Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Four letters and four speeches signed by the 42nd USA President Bill Clinton. Sent to a fellow of the Department of International Relations at the Haifa University during the years 1991-1992 (when Clinton served as Governor of Arkansas).
In his letters, Clinton responds with thanks to the interest in his political approach and the USA presidential campaign. In one of the letters, he writes about his attitude to the State of Israel: "I have always supported our nation's commitment to the security of Israel and to seeking a solution to problems in the Middle East which will assure guarantees of Israel's continued existence as a democratic state".
In another letter, from 1992, Clinton expresses his gratitude for the interest in his campaign and encloses some propaganda material and a photograph.
The enclosed speeches, which are each signed on their first or last page, were delivered on different occasions (some of them as part of the presidential campaign), pertaining to the State of Israel, American Jews, the Middle east or political plans.
Size varies. Good to very good overall condition. Fold lines. Enclosed are the original envelopes and several additional items.
In his letters, Clinton responds with thanks to the interest in his political approach and the USA presidential campaign. In one of the letters, he writes about his attitude to the State of Israel: "I have always supported our nation's commitment to the security of Israel and to seeking a solution to problems in the Middle East which will assure guarantees of Israel's continued existence as a democratic state".
In another letter, from 1992, Clinton expresses his gratitude for the interest in his campaign and encloses some propaganda material and a photograph.
The enclosed speeches, which are each signed on their first or last page, were delivered on different occasions (some of them as part of the presidential campaign), pertaining to the State of Israel, American Jews, the Middle east or political plans.
Size varies. Good to very good overall condition. Fold lines. Enclosed are the original envelopes and several additional items.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Postcard with a letter handwritten and signed by Yosef Haim Brenner. Sent to Baltimore, addressed to the American Hebrew poet Ephraim Eliyahu Lisitzky. Jerusalem, [1912].
This postcard contains a brief letter relating to the publication of Lisitzky's poetry in the journals Brenner edited at the time: "Your last postcard lay unanswered till today, when I [finally] got up from the deathbed. With regard to the poems, I already informed you as to their fate at the time. ‘To the Locomotive' was printed in ‘HeAhdut,' ‘Come' and ‘Sonata' have already been compiled as parts of an anthology which will appear in a few weeks. The anthology will not be under the title ‘Revivim,' but rather under ‘Meanwhile'; I have decided not to have my name associated with it as editor, for reasons of my own. You will receive payment for the poems from the publisher: Y. Feldman (R. Binyamin). Be well and regards, Y. H. Brenner."
The postcard bears the name of the sender, the name and address of the recipient and a postmark of the Austrian post in Jerusalem.
Ephraim Eliyahu Lisitzky (1885-1962), a prominent American Hebrew-language poet. His works often focused on America and its landscapes, and on the Native American ("Smouldering Campfires") and African American ("Tents of Africa") populations. Early in his career, he published many of his poems with the support and under the guiding hand of Yosef Haim Brenner.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good condition. Stains. Blemishes to margins.
This postcard was published in the book titled "Letters of Y. H. Brenner" by Menahem Poznansky (Tel Aviv: Davar, 1940/41; Letter No. 529).
This postcard contains a brief letter relating to the publication of Lisitzky's poetry in the journals Brenner edited at the time: "Your last postcard lay unanswered till today, when I [finally] got up from the deathbed. With regard to the poems, I already informed you as to their fate at the time. ‘To the Locomotive' was printed in ‘HeAhdut,' ‘Come' and ‘Sonata' have already been compiled as parts of an anthology which will appear in a few weeks. The anthology will not be under the title ‘Revivim,' but rather under ‘Meanwhile'; I have decided not to have my name associated with it as editor, for reasons of my own. You will receive payment for the poems from the publisher: Y. Feldman (R. Binyamin). Be well and regards, Y. H. Brenner."
The postcard bears the name of the sender, the name and address of the recipient and a postmark of the Austrian post in Jerusalem.
Ephraim Eliyahu Lisitzky (1885-1962), a prominent American Hebrew-language poet. His works often focused on America and its landscapes, and on the Native American ("Smouldering Campfires") and African American ("Tents of Africa") populations. Early in his career, he published many of his poems with the support and under the guiding hand of Yosef Haim Brenner.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good condition. Stains. Blemishes to margins.
This postcard was published in the book titled "Letters of Y. H. Brenner" by Menahem Poznansky (Tel Aviv: Davar, 1940/41; Letter No. 529).
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Collection of poems, handwritten by the poets themselves, and a letter on the subject of publication.
