Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Autograph letter hand-signed by Max Nordau. Paris, February 21, 1892. French.
Apparently this letter was sent to a journalist or to an editor of a periodical, following a request to publish an essay about Nordau's book "Gefühls-komödie" ["Comedy of sentiment", 1891]. In this letter Nordau suggests to the recipient to read through another book which he wrote - "Die Krankheit des Hahrhunderts" [Malady of the century", 1887], and promises to send his photograph for publication with the essay, as long as it is returned to him, since he has no other photograph. At the end of the letter Nordau mentions two translations published without his permission, one in the Swedish paper "Dagens Nyheter" and the other in a Russian weekly "Nedela", as well as an additional French translation about to be published in a number of weeks.
Signed: Dr. M. Nordau. On the top margins of the first page appears an ink-stamp "34, Avenue de Villiers, 34".
[3] written pages (one leaf, torn in half at the fold line, with no loss), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Tears at margins.
Apparently this letter was sent to a journalist or to an editor of a periodical, following a request to publish an essay about Nordau's book "Gefühls-komödie" ["Comedy of sentiment", 1891]. In this letter Nordau suggests to the recipient to read through another book which he wrote - "Die Krankheit des Hahrhunderts" [Malady of the century", 1887], and promises to send his photograph for publication with the essay, as long as it is returned to him, since he has no other photograph. At the end of the letter Nordau mentions two translations published without his permission, one in the Swedish paper "Dagens Nyheter" and the other in a Russian weekly "Nedela", as well as an additional French translation about to be published in a number of weeks.
Signed: Dr. M. Nordau. On the top margins of the first page appears an ink-stamp "34, Avenue de Villiers, 34".
[3] written pages (one leaf, torn in half at the fold line, with no loss), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Tears at margins.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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A letter from Israel Zangwill, and a postcard with his photograph, hand-signed by him. London and Berlin, ca. early 20th century.
1. Printed letter, hand-signed by Israel Zangwill. London, 1902. English.
The letter is addressed to "Miss Low", and was sent, apparently, as a response to her request to receive Zionist pamphlets or publicity material. Zangwill explains in the letter that the Zionist pamphlets are "so cheap" that he found only one that is worthwhile sending, and he refers her to a composition which he wrote in the paper New Liberal Review, and two essays about to be published in the papers Jewish World and Jewish Chronicle, surveying his address about the need to invest Baron Hirsch's funds in Palestine. Zangwill adds at the end of the letter: "I wish I could convert you to this and other Zionistic views".
On the top of the letter appears an ink-stamp with the address where the letter was written. A few handwritten corrections.
[1] leaf, 13.5X20 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears at margins. A number of open tears, restored with pasted paper. One long tear, restored, with loss of text.
2. Real-photo postcard with Zangwill's portrait (undivided). Berlin: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Hand-signed by Zangwill.
9X14 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and blemishes.
Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was a Jewish-English author and Zionist activist. After the rejection of the "Uganda Plan" by the seventh Zionist congress, Zangwill retired from the Zionist Organization and founded the Jewish Territorialist Organization. Its goal was to create a Jewish homeland in whatever possible territory, not necessarily in Palestine.
1. Printed letter, hand-signed by Israel Zangwill. London, 1902. English.
The letter is addressed to "Miss Low", and was sent, apparently, as a response to her request to receive Zionist pamphlets or publicity material. Zangwill explains in the letter that the Zionist pamphlets are "so cheap" that he found only one that is worthwhile sending, and he refers her to a composition which he wrote in the paper New Liberal Review, and two essays about to be published in the papers Jewish World and Jewish Chronicle, surveying his address about the need to invest Baron Hirsch's funds in Palestine. Zangwill adds at the end of the letter: "I wish I could convert you to this and other Zionistic views".
On the top of the letter appears an ink-stamp with the address where the letter was written. A few handwritten corrections.
[1] leaf, 13.5X20 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears at margins. A number of open tears, restored with pasted paper. One long tear, restored, with loss of text.
