrew Alphabet]. Munich: Taeber& Weil, 1925. Facsimile of a booklet for the study of Hebrew printed in Venice in the 16th century by Aldus Manutius. Printed for a conference of bibliophiles in Munich ("Zur Münchener Tagung den Bibliophilen überreicht").
[6] leaves, approx. 16 cm. Overall good condition. Colorful paper cover, detached and torn (part of it lacking).
3. Proselyten ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Jüdischen Rasse [converts, their contribution to history of the Jewish people] by Heinrich Loewe. Berlin: Soncino, 1926. German.
[2], [30], [1] pp, 28 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Worming. Ink-stamp on reverse of title page. Small tears to spine.
4. Des Moses Maimonides Morgengebet bevor er seine Kranken besuchte [Physician's prayer according to the Rambam]. Soncino, [Berlin], 1931. German.
[4] leaves, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases to cover.
5. Privatdrucke von und fur Gotthard Laske. Soncino, [Berlin], 1932. German. A brochure published in honor of the printer and bibliophile Gotthard Laske. Includes a list of 23 books printed in bibliophilic editions. A copy out of an edition of 250 copies.
[8] leaves, 22 cm. Good condition.
1. Promotional booklet of "Horodisch & Marx" publishing house. Berlin, [ca. 1925]. German.
The brochure includes six sample pages from the books "Venezianische Gondellieder" by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (the book was published in 1925 and included engravings by Hermann Struck), and "Carnaval, Scenes mignonnes sur quatren notes par Robert Schumann" (the book was published in 1924 and included engravings by Ernst Oppler).
[8] pp, 32 cm. Good condition. Small tears at lower margins.
2. Alphabetum Hebraicum [Hebrew Alphabet]. Munich: Taeber& Weil, 1925. Facsimile of a booklet for the study of Hebrew printed in Venice in the 16th century by Aldus Manutius. Printed for a conference of bibliophiles in Munich ("Zur Münchener Tagung den Bibliophilen überreicht").
[6] leaves, approx. 16 cm. Overall good condition. Colorful paper cover, detached and torn (part of it lacking).
3. Proselyten ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Jüdischen Rasse [converts, their contribution to history of the Jewish people] by Heinrich Loewe. Berlin: Soncino, 1926. German.
[2], [30], [1] pp, 28 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Worming. Ink-stamp on reverse of title page. Small tears to spine.
4. Des Moses Maimonides Morgengebet bevor er seine Kranken besuchte [Physician's prayer according to the Rambam]. Soncino, [Berlin], 1931. German.
[4] leaves, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases to cover.
5. Privatdrucke von und fur Gotthard Laske. Soncino, [Berlin], 1932. German. A brochure published in honor of the printer and bibliophile Gotthard Laske. Includes a list of 23 books printed in bibliophilic editions. A copy out of an edition of 250 copies.
[8] leaves, 22 cm. Good condition.
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Five printed items issued by "Soncino Society" (Soncino Gesellschaft). Berlin, 1920s-30s. German and some Hebrew.
1. Pentateuch, Sefer Bereshit (Genesis) [Berlin, ca. 1930-1933]. [36] leaves, 40 cm. Originally printed as brochures and bound when printing was completed. This volume was bound, apparently independently, and includes the book of Genesis and the opening of the Book of Exodus.
2. Soncino-Blätter, Beiträge Zur Kunde Des Jüdischen Buches [Soncino leaves]. Berlin, 1926. Periodical issued Soncino, first volume, part two. [3], 153-265, [2] pp, 31.5 cm.
3. Soncino Gesellschaft Der Freunde Des Judischen Buches E.V, Berlin, 1925. List of members of the society. 27, [2] pp, 23 cm.
4. Soncino Gesellschaft Der Freunde Des Judischen Buches E.V. Berlin, 1925. List of society's publications. 13, [2] pp, 23 cm.
5. Mitteilungen Der Soncino Gesellschaft Nr. 3. [Berlin], 1928. List of society's members. 40 pp, 18 cm.
Enclosed: Membership application form (not filled-in).
Condition varies. Good overall condition. Tear repaired with adhesive tape to first page of item no. 4.
1. Pentateuch, Sefer Bereshit (Genesis) [Berlin, ca. 1930-1933]. [36] leaves, 40 cm. Originally printed as brochures and bound when printing was completed. This volume was bound, apparently independently, and includes the book of Genesis and the opening of the Book of Exodus.