1-3. Two early, handwritten poems by the poet and author Yitzhak Schoenberg (signed "Scheinberg"), written in his youth. Proskurov: 5677 [1917]. Enclosed: a letter, also handwritten by Schoenberg, addressed to "the honored editor Dr. Mr. Y. Klausner").
4-8. Five poems, handwritten by David Shimoni (Shimonovitch): "BiFro'ah HaShaked" (With the Blooming of the Almond Tree), "Sod HaKorban" (Secret of the Sacrifice), "Ma'arkhon BeYarketei Tzafon" (Skit in the Nether Regions of the North), "Asher Al HaBayit…" (In Charge of the Household), and "BeTzohorei Shabbat…" (On Shabbat afternoon [A Chapter from the Poem ‘Nahshon']).
9. "Kri'at Yam Suf" (Parting of the Red Sea), poem, handwritten, possibly by David Shimoni.
10. "Anan" (Cloud), poem, handwritten by the poet Yakov Fichman.
11. Letter by Aryeh Leib Smiatitzky, addressed to Joseph Klausner, handwritten on stationery of the publisher "Omanut," Moscow, 1919. On the same page, at the end of Smiatitzky's letter, is an additional letter written by Shoshana Persitz.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
1-3. Two early, handwritten poems by the poet and author Yitzhak Schoenberg (signed "Scheinberg"), written in his youth. Proskurov: 5677 [1917]. Enclosed: a letter, also handwritten by Schoenberg, addressed to "the honored editor Dr. Mr. Y. Klausner").
4-8. Five poems, handwritten by David Shimoni (Shimonovitch): "BiFro'ah HaShaked" (With the Blooming of the Almond Tree), "Sod HaKorban" (Secret of the Sacrifice), "Ma'arkhon BeYarketei Tzafon" (Skit in the Nether Regions of the North), "Asher Al HaBayit…" (In Charge of the Household), and "BeTzohorei Shabbat…" (On Shabbat afternoon [A Chapter from the Poem ‘Nahshon']).
9. "Kri'at Yam Suf" (Parting of the Red Sea), poem, handwritten, possibly by David Shimoni.
10. "Anan" (Cloud), poem, handwritten by the poet Yakov Fichman.
11. Letter by Aryeh Leib Smiatitzky, addressed to Joseph Klausner, handwritten on stationery of the publisher "Omanut," Moscow, 1919. On the same page, at the end of Smiatitzky's letter, is an additional letter written by Shoshana Persitz.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Five Books by Salomo Friedlaender (Mynona). Germany, 1920-1932. Two of the books are inscribed by him.
1. Der Schöpfer, Phantasie [The Creator, Fantasy]. Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1920. Illustrated by Alfred Kubin (1877-1959).
2. George Grosz. Dresden: Rudolf Kaemmerer, 1922. Including thirty-seven reproductions of works by George Grosz (1893-1959).
3. Mein hundertster Geburtstag u.a. Grimassen [My hundredth birthday and other Grimaces]. Vienna-Leipzig: Jahoda & Siegel, 1928.
4. Der Philosoph Ernst Marcus als Nachfolger Kants. Sein Leben und Lehre [The philosopher Ernst Marcus as Kant's successor. His life and teachings]. Essen: G.D. Baedeker, 1930. Inscribed on title page by Friedlaender – Halensee (Berlin), 16.1.1931.
5. Kant gegen Einstein [Kant versus Einstein]. Berlin: Der Neue Geist, 1932. Inscribed on title page by Friedlaender to his sister Agathe Borchardt – Halensee (Berlin), March 1932.
Salomo Friedlaender (1871-1946), Jewish-German writer, publicist and philosopher identified with the Avant-Garde Movement and Dadaism. In 1906, after completing his doctoral studies at the Jena University, he moved to Berlin, where he befriended several of the prominent thinkers and artists of the era: Martin Buber, Else Lasker-Schüler, Gustav Landauer, Erich Mühsam, Alfred Kobin and others. He used to sign his literary publications, which were published for the first time in various Avant-Garde journals, with the pseudonym Mynona (an anagram of "Anonym" – anonymous). In 1919, he cofounded with the writer and publicist Anselm Ruest (the pseudonym of his relative Ernst Samuel) the anarchist journal Der Einzige. Several weeks after the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, Friedlaender moved to Paris, where he died lonely and penniless in 1946.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
1. Der Schöpfer, Phantasie [The Creator, Fantasy]. Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1920. Illustrated by Alfred Kubin (1877-1959).