2. Real-photo postcard with Zangwill's portrait (undivided). Berlin: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Hand-signed by Zangwill.
9X14 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and blemishes.
Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was a Jewish-English author and Zionist activist. After the rejection of the "Uganda Plan" by the seventh Zionist congress, Zangwill retired from the Zionist Organization and founded the Jewish Territorialist Organization. Its goal was to create a Jewish homeland in whatever possible territory, not necessarily in Palestine.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Autograph letter, signed by hand by Shaul Tchernichovsky, Heidelberg (Germany), [ca. 1900].
The letter is addressed to "My Dear Yosef" (presumably the historian and professor of Hebrew Literature Joseph Klausner) with an interesting report about Tchernichovsky's literary progress: new poems sent for publication in newspapers ("I translated from Longfellow the 'Slave's Dream' for Ravnitzky, an original poem I cannot give him for lack of 'holy spirit'"), first drafts just composed ("sending you a poem from 'Hezionit Nevi Hasheker', and I have two more of this kind"), and even plans for composing new works ("you probably received a card from Worms… all that I see there I am not telling you now – one day you will find all in a poem" [the poem "Worms Ballades"?].
Tchernichovsky ends the letter with a new literary idea: "'Bar Kochva' is again on my mind… he is two-faced… I do not know whether I give the solution to a poem's protagonist or to a drama protagonist. Great confusion" (Over time, Tchernichovsky chose both possibilities and composed a poem as well as a play with Bar Kochba as the protagonist).
Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875-1943) – physician, poet and translator; one of the greatest Jewish poets. Tchernichovsky studied medicine in the University of Heidelberg and completed his studies in Lausanne, Switzerland. During all of his life he combined his work as a doctor with his work as a poet. After he graduated from medical school he worked as a physician in Ukraine. In 1910 he moved to St. Petersburg and opened a clinic. In 1919 he moved to Odessa. Immigrated to Palestine in 1931 and settled there.
[1] leaf (two written pages), approx. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding mark. Some stains and blemishes.
The letter is addressed to "My Dear Yosef" (presumably the historian and professor of Hebrew Literature Joseph Klausner) with an interesting report about Tchernichovsky's literary progress: new poems sent for publication in newspapers ("I translated from Longfellow the 'Slave's Dream' for Ravnitzky, an original poem I cannot give him for lack of 'holy spirit'"), first drafts just composed ("sending you a poem from 'Hezionit Nevi Hasheker', and I have two more of this kind"), and even plans for composing new works ("you probably received a card from Worms… all that I see there I am not telling you now – one day you will find all in a poem" [the poem "Worms Ballades"?].
Tchernichovsky ends the letter with a new literary idea: "'Bar Kochva' is again on my mind… he is two-faced… I do not know whether I give the solution to a poem's protagonist or to a drama protagonist. Great confusion" (Over time, Tchernichovsky chose both possibilities and composed a poem as well as a play with Bar Kochba as the protagonist).
Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875-1943) – physician, poet and translator; one of the greatest Jewish poets. Tchernichovsky studied medicine in the University of Heidelberg and completed his studies in Lausanne, Switzerland. During all of his life he combined his work as a doctor with his work as a poet. After he graduated from medical school he worked as a physician in Ukraine. In 1910 he moved to St. Petersburg and opened a clinic. In 1919 he moved to Odessa. Immigrated to Palestine in 1931 and settled there.
[1] leaf (two written pages), approx. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding mark. Some stains and blemishes.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Givat Hachol' by S.Y. Agnon. Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1919.
On the first page appears a dedication handwritten by the author to Moses Marx: "to my friend R' Moshe Marx, with a good greeting, the author, Nissan 5680".
Moses Marx (1885-1973), a Jewish bibliographer and librarian, one of the founding members of Soncino Geselschaft. His sister, Esther, was Agnon's wife (they married in May 1920, one month after this dedication was written).