2. Soncino-Blätter, Beiträge Zur Kunde Des Jüdischen Buches [Soncino leaves]. Berlin, 1926. Periodical issued Soncino, first volume, part two. [3], 153-265, [2] pp, 31.5 cm.
3. Soncino Gesellschaft Der Freunde Des Judischen Buches E.V, Berlin, 1925. List of members of the society. 27, [2] pp, 23 cm.
4. Soncino Gesellschaft Der Freunde Des Judischen Buches E.V. Berlin, 1925. List of society's publications. 13, [2] pp, 23 cm.
5. Mitteilungen Der Soncino Gesellschaft Nr. 3. [Berlin], 1928. List of society's members. 40 pp, 18 cm.
Enclosed: Membership application form (not filled-in).
Condition varies. Good overall condition. Tear repaired with adhesive tape to first page of item no. 4.
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Eight bibliophilic books in German. Germany, 1906-1929
1. In Memoriam Friedrich Nietzsche [In memory of Friedrich Nietzsche], by Gabriele d'Annunzio. Leipzig: Insel, 1906. German. Numbered copy 306/400. Bound in a fine binding with a leather spine and leather corners.
2. Lieder eines Verwundeten by Heinrich Kipper. Leipzig: C.J.W. Siegel Musikalienhandlung, 1916. Sheet music. Illustrated title page - lithograph by Hugo Steiner-Prag; signed and dated in pencil. Copy no. 8 out of an edition of 100 copies. Leather spine and corner. Slipcase.
3. Zwei Schriften über die grundlegenden Begriffe der Naturwissenschaften by Immanuel Kant. Berlin: Officina Serpentis press, 1920. Edition of 125 copies.
4. Der Tischdank, by Franz Rosenzweig. Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. From the series "Jüdische Bücherei" [Jewish library]. Numbered copy 2/100.
5. Das Buch Judith [Book of Judith] by Martin Luther and Oskar Becker. Darmstadt: Ernst-Ludwig-Presse, 1923. Numbered copy 201/250.
6. Von der Kriegesrüstung Judä Maccabaï und seiner Feinde. Potsdam: Hadern, 1923. Includes three lithographs by Rudolf Schlichter. Unnumbered copy from an edition of 275 copies.
7. Das Hohelied Salomons. Eine Nachdichtung [Song of Song, paraphrase], by Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe. Stuttgartd, 1925. German. Unnumbered copy from an edition of 500 copies.
8. Der Uberfall, by Alfred Döblin. Officina Serpentis press, [Berlin], 1929. Printed in 200 copies.
Size and condition vary.
1. In Memoriam Friedrich Nietzsche [In memory of Friedrich Nietzsche], by Gabriele d'Annunzio. Leipzig: Insel, 1906. German. Numbered copy 306/400. Bound in a fine binding with a leather spine and leather corners.
2. Lieder eines Verwundeten by Heinrich Kipper. Leipzig: C.J.W. Siegel Musikalienhandlung, 1916. Sheet music. Illustrated title page - lithograph by Hugo Steiner-Prag; signed and dated in pencil. Copy no. 8 out of an edition of 100 copies. Leather spine and corner. Slipcase.
3. Zwei Schriften über die grundlegenden Begriffe der Naturwissenschaften by Immanuel Kant. Berlin: Officina Serpentis press, 1920. Edition of 125 copies.
4. Der Tischdank, by Franz Rosenzweig. Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. From the series "Jüdische Bücherei" [Jewish library]. Numbered copy 2/100.
5. Das Buch Judith [Book of Judith] by Martin Luther and Oskar Becker. Darmstadt: Ernst-Ludwig-Presse, 1923. Numbered copy 201/250.
6. Von der Kriegesrüstung Judä Maccabaï und seiner Feinde. Potsdam: Hadern, 1923. Includes three lithographs by Rudolf Schlichter. Unnumbered copy from an edition of 275 copies.
7. Das Hohelied Salomons. Eine Nachdichtung [Song of Song, paraphrase], by Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe. Stuttgartd, 1925. German. Unnumbered copy from an edition of 500 copies.
8. Der Uberfall, by Alfred Döblin. Officina Serpentis press, [Berlin], 1929. Printed in 200 copies.
Size and condition vary.
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1. Reshuyot LaChatan. Tel Aviv, Kislev [1936.]