2. George Grosz. Dresden: Rudolf Kaemmerer, 1922. Including thirty-seven reproductions of works by George Grosz (1893-1959).
3. Mein hundertster Geburtstag u.a. Grimassen [My hundredth birthday and other Grimaces]. Vienna-Leipzig: Jahoda & Siegel, 1928.
4. Der Philosoph Ernst Marcus als Nachfolger Kants. Sein Leben und Lehre [The philosopher Ernst Marcus as Kant's successor. His life and teachings]. Essen: G.D. Baedeker, 1930. Inscribed on title page by Friedlaender – Halensee (Berlin), 16.1.1931.
5. Kant gegen Einstein [Kant versus Einstein]. Berlin: Der Neue Geist, 1932. Inscribed on title page by Friedlaender to his sister Agathe Borchardt – Halensee (Berlin), March 1932.
Salomo Friedlaender (1871-1946), Jewish-German writer, publicist and philosopher identified with the Avant-Garde Movement and Dadaism. In 1906, after completing his doctoral studies at the Jena University, he moved to Berlin, where he befriended several of the prominent thinkers and artists of the era: Martin Buber, Else Lasker-Schüler, Gustav Landauer, Erich Mühsam, Alfred Kobin and others. He used to sign his literary publications, which were published for the first time in various Avant-Garde journals, with the pseudonym Mynona (an anagram of "Anonym" – anonymous). In 1919, he cofounded with the writer and publicist Anselm Ruest (the pseudonym of his relative Ernst Samuel) the anarchist journal Der Einzige. Several weeks after the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, Friedlaender moved to Paris, where he died lonely and penniless in 1946.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Meine Lider by Mordechai Gebirtig. Krakow: Gebirtig-Komitet, 1936. Yiddish.
Collection of songs by Mordechai Gebirtig, accompanied by musical scores for all the songs. The title page is inscribed: "Dem yungen talentritn dichter, chaver un freind Yonah Gruber, mit hartzikeit, M. Gebirtig" [To the young and talented poet, companion and friend, Jona Gruber, cordially, M. Gebirtig], dated: March 22, 1936, Krakow.
Poet Mordechai Gebirtig (1877-1942) one of the most important Yiddish poets in the early 20th century, the author of the poem "Our Town is Burning". Gebirtig was a carpenter by profession and, having no formal musical training, used to compose his songs while playing the piano with one finger. The songs he wrote and composed, about one hundred and sixty songs, spread among European communities and even in his lifetime became anthems of the popular Jewish culture. The present song anthology, "Meine Lider" [My Songs], was published in 1936 (the sheet music was written by Julius Hoffman and Barukh Sperber) and soon became a great success.
The recipient of the dedication is, presumably, the poet and translator Jona Gruber (1908-1980), born in Bucovina, who, during the 1930s, was a resident of Krakow and presumably became acquainted with Gebirtig during this period.
109, [2] pp. + [1] plate, approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Original binding with gilt lettering, worn and slightly scuffed.
Collection of songs by Mordechai Gebirtig, accompanied by musical scores for all the songs. The title page is inscribed: "Dem yungen talentritn dichter, chaver un freind Yonah Gruber, mit hartzikeit, M. Gebirtig" [To the young and talented poet, companion and friend, Jona Gruber, cordially, M. Gebirtig], dated: March 22, 1936, Krakow.
Poet Mordechai Gebirtig (1877-1942) one of the most important Yiddish poets in the early 20th century, the author of the poem "Our Town is Burning". Gebirtig was a carpenter by profession and, having no formal musical training, used to compose his songs while playing the piano with one finger. The songs he wrote and composed, about one hundred and sixty songs, spread among European communities and even in his lifetime became anthems of the popular Jewish culture. The present song anthology, "Meine Lider" [My Songs], was published in 1936 (the sheet music was written by Julius Hoffman and Barukh Sperber) and soon became a great success.
The recipient of the dedication is, presumably, the poet and translator Jona Gruber (1908-1980), born in Bucovina, who, during the 1930s, was a resident of Krakow and presumably became acquainted with Gebirtig during this period.
109, [2] pp. + [1] plate, approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Original binding with gilt lettering, worn and slightly scuffed.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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In the Heart of the Seas, a Story of a Journey to the Land of Israel by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, translated from the Hebrew by I. M. Lask, with drawings by T. Herzl Rome. New York: Schocken Books, 1947. English.
An edition of 300 copies. Inscribed by Agnon: "To my friend Siegfried Moses, S.Y. Agnon".