77, [2] pp, 15.5 cm. Good condition. Some Stains minor blemishes to cover. Tears along the spine. Front cover and first leaf are loose.
On the first page appears a dedication handwritten by the author to Moses Marx: "to my friend R' Moshe Marx, with a good greeting, the author, Nissan 5680".
Moses Marx (1885-1973), a Jewish bibliographer and librarian, one of the founding members of Soncino Geselschaft. His sister, Esther, was Agnon's wife (they married in May 1920, one month after this dedication was written).
77, [2] pp, 15.5 cm. Good condition. Some Stains minor blemishes to cover. Tears along the spine. Front cover and first leaf are loose.
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January 23, 2019
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An autograph letter, hand-signed by S.Y. Agnon, to Eliezer Meir Lifshitz, Jerusalem, [1934].
A letter on the occasion of the marriage of Eliezer Meir Lifshitz with Theresa Dreyfus-Cohen: "[…] for many years I did not experience such joy as when I heard that you got married – congratulations for good and long days – with Miss Theresa Dreyfus-Cohen. Grapes with grapes…I believe that all those who love you and all your friends are happy for you […] your friend who loves you with all his heart, S.Y. Agnon". (Hebrew).
Eliezer Meir Lifshitz (1879-1946), rabbi, educator, Hebraist, one of Mizrahi movement leaders in Palestine, was a close friend of S. Y. Agnon. In 1926 he published an essay about Agnon and his works in the periodical "Hashiloah" (the essay, in its expanded version was published in the same year in Berlin, by Moshe Shimshon Marx). Lifshitz's wife, Theresa Dreyfus-Cohen, was a relative of Esther Agnon.
[1] leaf, folded in half (two written pages), 16.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and some creases. A few stains. Minor tears at margins.
A letter on the occasion of the marriage of Eliezer Meir Lifshitz with Theresa Dreyfus-Cohen: "[…] for many years I did not experience such joy as when I heard that you got married – congratulations for good and long days – with Miss Theresa Dreyfus-Cohen. Grapes with grapes…I believe that all those who love you and all your friends are happy for you […] your friend who loves you with all his heart, S.Y. Agnon". (Hebrew).
Eliezer Meir Lifshitz (1879-1946), rabbi, educator, Hebraist, one of Mizrahi movement leaders in Palestine, was a close friend of S. Y. Agnon. In 1926 he published an essay about Agnon and his works in the periodical "Hashiloah" (the essay, in its expanded version was published in the same year in Berlin, by Moshe Shimshon Marx). Lifshitz's wife, Theresa Dreyfus-Cohen, was a relative of Esther Agnon.
[1] leaf, folded in half (two written pages), 16.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and some creases. A few stains. Minor tears at margins.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Letters of Ahad Ha’am, volume 1. Tel Aviv: Yavne, Moriah, 5683 [1923].
The first of six volumes of the letters of Ahad Ha’am [Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg]. A dedication in Ahad Ha’am’s handwriting to the writer and editor A. Z. Rabinovich (known also by the acronym Azar) appears at the beginning of the book on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. In the dedication, Ahad Ha’am writes: "To Mr. A. Z. Rabinovich, an offering of memory on the day of his having attained seventy years of age. With respect and affection, Ahad Ha’am, Tel Aviv, 24 Shevat 5683 [February 10, 1923]."
15, 317 pp., 20 cm. Good condition. Many stains. Small worm hole on the first pages. Minor blemishes to the binding.
The first of six volumes of the letters of Ahad Ha’am [Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg]. A dedication in Ahad Ha’am’s handwriting to the writer and editor A. Z. Rabinovich (known also by the acronym Azar) appears at the beginning of the book on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. In the dedication, Ahad Ha’am writes: "To Mr. A. Z. Rabinovich, an offering of memory on the day of his having attained seventy years of age. With respect and affection, Ahad Ha’am, Tel Aviv, 24 Shevat 5683 [February 10, 1923]."
15, 317 pp., 20 cm. Good condition. Many stains. Small worm hole on the first pages. Minor blemishes to the binding.