Printed in black and red ink, on paper of good quality, with very wide margins. Designed by Dr. Moshe Spitzer.
"Composed by one of the first Ashkenazi poets…and never printed until I, Zalman Schocken, woke up and… published them for my first-born son… and his bride… on their wedding day… Tel Aviv." Colophon: "…copied from manuscripts on parchment… copies of which are preserved in the Institute for Study of Hebrew Poetry in Jerusalem and one hundred copies were printed now …". Offered here is copy no. 78.
54 pp, [1] leaf, 31.5 cm. Good condition. Tears and adhesive tape, stains to spine. Loose binding.
2. Af'apei Zvi, one hundred poems by Hebrew poets in Spain and the Orient, compiled and edited from manuscripts and printed books by Meir Habermann. Jerusalem: Tarshish, 1942. Copy no. 22 out of an edition of 150 copies.
69 pp, [1] pp, 17cm. Good condition. Right back endpaper is dark. Bound in a cardboard binding with parchment spine.
Printed in black and red ink, on paper of good quality, with very wide margins. Designed by Dr. Moshe Spitzer.
"Composed by one of the first Ashkenazi poets…and never printed until I, Zalman Schocken, woke up and… published them for my first-born son… and his bride… on their wedding day… Tel Aviv." Colophon: "…copied from manuscripts on parchment… copies of which are preserved in the Institute for Study of Hebrew Poetry in Jerusalem and one hundred copies were printed now …". Offered here is copy no. 78.
54 pp, [1] leaf, 31.5 cm. Good condition. Tears and adhesive tape, stains to spine. Loose binding.
2. Af'apei Zvi, one hundred poems by Hebrew poets in Spain and the Orient, compiled and edited from manuscripts and printed books by Meir Habermann. Jerusalem: Tarshish, 1942. Copy no. 22 out of an edition of 150 copies.
69 pp, [1] pp, 17cm. Good condition. Right back endpaper is dark. Bound in a cardboard binding with parchment spine.
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1. Shlumiel Matza Tzel, a fairy tale from the present. Composed by Yehudah Ya'ari. Jerusalem: Tarshish, 1948.
A bibliophilic edition printed in three hundred copies, with nine woodcuts by Jacob Pins.
[2] leaves, 5-37 pp, [1] leaf, 24 cm. Good condition. Spine slightly torn. Paint stains to binding.
2. Peter Shlumiel Matza Tzel, Mishpat Shlomo, Arvay Bechot, by Yehudah Yaari. Jerusalem: Ofer, [1945].
[3] leaves, 7-89 pp, 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains.
A bibliophilic edition printed in three hundred copies, with nine woodcuts by Jacob Pins.
[2] leaves, 5-37 pp, [1] leaf, 24 cm. Good condition. Spine slightly torn. Paint stains to binding.
2. Peter Shlumiel Matza Tzel, Mishpat Shlomo, Arvay Bechot, by Yehudah Yaari. Jerusalem: Ofer, [1945].
[3] leaves, 7-89 pp, 14.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains.
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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.
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.
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1. Roses of Sharon, Poems Chosen from the Flower of Ancient Hebrew Literature. [London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. English.
Selected poems from the Bible, with 12 wood engravings by Mary Groom. Copy no. 19 out of an edition of 125 numbered copies. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in a binding with a green leather spine.
58, [2] pp, 25.5 cm. Good condition. Light defects to binding.
2. The Book of Jonah, Taken from the Authorized Version of King James I. With Engravings on Wood by David Jones. London: Clover Hill Editions / Douglas Cleverdon, 1979. English.
The Book of Jonah, with wood engravings by British artist David Jones. Copy no. 176 out of an edition of 300 numbered copies printed on high-quality paper with black and green ink.
19, [1] p, 28 cm. Good condition.
Selected poems from the Bible, with 12 wood engravings by Mary Groom. Copy no. 19 out of an edition of 125 numbered copies. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in a binding with a green leather spine.
58, [2] pp, 25.5 cm. Good condition. Light defects to binding.
2. The Book of Jonah, Taken from the Authorized Version of King James I. With Engravings on Wood by David Jones. London: Clover Hill Editions / Douglas Cleverdon, 1979. English.
The Book of Jonah, with wood engravings by British artist David Jones. Copy no. 176 out of an edition of 300 numbered copies printed on high-quality paper with black and green ink.
19, [1] p, 28 cm. Good condition.
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