Siegfried Moses (1887-1974), a Jewish lawyer, economist and Zionist activist in Germany, a senior director of the Schocken enterprises. He immigrated to Palestine in 1937, and in 1949 was appointed Israel's first State Comptroller.
122, [2] pp, 24 cm. Good condition. Some tears and creases to edges of several leaves. Stains to cover. Tears to spine. Cloth-covered slipcase.
An edition of 300 copies. Inscribed by Agnon: "To my friend Siegfried Moses, S.Y. Agnon".
Siegfried Moses (1887-1974), a Jewish lawyer, economist and Zionist activist in Germany, a senior director of the Schocken enterprises. He immigrated to Palestine in 1937, and in 1949 was appointed Israel's first State Comptroller.
122, [2] pp, 24 cm. Good condition. Some tears and creases to edges of several leaves. Stains to cover. Tears to spine. Cloth-covered slipcase.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Sifrehem shel Tsadiḳim: Meʼah Sipurim Ve-eḥad ʻal Sifrehem shel Talmidey Ha-Beshṭ zal Ve-shel Talmidey Talmidaṿ [Hasidic Parables] by Shmuel Yosef Agnon. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Schocken Publishing House Ltd., 1961. Hebrew.
Inscribed on the first page by Agnon to Prof. Isaiah Tishby.
Isaiah Tishby (1908-1992), one of the foremost scholars in the fields of Kabbalah and the literature of Jewish thought, ethics, and mysticism, an Israel Prize laureate (1979), and the very first recipient of the Gershom Scholem Prize for Kabbalah Research (1991). The present copy has Prof. Tishby's bookplate, and a number of his inked stamps.
51, [4] pp., 21 cm. Good condition. Numerous stains to cover.
Inscribed on the first page by Agnon to Prof. Isaiah Tishby.
Isaiah Tishby (1908-1992), one of the foremost scholars in the fields of Kabbalah and the literature of Jewish thought, ethics, and mysticism, an Israel Prize laureate (1979), and the very first recipient of the Gershom Scholem Prize for Kabbalah Research (1991). The present copy has Prof. Tishby's bookplate, and a number of his inked stamps.
51, [4] pp., 21 cm. Good condition. Numerous stains to cover.
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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
December 22, 2020
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Autograph Letter by Yizhar Smilansky, addressed to Yitzchak Lamdan. Rehovot, September 6, 1948.
An interesting letter by Yizhar Smilansky (known by the pseudonym S. Yizhar), written during his military service in the 1948 War. Smilansky writes to his friend, the poet and editor Yitzchak Lamdan: "As to your request regarding that fellow Yosef – a) I never had a close relationship with Shimon Avidan, the 'Givati' Brigade commander (and by the way, his soldiers admire and appreciate him as a person, friend and commander), and not only that, but I do not serve in his brigade at all and have nothing to do with it…".
At the end of his letter, Smilansky describes his routine: "Besides, I work a lot, read and write very, very, very little and wait eagerly for days better than these and wish you all the best and beg you to not hold a grudge against your loyal friend" (Hebrew).
Yizhar Smilansky (1916-2006), one of the most prominent and important writers of the 1948 generation. His first story, "Ephraim Goes Back to Alfalfa" was published in the journal "Gilyonot" edited by Yitzchak Lamdan (1938) who gave him the pseudonym "S. Yizhar". For his monumental work on Israel's War of Independence – "Days of Ziklag", he was awarded the Israel Prize for Literature.
[1] f., approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Fold lines.
An interesting letter by Yizhar Smilansky (known by the pseudonym S. Yizhar), written during his military service in the 1948 War. Smilansky writes to his friend, the poet and editor Yitzchak Lamdan: "As to your request regarding that fellow Yosef – a) I never had a close relationship with Shimon Avidan, the 'Givati' Brigade commander (and by the way, his soldiers admire and appreciate him as a person, friend and commander), and not only that, but I do not serve in his brigade at all and have nothing to do with it…".
At the end of his letter, Smilansky describes his routine: "Besides, I work a lot, read and write very, very, very little and wait eagerly for days better than these and wish you all the best and beg you to not hold a grudge against your loyal friend" (Hebrew).
Yizhar Smilansky (1916-2006), one of the most prominent and important writers of the 1948 generation. His first story, "Ephraim Goes Back to Alfalfa" was published in the journal "Gilyonot" edited by Yitzchak Lamdan (1938) who gave him the pseudonym "S. Yizhar". For his monumental work on Israel's War of Independence – "Days of Ziklag", he was awarded the Israel Prize for Literature.
[1] f., approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Fold lines.
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