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January 23, 2019
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A letter handwritten and hand-signed by David Frishman. Warsaw, February 5, 1910.
The letter was sent, most probably, to the editor of one of the main Hebrew newspapers, and he explains Frishman's choice to publish an essay which he composed in his independent paper "Reshafim", and not in the important newspaper. The spirit of the letter is hurt and sarcastic: "The essay is too liberal and the words are too harsh and they belong only in 'some' brochure of "Reshafim" - which I myself publish. By the way: 'Some' which you use with reference to 'Reshafim' – I like it very much. Truth is that I do not have any pretence or the insolence to position 'Reshafim' alongside the journal which you edit, but allow me to at least look at the brochures which I publish with a better eye than yours" (Hebrew). Signed: "Respecting and loving you, D. Frishman".
[1] leaf folded in half (one written page), 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains and blemishes. Two horizontal folding marks. Filing holes.
The letter was sent, most probably, to the editor of one of the main Hebrew newspapers, and he explains Frishman's choice to publish an essay which he composed in his independent paper "Reshafim", and not in the important newspaper. The spirit of the letter is hurt and sarcastic: "The essay is too liberal and the words are too harsh and they belong only in 'some' brochure of "Reshafim" - which I myself publish. By the way: 'Some' which you use with reference to 'Reshafim' – I like it very much. Truth is that I do not have any pretence or the insolence to position 'Reshafim' alongside the journal which you edit, but allow me to at least look at the brochures which I publish with a better eye than yours" (Hebrew). Signed: "Respecting and loving you, D. Frishman".
[1] leaf folded in half (one written page), 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains and blemishes. Two horizontal folding marks. Filing holes.
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January 23, 2019
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Autograph letter, hand-signed by Zalman Shneur. Montmorency (France), 1926.
Shneur opens the letter with praising Klausner's last book about the poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol: "This book is a small encyclopedia about the life of Solomon Ibn Gabirol…" (Hebrew). Further, Shneur refers to the "earthquake" which the book "Jesus of Nazareth: His Life, Times & Teaching" caused, and finally mentions a small play which he himself composed and sent for publication to the paper "Hashiloach" (Klausner was the editor of " Hashiloach" between the years 1903-1927).
The letter end with words about Shneur's first born son, who was born the same year: "My boy grows. A very handsome boy… a happy boy".
[1] leaf (one written page), approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding mark, some stains and tears. Small tear to left margin, along the folding line.
Shneur opens the letter with praising Klausner's last book about the poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol: "This book is a small encyclopedia about the life of Solomon Ibn Gabirol…" (Hebrew). Further, Shneur refers to the "earthquake" which the book "Jesus of Nazareth: His Life, Times & Teaching" caused, and finally mentions a small play which he himself composed and sent for publication to the paper "Hashiloach" (Klausner was the editor of " Hashiloach" between the years 1903-1927).
The letter end with words about Shneur's first born son, who was born the same year: "My boy grows. A very handsome boy… a happy boy".
[1] leaf (one written page), approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding mark, some stains and tears. Small tear to left margin, along the folding line.
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January 23, 2019
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History of Zionism, 1600–1918, by Nahum Sokolow. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1919. English and some French. Two volumes.
Both volumes of this book deal with the concept of Zionism in the political and literary context in England and France, and follow the sources and development of the Zionist idea and of the concept of the "Return of Israel" in Christianity over the past several centuries. The volumes contain several plates: portraits of figures, a photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a group photograph of the Katowice Conference (1884), and more.
An inscription in English by the author, Nahum Sokolow, appears at the beginning of the first volume (dated: Paris, July 1919).
Volume 1: Lii, 313 pp. + [23] plates. Volume 2: Lxiii, 480 pp. + [9] plates. 22.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor tears along the connection between the endpapers and the bindings. Signature on the title page of the first volume.
Both volumes of this book deal with the concept of Zionism in the political and literary context in England and France, and follow the sources and development of the Zionist idea and of the concept of the "Return of Israel" in Christianity over the past several centuries. The volumes contain several plates: portraits of figures, a photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a group photograph of the Katowice Conference (1884), and more.
An inscription in English by the author, Nahum Sokolow, appears at the beginning of the first volume (dated: Paris, July 1919).
Volume 1: Lii, 313 pp. + [23] plates. Volume 2: Lxiii, 480 pp. + [9] plates. 22.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor tears along the connection between the endpapers and the bindings. Signature on the title page of the first volume.
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January 23, 2019
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Autograph letter, hand-signed by Chaim Weizmann, addressed to Iliya Abramovich [probably Eliyahu Berlin]. Written on official letterhead stationery of the "Zionist Commission for Palestine". [Palestine], May 25, 1918. Russian.
A letter, concerning financial matters, which mentions, among others, Zalman David Levontin. Weizmann wrote this letter in the year when he came to Palestine as head of the "Zionist Commission", which was formed to create a relation between the British authorities and the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, and to create a solid base for the application of the "Balfour Declaration".
The recipient of the letter is, most probably, Eliyahu [Iliya] Berlin (1886-1959), an industrialist and Zionist activist who served as a member in the Provisional State Council and was one of the signatories of the Independence Scroll.
[1] leaf, 13.5X21 cm. Good condition. Vertical folding mark and some creases. Some slight stains and minute tears at margins.
A letter, concerning financial matters, which mentions, among others, Zalman David Levontin. Weizmann wrote this letter in the year when he came to Palestine as head of the "Zionist Commission", which was formed to create a relation between the British authorities and the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, and to create a solid base for the application of the "Balfour Declaration".
The recipient of the letter is, most probably, Eliyahu [Iliya] Berlin (1886-1959), an industrialist and Zionist activist who served as a member in the Provisional State Council and was one of the signatories of the Independence Scroll.
[1] leaf, 13.5X21 cm. Good condition. Vertical folding mark and some creases. Some slight stains and minute tears at margins.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Photograph of Hatzohar and Betar members walking to Theodor Herzl's grave in Vienna. [August 1932].
Seen in front are Ze'ev Jabotinsky (third from left) with Hatzohar leaders Robert Stricker, Meir Grossman and Israel Rozov. The photograph is divided on the back for use as a postcard. On verso - signatures of Jabotinsky and others who appear in the photograph.
8.5X13.5 cm. Good condition.
Literature: "Jabo, Biography of Zeev Jabotinsky", by Shmuel Katz, Tel-Aviv: "Dvir" , 1993. Vol. II.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Seen in front are Ze'ev Jabotinsky (third from left) with Hatzohar leaders Robert Stricker, Meir Grossman and Israel Rozov. The photograph is divided on the back for use as a postcard. On verso - signatures of Jabotinsky and others who appear in the photograph.
8.5X13.5 cm. Good condition.
Literature: "Jabo, Biography of Zeev Jabotinsky", by Shmuel Katz, Tel-Aviv: "Dvir" , 1993. Vol. II.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
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January 23, 2019
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1. A postcard with a picture of Jabotinsky, with a dedication in his hand to Nina [Nina Berlin?] on the back, initialed (Russian). The dedication is dated 1925. The photographer’s stamp appears at the bottom: H. Taubkin, Riga.
Approx. 13.5X 8.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
2. Undivided postcard with a picture of Ze’ev Jabotinsky as a young man. No publisher, year, or location indicated.
Approx. 14X8.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor creases and stains. Tears and blemishes, restored, at two of the corners and a restored hole at the bottom edge (the image is intact).
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Approx. 13.5X 8.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
2. Undivided postcard with a picture of Ze’ev Jabotinsky as a young man. No publisher, year, or location indicated.
Approx. 14X8.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor creases and stains. Tears and blemishes, restored, at two of the corners and a restored hole at the bottom edge (the image is intact).
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
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